Bloodstains meander until a cave,

"Looks like this is the monster's lair. Grefa ordered the knights to light torches and enter the cave, which was not large, and a path that allowed only one person to pass through led to the interior of the cave, and a putrid stench came from the depths.

Grefa looked back and said

"Everyone followed me and walked carefully. "Be the first to step into the trail. The bones of gnawed animals could be seen everywhere in the path, and the further forward they went, the more the bones became more stenching and the smell of rotting became, Grefa frowned, and lifted his scarf up to cover his mouth and nose, when suddenly a gust of fishy wind came from the depths of the cave with the sound of grinding against the walls.

Grefa quickly dropped his torch and lifted his sword forward,

With a "bell", the monster's claws slammed into the sword, sending out sparks, and the monster roared to bite off Grefa's head with its big mouth.

If it were someone else, he would have been frightened by the monster's ugly face and saliva-dripping fangs at this time, and even if he wasn't scared, he would have been smoked by the stench coming from the monster's mouth, but unfortunately today this monster didn't encounter the poor animal that it usually let it prey, and standing in front of it today was a glorious knight of the empire, a great warrior.

Grefa knew that the cave was too narrow, and the knight behind him couldn't come forward to help, but he could also use this to hinder the monster's attack, Grefa held a sword in one hand, stuck the sword in the middle of the narrow stone path to block the monster's bite so that it couldn't take a step forward, and then immediately bent down to dodge the long claws that swept over, and took out another short sword from his waist and plunged it into the monster's abdomen, and slashed hard, the monster's stomach was pulled open, and the monster turned around and fled into the depths of the cave when he saw that the situation was not good.

Grefa pulled out the sword stuck in the crack of the stone, the knight's sword of the best swordsmith in the empire with high-grade stainless steel was actually hit out of the gap by the monster's claws, Grefa thought to himself that this monster was so powerful, although the knights behind him were very good, but their usual opponents did not have claws that were harder than steel, once the war started, casualties in this terrain were inevitable, there was still a way to reach the mottled hills, there could be no sacrifice here, the monster was already injured, and there was no problem with his own ability to deal with him alone.

Then he turned back to the knights

"You guys get out of here, it's already badly injured, and I'll be able to finish it myself. Moreover, the cave is too narrow, and too many people will hinder each other's movements. Grefa didn't realize that these words hurt the pride of the Imperial knights, it is true that Grefa is much stronger than them, but these knights also have their own glory, these words to them sound like Grefa's disgust and hindrance, for an Imperial knight, there is nothing more insulting to them than being disliked by their comrades on the battlefield.

One of the knights said to Grefa with a little anger

"Sir, our martial arts may not be as good as yours, but each of us is knightly by the grace of the King, and we have been trained to dedicate our lives to the glory of the Empire, whether our opponents are human or monsters, and we will not run away until we die. Only then did Grefa realize that something was wrong

"No, I know that each of you is a warrior of the king's pride, but the monster has been badly wounded, and its combat power is no different from that of ordinary humans. Do you remember the third admonition of the Imperial Knight?"

"Imperial knights should always maintain their own nobility and never bully the weak. The knights almost blurted out that these dogmas were deeply imprinted in their souls.

Grefa asked again

"Don't you, then, think that besieging a mortally wounded opponent is an insult to the name of a knight?" the knights thought for a moment

"You are right, true knights should strictly abide by the dogma, and we are waiting for you outside the cave to triumph, and may the glory of knights be with you. After the knights left the cave, Grefa rekindled his torches and walked deeper into the cave.

Soon, Grefa came to the end of the cave, the rancid smell here dissipated some, although there were traces of the claws of the monster everywhere but there was no trace of the horn monster, and the blood stains of the monster also disappeared in the center of the cave, Grefa looked around, there were faint traces of man-made excavation here, he put the torch close to the wall, the wall was crooked and engraved with some incomprehensible ancient characters, Grefa muttered in his heart

"Looks like this is the deepest part of the cavern, how could such a big monster suddenly disappear from this cave, and I don't seem to be the first guest to come here. Grefa walked over to the innermost wall and groped for a hole to see if there was any secret passage in the cave where the monster could hide, but accidentally wiped off a piece of the stone shell, and the debris fell down with a clatter.

Seeing this, Grefa drew his sword and slammed it into the stone wall, the stone wall slowly shattered, and the dust and stone scabs accumulated over the years began to fall, and the stone wall revealed its original appearance under the continuous impact of Grefa, which was actually a translucent crystal wall, but it was different from the ordinary crystal used by the nobles for decoration, this water feature wall was glowing with a faint red, and the red light became more and more vivid when the torch was removed.

"This, it's the Blood Essence Stone!" Grayfa was even more surprised. Blood essence stone is one of the most precious minerals in Honglu, the largest sacrificial ground in the empire is enshrined with a blood essence stone, but the size of the blood essence stone is less than one-tenth of this water feature wall, legend has it that the blood essence stone is the ancient god Rabi El blood condensed into a treasure, the priests of the sacrificial field can predict the future through the blood essence stone and the ancient gods to communicate, and even some priests with strong talents can temporarily obtain the blessing and protection of the ancient gods with the help of the blood essence stone.

Grefa couldn't help but touch the wall of blood spirits, and the moment he touched the wall, everything around him disappeared, he felt himself floating in nothingness, there was only darkness around him, this darkness was not static, they were flowing, and Grefa could feel something flowing like water from his skin.

The boundless darkness did not make him feel depressed, on the contrary, he even felt a burst of pleasure. It was a wonderful feeling he had experienced, the time he was shot through the heart, it was a thrill of near death, it felt like jumping from the abyss into the deep sea, swallowed by the sea and then sinking to the bottom, only to find himself floating in the sky.

Grefa realizes that he doesn't love fighting, he loves the excitement of struggling between life and death.

Just as Grefa was immersed in the sensory stimulation of life and death, the constantly flowing shadows were slowly swallowing him, and he didn't notice that a pair of giant scarlet eyes were slowly opening in front of him... The Old God, awakened.