Chapter 595

"Hmm?"

Just as Sean began to sigh inexplicably, he suddenly felt some movement.

"This is...?"

Sean raised his eyebrows, and then disappeared without hesitation in a flash.

He did not leave the area, but hid in a shadowy corner and peeped at the waterfall.

In the next second, Shien saw it.

"Buzz!"

Accompanied by a humming sound, the waterfall suddenly split in the middle.

The stone wall behind the waterfall suddenly rose up, as if it was splitting the waterfall.

Behind the rising stone wall, a rather spacious passage appeared.

"As expected..."

Sean let out a sigh of emotion again for this expected scene.

However, what happened next surprised Shien.

He saw a group of people appear inside the passage.

It was a group of knights in armor with iron swords on their waists. They were expressionless, with fierce eyes, and exuded a murderous aura.

The armor worn by the knights was not the heavy armor commonly seen in the empire, but the full-body armor of the kingdom.

Yes.

That was the armor of the kingdom.

This group of knights was not the knights of the empire, but the knights of the kingdom.

At the front of this group of knights, there was a person that Shien was very familiar with.

He was handsome, blonde, and blue eyed. The armor on his body was not the standard armor of the knights, but the exquisite armor of the guards.

He was a guard knight.

He was a guard knight that Shien had dealt with many times, but was not on good terms with.

"Limcho..."

Shien could not help but murmur the name of the guard knight.

That guard knight was the young master of the Stringham family. During the battle of Kosmos, the guard knight who went missing along with the First Knight Regiment of Duke Stringham — Limcho Stringham.

At this moment, this young master, who coveted Rosie and always wanted to steal from Shien, appeared in this place with what seemed to be a group of knights from the First Knight Regiment of Duke Stringham.

Upon closer inspection, this Young Master's eyes had become much colder than before. His expression was no longer filled with pretentious kindness like before. Instead, it was as if he had revealed his true colors of coldness and fierceness.

The atmosphere around him had also changed. It became much more dangerous, and the magic he emitted made people feel somewhat uncomfortable.

He led a group of knights and walked out from the passage behind the waterfall.

"Go, search the surroundings."

Limcho ordered with a cold voice.

"Yes!"

The group of knights took the order and spread out without hesitation and began to search.

Limcho did the same. He stood in the same place and scanned the surroundings with his sharp eyes like a falcon.

It was as if he had confirmed that there was an intruder around and was planning to dig three feet into the ground to search.

Sean couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Did I expose myself?"

Shien was deep in thought.

While he was deep in thought, a few knights came over to search.

Unfortunately, they could not find Shien.

With the concealment of [Inner Perception of Destiny], it was impossible to find Shien with just a few knights who had not even reached level 70.

Even if the other party came to where Sean was and passed in front of him, he would only be in the dark and would not be able to discover anything.

The concealment provided by [Inner Perception of Destiny] not only had the effect of eliminating aura and smell, but it could also make one invisible.

So, unless the other party directly encountered Shien, Shien was not afraid of being discovered.

Moreover, if he was really encountered, Shien could just teleport and leave temporarily.

Being able to teleport freely was such a bully.

When he first obtained this ability, Shien was amazed that Lésia dared to run around so unscrupulously.

With such an ability by his side, he could not be more at ease.

So, Shien patiently waited for the knights to finish their search.

Shien was now completely interested in this place.

He wanted to know what was inside and why Limcho was here. He even led the First Knight Regiment and acted as if he was guarding this place.

So, Shien did not suddenly attack and kill everyone here. Instead, he prepared to sneak in and investigate without alerting the enemy.

Not long after, the First Knight Regiment's search ended.

"Report, there is nothing unusual in the east."

"Report, there is nothing unusual in the west."

"Nothing found in the south."

"Same here, there is nothing found."

One by one, the knights began to return to Limcho's side to report.

Limcho furrowed his brows.

"Nothing found?" Limcho said coldly, "Impossible, the high priest did notice that there was a strange magic entering the barrier, and for some reason, the barrier did not trigger the warning effect. There must be something wrong."

Hearing this, a knight could not help but speak.

"Maybe the high priest was wrong?"

The knight doubted.

It was obvious that he did not guard this place loyally.

Shien made such a judgment.

However, in the next moment, Limcho's next move surprised him.

Puchi!

This was the sound of a sharp sword cutting through flesh.

Facing the knight's doubt, Limjow didn't hesitate to draw his sword and cut off the knight's head.

Blood immediately turned into a fountain, spurting out from the knight's neck.

"...!"

The surrounding knights all changed their expressions and couldn't help but take a step back.

The headless corpse twitched twice and fell to the ground.

As for his head, it had already fallen not far away, dying the gravel red.

"— —"

Silence.

Dead silence.

The knights witnessed all of this with their own eyes, their faces began to turn pale, and fear appeared in their eyes.

Only Limcho, holding his sword that was dripping with blood, looked at everyone coldly.

"Have you all forgotten the rules here?" Limcho put his sword on the neck of the knight closest to him and said, "Speak, what are the rules here?"

The knight started to tremble.

He was very scared, very terrified, looking at the person he was supposed to be loyal to as if he was looking at a stranger.

Then, his voice trembled as he spoke.

"No... You are not allowed to question any orders, and you are not allowed to have any disobedience."

This was not a very strict rule.

Many knightly orders and even private troops had similar rules.

However, the degree here was obviously different.

Because...

"Whether it is questioning or disobedience, there is only one outcome for those who violate."

Limcho raised his sword and pointed at the headless corpse on the ground.

"Die."

This was the rule here.

The knight just now violated this rule.

So, he died.

"Don't think that you are still in Duke Stringham's territory, and don't think that you are still proud knights." Limcho said with a cold face, "You are now just a dog raised by the Imperial Concubine, do you understand?"

The knights all nodded in fear.

"Then continue to search!" Limcho shouted, "If you don't find anything, don't even think about having dinner tonight, go!"

The knights immediately scattered in all directions. Although their faces were pale and filled with fear, they searched even more seriously than before.

It could be seen that their pride had been obliterated, and even the Brave didn't seem to exist anymore. Even if they were scolded and driven without any dignity, they didn't dare to resist and obeyed Limcho's orders.

Shien watched all of this quietly, especially when he looked at Limcho, his gaze became much sharper.

"Hmm?"

Limcho, who was standing there and wiping his sword expressionlessly, seemed to feel something. He turned his head and looked at Shien's direction.

Shien's eyes flickered, but he didn't retract his gaze and continued to look, but the sharpness in his eyes decreased a lot.

"..."

Limcho frowned and also continued to look at Shien's direction, not knowing what he was thinking.

The next moment, Limcho started to walk towards Shien's direction.

"Da — da — da — da — da —"

The sound of the knight's boots landing on the ground could be clearly heard, bringing a sense of nervousness.

Limcho went straight towards Shien's direction.

Shien looked at this without changing his expression. He was calm as if he wasn't afraid of being discovered at all.

Limcho arrived in front of Shien just like that, standing less than a meter away from him, staring at him.

After so many days, the two faced each other again.

The difference was that this time, Shien just looked at Limcho calmly, while Limcho didn't see Shien at all, frowning and thinking hard.

But Limcho's gaze became colder and colder.

Then...

"Clang!"

With a flash of his sword, Limcho didn't hesitate to slash forward.

"Pu!"

A strange sound reverberated.

Limcho's sword slashed a tree in front of him, causing it to fall down slowly.

"Bang!"

The sound of the tree trunk smashing the ground followed, raising a cloud of dust.

Limjow stepped back and looked at the fallen trees and the empty space in front of him. His furrowed brows relaxed.

"Was it an illusion?"

Leaving such a conclusion, Limcho turned around and left.

Although the rest of the knights were alarmed, they still searched for a while. In the end, they really did not find anything, so they gathered by Limjow's side again to report.

Of course, they still didn't find anything.

Limcho didn't seem very satisfied with this.

However, they really didn't find anything unusual, so they couldn't do anything about it.

"Go back." Limcho said expressionlessly, "I will report to the high priest."

The knights were relieved.

Soon, under Limcho's lead, the knights returned to the back of the waterfall.

"Rumble …"

The stone wall descended, closing the entrance while allowing the waterfall to return to normal and continue to fall.

Everything was calm again.

"Shua!"

Shien appeared here again, looked at the waterfall in front of him, and then teleported in without hesitation.