- I…my name is… Henry

- Okay Henry, you can leave now! Sorry for bothering you - Cori stood up and followed Henry

- Oh, so where am I going now?

- Who knows where you are, go wherever you want! - Luna also packed up and stood up

- Oh, why can't I remember anything? Who am I? Where is my family? Where is my house?

Cori and Luna looked at each other in silence, silently turning to one side to talk, while Henry was still standing there trying to remember his past

- Did you see anything when you read his memories just now? - Cori asked

- This is the first time I've read someone else's memories, I'm not sure if it's normal or not, but I don't see anything in there

- Oh my god, so he was possessed and forgot all his memories. What should we do now

- Who knows, then we have to carry him with us until he remembers all his memories. If you let him go, it will be very dangerous

Turning back to talk to Henry, the two of them also told everything that happened from the time Cori stepped through the crack until she was tricked into breaking the seal and now she is looking for a way to seal it again

After hearing everything, Henry also agreed to accompany Cori and Luna on the path to save the Eternal Kingdom from that evil dark force. From here, Cori and Luna's group had a new companion, Henry

The next area that the three of them will have to go through is Frostmoor, a cold and icy town. Frostmoor was told by Cori's mother that there was some kind of curse that covered it all year round, and his mother didn't usually trade with the people of this area because it was so far from home.

- This area is 100km away from where we are standing, it seems like it will take a few days to get there...

- You guys move out of the way so I can sell, why are you all gathered here? - The vegetable vendor nearby said, pushing Cori's leg aside to display her vegetables

- Let's talk while walking - Luna said, pulling Cori and Henry out into the middle of the road

Currently, they were standing near the warehouse that exploded yesterday, a place that was a deserted, gloomy house just a few hours ago, but now it had become a bustling market. Perhaps there was some kind of festival yesterday so everyone rushed to the center of Rivervale (yesterday's fun fair) to celebrate and set off fireworks, so everyone deduced that the sparks from the fireworks fell and caught the explosive barrels that caused the warehouse to explode. So no one suspected anything, around the warehouse there was also a spacious lawn so the surrounding houses did not suffer much damage from the explosion other than the entire garden being burned black

- This 100km distance if we walk, when will we get there, it will probably be a long journey - Cori lamented

It was really far, they walked all day until late at night and had to stop at an inn to stay overnight. At this point, Cori was running out of money because a hostel in a crowded market area was not cheap at all, not to mention that he had rented a room for 3 people, so it was even more expensive.

Entering the room on the top floor of the long hostel, Cori felt that the money he spent was worth it because the place was very cozy and spacious. The heater was turned on, creating a strangely warm and comfortable space.

- Here are our keys, it's getting dark so go to bed early - the landlady spoke up and closed the door and left

- Wow, this place is really nice! - Luna exclaimed

- That's true, but we can only stay here for 1 night. We'll continue on tomorrow, 40km to go - Cori replied

- Oh my god, it's so far, I can't believe we've only gone half way to the castle

- You should put your backpack down and rest, we've been walking all day - Cori gently said to Henry when she saw him standing and admiring the flickering magic candle

Cori's words startled Henry

- Are you wearing a backpack?!

- Oh yeah, I just noticed that he has a backpack

It turns out that since the night in Rivervale, Henry had been wearing this bag but no one noticed, even he didn't seem to care because he felt it was so heavy when he woke up

Putting the backpack on the bed, Cori and Luna also gathered around to see what was in it, because Henry himself couldn't remember. Slowly pulling the zipper, the space inside the backpack appeared with only a pitch black book and a few withered apples. Feeling strange, Henry pulled the book out first, this book was covered in a strange black coating. It covered everything from the cover to the inside of the book pages which were also pitch black with nothing. Suddenly Luna realized something and shouted

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- STOP, throw it away!

Before they could react, all three of them saw the book fly out of their hands and float in the air. Suddenly it opened up and released countless things like pitch black tree roots made of darkness, directly destroying the room in the blink of an eye

Cori quickly grabbed the sword propped up on the bed to release electric sparks so he saved a life, Henry pulled Luna back and created a shield of bright red magic to protect both of them. Luna stared wide-eyed at the powerful shield in front of her, but Henry couldn't hold on for long and collapsed. The dark roots kept coming out, becoming more and more dense.

The moment the shield shattered, Luna used all her strength to use the roots growing from all directions to bind the book, forming a wooden ball that encased the book. From the cracks, jet-black liquid continuously seeped out, forcing Luna to do something before they swallowed all three of them. At this moment, Cori saw the fireplace in the house burning with the last sparks. Remembering that he had used the lightning-like sparks from Uncle Elden's sword to destroy a few dark branches, perhaps the power of lightning and fire also belonged to the element of strong light, so it could fight against darkness.

- Luna, quickly throw it here!

Cori redirected his lightning bolt to the fireplace, and as he had predicted, the fireplace burst into flames in an instant. Luna also understood what he meant, so she immediately pushed the book that was emitting a pitch-black darkness (still struggling) straight into the furnace and slammed the furnace door shut. Luna's tree roots met the fire from the furnace, so they flared up even more fiercely, struggling violently. However, after a while, the fire gradually weakened and was gradually overwhelmed by the black gas swirling inside the furnace. Cori immediately used the tip of his sword to point at the furnace door, intending to continue using lightning to completely destroy that thing. It was indeed effective when the lightning penetrated the iron bars of the furnace door, causing a fierce fire to flare up, burning everything inside. However, after a minute of holding on, Cori collapsed to the ground, and the lightning gradually weakened. It turned out that this sword, after running out of energy, would automatically use the life force in its owner to function. Cori had used up all his stored energy a long time ago, so it had drained his life force to the extreme. He thought he would faint, but Luna ran over and transferred her energy to him, and Henry also helped him up and pointed the sword at the furnace door, burning that darkness forever!

*BANG*

The furnace exploded, the furnace door directly shattered. And appearing in the furnace was a beautiful, sparkling platinum book. Everyone was thrown away by the explosion, Cori's sword also flew out of the corner, burned black. He struggled to sit up and crawl towards the book that was lightly smoking, then suddenly it flew out of the furnace again, startling all three of them, but unlike before, this time it spoke:

- Oh my god, darkness is everywhere, oh my god, save me!!!….MASTER

It rushed towards Henry, making him dizzy

- Master, are you still safe, are you okay, are you hurts?

- Master? Do you know who I am? - Henry asked the book again, still not believing that it could speak

- What are you asking, master? How could you forget about me???

*Knock knock knock*

The rapid knocking from outside startled all four of them (actually, it was 3 people and 1 book)

- Oh no, maybe we accidentally awakened the darkness that was covering the book. If we do that, the host in the temple in the forest will know our location! - Luna deduced

Also feeling worried, Cori ran to the door and looked through the peephole. She saw the landlady standing outside the door, screaming to come in because she heard a loud noise

- It's okay, it's just the landlady... But wait, her eyes are all black!

The group panicked, because it was exactly like Henry's case when he was possessed by that thing. So they had to quickly pack up their things and sneak through the now broken window in the room, leaving the talking book they had just discovered aside and started running away. The beginning of a thrilling and suspenseful chase.