"Kill them, or Lord Morm will truly have us killed."
"Only by taking their heads can we survive."
"Kill!"
Many Bloodshadow Cemetery apprentices charged forward. Of course, some of the younger and more timid ones remained aboard the ship, caught in hesitation.
"Fall back. Hide inside the cabin." Seeing this, Xiao Yun decisively grabbed Sophia and swiftly entered the cabin.
The first person Catherine worried about was her younger sister, Sophia. Seeing Xiao Yun pull Sophia into the cabin, she followed without a second thought.
Several young men and women who were close to Catherine followed as well.
"Hill, why aren't we stopping to fight them?" Catherine quickly caught up to Xiao Yun and asked in confusion. She knew that Xiao Yun was a Great Knight.
Even among these apprentices, he stood at the very top.
Of course, quite a few apprentices possessed mysterious items, but those were one-use items and could easily injure their users. In a real fight, they might not necessarily be stronger than a Great Knight.
Boom!
Before Xiao Yun could answer, a terrifying explosion erupted from the deck behind them.
Catherine looked back, and her pupils shrank. She saw a green-haired youth pierced through the chest by a sword, yet his gaze was filled with venom. Before dying, he activated a sapphire necklace around his neck. A blazing fireball as large as a head instantly exploded, blasting several nearby apprentices into fragments.
More explosions like that rang out several times afterward.
Catherine did not dare look back again. Following Xiao Yun ahead of her, she hid in the hold beneath the deck.
By now, she understood why Xiao Yun had chosen to flee.
They absolutely could not get dragged into a chaotic melee.
Even a Great Knight could not survive that kind of brawl. The