What Crime Did You Say You Committed?

"Form ranks! Slay... uh... uh..."

Before he could finish speaking, the squad leader collapsed, clutching his neck in horror.

He died without ever understanding how an intruder, who was pinned to the ground by countless sword tips, could appear right in front of him in the blink of an eye.

He couldn't understand what kind of divine weapon that flashed silver light in the other's hand could be, that could so accurately keep him conscious for a few seconds before he died.

"Bang—"

The body fell to the ground, blood splattered everywhere.

As the sound of the falling echoed, Cheng Shi moved. Like the blood foam sprayed from the corpse, he appeared behind each of the knights present, gently drawing a streak of light with his Scalpel before disappearing in an instant without a trace of regret.

In the blink of an eye, a long, scarlet mark appeared on the necks of all the knights. This striking red line intertwined with the blood spraying in the air and the lingering refracted silver light, as if someone had drawn circle after circle of musical lines in the air. In a certain instant, along with the soft hum in Cheng Shi's throat, it played a stirring movement of sudden change of Destiny.

The movement ends with a series of "bang bang bang bang" sounds of someone falling to the ground.

At this moment, the elegant Clown celebrated "Destiny" and paid tribute to "death" with a magnificent performance.

But the performance was not over yet, because support from the lower levels arrived.

Cheng Shi watched as wave after wave of knights surged out of the stairwell, shouting "Order above!" and charged towards him. He sighed helplessly, then assumed his stance once more, ready to take the stage for his performance.

But just then, his reinforcements arrived.

"Swish swish——"

A rapid whistling sound rang out, and a barrage of arrows, like a torrential rain, rained down from the direction Cheng Shi had come from.

The arrow carried a terrifying power of Decay, instantly extinguishing the Vitality of the wounded knight the moment it pierced his body, turning him into a Decay corpse with white hair, drooping skin, emaciated flesh, and a withered, decaying appearance.

The most terrifying thing is that there wasn't just one of these mummies, but a whole bunch of them!

All the knights who rushed out in front of Cheng Shi were Decay by the Sudden Twilight, but they were not dead yet. One by one, they clutched their wounds and fell weakly to the ground. Their fragile bones could not even withstand this level of impact and made a series of crisp breaking sounds.

"..."

Cheng Shi was stunned. He turned around in surprise and saw that Yu Mu, who had been turned into Tree Servant by Hong Lin, had appeared at the door at some point and was now slowly approaching him in a posture of drawing a bow and arrow.

To be honest, if Cheng Shi hadn't seen the knights' miserable state first, Cheng Shi have thought they were coming to attack him just by looking at how close they were getting.

Thank goodness he was a helper!

His face lit up with joy, then darkened. He ignored the old knights around him, whose longswords had fallen to the ground and who were too weak to get up. Instead, he bent down and began to pick up the Dice from the ground.

"Look at you, if you'd arrived a few seconds earlier, would I have had to scatter Dice all over the place? These things are tricky; every dice you use reduces the supply..."

At this moment, Yu Mu was merely Tree Servant, unlike Qu Yan who would fawn over Cheng Shi and help Cheng Shi pick up the Dice. His orders were to protect Cheng Shi, so he only focused on the potential dangers around him.

Cheng Shi the other party had no reaction, Cheng Shi curled his lips, quickly picked up the Dice, cleared a path among the many old knights who could not move, and continued to walk down to the next level.

As for the knights who didn't die, they were probably practically dead anyway.

"Keep up."

Cheng Shi walked very fast. Now that there were thugs in the dungeon, there was no need to waste time pretending to be a knight.

Although all the prisoners in the Wailing Iron Prison were death row inmates, there were differences between them. When Cheng Shi bumped into the group of knights, he noticed that the death row inmates on this floor had lifeless eyes and were completely indifferent to the movements on the ground. They had obviously been tortured and interrogated to the point of losing their souls.

He didn't know if all the prisoners in this jail were like that; if so, then he would have been a complete Clown after this trip.

He led his Tree Servant down several levels quickly, dealing with several waves of knights who were heading to the upper levels to provide support. When he reached about the 7th level of the dungeon, Cheng Shi suddenly spotted several familiar faces in the large cell.

Actually, they weren't that familiar with each other, because these people were the four teammates Cheng Shi had met at the start of the Trials, not one missing, and they were now neatly hanging on the iron frame.

Of course, there are many other people locked up on this floor besides these four, but the other prisoners are far less "lively" than these four, because they seem to be trying to untie themselves in an attempt to escape.

However, these people all looked exhausted, as if they had failed many times.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Shi laughed. He turned around, went to the corridor, grabbed a set of knight's armor, put it on, and then casually smeared some blood on his face to refresh the dried and congealed bloodstains. With a change of demeanor, he pretended to be injured and staggered towards the four people.

The four men, who were trying to escape by cutting off their wrists, felt a chill in their hearts and their faces were filled with solemnity when they saw the knight who had just gone to their aid return with a bloodied face.

They didn't know what was happening outside. They thought they could use the chaos to escape, but now it seems that while the chaos has arrived, the opportunity is gone.

The four men, with their eight eyes, kept staring at Cheng Shi as he approached, on guard. Cheng Shi did the same; he stumbled closer, lowering his head slightly to conceal his gaze, but his eyes never left his teammates.

After watching for a while, he realized that these people were definitely not mediocre. Even if their scores were not high enough to reach the peak, they were at least experts with scores around 2000.

However, these experts now seem to be bound by the shackles of "Order," having lost all their innate abilities.

This is a great opportunity! If we don't take advantage of it, we'll be wasting this golden chance.

He lowered his head to hide the smile in his eyes, then coughed up a mouthful of blood, his voice hoarse as he said:

"Someone actually dared to challenge the authority of the Grand Executioner; they are simply courting death. With [Order] above all, they will certainly not succeed."

Such a thing has never happened before in the Wailing Iron Prison, and today only the four of you have been imprisoned. Tell me, do you have any connection with the intruders on the ground?"

"No, it has nothing to do with us!" All four were stunned, and one of the tall, thin men shook his head frantically, saying, "Sir Knight, I am also Believer in [Order]! I know nothing about what happened in the courtroom today! I have been framed!"

"Innocent? Ha! The Wailing Iron Prison never wrongly convicts anyone on death row. What crime have you committed that you don't know?"

"I'm truly innocent!" The player, a Faith in [Order], nearly cried. "I was just too devout to [Order], constantly yearning to behold the majesty of the Adjudicator, so I stole an identity to attend the hearings in the courtroom, hoping to have my soul cleansed by the radiance of my Lord of Grace. Yes, I am indeed not from Kato Court, but... I haven't done anything wrong! I have no idea what the Lin Renyu Crime is, my lord!"

"?"

What is that?

Lin Renyu Crime?

Is this the Lin Renyu I'm thinking of?

Good heavens, they've gone straight to criminal charges?

No wonder Lin Renyu hated Chen Shu so much and caused trouble everywhere under his name; it turns out that this is how he was "remembered in history".

That's so cool! I just don't know what exactly this "Lin Renyu Crime" is.

The other three players echoed this sentiment, all claiming they were innocent as well. They Lin Renyu at all, they didn't know such a person, and they were arrested without any explanation.

Cheng Shi almost couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. He pretended to be deep in thought and looked like he was really re-examining the other party's argument. The four players immediately became enthusiastic when they saw that there was a chance.

One of the shorter, somewhat robust-looking men said with great excitement:

"My lord, the intruders have absolutely nothing to do with us. Think about it, if they were, why would we have surrendered so easily in court? If we had the strength, we would have certainly resisted. We are truly innocent, and we want to appeal to the court."

But in this Wailing Iron Prison, we have no way to appeal. We can only beg you to help us and pass on a message to your superiors. Of course, I certainly won't let you help for nothing; I have some money in my pocket..."