Chapter 69: The Dark Knights (1/2)

Gou Dan was the first to realize that something was wrong with the black-armored knights that were rushing towards the village.

“Something’s not right, my Vital Shot skill failed! These aren’t humans!”

“Has anyone learned Detect? Use it to see who those are!” Edward commanded, but was met with the party’s lost expressions. “F*ck, did none of you learn it?!”

“We followed Mister Marni and Mister Ivan’s team, and they’re extremely experienced with Detect…” Gou Dan muttered in retaliation. “With them, who would waste skill points to learn that…”

It was true that other than people like Marni that were experienced and knowledgeable, the people of this world were mostly fed up of feeling helpless and weak. Hence, it was normal for them to want to learn skills that could be used in battle in comparison to ones that weren’t as useful in battle…

“Eleena, can you cast your Sacred Barrier again?” Edward asked the young girl.

“It’s still on cooldown.”

Eleena shook her head, which made her silver twintails swing around in the air with the movement, and was extremely cute.

“So the cooldown became longer in exchange for its strength, huh…I don’t know whether these enemies are susceptible to taunting…Is Joe awake?” Edward could only make up a backup plan on the spot, asking Gou Dan next to him.

“I’m coming, I’m coming! I don’t know why I had two holes on my hip, and I spent some time drinking HP potions.” Before Gou Dan could reply, Joe ran over, fully equipped. “My grandma said that I can bleed, but I can’t lose my kidneys!”

“Wait, didn’t this dry-skinned already die?”

Croakatoa’s eyes that were much larger than a human’s widened even further, and stared straight at Joe who had come back to life.

“Don’t fret, do you know about the last spurt before fully dying?” Vela quickly explained. “That’s what this is!”

“Are you dry-skinned so active before you die thoroughly…?”

Croakatoa looked up and down at Joe, his expression dubious.

“It’s like that for everyone!” Vela reassured. “Don’t worry, he’ll die soon!”

“Humans are scary…” Croakatoa didn’t know what to think, and could only exclaim, “But to think that such a brave warrior sacrificed himself for a simple misunderstanding, I, the great Croakatoa feel sa-”

Before Croakatoa could finish his sentence, Joe felt the frogman’s gaze on him, and held up his middle finger in his direction with a bright smile.

Croakatoa:”???”

“How much longer do you guys want to talk?” Jessica asked in panic. “Those guys are here!”

The line of defense that the frogmen had created in their haste couldn’t defend against the enemies’ charge, and was broken in a flash.

Even the conch houses that had been blocking the enemies’ path were shattered without much resistance.

“Get away, let me do it!”

Joe stuck his sword in the ground, before making a taunting action towards the dark knights. “Hey, come to daddy, kiddos!”

There was a single red eye that shone from within the helmets of the dark knights, which turned to Joe’s direction upon hearing his taunting.

Then, the course of the dark knights’ charge curved slightly, changing their trajectory to charge towards Joe.