Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Outside, the dwarves were celebrating their joy.

Singing, laughter, and the clinking of glasses blended together, crashing against the walls of the post office like waves.

Occasionally, the light from fireworks bursting open would shine through the window.

A fleeting shadow is cast on the desktop.

Inside the post office, however, there was a deathly silence.

Lin Gui sat behind the counter, staring at the letter in front of him.

My fingers rested on the table, tapping unconsciously.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The sound was exceptionally clear in the quiet post office, each tap echoing in the air.

At this time.

Shadow Blade Lin's voice suddenly rang in my mind.

She had been hiding on Lin Gui's body, so she naturally saw the contents of the letter.

This also reveals Lin Gui's inner conflict.

Clearly, the letter's owner had a connection with Lin Gui.

But Yingren Lin didn't understand what Lin Gui was struggling with.

She stated it frankly.

"This man named Elvia Roland is dead."

Her voice was firm, as if stating a fact that needed no proof.

"The capital of Carter is so close to the location of the Black Tide outbreak that it is impossible for it to have survived the demon riot."

She paused.

"Not every city-state is like this one."

"It has a protective barrier, walls built with expensive Starstones, an Epic Guardian, and powerful firepower to suppress several Epic Demons."

"Most of the city-states affected by the Black Tide riots had their high walls trampled down and were slaughtered to dust the moment the Black Tide appeared."

What she said makes a lot of sense.

In terms of strength, King Carter is far inferior to the City of the Shield.

Even the fortified city of Jardim was nearly destroyed by the aftershocks.

Meanwhile, the Carter capital was at the center of the aftermath.

How could they possibly escape being trampled by the rioting demons?

however.

A gut feeling told Lin Gui that it was too early to draw conclusions.

This intuition stemmed from his various encounters in Carter's capital.

Carlyle's warning.

The tomb of Katarina could not be found even after searching the entire capital.

And the strangeness in Eve's prophecy.

Those things, like thorns, were stuck in his heart.

Actually, there's another simple way to confirm whether the Carter capital still exists.

Lin Gui issued a command in his mind to another being that Ying Renlin could not perceive.

"System, continue the mission of delivering letters from the New Testament to Avalon."

"End mail retrieval, start weekly tasks."

"Destination: Carter's capital."

If the Black Tide hadn't occurred, Lin Gui would have continued his work after returning to Jian Dun City.

If the demons were to breach and flatten the capital of Carter.

Then this weekly commission cannot be triggered.

Lin Gui waited quietly for the system's response.

The system seemed to have sensed his other intentions.

After a brief silence, a voice rang out:

Weekly commissions can be generated.

The recipients of the letters sent from Shield City to the capital of Carter are still alive.

The acceptance rate meets the standard for weekly commissions.

[But host, are you really planning to continue this delivery route?]

The danger of this route far exceeds your capabilities.

You... might die there.

The system's words did not put too much psychological pressure on Lin Gui.

Because that's the truth.

The demon demigod has awakened.

The second phase of the Kuroshio Current has begun.

All demons within its sphere of influence.

Low-level, high-level, heroic, legendary, epic.

They will all head towards the border regions.

Millions, even tens of millions of demons are gathering.

That's a concept that can't be described by "quantity".

It was a black ocean.

Radiating outwards from the borderlands, layer upon layer, densely packed, covering the earth and obscuring the sky.

They wanted to break through the sea of ​​demons and enter the capital of Carter.

No matter how fast Lin Gui's flying boat is, or how powerful You Ye Sha Yi is, it's impossible for them to do it.

That's not on the level of those dozen or so epics outside Shield City.

If Lin Gui wants to break through and enter, he might have to face several thousand...

And there is at least one of the perception-related ones in it.

An epic demon like the Banshee Queen of Eagle Fortress.

That ghost Lin is doomed.

however.

It's quite counterintuitive.

If they set off now, Lin Gui might be able to enter Carter's capital unscathed.

Because right now, the second phase of the Black Tide has just begun.

It had been running for less than half a day.

The second phase of the Kuroshio Current has another name among scholars:

Kuroshio's mercy.

The only golden moment to escape.

Demons at this stage do not possess strong aggressiveness.

They were manipulated like puppets, gathering towards the core area.

Their sole purpose is to approach demigods and demons.

They will not proactively attack city-states or humans.

The fact that the demons of Shield City retreated without hesitation just now proves this point.

As long as you avoid the direction they are running in and prevent being accidentally trampled to death, you will generally be fine.

The second phase of the Black Tide is just like that... "safe".

However, according to the records of the Kuroshio Current throughout history.

Few people can survive this stage.

Because most of the city-states were affected.

They were all slaughtered in the first phase of the demonic rampage.

Moreover, the second phase is very short and highly uncertain.

The third phase will not begin until all affected demons have gathered.

The true arrival of the Black Tide.

The third phase may have begun before the demons even reached the Withered Rift.

The third stage, the Kuroshio, is when the Kuroshio truly arrives.

At that moment, all that remained in the demon's eyes was the most primal, all-consuming bloodlust.

Plants, trees, and all living things—anything that has life—will become their target.

At that time, even the top experts who have reached the epic level will not be able to survive the world-ending chaos that will sweep everything away.

If Lin Gui can rescue Elvia before the start of the third phase.

So this trip will be similar to a picnic.

But what if the third phase breaks out midway...?

That is death.

Elvia's friendship with him wasn't enough to make him take such a big risk to save her.

Lin Gui recalled the bedroom that Shia had prepared for Elvia on the second floor of the Avalon Post Office.

If Elvia dies because of the Black Tide.

Shea will be very sad.

However, if Shia were here, she would never let Lin Gui take such a big risk to save her.

After all, he was her man, and this rescue was almost no different from gambling.

Lin Gui disliked this approach of completely entrusting his life to fate.

so......

Lin Gui tapped his fingers on the table, recalling some of his less-than-friendly, yet somewhat absurd, experiences with Elvia.

Ultimately, Lin Gui made the decision.

"Leave it to fate."

Lin Gui took out a copper coin from his pocket and threw it into the air.

I grabbed it and unfolded it; it was a flower-patterned pasta.

"Good luck, Elvia."

After saying that, Lin Gui got up, tidied up quickly, and prepared to close the door and leave.

The system's weekly task was issued in his mind, and at the same time, Shadow Blade Lin's soul transmission also sounded.

"What are you going to do?"

Lin Gui replied calmly.

"Go to Carter's capital and rescue them."

Lin Gui thought the other party would vehemently object, since his actions were no different from suicide.

However, Shadow Blade Lin remained silent for a while before asking only one question.

How confident are you?

As Lin Gui locked the post office door, he gave a brief estimate and then said...

"8%."

This is based on the continuity of the golden age of the Kuroshio Current throughout history.

The duration ranges from a mere four days to as long as half a month.

This seems like a long time, but not everyone can be like Lin Gui.

They can fly freely across the wilderness in their airships.

It can cover a distance measured in kilometers in just a few minutes.

It could even be said that he is probably the only one in the entire continent of Akara who would dare to do this.

For example, it took the Holy Knights of John a full half month to travel from the capital of Carter to the city of Calan.

This radius is negligible for the Kuroshio Current.

Only the Epic Pinnacle can compete with the speed of the second-phase Golden Age.

8%...

Shadow Blade Lin raised an eyebrow, then said calmly.

"Okay, I'll go with you."