Chapter 10 Murder and Murder, Not Yet Home

The dark shadow swooped out of the jungle and swooped down on the two back-to-back church knights. The church knight facing the black shadow was engrossed and did not let his guard down, although the black shadow came quickly, he finally had time to react, even if it was only a few seconds.

The knight was armed with a short spear with the hilt in front of him, the head pointing downwards at the ground. In a narrow environment like the forest, using a spear will only make you shrink, and even hurt your companions - a short spear will allow knights who are good at using spears and weapons to use their own weapons in places where long weapons are not suitable.

Another key point is that guns have always been the best choice for hunting beasts. Whether it's a beast or a monster, as long as it's good at culling its prey, when faced with a weapon with a sharp spear head, it won't realize what kind of sharp weapon it is, until the sharp weapon pierces them through the belly.

When the knight with the spear saw the black shadow flying towards him, he immediately set up his short spear with both hands, the head of the spear pointed forward, his body leaned back slightly, and his head touched the neck of his companion behind him. The tip of the iron spear was aimed at the black shadow that rushed over. He didn't have time to speak, he just let out a loud shout to get himself up. The shout made his companions behind him, as well as the surrounding church knights, react, and turned to look that way. His companion back to back turned, and the long sword in his hand was raised like the short spear, and the blade of the sword tilted upwards to point at the striking shadow.

This is a defensive stance against a beast without intelligence, no extra tricks are needed, just hold the lower plate, hold the weapon with both hands, and wait for the beast to collide with a sharp weapon and be pierced by the spear or sword. Some beasts may be directly pierced through the beast's head, which is quite unlucky, but it is a good thing for those who kill it - some beasts will struggle after being pierced through the body, and the larger ones will even continue to hit them directly, and they will not stop until the person in front of them is crushed.

These Church Knights are truly first-class warriors, no stranger to murder, and have a wealth of experience in hunting wild beasts. In just a few seconds after the black shadow appeared, he had already done a defensive posture, prepared to hunt, and reminded his companions, and the panic when the black shadow first appeared just now seemed to be just a momentary gaffe, and the knight who was unfortunately beheaded seemed to be the first knight to die here because he was too lax and a little unlucky.

These knights are well-trained and have better qualities than the mercenaries. They are stronger and more disciplined than mercenaries, which is why they can kill all of them so quickly.

But they overlooked one thing. Why was the section on the neck of the dead knight so flat?

It's not a trivial thing, it's a fatal detail.

The shadow slammed into the head of the gun. But the knight did not feel that the spear was sinking into his flesh, but felt that the spear had become very heavy.

Before he could react, the dark shadow had filled his vision. At such a close distance, he could barely see the true face of the dark shadow, but he had no chance to say it. He and his companions fell to the ground, blood-colored flowers bloomed around their necks, and two bright red fountains formed.

After the black shadow took off the heads of the two knights, he jumped into the bushes again without a moment's delay, and did not move again.

It all happened very quickly. It took only a few seconds from the appearance of the shadow to the death of the two knights and its disappearance into the dense forest, so fast that the knights only saw the shadow appear, and then the shadow disappeared again, leaving only two headless corpses and a human head rolling to the side.

The head of one of the knights rolled, just over to the side of Gris's head. As if the beads collided, the knight's rolling head made Gris's head roll a few times, just enough for Gris's face to face up, facing the sky. The face, which was still smiling before he died, looked as if it was mocking the knights of the Church.

The surviving knights of the Church did not see exactly what was happening, only to see a dark shadow flashing, and then two more companions died, just like the first knight to die. They became more nervous. Fear comes from the unknown, and this kind of thing that they have not seen clearly until now undoubtedly arouses their fear the most, even if they are warriors who are not afraid of death. Death and fear are sometimes not completely one and the same – the absence of fear of death does not mean that there is no fear.

"What the hell is that!" a knight had already shouted, and the strange death of his companion seemed to have taken a considerable blow to him. Everyone's face darkened, and they were close to the people behind them, looking around. They couldn't see the shadow for what it really was, and they couldn't find where it was now. When the shadow descended into the forest again, it became silent again. The horses were more restless, and the knight, who was still on horseback, tugged hard at the reins to calm the horses, and the horses, which had been tied to one side and no one to ride, had broken free and ran away along the road.

The fear of the knights crept through with the naked eye, and even Romeona and Julius felt it. The two of them were hiding behind a tree, and were actually in the shadow's range. Julius was already beating the drum in his heart, trying to get out of the woods, but he was afraid that the dark shadow would pass under his feet, and his feet were trembling just thinking about it. Romeona didn't seem to care at all, just staring at Lulunaka.

Lulunaka sat on the roof of the carriage shed with an interesting smile on her face, "If you think it's a beast, you're very wrong. Well...... I can't say that the beast is wrong, but it's not entirely true. I guess there's always one or two people who can see what that is, right?"

No one responded to her. Of course, but someone did see what the shadow was.

Two warriors of the Silver Rank, Patin and Olga.

Although the two didn't actually do it, they restrained each other, and neither dared to do it first, because of Lulunaka's sudden unexpected factor. Lulunaka is unidentified and seems to be friend or foe. Her words just now had already made Olga break off the idea that she would help Romeona, and if he did something to Paddy, Lulunaka would definitely not do anything, just continue to watch the play as she does now.

As for Pattin, there are also various concerns. He didn't know if Lulunaka had come to help Romeona, but the arrows the knights had fired at her had undoubtedly pushed her to the opposite side. Lulunaka didn't care if she would continue to die, or rather glad to see the Church knights die—the still rolling heads were the best proof of that.

Because of Lulunaka's appearance, Pattin's good situation becomes a dilemma. If he had acted first, then Olga would have made some moves, whether it was to escape or take the opportunity to attack, he would have gained some initiative - no matter what Lulunaka said, her appearance did solve Olga's dilemma that they were forced into a dead end.

Lulunaka, on the other hand, seems to be aware of Pattin's concerns. "Mr. Edgar, are you hesitating what to do?" she said, her legs shaking, and she looked in a good mood. "How many more people will die before you can't help it? Or are these people also consumable for you?"

She said this in a loud voice, not just to Pattin, but to the living knights of the Church. As she said this, the Church Knights became even more faltered. There were already knights who looked at Padin from time to time, and their eyes were no longer unreserved trust and respect, but suspicious.

"Concentrate, don't let her disturb your will!" shouted Paddy again, "she's distracting you!"

His shouts would have worked, and it would have come too late. When the Church knights realized that Lulunaka's words were intentional, as Patin said, the number of dead people increased.

The black shadow that flew out rushed towards the church knight, who was still on horseback. The knight of the church tugged at the reins and shouted loudly to calm the horse, but the horse under his crotch could no longer calm down, and shook the knight on his back to a shaky kneel. It tried to escape from here, but its owner grabbed the reins, leaving it to circle in place.

The shadow sped through the air, passing through the knight with the reins in one hand and the sword in the other, and then landed in the forest on the other side, disappearing again. The knight on the horse froze, then his head fell, and then he fell to one side and fell to the ground. Having lost its owner and control, the horse galloped away, ignoring its dead master.

Before the horse had gone far, the shadow rushed out from the other side, galloping on the ground, and rushed towards another knight on horseback. Within a few meters of the knight, it leaped into its feet and knocked the knight off its horse. The knight didn't even have time to shout, and when he landed on the ground, his head was already rolling to the side.

After killing one more person, the shadow did not run into the jungle and rushed directly towards the last rider. The last knight who was still on a horse reacted, not because he was too slow, but because the shadow was killing people too fast. By the time he noticed it, it was already rushing towards him, and by the time he swung the mace in his hand, it had filled his entire field of vision.

The shadow flashed again. With panic on his face, the knight swung his weapon forward, but nothing hit. His head was no longer around his neck, but his body was still in the last position it had been in before he died, and then his headless body fell straight on the horse's back. The horse carried the body of its master and ran away from here. Before the horse had gone a few steps, the shadow reappeared, knocked the horse's body off, and ran into the forest on the other side of the road. The horse was relieved of the burden on his back, and he ran so fast that he soon disappeared from view.

"How long can you endure, Mr. Edgar?" said Lulunaka, "is it really necessary to die until you are the only one left to prove what I have said? Lulunaka held her cane aloft, "It's a shame that a human head is like an ear of wheat, and if you say it, you will fall off......

She waved her staff and pointed at Leo, who was not far away. "Then keep cutting. ”

Once again, the shadow burst out of a place that no one had expected. Under the chassis of the other carriage, the shadow glided close to the ground and rushed towards the nearest knight of the church, leaping at his feet, cutting off his head in a split second. Before the blood could spill out, the shadow rushed down to the next Church Knight again.

The sound of wheat cutting sounded, stubble after stubble, continuously.

When the eighth man died, the shadow rushed towards Leo. The knight, who was back-to-back with Leo, had already fallen to the ground just now, and his head flew to the other side. Leo was dodged by the shadow, but was knocked to the side and rolled on the ground a few times.

By the time Leo got up, the shadow had already rushed towards Leo.

As the shadow swooped down on Leo, Patin finally moved. He rushed to Leo's side, swinging his sword from the bottom to the top, slashing into the middle of the shadow, sending it flying. The speed of the black shadow is very fast, and he is not inferior, intercepting the black shadow in time, and only one sword can repel the black shadow.

Pattin's sword was not only fast, but also fierce and heavy, and the black shadow was picked up by the sword, which showed how much power he used. But Patin didn't show the slightest joy in repelling the shadows, even if the knights around him who were still alive were already relieved. There are not many knights left alive now, except for him and Leo, there are three left. After breathing a sigh of relief, the knights who were still alive looked at Padin with a somewhat complicated expression, with doubts in their eyes.

Padding certainly knew what they were thinking. Thanks to Lulunaka's words, there was a faint rift between him and the knights of the Church, but there was nothing he could do. In order to save Leo, he gave up his grip on Olga and rushed over to repel the shadow. His actions came too late to boost the morale of the knights or give him more confidence. Knights can see death as home, but if they are not saved, they will feel uncomfortable after all.

Padin couldn't say anything because there were so many things to take care of, and Luluna Ka's unclear attitude also made him in a dilemma, and he didn't dare to relax his restraint on Olga. In such a situation, he could not say such words, "For the sake of the mission, please go to your death calmly." If you say that, you're completely following Lulunaka's rhythm and becoming completely passive.

The Knights of the Church did not see this trip as a safari, they had come here with the expectation that they might die, and had committed a shameless murder that was not worth preaching. Even if Patin really said that, they wouldn't riot because of it, but before they died, they would have complained about Pattin.

This may be the development Lulunaka wants to see. Patin's heart was cold, and he felt that the girl in the carriage was more vicious than the noblewoman in the boudoir of the court.

If Padin wants to change this passive situation, then he must first solve the black shadow that killed several knights in a row. Pattin's sword didn't have much reservations, and it was aimed at slashing the black shadow in two, but he found that it didn't feel right. He felt as if his sword had struck a piece of hard iron, and the impact of the reaction made him stunned for a moment—it was less like the sound of slicing into flesh and more like it had hit a shield.

The shadow was swept away by Pattin's swift and fierce sword, and fell from the air to the ground. This time, the shadow was no longer embedded in the shadows of the forest, and remained in place. Everyone saw the true form of the black shadow.

It was a yellow-haired dog with a double-headed sword in its mouth, shaking its body on the ground, and the hair on its body continued to fall down.

Romeona wasn't that forgetful, and of course remembered that it was Lulunaka's dog, who had a name called Ward. But like its owner, it now looks incredibly strange - Romeo didn't think that an ordinary dog could kill so many knights so easily.

"That's Lulunaka's dog......," Romeona whispered.

Julius pulled Romeo Ona to his side, half-crouched behind the bushes, nervously watching the situation change before him. The knights, who looked great, died easily before his eyes, their heads falling to the ground, dead no longer able to die. "I knew that when the dog stared at me, my heart was furious...... It must be a witch's demon pet, maybe a three-headed demon dog!" said Julius. But he couldn't help but be stared at by the listless-looking dog, and when he jumped out of the bushes and met Lulunaka, he didn't think so—he just thought the dog looked useless, a lazy dog wasting food—and now he only thought that the dog was a bloodthirsty beast that could bite a human head and crush it like fruit.

Compared to Julius's gibberish, Olga saw more detail. The double-headed sword in its mouth has a much thinner body than an ordinary sword, and it looks like a precious glass product, which will shatter if it is touched slightly. But such a thin sword body, if used well, can become a sharp weapon for drinking blood. Olga had dealt with some Inhumans from the East, and their knives did not have the same arc as the scimitars of the warriors of the Yilan Continent, but the blade was light and thin, as long as the knife was fast enough, it could cut off the human body like a blank sheet of paper.

To Olga's horror, the dog relied on the double-headed sword in his mouth to behead the knights who generally had the strength of the black iron class. He thought he could do it to that extent, but it was a dog, not a man, that was doing such a thing, which was amazing, even terrifying.

It's not a beast, and it's not a monster's way of killing. Is this dog, named Ward, really a dog?

Padding, who confronted Ward, could see more. He could be pretty sure it wasn't a dog, and maybe not even any kind of creature. The sword he had just taken had left a mark on Ward's abdomen, a scar long enough to reach his back on Ward's sleek, sleek abdomen. Ward, whose fur had been cleaved, didn't look in the slightest pain, didn't howl - it had a double-headed sword in its mouth, and it couldn't make a sound—but there it kept shaking its body, and scratching the hair on its belly with its claws, and it was almost scratching at what little hair it had.

Pattin's sword didn't split it in two, nor did it make it bleed open. Inside the scar, there was no flesh and blood, only a smooth silver-white plane.

Patin thinks that's why the sword feels so hard when it goes down. It's not a dog, or even something that has life at all.

It is a magical product.

"Ward, it's not an easy job to make you a dog skin that doesn't look so bad. Lulunaka sighed, sounding like she was reprimanding a child, "I know you're uncomfortable, but I've worked so hard to make it for you...... Forget it, it's cut down anyway, so I'll make you another one when the time comes. ”

Ward must have heard it, but as if he hadn't heard it, he continued to scratch the hair off his body, looking quite cheerful.

"My killer trick has been exposed, and now I'm helpless...... What should I do?" Lulunaka turned to look at the group, still smiling, not looking as flustered as she had said she was, "Or do you plan to do it?"