Become a knight starting with synthesized entries.

Luo An held his breath.

They groped their way to the barn door, where the lock had fallen to the ground.

There were no signs of damage, nor any indication of a battle.

Clearly, the barn was open, so it wouldn't disturb the guards.

It was very dark inside the barn.

Luo An could smell a faint scent of blood, which made it difficult for him to breathe.

The taste of dragon.

Even Luo An, who possessed dragon blood, felt uncomfortable upon smelling the dragon's scent.

Taking a deep breath, Luo An stepped into the barn.

The scenario did not unfold as expected.

There was no one there.

Luo An breathed a sigh of relief and softly recited the miracle, "A Glimmer of Light."

A faint light emanated from Roan, reflecting off his silver armor and clearly illuminating the small barn.

The dragon's flesh and blood, including its eyes, teeth, and stomach, were neatly arranged in the barn.

The dragon feast ritual was not simply about swallowing the dragon; the most delicious part was the heart, followed by the dragon's internal organs.

The lowest level is dragon blood and dragon flesh.

A dragon must have a heart, but it may not have internal organs. After being killed by a dragon, these organs will dissipate along with the dragon's life, rapidly decay, and turn into dust.

The dead red dragon left behind its stomach and lungs.

The dragon's lungs are gone.

It's obvious that someone took it.

Despite his reluctance to admit it, Roan knew that it was Lord Levi who took it.

That woman was right.

"Lord Levi, have you really fallen?" Roan muttered to himself.

Is it possible that Levi couldn't resist the allure of dragons after just one day away?

No, it wasn't from today that Luo An hadn't noticed until now.

Luo An lowered his eyes, then raised them again and looked around.

The more pressing question now is where Lord Levi has gone.

Just then, a person suddenly appeared outside the barn and gently knocked on the barn door.

"Lord Levi?"

Roan was overjoyed and turned to look. It was a guard with a calm expression. Roan remembered him. He had participated in the campaign against the bandit knights with Roan. He was a steadfast warrior who believed in the Great Mother.

That's why Luo An assigned him the task of guarding the granary.

"Greetings, Lord Roan." The guard saluted Roan.

Do you remember me?

Luo An nodded. "You are—"

The guard shook his head. "My name is no longer important, Lord Roan. Are you looking for Lord Levi? Follow me."

After saying that, the guard turned and left.

Luo An had no choice but to follow the guards.

The guard stood outside the barn until Roan came out, then nodded and silently moved forward.

This left Roan even more puzzled. "Are you the God of Black? Or a follower of the God of Black?"

The guard nodded slightly. "Yes, there's no difference between these two identities."

"You know that Lord Levi craves dragon's blood?!"

"Yes," the guard nodded again. "I didn't know anything before Lord Levi sent me away; all I knew was about the Dragon Feast."

The guard pointed to his head. "The esteemed Knight Haibo told me about the Dragon Feast ceremony. Lord Levi is quite eccentric; I suspect he yearns to perform it."

So, it was he who told Sister Aphrodite the secret of this place.

Earlier, Roan had been puzzled by the prompts for the "Monkey Typewriter".

"Robbers, beasts, cultists, lurking in the shadows" refers to the undead knight Io.

Now it seems, does it refer to this guard?

He's the real cultist in the military!

The guards seemed to sense something and stopped.

"Don't look at me like that, Lord Roan."

"To be honest, I don't want to reveal my identity, nor do I intend to harm the fortress. Before becoming a follower of the Black God, I had already considered the Lorton Guard a part of my life."

Luo An frowned even more deeply. What exactly was the "Black God"? Every follower of the Black God he encountered was very strange.

This strangeness stems from their great wisdom.

To put it simply, it means becoming smarter.

The guards led Luo An away from the fortress, but suddenly stopped.

He pointed to a spot not far away.

"Lord Roan, Levi is right in front of you."

As he spoke, the guard turned around and glanced at Luo An indifferently.

"From my own perspective, I do not wish for Lord Levi to fall into depravity. Lord Roan, do what you must do."

After speaking, the guards slowly retreated, making room for Luo An.

Luo An nodded silently, walked past the guards, and walked for a while in the darkness.

Luo An remembered this road.

When they raided Cosette Village, Father Grog led Roan's party along this road to Cosette Village.

After walking along the predetermined route for a while, Luo An once again smelled the familiar scent of dragon flesh and blood.

At the same time, Luo An heard a crying sound.

A faint, intermittent sobbing sound came from the air.

Although the crying was very faint, Roan still recognized a trace of Lord Levi's voice.

Was Lord Levi crying?

In my memory, Lord Levi was always grinning broadly.

Whether it was when he put his arm around Roan's shoulder and forced him to drink, or when he had a wicked smile on his face and made Roan, who was only an apprentice knight, carry a 500-pound log.

They all had a very carefree and easygoing demeanor.

Roan couldn't imagine that Levi was crying.

Luo An stopped [Micro Light] and slowly groped his way in the direction of the crying.

The crying grew closer, coming from behind a large tree.

Luo An tried not to make a sound, walked around the big tree, and by the moonlight, saw a knight kneeling under the tree, one hand grasping the dragon's flesh and blood, the other hand covering his eyes, and crying softly.

His sobs came in fits and starts, as if all the sorrow in the world had overwhelmed this carefree knight.

If Luo An hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have found it hard to imagine that Levi would be so heartbroken.

So this is the side of the mighty Lord Levi.

Luo An suddenly realized that, as Reeves's squire, he didn't actually know him at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Luo An quietly stepped forward, deliberately stepping on a tree branch a few dozen steps behind Levi's.

Click.

Levi suddenly raised his head and stared in the direction from which the sound was coming from.

When he saw who it was, he was stunned for a moment, "Luo, Luo An."

"Lord Levi." Roan stepped out of the shadows and into the moonlight, his gaze sweeping over the dragon's flesh and blood in Levi's hands.

Levi instinctively buried his hand in the shadows, but then gave up.

He slowly stood up.

"Luo An...you knew all along?"

Luo An nodded.

Levi gave a wry smile.

"Are you here to laugh at me?"

Luo An stepped forward half a step. "Excuse me, Mr. Levi."

"I didn't know you wanted to perform the Dragon Offering Ritual. As your squire, I didn't notice your true thoughts, nor did I consider that the Dragon Purification Potion would arouse your desire for dragons."

"Lord Levi, I will do my utmost to prepare an even better Dragon Purification Potion for you, so that the Dragon Feast can be performed more perfectly. Please trust me one more time."

Levi looked up blankly.

He looked at Luo An intently, as if he were seeing him for the first time.

After a long while, Levi's shoulder twitched.

"Ha, ha. How could I forget, Roan, a guy like you."