Problems of His Own (Part 2)

While everyone was frantically discussing escape plans, Lu Li calmly watched everything. He knew that he should feel fear, anger, and unease about the unknown escape route, but he did not.

Lu Li found that he didn't have any similar negative emotions. On the contrary, he felt excited about stepping into an unknown world. Lu Li could clearly sense that something was wrong, but he still didn't feel panicked.

"Why?" Lu Li pondered, watching these outcasts finalize their plan. Although the Inquisition had not yet arrived, the local the Church and the city lord had reached an agreement to jointly send people to guard several city gates and inspect those coming and going.

"So if we try to get out, a small number of people might be able to slip through, but most of our bloodlines won't pass the test, so our only option is to storm the city gates."

"The guards at the city gates can't stop us now. After we escape the city, we'll split up and rely on luck. Whoever gets caught is unlucky." Kri pinched his brow and made the final decision, saying, "3 a. m. tomorrow, at the east gate, we'll act together."

At three in the morning, all the mixed-race aliens in the city gathered together. After Kri saw that everyone was present, the group stormed the city gate. Although these mixed-race aliens were not as strong as the monsters, they all had strong physical abilities and some abilities that had already been shown.

For example, Lu Li possesses Dark Vision and some shadow abilities, and his physical abilities far surpass those of ordinary people. When dozens of such anomalies gather together to attack a gate that isn't heavily guarded, it's naturally easy for them to succeed.

After a brief farewell, the groups of two or three set off in different directions. However, one of them quietly circled back – it was Kri, who had initially orchestrated the escape plan.

Although he was just a minor nobleman, he could not give up his noble status from the beginning. What he wanted from the start was to conceal his identity and preserve his position. However, this time things had really gotten out of hand. In the past, so-called heretical searches would not have checked the people in the noble district in order to maintain the so-called reputation of the nobles.

The Heresy Inquisition was not unaware that heretics were definitely hiding among the nobles, but their tacit understanding with the nobles prevented them from specifically investigating there. However, this time was different. Something had happened to the offspring of a high-ranking noble, which reduced the resistance of the noble camp to this search.

So, the only way to get through this crisis is to reduce the attention they receive. And what could be more eye-catching than all the heretics fleeing? That's why he orchestrated this event, trying to draw the Heresy Inquisition's attention to the fleeing heretics.

"Although there will still be danger, the danger has been reduced to a minimum," Kri thought to himself, quietly walking towards his residence. But his expression froze the next moment as he saw people who shouldn't be there—paladins dressed in white robes or gleaming armor.

"Thank you, so we don't have to search for them one by one." A knight's sword flashed, and Kri's head flew off. His last thought was: I should have run away with them.

Meanwhile, Lu Li and Arthur ran in the same direction. Not far away, Gris, the source of everything, was also running. According to the announcement made by the lord at the beginning, the people from the Tribunal should not arrive until tomorrow. The farther they ran, the smaller the chance of being caught by the Tribunal.

The next moment, all three of them stopped. When Lu Li saw the three armored figures opposite him, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Without any negative emotions interfering, he felt something was amiss while he was thinking; the people from the tribunal were moving a little too slowly.

This matter is very important, and they themselves are aware of it, but apart from the lord's initial announcement that the people from the Inquisition would arrive tomorrow to conduct a large-scale search and incidentally block the gate, there have been no other measures taken.

"In other words, you actually arrived a long time ago, but you just released the news and waited for us to come forward on our own." Lu Li understood, but he didn't feel any regret.

The disparity in strength between the two sides was too great, and the pressure they exerted was immense. That's why everyone was so eager to flee, instantly falling into the enemy's trap and losing all the slight advantage they had initially held from the shadows.

"You half-blood bastards, are you ready to die?" Three knights, swords in hand, walked towards the three men, their powerful presence impacting their hearts.

Arthur roared, sharp teeth sprouting from his mouth, his once handsome face becoming utterly hideous. He charged directly at a knight of the Inquisition, frantically attacking the Knight of Death. However, the knight wielded his sword with brute force, the blessed sword glowing slightly, cleaving Arthur in two. Black smoke billowed from his severed body under the blessing.

The banshee did not escape the calamity either. Her originally fair skin turned into a bluish-purple like that of a corpse, and her beautiful face became a terrifying appearance with piled-up wrinkles. However, the people of the Inquisition had hunted too many of these monsters. On the contrary, these hybrid aliens usually hid among the crowd and actually had little combat experience.

So not long after, the banshee Gris was also torn apart by sword, turning into dust and disappearing. The last knight came to Lu Li, raised his knight's sword, and the killing aura that had accumulated over the years on his body almost materialized, impacting Lu Li's mind.

"Judging from your appearance, you must be a shadow creature, little brat. I'll give you a chance to retaliate. Reveal your true form and attack me." The knight seemed to want to toy with Lu Li before he died, which is why he said this.

Lu Li made no move, and the knight didn't rush to attack either. Instead, he asked, "Do you really think that you, with that filthy blood flowing through your veins, are still human? Why don't you reveal your true form?"

"I feel disgusted just looking at you. A monster is a monster, why do you have to pretend to be human? Have you forgotten your true nature after living in human society for so long, and now you think you're really a human being?"

The knight, seeing Lu Li's silence, was quite disappointed. He drew his sword, still saying, "To let you die in human form is truly an insult to humanity."

The next moment, Lu Li's body was cleaved in two by a single sword strike.

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