Chapter 34: Finally Found You!

  Appearing before Alex was the adorable and shy astrologer, now looking overjoyed. She csped her hands tightly, showing an expression of immense relief and happiness.

  "It's so great to see you're okay. I was worried something had gone wrong... I'm really sorry, it was my ck of skill... but I'm so gd I found you here!"

  "Wait, you came here specifically to find me?"

  Hearing the girl's words, Alex was taken aback. The shy girl nodded.

  "Yes, Mr. Alex, didn't you know? The Star of Fate has a direal fun. I determined your safety through your star, and the star's position indicated that you were heading in this dire. So, Lord Stone and I came here. However... this pce seems quite dangerous."

  "Stone? Speaking of which, where is my mentor?"

  Hearing the shy girl's response, Alex was secretly armed. He hadn't realized that his Star of Fate had such a fun.

  No wohis world felt like it had particurly good security. This ability was more terrifying than DNA and fingerprint verification—those at least required parison.

  Here, they could dedueone's whereabouts by their Star of Fate. If someone itted a crime, they wouldn't need a city-wide search. They could just follow the dire of the Star of Fate to find the person.

  "Lord Sto down to iigate. We saw many undead creatures when we arrived. It looked like they had captured a few padins. Lord Sto something was wrong, so he went down to check more closely a me here on standby."

  Perhaps seeing a familiar face calmed her, and the shy girl was no longer as tense as before.

  "You're here alone...?"

  While speaking, Alex looked toward the peculiar bck panther by the girl's side. The panther seemed to have realized that Alex was not an enemy of its master and had returo the girl's side, vigintly sing their surroundings. Alex recalled not seeing such a creature with the shy girl before.

  "Ah, this is my good panion—Star Spirit. I summo to protect me. I'm very sorry; it sensed someone approag earlier and didn't io attar. Alex. I'm really sorry."

  Notig Alex's curious gaze, the shy girl quickly expined. Alex had to admit, her voice erfect for apologizing. When she looked up at you anxiously and softly said "sorry" in her gentle voice, it made you feel that causing her any more trouble would bring diviribution. Alex couldn't help but think that if this girl opened an apology agen Earth, her business would surely thrive.

  Looking at the bck panther beside the girl, Alex's uanding of the world's power level was refreshed once more. After training with Stone for so long, he had developed the keen eye of a true knight. In his brief enter with the panther, Alex quickly realized that its strength was parable to the temple guards. Having such a guardian by her side meant the girl was quite safe here.

  What Alex hadn't expected was that this seemingly harmless, shy girl also had subat capability. He had assumed astrologers were a support css like alchemists. It seemed there were no such limitations in this world; every css possessed some degree of bat ability.

  Fortunately, with the girl and Stone here, Alex felt a wave of relief. He had been sidering how to leave, but now this problem seemed less pressing.

  "Tap, tap, tap..."

  At that moment, Alex heard a series of footsteps behind him, which made him pause. The footsteps sounded like Malt and the others, but there was something different about them. Before Alex could turn around, he saw the girl across from him wave excitedly towards someone behind him.

  "Ah, you're back, ie. I found my panion!"

  "Really? That's wonderful..."

  Hearing the voice behind him, Alex turned around and saw a young woman in silver-white armor, simir to what Malt and the others wore. She looked slightly older than the shy girl, probably in her early twenties, with short blonde hair giving her a more capable appearance. She was smiling initially, but upnizing Alex, her expression suddenly ged!

  "So, you're here, rad! Take this!"

  Before Alex could react, the female knight drew her sword. A fsh of lightning streaked past Alex's eyes, and the moment, the knight vanished from sight. The whistling wind of her sword came from behind, aiming straight at his heart!

  What the hell?

  Alex was taken aback by the sudden attack. However, his tless deaths in the world of Dark Souls had honed his reflexes. Almost instinctively, he rolled sideways, dodging the attack from behind. Gripping the hilt of his sword, he turned and parried upwards, defleg ie's sword with a metallig.

  But the woman showed no sign of stopping. With a furrowed brow and a frosty expression, she swung her swain, this time imbued with lightning that exploded from her bde, enveloping Alex in a of crag energy.

  Damn it, do you think I'm some kind of pushover?!

  Anger fred in Alex as he swung his sword. The ground trembled as a massive crimson sword erupted from below, thrusting toward the female knight.

  Sword of Justice!

  The sudden strike forced the knight to withdraw. But Alex seized the moment, cutting through the surrounding lightni with his sword and unleashing a golden ssh straight at the knight's chest.

  "Die!"

  The knight shouted as she raised her sword high. A bolt of lightning struck her from above, ing her in a dazzliric aura. She lunged forward, the lightning f into a giant lion that roared towards Alex. The golden energy ssh Alex had released was shattered by the swirling lightning without a trace.

  Alex, however, was not about to give up. His regur attacks were not meant to cause signifit damage; they were to build up his holy energy.

  As the lightning lion pounced, a torrent of golden swords erupted from Alex, transf into a r dragon that charged directly at the liorified cws.

  "Boom!"

  Blue lightning and golden energy collided, creating a massive explosion. The dragon of light pierced through the lion of lightning, but the lion's cws dug deep into the dragon, tearing open horrific wounds.

  "Stop it, both of you! Now!"

  "Stand down, Mr. Alex!"

  Two voices rang out simultaneously. Malt and Stone rushed forward, their ons raised. A whirlwind of fire and wind split the batants apart, dissipating the golden storm and lightning lion, revealing Alex and ie.

  "Huff... Huff..."

  The female knight was kneeling on the ground, gripping her sword and gasping for breath. Her armor was sshed and torn, with blood seeping from numerous wounds, making her look quite battered.

  Alex fared slightly better, not severely injured but clearly worn. The knight's lightning had taken its toll on him. His once- outfit was now scorched in pces, and his right hand, gripping the sword, was smoking slightly...

  "What the hell is going on? Why are you two fighting?"

  Stone frowned, stepping quickly to Alex's side and asking. Alex shrugged, not saying anything. He was just as fused—how was he supposed to knoadin would suddenly attack him? He had no iion of esg the fight, but with the woman charging at him relentlessly, he had no choice but to defend himself.

  "ie, what are you doing?"

  Malt's face was stern as he approached the female knight, frowning at her.

  "What is going on?"

  "ander..."

  The knight looked up at Malt, the Alex with anger bzing in her eyes.

  "ander! He is the cultist we've been looking for! He is rad!"

  (End of Chapter)

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