The monster was lurking in the darkness, waiting for its prey to fall into a trap. As soon as Ethan turned the corner, an injured monster pounced from the other side. It still had sword marks left by the white knight and was constantly seeping with bright red. of blood.
Ethan noticed it immediately, rolled over, and dodged nimbly. He knelt on the ground with one knee, and roars kept coming from his ears.
A quick win!
Can't attract more monsters!
His hand secretly reached into his windbreaker, as if he was about to take out something. The next second the monster was about to launch an attack, a figure ran out of the darkness, like a savior hero, and pierced the monster's head with a silver blade.
The monster whimpered and died before it could struggle too much.
Ethan was stunned and quickly took his hand out.
"Ethan?"
Jiang Chenchuan vaguely recognized it in the darkness, and Ethan also heard a familiar voice.
"Let's go! Ivel, go up!"
The swift sword wind cut open the monster's body, and then cut off the head connected to the nerves. The monster fell powerlessly in front of the human beings, and for a while it was unclear who were the bloodthirsty monsters.
"Okay, that's great."
Ethan hid behind Jiang Chenchuan and pretended to be an incompetent waste. After he killed the monster, he gave him a thumbs up.
"Go quickly, don't stay here."
Jiang Chenchuan turned his head and said, his face still stained with blood splattered by the monster, his blue eyes filled with determination.
"I really don't know what these horrible monsters are."
Ethan whispered as he ran upwards. The higher you go, the fewer monsters you encounter. In other words, the monsters are likely to come up from underground.
What a terrible thought.
Ethan couldn't help but tremble.
"I don't know, but..."
Jiang Chenchuan was also a little confused. The monsters were ugly and twisted, but they were all very similar to humans in terms of the feel of killing them or the fatal landing points.
Humanity... what is the Church of Dawn doing...
The priest's words were like seeds planted in my heart, taking root and sprouting at this moment.
The wailing sound gradually faded away, and after cutting off the chains, Jiang Chenchuan pushed open the small door leading to the church steeple.
The spire is fully equipped, including instruments for transmitting signals to the patrol airship, and another energy pipeline is connected here. This is a place set up to call for help.
"Uh... you know how to do it..."
Looking at the complicated instruments and devices in front of him, Jiang Chenchuan felt a little embarrassed. He had overcome all odds and got here, but he couldn't call for help because he couldn't operate it.
"Don't worry, the Almighty God of Peace will bless us."
Ethan seemed to be at ease. He found the energy switch hidden in the dark and started his work like a device technician.
"Does the Peace Church teach this?"
"Of course not. I'm just an ordinary mechanic at Atlas Alchemy Institute."
Although Ethan was talking, the movements of his hands did not stop. After the installation and debugging, everything was solved smoothly.
"done?"
"Okay, let's just wait for rescue."
Ethan patted the dust on his hands and said, as soon as he came down from the steeple, he realized something. Naturally, Jiang Chenchuan also noticed it.
"Do you smell anything?"
"Yeah, I smell it."
Jiang Chenchuan responded.
It was the smell of burning. The flames ignited the precious portraits, velvet carpets and tables, spreading at an extremely fast speed. The cathedral of dawn in the darkness was lit by fire.
The red light formed a hot line of defense, and the monsters seemed to be afraid of fire and fled away one after another.
The flame spread all the way up, thick black smoke billowed out from the stairwell, and the flaming incendiary bombs streaked across like meteors. The silver-white armor reflected the firelight, like a ruthless killer, indifferently listening to the monster's painful cries in the fire. Howl.
"What's going on! Does the White Knight want to burn us to death too!?"
Ethan clenched his fists and punched the white wall, holding open the window and yelling outside, but no one below could hear the struggle at the top of the spire, and the way down was blocked by thick smoke, making it impossible to escape.
"Perhaps that's what they think?"
Jiang Chenchuan seemed calmer. He observed the surrounding environment. The fire was burning and he was forced to die.
"Climb up, maybe there is a glimmer of hope."
Jiang Chenchuan patted Ethan's shoulder, like a silent comfort, flicked the staff and sword in his hand, and drew a beautiful arc on the white bricks. After putting the sword into the scabbard, it became his useful skeleton again. cane.
As of now, they have no good solution.
But survival is the eternal instinct of human beings.
In an instant, there was a strange movement behind them. It was a monster that escaped from somewhere and happened to encounter them. The two humans, who looked weak, pitiful and helpless, happened to become the targets of hunting.
The twisted figure jumped up from the black smoke, with dancing sparks, and the sharp claw blades swung down towards Jiang Chenchuan, unable to dodge at all.
"careful!"
But then the sound of gunfire replaced Ethan's shout. The bullet came from the air and penetrated the monster's body. The blood spurted out like a blooming red rose. The monster fell heavily on it and struggled a few times. Then he stopped moving completely.
Looking at the still smoking muzzle, Ethan scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Thanks."
Jiang Chenchuan didn't ask him how an ordinary student could carry a gun with him. He just thanked him and continued to climb up.
After Ethan put away his pistol, he followed closely.
"Evel, do you think we can survive?"
"Of course, look, help is coming."
Jiang Chenchuan responded.
The roar of the patrol airship came from far away, and a bright beam of light fell down, shining on the two of them.
Never doubt the efficiency of the Pure Temple Knights. After Ethan sent out a distress signal, the patrol airship arrived faster than anyone imagined.
Along with the noisy roar, the long rope dropped from the patrol airship fell in front of Jiang Chenchuan and Ethan. Some survivors had been protected by the Knights of the Dawn, and the entire church was engulfed in a fierce sea of fire.
The hatch was wide open, and Ethan watched the church in flames collapse bit by bit, showing a look of regret.
"Any ideas?"
Jiang Chenchuan sat next to him, with the chatter of the Pure Palace Knights ringing in his ears. They seemed to have some problems with their connection with the Dawn Knights. Of course, they had no right to interfere with matters between the Knights.
"No idea, everything that can be burned has been burned. As long as it is handled well, the headline of the Polnya Daily News tomorrow will say that this is just an ordinary fire."
The firelight filled their vision, and thinking of everything that happened tonight was like a nightmare, filled with a sense of trance and illusion.
It was like opening the tip of a dark iceberg and being passively involved in a terrible whirlpool.
On the roof of a tall building somewhere, a black figure stood, almost blending into the night.
Not long ago, in his white robe, he was the revered Father Louis. No, no, he should be the painful man in the confessional.
The firelight in the distance danced in his eyes. He lowered his head and looked at a brilliant diamond, emitting soft white light, lying quietly in his hand.
