When Bunduk arrived, he saw Abel kneeling beside Raphael’s corpse and crying.

  Bunduk stood silently at the side, staring at the pitch-black sea. A cold wind seemed to blow in his heart.

  “This elf rushed onto a ship and said that he was looking for a shadow stallion. “Because that shadow stallion was also sent by someone from your tribe of elves, we thought that there was something to discuss. So we brought him in front of the shadow rat. Unexpectedly, the two of them started fighting before they could even speak. In the end, the two of them fell from the side of the ship. “Our men didn’t arrive in time. By the time we found a way to pick up the elf from the bottom of the sea, he had already stopped breathing.”Abel’s emotions were too out of control, the dwarf crew could only explain to the relatively calm Bunduk.

  “Then, what about the Shadow Demon?”After hearing the whole story, tears couldn’t help but trickle down from the corners of Bunduk’s eyes. He asked the crew with a choked voice.

  “So far, we’ve only found this body. “The salvage work is still ongoing,”the dwarf said apologetically. “This matter is partly our fault. “As for the exact compensation, we’ll contact you tomorrow.”


  After leaving these words, the dwarf commander led the rest of the dwarf crew back to the harbor.

  “It’s impossible that he doesn’t know that he can’t defeat Shadow Stalker,”Abel said with a trembling voice.

  Thinking of the suicide note Raphael left by his pillow, it was obvious that he wanted to die.

  “We pushed him too hard.”Bunduk sat down beside the stretcher. He looked at Abel’s face, which had turned blue from suffocation, and said softly.

  “It’s all my fault. I should have spent more time with him like what Lord Kant said,”Abel cried out in pain. “I knew that he was a person who easily let his imagination run wild.”


  Bunduk recalled every smile that Raphael had given him when he was alive. Tears poured down his face.

  All these years of fighting on the battlefield did not make him disregard the existence of life. On the contrary, he respected every life.

  When he thought of the warmth and affirmation that this pale face had once brought to others, Bunduk felt as if a fishbone was stuck in his throat. He could not speak.

  “Let’s go. We’ll bring him back,”Bunduk said with difficulty as he looked at Raphael, who was lying on the ground.

  Abel looked back at him and agreed, “Alright.”


  The two of them carried the stretcher and slowly walked towards the camp.

  When the soldier who was still searching the coast saw this scene, they all leaned over. When they saw Raphael’s cold corpse, the atmosphere instantly became quiet. They could only silently follow behind Bunduk and Raphael. Sobbing sounds came from the crowd.

  Kant was standing at the entrance of the camp at this moment, waiting for the news from the coast. He was holding Raphael’s will tightly in his hand. At that moment, he did not have the broad aura that he usually had. His figure, which was walking back and forth, appeared a little thin in the winter wind.

  When the silent figures of Bunduk’s group appeared in his line of sight, Kant’s figure paused, and then his shoulders collapsed.

  “King Kant.”Bunduk and Abel put down the stretcher, squatted down in front of Kant, and bowed.

  “What happened?”Kant’s tone was ice-cold. What no one saw was that his hands were trembling.

  “Raphael went to find Yingyu. During the struggle, the two of them lost their footing and fell into the deep sea.”Bunduk’s lips tightened as he explained.

  “Lost their footing?”Kant squatted down and covered his face with his hands. A muffled voice came out. “I think Raphael did it on purpose.”


  Abel also covered his eyes with his hand to prevent tears from flowing out.

  “This winter has been so long…”Bunduk looked at the soldier’s mournful expression behind him. He recalled the scene when he heard the death of the Caradia soldier in the military barrack. A chill spread through his entire body.

  That night, Kant and the others held a funeral for Raphael. Raphael’s urn was brought by Abel. Because he said that he wanted to bring him home with him.

  Because of this sudden incident, the atmosphere among the elven soldier became gloomy.

  The soldier who besieged Raphael in the dining hall a few days ago also appeared to be in low spirits.

  During this period of time, the CARADIA soldier took up most of the tasks in the military barrack. He wanted to relieve some of the pressure on the depressed elven soldier.

  “The Messenger sent me a message saying that the Dragon tribe wants to meet us.”Kant sat at the desk and said to Bunduk and Abel who were sitting across from him.

  “Then do we need to go to the volcano?”Abel asked.

  “Yes, but this time, the dragon clan will send someone to pick us up. It will save us the trouble along the way,”Kant explained calmly. “I have already written a reply to them and promised to meet them this time.”


  “As expected, the Dragon Clan is the first to make a move,”Bunduk commented. “How far has their network expanded to allow them to always have the initiative?”


  “The Dragon clan probably invited us over this time in order to find out about the recent series of accidents. I don’t expect to get any information from them,”Kant said indifferently.

  Obviously, he didn’t have much expectation for this meeting.

  “Are there still no movements from the forces in dwarf town?”Abel asked.

  “For the time being, no one has taken the initiative to look for us,”Bunduk replied. “It is said that the corpse of shadow rat is in the mortuary of the harbor

  “No one has claimed it for several days. “It seems that he is only playing the lowest role in the dark forces.”


  “We don’t have many clues at the moment…”Abel sighed.

  “Let’s take it one step at a time,”Kant said. “This time, our troops are staying at the foot of the volcano. We can go and see who is the snake-woman who is in charge of contacting the Shadow Dragon. By then, we might have new clues.”


  “Indeed.”. “We have been staying at the edge of this island. We are not very well-informed about all kinds of information.”Bunduk nodded. “This time, we can go to the volcano and stay in a different environment. We can inquire about the situation on this island.”


  “The people sent by the Dragon tribe will probably come to pick us up in three days. At that time, this camp will have to be abandoned.”Kant thought for a while, he told the two of them, “Recently, the atmosphere in the team hasn’t been very good. You two captains need to pay more attention. Help the soldier walk out of the negative impact of the incident.”


  “Most of them feel guilty towards Raphael. For the time being, I guess they won’t be able to resolve this knot in their hearts,”Bunduk said with a dull look in his eyes.

  “What’s there to feel guilty about?”Abel sighed softly. “Raphael only went to the world with ‘gods’just as he thought.”