Although a bit curious, Violet felt that directly asking a Guardian of the Heavenly Realm, “Did you come from the heavenly realm?” would make her seem foolish.

 

So, Violet decided to play a bit with the art of language.

 

“Hey, Lucas, what position did you hold in the heavenly realm?”

 

The burly golden armor slightly tilted its head. Although Violet couldn’t see its expression inside, she felt that it conveyed an emotion called confusion.

 

“Before receiving the gaze of our Lord and forming a contract, I was the commander of the Guardian God Legion in the heavenly realm. Why does our Lord ask such a question?”

 

“Well…”

 

Violet hesitated, opened her mouth, and couldn’t figure out how to answer.

 

She couldn’t say, “Well, because you’re an NPC with a name that I summoned with my evolved special summoning skill, and now that I can finally communicate with you, I’m suddenly curious,” or something like that.

 

The heavenly realm he mentioned should be another dimension unrelated to this world, probably of the same nature as summoning demons.

 

These details weren’t explained in the game, and Violet didn’t understand why summoned beings in the game had a complete, real place of origin and source in this world.

 

As for the mention of our Lord’s gaze and the contract, the priestess was even more confused.

 

Except for specific class tendencies, ordinary players could only sign one pet contract. Violet’s contracted pet was undoubtedly the little dragon girl. How could she go and form a contract with a Guardian of the Heavenly Realm?

 

The mention of a contract by Lucas should be some kind of special connection. After all, this skill, originally for randomly summoning guardians, became a fixed summoning in Violet’s hands, and in the game, this name was frequently associated with it.

 

Feeling that delving deeper would become endless, the priestess decided to temporarily stop.

 

“Nothing, I’ll leave the task of clearing the small fry to you.”

 

“Understood. Lucas will not allow such lowly filth to approach you.”

 

Under the protection of the massive golden-armored warrior, the two continued to move towards the depths of the Forgotten Land.

 

As they advanced, the intensity of the undead around them seemed to gradually increase. From initially appearing as common people transformed into miscellaneous skeleton grunts, they evolved into zombies carrying plague and corpse poison. Skeleton warlords wielding knives and bone shields appeared, as did formless cursed spirits that could rely on the living or release curses and dark magic.

 

But regardless of the type, they were all effortlessly split in half by the golden light emitted from the sword swung by Lucas, purified to the point where not a trace remained. Nothing could get close to the priestess within a range of ten meters.

 

Moreover, this Guardian of the Heavenly Realm possessed a unique passive ability. Enemies killed by it would have the holy attribute energy injected into their bodies erupt violently upon death, forming a small-range holy light bomb, causing area-of-effect damage.

 

Furthermore, this area-of-effect damage itself could trigger Lucas’s passive ability. So, when facing hordes of small fry enemies, a chain reaction of large-scale explosions would occur. Just by killing one unit, the entire area could be instantly cleared.

 

Therefore, Violet specifically summoned Lucas. While Xiao Guang could achieve similar results, her destructive power was too strong. If the dragon lady continued to unleash her power repeatedly, after a round trip, the Forgotten Land could be renamed the Shattered City.

 

Although Lucas was level 80, most of the time, he played the role of a meat shield. His attack power was quite average, not enough to demolish the place directly.

 

Swish, the golden-armored Guardian of the Heavenly Realm swung the blazing golden light again, but this time, the expected chain explosion did not occur.

 

“Hmm?”

 

Violet, who was walking and organizing her thoughts, turned her head and noticed a knight similar in appearance to Lucas but sitting on a tall bone horse. This knight was covered in dark red flames.

 

Violet had seen such beings in books—Red Flame Spectral Knight. They were as powerful as Sky-tier undead, possessing strong attack and defense capabilities. Those killed by it would automatically transform into undead, becoming minions of the Spectral Knight.

 

Moreover, it had a talent shield skill that could temporarily convert received damage into self-healing.

 

Seeing the knight remain unscathed after a sword strike and the green light shield that had just dissipated, it was evident that it sensed danger and used that skill to block Lucas’s attack.

 

Undead at the level of Red Flame Spectral Knight already had a certain level of chaotic intelligence. Although they couldn’t engage in conversation, their combat awareness was quite good.

 

However, ultimately, these undead were driven by instinct more than reason, mindlessly charging toward the formidable golden-armored warrior even though they were aware of its strength. They rasped and roared, driving their horses straight toward him.

 

“Pitiful undead.”

 

The Guardian of the Heavenly Realm sighed with pity, but its movements were anything but slow. This time, it didn’t resort to ranged attacks. Instead, it directly flapped its razor-sharp, steel-like wings, descending upon the undead knight’s head with a speed far surpassing that of the Spectral Knight’s charge.

 

The dazzling golden sword slashed through the air, and the ghostly green shield reappeared. The radiance instantly surged to its peak and then shattered as if unable to bear the weight.

 

The undead knight, sitting on a horse higher than even Lucas, had no chance against the level 80 Guardian of the Heavenly Realm. As their figures crossed, the dark red flame was already extinguished. The entire body, including the bone horse, was cleaved in half by the sharp edge of the sword.

 

Boom!

 

After a more intense explosion than before, the undead monster comparable to a Sky-tier creature had completely dissipated, leaving no traces behind.

 

Without much evaluation of this already overwhelming battle, Violet stepped over the ground where the Spectral Knight had once halted and continued forward.

 

If even Sky-tier undead appeared, then this should be the inner city area of the Forgotten Land, or even the core area, right?

 

No, it probably wasn’t the core area yet. In a place like the Forgotten Land, a forbidden zone for the living, there must be legendary-level undead inside, and the magical energy convergence that Violet felt from far away, indicating the presence of something powerful, was still a bit distant from this location.

 

At that moment, an invisible fluctuation emanated from the depths of the Forgotten Land.

 

“Again.”

 

The pulling and eroding sensation in this space couldn’t be mistaken. This was the same force that had caused the sudden disappearance of people in the Xavier Trading Company and the phenomenon of the missing living beings in Bavo Town.

 

Although it was inconsequential to Violet and Xiao Guang, Lucas, as a Guardian, couldn’t allow any harm to come to his master.

 

“Insignificant tricks!”

 

The Guardian of the Heavenly Realm thundered in a low voice, taking large strides forward. The intricately carved giant sword was plunged into the ground, and an dazzling light shield instantly expanded outward from its center, enveloping Violet and Xiao Guang behind it.

 

Sizzle…

 

A series of piercing sounds, like flames being extinguished in cold water, emanated from the surface of the light shield. The pulling sensation vanished in an instant, and it could no longer have any impact on the interior.

 

No matter how intense the dissolving sound was, the figure of Lucas remained unmoved, as steady as a rock.

 

Clearly, resisting this force wasn’t a burden for the Guardian of the Heavenly Realm.

 

“Weaker than a level 80 Guardian of the Heavenly Realm…”

 

Violet murmured in a volume only she could hear.

 

It was a bit strange.

 

Although the pulling force of this thing was somewhat mysterious, it wasn’t strong. Ordinary people might not be able to resist it, but a Sky-tier entity should be able to withstand this force, not to mention experts of legendary or higher levels.

 

If this was the mastermind behind the once glorious city turning into a death zone overnight, it seemed a bit underwhelming.

 

Of course, it was also possible that the opponent didn’t use its full strength, but that still indicated something.

 

Moreover, before coming here, Violet hadn’t heard of any widespread incidents of residents near the Forgotten Land disappearing. The situations in Bavo Town and the Xavier Trading Company should have only recently occurred.

 

Was there something that provoked that entity, or had something happened?