"Sir Knight, please don't despise this place for being simple and crude."
In front of the deep pit, Meng La looked at the corpses lying in the deep pit. As he dug, he muttered to himself, "I did not manage to buy any coffins. After all, too many people have died recently. There are not enough coffins."
"As for me, although I took some money from you, at least I carried your corpse down from the barren mountain and found a proper graveyard for you. Later on, I will even erect a tombstone for you as a reward for what you did."
"Just lie down here and rest in peace."
Like a chatterbox, Meng La muttered to herself as she continued to use the shovel to bury the soil.
Beside him, his sister Qemi had her eyes closed and was singing some kind of strange song in a low voice. It seemed like she was singing praises, but also seemed like she was giving her blessings.
This continued for a very long time. Until a certain moment, the two of them suddenly felt that something was wrong.
A light cough sounded out next to their ears, causing Meng La's movements to immediately stop.
"Illusion?"
Meng La was a bit confused and also a bit frightened. Right now, he couldn't help but tightly hold onto the shovel in his hand and nervously looked around.
That light cough was still sounding out from time to time, and from the looks of it, it seemed to be coming from below.
"It can't be!!"
Sensing this, Meng La and Qemi both looked at each other and felt a bit scared.
Before they could react, the corpse that was originally below them suddenly moved.
A hazy glimmer came from his line of sight, accompanied by an intense pain, causing Adil's nearly hazy consciousness to once again wake up.
There was a kind of uncomfortable feeling all over his body, as if something was pressing down on him, causing him to feel a bit uncomfortable.
Feeling this, he opened his eyes and was immediately stunned.
In front of him, a large piece of black soil was pressing down on his body, burying half of his body.
And above him, there were two young children standing there. One of them was even holding onto a shovel and looking at him dumbfoundedly.
The impact of this scene was quite strong, causing even Adil to be dumbfounded, "What's going on?"
When he opened his mouth, immediately, the two children who were standing above couldn't help but swallow their saliva. The boy hesitated for a moment, then said with a trembling voice, "You … are still alive?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the place fell into silence.
After a while, Adil sighed faintly, "Look at me, do I look like I'm dead?"
The boy's expression instantly became awkward.
Looking at Adil, the boy and girl hesitated for a long time. In the end, they took action and dug Adil out again.
"What month is it now?"
After crawling out of the deep pit with great difficulty, Adil could feel the weakness in his body.
"It's the middle of the Month of Unveiling," said Qimi, the little girl beside him, while carefully supporting Adil.
"The moon that opens the curtains …"
Adil was stunned. "So, half a year has passed."
"Where is this?" He turned to look at the little girl and asked again.
"This is North Maple Town." Being stared at by Adil, the little girl seemed a bit nervous. She supported Adil and walked forward while answering.
"North Maple Town?" Hearing this name, Adil frowned.
When he was the Chief Knight under Alina, he had dealt with quite a lot of matters and had some understanding of the surrounding towns and cities.
However, those places that he knew were not Alina's territory, but rather some rather famous places. North Maple Town wasn't one of them.
"It's most likely an unknown town." Supporting his weak body, Adil struggled to move forward. This thought flashed in his mind.
"We found you in a cave," Gu Shenwei said. At the side, Mengla said carefully, "At that time, we saw you lying on a rock without any signs of life. So, we carried you down from the mountain and prepared to bury you in the cemetery."
"Thank you." Hearing this, Adil forced a smile and said, "In return, I will give you a reward later."
"But for now, can you find a place for me to stay?"
"Ah?" Hearing this, Mengla was stunned. Then, looking at Adil's current state, she thought for a moment and said eagerly, "There's no one at home. If you don't mind, you can stay at our house for the time being."
"Your house?" Adil was a bit surprised. "That's fine."
As he spoke, he subconsciously reached for his waist and wanted to take out some gold coins to pay for his stay.
However, what surprised him was that the money bag that had been hanging on his waist had disappeared from his body.
Seeing Adil's actions, Mengla and Seimi looked at each other and lowered their heads guiltily.
"Forget it, someone must have taken it." Seeing Mengla and Seimi's actions, Adil shook his head and did not say anything.
The scene fell into silence.
Mengla and Seimi lowered their heads guiltily and focused on supporting Adil. As for Adil, he was also thinking about something.
"The impact of the world's power is over."
Slowly walking forward, Adil checked his body's condition and could not help but shake his head. "But the price is a bit too high."
Sleeping for half a year was not a big deal. To Adil, it was a bit wasteful, but it was not a big deal.
What made Adil's heart ache was the consumption of his Realm Energy.
Half a year ago, when he just finished off Angor and the wolf rider, Adil already had more than five thousand points of Realm Energy.
However, after half a year of saving, Adil's Realm Energy did not grow at all. Instead, it shrunk to about three thousand points.
The shrunk part was the price he had to pay for the backlash.
"Forget it, at least I managed to keep my life."
Adil was relatively calm about his current situation. "If it was someone else, without the automatic resistance of the arcana in their body, they would most likely have been defeated this time."
"But the aftereffects are really unbearable." He sighed in his heart after sensing the condition of his body.
His body was not in good shape. Even though the impact of the world's power had ended, the side effects still remained, which made him very weak.
Adil estimated that with his current strength, he might even be able to exchange blows with a Grand Knight. This was a completely different situation from when he was able to easily kill a Radiant Knight.
Moreover, this included the ability of a Magus. If he only relied on his physical body to fight, his battle prowess would be even lower. He might not even be able to deal with an ordinary Knight.
"Looks like I'll have to rest for a while." Adil was speechless as he checked his body's condition.
The only thing that comforted him was that he could use his transmigration ability again. If he wanted to, he could return to the wizarding world at any time.
The scenery in the distance slowly faded away. A moment later, a dilapidated wooden house appeared in front of them. It stood there alone, looking old and broken.
Mengla and Seimi, who were standing beside Adil, sighed in relief when they saw the house.
"We've reached the place."
Mengla said softly. Then, she supported Adil and walked to the door, kicking it open.
Behind the door, a dilapidated room was revealed. The things inside were not only dilapidated, but the decorations were also messy. The overall appearance of the room was terrible.
Looking at the messy room, Mengla seemed to be a bit embarrassed, "I'm sorry, our place is a bit messy …"
"It's nothing." Adil lightly shook his head. He did not feel anything about this.
As a wizard, he had lived in the palace of a mortal king and slept in the wilderness. He did not really care about this.
Although the wooden house in front of him was simple and crude, it was still clean. It was much better than the cave in the wilderness.
"North Maple Town …"
He raised his head and looked at the scenery around him. "Before my injuries heal, I'll stay here."
That night, he stayed at Mengla and Seimi's house. While resting, he asked them about the situation in the surroundings.
Mengla and Seimi were blood-related siblings. Because their father died early and their mother remarried, they lived in the town's cemetery. Not only were they responsible for keeping watch at night, they were also responsible for burying corpses.
This job was not easy to do. Not only did they have to deal with corpses all year round, they also did not have much salary. The income they earned was barely enough to support the siblings.
From the siblings, Adil also found out about himself.
It was the legend of Storm Knight Adil. In the past half a year, it had spread like wildfire. Even Mengla and Seimi knew about the story of Storm Knight's death, causing Adil to have a strange expression on his face.
"By the way, what is your name?"
Just after they finished talking about Storm Knight, Seimi seemed to want to continue and asked Adil with great interest.
In this kind of situation, Adil naturally did not dare to say his real name.
Thus, he hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yadis."
… …
A few days later, in North Maple Town, a doctor from another place called Yadis came to North Maple Town and settled down there. After buying a small house, he opened up a medical center in this place. The medical center was specifically used to treat the passersby.
This doctor called Yadis was naturally Adil.
After deciding to temporarily settle down in North Maple Town to recuperate, in order to not attract other people's attention, he opened up a small shop in this place. Soon after, he recruited Mengla and Seimi in the name of recruiting apprentices, which could be considered as his repayment to them.
When he opened up his medical center, he also asked about the situation in the outside world through some merchants that came from other places.
What happened that night had already spread all over.
In the surroundings, many people thought that Storm Knight Adil had already died in battle. Even the Malan Empire's officials saw it as a knight's heroic deed and took the initiative to publicize it.
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