The distant skyline presents an endless expanse of black. The sky is always a murky grey, just like the darkest dusk. The grey in the sky is constantly churning, yet it's impossible to clearly distinguish whether it's clouds or fog.

Here, there is neither day nor night, nor time.

The forest, a forest that lost all its vitality billions of years ago. The towering trees are left with only their trunks and thicker branches. There are strands of cobweb-like things hanging on the trees, but they surely can't be cobwebs as no spider can survive here.

There are mud pits everywhere on the ground, and from time to time one or two bubbles emerge in the grey mud. Occasionally, the skeleton of an unknown creature will float up and then be swallowed by the mud again.

The wind carries a damp and cold scent, and from time to time a foul stench approaches.

This is another world, a paradise for the undead and the demons.

Fengyue has no idea how long it has been walking in this forest. It can't remember where it came from, only that the creature named "Rogue" gave it this name. Fengyue instinctively feels an urge to vomit at its own name, and doesn't know where this sensation comes from. As for vomiting, it's so familiar, yet it can't recall how to do it. Of course, what can a skeleton eject.

The dim skylight scatters on the ground and Fengyue's body in patches. It just wants to walk out of this forest, but doesn't know why it desires to do so. This is an instinct.

Fengyue can feel a hint of energy transmitted from the person named "Rogue" from time to time. Fengyue also knows that it cannot disobey Rogue's order. There are too many things in this world that Fengyue cannot comprehend. But this energy makes it feel more comfortable and more powerful, yet it's too meager. It's like a helpless traveler in the desert awaiting a drop of water that doesn't know when it will fall.

Fengyue is extremely hungry and thirsty.

Holding a rusty long knife, Fengyue wanders aimlessly in the forest, having already forgotten where it got this knife. It is very cautious to avoid some areas, as the intuition tells it that there is a powerful and evil existence there. Fengyue is very smart. When facing skeletons like itself, it always comes up with some ways to cleverly defeat them, because they carry the energy that makes Fengyue hungry and thirsty.

It has already forgotten which day it was. Fengyue found several bones of good quality. After a burst of mist, these bones replenished its own 24 ribs. Fengyue feels that its ribs should be 24. This repair exhausted the energy that Fengyue had accumulated. Had it not been for some energy transmitted from "Rogue" at the right time, Fengyue doesn't know if it could still face the first zombie it encountered.

The fight lasted for a long time. The strength of the zombie is not something that Fengyue can contend with. After paying the price of three ribs, Fengyue finally realizes that the zombie can't catch up with it. So a skeleton starts to circle around the zombie continuously, and from time to time goes up and strikes with the knife to cut off some rotten flesh. Finally the zombie falls, and Fengyue's ribs are less than 20.

In the other world, other skeletons and zombies seem to ignore each other when they meet. Fengyue doesn't understand why it is that as long as it sees a single one, it must defeat them no matter what. "I'm hungry." The skeleton thinks.

There is no time in the other world, and Fengyue is also constantly wandering. It doesn't know how long it has been wandering, and it doesn't know how much longer it will wander.

The forest seems to have no end forever.

After the battle in the small building, Rogue became very interested in the skeleton that could play dead. Often in the dead of night on the second floor of the small building, there is one person and a skeleton standing face to face and staring blankly. After numerous attempts to communicate with mental power without success, Rogue finally lost interest.

Rogue doesn't know where the skeleton's knife came from. After studying it for a long time without result, it no longer delves into it.

The weather is getting hotter day by day. Unconsciously, Rogue has passed its twentieth birthday and it's time to leave the Magic Academy. In a few days, it will be the exam day. In the past few months, more than 30 volumes of the General History of the Continent have been read by Rogue for more than half, and incidentally read a bunch of adventure biographies, travelogues, and various kinds of notes.

Ette passed the exam of the Magic Academy three months ago and is now striving to develop into a magic knight. After all, for his large build, being a magician is rather a waste. Kate has become a fairly good fifth-level knight under the training of the old man. Of course, in terms of belief, both the father and the son should be regarded as Dark Knights. As for Rence and Franco, while idling, their swordsmanship has also improved. What's even more remarkable is that the two spent most of the money that was supposed to be spent on women, artworks and fine wine on their own equipment, so the improvement in strength is far beyond the actual level.

These few people are not really naturally motivated, but rather forced by the situation. After the battle in the small building, when they were philandering and forcibly seizing civilian women, from time to time someone would jump out and fight fiercely. Although the Sword and Blood Rose Mercenary Group is not large in scale and not even up to the third-class, the group leader (the mage who died) is generous, and Qiwei also has many suitors. There are always some mercenaries who know the truth and have the intention to take revenge.

The weather is getting hotter and people's hearts are also becoming restless. On the exam day, ROGUE casually cast two Flame Finger magic spells in the examination room and thus passed the exam and obtained a magician's robe. After registering at the Mage Guild in the city in the afternoon, he officially became a junior magician. If ROGUE is willing to wait for conscription when the Rhine Alliance needs it, he can also get an allowance of 5 gold coins every month. But ROGUE, who has read a bellyful of history, now has another great ideal.

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"Clang", several wine glasses collided heavily together.

"Our brothers haven't had a good get-together for a while. Damn it, there are killers everywhere. Come on, let's get drunk today!" Ett, who is as big as a bear, has a larger build than Kate, a pure knight. He held up his wine glass and poured all the wine into his throat in one gulp. Kate has a heroic face full of righteousness, and at the moment he is also flushed and reeks of alcohol. As for Rence and Franco, they are also quite handsome. But among the nobles, they are average, after all, the noble ladies are all quite good-looking.

Over the past several months, these few people have gone through many life-and-death situations together, and have thus forged a rather deep friendship.

"Brothers, I'm going to take up my post in Farbourg tomorrow. Alas, we won't be able to gather as often in the future. You guys should come to see me often in the future, of course at your own expense for the travel fees." Kate had a dejected expression on his face.

Franco said, "Farbourg? Is that the one near the Magic Domain Forest? There are quite a number of thieves nearby. I've heard that recently there are often small groups of scouts from the Principality of Ron crossing the Magic Domain Forest to move around nearby. Be careful."

Kate took a big gulp of wine and said, "My old man insists that I go there to accumulate some military achievements so that he can give me a strong push. Besides, the head of the garrison knight regiment in Farbourg has a childhood friendship with my old man, and he can take care of me a bit. This time he gave me that dark elf breastplate at home. Hehe, I've made a fortune."

"Brothers, Farbourg is a really good place!" ROGUE became energetic. He stepped on a chair with one foot and said with saliva spraying everywhere, "That place is close to the Magic Domain Forest and close to the front line, and there are quite a lot of adventurers! This time Kate is going there to be the cavalry captain... ah? Is it the small captain? It doesn't matter either. Isn't the head of the regiment your family relative? We can develop well. Just think about what those adventurers, monster hunters, and even the army need? It's weapons!! If we open a weapons shop, wouldn't we make a fortune? This thing is not easy for others to do, there are many restrictions, but what restrictions do we have if we do it? And then think about how those people who enter the Magic Domain Forest get their money? That's right, by hunting monsters and selling crystal nuclei or fur to make money. We don't have the strength to hunt monsters, but we can buy their prey. These things, in the hands of that sullen guy, are excellent materials. Turning them into magic equipment and selling them to adventurers. Damn it, we can make them lose several layers of skin just by sitting still!"

Lens also got energetic. "There are two hundred thousand people in Farbourg, and there are probably quite a number of beauties. With Kate there, we don't have to live like grandchildren as we do in the capital. Any official is not small. Anyway, I have nothing to do, Rogue, I'll partner with you."

"Your eyes light up when you talk about adventurers. Didn't the last girl teach you enough?" Aite chuckled and stared at Lens.

"Damn it, why am I so unlucky that all the kicks are aimed at me. It made me unable to touch a woman for a month. Damn it, but in the end didn't I let her taste how powerful I am!" Lens ground his teeth. "Is that girl still locked up in your place?" Franco asked. "Of course, she's well-fed. How could I let her go so easily? She almost made me infertile! How about, brothers, going to my place for a while tonight?" The few people at the table all chuckled lewdly.

The few people drank some more wine. Except for Kate, the others were all unemployed and were just thinking of going out for a stroll. So they decided to go to Farbourg together to make a fortune, open a weapons shop and buy items from adventurers. Kate left first, and the rest of the people packed up and set off together in a few days. As for Faith, he had already been pulled into the water by Rogue, but the things in his laboratory couldn't be moved away in a short time.

When the moon was high in the sky, several scoundrels of the capital staggered out of the tavern, with wine stains all over their robes. When they walked into a dark long street, suddenly several masked people dressed as adventurers quietly jumped out and surrounded the few people in the middle.

"You scoundrels, you deserve to die! Today I will avenge Qiwei." The several villains all sighed simultaneously. They had heard such an opening at least seven or eight times.

Several masked people brandished their weapons and pounced forward, and a mage on the periphery began to chant a spell.

Suddenly a crossbow bolt shot into the mage's chest like lightning. Rogue is now known as the mage killer. The other people took out their weapons from under their robes, and there was not the slightest sign of being drunk. And under the robes was clearly fully armed. The few people were extremely tacit, and they all attacked a masked person in front of them. That person was greatly surprised, rolled and fell into the roadside ditch, barely avoiding being killed. The scoundrels of the capital immediately broke through the siege and ran away. Somehow someone also scattered a small bag of soybeans in a rush, which immediately made the ambushers topple over, and could only watch them disappear into the night helplessly.