ng! ng!


    Alex swung her scythe, shing with Sir Rnd. For a moment, they were evenly matched.


    With her extensive experience in closebat, Alex''s melee skills had be formidable. The scythe moved fluidly in her hands, a testament to her training.


    Facing enemies like angels and temr knights, Alex''s dark magic was the perfect test of her strength.


    If her dark magic could hold its own against their holy light, it meant they were evenly matched. But right now, Alex was at a disadvantage, indicating that Sir Rnd''s level was higher than hers. However, under the influence of the scythe, Alex''s attributes were enhanced, and she wasn''t falling behind.


    After hundreds of exchanges, Sir Rnd seemed to gauge Alex''s strength. As time passed, he felt a headacheing on, likely due to the bell on Alex''s scythe.


    Sir Rnd suddenly surged with power, his sword glowing gold. Hundreds of shes flew toward Alex. She used Dark Barrier to defend but quickly realized her Mana Points were depleting rapidly. She teleported out of the attack range.


    This yed right into Rnd''s hands. He raised his sword to the sky, summoning countless golden sword shadows from above—a lower-tier version of the skill used by the angel in the snowy mountains.


    Alex dodged, but Sir Rnd didn''t stay still while casting. He attacked Alex again.


    Alex couldn''t dodge and fight simultaneously, so she activated Dark Barrier Possession and engaged Sir Rnd once more.


    The golden sword shadows drained her Mana Points when they hit her, but they also struck Sir Rnd, who absorbed the attacks to strengthen his next strike.


    Alex soon found herself at a disadvantage in closebat. Temr knights were melee specialists, and with Sir Rnd''s higher level, it was impressive that she could hold her own.


    Several golden shes tore through the ground, forcing Alex back. Her right eye began to glow purple.


    Alex''s toes pointed downward as her body floated up. Her white hair billowed behind her, and her right eye emitted a purple glow, surrounded by arcs of electricity.


    Crackle—


    Holding her scythe, Alex was enveloped by thunderclouds, darkening the surroundings. Lightning shed around her, and bolts struck the ground.


    Sir Rnd frowned, realizing the girl could use magic.


    But before he could react, Alex vanished from the sky. His pupils contracted, sensing imminent danger. He quickly raised his sword and shield above his head to defend.


    Boom!


    A violent purple sh struck, creating a crater in the ground.


    The purple lightning struck Rnd, tearing through the ground like a giant w and even destroying the wall on the opposite side of the basin.


    "High-level... magic!"


    Thud!


    Sir Rnd fell to his knees, his sword and shield shattered, his armor covered in purple cracks.


    "Leader!"


    The other temr knights couldn''t believe their eyes. Their leader had been defeated by an extraterrestrial visitor.


    [Congrattions, Lord, for sessfully killing lv8 temr knight, earning 800 experience points.]


    Alex''s hair slowly fell back into ce, her eyes returning to their normal color. The arcs of electricity disappeared as shended steadily, looking at the fallen temr knight.


    "Leave two alive. Kill the rest!"


    Among the temr knights, only a few were Monarch level, no match for thirty-plus Monarch level undead.


    Alex nced at the battlefield. The temr knights, seeing their leader fall, were panicked and despairing. They knew their chances of escape were slim against so many Monarch levels.


    As for why these temr knights attacked, it was simple.


    They weren''t here specifically to attack the undead fortress. They likely had a mission in the hobgoblin kingdom and discovered it had submitted to the undead, prompting their assault.


    Since killing an apprentice knight in the Dark Forest, Alex hadn''t seen any temr knights for a month. Just as Lilith mentioned the Holy Court''s recent activity, Alex encountered temr knights in Eldoria, which was unusual.


    The temr knights quickly fell. Most of the Monarch level knights were around lv5, requiring six or seven undead to hold them off and wear them down.


    Alex decided not to waste time. She joined the battle, finishing them off and capturing thest Monarch level knight.


    She held a massive scythe to his neck, staring coldly at him. The temr knight''s eyes were resolute, showing no fear of Alex''s threat.


    Alex liked such tough opponents. Soon, the pain of soul burning made him scream in agony, a pain few could endure.


    Without his holy light protection, he might have already passed out.


    "Tell me your mission, and I''ll give you a quick death."


    Alex looked down at the temr knight writhing in pain.


    "Never! A knight... never betrays his faith!"


    Despite his weakness and sweat, he didn''t relent.


    Alex had no idea what kind of nonsense the Holy Court had filled them with to make them so stubborn. Since the Monarch level knight wouldn''t yield, she''d have to question the Commanding level ones.


    Soon, several Commanding level apprentice knights were brought before Alex.


    "Cooperate, or you''ll end up like him."


    Seeing the Monarch level knight in agony, they were terrified. "Lord, we''re too low-ranked to know much."


    "Cut the crap. Tell me everything you know."


    Alex''s shout made them tremble.


    "You dare... betray the Holy Court..."


    The Monarch level temr knight tried to threaten them, but Alex froze him solid, rendering him powerless.


    "Lord, we only know that the Holy Court has been moving people around a lot recently. Each team has different tasks. Our only mission was the undead fortress."


    "That''s it?"


    Alex frowned. They hadn''t said much. But it did show the Holy Court''s strict hierarchy, with lower members knowing very little.


    "Lord, I heard some rumors. A friend in another team said their mission was to subdue a race."


    Another apprentice knight spoke up, trying to please Alex. They were less brainwashed than the Monarch level knight.


    "Was the hobgoblin kingdom one of your targets?"


    Combining her earlier guess, Alex was almost certain.


    "I''m not sure, but someone was assigned here before us. Their task was likely to subdue the hobgoblin kingdom."


    "I see." Alex understood.


    After their confession, the apprentice knights awaited release, but death awaited them instead. The greatest mercy Alex gave them was to kill them directly, sparing them the agony of soul torment.


    This ce waspromised. Facing the Holy Court was a huge problem. To keep Undead City hidden, she might have to abandon this undead fortress.


    Alex summoned the temr knights as undead, the strongest being a lv8 Reaper Guard from Rnd''s body, capable of supporting her in all directions and ensuring her safety.


    The remaining three lv5 Monarch levels were also summoned as other undead.


    "Retreat."


    At Alex''smand, the undead returned to the fortress to lie dormant, and the Monarch levels used the portal to return to Undead City.


    Suspecting the location waspromised, Alex left two Monarch levels to monitor and ry information.


    She temporarily marked the undead fortress as semi-abandoned.


    Alex grabbed the frozen temr knight and returned to Undead City.


    She didn''t kill him immediately. As a Monarch level knight, he knew more. If she couldn''t make him talk, she''d take him to Lilith, hoping the fallen angel could extract information.