Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

On the other side...

Mirror City.

After saying goodbye to Lin Gui and Eve.

Hannah flapped the bat wings on her back and flew low through the ruins of Mirror City.

She did not make any effort to hide her tracks.

Because she knew.

Those things started the moment she stepped into this dead city…

They had already spotted her.

A dull throbbing sensation came from my chest.

She was not a soul mage, nor did she possess the corresponding secret techniques to sense spirits.

But her intuition pierced her like an icy needle.

I am now firmly locked in.

To return to the Silent Abyss, one must cross...

Those guys' blockade.

The surrounding ruins were eerily silent.

Broken stone pillars and collapsed roof frames cast distorted, claw-like shadows in the dim light.

The oppressive atmosphere was far stronger than in other city-states, pressing heavily on our heads and almost suffocating us.

Hannah's crimson eyes swept sharply across every shadowy corner.

With a slight bend in his fingertips, demonic energy subtly swirled around his claws, poised to strike.

Just then.

A dark figure suddenly appeared behind a broken wall to the side and rear!

Hannah spun around abruptly, her claws about to tear out.

But then he froze in the next instant.

A familiar scent.

She abruptly stopped her attack, letting the dark figure get closer.

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The other person grabbed her wrist with such force that it hurt.

Without a word, he dragged her away at breakneck speed.

After passing through several narrow alleys, we turned into a half-collapsed building.

They eventually ended up in a hidden basement entrance.

As soon as they stepped into the dimly lit underground space, the dark figure released its grip and turned around.

It's Ashura.

His face was stained with dirt and dried blood, and his eyes were filled with surging anger.

"Are you crazy?!"

His voice was extremely low, but he spoke each word with gritted teeth.

"I covered their retreat and held off those monsters for three days!"

"I just sent you out!"

He took a step forward, his eyes reddening.

"Do you even know how important you are?!"

"I paid such a high price... and you still came back?!"

Hannah looked up, her crimson eyes burning with fire as well.

"I will not abandon my family and run away alone!"

Her voice trembled, but it was resolute.

"If we're going to die...we'll die together!"

Ash was so angry that the veins on his forehead throbbed.

"Nonsense!"

"You want Avalon to act on your emotions..."

"Ultimate destruction?!"

Hannah sneered, but her eyes were filled with sorrow.

"I've already handed the Demon King Pillar over to that mage."

"He will take it back to Avalon."

She paused, then her voice softened.

"And the Demon King's blood... will accompany me upon my death..."

"Transfer to Morse."

Ash was taken aback.

"...A mage? Which mage?"

Hannah turned her face away.

"It's that little mage... who got raped."

Ash was stunned for a long time.

Hesitantly, he finally spoke:

"He...hasn't left yet?"

immediately.

Hannah mentioned that Lin Gui had opened post offices in Blackwater and other city-states.

It is said that he even took on the task of delivering messages and beads to ghosts.

Ash's expression immediately became quite interesting.

On the Wailing Wall... sending a message to a ghost?

Has that kid's business developed to this extent?

Is it that wild?

Ash knew for certain that many ghosts roamed these dead cities.

Before becoming the Demon King, Lord Guxin was a top-tier soul mage among the demons.

He had casually mentioned these "interesting neighbors" before.

But Ash never expected this...

That little mage actually started doing business with them.

The news somewhat diluted the tense argument between him and Hannah.

The atmosphere became strangely awkward.

Ash rubbed his temples, forcibly suppressing the strange feeling in his heart, and looked at Hannah:

"But your return this time is practically suicide."

"The enemy's soul tracking isn't just targeting me..."

"And you."

Hannah's eyes were calm:

"I didn't come back to die."

"Instead, we have to wait."

"Waiting for what?" Ash asked.

"Wait for the right opportunity."

A sharp glint flashed in Hannah's crimson eyes:

"I haven't become the Demon King yet."

"This proves that Lord Guxin and Rogge are still alive."

"They must still be in the silent abyss."

Her voice was low, but every word was clear:

"The two of us joined forces and removed the 'nails' guarding the outside."

"Let's use the scroll bearing the soul mark left by Lord Guxin again."

"Give them direction!"

A glimmer of hope ignited in her eyes:

"Maybe... we can rescue them."

She paused, a chill creeping into her eyes:

"And even if they really did die inside..."

"I can also become a Demon King."

She raised her hand, her fingertips wreathed in demonic energy.

"Then, avenge them."

Ash looked at the resolute killing intent in her eyes and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he sighed:

"it's useless."

His voice was hoarse, filled with deep weariness:

"No one can come out of the silent abyss."

"Including the demon king incarnation that dragged Lord Guxin into it."

"That is His domain."

He looked at Hannah, his eyes heavy:

"The soul... is His law."

"The soul mark couldn't possibly guide Lord Guxin and the others..."

"Find the way back."

Ash's eyes dimmed completely.

"Furthermore, all the scrolls containing the soul marks left by Lord Guxin..."

"I've used them all up."

"None are lit up, and none are connected."

The Silent Rift acts like a natural shielding field.

All contact was completely severed.

He had no more reels left.

Hannah's voice trembled, but she still stubbornly said:

"Then at least... help them eliminate the threats from outside!"

"They'll definitely come out!"

As he finished speaking, his voice trembled with a sob.

Ash didn't answer, but slowly opened his clothes.

The gruesome wounds beneath were exposed.

The edges of the wound had an eerie grayish-black hue.

The flesh and blood seemed to have been corroded by something, and it was slow to heal.

He gave a bitter smile:

"I never expected that I, a legendary mid-rank assassin..."

"They were forced into this situation by two extraordinary individuals rising to power."

He coughed, and blood foam spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"146 times."

"I killed them a total of 146 times."

"Even if all that's left is a pile of scraps..."

He raised his eyes, his gaze filled with barely concealed horror:

"They will still be resurrected."

"In a way I can't even imagine."

Ash coughed up another mouthful of blood.

The blood was dark and murky, with a hint of black.

He said in a hoarse voice:

"That's not the rebirth of a vampire..."

"That is a... law of immortality."

"They are simply unkillable ghosts."

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gave a self-deprecating smile.

As a legend, he should have had protective energy around him.

Ordinary people and extraordinary individuals couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

But among those people, there was one who could control the entire Undead Knights.

Among them was even a legendary mid-ranking knight.

The scariest thing is that no matter how many times Ash kills, it doesn't matter.

Burn the corpse to ashes and grind it into powder.

They will all be perfectly safe and sound...

She reappeared before him.

Ash had never seen an enemy like this in his entire life.

It was like a nightmare I couldn't wake up from.

Ash wanted to persuade Hannah to leave.

Outside the tracking range of the soul marker.

Once Guxin falls, she will be able to ascend to the Demon King level.

Relying on the Eleventh Pillar Demon King's soul affinity and stealth properties...

Return to Avalon.

And he will stay here.

Nail down the guy who locked them down.

To buy Hannah a final bit of time.

Before he could finish speaking, his pupils suddenly contracted—

Something's wrong with the surrounding shadows.

It's too quiet.

It was so quiet it was as if something had deliberately silenced it.

Ash moved.

Without even turning around, he flicked his wrist.

A streak of dark light shot out from the sleeve, instantly piercing through the floor!

"Pfft."

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh was muffled.

A knight dressed as a scout had just poked his torso out from under the floor.

He was then pierced through the skull by a flying blade and died on the spot.

"run!"

Ash growled and grabbed Hannah's wrist.

With his other hand, he made a grabbing motion in mid-air.

The scout's head exploded with a bang.

He dragged Hannah through the back wall and sped away.

However, their location being exposed has completely trapped them.

We had just rushed out of two alleys.

Suddenly, a row of dark figures appeared at the alleyway ahead.

He stood silently, his face covered by a black robe.

A whole squad of knights blocked all the way.

Every direction, every eave, every shadowy corner...

They were filled with a deathly silence and murderous intent.