This isn't a souls-like game at all.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, heard the sound of violently surging water in his ears, saw the slender figure moving forward in the darkness, and could not help but hear the inexplicable murmur of the five bells.

"Crocodile Knight?"

Chapter 394 Knights and Recruits

In the swamp in the darkness of the night, a nearly ten-meter-long Gulf crocodile led the way, followed by seven or eight black-armored knights riding on large horses with ox horns, braving the wind and waves all the way out from the depths of the swamp.

At first glance, the scene looks like a hunt, with the knights chasing the Deinosuchus closely, as if they want to hunt it down.

But with the vision that was given the [Stargazing] ability, Ye Yiyi could clearly see that on the neck of the Bay Sea Crocodile, there was a tall knight wearing black armor.

"Crocodile Knight?"

He was a little surprised to see the saddle equipped on the Deinosuchus.

It turns out that the Deinosuchus can also be tamed?

Although this Deinosuchus was not as big as the one he hunted in the Lupe Rainforest, it was already a behemoth-level creature for ordinary people.

Being able to tame such a giant beast as a mount, it can be imagined that this group of knights who traveled all night were not simple mercenaries.

"But that black armor isn't the attire of a Knight of the Golden Cup..."

Naturally, Ye Yiyi thought of the Campbell Kingdom.

The knight came from the swamp west, so he could only be from the Kingdom of Campbell.

But he had seen the attire of the Golden Cup Knights in Ambright. The knights wearing light golden metal armor and "Golden Cup Helmets" on their heads had left a deep impression on him in terms of their appearance.

At that time, Aidan joked with him: These people came out to negotiate with a urinal on their heads.

For the Campbell people, the golden cup is one of the special symbols of the Campbell Anglican Church of the Holy Nineteenth, and means "full of the water of the law".

Aidan also revealed to him that the bizarre criterion for selection as a Gold Cup Knight is to stand in the rain for a day while wearing a Gold Cup helmet, and then be judged by the amount of rainwater retained in the cup.

Those whose water volume exceeds 50% of the gold cup can be selected as knights and join the Knights Templar.

More than 70% can directly become knight commander.

If it exceeds 90%, it is even more amazing. You can even be summoned by the king and the Pope and be named the "Son of the Golden Cup" by the Holy 19th Church.

But even those who exceed 70% can directly become Knight Commanders, let alone the 90% who can become the Sons of the Golden Cup.

As far as Ye Yiyi knew, the only Golden Cup Holy Son in the Campbell Kingdom in decades was Dino Campbell, the Grand Master of the Golden Cup Knights and also the Prince of the Kingdom.

In short, no matter whether these black-armored knights riding on cows, horses and crocodiles are the Knights of the Golden Cup, they are definitely related to Dino Campbell!

They traveled late at night, still taking the road at the junction of the deep depression and the vast swamp. Judging from the recent situation, it would be a lie to say that they had nothing to do with the Campbell Kingdom.

"So should I stop them?"

Ye Yiyi carefully lowered his altitude, hid among the water plants, and thought secretly in his heart.

"Let's not stop them. Judging from the direction they're going, they'll happen to pass by Norsley. If they don't notice her, it's fine. But if they do, they might kill her to keep it secret.

"But if we stop them, we'll be exposing ourselves in advance..."

To be honest, he didn't really want to get involved in the conflict between Campbell and Firefly.

However, the Campbell Kingdom's reclamation of the Deep Depression may not be as simple as expanding its borders and attacking the Firebird Flower.

Judging from what happened at the Dragon Soul Fortress, there might be a Curse Master behind the Campbell Kingdom, trying to use the power of the secular kingdom to interfere with or occupy the witch's habitat.

Therefore, before figuring out the witch's attitude and position, it would be better for him to just watch from the sidelines and not get involved personally.

"Forget it, let's see what the situation is and then act accordingly."

After Ye Yiyi made the decision, he stopped worrying about it and hid himself and observed the other party's movements.

Led by the Crocodile Knight, the Black-Armored Knights and their group soon arrived at the abandoned frogman village.

"Crash!"

The Deinosuchus stayed where it was, splashing water. The knight on it stood up, looked around the silent and deserted village, then turned to look at the knights behind him.

"We have arrived at the original departure point as scheduled. Everyone will rest here and will set off into the depression tomorrow morning."

"Are they going into the depression too?"

Ye Yiyi was wrapped in a layer of light black mist and quietly approached the village along the water surface.

After hearing the words of the black-armored knight, he couldn't help but frown, thinking that something was wrong.

What he worried about finally happened.

"Noelsley is still in the village."

After the crocodile knight gave the order, the other black-armored knights dismounted and looked for a suitable place to set up camp.

Soon, they found the shack where Knowlesley lived.

The wide and long Deinosuchus suddenly raised its head, and looked around with its narrow and ferocious mouth. Then it turned its head to look at the shed, slightly opened its fangs, and let out a low roar from the depths of its throat.

"Ok?"

The crocodile knight noticed this scene and immediately pulled out a nearly three-meter-long spear from the saddle on the crocodile's body and vigilantly assumed a fighting posture.

"Everyone, pay attention! Someone has been here before!"

"Shhhhh!"

The knights drew their weapons and silently assumed fighting stances.

This scene made Ye Yiyi frown, thinking that Norsley's family might still be asleep.

To Ye Yiyi's surprise, before the knight entered the shed to investigate, Norsley walked out of the dark door. Her dark and lifeless eyes swept over the people in front of her, and then she asked without any emotion.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

"Ah this..."

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but slap his metal forehead.

Hey sister, do you really have no sense of crisis at all?

Others have already reached the door and are obviously here with ill intentions, but you can still calmly come out and ask them what you want?

If it hadn't been for the silent move, this forehead-strike would have been unusually loud.

Hearing Norsley's question, the Crocodile Knight was slightly stunned.

This woman, not only wasn't she afraid of us when she saw us? She even had the guts to ask us what we did.

Then he reacted and realized that the other party might not be simple, and he raised the gun in his hand vigilantly and pointed it at the other party.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I'm a psychic medium, temporarily staying here."

Hearing Norsley's frank answer, the Crocodile Knight was stunned again.

"A psychic? What's that?"

"A psychic medium is a profession."

"What's your occupation? What do you do?"

"Serving as a priest at a funeral ceremony, acting as a narrator of communication between the living and the dead."

"Are you a priest?"

Hearing this, the Crocodile Knight seemed startled and put down the spear in his hand. Even his tone became slightly respectful.

"In terms of duties, I am a priest, but my profession is a medium."

Norsley tilted her head and asked expressionlessly, "What about you? Who are you and why are you here?"

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you for the sake of confidentiality."

The Crocodile Knight's words didn't seem to be perfunctory, but rather he was really sorry that he couldn't tell the other party.

Combined with the other party's attitude, Ye Yiyi couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Norsley nodded slightly when she heard this, as if she agreed with the other party's statement, and then asked again.

"Is there anything else?"

"I'm very sorry to disturb your rest, Master Psychic. We are passing through here and would like to rest here for one night."

The crocodile knight hung up the spear in his hand again, waved his hand to signal the knights behind him to disperse, and then got off the crocodile.

"Please don't worry, Master Psychic. We will leave tomorrow morning."

"That's it."

The other party is polite and speaks sincerely, so he should not be an enemy.

Norsley nodded to show that she understood, then thought for a moment before speaking again.

"My friend is out fishing and hasn't returned yet. He'll be back soon. Please don't get violent."

"Fishing? Now?"

The Crocodile Knight was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look back at the dark swamp, feeling confused.

"Indeed, his appearance is very recognizable. When you see him, don't panic, and don't show any hostility. If you offend him, even I won't be able to save your lives."

Hearing this, Ye Yiyi finally couldn't help it. She flapped her wings and rose into the sky. Her figure flew like an arrow and stopped in front of the two of them.

"No, do you have some misunderstanding about me? Do you think I have always been like this in your eyes?"

"Ah, he's here."

Norsley looked up and gestured to the stunned Crocodile Knight.

"what?"

The crocodile knight turned his head and looked up at the sky, his eyes suddenly widened.

"That's... your partner?"

"Yes, he said so himself." Norsley nodded.

"What do you mean I said that myself?

"Isn't it?"

Norsley tilted her head in confusion. "Didn't you say before that I would be your psychic from now on? Doesn't that mean we're partners?"

"what……"

Norsley opened her mouth slightly, as if she understood something, and then said belatedly:

"Could it be that it means that I am your property?"

"what?"

The Crocodile Knight looked around blankly. On the one hand, he was shocked by Ye Yiyi's appearance, and on the other hand, he was confused and puzzled by Norsley's words.

"That's not what I meant... Damn it, forget it. You're my companion! Not my property! Do you understand now?"

Ye Yiyi scratched his head fiercely, feeling speechless.

He thought that after traveling together in Dragon Soul Fortress for so long and going through so much, everyone was familiar with each other and could be considered friends and travel together.

But unexpectedly, this meant nothing to the emotionless Norsley.

Because there is no emotion, all experiences are meaningless and will not produce anything, including the trust and friendship born out of experience.

Knowlesley was born dead, and all her actions were imitations of the living, so she could not perceive any hidden meaning except for clearly defined words.

In other words, she is just a humanoid machine that judges what actions she should take at the moment based on her past experiences.

"If you put it that way, I understand."

Seeing Ye Yiyi scratching, Norsley lowered her head expressionlessly and looked at the stunned crocodile knight.

"It seems I didn't understand correctly before... But it doesn't matter, my partner has returned."

"Alas, I actually came back a long time ago..."

Ye Yiyi sighed and descended from the sky. His slightly glowing golden vertical pupils swept over the knight. The latter trembled all over and suddenly had the illusion that he was being stared at by a flying dragon at close range.

"I'm Hawkwood, from the Dragon Clan."

Ye Yiyi said casually, and then raised the five trumpet mudfish strung on its tail.