Long Night

"Sir, are you there?"

Inside a building, Erui's voice sounded from outside the door.

The fearful expression on his face had calmed down by now, and he looked at the closed door in front of him, knocking continuously.

After knocking for a while, there was still no response from inside, which made Erui freeze.

"Is he not inside?" The thought flashed through his mind.

Although they hadn't spent much time together, Arthur had always shown good manners in their previous interactions. If he were inside now, there was no reason for him not to respond.

He looked up at the sky, which was gradually darkening inside the house. He forcibly suppressed his anxiety and stood at the door waiting. He only left when it was almost completely dark, planning to check again later.

Hurried footsteps sounded from the spot. After Erui left, Arthur slowly walked out of a wooden house in the distance. He looked at Erui's retreating back with a calm and indifferent expression on his face.

Night gradually fell, and the sky slowly darkened. The surrounding world suddenly became quiet.

By this time, the surrounding residents had all fallen asleep. Only a few households, even now, were not sleepy at all; instead, their hearts were filled with anxiety and fear.

Inside a wooden house, several people were pacing anxiously in the hall, looking at the night outside with uncontrollable fear in their eyes.

Just then, the door was opened from the outside, and Erui's tall figure entered, his face somewhat grim.

"How is it? Did you find that Knight?"

As soon as he entered, several people asked simultaneously, their faces full of anxiety.

Looking at the anxious faces around him, Erui's face was grim, and he shook his head with some heaviness. "I went to the flat ground in front of the village, but I didn't find him."

"Damn it!" On the opposite side, a middle-aged man gritted his teeth. "He must have abandoned us and ran off with Raman and the others!"

"We took care of him for so many days, and he repays us like this! He's truly a damned foreigner! A useless coward!"

The expression on his face was distorted, as if he couldn't control himself. He stood there, cursing continuously, wanting to vent the fear and anger in his heart.

After they finished speaking, the scene became silent for a moment, and a sense of oppression grew.

Looking at this scene, Erui sighed. "Don't be like this. Things might not be as bad as you think."

"That Knight is a good person. Even if he were to leave, he should have remembered to remind us, not just forget us like this."

Having said that, he stood up and said to everyone around him, "You guys continue packing your things here. I'll go out and look again. Maybe he's already returned to his residence."

After saying this, he opened the wooden door and walked out directly, his figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.

He walked a short distance, and relying on his familiarity with the surroundings, he quickly arrived outside the house where Arthur lived again. He raised his right hand and kept knocking on the door.

The crisp knocking sound echoed continuously in the surroundings, sounding so abrupt in the quiet environment.

After knocking quietly for a while, there was still no response from inside.

He couldn't help but sigh, his heart instantly filled with disappointment, and he was about to turn back to his own residence.

A cold sensation suddenly crept up from behind him, startling him and making him feel something was wrong.

"It's too quiet!" The thought flashed through his mind.

It was late at night now. Although it was quiet before, there were still some faint insect chirps from time to time.

But now, all those sounds had disappeared. Besides his own breathing and heartbeat, there were no other sounds around.

"No, something's wrong!" He was startled and faintly heard several light gasps coming from behind him.

A sense of horror suddenly surged into his heart. He turned around to look behind him and almost fainted from what he saw.

In the deep night, several pale corpses stood silently behind him, their eyes flickering with bloodlust and madness.

Ahhhhhh!!!

A scream suddenly erupted from the spot, and then quickly disappeared, so brief that it was almost unbelievable.

"I'm too late…" In a distant corner, listening to the scream that erupted in the distance, Arthur sighed and walked over silently.

With his keen eyesight, even from a distance of more than ten meters, he could clearly see the scene there.

In front of the house where he had lived, Erui's corpse lay quietly on the ground, his expression stiff and twisted, looking terrifying.

And around his corpse, several pale, humanoid monsters had blood on their faces, devouring the flesh of the corpse below them in large mouthfuls, almost pulling out its intestines.

As if sensing Arthur's presence, the movements of these humanoid monsters suddenly paused, and then they slowly stood up and turned their heads back.

These were several naked corpses. Their clothes had long since turned to charcoal, exposing the pale skin on their bodies. Now, looking at Arthur, who was gradually approaching in the distance, their eyes held an extreme bloodlust.

"Four in total."

Looking at the somewhat familiar pale faces opposite him, Arthur frowned. He drew the sword at his waist with his right hand and then swung it fiercely.

At that moment, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of him, colliding directly with Arthur's sword and being sent flying by Arthur.

A low roar could be heard in his ears. Arthur's expression remained unchanged, and he kicked hard to the left.

A powerful force came from his foot, and a white figure fell to the ground.

"Agility close to 4, about the same as the one I encountered last time."

Feeling the speed of the corpse in front of him, Arthur estimated it in his mind. Then, he thrust his sword into a corner and engaged in a fierce battle with the other two Corpse Spirits.

A gust of sword wind whistled past, fiercely slashing at a Corpse Spirit's shoulder, severing one of its arms.

But the next moment, granulation began to grow at the wound. The Corpse Spirit let out a roar, picked up the severed arm from the ground, and reattached it. Soon, it recovered, making Arthur's eyelids twitch.

Compared to the powerful monsters found in the wilderness, these Corpse Spirits were not that strong.

However, as a type of Anomaly, they not only possessed infinite stamina but also, to some extent, an immortal body. This was what made them the most troublesome. Without finding the correct method to counter them, even if one was much stronger, they would eventually be worn down and killed.

Thinking this, Arthur channeled the Life Energy within him and slowly transferred it to the longsword in his hand.

As the Life Energy enveloped it, the black longsword was gradually covered by a faint green layer, exuding a unique sharpness.

Arthur charged forward. The surrounding space whipped up a strong wind due to his rapid movement as he fiercely surged ahead.

Before the few Corpse Spirits opposite him could react, he had already reached them, his longsword slashing forward fiercely.

Heavy Slash!!

With the resonance of the Life Seed within him, the power of the Life Energy fully erupted, unleashing the full potential of the Knight Secret Skill.