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"It does taste good, but it's still a bit too advanced for you, hehe... I'll tell you this advanced knowledge later."
"Huh?" Leafa looked at Jennifer's rosy cheeks in confusion. Although she didn't understand what it was, she figured she could accept anything Jennifer liked.
After all, she was her master and the only Knight of Light in the Church of Light. Jennifer's will, to some extent, could also represent the will of the God of Light.
Therefore, the God of Light prefers boiling in water!
Leafa nodded secretly, keeping this reasonable deduction in mind. She looked up at Jennifer, who was continuing to walk forward, and followed her.
"...I've memorized the recipe. I'll try it on Lazi sometime, hehe..."
Jennifer's slightly excited muttering came from in front of her. Leafa scratched her head, a little confused as to how her master had connected the boiled water with her grandmaster.
Can the master eat it too?
She blinked, curious, but she was still too embarrassed to ask her master directly about her grandmaster. After all, even as a naive young girl, she still felt a certain unspoken admiration for a tall, imposing man like Latis, whose shoulders could support a horse.
Leafa shook her head, raised her hand and patted her cheeks, then looked at the campfire that was now almost within reach.
"Huh? Is that the village chief...?"
She stared at the white-bearded old man tied to the stone platform like a fish on a chopping board, and was momentarily stunned. Just as she was about to go closer to ask what was going on, she suddenly noticed a white shadow coming from the entrance of the canyon.
"Ok?"
Leafa immediately drew her short sword, which was almost as long as her arm, raised her round shield, squinted at the approaching white-robed disciple, observed him for a moment, and then suddenly exclaimed in surprise:
"Is this...Miss Snyder?"
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"...In short, that's roughly what happened, Sir Knight. Please show mercy..."
"Tsk, this kind of thing is really troublesome."
Jennifer sheathed the longsword she had been holding to the village chief's neck and rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.
The Church of Light has always been responsible for salvation, not judgment. Such matters are generally left to the parties involved to decide, and a fair and just reward will be given under the illumination of the God of Light.
Of course, there are also outliers like the Dark Knight who follow the guidance of gods and their own hearts to seek revenge, but ultimately, they cannot become the universal standard that the Church of Light wants to achieve.
After thinking for a moment, seeing that the village chief was in good health, she did not take him down from the stone platform. Instead, she used her longsword to roughly carve out the details of the matter beside him, so that the villagers could decide how to handle it after they woke up.
Although the villagers will most likely accept this fact, after all, throughout the history of Tree Peak Village, the village and the night elves have actually had a business relationship, without one-sided exploitation, knowing the truth and not knowing the truth are two completely different things.
In short, she also used the communication tube to summon reinforcements during the day, so she wasn't afraid that these villagers would have any bad intentions.
"Ugh."
The village chief, who had been lying on the stone platform like a fish belly, sighed. Seeing that Jennifer had finished asking her questions and finally accepted the reality that the secret passed down through generations of Tree Peak Village had been exposed in his generation, he gazed wistfully at the sliver of sky at the top of the canyon and murmured:
"This scene reminds me of the first time I regained consciousness after being baptized by those envoys. I was also bound and unable to move. Sigh... Life is like being forced. Since you can't resist, you can only accept it..."
"Who asked you?"
Jennifer looked at the village chief, who looked utterly bewildered, and muttered speechlessly:
"There's no need for us to hear these sentimental reflections after being 'done with a rag,' is there? It'll give us a sty! Nobody's interested in anything other than pure love!"
"...Actually, it's not that hard to accept."
The village chief, seemingly oblivious to Jennifer's complaints, gradually adopted a solemn expression and whispered:
"Sometimes I think, since we're going to seek thrills, we might as well go all the way..."
"Starting to talk about his Starrage... his inner journey, huh? Interesting..." Jennifer raised an eyebrow, quickly ripped off a vine and stuffed it into the village chief's mouth, then clapped her hands and said:
"Finally, some peace and quiet... wait, what's with that nostalgic look on your face?! I should really get Lazi back and give you a good beating..."
"Lady Jennifer."
A clear, crisp cry came from not far away. Jennifer turned around and saw Snyder, his white robes dusty and dirty, running in from the canyon entrance. He stopped in front of her, gave a priest's salute, and said, slightly out of breath:
"I have finished processing all the charcoal that is still smoking. I estimate that the smoke in the canyon will dissipate completely in another hour or two."
"Thank you for your help, Miss Snyder."
Jennifer watched as Snyder unconsciously gathered divine light power around himself, pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered what she had heard about the siblings during the day, and said with a serious expression:
“If you are willing, after this matter is settled, I can take you back to the Holy City to be baptized and become a true priest.”
"Huh?!" Snyder blinked, taking a while to react. She looked down with a hint of surprise and twisted her fingers. However, after a moment of hesitation, she looked up at Jennifer, who was ten or twenty centimeters taller than her, and whispered:
"Actually, my abilities are nothing special. If possible, please help me rescue my other companions trapped in Romnia... They are the predecessors with more devout faith..."
"it is good."
Jennifer frowned and nodded, not bothering to persuade Snyder. Instead, she looked at Leafa, who was dragging a sleeping villager out of the pit by the campfire, approached her, glanced at him, and said:
"According to Lazi, the Night Elf took three men with them, abandoned two on the way, so the last one... is probably that Mr. Kirito."
She shook her head, settled the rescued villagers down, then glanced back at the partially cleared site. She walked to the hole in the ground, peered down for a moment, and, stroking her chin, said:
"Then, I'll go meet Lazi. You two..."
Jennifer turned to look at the two girls behind her, but was surprised to see a resolute expression on their faces.
"Master, I am now a full-fledged knight." Leafa placed her hand on her short sword in the exact same posture as Jennifer and said calmly:
“Holy knights should not back down in the face of the adventure that is about to begin. Although His Holiness the Pope has ordered us to prioritize safety, the rule that a knight should not die unarmed has also been mentioned. As knights, we should do what is impossible, not to mention that it is not certain whether the road ahead is truly dangerous!”
"You little brat."
Jennifer sighed, then turned to Snyder and said helplessly:
“Miss Snyder, please forgive my bluntness, but this may still be too difficult for you…”
"My lord knight, I would like to do my part."
Snyder bit her lip slightly, unable to think of any reason to convince Jennifer. However, just as Jennifer was about to refuse her, she lowered her head and whispered pleadingly:
"Such a sincere expectation, even the God of Light would surely agree to it..."
"..."
Jennifer, hearing the familiar words, widened her eyes in surprise. She suddenly noticed the faint light emanating from Snyder's chest, paused for a moment, then shook her head and said:
"Very well, since that's the case, I'll first teach you the first divine spell that every formal priest must master, the 'Three Feet of Light,' which allows you to summon nearby light to gather around you..."
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"Don't run!"
Latis smashed through the various obstacles hastily set up by the night elves like a ferocious beast. After a chase that involved spinning left and right, he suddenly lost his footing and fell downwards.
"trap?"
He immediately realized that it was perfectly normal for night elves to have set traps in this underground passage composed of dried roots, soil, and rocks.
However, this doesn't bother him!
Although the collapsed vine trap made it difficult to gain leverage, he could now fully utilize the soft plants to his advantage after acquiring Arte's power!
Latis took a deep breath, leaped into the air, flipped over in mid-air, hooked one foot onto a bent tree root at the top, and hung in mid-air.
"Hmph, with such a paltry skill..."
He hung upside down steadily, crossed his arms, and snorted twice. Just as he was about to boast about his powerful physique, he suddenly noticed that the night elves were jumping down into the collapsed hole at the bottom.
"……Um?"
Latis was stunned for a moment, watching the night elves disappear one by one into the dark gray turbulence, before he suddenly realized what was happening.
So this is where you're supposed to fall from!
He slapped his face, muttered a few curses about the wariness he'd developed from playing mind games for too long, then took a deep breath, speechlessly released his foot, and fell straight down from the top.
"Don't run... gurgle gurgle!"
Before Latis could finish his sentence after falling into the turbulent current, he began to spin rapidly, just like a diver from a certain country in his previous life.
"Holy shit... Holy shit!"
Latis strained to keep his eyes open, watching as the night elves unfurled some kind of grass-woven glider and gracefully drifted away into the distance. He struggled for a moment in the underground turbulence using flight magic, but then, due to his excessive weight, he broke free of the turbulence and crashed headfirst into the ground.
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"Damn it... thank goodness someone's stubborn..."
After struggling for half a minute, Latis finally pulled himself out of the human-shaped pit. He fell backward to the ground, hastily wiped his face with his robes, and, gazing at the rocky peaks vaguely visible through the turbulent gray currents, took a deep breath and muttered:
"Forget it, as long as we find the underground passage, those night elves can't escape. They'll find it sooner or later..."
He put his hands behind his head, lay comfortably for a while, and sent Jennifer a few messages to warn her about the spatial turbulence underground.
"You can't keep lying there like this after you fall down, Latis, you have to pull yourself together!"
Latis pumped his fist and shouted a few words of encouragement to himself. Just as he was about to get up, a pair of long boots suddenly appeared in his line of sight. Above the red cloak that followed, a slightly curious face hovered above his head.
"A human?" The newcomer crossed his arms in surprise, then asked in a deep voice:
"Hey, are you okay?"
"Fine, thank you..."
Latis subconsciously replied, then suddenly snapped out of his daze, stared wide-eyed at the newcomer, and leaped to his feet in a flash, exclaiming in surprise:
"It's you... Holnett!"
Chapter 403 The Dark Knight and His Apprentice
"Huh? You know me?"
The dark knight, clutching her helmet, spoke with surprise, but her pale face, rarely seen in social situations, remained remarkably calm. She pressed down on her constantly billowing red cloak, took two steps to the side, glanced at Latis, and asked:
"Man, tell me, where have you seen me before?"
"Uh……"
Latis was taken aback. He couldn't very well say that he had gone on an adventure with her in the simulation, could he? No, normally people would just laugh it off if they found out someone knew them, so why was this guy asking so many questions?
He scratched his head, thought quickly for a few seconds, then suddenly relaxed, laughed, and said: