Betrayed by All, Deservedly So

The Prince's Sword's "Silver Guard" was an Active Skill, but Cheng Tian could use the Knight's Throw granted by the Arthur Template to turn it into a probabilistically triggered passive.

So when Cheng Tian used the Prince's Sword as material to mass-produce Phantom Swords and shower them down upon the monsters, squads of Silver Guards began appearing out of thin air one after another.

Like the original Knight Arthur, they lost their mounts after one hit, their armor exploded after two hits, and they became skeletons after three hits. But that could not stop Cheng Tian from summoning Silver Guards in batch after batch like a mobile barracks.

The Silver Guards were far weaker overall than the low-ranking Apostles and Ghost Beasts within the gaps, but their numbers were endless, and every one of them feared no death.

Moreover, since the guards Cheng Tian summoned with the Prince's Sword were essentially Prince Alan's personal guards, their armor was completely identical in style to the troops under the local Golden Legion's Archduke.

At the same time, these horned-helmet knights already held fairly high status within the army. They were elite troops and possessed a certain degree of influence.

Thus, as the Silver Guards fearlessly began fighting the monsters, the local soldiers scattered near the city gates—who had been terrified out of their wits by the ritual and lost all sense of direction—actually dazedly joined the battle against the monsters as well, growing like a snowball.

The herd mentality still applied to humans.

In such desperate and terrifying circumstances, if one person fled, it would trigger a chain reaction and cause a mass escape.

Conversely, when a group chose to rise up and fight, successfully gaining a foothold, it would likewise trigger a chain reaction and rally their courage anew.

Having suffered