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As he stepped back three steps, the fake holy sword in Gawain's hand completed its autonomous absorption of the solar waveguide.
next moment.
Gawain felt the fake holy sword in his hand become incredibly heavy.
He managed to lift his arms again only after he poured solar waveguides into them and greatly increased his arm strength.
After barely managing to lift the fake holy sword that was drawing upon solar waveguides, Gawain sensed a surge of violent energy about to erupt from its broad blade.
So, to avoid damaging the alchemist Merlin's residence, Gawain was on edge, gritted his teeth, and swung the fake holy sword at full power towards the sky.
The moment he swung the counterfeit holy sword, its violent energy poured out like a raging flood, forming a thick white arc in the air with a radius of more than five meters.
The thick white arc formed by the energy pouring out of the fake Holy Sword was too violent. Even though Arthur foresaw the danger in advance and reacted quickly, taking three steps back, he almost touched this violent energy aggregate.
After brushing past the blazing white arc with a radius of over five meters, Arthur clearly sensed the dangerous aura contained within its energy fluctuations.
Soon, the thick, blazing white arc exploded in mid-air, and the energy explosion unleashed a storm that almost swept across the entire grassland and even encompassed half of the lake.
The raging storm disturbed two magical beasts that were resting by the lake: the black-haired horse night shadow and the white-haired giant dog Lulu.
"Ang~"
Startled, the black-maned horse Nightshade neighed and trampled the ground.
The white-haired giant dog Lulu reacted even more violently. It immediately shrank into a white ball and hid behind the black-haired horse night shadow, trembling.
Caught in the eye of the raging storm, Arthur had no choice but to plunge his sword into the ground to protect himself from the storm's pull.
He couldn't help but think to himself:
Even a fake holy sword of meteorite caliber has such a temper; a turtle that gets beaten up can't stand it at all.
Just when everyone thought the storm would continue for a long time, another unexpected event occurred.
Look towards the center of that lake, which was also ravaged by the storm.
"Humph!"
A clear, cold female snort rang out, and the next moment a dark blue sword light swept across the raging storm.
After a fleeting moment.
The storm abruptly stopped, as if it had never existed.
Seeing this, Arthur and Gawain, who were present, were incredulous.
They all turned their gaze to the center of the lake.
This time, not only Gawain, but even Arthur saw it—a phantom sword shadow in the center of the lake.
But the sword's shadow was fleeting.
The lake quickly returned to its original tranquil state.
Arthur and Gawain, however, were unable to calm their shocked emotions for a long time.
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The next day, early in the morning.
Arthur, leading the black-haired horse Nightshade, left the residence of the alchemist Merlin with Gawain.
With the help of the vine bracelet given to them by Merlin, they not only easily opened the barrier leading to the outside world, but also received guidance from the vine monsters after returning to the forest, and successfully left the forest.
When the sun rises above the horizon.
Arthur and Gawain embarked on their journey to Qingfeng Village.
Chapter 51 Returning to Qingfeng Village
Within the territory of Fengpu, the sky was clear and cloudless.
The sun shines brightly in Qingfeng Village.
Uncle Sam, along with several young men from the village, was repairing the damaged roads in the village.
The village has experienced a series of twists and turns since two months ago, and has yet to return to its former tranquility.
Just like the dilapidated appearance of the village today, it is completely out of place with the bright weather.
Two months ago.
Every night, a monster called the Shadow Monster would mysteriously appear in the village and roam around.
The shadow monster was extremely dangerous, so much so that the villagers dared not go out and could only hide in their homes, sleeping in an atmosphere of fear and unease under the protection of the lights.
Initially, they reported the Shadow Monster disaster to the higher-level towns and the law enforcement forces under the Windpull Lord, hoping that the knights who only appeared during tax collection could resolve the disaster.
But things backfired.
The knights didn't care about their safety; instead, they used this as an excuse to run rampant in the village.
As a result, life became even more difficult for the villagers of Qingfeng:
During the day, he was oppressed by the knight lord;
At night, there is also the threat of wandering shadow monsters.
For ordinary people like them who lack supernatural powers, the only way to survive in this cruel world is to numbly accept their own powerlessness.
But one day, a young wandering knight appeared.
With fervent zeal, he stood up for them and drove away the lords of the territory who, under the pretext of expelling the Shadow Monster calamity, did nothing.
The young wandering knight was very strong and easily defeated the two knights in charge of maintaining order in Fengpu Territory.
Thus, the two knights from Fengpuling left Qingfeng Village in a sorry state.
Feeling aggrieved, they made a harsh statement, saying that from now on they would no longer protect Qingfeng Village and would leave it to fend for itself.
At that time, that young and powerful wandering knight brought a ray of hope to ordinary people like them who were struggling to survive in a cruel world.
However, this ray of hope was slowly extinguished over time.
Because the young wandering knight had made a vow to drive away the Shadow Monster scourge, but he had yet to fulfill it.
His relentless battle with the Shadow Monster also brought lasting destruction to Qingfeng Village, gradually causing them to lose hope.
Thus, in a vicious cycle, the villagers of Qingfeng gradually forgot the initial help from this young and powerful wandering knight, and instead began to speak ill of him.
Finally, the vicious cycle that began with that young, wandering knight ended yesterday morning.
Uncle Sam was especially aware of this.
Because it was his kneeling before that young wandering knight that brought an end to the vicious cycle.
After this ordeal, the villagers of Qingfeng, led by Uncle Sam, completely abandoned their naive hopes and chose to endure the fear and unease brought about by the appearance of the Shadow Monster every night.
Living numbly is the only way for ordinary people like them to survive.
Uncle Sam said with such certainty.
Back to the present.
A gentle breeze and bright sunshine greeted him, pulling him back to the present moment from his gloomy thoughts.
At the same time, Uncle Sam couldn't help but feel a long-lost sense of peace.
The landscape of their hometown is the reason why they are unwilling to leave even when they are oppressed.
Then he remembered last night.
Last night was a peaceful night, and there were no hissing cries from the wandering shadow monsters.
As a result, he had a rare good night's sleep last night.
Thinking of this, Sam pictured two blond youths who looked and dressed very similarly.
"Is this the result of their efforts that night?"
As Uncle Sam thought this, a glimmer of hope and expectation rose again in his numb heart.
—If we trust them one more time, maybe we can really solve the Shadow Monster disaster?
But soon, numbness and compromise with reality regained control of his heart.
Uncle Sam shook his head, not wanting to think about it any further, and quickly dismissed what he considered to be unrealistic hopes and visions.
And as he was thinking this...
The figures of the two blond youths that had just appeared in his mind suddenly came into view.
It's Arthur and Gawain!
They are heading towards Qingfeng Village.
Upon seeing the two again, Uncle Sam immediately tensed up.
He immediately stopped what he was doing, then quickly went to them and blocked their way.
Followed by.
Uncle Sam looked at one of them, a handsome blond youth riding a jet-black warhorse:
"Honorable knight, didn't you promise us that you would no longer interfere with the Shadow Monster disaster in Qingfeng Village and leave with Gawain?"
Arthur dismounted, stood before Uncle Sam, and nodded in acknowledgment:
"Yes."
But then he changed the subject and questioned Uncle Sam:
"You should know very well that the shadow monster disaster that Qingfeng Village has encountered only occurs at night."
So, our coming to Qingfeng Village during the day shouldn't have violated our agreement, right?
Arthur's words left Uncle Sam speechless.
So, Uncle Sam sighed and spoke again:
"May I ask, Sir Knight, what brings you to Qingfeng Village?"
"Go and repair and seal the altar well of the Church of Shadows."
Arthur spoke frankly, explaining his purpose.
Uncle Sam narrowed his eyes slightly, but still did not move his body that was blocking Arthur and the others' way.
Because he understood Arthur's unspoken meaning:
"That's still related to the Shadow Monster disaster in Qingfeng Village, right?"
After saying that, he hunched over and stared at Arthur.
Arthur smiled knowingly and nodded again.
He did not shy away from the villager Qingfeng's speculation:
"Yes."
Uncle Sam's face darkened upon hearing this.
Then, his legs went weak and his body slumped forward.
Uncle Sam prepared to kneel before Arthur again, because it was the only way he could think of to get rid of them.
But look at Arthur.
He promptly helped up Uncle Sam, who was kneeling halfway down.
After helping him to stand up, Arthur immediately pulled a bag from his waist.
He shook the bag, and the sound of gold coins clinking inside rang out.
Then, Arthur handed the bag of gold coins to Uncle Sam in front of him and explained:
"Gawain's month-long battle with the Shadow Monsters has not driven away the Shadow Monster scourge; instead, it has brought severe damage to your village."
I know this makes you very disappointed in him.
So, this is the repair fee I paid for him, which contains 10 gold coins.
I think that should be enough for you to repair the village roads and damaged buildings.
Arthur's generosity moved even Uncle Sam.