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  Not all paladins are idiots.

  After receiving the order from Rox to clean up the battlefield, some people entered the stronghold and planned to take stock of their losses. Although it seemed that those dark creatures were greedy enough not to leave them even a fork, they still took stock of everything here so that when someone came to ask questions upstairs, they could give an answer.

  However, in the stronghold, the Holy Knights soon discovered that something was amiss. During the inspection, they found bloodstains in many places, and from the traces, it seemed to be recent. This indicated that someone had been killed inside the stronghold, which wasn't surprising, but what was strange was that they couldn't find the bodies of those people nearby. This left the Holy Knights utterly astonished, and after a thorough search, they finally found the corpses in the underground chamber of the stronghold, only to...

  As he walked into the underground passageway, a pungent and nauseating smell hit him in the face. Roxas furrowed his brow, using the light of the flames to gaze out at the dark and gloomy tunnel before him. Under the flickering light, what was once a quiet and tidy passageway had completely transformed, with thick, yellowish secretions clinging to the walls like sticky, gloopy masses, emitting a foul stench that filled the air. The entire underground passageway was shrouded in an eerie darkness, even the light of the flames seemed dull and lifeless. An aura of malevolence and death permeated the space, forming an inaudible lament that echoed in his ears.

  It's really nauseating.

  As he gazed at the space enveloped in a thick, viscous liquid before him, Rox felt an involuntary wave of nausea wash over him. Yet, despite this, his facial expression remained unchanged as he strode purposefully forward into it.

  This was originally a place in the supply depot where grain was stored, and it's not like there's anywhere to go hunting for rabbits or deer to roast and eat. So all of the cult's supplies were brought from the surface, and Jian En naturally took everything without hesitation, taking away even a bag of flour. The entire warehouse was empty... how strange!

  "What kind of ghost thing is this?"

  As he walked into the warehouse, looking at the scene in front of him, even Rox couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, staring at everything inside with a look of astonishment.

  All he saw in front of him was that the originally empty warehouse had dozens of white, egg-like objects standing upright on the ground. However, unlike ordinary eggs, these were not real eggs. On the contrary, Rox's keen sense of smell discovered that there were flower-like openings at the top of these eggs, and inside were dark cavities. It looked like something should have been incubating inside before crawling out to become what they are now.

  What attracted Rox's attention even more was the wall in front of him, which was wrapped in a thick substance. On the wall, one by one, soldiers were wrapped in the liquid, their faces pale, with wide eyes and mouths. The terrified expression on their faces made people's hearts tremble just by looking at it. What pained Rox even more was that he no longer had the opportunity to rescue them from their suffering - these people were already dead.

  "Adult."

  Upon seeing Rox's arrival, the other Holy Knights in the warehouse also hastily greeted him, but they looked pale as if they had encountered something terrifying.

  "What exactly happened?"

  As he gazed at the scene before him, Roxas asked in a low voice. And soon enough, a holy knight stepped forward to give him an answer.

  Originally, after that the holy knights also found the underground warehouse by tracing back and discovered everything in front of them. At first, they were more concerned about the death of their colleagues and did not care about those eggs standing on the ground. However, soon those eggs which originally seemed to have no movement suddenly started to hatch, producing a large number of monsters that launched an attack on the holy knights!!

  "Monster?"

  "That's right, this is it!"

  As he spoke, the paladin picked up a white insect with his sword and placed it in front of Roxas. It looked like some kind of creature from the dark realm, with a stout, flat body and three pairs of insect-like limbs. However, the bodies of these insects had already been cut open, and judging by their stiffened appearance, they were clearly dead.

  "Are these monsters strong?"

  "It's not that it's very fierce, just very disgusting... Sir, you may not know, but these bugs come up and want to hug our faces as soon as they appear, it's simply disgusting."

  "Are you okay?"

  Upon hearing his subordinate's response, Rox immediately asked seriously. However, in the face of his inquiry, his subordinate shook his head.

  "It's nothing, adults. It's just that a few of the brothers accidentally got infected with something, but they're not seriously hurt, they just feel a bit nauseous. However, these bugs are really eerie, no wonder they're creatures from the dark realm. Just looking at them makes my back feel cold... I don't even know where these ghostly things came from."

  “……………”

  The speaker had no intention, but the listener had a mind. Perhaps for that holy knight, he was just slightly complaining. However, upon hearing his words, a glint of light flashed in Rox's eyes, and his gaze towards those eggs also carried a hint of doubt. Indeed, there were over fifty eggs here, and he didn't know what kind of monster could be so formidable, laying so many eggs in such a short period of time. Moreover, from the previous investigation of the traces, from the start to the end of the battle, plus their return journey, it was at most only a few hours. In this short period of time, the opponent not only had to defeat the enemy but also search for supplies in the stronghold and place so many strange insect eggs here... ...But then again, why put the insect eggs here?

  Rox is also puzzled, he didn't know that some people would intentionally put the cubs of certain powerful magical beasts on the enemy's side to lure them into a battle. This way, the opponent would have no choice but to fight a big battle with the magical beast. After all, they are from different races and speak different languages, if there is a Druid or an Elf it might be okay, otherwise both sides can only engage in a chaotic battle... Could it be that these enemies also came up with this evil plan, secretly putting the eggs of some monster from the Dark Territory on their side to try to shift the disaster to them?

  "Have you seen any other monsters?"

  "No, sir."

  "I understand."

  Having received the answer, Roxas nodded and soon gave another order.

  "Clean up everything here and let these evils turn into ashes!!"

  It is!!

  Re-emerging from the foul-smelling tunnel, Roxas shook his head in dismay. The fact that their supply point had been ambushed was really keeping him up at night. The enemy had somehow managed to find this place, which meant that he and his companions might have been under surveillance for a long time. This could be a significant blow to the mission of the Temple of War Gods. He wondered if the people who attacked their supply point were connected to the evil mentioned in the prophecy...

  "Adult... adult!!"

  Just as Rox was deep in thought, he heard the shouts of his subordinates again, which made him sigh helplessly and look towards the source of the sound. It seems that today is really unlucky, and so far, nothing good has happened...

  "What's wrong?"

  Looking at the panting and rushing subordinate B, Rox felt a bit surprised. Compared to those guys who were crying and shouting with a sad face before, this guy was also in a hurry, but there was a hint of joy between his eyebrows. This is really strange, now that the entire supply base has been taken away, why is he still so happy?

  "It's like this, sir, we've found those murderers!!"

  "Oh?"

  Roxas was taken aback at this point.

  "What's going on?"

  It's like this...

  Facing Rox's inquiry, the holy knight did not hesitate and quickly gave a response.

  After that, although Roxas had others take care of cleaning up the battlefield, not all of the holy knights were willing to listen and obey. Moreover, the tragic deaths of those who guarded the stronghold made the holy knights more and more angry, and in the end, several young and impulsive ones couldn't bear it anymore and decided to sneak out and explore where their opponents had gone, to see if they could find any clues. Thus, these holy knights followed a skilled comrade who was good at reconnaissance, tracking down the trail left behind by Jain and the others. They weren't fools, knowing that their opponents were powerful and they definitely couldn't beat them in a fight, but if they could discover some clues, figure out who those people were and where they were hiding, wouldn't that be a great way to get revenge?

  They continued to pursue without encountering any obstacles, and those people clearly retreated in a hurry, not having time to cover their tracks. The Holy Knights pursued all the way, which was also very smooth, but just as they passed through a passage, they suddenly encountered a patrol team of gray dwarves.

  As the holy knights appeared, the gray dwarves suddenly went mad and charged at them with their battle-axes, putting the holy knights on the defensive for a moment. However, they were skilled warriors and quickly regained the upper hand, killing several of the gray dwarves. The other dwarf warriors saw that things were not going in their favor and turned to flee. The holy knights had intended to pursue their victory, but just then a strange and terrifying creature suddenly appeared, forcing them to stop in their tracks and preventing them from wiping out the dwarves entirely.

  "A pitch-black monster?"

  "That's right, sir. Now it seems that those grey dwarves and their bred monsters have launched an attack on our base, I think we should gather our forces and wipe out these damned subterranean dwarves once and for all!!!"

  "I understand, let me think about it..."

  Lok heard his subordinate's words and nodded reluctantly. Although it seemed to make some sense, Lok felt that something was not quite right.

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