They recognized their feelings, but the knight had been reincarnated as a fox cub

Fate left without looking back.

"What a pity." Andrew looked at Fate's receding back, grinning. "After all, maybe this has something to do with you."

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"Boom boom boom!" Looking at the cave that was burned to ashes in an instant, Fate slowly sheathed his sword.

The man did not lie to her.

The locations of the demon lairs on the map are all real.

It took a lot of time to deal with and find these demons, but it seems that all the demon nests around here have been cleared out by her.

After sending all the demons back to their homeland, use the fox fire to burn all the items piled in the nest.

Fate had carefully checked and found that the cave was filled with dream stones.

At this point, even if he couldn't believe it anymore, he had to confirm that the evil cultists who instigated these demons were most likely carrying a viral plague through the Dreamstone.

But this is too difficult. They can't steal the sealed item from the Knight's Sky Lock Vault. It can only be some other creation from the Demon Realm. After all, it is impossible for such a thing to be produced on the continent of Arlen.

But something with such effectiveness can only be a creation of the Demon Lord himself, which is even more incredible. There are only less than five named creations of the Demon Lord discovered in the continent of Arlen. Would the Demon Lord really trust mortals and hand over magic weapons containing his own organs and blood to his believers?

Obviously impossible.

But this is the only explanation now.

In addition, it is also possible that there was trouble within the Inquisition because of the Demon Lord's creations. Of course, it is also possible that the knight leading the team was a vain fool who did not take the demonic plague in Batti City seriously at all, which is why he neglected the investigation.

I thought it was just a plague, but I didn't expect there would be so many involvements.

The more Fate thought about it, the worse he felt that things were beyond his imagination. He looked up at the sky and it was as dark as ink.

It was night when she first set out. It was not because a short time had passed, but because two days had passed and night had fallen again.

After destroying the last batch of demon nests and restoring Fate's pendant, he hurried to Batti City. Now he had to go back to observe Rowling's condition to see if her demonic disease showed any signs of relief after wiping out all the surrounding demons and destroying all the dream stones. At least, it should not continue to worsen.

however……

As soon as he entered Batti City, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.

The night was very quiet, but today it was too quiet. Even the guards on the city walls were gone.

"Stop, what are you doing?" After taking a few steps, Fate was stopped by several patrolling knights.

"I am a clergyman of the church in this city, both of you." Fate showed his ID.

After hearing this, the two knights looked a little strange.

Chapter 98: 98~Don't let me tarnish your justice

"Senior, please move aside if you still remember that you are or were a knight."

"The transformation of this nun has reached an irreversible stage. In less than three minutes, she will completely turn into a monster. By then, she will no longer be the person you are familiar with."

"After being demonized, these monsters are quite cunning. When they see that they cannot be defeated, they will take the opportunity to escape and hide somewhere in the city, wantonly attacking other residents in the city. None of us can afford to let so many innocent people die because of our temporary indulgence!"

"Before we have personal feelings, we are first and foremost knights. Once we put on this armor, we can only be cold law enforcement machines. These are the words of the Knight Commander of Dawn."

"Senior, with your strength, I can't stop you from doing anything, but... please don't let me look down on you." Chris spoke these words solemnly, enunciating each word. After that, he stepped back a few steps and ordered his knights to step back a few steps.

Just from the eye contact just now, Chris knew that he and his men were not at the same level as the dark knight. If the other party wanted to deal with them, it might be easier than just glaring at them, but obviously the other party did not intend to do so.

Upon hearing this, Fate remained silent.

Chris did not break his promise. He did not attack Rowling before she underwent her final transformation into a monster. But now it was different. If he remained indifferent, there would inevitably be new casualties when Rowling really turned into a monster. He had to take precautions.

Fate's gaze lingered on Rowling's cheek. Just as Chris said, almost all of the girl's skin was covered with black keratin membrane, and her previously spotless face was now covered with dust-like spots and black bruises.

It's already the final stage, the demonization can't be stopped...

"Why don't you look up?" Fate asked when he saw Rowling keeping her head down and not speaking.

"...I don't want to look at you with these polluted eyes, and I don't want you to see it either."

Fate wanted to reach out and touch Rowling's face, but the latter dodged him.

He was stunned when he saw the gradually spreading black spots on his cheek.

"It's almost too late." Chris frowned. He was always observing Rowling's condition and understood that the final stage of demonization was about to end. So far, there was no record of any monster retaining human consciousness after being demonized.

The final step in the demonization of all humans is to completely separate themselves from humanity in thought and turn into monsters with only instincts. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are bodies parasitized by monsters.

"Uh uh..." Rowling's body began to tremble. At first, she could still make human sounds, but now she couldn't utter a word. Her throat was like a broken accordion, making meaningless sharp growls.

"Senior!" Chris clenched his fists as he looked at the indifferent Fate. He knew that if Fate was determined to let Rowling go, there was absolutely no way they could stop him. "Her consciousness as a human is fading. Once she is completely demonized, she will become an alienated monster dominated only by the instinct of brutality and bloodlust!"

"The moment she turned into a monster, she was already dead! The monster is desecrating her corpse, do you understand?!" Chris shouted at Fate at the top of his lungs.

Fate clenched the sword in his hand, silently watching the nun in his arms who was constantly changing and making sounds that were not human.

No matter who they are in normal times, when they put on this armor, they can only be the coldest and most fair law enforcement machines. This was the requirement he once set for the knights.

Perhaps, the relaxed and comfortable life in the past six months had slightly worn down the determination in his heart, so that he could not accept for a while the idea of ​​taking action against the kind nun who had worked with him for half a year and lived with him day and night.

He could execute criminals without hesitation, but facing this girl who had never made a mistake, was always helpful, serious and stubborn, and sometimes seemed innocent, Fate didn't know what qualifications he had to judge her.

She who was struggling in pain at this moment was not those unforgivable monsters.

But if she doesn't do this, she will endanger other innocent citizens in the town...

Fate took a deep breath as he recalled every moment he had spent working with this kind nun in the church.

The knight finally gripped his sword.

"Swish!!" The next moment, the sound of the sword piercing through flesh suddenly rang out, like a cold and sharp wind blowing past the ears of everyone present.

Fate was stunned, Chris was stunned, and everyone present was stunned.

The sword blade pierced through Rowling's chest, and bright red blood flowed out of the heart that had not yet been alienated. There was no doubt that it was human blood.

Fate did not initiate the attack with this sword.

"Why hesitate?" Feeling her strength rapidly ebbing away, Rowling climbed onto Fate's chest, snuggling in his arms and gasping for breath, and her emotions were equally turbulent at the moment.

"Why did you hesitate?" Rowling asked loudly with her last bit of strength, anger and disappointment in her voice.

"........."

"Is it because of me?" The nun bit her bright red teeth and hammered the knight's armor weakly. "If you are the kind of knight who gives up justice because of a certain person, then I have worshipped you for nothing for so many years!"

"Mr. Knight, don't... don't let any personal feelings taint your impartial justice!" Rowling held Fate's face and spoke word by word.

"!!!" Fate, who was awakened by Rowling, suddenly raised his head and looked at Rowling, and found that the alienation on the latter's face was still spreading, and had a tendency to cover the entire face.

From the gap in his helmet emanated an unstoppable gaze without the slightest emotion.

He no longer hesitated, and thrust his sword suddenly into Rowling's chest. He twisted the sword handle skillfully, completely destroying her heart...

In full view of the public, alienation stopped.

The dark knight knelt on one knee, holding the blood-soaked nun in his arms. The pure white moonlight fell on him, filled with indescribable loneliness and sorrow.

"...That's right." Rowling fell into Fate's arms. The alienation ended and she turned back into the pure and innocent girl. But now she felt very cold and wanted to fall asleep.

"This is the Knight Commander I know."

"…Hate me."

"Hate you? How could that be?" Rowling hung her head and gazed at the knight in front of her affectionately with eyes that were about to lose focus.

Even though she was cold at the moment, it was worth it to be able to snuggle in his arms.

"You have always been the light of my life..."

"How can I bear to resent you?"

"It was you who gave soul and hope to the little girl who survived the fire."

"Right? Your Excellency, the Knight Commander of the Dawn..."

"...Oh no, Mr. Fate." Rowling lay peacefully in Fate's arms and fell into a deep sleep. In her dream, she seemed to have returned to her first encounter with him...

Chapter 99: 104~You humans are never clean

"........."

"What? Even you have no chance of winning against a powerful intermediate demon? Why are you so surprised?" Andrew was a little curious when he saw that Fate's eyes stayed on him after he finished speaking.

"I'm not surprised by the intermediate demons." Fate looked at Andrew suspiciously. "How can you know so accurately?"

"It's as if you've been down into the devil's cave and seen it for yourself."

"Hey, everyone has their secrets, right?"

"Just like you, young lady. Don't you have any secrets that cannot be told out loud and cannot be told to anyone?" Andrew said with a hint of meaning. He simply evaded Fate's question in this way.

"You are like this, I am like this, and everyone is like this. Everyone has some secrets, more or less. Isn't this normal?"

"But you have too many secrets."

"Doesn't this prove that I am a cautious person? And to be honest, I really admire you, young lady, so I took the initiative to reveal some of my secrets. Otherwise, if I really didn't want you to know, you wouldn't be able to tell that I have secrets." No one knew whether what Andrew said was true or false, and Fate was too lazy to guess.

"Miss, let me guess that what you want to investigate is not only the demons and the plague, but also something more important that cannot be told, right?"

"Think whatever you like."

"Ha, there's no need to hide anything from me. After all, you are my savior. Although I'm not an honest person, I still know how to distinguish between gratitude and resentment, and I will always repay a favor."

"After I finish my investigation, I can share with you some information you want to know."

“…Where is the next demon lair?” Fate asked, holding the sword, without answering.

"Let's wipe out the small nest first, and then think of a way to deal with the big one. This is the best solution, right?"

"can."

With Andrew as the guide, they wiped out another nest of only two demons and cleared out all the dream marrow stones inside. Then they came to the largest demon cave around Carlo.

It was a tree hole. This giant tree was lush and leafy, as wide as a driveway. With such lush branches and leaves, you couldn't even tell there was a tree hole in the tree.

"This is the last demon nest nearby. Be careful. The demons inside are very powerful. There is a top-level intermediate demon inside. Are you waiting to deal with it?"

Fate did not answer, but went straight up and flipped the tree curtain to the ground. At the same time, he gathered energy with his sword, and after causing a noise, he chopped down a low-level demon who was sticking his head out of the cave with one sword.

"Hey, are you a man of action?" Seeing that Fate was about to start a fight without saying anything, Andrew behind him calmly found a cover and hid himself.

Anyway, he is only responsible for providing intelligence, so the fighting work is naturally left to Fate.

Three low-level demons appeared one after another, and Calabash Brothers came to save his grandfather, but they were all knocked down by Fate.

The sword that Rowling gave her was extremely powerful. The second-hand half-sword was no match for it. By charging it with [Intention] and using mental skills, she could easily break the skin of the demon.

After holding the last low-level demon's claws, the girl raised her foot and kicked the demon hard in the abdomen.

The demon stumbled back a few steps. The girl's long hair tilted and she stabbed the demon's throat with a sword, infusing it with [Intention]. The pulse energy instantly shattered the demon's body.

These demons that were beaten to pieces were just appetizers; the real threat was yet to come.

Facts proved that Andrew's information was reliable. After all these low-level demon calabash brothers had been sent to rescue their grandfather, several fireballs shot out from the tree hole.

Fate dodged by moving sideways.

"Ouch! It's so hot! Hey, please don't let your fight affect the audience, okay?"

"Also, please be careful about the scene when setting a fire. This is a forest! What if a forest fire breaks out?" While hiding, Andrew found that the bunker he was hiding in was on fire. He hurriedly ran out of the bunker, patting the sparks off his body as he ran, and did not forget to complain.

Naturally, no one paid any attention to him. The girl looked towards the tree hole with her deep blue eyes. Behind the burning vines, a burly black shadow slowly walked out of the hole.

Fate looked at the nearly three-meter-tall demon. Judging from its height, this demon was indeed much larger than other intermediate demons he had seen.

Leaving aside the low-level demons, there are many subdivisions of intermediate and high-level demons, and they cannot be generalized. Although they are all intermediate demons, some can destroy an army, while others can only annihilate a small adventure group. The difference in strength is huge.

The gap between the upper and lower limits will be more exaggerated in the class of high-level demons.

With just these few fireballs, Fate had almost figured out the strength of this intermediate demon.