1051: Back to the village

"Boom!"

A sudden clap of thunder!

The Sword Light that erupted with a boom, at the moment it exploded, carried an irresistible force, tearing the monster's head in front of it into two halves!

Thick dust billowed up from the ground.

The monster, whose entire head had been split open, leaned back, a sharp roar coming from its ruptured mouth.

After the blood rained down drop by drop, the four legs beneath the monster's head gradually straightened, and then it collapsed with a crash!

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Amidst heavy panting, Li Changkong held his long sword and knelt on one knee.

After recovering for a while, he looked at the monster he had just killed with a single sword strike.

"I can actually kill this monster..." The man's voice carried a hint of disbelief, and then he focused his gaze on himself.

It was only at this moment that Li Changkong suddenly realized that at that critical moment of near death, his strength had directly broken through, and he had obtained a complete set of Knight equipment!

Recalling what had just happened, A Man opened the System panel as if he had sensed something.

It was only after seeing the message about the use of the Novice Gift Package on the System panel that he finally realized how he had obtained these things!

"System?" He murmured again. At this moment, Li Changkong's attention finally shifted from Li Village to some of the things he had obtained since being released from prison.

Looking at the inexplicable System panel in front of him, Li Changkong instantly thought of the guy who had taken him out of prison and then disappeared!

"Thump, thump, thump..."

A clear sound of horse hooves from behind interrupted Li Changkong's thoughts.

He turned around to look.

Under the faint moonlight, a fine horse covered in iron armor appeared directly before his eyes!

This was also something the System had rewarded!

"Let's go back to the Village first." Li Changkong glanced at the monster's corpse on the ground and mounted the horse.

This inexplicable existence on his body, called the System, seemed to be a great opportunity!

But now was not the time to ponder over it.

He had to hurry back!

"Go!"

Riding the warhorse.

Li Changkong immediately noticed that the speed and stability of the horse beneath him completely surpassed that of the wild horse from before!

He didn't know where that wild horse had run off to. Fleeing in the wilderness on such a late night, it was highly likely that it would end up buried in a monster's belly.

Facing the cold wind and waves, Li Changkong was also familiarizing himself with the power that had suddenly risen by a level during his journey.

Compared to the previous Apprentice Knight, his current strength had directly reached the level of a Formal Knight!

In this World, the Realm of Knights is divided into eight levels in total.

And within the radiation range of Busen City, the most mainstream Knight ranks are generally only the first four levels of Knights.

Apprentice Knight, Knight, Black Iron Knight, Bronze Knight.

A Formal Knight is considered an elite soldier in Busen City.

And with this set of equipment, it is even possible for him to become a Little Captain who manages seven or eight people.

Such strength also eased Li Changkong's mood somewhat while he was worried about Li Village.

At least compared to before, he now had a certain ability to travel a distance in The Black Night.

...

Li Village.

In the Village, four bonfires in The Black Night were like four Mars sparks on a thick piece of black cloth, extremely dim!

Around the bonfires... there were no people.

Everyone, under the arrangements of Li Bo and Li Man, carrying unparalleled fear and the despair derived from their hearts, hid in places they considered safe.

This night was destined to be sleepless for Li Village!

In a cellar.

Four villagers securely locked the cellar door and then huddled together in a corner.

In the quiet waiting, no one was sleepy.

And in the corner, the other three could hear some faint sobbing.

"Li Santu, be quiet!" One person said sternly to the person who was burying his head and crying in the corner.

"Brother Santu, don't be too sad. Life still has to go on. Now is not the time to be sad about the Child's death." Another person patted The Middle-aged Man who was crying and said.

"It's my fault." Li Santu choked out: "I didn't watch the Child last night. I let him run out and encounter the monster. It's all my fault!"

"Keep your voice down! It's already nighttime. Shut your mouth!" The person who had been cursing under his breath couldn't bear hearing Li Santu's crying voice and warned in a lowered voice.

He already regretted hiding with this guy.

He had originally thought that with the four of them, four strong adults, they would have more security.

However, this guy Li Santu was squeezed into the group.

"Creak ~"

Just as the man's cursing voice ended, the four people in the cellar suddenly heard the door of the house above being slowly pushed open!

Hearing this sound, the four people in the cellar instantly held their breath in the Darkness!

Their hearts also trembled slightly as fear truly arrived!

"Wow, Father, Father, I'm so hurt, so hurt!!"

Suddenly, a crying voice came from the room above the cellar!

It was like words formed by syllables, carrying emotion, but more so, mechanical repetition!

Just like a hunter, using sound to attract prey.

The moment this sound and movement appeared, it made the few people in the cellar's hair stand on end!

"Child, Child, it's my Child!" Li Santu heard this voice and instantly couldn't bear it, walking towards the outside of the cellar with strong emotion in his tone.

The people next to him held him down tightly, while also covering Li Santu's mouth.

"Your Child is already dead, wake the hell up!" Covering Li Santu's mouth, one of the three people said with a red and ferocious face, pressing down his voice.

In such a situation, Li Santu was still struggling.

The few people didn't notice that because of Li Santu's actions, the silence in the cellar had been broken.

Although the silence was only broken for a moment, the sound playing above had instantly stopped!

"Click, click, click..."

Suddenly, in the pitch-black environment, the few people suddenly found that the floor above them was emitting a cracking sound that couldn't bear the weight!

It was like a pair of hands, slowly lifting a wooden board!

Noticing this scene, the few people in the room widened their eyes.

"What should we do? What should we do? We've been discovered! We're going to die!" Among the few people, one person couldn't bear such fear and started crying uncontrollably.

Over such a long period, the stability of Li Village had also attracted many people of the same skin color who were wandering outside.

The psychological endurance of these people varied.

At this moment, the one crying out of fear was precisely an outsider with a different surname.

"Crack!"

The action of lifting the wooden board above increased its amplitude directly because of this clear crying sound!

The next moment.

The entire wooden board was completely lifted!

A pitch-black outline, even darker than The Black Night, clearly appeared before the eyes of the few people through the missing wooden board!

"Hahaha, I found you, now it's your turn to catch me."

"You... you're not Lidon, you're a monster, ah! Don't eat me, don't eat me!"

The monster quietly staying above, at this moment, let out another voice from its mouth.

That was also the sound left by a person before it killed them.

And among these words, the first sentence was its meaning!

"Beast, die for me!"

Among the four people, one person reached out and grabbed an iron fork from the side, his eyes wide with anger, and stabbed at the monster above!

"No, don't kill me, I'm so scared, I'm so scared."

The monster above responded with the despairing words of the person it had killed.

However, these recorded words, from its current state, were nothing short of mockery.

"Snap ~"

When the iron fork stabbed towards the monster, a crisp sound suddenly erupted.

That was the sound of the tip of the iron fork breaking!

And the next moment, the iron fork in the man's hand was directly taken away by the monster above with one hand!

Immediately after, an arm, which appeared exceptionally black in The Black Night, slowly reached down from above.

Just like a hook, selecting food from a food storage cabinet!

They watched helplessly as this arm kept extending.

One meter, two meters, three meters...

The arm forced the few people into the corner within a few breaths.

"I'll fight you!" Among the four people, Li Santu picked up a rusty broken knife in his hand, his eyes bloodshot, and chopped wildly at the extending arm!

And at this moment...

"Ah!!!"

The Despair Whisper Demon above suddenly let out a sharp and terrified shriek!

After this sound appeared, the few people in the cellar were slightly stunned.

Even Li Santu didn't quite understand the situation.

He had only chopped the opponent's hand a few times with the knife, and the opponent was already screaming like this. What was going on?!

The moment after the question arose, everyone suddenly knew the real reason that prompted the Despair Whisper Demon to scream!

They saw a sacred light radiating directly from the center of the Village!

"spiritual lamp, it's the spiritual lamp!"

"Someone brought the spiritual lamp back!"

At this moment, the eyes of the few people in the cellar all flickered with joy and excitement.

And the Despair Whisper Demon above also darted away the moment the spiritual lamp's light arrived!

During this time, large areas of evil blackness on its body were evaporated!

...

Li Village Center.

Li Changkong leaned against a tree, exhausted.

Not far from him, on the spiritual lamp lighting platform in the courtyard, an intermediate spirit lamp was slowly flickering and lighting up.

After entering the Village, he didn't hesitate at all. He came here immediately and lit the spiritual lamp.

The moment it was lit, he also heard the monster's shrieks of being burned by the spiritual lamp in two or three places in the Village.

This indicated that at least two or three monsters had entered the Village during this time!

"I just hope there weren't too many casualties." Li Changkong said to himself, assuming the worst-case scenario.

Not long after he rested, people gradually noticed the lighting of the spiritual lamp, and one by one, they seemed to think of something and gathered towards the spiritual lamp platform in the Village.

"Village Chief!"

The crowd that gathered, upon seeing Li Changkong, were all filled with excitement and emotion in their voices.

It was like the backbone had returned.

"Li Bo, count the number of people and see how many casualties there are." Li Changkong looked at Li Bo, who was walking towards the crowd, and said with a serious tone.

"Okay!" Li Bo nodded seriously.

He lingered for a while on Li Changkong's armor and the warhorse beside him, then turned around to count the number of people.