Chapter 311

Go-Jin might not have noticed.

But Tang Zheng had detected that Kelart was obviously intentionally trying to extract the current gathering place of the various demi-human tribes from Go-Jin's mouth.

This behavior immediately made Tang Zheng realize the fundamental goal of the Holy Kingdom.

"No wonder I had a strange feeling along the way; clearly, the enemy's position had already been scouted, yet they used the excuse of preventing traps to continue acting according to the original plan."

Realization surfaced in Tang Zheng's heart.

For the Holy Kingdom, the appearance of these numerous undead this time was not only a disaster, but also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

They could take advantage of the situation to wipe out all the demi-humans in the entire hilly terrain!

However.

What was the reason for Kelart's confidence?

Tang Zheng was thoughtful, and incidentally looked at Captain Nigen, who had always kept a cold face, making it impossible for anyone to detect any change in emotion.

"Captain!"

Suddenly, a hurried voice came from the 【Sunlight Scripture】 troops.

"Life reactions detected, the number is about 20, and they are approaching us rapidly!" The Scripture member reported immediately after arriving.

"Life reactions?"

"Are they not undead?" Captain Nigen's gaze condensed as he looked at the position his subordinate was pointing to.

Tang Zheng also looked over; since they were life reactions, then in this area of the hilly terrain, they were most likely demi-humans.

Go-Jin also stood up, joy appearing on his face.

Not long after.

20 cyan figures appeared in everyone's field of vision, rushing toward the position where Tang Zheng and the others were at an extremely fast speed.

The members of the Paladin Order stood up immediately, making defensive movements.

This was a bug race with sharp arm blades on their arms, and their whole bodies were wrapped in a layer of cyan exoskeleton-like armor.

"The Blade-Armor Bug tribe!" Go-Jin said after seeing these demi-humans clearly.

The number of the 20 Blade-Armor Bugs was not large, and coupled with the fact that the human side had the intention of cooperating with the demi-humans, the members of the Paladin Order lowered their guard slightly.

This group of Blade-Armor Bugs slowed down their speed as they gradually approached the humans, meaningfully showing a certain kind of goodwill.

This made the Paladins feel even more at ease.

"It seems to be the vanguard of the demi-human side."

Kelart said softly with a smile on the corner of her mouth when she saw this scene.

However!

Just as the words were spoken, the smile on Kelart's mouth froze on her face.

The Blade-Armor Bugs, which had originally slowed down and approached, suddenly accelerated their steps when they were about thirty or forty meters away from the humans!

In just a few breaths!

The Blade-Armor Bugs had already rushed in front of the outermost Paladins, and the arm blades extending from their arms turned into cold light and slashed down.

"Ah—"

"Ah—"

Several Paladins on the outermost perimeter couldn't react in time and were directly slaughtered by the Blade-Armor Bugs, letting out screams.

In an instant!

The Paladins' expressions changed drastically, they let out angry roars, drew their longswords, and met them.

Remedios, who had long been suppressing anger and displeasure, disappeared from where she was in an instant and rushed into the Blade-Armor Bugs.

"Holy Strike!"

Remedios's eyes were cold and angry, and astonishing force poured out along the sword blade emitting holy light; she split a Blade-Armor Bug, which possessed defensive capabilities comparable to plate armor, in half with one sword:

"Damn demi-humans! Slaughter them!"

The number of the 20 Blade-Armor Bugs was not large, and although their individual strength was stronger than ordinary Paladins, under the large number of people and Remedios's powerful attack.

In just a moment's time.

This group of Blade-Armor Bugs was all slaughtered.

The smell of blood permeated the air, and a full seven corpses of Paladins lay on the ground, making the Paladins gnash their teeth in hatred.

Every Paladin who could participate in this mission had the determination to die, but they had never thought that their teammates would not die first at the hands of the undead, but instead die in a sneak attack by demi-humans!

"Go-Jin!!"

Remedios turned her head angrily, the cold light in her gaze extremely chilling, staring fixedly at Go-Jin.

Bang!

The ground under her feet shook,

Remedios rushed out like a silver lightning bolt, the holy sword in her hand emitting a scorching white light, cutting through the air, and emitting a "buzzing" sound as it slashed over:

"Sky Slash!"

"Hard Strike!"

Go-Jin's gaze also revealed coldness, and he swung his mace weapon without hesitation.

Boom—

The two collided instantly, and powerful air waves surged.

Kelart and Captain Nigen, who were closest, retreated first; Tang Zheng saw this scene and followed suit, making a retreating movement.

"Wait, sister!"

Kelart reached out her arm to block her face, defending against the incoming air waves, while hurriedly speaking to stop her.

She also hated demi-humans, and knew that there was obviously something abnormal about what had just happened; even if that group of demi-humans had any other thoughts, they wouldn't take action against this group of humans who had come to help in their current situation.

The situation of taking action would at least be after solving the threat of the undead!

A brief collision.

Remedios and Go-Jin retreated one step at the same time.

"Kelart, you also saw those despicable demi-humans just now; they didn't have the slightest intention of cooperating!"

Remedios heard her sister's stopping voice and still looked at Go-Jin angrily.

"Lord Go-Jin, can you tell me what the situation was just now?"

Kelart signaled Remedios not to take action first, and asked with a serious tone: "I need an explanation!"

Go-Jin was also a bit confused and dazed at this moment, opening his mouth but not knowing what to say; he also didn't know why the Blade-Armor Bug tribe would take action against humans.

"That group of Blade-Armor Bugs should have been controlled by someone."

"Didn't you all notice that the movements of those Blade-Armor Bugs were a bit stiff?"

Looking at the stiff atmosphere before him, Tang Zheng stepped forward and spoke softly.

Remedios looked over immediately, opened her mouth and said: "You guy, actually standing on the side of the demi-humans..."

"Sister!"

Kelart shouted with a clearly serious tone this time.

"But—" Remedios.

"I also feel that the situation just now was a bit abnormal." Kelart said seriously, while looking at Tang Zheng apologetically:

"Controlled by someone?"

"Team Leader Tang means that our enemy should not just be that magic caster who controls the legendary undead."

Tang Zheng looked at Kelart with surprise, not expecting the other party to have sorted out her thoughts so quickly.

As expected, compared to Remedios, who only had one string in her head, Kelart was indeed much smarter and more troublesome.

"That's right."

"Last night we suffered attacks from a large number of undead, but we never saw the figure of a Death Knight, which shows that someone else is controlling those undead to attack us."

"If I were that powerful magic caster, why would I be so cautious?"

Tang Zheng's expression became serious, and he reminded:

"We don't just have one enemy; after a night of rushing, although it is daytime now, it is the best opportunity to attack us."

Remedios was startled and looked at Kelart.

Boom!

"Fireball."

A crimson fireball suddenly attacked from a distance.

The members of the Priest Corps, who had long been vigilant, immediately released magic.

"Shockwave!" The priest shouted.

Boom—

The exploding flames burst open, and the huge intensity made everyone stop their previous argument and look in the direction the fireball flew from.

Only to see two figures appearing out of thin air in a position that was empty a hundred meters away.

An old man wearing gray magic robes and a warrior wearing black armor.

"Ho, everyone from the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy."

"The greeting just now, does it look very welcome?"

The gray-robed mage's sinister laughter reached everyone's ears.

"That is 'Teleportation'?!"

Captain Nigen first looked at his subordinates; there were clearly no two people in the previous scouting, and then realized something: "Someone who has stepped into the 'Hero Realm', a magic caster of the 5th Rank magic system!"

Everyone became serious one after another.

Tang Zheng and the others walked forward quickly, facing the two mysterious people opposite them.

"Who are you people!"

Kelart spoke with a cold gaze.

"Oh my, I forgot to introduce myself."

"We are the high disciples of 【Zuranon】, planning to transform the Abelion Hills into a true kingdom of the undead."

The gray-robed mage's sharp eyes were full of hostile gazes, but he didn't care at all, and instead spoke arrogantly:

"So, could you please trouble yourselves to return?"

"We also don't want to offend two kingdoms at once; that would be very troublesome."

Once the name 【Zuranon】 was mentioned.

Some people revealed confused expressions on their faces, while others revealed shocked expressions.

"That evil secret society from the rumors that destroyed a city 20 years ago!"

Kelart whispered to herself: "So the mysterious magic caster who controls the legendary undead is the leader of 【Zuranon】."

"No wonder." Captain Nigen's gaze flashed, and while his eyes became cold, he also understood a bit.

One of the tasks this time was to scout the identity of the mysterious magic caster, after all, an evil mage who could control and create legendary undead had suddenly appeared.

No amount of attention and vigilance would be too much!

If it were 【Zuranon】, then everything could be explained.

Tang Zheng felt like laughing at this moment.

Alright, it seems 【Zuranon】 is destined to take the blame for this in the hilly terrain.

He also didn't expect the other party to report their family name as soon as they came up; he didn't know whether to call the other party confident or arrogant.

"Pavel!"

Remedios didn't have so many thoughts; since the enemy had been determined, then slaughter them.

"Yes!"

"Black" Pavel had already pulled the bowstring in his hand to the full, and an arrow emitting a faint red light was shot out in an instant.

The arrow turned into a long rainbow!

The distance of a hundred meters was covered in an instant, shooting straight at the gray-robed mage's head.

"Dark Strike!"

The black-armored knight standing coldly on the side suddenly stepped forward, waved his arm, and swung his long black sword.

It easily slashed at this extremely fast arrow.

Boom!

The arrow exploded the moment it made contact, and the scorching firelight swallowed the black-armored knight.

The people on the Holy Kingdom side revealed excited expressions, but were stunned the next moment.

Only to see!

The black-armored knight walked out of the flames unscathed, his whole body flashing with faint black light, as if it were some kind of protection magic.

"I hate it when others play little tricks."

"In a while, I will slaughter your commander first, and then slaughter you."

The black-armored knight raised the black longsword in his hand, pointed the tip of the sword at "Black" Pavel, his face full of scars wriggling like maggots, and spoke coldly.

"It seems you all refuse to leave!"

The gray-robed mage's voice followed closely, he raised the magic staff made of something like vines in his hand, and knocked it hard against the ground:

"Come out, everyone!"

Rumble—

The ground shook!

One by one, skeletons and rotting arms emerged from underground, and a large number of low-level undead began to appear.

"Protect the corpses, prepare for battle!"

"Remedios, I want to capture one of them alive." Kelart spoke quickly.

"Good!" Remedios responded, firelight flashing in her eyes.

And at this moment.

Tang Zheng looked at the attribute panel that only he could see, and a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

'Skill "Dark Strike" discovered, requires Mid-Rank profession 【Dark Knight】, requires prerequisite profession 【Paladin】, current conditions not met...'

''Genius' profession activated, conversion successful, learning conditions met, consume 3 skill points to learn?'

"Paladin's prerequisite?"

Tang Zheng was a bit stunned.

If he remembered correctly, the prerequisite profession for 【Holy Knight】 was Paladin, so how could this Mid-Rank profession in front of him also be a prerequisite for Paladin.

A brief hesitation.

A thought moved in Tang Zheng's heart; it was just a Mid-Rank profession, nothing more than wasting three skill points.

Buzz—

'Profession acquisition successful!'

…………

Profession: Dark Knight

Level: Mid-Rank Profession

Ability Effects:

Passive·

"Pain Power": Attacks carry negative attribute damage, increasing continuous negative attribute erosion effects.

"Dark Heart": Holy and fire attribute damage received reduced by 10%, holy attribute resistance increased by 10%.

Active Skill:

Dark Strike: A move converted from "Holy Strike", which can cause enemies who receive this damage to have their healing effects halved.

Introduction: A Paladin who has fallen into darkness, Light? Justice? Holy? Bah!

(Note: For every level increased, the three attributes (MP, Physical Defense, Magic Defense) increase by 10 points.)

…………

Seeing the information of this profession.

Tang Zheng finally understood why the prerequisite condition for this Mid-Rank profession, which didn't match the Paladin at all just from the name, was 【Paladin】.

"Fallen Paladin, it really is a cliché profession."

Tang Zheng observed the difference between the 【Dark Knight】 and 【Holy Knight】 profession information, and found that there was no connection between the two in terms of profession content.

He temporarily suppressed the thoughts in his heart.

Tang Zheng looked forward again at everyone who was already fighting the undead.

(End of chapter)