What happened after completely verified Kieran's premonition.
Back in the grand hall, Kieran felt his scalp going numb when he felt the ardent gazes from the Sanctuary's upper echelons.
After signaling Nicil to speed up the teleportation circle with his eyes, Kieran could only maintain his calm expression and deal with the crowd.
Both of them didn't exchange any more words.
Even the necessary courteous words were avoided if possible.
Still, Kieran couldn't take it anymore.
Because he knew very well that this was only a misunderstanding!
He wasn't the Saint Knight that everyone was hoping for.
He wouldn't change himself just because of their expectations.
The solution was to not touch them.
Seconds turned into minutes.
Kieran was forced to divert his attention when he saw the unusual expectant gazes.
Fortunately, he had a good way to divert his attention.
[Saint Thorns leveled up …]
[Saint Thorns 2: If you did not choose to transform into Devil 2 or Summon Beast 2, you can reduce 30% of the damage when you come across holy energy. When the damage received (regardless of holy energy) reaches Average, Strong, Powerful and Extreme level, you can choose to activate a different level of 'Halo of Thorns' to reflect 10%, 15%, 30% and 50% of the damage received. You will also be healed from Light, Medium, Heavy and Lethal Wounds respectively. When you choose to transform into Devil 2 or Summon Beast 2, Saint Thorns effect will temporarily cease.]
...
It slightly increased the damage reduction and reflected damage.
However, the direct leveling up allowed [Saint Thorns 2] to have a wider range of adaptability.
Extreme damage, 50% damage reflection, and healing from fatal wounds were enough for him to adapt to more situations.
Kieran knew it very well.
Kieran even came up with a hypothesis. If he could further level [Saint Thorns] up a little more, [Saint Thorns 2] would surely become his ace in the hole.
Then, [Saint Thorns 2] would surely become his ace in the hole.
As for what to do?
With the previous demonstration, Kieran had more or less grasped some of the patterns.
Although some of the patterns were different from his style, as long as it didn't cross his bottom line, Kieran wouldn't mind doing it.
“2567！”
Nicil's voice sounded, interrupting Kieran's thoughts.
There was not the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.
Kieran walked towards Nicil with a smile while withstanding all the gazes.
"Can we go now?"
Nicil pointed at the pile of ingredients by his feet and asked Kieran and Schmidt.
"Alright!"
Kieran answered eagerly.
Naturally, Schmidt would not object.
The blinding light appeared once more, and the mystical runes revolved and floated within it.
Having experienced it once, Schmidt chose to close his eyes.
Kieran, on the other hand, tried to decipher the runes again.
However, there was still no result.
The piercing pain forced him to close his eyes.
After everything had calmed down, Kieran reappeared in the small wooden house that belonged to the deacon.
"Are you guys here?"
"Or?"
"Of course we're going back to our wooden house!"
Kieran and Schmidt answered Nicil's question at the same time.
Both of them smiled at each other before picking up the ingredients and heading out of the house.
"If you need anything, you can drop a note here. Although I am not here, I will check on this place from time to time."
Nicil's words came from behind Kieran.
"Okay."
Schmidt nodded to show that he understood.
Kieran, on the other hand, didn't stop walking towards the wooden house that he built.
After two days of snowstorm, the blood stains and dead bodies on Final Island had been covered up. The thick layer of snow made everything look like it had returned to its original state.
Including the small wooden house that Kieran built.
Unlike the wooden house of the deacon, it was protected by a magical circle that couldn't be covered by the snowstorm.
It was just a normal wooden house. If it wasn't for Kieran's outstanding memory, he wouldn't have been able to find it.
After spending some effort, Kieran cleaned the entrance and exit door thoroughly. Schmidt, who had snuck into the house through a tiny gap, lit up the fire.
Amidst the faint smoke, the heat was ignited in the house together with the fire.
However, Kieran and Schmidt didn't rest right away.
The two of them were destined to stay in the house for quite some time. Although they had enough food, they still needed more firewood.
Gnawing on cold, hard food in a world of ice and snow was definitely not something worth remembering.
"Fortunately, the place that we chose back then had a forest of giant spruce trees!"
Schmidt said with a smile as he helped Kieran to carry more branches and placed them on both sides of the wooden house's door.
"There are still some traces of animal activity in the forest!"
Kieran replied with a smile as well.
Although the Sanctuary had prepared enough ingredients, most of them were dehydrated vegetables and bread. Kieran didn't mind if there was some meat among them.
Schmidt, of course, didn't mind either.
"Changing our diet is a must!
After all, I really can't think of anything else that we can look forward to in this kind of environment other than delicious food! "
Schmidt said as he patted the firewood beside the door, testing whether it was sturdy or not.
The firewood wasn't just for lighting a fire. It was also used to prevent the snowstorm from blocking the door again.
"Actually, you don't have to come with me. I'm here to train myself, but you, Schmidt, are suffering!"
Kieran said with a sigh.
"Suffering?
"Believe me, staying in the Holy Cathedral is the real torture. I'd rather stay with my taciturn friends than a bunch of passionate ascetics!"
"Because they always invite you to join them with the most enthusiastic attitude!"
"Monks? Forget it!
I can't take it anymore! "
Schmidt shrugged with his hands open. Then, Kieran's sloppy face showed a quick smile.
"Of course, compared to you, 2567, I'm much better!
"I was only almost roped in as an ascetic!"
And you?
A devil descendant was treated as the reincarnation of the Holy Knight! If those bastards from the Mysterious Daily News knew about this, they would go crazy with joy!
"During the days when you disappeared, they were very distressed because of the big news!"
Kieran couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Schmidt's mocking words. He said loudly, "Let's not talk about those bastards! We're still friends!"
Kieran didn't have a good impression of those who reported news for a living, but he didn't hate them either.
However, after the appearance of the Mysterious Daily News, Kieran's impression of them had changed.
In the popular paper media of the mystical realm, other than some strict, real-time reports, there were also some unconventional gossip.
As a hot topic a while ago, Kieran was one of the victims.
"I really don't understand why Rei didn't give the order to stop this newspaper!"
Kieran muttered.
"Because Teach is the biggest supporter of this newspaper!"
Schmidt said with a laugh.
...
Under the starry sky.
Achoo!
Teach sneezed violently, and a black shadow that had just rushed in front of it was smashed into pieces, not even leaving a corpse behind.
"So boring! So boring!
Rei, why are you so slow?
It's just some half-baked bastards, they should have been taken care of by now, right?
"Did he discover something fun?"
I miss that little fella, 2567! I wonder if the Sanctuary's problem has been solved yet?
I'm so sleepy!
Awooo! "
Teach yawned and curled up into a ball, like a real kitten.
Behind it was a glowing gate that was a hundred meters tall, towering like a towering mountain.
And in front of it …
Hundreds of thousands of corpses of all kinds of living beings covered the whole plain.
The wind was blowing softly.
Mixed with it, a light snoring sound was transmitted into the distance. (To be continued.)
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