In the dimly lit underground world, day and night are meaningless, so subterranean creatures dont need to distinguish between them. This is a place where time loses all meaning, each species has its own way of calculating time, which also means that when youre sleeping, its probably daytime for some other creature...

  Just like now.

  BOOM!!

  Dazzling light illuminated the dark cave, scorching heat tore through the thick leather armor worn by the Minotaur mercenary, mercilessly piercing its heart. The next moment, the massive body of the Minotaur crashed heavily against the stone wall, mixed with the whistling air waves, and fell to the ground without any movement.

  "Breath..."

  Zhan En withdrew his fingers, and like a character in a Western cowboy movie, he lightly blew away the wisps of smoke rising from his fingertips. Then he turned his head to look at the earth spirit merchant who was now paralyzed on the ground next to the lizard - his face had turned pale with fear, and his whole body was trembling.

  "Alright, I wont waste any more words. You, sir merchant, just hand over all the valuables on you and I wont kill you."

  "Really? Really?"

  Upon hearing this, the dwarf merchant hastily widened his eyes and revealed a hint of a post-traumatic expression. This was no surprise, as he and his caravan were resting in an underground cave when they suddenly heard a loud explosion. The dwarf merchant hadnt even figured out what had happened before his caravan suffered a merciless magical attack. Flying flames and intersecting lightning instantly left his proud warriors in disarray. And then, the appearance of the female demon and half-beast further scared him to death, leaving him wondering what kind of bad luck he was having?!

  But now the dwarf didnt have time to consider whether his luck was good or bad, the cold corpses and warm blood around him were reminding him that if he couldnt make a wise decision, then in the next moment he would become one of these rotting flesh blocks!

  "Really...?"

  "Of course, I swear it in the name of the bottomless abyss."

  Upon hearing Zhans response, the originally trembling earth spirit merchant immediately calmed down a lot. He glanced at Zhan with a quivering gaze, then hastily stretched out his two short arms and rummaged through his clothes quickly. Soon, following the earth spirit merchants movements, two or three small pouches were swiftly placed in front of Zhan. They were filled to the brim with heavy gemstones and gold coins; merely opening them to take a peek inside was enough to dazzle the golden dog eyes with the reflected radiance.

  "This... this is all I have left, Honorable Monk..."

  As he spoke, the dwarf merchant raised his head cautiously and peeked at the black-robed wizard in front of him.

  "You also know that we are going to trade with the Black Onyx City, where..."

  "No need to say more, I understand."

  However, the earth spirit merchants words were not yet finished, and Zhan En waved his hand to interrupt it. At this moment, Zhan Ens tone was so gentle and kind, even with unparalleled sincerity.

  "Im very sorry, it seems weve caused you a lot of trouble. Please dont worry, we also have principles. Now, you can go."

  "Really? Is it true?"

  Upon hearing this, the earth spirits eyes widened in surprise as he stood up from the ground. He stood before Zhan Yan, trembling slightly as he bowed to him.

  "Well, well, well, Ill take my leave now, dont worry, I wont tell anyone..."

  However, the earth spirit merchants words ended there. Before his voice had even fallen, Enyo suddenly appeared behind the earth spirit like a ghost. Her hand then grabbed the earth spirits large head out of nowhere, and all that could be heard was a light "crack" sound as the large head turned 180 degrees. Accompanied by the gushing of foul-smelling blood, the earth spirits corpse collapsed to the ground, while on its somewhat comical face, there still remained a hint of joy and delight at having narrowly escaped death.

  Its just a pity that it was just an illusion.

  Facing this ending, Jian Er shrugged his shoulders and said nothing. Instead, he turned around and made a gesture. Soon, only the sound of chirping was heard, and several goblins ran out from the depths of the dark corridor. They moved their short legs, jumping and jumping onto the gentle, motionless subterranean lizards that had not been shaken by even the most intense battles, striking them with wooden clubs. And after hearing the sound of the clubs hitting the wood, these subterranean lizards slowly got up and walked towards the path where the goblins came from.

  "Despicable."

  Taking in the scene before her, Verna let out a cold snort, hand on the hilt of her sword as she gazed disdainfully at the black-robed wizard. Ever since she had been recaptured by Jenn after waking up again, Verna knew she was done for. She had long been mentally prepared for this, and in the dark depths, it was either you die or I live - Verna wasnt without thoughts of taking advantage of the battle to take out Jenn, so it wasnt surprising that her opponent had similar plans.

  But even if it were Verena, she wouldnt know what was going on in the mind of this undead mage. Previously, he had thrown himself into the Blackstone Tower under the pretext of guarding (in fact, any building in Jains underground city system would only work with a unit stationed there), and Verena thought this was a test for herself, and she had already prepared to face the tiger bench and chili water.

  But I didnt expect that in the blink of an eye, this hadnt been a few days and that necromancer actually dragged himself out of the city?! Its not just leaving the city, but this necromancer actually robbed him on the way?!

  Verna felt like her three views were about to collapse. In the city of dark elves, there werent no mages, but those mages were mostly noble and elegant, even a bit arrogant. In Vernas eyes, a qualified mage should be hiding in the mage tower all day, never leaving the door, always conducting mysterious and unpredictable research, possessing terrible magical powers - hmm, the previous Zhanen was quite consistent with this impression.

  But who are these robbers in this robbery team now?!

  The stone is on top, and Verna still cant believe that a mage would do such a thing! Of course, its not like there havent been mages who have done similar things before - Verna has had several collaborations of this sort. But those mages were mostly responsible for "brainstorming" behind-the-scenes work, while these mercenaries were the ones on the front lines. But have you ever seen a mage roll up their sleeves and get into the fray, saying "Brother, give us money and well talk about anything"?

  If it werent for Zanes fingertips still crackling with lightning magic, Verna would have thought he was a lizardman!

  Not to mention that this monk was still in front of him, speaking out of both sides of his mouth. He had just said he would let the other go, but then turned around and killed them. This made Verna look at him with some disapproval.

  "Despicable?"

  However, upon hearing Verenas cold hum, Zhan Yan let out a light laugh and slowly raised his head to look at her. This dark elf had been brought by him for several days now, but although she perfectly obeyed every one of his commands, she never spoke a word, just like the mercenaries that Zhan Yan had transformed into undead creatures.

  Zhan En originally thought she was so traumatized that she got aphasia or something - which Mary Sue TV drama character setting is this?

  "On the honor of the Abyss, Miss Verna, I have never once broken my oath."

  "Really?"

  For this nominal master of hers, Verna clearly didnt have a shred of respect. Upon hearing Jains response, she instead raised her head with arrogance - in the dark elf society, explanation was equivalent to weakness. At this moment, Jain lowered his head towards himself, regardless of the reason, in Vernas eyes, this was an act of submission to herself. Therefore, she became even more arrogant and looked at him with a gaze.

  "Didnt you say that as long as that leprechaun hands over all the valuable things on him, youll let him leave?"

  "Of course."

  Upon hearing Vilnas inquiry, Zhan Ens mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile, and he nodded accordingly.

  "Unfortunately, there is one most important thing, and its right in front of everyone, but he didnt give it to me."

  "Oh?"

  Facing Zhan Ens answer, Verna was stunned for a moment. Could it be that the earth spirit still had some hidden treasure? It shouldnt be, right? When Zhan En and the earth spirit merchant were talking before, Verna also carefully observed them. If this earth spirit merchant had any secrets, Verna wouldnt have been able to notice it.

  Not to mention Zhan also specifically pointed out that it is "something placed in front of everyone".

  But this time Zhan En didnt let Vilna guess for long and quickly gave out the answer.

  "Its very simple, its his life... Miss Verna, dont you think there is anything more valuable than life?"

  "This..."

  Upon hearing this, Verns face sank. She hadnt expected Zane to be so unreasonable, but thinking about it carefully, he was actually right... But would Vern admit defeat just like that?

  "He might not even value his own life at all. Guys who consider money more important than their lives are not uncommon in the dark territories."

  "It doesnt matter either way."

  But this time, Zhan En still had a helpless and bored expression.

  "Its just a worthless life anyway, so it doesnt matter how it goes... especially..." As he said this, Zhan En cast a meaningful glance at Vilna. "...I really didnt kill him."

  “……………”

  Upon hearing this, Verna was taken aback for a moment before suddenly reacting. Indeed, when Zhanen guaranteed to the earth spirit merchant at that time, he solemnly declared that "he" would not personally take action to kill anyone, but if others took action, he would definitely not be able to stop them! Moreover, before Enyo took action, Zhanen didnt even give a single signal. It can be said that he perfectly kept his promise, right?

  "Youre a sly one... if you were a Dark Elf, you might just become the most favored servant of the Mistress in no time."

  Gritting her teeth, Verna couldnt help but mock Jenn in between the lines, unfortunately, Jenn remained unmoved.

  "Its an honor to hear such praise from a Dark Elf."

  "You................!!"

  There was a moment when Verna really wanted to pull out the slender sword at her waist and kill this annoying wizard. But after seeing Enya, she still forcibly suppressed her anger. Then she saw the dark elfs gaze wandering between Enya and Zane for a while before heavily stomping her foot and turning around.

  "Suit yourself, but remember this! This merchant caravan is headed to Black Onyx City! Thats not a place that can be compared to the likes of Brendenstone, this broken-down town! If youre not afraid of your own nest being torn apart, then go ahead and cause trouble!!"

  As he watched Vernas figure disappear into the darkness, Jenn didnt say a word, but his eyes flashed with a cold glint.

  Im afraid they wont come...