A large number of undead knights came from behind the ghost, scattering the entire expedition team like a tide.
"Hey, why did I pass out? It's strange, why can't I remember what happened before?"
Aqua stood up from the ground and held the back of her head with a confused look on her face.
"It hurts! Who hit me while I was sleeping? Kazuma, was it you?"
"Don't act stupid, Aqua! Retreat quickly!"
Darkness rushed in front of her, opening her arms to block several undead knights in front of her.
"Hey! Mr. Kazuma, please save me!"
Seeing the ferocious faces of the undead knights, Aqua woke up instantly and ran towards Kazuma crying.
"Don't come here!"
Kazuma was shocked when he saw this and ran away quickly.
"Kazuma Kazuma, I want to cast explosion magic!"
Megumin followed him, and the two of them fled around the castle in a panic.
"No! There are many other adventurers here. What if you accidentally hurt someone? And if you fall, wouldn't you be another burden?"
Kazuma Yaguchi rejected it.
Even while escaping, his head was spinning rapidly.
"What should we do?"
"lurk!"
Kazuma took Megumin's hand and activated the skill.
In the blink of an eye, the breath of the two people disappeared without a trace, and their figures disappeared from the corridor.
"How despicable! Let me lurk together!"
Aqua was shocked.
"Ooooooh!"
A large number of undead knights approach from behind.
"No ah ah ah!!"
Aqua could only cry for her life.
"I always feel bad about Aqua."
"Don't worry about her, she's the one causing the trouble anyway, so let her take care of it herself!"
"Well, what about Darkness?"
"I don't know, she's so tough, she'll be fine."
"Um... do you have to keep holding on to it?"
"There needs to be physical contact so that I can share the latent effect with you!"
"I understand the truth, but don't pretend to pinch it carelessly, okay?"
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The other side.
The expedition team was almost dispersed by the undead knights.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Jiang Li stepped forward and kicked all the undead knights away one by one.
"Eh? Ah, um, I'm fine..."
Darkness, who was pinned down by the undead knights, was flushed and looked very happy. It wasn't until Jiang Li's face appeared in front of her that she realized what she was doing and quickly stood up from the ground.
"...Are you a little disappointed?"
"Not really."
Darkness denied it.
"Yeah."
Jiang Li gave her a strange look.
"What are we going to do next, Mr. Nanxiang?"
Wiz walked up from the side with a worried look on his face.
"Everyone has been scattered by the undead knights. This will definitely be very dangerous!"
The Immortal Knights are Beldia's direct subordinates. Each one has physical strength that is superior to that in life, and also has a certain resistance to magic. Each of them requires an adventurer of around level 20 to deal with.
With such a large group coming out, it was only a matter of time before Axel was slaughtered.
"Most of the undead knights have been attracted by Aqua. They will be fine for sure."
Jiang Li waved his hand indifferently.
"How can that be done? This doesn't take all the adventurers seriously, right?"
Wiz couldn't help complaining after hearing this, "Really, Mr. Beldia is too serious, there is no need to release so many undead knights!"
"Maybe he is quite scared now."
Jiang Li gave her a look, whose fault do you think it is?
"Let's move up."
"Upward?"
"Since we are here for a crusade, everyone should be heading up. Let's meet there."
Jiang Li walked towards the stairs next to him.
"Why do we have to advance upwards when we come to conquer?"
Wiz followed up with a puzzled look on his face.
"Isn't Beldia at the top?"
Jiang Li replied matter-of-factly.
"So Mr. Beldia is at the top?"
Wiz suddenly realized.
"Why does Mr. Nango know that Beldia is on the top floor? It could also be in the basement, right?"
Darkness followed up silently, hearing the words very confusingly.
"As a great magician, isn't it reasonable for me to be able to track down enemies a little bit?"
Jiang Li said with determination.
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The castle has three floors in total, each floor is more than ten meters high.
The three of them walked up the stairs to the third floor, walked through the ruins of a wide corridor, and advanced towards the deepest part of the castle.
There were no people around, not even the undead knight could be seen. The air was very quiet, and the footsteps were extremely harsh.
"I have been saved by you several times before. Thank you very much, Mr. Nanxiang!"
Walking in the semi-abandoned castle, Darkness suddenly thanked Jiang Li.
"Is there any?"
Jiang Li tilted his head.
"Don't you remember?"
"I didn't remember it."
"...Are you really a noble?"
Darkness laughed awkwardly.
How to put it this way, although everyone in Axel thought that he was a nobleman who came out to play the adventurer game, Darkness could not see the slightest element of nobleman in him.
He is informal, treats others casually, has no airs at all, and is very different from a true nobleman.
"In short, the Manticore and the Headless Horseman were both saved by you. Please allow me to solemnly thank you."
Darkness didn't know Jiang Li's identity, but out of courtesy, she solemnly thanked Jiang Li.
"I don't know if you are a noble, but I think you must be a noble."
Darkness' heart skipped a beat.
"For someone like you who always cares about such insignificant details, you have something to do with the nobility."
Jiang Li thought of Riveria. The elven royal family always pays attention to some strange things. Rather, the entire elven family is quite arrogant and suffers from the aristocratic disease.
"How, how could it be possible? I'm just an ordinary adventurer!"
Darkness smiled awkwardly twice and looked away guiltily.
Jiang Li glanced at her and chuckled.
"It's just ahead."
After passing through two more corridors, the three of them arrived at the deepest part of the castle.
From behind the huge double doors, one can feel the extraordinary aura of the undead.
But before that.
"Who are you?"
Darkness immediately pulled out her two-handed sword and stood in front of the two magicians, looking at the person in front of her with a wary expression.
It was a figure dressed as a mage. He stood in front of the gate, covering the lower half of his face with a mask. His whole body was covered by a black robe, only a pair of bright yellow pupils were exposed, and he looked at the three people coldly.
"It should be a man, right?"
Darkness glanced at his chest and guessed.
"Pfft!"
Jiang Li couldn't help laughing.
The man blocking the door widened his eyes, and Jiang Li could clearly feel the anger burning in him. It seemed that he felt quite offended.
"Who is that person?"
Wiz thought for a moment, then approached with a face full of joy.
"Leave this person to me, you go in first!"
Then Jiang Li grabbed her and glared at her fiercely.
"Uh... Okay, okay, then I'll listen to you!"
Wiz was stunned for a moment, looking left and right, and finally nodded with difficulty.