Chapter 1: The Fierce Battle Against Gru

  "It's... you!"

  As he watched the burly man named Gru say this to the Death Spirit Mage, Raymond, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but feel surprised in his heart. Could it be that these two people had known each other for a long time?

  The undead mage nodded in apparent satisfaction with Gru's reaction: "You still remember me, I see. It's been 20 years; I'm curious, what brings you to the continent of Veronika as well."

  But Gulu just looked at him silently and didn't answer.

  It seems like I understand something, the Lich Warlock was shocked: "Could it be... you have a new object of loyalty?"

  As he spoke, he suddenly walked up with a fervent face: "Follow me again, Gulu. Although I have become what I am now, one day I will be able to regain the lost glory and status, as long as you and I join hands, we will have no enemies on this continent, just like before..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Gru suddenly drew the giant sword on his back and slashed at the Death Spirit Mage.

  A loud whooshing sound was heard, and a gust of wind much stronger than Gudewin's sword swing earlier swept towards the surroundings, blowing up dust on the ground that formed a deep trench, showing the power of this swing.

  Just as Gru swung his sword, the Death Spirit Mage suddenly became weightless and drifted backward with the wind pressure, barely landing in front of the giant sword's blade.

  "You... go." Gulu said in a low voice.

  "Hahaha..." The Death Spirit Mage didn't get angry, but instead laughed. He let out a gloomy and unpleasant laugh: "You're still the same, once you decide to be loyal to someone, no one else will be in your eyes."

  Ge Lu didn't say a word, his hand gripping the giant sword tightened, and a low, crisp sound of muscle force echoed out, like the heavy shield-like giant sword was trembling slightly, as if issuing a warning.

  "Alright, I understand..." The Death Spirit Master's eyes were suddenly shrouded in a layer of gloom. He slowly backed away, retreating while coldly saying: "Only the most foolish person would engage in a head-on confrontation with you."

  "But no matter who you serve now, sooner or later I will make you serve me again. Gru, you are destined to be mine, and this time it's forever..."

  In the sound of speech, the death spirit master was like a ghost that merged into the darkness, his figure gradually fading.

  "Shao Zhu?" Seeing the Death Spirit Master about to leave, Basute's eyes showed a questioning color.

  "No, look here first." Raymond shook his head.

  Although his target was right in front of him, Raymond now had a greater interest in this mysterious swordsman named Gru.

  Where did he come from? What is his relationship with that necromancer? Who does he actually listen to?

  Everything makes people strongly want to explore and get to the bottom of it.

  "That guy, could it be..." At this time, the onlooking Godwin also seemed to see through it and made a move to stop the Death Spirit Master.

  Just as he was about to move, Gulu suddenly swung his giant sword horizontally, blocking his path.

  In this brief moment of delay, the Death Spirit Master's figure slightly shook and disappeared.

  "Haha, I really didn't expect that our continent would also have a Lich. " Gu De said with a cold smile, shifting his attention back to Gulu: "Good, after dealing with you, I'll go find that guy."

  As he spoke, he slowly exhaled, composed himself, and immediately became as calm as a rock.

  Gulu saw this and the tip of the giant sword in his hand slightly drooped, also entering the prelude to battle.

  One was a powerful swordsman with a mysterious background, the other was one of Veronica's Five Strongest. At this moment, although they had not yet truly clashed, just facing each other made the empty space around them condense into an oppressive atmosphere that took people's breath away.

  At this time, Lona, who had been watching both sides, also had a bright light flashing in the girl's eyes.

  After a moment of silence, Goodwin let out a loud roar and charged forward with his sword drawn, taking the initiative to attack. In the face of the old man's fierce onslaught, Gru however remained standing still with his sword lowered, seemingly not taking his opponent seriously.

  The two sides approached instantly, and as they rushed to Gru's front, Goodwin's heavy sword rose in his hand, using all his strength to slash upwards from below to Gru's waist side.

  Just then, Gru, who had been standing still and silent, suddenly raised his massive sword with lightning speed, striking at Godwin's head before he could react.

  "Dong"

  Two voices almost simultaneously sounded, Godwin's sword blade entered Gru's armor, cutting through the two-finger-thick steel like tofu. While controlling the sword blade in Gru's body, he twisted his waist and turned around, Gru's giant sword chopped down, barely brushing past his front, deeply burying itself into the ground.

  In the midst of flying dust, Gudewin drew his sword and retreated, jumping several meters away. From the wound on Ger's abdomen to the tip of his sword, a red line composed of blood flowers was splashed out.

  Drip, drip... A large amount of fresh blood seeped out from Gulu's wound, dripping down along the pattern on his armor and falling to the ground, soon gathering into a puddle at his feet, showing just how powerful this sword was.

  "Ah." The onlookers, including Raymond, couldn't help but cry out in surprise. No one could have expected that this seemingly powerful mysterious swordsman would suffer such a severe injury in just one move.

  However, Godwin's expression did not ease up at all as he stared at the blood-soaked Gru. In a low voice, he said, "Do you look down on me? The strength that can kill Laina with one sword will never be just this."

  Facing Goodwin's inquiry, Gru didn't say a word from start to finish. He simply hung the giant sword by his side once again, as if issuing a challenge, waiting for Goodwin to attack once more.

  He gave it his all with one blow, but only got such a reaction from his opponent. A flash of anger appeared in Goodwin's eyes, and he slowly took a breath: "Well, this is what you asked for!"

  No sooner had the words left his lips than a figure flashed before him, and he charged forward once more. This time, his speed was even faster than before, and in the blink of an eye, Godwin was already standing in front of Gru, his heavy sword slashing horizontally at his neck.

  Gru held the giant sword in front of him, shielding more than half his body like a shield. Then came a loud "zhi" sound as Godwin's heavy sword scraped against the giant sword, producing a string of dazzling sparks.

  One strike not in, Godwin did not stay, immediately slanted body a turn, using the waist force whole person spun half circle, turned to Gru's body another side, heavy sword followed momentum pulled back, again towards Gru chopped.

  Because the sword was in his other hand, Gru couldn't get back to defend himself in time and was about to be cut down by Godwin just like last time. At the critical moment, it's unclear whether he was panicked or overconfident in his heavy armor's defensive capabilities, but he actually raised his hand to meet Godwin's heavy sword.

  "Good!" Godwin's eyes snapped open, he had absolute confidence in his own heavy sword attack power, and Gru's move was no different from self-mutilation.

  As expected, the sword edge and Gru's wrist had barely made contact when it cut through the outer steel. But unexpectedly, what should have been a smooth slash at Gru's wrist was like chopping into something incredibly hard, and it got stuck in there.

  "What?" Goodwin exclaimed in surprise.

  At the same time, a loud whistling sound was heard, and it was Gru's other hand that wielded the giant sword, sweeping it towards him like swinging a wooden stick.

  At the critical moment, Godwin calmly shifted his body slightly to one side, turned his wrist holding the sword, and stuck his shoulder to the sword body, as if he had "hidden" behind the heavy sword.

  Immediately following, a loud crash was heard as Gru's massive sword slammed into his own, and Godwin instantly felt like he had been struck head-on by a rampaging beast, flying horizontally through the air, taking the heavy sword embedded in Gru's wrist with him.

  Can't help but say, Jiang is still old and spicy. Gu De Yin's move not only avoided a fatal blow but also recaptured the weapon. However, taking a direct hit from Gulu's horizontal sweep was far from pleasant. Gu De Yin flew several meters away, landing awkwardly and almost falling over, hastily stabbing his sword into the ground to barely steady himself.

  "This guy..." With a sword in hand, Godwin felt his arm tremble slightly, the pain almost splitting.

  Repel Godwin, but Gru did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but once again hung the giant sword by his side. From the beginning to the end, he didn't move a single step, just like a stable and standing reef, no matter how fierce the impact was, it was difficult to shake him at all.

  At this moment, a large amount of fresh blood is dripping down from the wounds on Gru's abdomen and wrist, which can be heard exceptionally clearly in the quiet night. However, despite being so seriously injured, Gru's expression remains unchanged, silent and numb, as if he were not the one who was injured at all.

  Just this point alone makes me feel a kind of unspeakable horror.