Night's Spokesperson (I)

Keosius flew through the castle following the black mist.

He saw the magic circle in the iron cage flicker, and countless Blood Slave exploded with wails, turning into ghostly black mist that surged in a certain direction.

"These Blood Slave were all sacrificed."

"Their destination should be the outside world."

Thinking of this, Keosius stopped the chase and instead flapped his wings to fly upwards. His enormous dragon body ruthlessly smashed through stone walls and ceilings, rampaging through the bunker.

Soon, as the buildings behind him continued to collapse, Keosius quickly arrived outside.

However, the scene that came into view had undergone a complete transformation compared to before.

At this moment, there was neither Ming Yue nor a starry sky in the outside world.

This is Night of No Light.

The sky overhead was shrouded in heavy shadows, like a deep black dome.

The surrounding colors are influenced by the environment, as dim as the universe, filled with monotonous black and white, while tall black mountains appear in the distance.

Above the Twilight Forest, countless wisps of mist made of shadowy matter coalesced, forming a constantly rotating vortex of black mist.

Keosius gazed at the black sky and murmured to himself:

"This is a projection of the Plane of Shadow."

"No, it was that old bat that broke through the barrier between the Shadowfell and the Prime Material Plane."

The Plane of Shadow, also known as the Shadowfell, is a dark dimension that is connected to and coexists with the Prime Material Plane. It is a sinister realm of darkness and power, as well as a desolate and unknown frontier.

The place was filled with mist-like creatures made of shadowy matter, empty and desolate, devoid of any life.

The black mist in the sky is clearly an interdimensional vortex connecting the Shadow Realm and the Prime Material Plane, which will summon unknown Shadow Creature from there.

"No, I have to stop him."

At this moment, Keosius finally understood the meaning of the Vampire's dying curse—"You will all die."

Once the Shadow Curse of the Plane of Shadow invades, the entire North Wind Fortress will become a dead city filled with Shadow Creature, assimilated by endless, all-consuming darkness, and he himself may even be transformed into an immortal and indestructible Shadow Red Dragon.

Keosius was surrounded by a shimmering barrier, and he forcefully broke into it, attempting to stop the vortex of black mist and break through the dimensional barrier.

[Spell Invalidation Barrier]

However, this had no effect. The level of this otherworldly vortex was clearly far higher than the fifth ring. Even the tried-and-true Spell Invalidation Barrier could not handle such a complex and high-level spatial anomaly, and could only smooth out the shallowest fluctuations.

The Red Dragon opened its mouth and exhaled a blazing Fire Breath.

The raging flames instantly set the Shadow Creature ablaze, eliciting mournful howls.

However, its scale was already too large. Thousands of shadowy figures formed a huge vortex in the sky with a diameter of nearly 100 meters. Even if the Red Dragon exhausted its dragon flames, it could not burn it off easily.

"This level of fluctuation in the Weave."

"This scale..."

"What exactly did that old bat summon?"

A chill ran through Keosius's heart. The being that had come to the Prime Material Plane through this interdimensional vortex was probably someone he could not possibly defeat!

With that in mind, he did everything in his power to throw area-of-effect spells like Fireball, Wall of Fire, and Lightning Beam into the vortex as if they were free.

Flames, lightning, and light crisscrossed within the vortex, but they could not stop the black mist from gathering, expanding wildly, and obscuring the sky.

"We can't delay any longer."

Keosius thought.

A terrifying pressure emanated from the vortex, causing even Keosius to tremble.

As a naturally powerful Red Dragon, Keosius rarely felt this kind of instinctive oppression, but now he did, and the feeling was very strong!

"Roar--"

With a deep roar, a giant dragon projection surrounded by black mist emerged from the vortex and gradually solidified before the naked eye.

It takes time for powerful beings from the Plane of Shadow to truly descend upon the Prime Material Plane.

Its enormous body, over twenty meters long, was covered with dull, charcoal-black scales. Its wings had no Wing Membrane, but rather a transparent substance resembling that of a spirit.

What was most chilling were those eyes, an incredibly dull grayish-white pool without pupils or crystals, like Abyss that would suck one's soul into it.

At that moment, those greyish-white eyes were fixed on Keosius, and a hoarse voice followed.

"So you were once from the same clan?"

"A young Red Dragon? No wonder. I was wondering who would force my poor contractor to the point of sacrificing everything."

"However, I still have to thank you."

The giant dragon, or rather the Shadow Dragon, licked its lips with great anticipation, dripping out a black mist of saliva that had no physical form.

"It feels so good to be able to return to the Prime Material Plane soon."

Keosius flapped his wings with all his might, barely managing to hover in mid-air. He was on high alert, looking up at the Shadow Dragon phantom that was far larger and more terrifying than himself.

[Based on your own strength, you can observe the following information] [Night's Spokesperson - Mortifer]

Basic Abilities:??? Challenge Rating: 21 (33000xp)

Assessment: Mortifer arrived in the Plane of Shadow seven hundred years ago and has resided there ever since. He revels in its desolation and bleakness, venomously cursing all light and life, and yearning to spread its darkness and evil far and wide.

He often disguises himself as a sorcerer who calls himself the "Night's Spokesperson," making hidden traps with humanoid beings, luring them into corruption, and ultimately turning villages and even towns into dead lands filled with dark ghosts, greedily draining their power.

"Legend."

Keosius's expression changed drastically.

Challenge Rating 21, an absolute legendary rank existence.

Moreover, due to the unique nature of dragons, his actual strength is likely to be even greater than it appears on paper.

In short, this is an existence that only an entire legendary adventurer team could barely Contend Against with! It could even cause a dimensional catastrophe!

Since Keosius arrived in Erezege, he has never encountered such a powerful opponent.

Mortifer, the Night's Spokesperson, was a name Keosius had heard of in his previous life, back in the 4.0 version of the "Dimensional Expedition." It was said to be the final boss of the "Dragon Shadow City," a high-difficulty side quest in the Underdark.

But Keosius never expected to encounter such a powerful enemy. After all, in his eyes, the Anzeta Great Wasteland was just a desolate and remote region, not worthy of the attention of those important figures.

However, his prediction was incorrect.

Clearly, this Shadow Dragon is very interested in spreading darkness and death across the Anzeta Great Wasteland, turning it into a desolate wasteland.

After the Ascension Ritual was destroyed in an explosion, Duke Brad disappeared without a trace, likely falling tragically into the hands of this Shadow Dragon.

"We must never allow him to truly descend into the Prime Material Plane!"

This was Keosius's only thought at that moment.