Chapter 1: The Black Knight

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"Where is this?"

Simon slowly opened his eyes and found that he was in a dark room, covered in a thick cloth robe, and there was only a candle in the room that provided a faint light, and Simon could vaguely see through the light that there were three other beds around him besides his bed, and nothing else. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I remember I'm dead, right, how can this be?"

Simon clearly remembers that he died at the hands of a giant mutant orangutan, and there is no way he will survive. Simon began to examine his body with doubts, and as Simon made all kinds of weird body postures, he discovered an even more amazing fact, his current body was not the original body, and his current body was not only strong but also well coordinated, but there was a large hole in his chest, which was smooth and soft to the touch, not at all like the touch of flesh.

"It seems that I am no longer me, and I have come to another world, I really don't understand whether I am lucky or unlucky."

Simon sighed helplessly, then immediately picked himself up again and stood up to look elsewhere.

Simon has no nostalgia for his homeland, which has long been destroyed by countless nuclear weapons, full of deadly radiation and mutated monsters, and he is a good survivalist, a wasteland ranger, who has finally embarked on the path of his companion after 34 years of hard life, ushering in the end of his worthless life. Simon didn't know what would greet him, but he was eager to know if the hole in his chest was innate, whether it was a general condition of this world, or an unusual special situation, and he vaguely felt that he could no longer be called human.

"Squeak, squeak!"

Simon was about to push open the door, but he didn't expect the door to open on its own.

Simon was startled by the man outside the door, as if he had seen a skeleton, this man was pale and bloodless, skinny and bony, with dry hair and dull eyes.

"You're awake."

Simon's brow furrowed as the dry voice of sawn wood, and he found that the man's tone was flat, without any emotion, just a dry statement.

"Where is this place, please?"

Simon asked.

The thin man did not answer, turned and walked out, halfway through, and turned back to Simon to follow.

Simon followed in confusion, believing that this man had no ill will towards him, otherwise something would have happened to him while he was asleep.

Simon followed the thin man to a large hall, which was dimly lit by a few candles on either side.

"Oh? Finally woke up. ”

With a crisp voice, a girl in leather armor stepped out of the darkness. The girl has bright brown eyes, a delicate nose and tightly pursed lips, and neat short black hair, which looks very capable. However, to Simon's surprise, the girl was carrying a heavy crossbow on her back, two long swords on her waist, and a short sword behind her waist, which could be said to be fully armed.

"Without further ado, this sword is for you, let's go as soon as possible."

Simon's commanding tone made Simon feel unhappy, and he reached out to catch the long sword that had been thrown over, grabbed a few sword flowers in his hand, and then spoke.

"I think you should explain the current situation before we go."

Simon looked at the girl seriously.

"Well, I'll tell you briefly. I'm Vanessa from the Brotherhood of Steel, and my team found you lying unconscious in your bedroom at the Pluto Grocery Store when we were out looking for supplies, and we took you back to get ready to go back, but on the way we were surrounded by those damn skeletons, and the team suffered heavy losses, and I carried you on my back to break through to this chapel, and now I'm ready to return to the Brotherhood of Steel station. Do you have any questions? ”

It's too simple, Simon doesn't know what to say in the face of Vanessa's fierce gaze. Simon felt that his head was very big, and he had a lot of questions to know, such as why he was searching for supplies, what was the danger zone, and what was the bone shelf, but looking at the anxious look of the girl in front of him, Simon really couldn't ask.

"Okay, if you call me Simon, then we'll ......"

Simon was about to accede to Vanessa's request to set off with her, when he suddenly heard what seemed to be a voice on the roof.

"Knock Knock"

Simon listened intently to the movement of the roof, which seemed to be footsteps, but Vanessa couldn't wait, she took a few steps forward and tugged at Simon's shoulder.

"Hey! What's wrong? ”

"Can't you hear me? There was movement on the roof, as if there were people. ”

Simon asked, somewhat surprised.

"I didn't hear anything. Don't worry, there's usually no one in this place, but I've heard a coward making excuses. ”

Vanessa glared at Simon in displeasure.

Simon was about to explain when he heard a loud bang on the roof.

"Get out of the way!"

Simon suddenly flew to hold Vanessa in his arms and rolled forward.

I saw that a large hole was suddenly broken in the roof of the chapel, and with the falling rubble and sawdust, a black figure with an axe slashed downward, and landed where the two of them were standing just now.

"It's ...... Black Knight! ”

Vanessa got up and broke free from Simon's embrace, looked at the dark shadow, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Black Knight?"

Simon ignored the wounds on his body that had been cut by the rubble, and stared intently at the dark shadow.

The shadow was very tall, dressed in shabby full-body armor and holding a long-handled axe. His face was obscured by a black mask, but rotting flesh could be seen through the cracks in his armor, and the stench emanating from it came to his face. The Black Knight seemed to have come out of a nightmare, exuding a terrifying aura all over his body, and his body was covered with a black halo that flickered like breath.

"Run!"

Vanessa's voice trembled imperceptibly.

How could he run away, looking at the size of the black knight and the action of breaking through the top just now, he was not clumsy at all, but very agile, and in this case, running away was just delaying the time of death.

Vanessa pulled out her dagger and held the dagger straight forward with her right hand in a thrusting position, while her left hand held the dagger slowly above her right arm, taking a fighting stance. But Simon could clearly see that the tip of Vanessa's long sword was shaking.

Simon inadvertently saw that the thin man who had led him the way was standing behind the black knight in a daze, and hurriedly motioned for him to flee, but the thin man did not react, and stood there like a statue, neither fleeing in fear nor ready to fight. Simon saw the deep darkness in his eyes, without any light, and Simon suddenly felt in his heart that the thin man had long been numb in extreme despair, and his heart had long since died.

What exactly makes a person completely give up hope of survival? What the hell is going on in this world?

Simon sensed something from this familiar scene, which was the most common thing in the wasteland world he was in in the past:

Suffocating despair.

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