"Gesslia?" Li murmured the name. It seemed the name of that continent was somewhat similar to those of Westerners.
Li continued turning to the next page. From this page onward, the writing became much harder to make out; the paper had been soaked through with blood. Li glanced at the man's body again. There were no wounds on its surface, but after feeling it, Li understood that the man's chest cavity was soft. It was likely that someone had used sheer force to crush the internal organs in his chest in an instant.
Just how great did the opponent's strength have to be to inflict such an injury?
"July 14th. In truth, we have already searched this place for a month. I truly never expected such a world to exist within this world. This place is even more terrifying than the continent before the Shadow of Light appeared. There are countless monsters here. In one month, three of our warriors have already died, but I can feel that we are getting ever closer to her."
"Her?" Itachi parted his lips, seemingly unable to process it.
Li let out a chuckle. "Looks like this fugitive is a woman."
"Today, our four teams met up for the first time. But according to everyone's intelligence, we gained nothing. Lord Light-Shadow Judgment stated that the mission this time was to bring Gesslia's corpse back. Unless we could carry out his head, he would not permit any one of us to leave this place. And according to Lord Light-Shadow Judgment's intelligence, Gesslia had clashed head-on with Lord Shadow of Light this time, so she was carrying serious injuries. It seems this is the best news I've heard."
"July 20th. So much time has passed, yet we are still going in circles in this damned forest.