Everything seemed to be quiet at this moment.

In fact, when General Taufman asked Ophelia to close the curtains, Karun had already thought about how he would respond.

Although he could escape once the captain discovered him, he would quickly use the Light Magic to break through.

Karun had indeed prepared for this. He would use Light Magic to obscure their vision, then break through the window glass and escape outside. After that, he would do whatever it takes to flee to a secluded corner and change into the clothes of the Order of the Gods, or simply run towards the Berna Hotel.

As for the captain who was still in this villa, Karun believed that the captain would be able to escape on his own.

But at this moment when Ophelia opened the curtains, Karun knew that his escape was meaningless.

Although his face was covered with a black veil, revealing only a pair of eyes, Ophelia recognized him in an instant.

No words were spoken, but her eyes told him the answer.

She knew who he was, even though he was disguised.

Karun didn't know the reason, nor did he want to think about it.

But now, escape was meaningless. Using Light Magic would be extremely foolish because his identity had been exposed.

Once the Dark Moon Island knew that he could still use Light Magic, they would surely suspect his "Dark Moon lineage".

Ophelia didn't scream, and there was no panic on her face. At this moment, she was actually smiling, as if she was enjoying a brilliant performance presented by a comedy master, finally revealing the truth when the suspense was at its peak.

It was Karun who appeared uneasy.

Ophelia pulled the curtains completely and then pulled them slightly towards the center. Karun immediately supported himself on the table and moved his body behind the curtains, hiding himself again.

Once his body was shielded by the curtains again, Karun opened his mouth and tried to control his breathing rate as much as possible.

Ophelia turned around and walked towards the bookshelf, helping General Taufman take the books and notes from the bookshelf.

General Taufman finally finished organizing and put everything on the desk together with Ophelia.

"There are so many." Ophelia sighed.

"It's just an old set of 'Era of Light', but the most important ones are these two notebooks, which record what happened on the Dark Moon Island during that period.

This notebook was left by our ancestor, Berna;

And this one was left by that person;

It's fortunate that both of them had the habit of taking notes. As descendants, we should be grateful for our ancestors' good habits, hehe."

"But, Uncle, I can understand why our ancestor Berna's diary is here, but why is that person's diary here..."

"This villa originally belonged to that person. Didn't you ask me before why the decoration here looks so special? It's because that person designed the decoration, preserving the pattern of the Dark Moon Island while adding some of his own style, which can be considered as the style of light."

"Can I take these with me?"

"Sorry, Ophelia, you can't take them for now. These two notebooks can only stay here and cannot be taken out of this villa. You should understand what it means to be a remnant of the light, especially now that your father has finally climbed aboard the ship of the Order of the Gods. We can't afford any setbacks or storms. Let's consider it for the sake of your father."

"Yes, I understand. Can I stay here and read?"

"Yes, you can stay here and read. I'm going to the palace now to meet your father and the elders. I'm afraid they will worry if I don't go to see them. They might think that I regretted it and want to regain the position of the clan leader."

"How is that possible..."

"Nothing is impossible, Ophelia. Sometimes, things won't change according to your personal will, because there is a large group of people behind you pushing you forward. But don't worry, I will handle it.

I will stay in the palace tonight, and you can stay here. My guards will continue to station here to protect you. See you tomorrow, don't stay up too late."

"Okay, Uncle."

General Taufman walked out of the study.

Karun was still hiding behind the curtains, not because he was worried that General Taufman would drop something and come back, but simply because he didn't know how to face Ophelia.

How should he explain why he appeared here?

After a long time, a voice came from the study:

"How long do you plan to hide?"

Karun sighed and walked out from behind the curtains.

Ophelia was sitting behind the desk, with an open notebook in front of her. Her sleeves were rolled up, revealing a piece of white wrist.

Her hands were fair because of sword practice, with no long nails or any jewelry.

Ophelia looked at Karun and asked, "Why are you here?"

Karun answered, "That's why I didn't come out earlier, because I haven't figured out a reason to explain why I appeared here."

"Do you need to hide your motives?"

"Yes."

"You can make up a reason. After I left the hotel, you followed my carriage here, and then sneaked into the study to see me."

"You won't believe that reason."

"Sometimes, people don't necessarily want to hear the truth."

Karun pulled out a chair and sat down in front of Ophelia. "I don't want to deceive you. I'm used to being honest with my friends. Deception, I think, is an offense to you."

In fact, even the matter of the "Dark Moon lineage" was not something Karun deceived her about. It was something she had imagined herself.

So, when Karun said this, he didn't feel guilty at all.

"Being blunt is not the same as being honest."

Karun nodded and said, "You're right."

He knew that Ophelia was referring to what happened in the afternoon.

"Are you leaving now?""Um, yes."

"I think you should be able to leave safely on your own, without me personally escorting you, right?"

"No need, you can continue reading."

Karun stood up and prepared to leave.

Ophelia didn't stop him or ask: Did you hear the conversation between me and my uncle just now?

She chose to remain calm.

Just as Karun was about to open the study door, he heard footsteps outside. He could only hide behind the door.

The study door was opened, and a maid stood at the door. "Your Highness, General ordered us to prepare a midnight snack for you. Do you need any desserts?"

"No, I'm not hungry. Also, I don't want to be disturbed by anyone because of this matter while I'm in the study."

"Please forgive me." The maid closed the door and left.

Ophelia closed her notebook, stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and walked out.

Karun knew that she was still planning to see him off, so he followed behind her without being pretentious.

At the staircase, Ophelia stopped.

"It seems that every time we meet, you bring me some surprises."

"This time, it really was just an accident."

"I won't tell my uncle about your visit here, and I won't ask about your intentions. But for tonight only, and only until you leave this villa, I will handle everything that comes after."

"Okay."

At this moment, the door to the master bedroom behind Karun was pushed open.

Karun and Ophelia turned around to look, but the door was open and there was no one inside.

"Your companion?" Ophelia asked.

It couldn't be that the bedroom door had a problem and was blown open by the wind. The servants checked everything in the villa every day, especially after learning that her uncle was coming back today.

"I came to chase after him. He infiltrated here. When I came out of the hotel, I didn't know whose villa this was, and I didn't know you would be here."

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Ophelia walked into the master bedroom, and Karun followed behind her.

At this moment, a figure appeared on the chandelier on the ceiling. He had a deer head on his face, the kind of decoration that would be hung on the living room wall.

But from his attire, Karun recognized him. He was the captain.

So most of the time, you could trust the captain unconditionally;

He could even know in such a short time that he needed to change his disguise to prevent Miss Ophelia from knowing that they were allies.

However, with such a big deer head on his face, this image was really comical.

"You actually followed us here."

After the captain finished speaking, he reached out and turned the chandelier in front of him. The chandelier was very complicated, but the captain only turned one part of it. In an instant, a formation light appeared on the floor of the master bedroom.

Karun believed that the captain must have adjusted everything inside and left only the last step, waiting for him.

After the formation appeared, a white light emerged. This was a teleportation formation.

The captain with the deer head let go, and his whole person fell down without making a sound, directly being teleported away.

Seeing this, Karun immediately shouted, "Don't run!"

Then, he rushed up and stepped into the formation circle, his figure disappearing.

The commotion caused by the sudden activation of the unfamiliar formation in the villa alarmed the guards downstairs. The guards were rushing towards the third floor.

At this time, the light of the teleportation formation was quickly dissipating.

Ophelia didn't wait for the guards anymore. Before the formation dissipated, she stepped into the formation and disappeared along with the last white light, as the formation dissipated.

...

"Bang!"

Karun fell onto a grassy meadow. He looked up and found that this was an extremely empty area, with the starry sky above his head and a stone stele behind him, but there were no words on the stele, only a handprint.

Where was the captain?

Karun was searching for the captain's figure, but there was movement from above again. Ophelia descended, and Karun instinctively reached out to catch her, but Ophelia adjusted her posture in mid-air and landed steadily.

"Karun, what is going on here?" Ophelia asked directly.

"I don't know either."

"Then where is this place?"

"I don't know either."

"Who were you chasing after?"

"The remnants of the Light."

"The remnants of the Light?" Ophelia frowned slightly. Just then, she turned around, and a red light appeared in her hand as she swung it towards behind her.

"Poof!"

A black snake was directly cut in half, but the part of the tongue that fell to the ground bounced up and bit towards Ophelia again.

"Order Guardian Wall!"

Three black walls appeared, completely crushing the snake's body, pressing it down tightly.

Ophelia looked at the three walls in front of her. This was a simple order spell, but the feeling it gave when used by Karun was completely different. This solid and huge wall was enough to make most attacks appear weak and powerless in front of it.

"Your strength has improved so much." Ophelia remembered that when they last met in Vienna, Karun didn't have this kind of strength, at least not the strength and aura he was showing now.

"After you left Vienna, I worked harder."

Before the two of them could say more, six or seven pairs of green lanterns appeared in the darkness, quickly swaying closer.

These were snake eyes. There were so many pythons here!

Ophelia raised her arms, and two Darkmoon Blades, like red whips, appeared. She swung them directly towards the front.

"Order Purification!"

Karun didn't choose to get close and kill the snakes, but stood behind and continuously applied purification to Ophelia. These snakes looked terrifying, and ordinary people would basically be eaten by them, but Ophelia had no problem dealing with them. The only thing to worry about was the toxins that might be emitted by the snakes.

Finally, all these snakes were cut into neat pieces by Ophelia.

Karun felt that if there was a big enough pot, he could make a dish of "Braised Eel".

Because so many pythons were killed here, the smell of blood suddenly became very strong. From not far away, there was also the sound of rustling, indicating that more pythons were attracted by the smell of blood.

"Let's go!"

Ophelia chose not to continue chopping and instead waved her hand at Karun, signaling him to retreat temporarily and leave this place.

The two ran forward, passing through a forest. After running for a while, they heard the sound of waves in front of them.

Have they been transported to the seaside?

Karun stopped, while Ophelia looked at the position of the blood moon in the sky and said, "We are no longer on Darkmoon Island. The teleportation array has sent us out of Darkmoon Island!"

"Where are we now?"

"We are in the southwest of Darkmoon Island. This should be a group of islands. We should be on a small isolated island now."

Karun remembered his conversation with the captain. It couldn't be just a teleportation array, right? The captain replied that it was impossible. It was impossible to be teleported from Darkmoon Island to Darkmoon Island.

Okay, now they have been teleported to a deserted island in the sea.

Where did the captain go?

At this moment, Karun sensed a strange power fluctuation beneath the sandy soil.

"Be careful!"

After reminding Ophelia beside him, Karun condensed the Darkmoon Blade in his hands and stabbed it directly into the ground.

But the Darkmoon Blade shattered at this moment, and the surrounding sand began to sink. A python with a green glow, even in the night, suddenly emerged from the ground. It had a fleshy crown on its head, resembling a small umbrella. In its snake eyes, there was a sense of majesty.

It opened its mouth, and terrifying acid sprayed out.

"Darkmoon Sanctuary!"

Ophelia opened a dark red barrier, enveloping Karun and herself. The acid fell on the barrier, making a piercing sound.

Karun had tried before, and it seemed that the Darkmoon Blade couldn't break through the snake scales of the opponent. This was definitely not an ordinary python. Even among the demonic beasts, it was definitely a relatively powerful one.

Karun opened his arms and began to chant. Two black and ancient spears appeared above him.

Then, Karun stared at the python and the two Judgment Spears flew directly towards it.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two loud noises came.

Since it was impossible to break through its snake scale defense with sharpness, they would attack it with brute force. It was like dealing with an opponent wearing heavy armor, a hammer was more suitable than a sword.

The python let out a cry of pain. It wasn't killed by the attack, but it was obviously scared by Karun's two Judgment Spears. It didn't continue to attack and instead started to flee.

Ophelia removed the barrier and looked back at the distant sky where the blood moon was.

Karun couldn't help but sigh, "Is this Snake Island?"

"I don't know if there is a Snake Island in this position on Darkmoon Island. Moreover, this place is not far from Darkmoon Island, but these snakes cannot possibly exist here. With their large numbers and proximity to Darkmoon Island, they would have been discovered and hunted long ago, even with the use of fleets and armies."

"So, are you saying that this island has been hidden in seclusion?"

"Yes, something must be concealing this island. " Ophelia looked at Karun and said seriously, "We must go back through the teleportation array. Otherwise, it is impossible to wait for passing ships here forever."

"Then we can only try to restart the array from the place where we were originally teleported. That stone tablet should be the activation device for the array."

Karun and Ophelia could only return the same way. The best result they hoped for now was to successfully activate the array and return. Otherwise, tomorrow... No, they didn't have to wait until tomorrow. Karun didn't mind, but the news of Ophelia's disappearance had probably already caused a stir.

The snake king should have been scared away, and there were no more snake groups appearing on the way back. When they returned to the stone tablet, they found that the snake corpses on the ground had all disappeared, leaving only bloodstains. The bodies were probably dragged away by other snakes as food.

Ophelia squatted down in front of the stone tablet and studied it.

Seeing her posture, it seemed that she had a deep understanding of the array. Karun didn't approach because he knew his level of array formation.

Karun's attention was quickly drawn to the meadow that had fallen earlier, because this area of meadow had obvious differences from the surrounding vegetation.

Bending down, Karun tried to grab it with his hand. It felt slightly cool, not like grass, but more like... hair.

But how could there be such a dense patch of hair on the ground?

What could be underneath?

At this moment, Ophelia seemed to have triggered a restriction on the stone tablet, and the stone tablet began to tremble slightly.

Immediately, the "meadow" began to shrink rapidly, and the black things inside actively retreated towards the stone tablet.

Ophelia also retreated to Karun's side in confusion, watching as the large area of meadow that was here before quickly diminished.

And the scene beneath the meadow that was originally covered by the grass gradually revealed itself at this moment. Inside, there were rows and rows of densely packed corpses. Some of the bodies had already decayed, while others still had white robes on them. The fact that these clothes could be preserved for so long without completely rotting in such a humid environment on the island... they were probably divine robes.

When all the black hair was completely hidden beneath the stone tablet, a complete mass grave appeared in front of Karun and Ophelia, with thousands of bodies!

The temperature unknowingly dropped, and a whispering wind could be heard in their ears.

When Karun looked at the stone tablet again, he found that there was a line of words on the previously blank monument:

```【My heartfelt thanks for your contributions to Dark Moon Island. You've worked hard and suffered much. I invite you to rest here eternally. - Berna】

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