Knight Lords: Infinite Simulation and the Path of Light

Chapter 220 Living~Living~
"No~~No way~~~"

For Saloyan, the most painful thing in his life was watching helplessly as his parents and sister were killed in resistance when they were captured and enslaved by the slave hunting gang in Licorice Village.

Trapped in the net, Saloyan could do nothing but howl in despair like a wounded beast.

This made every night incredibly agonizing for Saloyan. However, due to his own weakness, he could only suppress his hatred and dare not show it at all. But his desire to escape and take revenge grew stronger day by day.

This continued until Saloyan met Raya, who looked remarkably like his sister, in the slave camp, which brought some relief to Saloyan's extremely painful heart.

And this solace was about to be shattered once again. Saloyan, who had been struck in the shoulder blade by an arrow, watched helplessly as the arrow streaked across the sky like a meteor and flew toward the unconscious Raya.

That moment seemed to pass very slowly, yet also very quickly.

The arrow seemed to be blocked by some invisible force when it was about two meters away from Raya. Under Saloyan's gaze, first the arrowhead, then the shaft, turned into powder and dissipated little by little, as if it had been weathered away.

As this power was unleashed, the stone wall that Raya was leaning against became fragile under the influence of this invisible force. Small pieces of stone debris kept falling off the wall, and a visible, invisible sphere gradually formed around the half-elf girl.

Mangu, standing a hundred meters away, also witnessed this incredible scene. Driven by a hunter's instinct, Mangu reached out and grabbed West, the slave owner who was running with his head down, and said with a grave expression:

"Sir, something's not right..."

Breathless from running, West hadn't noticed what had just happened. Impatiently, he said to Mangu's obstruction:
"What's wrong? If we don't hurry, those damned half-elves will catch up with us soon."

"Sir, something's not right with that half-elf girl..."

Following Mangu's finger, West could only vaguely see a general outline from a distance of over a hundred meters, without noticing anything special.

"Huh? What's so strange about that?"

As a high-level jungle hunter, Mangu's eyesight was naturally excellent. He could see clearly even at a distance of over 100 meters. Upon closer observation, Mangu naturally discovered the stone walls and land being constantly eroded, centered on the half-elf girl.

"Sir, that little girl seems to be a magic user."

Upon hearing Mangu's words, West, who had been fleeing in a disheveled state, instantly perked up and craned his neck to look in the direction of the half-elf girl.

As a slave owner, West naturally knew the value of a spellcaster or magic user. If this half-elf girl was indeed one of these two types, then his loss could be easily made up for.

"Damn it, I never expected such a good thing to happen. It seems that I, West, am also a person favored by the goddess of fortune."

Excited, West licked his chapped lips, his brain racing as he considered what price to sell the chick for.

"Damn it, make them throw all these useless chicks out and make them run towards the fire to buy me some time."

With West's order, his henchmen immediately threw the trapped chicks to the ground and began shouting. The chicks, who had been bullied and whipped every day since they were young, had fear ingrained in their bones. Under the henchmen's intimidation, they ran towards the burning jungle like headless flies.

"Mangu, take that little girl with you, and then we'll escape together."

Mangu nodded upon receiving the order, then drew another arrow from his back and, with the aid of his fighting spirit, shot it toward the stone wall. This time, however, the jungle hunter aimed towards the cave.

The arrow pierced the cave like a missile and exploded, instantly enlarging the cave, which was originally only about one meter in diameter, by more than double.

Having already realized what was happening, Saloyan, seeing the arrow inexplicably disappear in front of Raya, didn't care about anything else and rushed towards the little girl like a madman. However, the invisible force field released by the half-elf girl seemed to be indiscriminate, and as soon as they made contact, Saloyan's clothes seemed to be weathered away, falling off piece by piece.

Despite the burning pain coursing through his body, Saloyan gritted his teeth, picked up Raya, and struggled to crawl through the cave.

However, affected by the invisible force field, Saloyan's every step was extremely difficult. West and his group had already arrived near the stone wall, but Saloyan had only taken five or six steps while carrying Raya.

"You two, go and snatch that half-elf girl, then we'll leave immediately."

At Mangu's command, two henchmen wielding knives approached the two, ready to kill the half-elf boy with a single blow before fleeing with the half-elf girl and the adults.

However, the two soon realized something was wrong. When they got about three meters away from the two half-elf children, they felt a strong resistance, as if they were stuck in a quagmire.

Despite their doubts, the two gritted their teeth and walked towards Saloyan and his companion. However, as they got closer, under the influence of the force field, their bodies seemed to be weathered, and fine powder began to scatter from their bodies.

"what……"

"what……"

Completely unable to resist, the two collapsed to the ground, their bodies dissipating at a visible speed.

The commotion caused by the two immediately attracted the attention of West and the others who were about to pass through the cave. Seeing his subordinates turning into powder and dissipating, Mangu quickly reached out to protect West behind him, staring in shock at the two figures gradually fading away. Although Mangu had sensed something was wrong after shooting that arrow, he hadn't thought about it in detail at the time.

Now it seems that this half-elf girl is not the magic user she imagined at all, but something much stranger.

"My Lord~~"

"What do we do now? Should we retreat first? Those half-elves are about to catch up, and Big Mouth Bane and the others can't hold them off for long."

Faced with his subordinates' questions, West didn't give an answer. Instead, he seemed lost in thought. He remembered reading a story in the Duramuel family library when he was young. The story was about half-elves. In it, the half-elves would eventually become a true kingdom, and many heroic figures would emerge in the process. Each hero would pay a bloody price for the half-elves' independence, and some would even give their lives.

Such an epic story was fatally attractive to West, who was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time. After all, becoming a hero, especially a hero who gave his life for his country and enjoyed the admiration of thousands, was something every young child would dream of.

Young West actually asked the elders in his family about this, but they said it was just an old legend that was later told to children by bards in their sketchbooks.

As he grew older, West, who once dreamed of becoming an epic hero, had become a full-time slave owner. After countless brutal killings, his childhood dreams had long been forgotten. However, he was still deeply impressed by the heroic figures in the epic stories about the half-elf kingdom that he read as a child.

At this moment, the way the two half-elf children were behaving reminded West of a half-elf hero he had seen when he was young.

In the epic history of the half-elf kingdom, there is a hero described as a follower of Shahani Moonbow, shrouded in a dissipating mist. No power can harm him, and anything or anyone who comes into contact with him will vanish into nothingness. This hero will lead the half-elf race to break through the blockade between humans and elves, and finally establish their own home in a peaceful land.

Looking at his subordinates, whose bodies had mostly dissipated, West inexplicably thought of the book he had read as a child. At that moment, a bunch of inexplicable things seemed to suddenly appear in West's heart, and it was this inexplicable sense of panic that made West mutter to himself, which then turned into a panicked shout.

"Kill her, kill him, kill them all!!!"

As if his tail had been stepped on, West couldn't help but scream in terror, as if he had been subjected to immense fear.

The dozen or so henchmen surrounding West, though unsure of what was wrong with their leader, hesitated for a moment before grabbing their weapons and rushing over.

"Sir? What's wrong? Have you noticed something amiss?"

Mangu was bewildered and confused by West's sudden scream. She had been following Lord West for seven or eight years and had never seen him like this before.

Having recovered, West gave the two half-elf children a meaningful look, then said something seemingly random to Mangu.

“Mangu, you go too. No matter what, I must see those two half-elf children beheaded. Go now.”

"My lord, the group of half-elf rebels is about to catch up. Should we leave now, or it will be too late?"

"Go, go and cut their heads off right now."

When West's roar finally subsided, Mangu's body trembled involuntarily. Although she didn't quite understand why her master was reacting so violently, she sensed that West was in a bad mood, so Mangu didn't dare to ask any more questions. She drew her hunting knife from her waist and walked over.

Under the pressure of carrying Raya, Saloyan's nostrils, eyes, and ears were bleeding slightly, and a layer of fine blood beads even appeared on his skin. Saloyan, who had long lost consciousness, was only holding on by his will to escape with Raya.

As a high-level jungle hunter, Mangu also felt tremendous resistance when he approached the two. However, as Mangu continuously activated his battle aura, his movement speed increased. After a dozen breaths, Mangu, holding a hunting knife, had reached a distance of about one meter from the two. However, no matter how much Mangu activated his battle aura, he could not speed up his movements any further.

Even because they were so close, Mangu's brown leather armor began to blur, and fine droplets kept drifting out of Mangu's body.

As Mangu felt increasingly strained and realized his hunting knife was within reach of the half-elf girl, he gritted his teeth and stabbed the knife into the girl's back.

As if sensing something, Saloyan twisted his body like an old man. It seemed that Saloyan was less affected, as the half-elf boy moved faster than Mangu. By the time Mangu's blade, which was aimed at the girl's back, arrived, Saloyan had already turned around completely.

The sharp blade pierced straight into the boy's chest. The blood gushing from the wound seemed to be slowed down, slowly spraying from Saroyan's chest. As the boy slowly fell to the ground, the blood landed on Raya's face. Raya, who had been in a drowsy state, seemed to sense something.

Her eyes slowly opened, the lake-green eyes emitting a faint light. When she saw Saloyan lying beside her, Raya's eyes widened in shock.

"Ah~ Ah~~~~~~~"

With a heart-wrenching scream, it was as if the air around Raya was suddenly released, and the whistling air instantly sent the slaves and henchmen surrounding Raya flying.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the circular area with a diameter of ten meters centered on Raya was completely barren, with several centimeters of soil scraped off the ground. The stone wall that had stood behind her collapsed in large part due to the powerful force.

"Cough cough~~"

"Cough cough~~"

"Mangu, you damned guy, are you still alive?"

West emerged disheveled from a patch of grass, calling out to his captain of the guard. At West's repeated calls, Mangu, his body now tattered and battered, crawled out from under a mound of earth.

"Mangu!! Mangu~~~"

"Kill them! Kill them!"

"Damn it, she's a destroyer of the law. We can't let her grow up. Kill her now!"

Hearing West's words, Mangu ignored the pain in her body and struggled to get up from the ground. Her weapons had been knocked away by the force field. Picking up a long branch from the ground, Mangu, enveloped in battle aura, hurled the branch at the half-elf girl like a javelin.

However, the scene that Mangu had hoped for—the tree branch being pierced through—did not occur. Instead, there were two clanging sounds as the branch was cut into three pieces.

A tall half-elf wielding two swords stood in front of Raya.

"Phew, that was close, I almost missed it."

(End of this chapter)