Chapter 112: The Trio

After a moment's thought, Gune flew straight toward those people.

In this eerie place, Gune could hardly survive on his own.

If he truly encountered an insurmountable danger, Gune would have to reincarnate and leave this strange place.

Approaching these people rashly might be dangerous, but it might also allow him to follow them into a relatively safe area, and at the same time find a way to reach Mount Ermoco.

As he flew, Gune withdrew the World Essence and Darkness Essence.

Immediately, the three people in the area where the flames were gradually dissipating noticed Gune and looked over.

Among the three, the leader was tall and sturdy, as if carved by knives and axes, with brownish-yellow skin exposed, a full four meters in height. He carried a giant furnace sword on his back, which exuded the aura of a demigod weapon.

His own realm was also at the demigod level.

Beside him was a two-headed ogre, even taller than the four-meter-tall foreign man, covered in muscles, carrying a pair of battle axes on his back.

The other was a foreign human woman with bluish skin, about the same height as Gune, her body covered with dark golden strange inscriptions, and a cursed short sword at her waist.

The three looked at Gune with full vigilance.

Gune stopped about a hundred meters away from them.

"Three, how did the Dark Shepherd Lamp Island become like this? Has it been affected?" Gune asked in the common language of Saint Haigar.

As soon as Gune spoke, the three looking at him all showed strange expressions.

"You? A newcomer?"

The blue-skinned foreign woman among the three asked doubtfully.

"Yes, I've only been on Dark Shepherd Lamp Island for a few days, but the island seems somewhat different from what I found in the materials," Gune nodded in response.

"Dark Shepherd Lamp Island has been like this for three hundred years," the woman said with a slight frown.

"Three hundred years?"

Earlier, Gune had suspected that something had happened to Dark Shepherd Lamp Island because the materials he had differed greatly from what he encountered.

He hadn't expected that the change had occurred three hundred years ago.

"The timeliness of this information is really poor."

Gune now understood that the materials he had obtained were probably from hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

The peculiar events that happened on Dark Shepherd Lamp Island three hundred years ago had apparently not been known outside, nor had they spread much.

"You came to Dark Shepherd Lamp Island to... go to Mount Ermoco?" the burly leader asked in a loud and deep voice.

"Yes, I wanted to use Dark Shepherd Lamp Island as a springboard to enter Mount Ermoco, but I didn't expect to get lost in this darkness after arriving," Gune said truthfully.

"Then I encountered that Long Night Lantern earlier, which kept chasing me. If you hadn't killed it, it probably would have followed me for a very long time."

"You... were being chased by a Long Night Lantern and could still fly?" the woman couldn't help asking, a hint of surprise in her tone.

At the same time, the burly man and the two-headed ogre also showed astonishment on their faces.

Combining this with the previous situation, Gune nodded slightly.

"When I encountered that Long Night Lantern earlier, my body was as stiff as discarded rusty machinery, hard to move. Fortunately, I have the Wind Spirit Wings, so I could still fly."

Only then did the three notice the cyan-blue Wind Spirit Wings behind Gune, almost invisible under the cover of night.

"Is it impossible to fly after being targeted by this Long Night Lantern?" After explaining, Gune asked in return.

The few exchanged glances, seemingly communicating covertly.

After a moment, the foreign woman began to explain: "The Long Night Lantern is one of the strange products of the changes on Dark Shepherd Lamp Island."

"Once it targets you, the strange power of Dark Shepherd Lamp Island descends upon you."

"Then your body and source power are completely restrained, unable to move, and then you are devoured by the Long Night Lantern, becoming part of it."

"You must have seen those strange faces; they are the people it has eaten."

"I see," Gune nodded slightly.

"Actually..."

The woman paused and continued.

"Even some demigod experts find it hard to easily set foot in the Lantern Zone, because even demigods can be completely suppressed and unable to move, and thus get eaten."

"I didn't expect that you could escape after being targeted by that human-faced lantern; it's quite rare."

"Not to mention that you are only at the late stage of the Fourth Realm; this is unprecedented."

"Is that so?" Gune smiled.

"Maybe it's because I have the Wind Spirit Wings," Gune said.

"But a bigger part is that my Blood Sea pushed open that powerful restraining force; otherwise, even with the Wind Spirit Wings, it would have been hard for me to fly."

After hearing Gune's words, the woman continued.

"Earlier, we saw that human-faced lantern fleeing in one direction without noticing us, so we struck and used flame methods to burn and kill it."

"We were wondering why that human-faced lantern had run so far; we didn't expect you had lured it out."

"Flame methods?" Gune raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Can flame-based methods deal with this human-faced lantern?"

The woman smiled upon hearing this.

"It's not ordinary flame abilities."

"Cthulhu-type flames?" Gune's expression shifted slightly.

"Yes," the woman nodded lightly.

Gune's gaze swept over the three again.

The leading man's aura was vigorous and surging, but not vast and profound; his control over half-divine power clearly marked him as a demigod expert.

Gune could clearly perceive the woman's aura and realm: Fourth Realm peak, and so was the two-headed ogre.

"Are you also here on Dark Shepherd Lamp Island to go to Mount Ermoco?" Gune asked.

"Yes," the burly leader nodded slightly.

"Can I join you?" After a pause, Gune inquired.

The burly man laughed.

This seemingly ordinary human man was only at the Fourth Realm peak in strength.

Compared to similarly ranked Divine Envoys and Ancestral Spirits, his strength was naturally weaker.

But this human man had managed to escape so far under the pursuit of a human-faced lantern, seemingly leaving it far behind, and appeared unafraid of its chase.

From this, he could infer that this human at the Saint rank was probably extremely powerful.

If he could advance to demigod, he would definitely be a very strong presence among demigods.

They themselves had already intended to recruit him.

Now that Gune said this, they naturally would not refuse.

After all, on this now-changed Dark Shepherd Lamp Island, there were many small teams united.

The more people recruited, the stronger the team, which would ensure greater safety when leaving the island in the future.

"No problem, come with us! This is not a place to talk. Besides, the current situation on Dark Shepherd Lamp Island is not what it used to be. There are some things we need to tell you."

"Otherwise, with your Saint Fourth Realm cultivation, if you encounter real danger, you won't survive long here."

"You should know that currently on Dark Shepherd Lamp Island, there are several gods, and quite a few demigods skilled in assassination arts."

"These people are not to be trifled with."

The burly man said.

"Then thank you very much," Gune said solemnly.