The doors of the temple were hidden, and the surroundings were quiet.

The temple seemed to be empty, and the guards who had been on duty at the gate were nowhere to be found. Even the surrounding buildings have become deserted, and there seems to be no one in sight.

The group looked at each other, and they all saw worry and doubt in each other's eyes. But no one spoke, and it would be superfluous to say anything now. If you need an answer, just walk in the door and look for it.

Pushing the door in, behind the door is a large hall with two rows of more than a dozen benches, and directly opposite the door is a slightly higher platform. Behind the altar was a statue of a god more than three people tall, holding a long spear staff and looking into the distance - the idol of Notos, the god of wind.

This is the chapel, a place of prayer and worship for the faithful, and a public area of the temple that is usually open to the public.

Slowly walking into the chapel hall, the chapel was equally empty. The vigil vigil clerk should appear at this time and ask the visitor what he is doing. Unfortunately, the priest-in-law did not appear, only the torches on the wall danced, and the light of the fire silently welcomed the arrival of the travelers.

The brows of the three Notos paladins furrowed even deeper.

There didn't seem to be any accidents happening in Lakesprings. The guards guarding the town were much stricter than usual, but their purpose was to guard against another possible orc invasion, which is completely understandable. In charge of guarding the gates of the town is the Knight of Rivers, a loyal knight who will inevitably issue a warning if something goes wrong, even if it costs his life.

There was nothing wrong with the town, but there must have been something going on in the temple.

"Mr. Norn, Miss Olosica, and Miss Illusia, please wait here for a while."

"Okay. No problem. ”

Fang Qiuling immediately agreed. After all, this is the temple of Notos, the god of wind, and people who are not from this temple should not walk around at will.

The three paladins spoke briefly and then went their separate ways. They each took their torches and pushed open the doors on either side of the chapel to the inside of the temple.

“…… Something seems wrong. ”

Lily looked around, her right hand resting naturally on the hilt of her sword. Paladins are usually highly sensible and sensitive to their surroundings.

"There's something wrong."

Fang Qiuling also felt a bit of a cold aura in the silence of the worship hall, and his hand also fell on the hilt of the sword.

"Shino."

Fang Qiuling gestured to his shadow, and Sino immediately understood. She turned sideways slightly, and disappeared into Fang Qiuling's shadow in the blink of an eye.

"If you're not in danger, don't make a move."

Sino didn't hear back, but Fang Qiuling knew she must have heard.

Notos, the god of the wind, is the god of the good camp, so the god of the wind is full of positive energy, giving people a smart and lively feeling. As a place of prayer for believers, the chapel must be tainted with the characteristics of the divine power of the wind, solemn and lively with agility and liveliness. But what I feel now is cold, not the positive energy contained in the divine power of the good god, but the negative energy in the divine power of the evil god.

A slight breeze blew. Three paladins entered the temple through the doors on either side of the chapel, and one of them did not seem to close the door after entering, as if by virtue of this majesty, the door was blown open.

Lily's fingers on the hilt of her sword were slightly white, apparently ready to strike. Fang Qiuling even directly pulled out the long sword on his waist.

There was a slight sound of the sword unsheathed, and a light different from the light of the torch appeared in the large chapel.

The long sword in Fang Qiuling's hand exuded a radiant brilliance, and as his steps gradually became solemn, the brilliance on the long sword gradually increased—the Strike of Clarity detected that its old enemy was nearby!

Lily's gaze lingered on the longsword slightly, and then she drew her sword in her hand as well. Her movements were very light, and she drew her sword silently, and there were two of them at a time. Instead of her usual two-handed crosssword, she chose a captured black longsword.

Fang Qiuling's gaze involuntarily slid to the two black long swords.

- Will you still dual-wield?

Dual-wielding refers to holding a weapon in each hand, commonly known as "two-knife flow".

- What, look down on me?

Lily raised an eyebrow.

Dual-wielding is a common occurrence in games, and is enjoyed not only by Rogue and Melee Ranger players, but also by Warrior players. However, dual-wielding weapons have extremely high requirements for their own strength, stamina, and body coordination. If it is used well, it is undoubtedly strong to fly, and the moves are also very good-looking; If you can't use it, then it's better to have a weapon.

It's not that I'm afraid of hurting enough, but I'm afraid of hurting myself!

- No......

- Humph!

The two silently exchanged opinions, and then gave each other a roll of the eyes.

The next moment.

Fang Qiuling turned around and slashed down. The brilliance of the Bright Light Strike drew a graceful arc around the body, and a slammed figure split in two in an instant.

Lily's twin swords swung out, weaving a dense web of swords in front of her. A figure falling from the sky, by the way, don't chop it into several paragraphs.

- Ghoul.

Fang Qiuling frowned slightly.

When you see the "undead searchlight" lit, you should understand that there must be undead haunts around. The glow of the searchlight was only a faint layer, indicating that it was not some powerful undead. Combined with the surrounding environment and location, it can almost be assumed that only ghouls can attack.

The guess was exactly right, but it didn't make people happy.

There are ghouls crawling out of the temple of Notos, which is undoubtedly a desecration of the temple of Notos and a contempt for the theocracy of Notos. Why didn't Notos send down divine punishment? Even if the gods had vowed not to interfere directly in mortal things, the act of desecrating the temple was almost the equivalent of slapping him in the mouth in front of the gods. Can you endure this? When did the gods have such a good temper?

More ghouls are falling from the sky. They had hooked their sharp claws to the roof of the chapel before, and now that they had noticed the breath of a living person, they all flew down and attacked from all angles.

Fang Qiuling watched his surroundings vigilantly as he swung his sword upward. Having stepped into the Black Iron Rank, he was not afraid of the siege of ghouls for a short period of time.

As soon as the long sword deflected, the oncoming ghoul's face suddenly bloomed, and black blood splattered everywhere. Fang Qiuling slightly sideways to avoid the opponent's flying pounce, then turned around and slashed the ghoul behind him who was about to sneak attack with a sword. The ghouls were vulnerable to the blows of the blue light.

Glancing at Lily, the girl was wielding her twin swords to kill. Five ghouls had fallen beside her, each of them disemboweled, and missing arms and legs. In terms of ferocity, Lily is even more brutal than he is.

There was a "click" sound, and a tall figure smashed the window and leaped in from outside the temple.

It has a very similar appearance to a ghoul, but its limbs are thicker, and its face is distorted to make it impossible to look at it directly.

"Wow! What a monster! ”

"It looks like ...... Demons? ”

"Don't you know each other?"

"I haven't seen it."

"Cut, you're still a scholar."

"This ugly thing, do you wish I had seen it?"

"Well, that's right. It's better that I haven't seen it yet. ”

As the two spoke, a foul smell gradually spread. Not the stench of decomposing corpses, but the more disgusting, dizzying stench.

The appearance of the demon slowed down the attack of the surrounding ghouls. Ghouls from all directions descended beside the demons, as if they were surrounding the leader.

"It stinks! What's going on with this disgusting monster? Ghoul Lord? ”

Lily seemed to be holding her breath, and the urn sounded for breath.

"It's a demon." Fang Qiuling was able to determine the "variety" of the monster in front of him this time, "It's not wrong to say that it is the ghoul leader, this thing can control the surrounding ghouls and listen to its orders." ”

Around the ghouls exhibited an unprecedented organization. They scattered in all directions, encircling the two of them. Fang Qiuling and Lily immediately stood back to back.

"Yo! What a leader! ”

"This thing is so much more powerful than a ghoul. This stinks...... It should be toxic. If you smell it for a while, you will be poisoned. ”

"It's about a quick battle, right?"

"That's what it means, I'll go first, you ......"

Lily's right ring finger and little finger of the sword were interlaced in a very subtle gesture. A magic spell then fell on her.

"Look at me!"

Without waiting for Fang Qiuling to finish speaking, Lily charged straight towards the demon demon. Her speed was very fast, and the distance was not far, so she rushed in front of the demon almost instantly.

Fang Qiuling had no choice but to follow immediately, but before he could take two steps, he stopped. Because in an instant, Lily cut the demon into two pieces, and by the way, also cut down the two ghouls next to her - three kills!

After cutting down the demon, Lily was still in power, and cut all the way down clockwise. Suddenly broke his hands and feet, and flew together, giving full play to the essence of the sentence "the world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable".

"You...... Well, you're awesome. ”

Fang Qiuling was not idle. He turned away from the sharp claws and smashed his left elbow sideways, flattening the face of the ghoul who was pounced. The Strike of Light reversed and plunged into the back of the ghoul's heart, then grabbed it and threw it at another ghoul that was pounced. The two guys collided with a dull sound, followed by a sword slash that slashed them in two.

Lily swung her dual swords to slash at close range, and Fang Qiuling released sword qi to contain it. The two worked together to quickly kill all the ghouls in the chapel.

Almost at the same time that the last ghoul fell, the door on the left opened. A heavily armed paladin ran out quickly.

"You two, are you alright?"

The paladin was holding a sword in one hand, and the sword was covered in black blood. The other hand appeared to be wounded, and the metal armor twisted into a slightly eerie arc.

"We're fine. What's going on here? There are ghouls! ”

"I'm sorry, ma'am. I don't know......" the paladin said as he approached, "Do you still have holy water?" My hand. ”

"Absolutely." Lily bowed her head slightly, and naturally touched the holy water bottle hanging from her waist, "Here you go...... Yikes! ”

Without waiting for this paladin to get closer, Fang Qiuling took the lead in attacking. The blow of Zhanguang stretched forward, and the sudden surge of sword qi instantly pierced the gap between the helmet and the breastplate. The paladin, caught off guard, was instantly beheaded.

First there was the soft sound of the head falling to the ground, and then the heavy sound of the headless body falling to the ground.

Lily was stunned, she looked at the corpse of the paladin who fell to the ground in amazement, and seemed a little helpless for a moment.

"Shulik! What are you doing! ”

Moments later, Lily was furious.

- In the temple, attack and kill a paladin in front of another paladin. Thurik V. Norn, do you know what you're doing!?

"What are you doing? Didn't you see it clearly? ”

Fang Qiuling retracted his thrust posture. He was now facing away from Lily, his head bowed slightly. For some reason, Lily felt a creepy feeling in her heart. The young nobleman in front of him suddenly became unfamiliar, and his every move seemed to have a bit of demonic effect.

Fang Qiuling bent down and picked up the long sword dropped by the paladin.

The black blood stains on the long sword fell to the ground drop by drop, and the slight ticking sound made Lily swallow involuntarily, and her body took a step back unconsciously.

"You... You ......"

"What's wrong with me?"

Lily couldn't see Fang Qiuling's face, but she could detect a bit of tyranny and cruelty in his deep voice. The young paladin clenched the long sword in her hand and trembled slightly in an attacking stance.

- I am a paladin, and I will never bow to evil!

"Hehe, hehe......"

With a strange laugh, Fang Qiuling's eyes lit up with bright red light, and the blood-stained long sword slashed from the bottom up. The blood stains on the long sword seemed to be an extension of the blade, spilling on Lily.

The two swords intersected, and the sharp sound of metal grinding resounded through the chapel hall.

Lily only felt that the power coming from the sword could not be resisted at all, so she had to retreat and retreat. But the second and third slashes followed. The slashes were bigger and bigger, and each encounter forced Lily to parry with more force, but the opponent in front of her always burst with more force than her, forcing her to retreat.

The sword is dual-wielding, but the strength of one hand is definitely not as strong as that of two hands. So Lily had to drop the long sword in her left hand and parry the opponent's attack with all her might. Before I knew it, I suddenly touched something behind me, and the corner of my eye hurriedly swept back. It's a wall, there's no way back!

The consequences of the slight distraction were fatal, and the long sword in his hand was immediately picked off, and after a beautiful trajectory in the air, it was slanted into the ground.

Lily's heart was full of bitterness.

- Damn stinky guy! Lie again! This is just breaking through to the Black Iron Rank, at least the Black Iron Peak!

Of course, it's impossible to close your eyes and die. Even if you die, you have to bite back hard!

But before Lily could put her idea into practice, the other party took the first step. And it is also the most hateful kind - "bite the mouth".

Lily's body immediately froze. She only felt that all the blood in her body was surging to her head in an instant, and all kinds of emotions came one after another, the most of which were anger and shyness, followed by anger and anger at herself. All kinds of emotions kept switching in a short moment, and the final result was that she fainted directly.

A moment before she fainted, Lily sensed a burst of coolness and bitterness on the tip of her tongue.

- What did you pour me again!