Chapter 675
The Blue Knight's Encounter
Lu Yuan turned to the side and gestured to Frey behind him, "Keep pointing the way, let's hurry up and go."
Frey said "Oh," peeked out from behind Lu Yuan, greeted the Blue Knight and Brenkel somewhat reservedly, then raised her hand, pointed in a direction, and whispered to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan quickly adjusted his direction and rushed out first, with Blue Knight and Brenkel on his left and right sides, respectively.
As for the three escaped Tier 3 fighters and the second leader, Lu Yuan wasn't too worried. They had already been driven away, which saved him from having them follow him all the way to the camp; that would have been the real trouble.
While they were traveling, the Blue Knight took the initiative to introduce the two of them.
"This is Brenkel, the heretic purger sent by the Empire."
Lu Yuan nodded and memorized the title. No wonder this woman looked at heretics with such a frightening gaze; so this was what she did.
No, it seems that Dean said the Empire sent a heretic purifier. Could it be her?
As Lu Yuan was pondering this, the Blue Knight began to introduce Lu Yuan again.
"This is Lu Yuan, a student of our Knight Academy."
She emphasized this point.
"A member of the Night's Watch, and the captain at that."
This wasn't a casual remark. The Blue Knight had clearly seen the admiration in Brenkel's eyes earlier; this woman was obviously after Lu Yuan.
That won't do.
Lu Yuan is a member of the Night's Watch. If she manages to poach him and something goes wrong with the mission, will it be blamed on the Knights Academy or on Brenkel? If the Night's Watch comes to demand him back, who will stop them?
Unfortunately, the Blue Knight's efforts were in vain.
When Brunkel heard the words "Night Watch," the admiration in his eyes did not fade; on the contrary, it grew even stronger.
She knew all too well what being a member of the Night's Watch meant: having sufficient combat experience, real-world combat credentials, and a set of methods for handling emergencies. Such a person was exactly what she lacked and what she wanted.
After all, the Night's Watch members are known for being very useful.
The Blue Knight's eyes twitched involuntarily when he saw the look that flashed in her eyes.
What is this?
Lu Yuan was unaware of the covert confrontation. What he was more concerned about right now was the pace. His rationality was actually not much different from that of the Blue Knights. Normally, they should be quite different, but right now they were not much different. The three of them traveled together at a surprisingly synchronized pace, and no one had to wait for anyone else.
After traveling for quite some time, the gray mist in the sky above the desolate land began to completely dissipate, and the dark sky fell over the three people. No one spoke, only the muffled thuds of their footsteps on the ground could be heard as they continued to move forward.
Lu Yuan ran ahead in the direction Frey pointed, with the Blue Knight and Brenkel on his left and right sides, respectively.
However, Lu Yuan's doubts were already becoming increasingly apparent.
Lu Yuan then spoke up: "Blue Knights, what are you doing here?"
Hearing this, Frey, who was lying on Lu Yuan's back, curiously peeked over. She was equally puzzled as to why the Blue Knight was here. Wasn't the Blue Knight supposed to be on a mission?
Outsiders might not know, but as a member of the potion countermeasures team, how could she not know that someone of Blue Knight's caliber would never go to a peaceful place once they left the Knight Academy? But doing a mission wouldn't lead them to this deadly place, would it? This so-called desolate land, right?
"Furthermore," Lu Yuan frowned slightly, "how did you all suffer such severe injuries?"
Both the Blue Knight and the woman named Brenkel were extremely weak, as if they had just fought a fierce battle. The little bit of rationality they had left was not much different from what they had now, and was even lower than Lu Yuan's current rationality.
What does this mean? Lu Yuan made a rough estimate in his mind: the Blue Knight, a dignified fourth-tier, currently only has between 40 and 50 points of sanity.
When Lu Yuan estimated this number, he was stunned for a moment.
Others might not know, but Lu Yuan knew all too well. The rationality of a fourth-tier individual, after being specially honed, was already frighteningly high. Moreover, the rationality of someone like the Blue Knight, who purely followed the physical combat route, even surpassed that of some knowledge-based extraordinary individuals. This was a judgment he had gradually come to after interacting with the Blue Knight for so long.
If the Blue Knights were in their prime and entered this world, these heretics would have been slaughtered long ago, and even their emperor wouldn't be able to find them. Given that fourth-tier leader who could only exchange a few blows with him and whom he couldn't kill, the Blue Knights in their normal state wouldn't have been able to hold out for long. They would have simply crushed them like tofu. That would have been the scene we'd expect.
Moreover, she was accompanied by another woman whose aura also appeared to be at the fourth level. With two fourth-level beings at their peak entering this world, Lu Yuan dared not even imagine how horribly these heretics would die.
Especially this woman, Lu Yuan could see it clearly when she was chopping down the heretics. Her eyes were filled with the look of wanting to kill every single one of them, which was truly terrifying.
Yet these two, now covered in wounds and completely out of their minds, were being chased and attacked by a group of heretics within the formation.
Hearing Lu Yuan's question, the Blue Knight did not stop walking, but instead sighed.
"The mission we were carrying out in the North was ambush," the Blue Knight said flatly. "Before we could even regain our senses, we were dragged into this world."
The Blue Knight spoke lightly, but Lu Yuan didn't believe it was that simple.
After all, with the Blue Knight's strength, it would be very difficult for an ordinary fourth-tier to hurt her. Her physical skills, which were trained purely for killing, are far beyond what some weak fourth-tiers can match. Moreover, she has Brenkel by her side. What kind of thing could have managed to scheme against these two fourth-tiers from the outside world until their sanity was dragged into this world and made a move?
No wonder their rationality is so low; they were already badly beaten outside, so naturally, they didn't have much left when they came in.
However, Lu Yuan soon grasped a more crucial issue: the condition for being transported to the Land of Death was that one's reason was brought in, but one's body remained outside.
The Blue Knight was already injured outside, and now her rationality has been dragged back in. So, what's the state of the body she left outside?
Even more deadly is that if someone dies in the desolate land, people outside will most likely also die directly; this is almost certain.
Lu Yuan didn't want anything to happen to the Blue Knights.
The Blue Knight seemed to sense Lu Yuan's worry, turned his head to look at him, and softened his tone.