375: "Take a step back"

"Ah!"

The three maids beside Bishop Lance let out shrill screams.

The Knight Captain, who had been incomparably Divine Might just moments ago, had somehow been decapitated.

Even more terrifying was that no one present had noticed it.

Karl's face was pale, and he stumbled back a few steps, his lips trembling uncontrollably, "Ka...Karl..."

Seeing that something was wrong, Bishop Lance immediately grasped his staff and tapped it on the ground, and a light blue protective barrier enveloped him.

When the three maids saw Bishop Lance activate his protective barrier, they rushed towards him as if insane.

Even Knight Captain Mendes had died so inexplicably; how could they possibly protect their own lives with their strength alone?

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Bishop Lance's eyes when he saw the three maids also trying to enter his protective barrier.

With a bang!

Three light blue orbs of light shot out.

B-rank magic, Elemental Bullet, primarily composed of high-density magical energy, capable of penetrating enemy defenses.

Those maids were merely ordinary people without Mental Energy; how could they evade Bishop Lance's attack?

The magic orbs accurately struck the maids' lower abdomens.

"Ah!"

The maids screamed again, followed by fist-sized blood holes appearing on their bellies.

Blood gushed uncontrollably from their abdominal cavities, carrying unwillingness and anger, as the maids' bodies slowly collapsed, quickly losing all signs of life.

Bishop Lance stared intently at his surroundings, but he couldn't detect any abnormalities.

Strange, where did that intruder go? Why was there no movement at all?

And how exactly did he kill Mendes?

It was known that Mendes, after being blessed by Holy Light, possessed Peak Klein strength. If his physical constitution were even stronger, allowing him to accept more Holy Water, it wasn't impossible for him to temporarily reach the human ceiling.

Unfortunately, the person was already dead; thinking about it now was useless.

The knights standing in the square, upon seeing their Knight Captain's death, also began to cautiously observe their surroundings.

A gentle breeze swept across the square, and the strong smell of burning made people feel somewhat nauseous.

Time passed minute by minute, but no unusual circumstances occurred.

A sense of complacency began to spread among the knights.

"You think, could that intruder have died with Knight Captain Mendes?"

"To take a step back, while your words lack evidence, I find them very reasonable," another knight replied.

"I agree. Knight Captain Mendes's strike just now was so terrifying; even if the opponent's Realm was higher, it's impossible for them to be completely unharmed, right?"

"Exactly, unless the opponent is a god, they couldn't withstand that strike. But besides those few Lords of Asgard, no other gods can enter [Paradise]."

"Hahaha, exactly. To take a step back, even if another god did come in, which god would be so bored as to play such tricks?" the knight said.

The other knights heard their discussion and all breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, that intruder should be dead?"

"To take a step back, even if the opponent isn't dead, they are definitely severely injured. So, next, as long as we find him, [Paradise] will be safe," the knight leader analyzed logically.

Bishop Lance also heard the knights' conversation. After a moment of thought, he spoke, "Everyone, begin searching immediately! Whoever captures the intruder will be the next Knight Captain!"

Bishop Lance's words were highly effective. The temptation of the Knight Captain position immediately dispersed the panic from before.

Among the crowd, some knights were already restless, especially the "To Take a Step Back Guy" from earlier.

"Hahaha, brothers, to take a step back, no matter who captures that intruder, we must celebrate properly after he's caught!"

"Yes, after we catch the invader, let's start the [Hunting Assembly]."

When the knights heard the words [Hunting Assembly], their eyes immediately gleamed with excitement.

The so-called [Hunting Assembly] was actually a game devised by these Human Realm administrators out of boredom.

They would randomly select 1000 commoners, throw them into the wilderness, and then, within a set time, whoever killed the most commoners would be the champion.

And the recently deceased Knight Captain Mendes was once the record holder for kills in the [Hunting Assembly].

"Hehe, to take a step back, isn't that injured intruder also a kind of prey now?"

The "To Take a Step Back Guy's" words caused a burst of laughter, and a cheerful atmosphere spread through the crowd.

Suddenly, a droplet of water flew in from nowhere.

The droplet was so fast that no one reacted in time.

Puff!

The droplet accurately pierced through the "To Take a Step Back Guy's" forehead, and the terrifying force directly shattered the back of his head.

Blood splattered directly onto the faces of the surrounding knights, and the previously relaxed atmosphere was once again pulled to the freezing point of fear.

The knight order instantly fell silent. After an unknown period of stillness, a scream suddenly erupted from within the knight order:

"Karl is dead!"

The sudden scream attracted everyone's attention. The young knight from before was suddenly bleeding profusely from his waist.

Karl's body had split into two halves from the waist down.

Karl's death completely detonated the bomb called fear.

"The intruder isn't dead! He's still alive!"

"Someone else died! Someone else died!"

In the chaotic crowd, another knight's head rolled to the ground.

The knights held their common longswords, standing back to back, trying to find Song Zhong's trace.

But besides the flickering firelight and black smoke, no one could be seen.

Sweat beaded on Bishop Lance's forehead. Not only was the intruder not dead, but he could also continue to kill people with undetectable methods.

The opponent's strength had exceeded his imagination. These knight orders alone could not possibly stop that intruder.

Bishop Lance's heart pounded. This scene felt somewhat familiar to him because he also enjoyed playing with enemies like a cat with a mouse.

Only now, the roles had been reversed. The opponent was the cat, and he had become the mouse.

Among the crowd of knights, heads continued to fall.

Bishop Lance seemed to have made some decision. He once again raised the staff symbolizing authority and cast a spell on the corpses on the ground.

A vast magical power was released from the tip of the staff, and suddenly a Yin Wind swept across the square.

Goosebumps appeared on the knights one by one. They looked up at the sky, where a black magic circle had appeared above them.