Messiah City.
A tall knight and a small girl in a nun’s habit formed an unusual pair.
Kante wasn’t using the familiar banner spear; instead, he wielded a heavy longsword, swinging it relentlessly.
Before long, his silver-white armor was stained with blood and grime.
The enemies seemed to understand Kante’s intent.
A large number of powerful monsters came to block him.
And their attacks were all directed at Selina.
Even Kante couldn’t cover every direction around her.
Just then, a swift night demon wolf suddenly appeared behind Selina.
Kante noticed the creature.
As he tried to turn back, a troll raised a bone hammer made from some creature’s remains and swung it at him.
Kante raised his arm to block, his gaze fixed on Selina.
His eyes seemed to scream that it was too late.
‘I should have brought more people to protect her,’ he thought, but his obsession with efficiency had caused this mistake.
But it was already too late.
The child he admired was about to die under the claws of a monster…
Yet, a flash of blade light.
The sound of a wolf’s head hitting the ground echoed in the ears of those present.
Killing intent!
Killing intent spread from her entire body!
This sword was heavy, but she had wielded something even heavier before.
Perhaps she had been living too comfortably, too absorbed in playing her alt.
When she truly began to fight, she remembered her main account.
That person known as the Gentle Reaper.
She smiled so gently, but in battle, she was an absolute powerhouse.
One of only two female players in the top ten of the server: Lengyeliumeng!
“Come at me!” Selina roared in her childish voice at the approaching monster.
The more cool she looked when she beheaded the night demon wolf, the cuter she appeared now, panting heavily.
“Damn… why am I so tired after just one strike…” She looked at the severed head of the night demon wolf, her legs trembling.
She raised her short sword to scare off the monsters that dared not approach for now.
Just one night demon wolf had nearly drained all her strength.
Both her hands were sprained to varying degrees.
She could still move them reluctantly, but it was clearly not wise to keep fighting.
Kante remained silent.
He punched and crushed the troll’s head, then threw the creature’s body into a nearby fire.
“Let’s go. Time is pressing.”
No one seemed to be able to guess what this warrior was thinking.
No matter what he witnessed or what people he met, he only faithfully carried out his duty.
Selina glanced around and quickly trotted to follow him.
The monsters dared not approach for a moment.
Selina thought it was because of her cute little scare, but she didn’t know that besides the troll that attacked Kante, that night demon wolf was their second-strongest fighter—a fifth-tier monster.
In the world of monsters, where they lived in groups, such a creature could be a small overlord in remote areas.
Among monsters, the strong were always respected.
No intimidation was needed; just defeating their proudest strong ones made them fear you from the bottom of their hearts.
“Where did you learn that technique to behead the demon wolf?”
On the road, no more monsters came to disturb them, so Kante asked.
“I don’t know? I just felt like I was about to die, so I swung the sword,” Selina said, still shaken.
She wasn’t lying.
Back when she first entered the War Continent as a noob, a fierce hungry wolf had pounced on her.
At that time, she had instinctively felt the fear of death, then went berserk and killed the wolf in one shot.
She was just recreating that scene now, but…
The virtual image and the real world were very different.
In the virtual world, there was no fatigue.
A character could move however they wanted, only limited by their stats.
In the real world, there was a stamina bar.
Injuries to the body also affected overall performance.
The techniques from that world could only be used once in this one.
‘I sighed inwardly,’ she thought.
This was her last resort, and her muscles were torn in several places.
Looks like she’d have to train her body from now on.
Selina rubbed her arm.
The church was already right in front of them.
Suddenly, a heavily armored Demon Lord descended from the sky, blocking their path.
His injuries had fully recovered, and he seemed even stronger than before.
His bluish face wasn’t as ferocious as one might imagine.
There was a clear rationality in his eyes—he wasn’t the type who relied solely on brute force.
He opened his fanged mouth and spoke human language.
“I admit that if you two join forces, I’m no match for you. So I won’t let that holy knight live…”
Smack!
Kante didn’t waste words.
He threw a lightning spear right at the Demon Lord’s face.
“Go to the church. I’ll fight him.”
Kante immediately assumed a combat stance, a rune sword in his right hand and a rune banner spear in his left.
His entire body was wrapped in lightning, stepping into his strongest form.
But the Demon Lord didn’t focus on Kante.
Instead, he stared straight at Selina.
Selina felt a chill.
For some reason, she had an innate disgust for this Demon Lord.
She instinctively stepped back a few paces, then quickly regained her wits and ran toward the church.
The Demon Lord immediately tried to block her path, determined to kill her directly.
A mere third-tier being was like an ant to him.
But a thick arm pressed him down.
Kante was covered in lightning.
Not just on the outside—inside his body, his nerves and muscles were stimulated by the lightning, pushing him beyond the limits of his tier.
He punched the Demon Lord square in the face, smashing his head into the ground.
This level of power was undoubtedly eighth-tier.
Selina sprinted all the way to the church and immediately saw the holy knight surrounded by nuns.
Even though he was stained with blood and grime, the golden patterns on his armor still seemed incredibly holy.
The nuns who had been sustaining the holy knight’s life looked exhausted; some had even collapsed and fainted.
Selina hurried to his side and activated her third-tier healing magic at maximum.
Soft golden light flowed from her palms.
Everyone bathed in that light felt their condition improve.
The fainted nuns opened their eyes and immediately saw the girl who looked like a saint descending.
She softly came among them, saving this city from fire and water, letting the goddess’s light once again shine upon this city.
The golden light slowly faded.
The third-tier healing spell was almost over.
Suo Lun’s breathing gradually improved, but he was far from fully healed.
“What’s going on? Why can’t we save him?”
Selina frowned and looked at the nun who was diagnosing his injuries.
The nun’s expression was grave.
“Our healing can only keep the knight’s life from fading. We can’t stop the injury from worsening. According to my estimate, only a fourth-tier healing spell can save him.”
“A fourth-tier healing spell… I’m the only one here who knows third-tier, right?”
Everyone was silent.
Only the nun nodded.
“Then do you know how to learn fourth-tier healing magic?”
“F-fourth-tier healing spells can only be taught in person by an assistant bishop. Many nuns get stuck at this point.”
“How can something so important only be taught orally! Is there a book? There must be something like a textbook!”
Selina asked anxiously.
She knew very well that Kante was burning his body to fight the Demon Lord.
Once that form’s time ran out, everyone here would die.
“Um, I think there’s one in the library…”
“Go get it!”
“But you’re only third-tier. Forcibly using fourth-tier magic will drain your lifespan…”
Selina shouted, “Stop the nonsense! If you don’t go, we’ll all die here!”
“I’ll go! I’ll go!”
The young nun was a little scared and hurriedly ran to the church’s library.
Soon, a delicate book with gold trim was brought over.
Selina immediately opened it and scanned for the fourth-tier healing spell.
“Bad news!”
At that moment, a common citizen suddenly burst in and shouted at the four order knights guarding the holy knight.
“That officer is about to fall! Who among you can go help him!”
The four order knights exchanged glances.
Kante had given them a strict order before leaving: without his permission, they were not to leave the holy knight’s side.
But they couldn’t just watch their captain die out there.
Time was running out.
They were torn.
They looked at Selina, who had found the fourth-tier healing section and was trying to study it on the spot.
After some deliberation, they decided to leave one knight behind while the other three went to rescue the captain.
In the end, the shield-bearer stayed to take charge.
As the three order knights left, the “common citizen” who had come to report the news revealed a sinister smile.
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