Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Cardinal Barossa was a member of the Winter organization.
He was specifically responsible for creating Templar Knights to enhance the Winter organization’s top-tier combat power.
Their headquarters were located in Kalun.
He had eight other bishops like himself!
Currently, he was considered an expatriate.
Compared to his colleagues still in Kalun, his salary was higher, amounting to a full fifty magic crystals and one Parasitic Tree Fruit each month.
During his time lurking in the Wintery Empire,
his life had been quite comfortable.
However, he never imagined that one day, the powerful Winter organization’s branch would be wiped out in one go, and even the Legendary-grade Truth Witch would be killed.
Upon receiving this news, after a brief moment of astonishment and despair, Barossa began his life on the run.
He still had twenty-three Templar Knights under his command.
As for the failed attempts from the first awakening ritual, he had already abandoned them halfway.
In addition,
he also brought along the “Dragon Girl.”
This demi-human was extremely special.
Her bloodline had a terrifying effect on the modification of Templar Knights.
The young man whose first awakening ritual had been successful was now approaching Sky Knight level in strength.
The price for this, however, was that
he had transformed from a young man into a middle-aged man with streaks of white in his hair.
Barossa initially believed that with this power, he could live happily in a small town, and that the trackers of the Wintery Empire wouldn’t be able to find him as long as he concealed his identity. However, he never expected to be discovered within a week of arriving in Dawn Town.
This was an extremely unbelievable matter.
He hadn’t done anything at all.
He had only gone out to the market to buy a piece of pork, and he was wearing armor and dressed as a warrior, yet he was recognized at a glance.
The Eye of Truth be upon him!
He was wearing a helmet!
Combat erupted immediately.
The inn where he and his Templar Knights were temporarily residing was soon surrounded by human soldiers.
The innkeeper and other travelers were immediately evacuated, and all other residents of Dawn Town were efficiently relocated to safety, leaving Barossa with no one to take as a hostage.
The enemy possessed the strength to kill the Truth Witch.
Barossa was terrified.
But as the battle began, he gradually became less afraid…
Is that all?
Looking at the human soldiers being slaughtered by the Templar Knights,
Barossa’s fear subsided, and he even became somewhat arrogant, failing to notice that the number of human soldiers was not decreasing.
A bunch of weaklings.
This was what Barossa thought.
The enemy’s high-end combat forces would surely not arrive so quickly.
As long as he killed these scouts,
his happy little life could continue.
With this thought in mind, Barossa stood behind all the Templar Knights, casting various buffing skills without restraint.
“Kill them! Kill them all!”
He continuously issued commands with a ferocious expression.
Although the Players wanted to overwhelm the Templar Knights with their numbers, unfortunately, they were not yet concentrated enough, and more Players were en route.
“It’s you who brought ruin upon my family!” a Templar Knight, who had gained the Dragon Girl’s bloodline power, shouted with gritted teeth.
His eyes were bloodshot, black scales had grown on his neck, and with a sweep of his long sword, more than a dozen Players were cut in half.
He seemed to be inspired by this.
“Pfft pfft pfft!”
His armor on his back was torn apart, and a pair of dragon wings unfurled behind him. His body gradually swelled, and his face became ferocious and terrifying, transforming into a small black dragon in an instant.
“Roar! I’ll kill you all!”
He roared, and with a flick of his draconic head, he spewed scorching dragon breath at the Players.
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Nobody Does Human Things (M) cast Radiant Bastion, bestowing protection on the surrounding Players.
This barely managed to withstand the sudden dragon breath.
However, he was not unharmed.
Two more Templar Knights charged in with their swords, blocking all his escape routes from the left and right.
“Clang—!”
The defensive capabilities of Radiant Bastion were still trustworthy.
It withstood the sword strike from the left and finally shattered with a roar.
But the sword from the right had to be endured head-on.
Fortunately, he had leveled up to become a Rank 6 Warrior; otherwise, this sword strike would have been his end.
“Heh, you’re still alive? You’re quite resilient!”
A Templar Knight approached Nobody Does Human Things (M) with a mocking expression.
He was a more ordinary awakened individual.
The demi-human bloodline did not grant him any special abilities, only enhancing his burst power and muscle strength, and allowing him to ignore pain.
Despite this,
he was basically invincible at the Great Knight level.
Under the cooperation of himself and his colleagues, he could easily suppress a warrior like the one before him, who had just been promoted to Rank 6.
“Reaching Rank 6 indicates you have good talent and are very hardworking… Without the awakening ritual, I might never have become a Great Knight, or even a Champion Knight. But what good are talent and effort? Now, you will die!”
He placed his long sword against Nobody Does Human Things (M)’s neck, a sense of superiority surging within him.
Before becoming a Templar Knight, he was just a drifting street thug who never imagined that one day he would hold such a powerful professional under his sword.
Another Templar Knight watched with a cold sneer.
The surrounding human soldiers had already been cleared.
Even if more human soldiers continued to press forward,
they would not be able to break through the Templar Knights’ blockade.
This Rank 6 warrior had been directing the battle and was likely a commander. Killing such a figure would be a heavy blow to the enemy.
“Heh heh…” Nobody Does Human Things (M) chuckled coldly, “You’ll never know what kind of enemy you’re facing.”
“Oh?” The Templar Knight laughed in disbelief, “Today, I’ll kill you all and see what you pieces of scum are made of!”
Saying this, he was about to swing his sword to sever Nobody Does Human Things (M)’s head.
However, a gust of wind blew, adding some resistance to his sword.
He swung and missed.
It was so close, yet it grazed past him.
“Death is like the wind, always by my side…”
Nobody Does Human Things (M)) closed his eyes slightly and placed his right hand on his sword hilt.
A killing move unleashed in the moment of desperation.
It was named Gale’s Breath Shatter.
This was the finishing move of a Hurricane Warrior, usable only when HP was below 10%.
When using this move, it would forcibly enter a pseudo-death-lock state, unless the opponent’s strength was overwhelmingly superior, enabling them to forcibly shatter the wind pressure.
For example, the berserker King of Winter (Xi Wei).
“Listen… to the sound of the wind!!”
Nobody Does Human Things (M) suddenly opened his eyes, and a flash of blue light appeared in his bright pupils.
“Gale’s Breath Shatter!”
“Boom—!”
The Templar Knight before him was suddenly blown away by the immense force of the gale.
The next moment, Nobody Does Human Things (M) transformed into twelve afterimages that flickered past the Templar Knight’s flying body.
Finally, all the afterimages merged into one.
He stood behind the Templar Knight with his sword.
After a while, Nobody Does Human Things (M) sheathed his sword.
“Swish swish swish—!!!”
Twelve streaks of sword light pierced through the Templar Knight, instantly slicing him into countless fragments.
