Chapter 27: Traps and spiracies

  "You are..."

  "My name is Alex. I'm an apprentice Guardian Knight of the Star-Moon City Temple, and I came here with Knight Stoo assist you."

  "Star-Moon City... You mean Knight Stone is here too?"

  To Alex's surprise, the knight's expression didn't show relief upon hearing this. Instead, his face ged dramatically.

  "This is bad, you shouldn't have e here! It's a trap! Damn it, we've all been deceived... cough cough...!"

  Perhaps due to his urgency, the knight started coughing up blood before he could finish his sentence.

  Seeing this, Alex stepped forward and pced a hand on his shoulder. Examining the knight's dition closely, Alex quickly discovered a deep wound on the knight's waist.

  "Alright, calm down. We're here now, and you 't send us bayway... Let's treat your wound first."

  As he spoke, Alex raised his hand and cast a Holy Fsh on the knight.

  A pure, warm light enveloped the knight's body, and us glow, the once-gaping wound on his waist began to heal rapidly. In moments, it was as good as new.

  "So fast?!"

  Feeling the f warmth and seeing his wound heal so quickly, the knight was astonished.

  Though he was not as powerful as someone like Knight Stone, he was experienced after fighting for the Temple for many years.

  He khat Alex's healing spell far surpassed that of the apprentice priests iemple. Ordinary healing spells could mend wounds but not restore strength.

  However, the spell cast by this young man not only healed his injury in such a short time but also restored his strength—this was at least a bishop-level healing spell!

  Who exactly is this young man?

  The knight, now even more puzzled, scrutinized Alex. He noticed the insignia Alex wore, bearing the Temple's mark, which couldn't be faked.

  If Alex were a specialized healing priest, it might be acceptable. But Alex had also dispyed formidable bat skills in battle, which the knight found hard to believe.

  A knight profit in both bat and healing, and so young? Why had he never heard of such a person?

  "It seems you're fine now."

  Unaware of the knight's thoughts, Alex simply firmed that the knight's wound had healed and theended his hand.

  " you stand?"

  "Of course, thank you, young man."

  Hearing Alex, the knight was momentarily stuhen smiled and grasped Alex's hand to stand up.

  "My name is , a knight of the 13th Battalion directly uhe Bishop's Orders... Uh, why are you looking at me like that?"

  "No, it's nothing..."

  Alex smiled and shook his head in respoo Knight 's inquiry, then discreetly stepped back two steps.

  It wasn't that Alex po do anything to the knight; it was just that the name was intimidating.

  Hearing it made Alex instinctively cautious. Although he didn't know what kind of situation this was, he felt it best to keep a bit of distance from this man.

  After all, in his world, this name was quite notorious, associated with tless killings and striking fear into many...

  "By the way, where are the others? Why are you alone here?"

  "Sigh..."

  Hearing Alex's question, Knight sighed deeply before beginning to expin.

  "This is what happened..."

  "This started just as I expected," Alex thought. The knights were among those pursuing rad, whose body Alex now inhabited.

  rad was already an enemy of the Temple, and after Alex inexplicably fought and killed several of their knights, the animosity only grew.

  Seeking revenge for their rades, the knights searched everywhere for clues about rad.

  Since Alex had used the Lich King's power in the wilderness, the knights naturally associated the cultist with undead creatures like neancers.

  They followed a lead from an old farmer in a nearby vilge who reported frequent undead sightings in Shadow yon.

  The farmer cimed a powerful and terrifying lich was abdug children, causing many to disappear.

  The knights reported this to the Temple and awaited orders. Although they suspected the lich might be the one who killed their rades, they had to follow orders.

  However, as they waited for the Temple's respohe desperate old farmer returned, pleading for them to rescue his grandson.

  Moved by his pleas and eager for revehe knights decided to iigate Shadow yon. They po gather more information, even if they didn't front the lich directly.

  But they fell into a trap from the beginning. The old farmer who provided the information was a cultist! He led them into Shadow yon, winding through the paths until the knights got lost.

  Realizing something was wrong, the knights found the farmer had vanished, and they were surrounded by hundreds of undead.

  Trapped, the knights fought desperately to break through, but the overwhelming numbers and a sealed teleportation passage made escape impossible.

  Their main force was divided and surrounded by the undead. Knight , who Alex now faced, had been separated in the chaos.

  He fought to escape but was ered until Alex arrived just in time to save him.

  "So that's how it is."

  After hearing 's story, Alex finally uood what had happened. He frowned in thought while looked around, puzzled.

  "Regardless, we should first regroup with Knight Stone… Alex, you said you came here with him, right? But how did you get here if the space is sealed?"

  "We used the Star Path to teleport here. As for why we didn't arrive together... I don't kher."

  Alex sighed. His teleportations since arriving in this world had been unreliable. He had been transported right in front of a boss in the dark world, and now, despite telep three people, they were scattered. There was no point dwelling on it.

  "What are your pns now?"

  Alex decided to focus on the present and looked at Knight . This situation was beyond his capability to solve alone.

  He hoped the others had been teleported together. Knight Stone would be fine, but as for the girl named M... he thought he'd offer a prayer for her year.

  "Well..."

  hesitated at Alex's question, frowning as he thought for a moment before speaking.

  "inally, I po escape the undead and regroup with the ander. Given that this is Shadow yon and the space is sealed, it's not wise to move alone. I 't leave here by myself either..."

  "Do you know where they are?"

  "Yes. Before we were separated, we were heading towards Blood Beach. If they broke through the undead's encirclement, we should regroup there."

  "Great."

  Alex nodded, sheathed his sword, aured to .

  "Let's head to Blood Beach then."

  (End of chapter)

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