Just as Ji Xun and the other two were playing dead in the corner, the Frost Knight quickly noticed something was off.
He was a Third-Tier Spell Card Master.
Even in his severely weakened state, there was no way his senses could overlook the three extra people in the corner.
Three living people playing dead!
He had originally been a squad captain in the Cao Family's Frost Knight Guard Legion.
Six days ago, he had received an emergency summons to carry out a mission at the Great Necropolis on the outskirts of the city. He had never expected it to be a rescue mission for the Governor.
What he had expected even less was that they would be caught in an ambush the moment they arrived.
The entire Frost Knight Legion, along with the Governor, had been dragged into the Alternate Dimension known as the Great Cemetery Maze.
What followed had been days like a nightmare.
No one had expected such terrifying monsters as the Keepers of Secrets to exist in this low-level space, with their horrifying curse attacks and their immortal bodies.
Even the Frost Knight Legion had been utterly powerless against them.
They could only flee through the maze while killing monsters along the way.
No one knew how long they had fought or how many skeletal monsters they had destroyed.
The number of comrades at their side had dwindled ever further.
Like a nightmare they could not wake from, they had spent every moment fleeing and fighting without rest.
They had to protect the Governor, so they could only stand their ground against the monsters.
Their armor grew heavier and heavier, while the monsters chasing them only grew more numerous.
Until, three days ago, a single grave mistake had left them surrounded by dozens of Keepers of