Part-time BOSS.

Chapter 314 Shadow Murder

The darkness covered the silent night of the Silver Pine Forest, and the sound of horseshoes broke the tranquility of the night. A group of knights stepped across the path in the forest like lightning, and stopped in front of a crossroad.

There are dense forests on both sides of the road, the hazy shadow of a small town can be vaguely seen in the distance to the east, and the gloomy forest is to the west.

Under the bridge not far away, a murloc submerged in water exposed half of its head, staring curiously at these uninvited guests.

"Your Highness, this is Blanier, and we will reach the border of the Silverpine Forest. It is a dangerous area called the Dark Forest. Shall we find a place to rest for the night?"

As the guard said, he couldn't help looking at the small town in the east.

"No, let's continue on our way." Alsace said unwaveringly.

It has been three days since he left Lordaeron, and he led his attendants to run non-stop for three days. Since he had already planned to leave, he did not hesitate at all, let alone put his hope on Godwin's possible kindness. This big brother, at this moment, he no longer has a good opinion of him.

Although Godwin didn't make a move at the time, he could feel that this big brother had already killed him, and he had to leave Lordaeron as soon as possible.

The attendant who spoke showed a troubled expression,

"Your Highness, the dark forest is not safe, especially at night. There have been many bad legends before. It is said that there are werewolves haunting the forest."

Alsace snorted coldly, "If we really meet werewolves, I'd like to test whether they are as scary as the rumors say - move on."

After finishing speaking, he kicked the war horse, and Wudi jumped out, taking the lead in rushing into the dark forest ahead.

Compared to the werewolf in the dark forest, Arthas was more worried about his elder brother, the man who was favored by the holy light.

The attendants behind him had no choice but to keep up.

As the most beloved son of King Tenaris, even though Arthas was exiled, he still had some followers around him. When he decided to leave Lordaeron, more than a dozen knights were willing to accept the fate of exile with him.

Facing the threats lurking in the dark forest now, these knights naturally couldn't stand still.

The forest was darker than the outside, and even the bright moonlight could not penetrate the branches and leaves of the dense forest. The war horses walked through the trees. Alsace pulled out the song of ice and fire, and let the light of the sword illuminate the way forward .

Suddenly, the tip of his nose twitched, and a bloody smell filled the forest.

He jerked the reins to stop, and the knights behind him surrounded him in a single file.

They also smelled the bloody smell, which was unusually strong and made people feel uneasy.

Is it a beast?Or something else?The knights looked around anxiously, and suddenly a knight exclaimed, "Your Highness, there seems to be something there?"

Some white fur could be vaguely seen in the darkness. Alsace got off his horse and approached cautiously with the knights.

It really is a werewolf!To be precise, it was a dead werewolf. The werewolf's ferocious head was cut off, and the lower half of his body fell to the ground. The blood was still flowing, and it seemed that he died not long ago.

And around, there were seven or eight werewolf corpses lying in disorder.

Their huge claws and strong bodies undoubtedly showed that the rumors were not exaggerated. These were indeed terrible monsters, but now they were all dead.

So what killed them?Wouldn't it be even more terrifying to kill them? Thinking of this, the knights became nervously on guard.

Alsace looked at the werewolf's body, and suddenly felt terrified, as if something was approaching behind him.

careful!He turned around suddenly, and in the next second, there was a scream in the sudden darkness behind him.

Ah!
A knight's body was suddenly dragged into the darkness, and disappeared. There were screams and bones breaking in the darkness. After a while, the broken body in two was thrown out of the darkness.

"No—Robert!"

"who!"

"Prince Arthas, we must get out of here quickly!"

The knights shouted in terror, but Arthas took a step forward and swung A Song of Ice and Fire!
A flaming sword energy flew across the air, illuminating some unknown existences wriggling in the darkness.

In the darkness, something was squirming, gathering into a mass like substance, and then gathering into the shape of a woman.

Heidao Dixi played with the scimitar in his hand, with a cruel smile on his lips, "Good evening, Prince Arthas, it's not a good boy's behavior to walk in this dark forest at this late hour."

"who!"

"Protect the prince!"

"She killed Robert!"

Seeing that it was a woman, the knights immediately surrounded her on both sides, preparing to besiege. However, the enemy was obviously not the only one in front of them. The darkness suddenly came from all directions, and the screams suddenly came and went, and knights were constantly engulfed by the darkness.

Alsace stared at him, roared, and slashed away with his sword, but the black knife Di Xi chuckled, and took a step back into the darkness.

"Come back to me!" He kept slashing at the darkness, and the sword energy of the flames slashed into the darkness in vain, but the black knife Di Xi was as ghostly as a shadow, and had no intention of fighting at all.

When Arthas finally calmed down, there were already corpses of knights lying around.

The darkness surrounded him.

Alsace thrust his blade into the ground violently—Boom!

The flames spread in all directions like a halo, igniting several oak trees and illuminating the pitch-black night. Four weird assassins covered in pitch-black surrounded Alsace.

Black Knife Assassin (Dark Servant of Black Knife Dish): Elite.Level 60.

Alsace couldn't see the names of these monsters, he could only see their faces without facial features made of black matter, and their limbs like abstract human figures.

It was the first time Arthas had seen such an evil monster, and it was unexpected that such an ugly darkness was hidden behind the dazzling light of the Holy Light.

"Did Brother send you here? Send you to kill me? You disgusting monsters."

Alsace roared angrily and swung a flaming sword energy - Flame Piercing Slash!

The dazzling firelight lit up the night, and the flame sword Qi whizzed past, igniting the branches and leaves of the trees where it passed.

However, Heidao Dixi disappeared into the darkness one step ahead of time.

Disappearing with her were those few shadow servants, and under the jumping of the surrounding fire, the shadows like tree ghosts were reflected.

"You have some strength, Prince Arthas, but it's a pity that you are only a child after all." Heidao Dixie's voice came from the darkness, and her figure was jumping and shuttling in the shadow of the fire. Alsace looked vigilantly at around.

Suddenly, a black shadow suddenly struck from behind.

"die!"

Puff puff puff, the two scimitars left deep and visible scars on his body.

it hurts!Alsace swung his sword, but only cut into the air, and the black knife Di Xi disappeared again.

"Get me out!"

"Don't worry, we have plenty of time to play slowly."

Heidao Dixi was not in a hurry to kill the killer, and continued to launch surprise attacks as if he was playing with prey.

Her four shadow servants also cooperated with her in the attack.

Leaving wounds one after another on Alsace's body.

Whenever Alsace wanted to fight back, Dixie would disappear in advance.

It has to be said that Alsace didn't know how to deal with this ghostly assassin hiding in the dark.

What's worse, with more and more wounds on his body, he felt a cold feeling appearing on his body.

That dark attack seemed to corrupt his body and mind.

Another surprise attack, Arthas barely blocked the attack of the black knife Dish, but was grabbed twice on the back by two shadow servants.

The bodies of these monsters seem to be able to switch between real and phantom, making it impossible to detect.

Arthas staggered and fell down pretending to be powerless, leaning on his sword and looking at the darkness in front of him, secretly accumulating strength.

Heidao Di Xi once again condensed, and her four shadow servants.

"Is that all you can do? It's really disappointing."

Alsace clenched the hilt of his sword tightly, he still had one last chance to explode.

In the next second, Heidao Dixie and four shadow servants attacked from all directions at the same time.

It's now!

Alsace roared and swung the sword, but the cold feeling on his body made his limbs stiff, and his movement was obviously half a beat slower. The sword swung again in vain, and the figure of Di Xi, the black knife, disappeared and reappeared, and the corner of his mouth showed a serious look. Come with a must-earn smile.

"He even hid his hand, hehe, it's a pity that such a trick is useless to me. Goodbye, Prince Arthas."

The moment the blade swung down——

Dazzling holy light suddenly bloomed in the darkness, dispelling the squirming shadow, and a burly warrior burst out from the light.

He held up the holy emblem of the God of Light, releasing a dazzling holy light, and held an epee in the other hand, the blade of which was shining brightly.

"Get away, monsters in the dark! Get away before the light." The man roared, his voice low and passionate.

The shadow servant dissipated in the holy light like melting snow, and the black knife Di Xi slashed away with a roar.

clang!The swords intersected, the power of the holy light surged again, and the power of shadow on the woman faded away like a tide, revealing the true face of Heidao Dixie.

Heidao Dixi was taken aback. Without the cover of the shadow, she couldn't disappear in an instant like before, so she quickly backed away.

She glanced at the man bitterly, then at Alsace who was still half blooded, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

The uncle looked at the place where Heidao Dish disappeared for a long time, then shook his head, "It seems that you have provoked a terrible enemy, Prince Arthas."

"You know me?" Alsace was taken aback, but at the same time he was a little wary. Because of Godwin's relationship, he was somewhat unimpressed with the Holy Light, and he no longer trusted people who practiced the Holy Light.

He looked at the man in front of him. He had a burly body and a gray beard. He was in the 50s and [-]s. He looked very kind. He was wearing some old knight armor. He looked a bit like a country vassal knight.

The uncle didn't take it seriously, "Of course I recognize you. I hugged you at the Lordaeron annual meeting last time. I didn't expect you to be able to fight with your sword after not seeing you for a few years. I'm Tirion Fordring Lord of Hearthglen, is King Tenaris well?"

Alsace was taken aback, he had heard this name before, Godwin seemed to value this person very much, and even arranged for someone to specially invite him to join the Knights of the Silver Hand.

I didn't expect the appearance to be so unpretentious, and I didn't expect the two to meet under such circumstances.

"Speaking of which, how did you come into this dark forest alone? How could King Tenaris allow such a thing to happen."

"Father is dead."

What! ?Tirion Fordring was obviously taken aback, he had just received this information.

"You do not know?"

Tirion Fordring shook his head, "I received a summons a few days ago, and I've been on my way for the past few days. What happened?"

Arthas recounted what had happened.

Tirion Fordring was even more surprised, but unlike the exaggerated reactions of other lords when they first heard the news, Tirion Fordring looked calm.

"It's really regrettable that such a thing happened—ah, you are injured, let me heal you. I have learned a lot from practicing Holy Light recently and learned some healing techniques. Haven't used it on people, but it works great for my horses."

Alsace was a little hesitant, this person is not in the same group as the elder brother, is he?Tirion seemed to understand his thoughts very well.

"Don't be nervous, Prince Arthas. There may be one or two scumbags among those who use the Holy Light, but power is power, and power will not deteriorate due to the evil of the user. Don't let hatred blind your eyes."

Power is power?This kind of view made Alsace a little surprised. In the eyes of all the believers of the Holy Light he had met, the Holy Light was synonymous with justice, and practicing the Holy Light was natural justice. As for shadow magic, it was naturally inherently evil.

He also thought so in the past, until his elder brother Godwin taught him a good lesson.

Who would have thought that there would be assassins using pure shadow power under the elder brother's hands.

"The most sacred power can also be used to do evil, and the most evil power can also be used to do good. It is people who are righteous and evil, not power itself."

As Tirion Fordring said, he gently brushed Alsace's wound with his hand. The healing of the holy light was small, and the wound on Alsace's body healed quickly.

Even the cold feeling on his body dissipated.

"Look, it's much better this way."

Alsace was greatly touched.

Indeed, as long as it is used well, what kind of power does it matter?As long as the power of the holy light is used properly, it doesn't seem to be so annoying.

Not only holy light, even the power of shadow, if it is used well, can it also play a good role?That shadow assassin is so elusive, if he can master such power, maybe it will be much easier to understand the grievances with Godwin in the future.

Holy light and shadow, two kinds of power, left a deep impression in Alsace's heart at this moment.

The next day, when the dawn sun came into the forest.

Arthas and Tirion Fordring stood in front of a row of graves, silent.

Alsace buried all the knights, but at this moment he became dazed again.

"Let's go Alsace, we should be on our way."

"You want to come with me?" Alsace was a little surprised.

"Of course, after what happened last night, I'm afraid it's not suitable for me to go to Lordaeron to report again. Besides, I once swore allegiance to King Tenaris, and obviously protecting his children is also one of my responsibilities."

"But if you do this, my brother will probably be angry."

"Ha, what does that have to do with me, let's go, those shadow assassins are likely to appear again, I will escort you to a safe place first."

Mentioning the black knife Dish, Alsace was still in shock, he had never encountered such a ghostly enemy.

The key is that the ability is too restrained.

The two got on their horses and galloped away.

While galloping in the sunlight of dawn, Arthas couldn't help but asked, "Can I learn the power of the Holy Light from you? I think it should be useful when I meet those enemies next time."

"Of course, but Shengguang is not that easy to learn, you have to be mentally prepared."

The two were talking and gradually disappeared into the depths of the forest.

(End of this chapter)