"..."
"An unexpected character?"
Linsey frowned deeply.
Such a message had suddenly popped up in the Task Bar. Under normal circumstances, it would have been hard to guess what was happening.
But as the holder of Game Player abilities,
Linsey had seen this sort of situation countless times and had plenty of experience dealing with it.
By analyzing the wording of the description and the quest rewards, he concluded that this incoming helper was definitely connected to the City of Law.
Linsey thought carefully.
At this moment, Alvitte was already outside the Royal City.
The other Law Knights and Righteous Walkers he knew were mostly badly injured as well, in no condition to come provide support.
"Then who could it be?"
"Could it be..."
Linsey's heart tightened as he immediately opened the Friend Channel.
Only after seeing Nolan's grayed-out avatar did he confirm that the one coming to help was not the friend he had made in the past timeline.
Sigh, I thought another cheat code might show up.
Linsey sighed faintly to himself.
After ruling out so many familiar people, with no other possibilities left, a figure surfaced in his mind.
It was someone who was not a friend—someone who could even be called an enemy!
"..."
"It seems you felt it too."
At that moment, the Melancholy One across the street spoke.
He had no idea what Linsey was doing on his status panel. He merely assumed that the enemy before him had been thoroughly infected by melancholy and had fallen into an indecisive state of grief and indignation.
"Put down your weapon."
"After tonight, our meaningless lives will finally reach their destined end, until..."
Boom—!!!
Before the Melancholy One could finish speaking, blazing flames exploded across his face.
Linsey drew his bow and fired.
He could not