Become a knight starting with synthesized entries.

Ryan was very puzzled.

"Lord Roan, are you familiar with the [Black God]?"

"I once killed a cultist who claimed to be a knight of the 'Black God.' That's all."

Let's see if we can find any clues using the "monkey typewriter".

"Take me to see it."

"Yes."

When Roan saw her, Mary was in the tent, being watched by Jally and several soldiers, sipping hot tea.

"Sir, her name is Mary. She's from the village. She doesn't say anything; she just begs you to come."

Roan nodded and told Jerry and Ryan to go out first.

"Hello." Roan sat down opposite Mary and sized up the girl who smelled of cow dung.

Even without the "Monkey Typewriter," Luo An can still make an evaluation.

[Just average.]

Similar faces can be found in every village.

"Hello." Mary timidly raised her head. "You must be Lady Sir Roan Yunina?"

"Yes, what is the [Black God]?" Luo An asked the most crucial question directly.

Mary shook her head: "I don't know."

"That's normal. Cult members usually fabricate a nonexistent god, which doesn't even need a physical form, and that's enough to fool the villagers."

Not to mention the countryside in this era, it was the same even in Luo An's time.

“It’s not a lie,” Mary corrected Roan.

"The God of Black truly exists, and I have proof."

Roan had assumed Mary would bring out something like a statue.

Unexpectedly, Mary pointed to her own head.

"It made me smarter, Your Excellency Roan."

At the same time, a burst of golden light flashed before Luo An's eyes.

Mary is very smart.

Luo An froze for a moment, then abruptly stood up and slammed his fist into Mary's face.

Mary crashed into the wall and fell to the ground, clutching her face in pain, unable to utter a single word.

The commotion startled Jerry and Ryan, who were stunned by the sight.

Jalley hesitated slightly. "Lord Roan, what has happened?"

Luo An waved his hand to signal for quiet, walked up to Mary, and kicked Mary's hand away.

A dagger slid out from her sleeve.

"Cough cough cough." Mary coughed loudly.

"As Reeves' squire, how dare you hit a woman!"

"You dare to be a knight?!"

"Shut up!" Ryan pointed at Mary, his eyes burning with anger. It was he who sent Roan to see Mary, almost causing a disaster.

"You despicable slut! You shameless rat! How dare you deceive me! You ambushed Lord Luo An!"

"It was Lord Luo An who saw through your plot! Lord Luo An! I beg you to allow me to kill her to atone for my sins!"

The doubt in Jally's eyes deepened. "Is that so?"

"Of course!" Ryan's disdainful gaze swept over Jally through the heavy armor.

"As a follower of Lord Luo An, how could you not know Lord Luo An's true thoughts?!"

"So that's how it is!" Jiali agreed wholeheartedly, all the doubt in his eyes disappearing.

"As a knight, one should be aware of potential dangers and face them resolutely and calmly!"

"So this is what a knight is? I never expected that. Lord Roan is truly amazing."

In fact, Luo An's action was instinctive when he encountered danger; he did not see through any scheme.

But now that things have come to this, there seems to be no point in bringing it up again.

Coughing, Luo An waved his hand: "Tie her up."

Ryan and Jerry stepped forward and tied Mary up tightly with rope.

Luo An picked up the dagger to examine it. It was a sharpened knife with a blood groove on it; ordinary villagers didn't have such a good knife.

"You're not a villager, are you? Let me guess—you're a robber?"

[Robbers, beasts, cultists, lurking in the shadows.] The beasts and cultists have both come true.

Only the bandits never appeared.

Mary winced in pain, but if Roan had shown even a shred of chivalry, she would have succeeded in killing a knight, just as she had done before.

"Since you've seen through us—I might as well tell you, we are the Robber Knights."

Ryan spat.

"A knight is a knight, and a bandit is a bandit. Don't compare you lowly pigs to true knights."

Oh, Ryan, my mouth double.

Roan wanted to become the knight Yunina spoke of, and he would never allow these guys to insult the knight.

If Mary weren't still of some use, Roan wouldn't mind silencing her forever.

"How many of you are there, and what are you going to do?"

"We have more than 40 people! Spread across all the villages!"

There are two more apprentice-level knights. I advise you to release me immediately. Otherwise—”

Snapped!

Jerry punched Mary hard, knocking out her teeth, and then stuffed a piece of cloth into Mary's mouth.

Mary stared intently at Roan, her face contorted in pain and veins bulging in her neck.

Ryan's eyes flashed with pity, but seeing that Roan's expression was normal, he remained silent.

Roan is an apprentice knight, but Jalley is not.

Jalley is a guard.

As Roan gazed calmly at Mary, a golden light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

The threat lurks among the villagers.

The important ones are the bandits lurking in the village.

Because of the threat, the villagers dared not reveal the bandits' whereabouts to the guards, not for the sake of their families or their own lives.

Koroan couldn't understand why Father Grog hadn't said anything.

Was he threatened?

Was the clever Mary Jane really that stupid to attempt to assassinate Captain Roan's bodyguard alone?

Luo An had a feeling that things weren't that simple.

But in any case, the bandits in the village must be dealt with first.

And to ensure that the news wouldn't get out, Luo An didn't know if any villagers had been kidnapped and used as hostages.

With the mission set, the immediate task is to find the robbers in the village.

After thinking for a moment, Roan looked at Mary.

Roan didn't know who the bandits were, but Mary did.

Soon, a scream suddenly erupted in the silent camp.

"Our boss has been murdered!"

The shouts were so loud that they could be heard clearly from outside.

Then, the knight with his face covered was carried out of the open space, and the guards brought the hooded woman, who had been beaten beyond recognition, to Roan's corpse.

The goddess knight Ya Yang prayed for Roan, while the church knight Ryan accused Mary of atrocities and announced that Mary would be hanged. After her death, her body was eaten by crows and wolves.

The commotion attracted a large crowd of villagers.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, two tall guards escorted Mary away from the throng and into the wilderness.

Guard Jalley solemnly recounted Mary Jane's sins.

"Mary, posing as an innocent villager, mingles among them while committing acts more despicable than those of a beast. She dares to harm a knight with treacherous schemes and underhanded tactics, tarnishing the name of knighthood!"

"He shall be hanged!"

"Execute!"

After saying that, Jalley roughly pushed Mary down, hung up the rope, paused for a moment, and whispered, "Lord Roan, there's no movement."

"...Wait a little longer. They call themselves bandit knights, so they do look somewhat like knights."

"If you wait any longer, you'll die," Jalley muttered, slowly tying the rope into a knot.

Luo An was unsure, but suddenly a golden light flashed.

The threat lurks in the forest.

Luo An suddenly broke free of the ropes and scrambled to his feet. He charged towards Jia Li's back.