He Xi immediately felt it was a pity. She had thought they had come up with a good solution.
Yorick seemed to have opened up this time, speaking at length without pause.
After all, he was truly too lonely on the Shadow Isles. Aside from Gwen occasionally coming to talk with him, he could only confide in the souls of the dead.
His words also gave Lan Hong and the others a clearer understanding of this man struggling on the line between life and death.
He had once tried to save a captain who had wandered into the Shadow Isles. Though he had done everything he could, even using his precious unpolluted Water of Life, he had still failed.
But he had not given up. If given another such chance, he would make the same choice.
"Mr. Yorick, please rest assured. We will completely disperse the Black Mist from the Shadow Isles."
Kaisha made Yorick a promise. Though Yorick did not know whether Kaisha and the others could truly accomplish it, he still expressed his gratitude.
"Thank you so much for your help. It is just a pity that I have nothing to offer as payment."
"No payment is needed. This was something we had intended to do anyway."
Lan Hong rose to his feet and said, "Let's go. We'll find Maokai. Yorick, come with us as well."
Yorick thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Led by Gwen, they found Maokai amid a twisted forest. However, Maokai's current appearance was truly terrifying.
A withered trunk, a distorted human face, and knots covering his bark.
If an ordinary person suddenly saw such a figure, they would probably be frightened to death.
Yet the Ruined Curse was the reason he had become like this.
Maokai had originally been one of