“If the Shadow Beast is Ken, then most problems can be explained.”

Li Ang said calmly, “Because the Shadow Beast belongs to the human race, his corpse didn’t disappear after leaving the dungeon due to the refresh mechanism.

Because the Shadow Beast is a creation of the gods, it could easily exist for more than fifty years.

During the first trial of the hero team, they brought Ken, who was seriously injured.

As a result, Ken died during or after completing the trial.

The hero team used a wish opportunity to ask for his resurrection.

I don't know if the Wishing Machine was unwilling to waste too much energy,

Or if the wish to resurrect a human was too difficult, even the Wishing Machine couldn't do it,

Or if Ken's body was too fragmented,

Or if the Wishing Machine simply had a dark sense of humor,

In short, the resurrected Ken was not as 'complete' as the hero team imagined.

Having used a wish opportunity, the hero team left the Holy Mountain. In the following year,

They tried to heal or, say, repair,

Ken, who was already in a non-human state.”

Li Ang paused and said indifferently, "After a year, the hero team decided to climb the Holy Mountain again.

Since Ken was originally resurrected by the wishing mechanism and was already the best state the Wishing Machine could achieve, wishing again was useless.

So this time, the hero team didn't make a wish in that regard.

Instead, they went back to the original point and made a wish to help Theresa answer the questions in her dream.

However, the answer they received after making the wish shocked and even terrified the hero team.

The leader of the team, Lamont Jones, the elf archer Hunter Oakwood, the mage Solomon, and the priest Theresa, voluntarily stayed inside the Holy Mountain.

They let the necromancer Finn leave the Holy Mountain area alone and try to destroy the gate of the Holy Mountain from the outside, so that subsequent hero teams could not enter again.

Finn then told Ken the news. The latter transformed into a Shadow Beast state, broke through the guardian village's defenses, plundered the bricks of the Holy Mountain gate, and sealed the path to the Holy Mountain.

Until fifty years later, when we new heroes appeared.”

Other players jumped out of the tunnel and also saw the hall like a sacrificial site, Lamont sitting next to the burning longsword, and the fog door behind Lamont.

“The hero team most likely stayed in the Holy Mountain with the purpose of preventing later adventurers from making wishes.

On the one hand, Solomon and Theresa continued to study the content of corpse transformation.

On the other hand, they explored the interior of the Holy Mountain, staying in the rooms at each entrance to the upper floors, forming a connection with the mechanisms in the rooms to create obstacles for possible adventurers—

This is also because the Holy Mountain has a special mechanism that absorbs magic, forcing the hero team members to separate.

Also, due to the existence of the magic absorption mechanism, the hero team members died quickly.

Solomon and Theresa, who had the most magic in their bodies, died first.

The elf archer Hunter, who had less magic in his body, died later.

And the team leader, Lamont, who had almost no magic in his body, lived the longest, even until now.”

Li Ang glanced at Lamont, who was sitting quietly like a statue, and said slowly, "However, this speculation still has some doubts that have not been answered.

For example,

What exactly did the hero team, who were almost the strongest extraordinary beings in this world, hear that made them willing to sacrifice themselves, stay inside the Holy Mountain, and decay with the Holy Mountain?

And where is the necromancer Finn, who should have escaped the Holy Mountain range?”

Squeak—

A sharp metallic friction sound came from the front. The red humanoid armor, like a static statue, slowly raised its head and stared silently at the players.

After a long silence,

From below the armor's mask, a very hoarse and low voice came, "Don't you already know the answer to that question..."

'He's still alive...'

Ding Zisi, piloting the Kui Niu mecha, was shocked.

According to the sensor display results of the Kui Niu mecha, the life fluctuations of the red armor in front of him were extremely low, no different from a corpse, yet he could still make a sound.

"It's a bit too confident to say we know, we just have a rough guess."

Li Ang was not surprised by the red armor's answer and said casually, "Theresa's diary described that on July 13, 1035 of the Goddess Calendar, the hero team entered the dungeon for a trial.

Everyone suffered injuries of varying degrees.

Finn's chest was bitten by a strangely shaped monster, and the wound was slightly rotten, as if he was poisoned, but after treatment, it seemed to be under control.

Considering that the members of the hero team all have a spirit of sacrifice, he should not leave the Holy Mountain range too far, abandoning his companions.

Instead, he would continue to fulfill his promise and assist his companions inside the Holy Mountain in blocking subsequent adventurers from entering the Holy Mountain range.

The one who best fits these conditions along the way is..."

"Claude."

Hohnheim slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and said coldly, "That three-armed freak has been wandering in the forest for a long time, and he is very powerful.

He is fully capable of harming or even killing all adventurers who want to enter the Holy Mountain area.

And one of his arms grows out of his chest, which exactly matches the description in Theresa's diary that the necromancer Finn's chest was bitten by a monster and the wound was ulcerated.

Finn and Claude are the same person."

David narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "It is precisely because he has been searching for adventurers in the forest area for a long time that fewer and fewer heroes enter the guardian village.

It is also because he is a member of the team that he knows so much about the Holy Mountain and the Holy Mountain trial."

David thought for a moment and said slowly, "However, why would he tell us the way to the guardian village,

And give us the first package that can cause damage to negative energy?"

"That's because, in his eyes, he can easily see that he is no match for all of us.

If we really fight, under our righteous six-on-one siege, he only has one possibility: death. It's hard to say whether he can cause effective damage."

Li Ang said casually, "And with our ability, even without his guidance, it's only a matter of time before we get out of the forest area, at most it's just a little more troublesome.

As for the first package,

I think it's because Ken in the Shadow Beast state has lost his consciousness as a human.

Finn, or Claude, neither wants his former companion to be muddled and lose himself, becoming a monster,

Nor is he willing to do it himself.”

"...What, are, you, say, ing,"

The red armor slowly stood up from the ground, and the metal-made hand armor gripped the hilt of the burning longsword. "Ken was killed, by you..."