"Good thinking!"
[Give Me Your Phone] fought back the smile tugging at his lips and nodded in satisfaction.
Not only had this move completed the Main Quest, it had also earned him some goodwill with these NPC underlings.
Now, even if the Cultist Priest questioned them about the battle when they returned, these dozen or so "eyewitnesses" would make their story all the more convincing!
"All right! You two, drag that Winterhold Knight's body back!"
[Give Me Your Phone] waved a hand. "With this body, I'm sure the Priest can figure out what happened in Fog Town without us having to investigate."
"Pack up. We're heading back to the Branch to collect our reward!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The dozen or so Cultist underlings now obeyed Lin Shen's every command.
Two burly Cultist underlings immediately ran forward in excitement and hoisted the Novice Knight's body onto their shoulders.
The whole group turned around and marched back toward their base in the Black Forest.
Meanwhile.
In Fog Town, a dozen or so kilometers away.
Lu Ziye sat on a broken stone stele, idly picking at his nails.
At his feet lay the body of a Second-Tier Knight Captain, long since cold.
Under the combined assault of three second-tier fighters-Lu Ziye, Jiahao, and Ma Lou-
the once-arrogant Second-Tier Knight Captain had finally fallen into a pool of blood, dying an utterly humiliating death.
And naturally, Lu Ziye, with his massive burst damage, had managed to snatch the final, fatal blow.
Going by the quest rewards,
the staggering sum of 50 Ash Coins, plus the guaranteed 30 coins for participating, had brought Lu Ziye's earnings for the day close to a hundred.
Yet he felt little joy at the moment. Instead, he frowned deeply, looking anxiously toward the outskirts of Fog Town.
"Why aren't