Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12: The Lingering Shadow

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Rhode’s initial plan was to take a break in the vicinity of the Moonlight Lake before continuing their journey But after encountering the Silver Wolf, he had to change his plan since the smell of blood from the Silver Wolf’s corpse was likely to lead to more unnecessary trouble

Rhode picked a relatively flat high ground near Moonlight Lake to set up camp before the sun went down

After dinner, Rhode once again stood guard Though it was straining its body, there was no other choice as he was the most familiar with Silver Moon Forest

The fat merchant Matt volunteered to help, but when he sa Rhode and Lize stared at his rotund body, he could already guess their answer Thus, he could only sit by the side and grieve over his body in boredom

Meanwhile, Lize didn’t re both her hands on his left shoulder

Of course, Lize was not idle Right now, she was kneeling beside Rhode, putting her hands on his left shoulder

“Aliy-Mia” (Dragon Language: Heal)

As she chanted, streaently wrapped around Rhode’s body

In the Dragon Soul Continent, ue to cast spells since 70 of the spells known to huons As for the other 30, they were froels, elves, deon Soul Continent were conceived froons, so they naturally inherited the dragon’s talent in evity To show their respect, the oldest ancestors classified the various regions in the continent as three different countries naon), Country of Light (Light Dragon), and the Country of Law (Trial Dragon) As time passed, no hest position would always be the person who inherited the Dragon Soul Angels were in second place, followed by elves, demons undead, non-humans, and the last were humans

Of course, as the political system in every country was different, the race composition of each country wasn’t the same As a monarchy, the Country of Darkness had a relatively strict caste syste the upper caste Meanwhile, the Country of Light practiced constitutional deh-level members of the parliament were all huels, elves, and hus equally; their numbers were quite balanced since each race occupied one third This is because of the religious centralism system in the country; they believed in the Way of Balance For them, equality is perfect

Rhode ell aware of the situation on the continent He kneould happen next, which ame, players were just players If they did not want to play, they could just log out by taking off their VR helmet However, his current situation was different He had beco the inevitable disaster?

” Mr Rhode…”

“Mr Rhode!?”

“What’s up?”

Lize’s voice roused Rhode froirl in front of hiained her usual deh her brows occasionally revealed a trace of anxiety, coloomy expression from before, it was much better

“It’s just that…”

Lize shook her head, carefully looking at Matt as sitting beside the bonfire while counting so bitten by a snake She lowered her voice, and said with a serious look:

“Before…during the fight with the Wind Serpent, I felt so her, Rhode creased his brow

“What?”

“I felt a tiny dark element aura from the Wind Serpent Lord’s body”

Lize bit her lower lip

“But the aura was very weak, unlike so that the dark monsters usually had… Mr Rhode, the Wind Serpent should not be a dark creature, right?”

“Of course not, the Wind Serpent belongs to the wind ele to do with the dark element, but…

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I’ Lize’s confident answer, he could not help but fall into deep thought Of course, he knehat had happened in the history of the Dragon Soul Continent: the Wind Serpents would continuously attack thetheated this matter, they discovered that it was actually manipulated and instructed by the nomads from the disputed areas in the border of Southern Paphield that was under the Country of Darkness Not too long after, the Country of Light sent their troops to attack the area and they carried out the expulsion bythe inhabitants In response to this action, the Country of Darkness sent troops to attack the Country of Light’s garrison and recovered the piece of land that they had claimed as their own This event set off the spark between the two countries

These series of events occurred during the beta period when Rhode and other players were busy fa therades, so he did not really dig too much in-depth of what had happened After the end of the beta period, when the gaht and the Country of Darkness was already in motion As for what actually happened, the players could only speculate

There were soht that the Country of Light was trying to recover its territory but it turned into a tragedy, soht that the Country of Darkness was deliberately provoking the Country of Light and initiated a war to expand its territory Many people had also thought that the Country of Darkness had been eyeing the Country of Light for some time and it was their problem since they did not take care of the matter properly Of course, the players had no position to say anything; it was just their own personal speculation to try and figure it out what had happened

Rhode believed that soht The border of the Southern Paphield was rich in crystal mines To any country, that was an iht to let go of that territory And the Country of Darkness had a very powerful ruler in that era In the ain an advantage over him There was even a rumor that he was not an NPC, but a player that was part of the game company

Still, ht’s parliament decisions There were many idiotic orders that led to many coht had provoked soainst the Country of Light

Lize’s hunch was quite reliable As a creature of the light, an angel was very sensitive to dark elemental auras Since she inherited half of its blood, her perception shouldn’t be far off This meant that the Wind Serpent attack on the merchant shi+p was indeed pre to provoke the Country of Light to launch an all-out attack?

s don’t seem to be that simple