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Chapter 45

This was a disgrace.

There was no doubt about it.

As a Knight of Divine Grace, it was his duty to protect the priest behind him at all times, and now that the priest's blood had splattered all over him, this was a disgrace!

Rivers held his knight's sword in one hand and lightly stroked his armor with the other.

The slightly damaged armor combined with the still warm blood, Rivers slowed down his breathing. The female priest died in the blink of an eye. She had been using the Grace of Knowledge this entire time, even with the [Stealth] ability, it was still very difficult to escape her sight, so the enemy's position was worth considering.

The problem right now was that he didn't have the Grace of Knowledge, in this pitch black night, let alone moving forward, he couldn't even find the enemy's position, so how was he going to win?

Tears flowed down his cheeks, Rivers thought for a bit, then lightly tapped his armor with his finger. The sound was especially clear in this silent night.

Pfft

Hearing the sound, Rivers hurriedly dodged to the side. Something flew past him and nailed itself into an abandoned house not too far away.

"I was right, he used sound to sense my position" Rivers tried to suppress his sorrow and kept thinking: "He attacked with a single shot, and from two different locations"

"Her … her blood splattered on me, which means that his attack was aimed at me. This time, the attack came from my side. He changed his position, but I didn't hear any sound."

Pfft

Another sound of something breaking through the air. Rivers immediately raised his guard, only to find that the attack wasn't aimed at him, because after the sound of something breaking through the air, he heard the sound of something piercing through flesh.

The knight's body froze. He wasn't attacked, and the enemy wasn't stupid enough to harm themselves, so the attack just now was very obvious. That bastard, that damned bastard, he didn't even spare a dead person's body and tried to attack the female priest's body to make the knight reveal an opening.

From a logical point of view, the only way to win was to endure, not make any noise, then find the enemy's position. But how was that possible?

They were companions, they had fought together, they trusted each other, she was his eyes, he was her sword and shield.

That bastard attacked her body like that, how could he endure?

Rivers gripped the hilt of his sword so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

With another sound of air being cut, the knight moved without hesitation.

"The grace of my Lord has granted me the power to protect others!" A white barrier of light appeared around Rivers, providing him with a bit of vision. He saw a white bone spear wrapped in black threads flying close to the ground towards the female priest's body.

Rivers stepped forward, wielded his sword with both hands, and slashed the bone spear in half. He then heard the sound of something being cut through as another bone spear flew towards him from another direction. the knight hurriedly raised his sword and used the Grace of Protection to block the bone spear.

As the glow of the Grace of Protection slowly faded away, Rivers gripped his sword with both hands and stood next to his comrade's corpse, no longer trying to hide his breathing. There was no need to, his position had been completely exposed in order to protect his comrade's corpse.

"The attack was close to the ground, so was the attacker lying on the ground?" Rivers thought. "And the direction of the attack is different as well, could there be more than one enemy?"

"The other party's attacks have time intervals. Otherwise, my position would have been exposed. However, after that attack, I haven't attacked for quite some time." "The enemy's attacks had a gap, otherwise my position would have been exposed, but it's been a while since I last attacked"

…

On the other side, Grosk's two trusted guards were standing closest to Rivers and the female priest. They had heard Rivers' shout when he activated the Grace of Protection, but they couldn't help him even if they wanted to, because they were currently facing an even more dangerous enemy — — the Bizarre Scales.

These people who were infected by the dragon's blood were constantly being suppressed by the dragon's pressure, causing their minds to go berserk, turning them into mindless beasts. Other than the method Negri had developed to control them, the only thing that could make them hesitate was anything that carried the aura of a dragon.

The two trusted guards of the merchant were both powerful warriors, as well as famous mercenaries with abundant combat experience. Grosk had always kept them by his side to ensure his safety, and now that he had sent them out, he also promised that they would be greatly rewarded regardless of whether they could return or not.

Among the rewards, the one that tempted them the most was the recommendation for them to study at the Interkam Royal Knight Academy, where they might be able to learn [Respiratory Art].

And if they couldn't return, their families would be compensated, and the quota to study at the Royal Knight Academy would be given to their children.

For this reason, they agreed to participate in this operation. With their rich experience, they were able to locate the Bizarre Scales through the sounds of their attacks, then relied on the dragon powder to successfully avoid the Bizarre Scales' ambush.

One of them held a long sword in his hand and followed the movements in his surroundings. The other took out two small balls with rough surfaces and rubbed them hard. The two balls emitted smoke and sparks, and he threw one of the balls to one side.

The small round balls emitted a sizzling sound and then started to burn. The two small round balls took one direction from each side, providing them with light.

The Bizarre Scales' dark golden figure flashed under the light, both of them were holding their weapons, standing back to back while cautiously observing their surroundings, chewing something in their mouths.

"Over there!" One of them reminded. Both of them moved extremely quickly and rolled to the side. With a wave of their hands, they threw the rope around their waists to the other person. Both of them squatted down and spread their legs apart, pulling the rope with all their might.

The Bizarre Scales flashed past them and caught the rope with its scale-covered leg. The two of them swayed and fell to the side, the rough rope rubbing against their hands, causing the bandages and skin on their hands to be torn apart.

But the result was obvious. The Bizarre Scales was tripped by the rope and fell forward, both of its hands were propped up on the ground, the leg that was caught was a bit twisted, its ferocious face turned around to glare at the two people.

Ignoring the wounds on their hands, the two of them raised their weapons and charged straight at the Bizarre Scales. Without its terrifying speed, the so-called Bizarre Scales was nothing more than a beast with a slightly more terrifying appearance.

However, as they charged forward, their bodies suddenly stopped, as if something was blocking their way. As they swung their swords to cut the thing in half, they felt a sharp pain in their hands as if something was pulling on them, causing their sword-wielding hand to lose its balance and cut open a large gash on their companion's neck.

He could feel the thing crawling into his body from his hand, forcing his hand to hold his sword against his own neck.

Blood splattered everywhere, Yadley jumped down from a nearby tree, pulled the black thread out from the corpse and returned it to his finger.