The tranquil night wind blew.
Kano sat on the roof and looked into the distance. He was a respected paladin. But at the moment, his expression was a little confused. His handsome side profile was reflected in the moonlight, and he seemed to have no sense of direction. The night in Lakeside Town was very quiet. Only the barking of dogs could be heard from time to time. The patrol guards would change shifts every once in a while. Since the appearance of the demons, many human towns had been heavily guarded. The moonlight today was a little dim, and there was a faint trace of blood. It looked unsettling.
"What's wrong?"
A tall figure appeared beside Kanuo. At first glance, the face was very beautiful, and it was very easy for people to think that 'she' was a woman. However, if one looked carefully, they could tell that 'she' was a man.
This was a wood elf.
Wood elves lived in the forest area. They were a branch of the high elves. Their lifespan was only about three hundred years. They inherited the beauty of the high elves. They were all natural marksmen.
"Nothing."
Kano shook his head gently. As a paladin, it was actually very difficult for him to find an adventurer team willing to accept him.
This was a kind of sorrow.
Because there was no way for pure kindness and justice to be accepted by people, Kano once traveled alone for a long time. The other adventurers did not reject him, but they were not willing to travel with him. Because the adventurers were afraid that the paladins would cause unnecessary trouble. They were afraid of the paladins' excessive sense of justice. They might even be the people that the paladins thought were evil.
Kano traveled alone for a long time.
The sense of mission to uphold justice led him forward, and it also made him stronger and stronger!
However, he still couldn't find his true direction. Especially with the recent changes in the world, he felt extremely lost.
He was no longer young.
Just like the proverb said, the eyes of older paladins always showed sadness and helplessness.
Kano was a little lost.
He was not sure if he could really bring change to the world. The hot-bloodedness of his youth had faded a lot. He no longer thought that light and justice were the only truth in the world.
Darkness also existed.
What he was doing now was to painstakingly maintain that little bit of truth, kindness, and beauty!
The more powerful he was.
The more he felt his own insignificance.
Kano did not know how long he could hold on, because he had seen too many dark and evil things in this year.
"Alas!"
A faint sigh sounded. The elves' voices were always full of magnetism. They had the grace of nature.
The wood elf sitting next to Kano shook his head and slowly said, "Are you still blaming yourself for what happened during the day? We've done our best! … "
What happened during the day.
Thinking up to here, Kanuo's eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of sorrow, anger, and helplessness.
The current adventurer team was the best companions he had met in so many years. They were kind and full of a sense of justice. Kano had done a lot of good things with them. When they were heading to Lakeside Town during the day, they passed by a small village and found wandering demons there. Although they had stopped everything in time, many innocent people still died.
Demons were so cruel.
Even three-year-old children were not spared. Those pitiful villagers suffered heavy casualties.
Thinking of the scene he saw during the day, Kanuo's heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness. He had already encountered many such things along the way, but there was really not much he could do.
"This guy's sense of justice is too strong! … "
"The world is getting more and more chaotic. It's good enough that we're still alive. Do you know Oak Tree's team? They were all killed some time ago … "
"They all died in the hands of the cultists! … "
A halfling figure appeared, holding a jug of wine in his hand. He looked a little sloppy. It was the halfling Aladdin who hadn't shown up for a long time. After the incident in the City of Wealth, no one knew where he went. This time, he just happened to show up here, and even sneaked into a very good adventurer team.
Hearing Aladdin's words, the wood elf couldn't help but sigh.
The world was getting worse.
These days, even the adventurers' days were not so stable. The usually safe routes could now encounter such troublesome monsters as the ogres.
The originally balanced biological chain of many races was now almost completely destroyed.
Now, even the Druil Cult had a headache.
Kanuo couldn't help but sigh when he heard that. For a moment, he didn't know what to say. Ideals and reality were wearing down his will. He felt that if he continued like this, he might not be able to hold on to those beliefs at the beginning.
"Where's the wine?"
"Where's my wine?"
A loud voice unique to the dwarves sounded, followed by a burly dwarf with a floor-length beard climbing up. He was very tall. For the dwarf race to grow more than 1.7 meters, only a special bloodline could do that.
This guy was probably 300 pounds. When he climbed up, the roof shook.
"Here."
"Here you go!"
Aladdin threw the jug of wine over. For a moment, he didn't know how to comfort the paladin next to him. He felt that the paladin was sometimes like a woman. The life and death of others didn't matter to them. It was good enough to try their best to help. The paladin, who carried so many lofty ideals all day long, was too tired and too stupid. In the whole adventurer team, only the wood elf was very supportive of Kanuo's beliefs.
"Huh?"
"Am I seeing things?"
Aladdin, who had just thrown the jug of wine over, suddenly froze. Then, he pointed to the sky and muttered, "Look over there! There's a crack in the sky! … "
He was not seeing things.
The sky in the distance had unknowingly turned blood-red. Then, a pitch-black gap appeared, followed by the appearance of countless figures of demons.
Not Dretches, not Quasits, but the real elite class of demons.
Aladdin saw a group of Succubus with open wings, a violent demon weighing more than 2,000 pounds, and even the terrible Soul Judgment Demons and Balors.
These demons appeared from the crack in the sky and rushed to the lakeside town in an instant.
Dang! Dang!
The sharp alarm sounded, and the strange scene in the sky undoubtedly alarmed the guards.
But all this happened too fast. Before the guards of the lakeside town gathered, dozens of demons had already killed their way into the town.
The leader was a Legendary-level Balor.
He laughed wildly and slaughtered the humans who dared to stop him. These humans were so weak that none of them could even withstand a blow from him.
A raging fire was ignited!
The ferocious and terrifying figures of the demon-hunting spiders emerged from the darkness. They easily killed one target after another. In the blink of an eye, dozens of people had died.
"Demons …"
"Demon army! … "
Aladdin could not help but swallow, and his voice seemed to tremble a little. "This is an organized demon army! Only the demon army has such combat power in the Abyss! … "
This was an organized demon army.
Although they were still fighting in a mess, there were obvious traces of command.
This was a one-sided massacre!
The guards of the lakeside town had no ability to stop them at all. It was completely one-sided. It was estimated that they could resist for a few minutes at most.
"Let's run?"
"It's not too late to run now! … "
Aladdin glanced at his companions who were equally shocked and murmured, "So many demons! I'm afraid that even if we are all legendary, we may not be able to defeat them! … "
"Wait, they're coming! I'm afraid we can't leave even if we want to! "
Shrill cries were heard.
The demons had begun to rush into the residential area, and the screams of innocent people were everywhere!
The burly dwarf's expression was also a little frightened. The wood elf's face was very pale, and she whispered, "This is the Gate of the Abyss! How can there be so many! … "
Kano's expression was very complicated.
It seemed that countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, but then his expression gradually became firm.
There was a commotion below the hotel.
The sudden arrival of the demons made many adventurers panic, and then many people desperately fled. Even further away were people who were fleeing for their lives. Many guards directly gave up resistance, threw away their armor and ran out of the town.
This was not an enemy they could fight against at all!
"You guys go."
Kano took a deep breath and slowly grasped the long sword at his waist. He used so much force that his knuckles were a little white.
This not so young Sacred Warrior lowered his head, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly. He just said in a dignified voice, "You guys go. There are too many demons! … "
"It'll be too late if you don't go now! … "
After saying that, he slowly stood up and jumped down from the roof.
"Kano!?"
The wood elf seemed to understand something, and her expression was quite complicated. She murmured, "You … What about you? … "
Her voice was trembling.
The others seemed to understand something, and their eyes looking at Kano were quite complicated.
"I can't go."
Kano did not look back, but continued to move forward step by step. His footsteps seemed to be more and more firm. He said in a deep voice, "Sacred Warriors can't leave at this time! … "
"How can I sit by and watch the demons slaughter humans! And I'm running away cowardly? "
Kano did not stop moving.
In the blink of an eye, he was already dozens of meters away. In the distance, there were flames all over the sky, and the figures of countless demons gradually appeared. They laughed wildly and vented their desire to kill, and the waves of shrill screams seemed to make them even more happy!
Kano was surrounded by people who were fleeing for their lives.
There were soldiers, civilians, and adventurers. Everyone wanted to desperately escape from this terrible place, and only he continued to move forward silently, even if he knew that only death awaited him.
He was a Sacred Warrior.
He could not leave at this time!
Maybe he was once lost and did not know the direction of the future, but at least he knew what he should do now.
Little bits of brilliance appeared.
A holy brilliance appeared on Kano's long sword. This was the power of [Sacrifice].
It was also a kind of speechless tragedy!
Under the dim blood-red sky, a not so young Sacred Warrior walked towards thousands of demons. At the last moment of his life, he was finally not lost.
…
(PS: The negotiation with the starting point failed. Fu Tu may leave. Everyone, pay attention to the public account so that it is convenient to continue reading the book. I will finish this book as well as possible.)
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