Captured Unluckily

Heavenly Knight! Vik felt like he was going insane.

He and Lin Qi had both mistakenly judged Jiang Yong to be just a High Knight, but he never dreamed Jiang Yong possessed Heavenly rank strength.

Unlike ordinary robust men, even a grown, strong man couldn't be called a knight without activating his potential and possessing 'Qi'. This was a saying passed down from the ancient Dark Ages and Destruction Ages before the Revival Age.

In the West, this Qi was called 'Battle Qi' or 'Dou Qi'; in the East, it was also called 'Inner Qi' or 'Primal Qi'. Although the names differed, the essence was the same: a powerful force from within, generated by pushing the body to its limits and extracting life potential.

White, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, and gold – these nine colors represented the unique Dou Qi colors of the three ranks of knights: Human, Earthly, and Heavenly. These colors corresponded to the nine colors of the sky's atmosphere visible to humans, known as the Nine Colors, Nine Heavens Realm.

Those with white, red, or orange Dou Qi were Human Knights; those with yellow, green, or cyan Dou Qi were Earthly Knights; and those with blue, purple, or gold Dou Qi were Heavenly Knights. What ordinary people called High Knights usually referred to Human or Earthly knights of the orange and yellow levels. A cyan Earthly Knight was already an extremely rare master, yet Jiang Yong was a Heavenly Knight with purple Dou Qi.

Human Knights could easily defeat enemies ten times their number, while Earthly Knights could fight a hundred or even a thousand enemies on the battlefield. As for Heavenly Knights, unless they faced knights of the same rank or 'The Able', numbers meant nothing to them.

Poor Vik had only broken through from Pinkish White to Pure White a year ago, possessing the peak strength of a first-grade Human Knight. With a couple more years of effort, he might reach the intermediate Human Knight level, that is, the red Dou Qi level. The strongest in the entire Iron Fist Brotherhood was Enzo, who possessed Deep Red Dou Qi, and their leader Lin Qi, whose true strength was unfathomable.

With such meager strength, attempting to scheme against a Heavenly Knight with purple Dou Qi was akin to suicide!

Not to mention Jiang Yong wasn't alone; he had over a dozen companions. If those companions were all Heavenly rank! No, they didn't all need to be Heavenly rank; as long as they were all high-level Earthly strength, they could easily sweep through the entire dark world of Berely.

Apart from the Empire's military, which had a large number of elite knights, and the church with its immense latent power, no other local force in the Western Continent could deal with a Heavenly Knight.

"Boss, damn it, how did you pick such a cursed target?"

Vik grumbled about Lin Qi's judgment as he slid down a peripheral chimney to the ground, landing in a small alley. He had to return to Fifth University immediately to inform Lin Qi of this deadly news. The fat sheep they had set their sights on wasn't a fat sheep at all, but a demonic beast that could kill them all at any moment.

"Deadly, it's truly deadly!"

Vik was still trembling from what he had just witnessed. Two living people had been pulverized by Jiang Yong in a single blow. The Iron Fist Brotherhood had participated in several large-scale brawls, and Vik had personally severely injured people, even taking lives with crossbows. But he had never seen such a bloody, cruel scene.

Two living people turned into countless ice shards and scattered with a single strike.

Jiang Yong's attack was so vicious, so cruel, so sinister. Thinking about the scene of flesh and blood flying, Vik couldn't help but shiver.

"Where did they come from? These Easterners, they're damned!" Vik frowned, recalling the intelligence he had bought from Lisa, a maid at The Cripple's Shop: "Is there nothing below Jiang Yong? Is he a woman? But he doesn't look like a woman! And how could a woman have such ruthless methods?"

Completely absorbed in guessing Jiang Yong's origins, Vik ignored his surroundings.

In the alley where he had slid down the chimney, over a dozen burly men were beating a haggard young man. A flashy youth, dressed in fine clothes and with a sword at his waist, stood in the alley, watching the young man bleed profusely with a grin.

The crunch of Vik's boots on the snow was muffled as he landed. The flashy youth turned his head in surprise and saw Vik about ten meters away. Seeing Vik's pale, ghost-like expression, the flashy youth froze for a moment, then let out an incredibly excited shout: "Hey, Vik, you bastard, you dirty rat, you've fallen into my hands today!"

Vik froze. He looked back abruptly and, seeing the youth and the dozen large men beside him, Vik was taken aback. Then he bolted towards the other end of the alley. Vik cursed himself inwardly. He had always been cautious and never made mistakes, but today, distracted by Jiang Yong's vicious attack, he had fallen into this predicament.

He recognized the flashy youth: Charlie, nicknamed "Rabbit". He was a student at the Imperial Army Academy, a year above Lin Qi and Vik, currently a fourth-year student. He got the nickname "Rabbit" because he was extremely cowardly, always running away when he was at a disadvantage during fights with the Iron Fist Brotherhood, which was how Lin Qi gave him the nickname.

Rabbit Charlie was a sworn enemy of the Iron Fist Brotherhood. He was a member of the 'Round Table Knights', formed mainly by students from the Army Academy. Both groups were delinquent students. They had fought dozens of times over the past three years over territory in University City, for certain beautiful female students, and for various bizarre reasons.

Although the members of the Round Table Knights were all students from the Army Academy, and they had the advantage in martial arts and individual strength, due to Lin Qi being the leader of the Iron Fist Brotherhood, the Round Table Knights had lost ninety percent of their dozens of brawls and suffered considerable hardship.

Now that Vik was alone and without any companions, how could Rabbit Charlie let him go?

A faint white halo enveloped Vik as he desperately rushed towards the alley exit.

But a faint pink halo emanated from Charlie, and he chased after Vik at a speed just slightly faster than him.

After only a few steps, Rabbit Charlie was behind Vik. A large wooden club swung in from the side and smashed heavily onto Vik's knee. Vik cried out in pain and was knocked to the ground. Rabbit Charlie immediately pounced on Vik.

"Hey, bastard, I finally caught you!" Charlie punched Vik on the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.