Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

half a month later.

A remote village nestled in a valley.

The village is built of mud and surrounded by lush green bamboo.

The village was unusually quiet at this moment, with only a strong smell of blood in the air.

At that moment, a group of knights in armor rode over.

Looking down at the village in the valley, the lead knight sensed something was wrong and waved for his men to stop.

"Captain, is there a problem?"

A knight spurred his warhorse forward and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

The village below was peaceful and serene, and seemed to be without any problems.

"alert!"

Ignoring the attendants' questions, the leading knight immediately gave the order in a deep voice.

As the tax chief of the nearby city of Murray, Yves possessed extraordinary insight.

The village in front of me was so quiet that there wasn't even a sound of insects chirping or birds singing, which was completely impossible for a village in a mountain valley.

What's more, he had been to this place two years ago, and Yves even remembered that a villager's child had fallen in front of him, while villagers were still farming on the path in front of him.

The knights, though puzzled, obeyed their captain's order and took up their weapons.

Then, led by Yves, the group began to make their way towards the village in an orderly manner.

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As soon as the knights entered the village, several corpses, hacked to pieces, appeared before them.

Internal organs were scattered on the ground, and blood stained the village's gate.

The knights were shocked by what they saw, wondering what kind of killer would do something as dismembering as this.

Looking out over the village roads, stones were scattered everywhere, and the entire street was stained crimson with blood.

"The enemy may not have retreated yet. Begin searching the village now. If you encounter anything unusual, remember not to act alone!"

After scanning the room, Yves began to give orders with a grim expression.

The knights nodded in agreement, and the squad of more than ten knights split into three teams to search the village.

As the knights dispersed, Yves led his entourage along the main road toward the center of the village.

But the closer they got to the village, the more horrific the scene became.

Limbs and severed bodies were everywhere, and even four- or five-year-old children were not spared. Even Yves, who had been on the battlefield, felt a deep tremor in his soul when he saw this scene.

Yves's face was extremely gloomy, his mind filled with endless anger.

Under normal circumstances, even in a war between two countries, such cruelty would not be possible, but now such a scene is truly unfolding before his eyes.

"team leader!"

Just as Yves was engulfed in anger, shouts from his knights suddenly came from not far away.

Ignoring everything else, Yves immediately spurred his horse toward the direction of the sound.

In this village of over a thousand people, Yves, on horseback, soon arrived at his destination.

Everywhere you look is a corpse, and blood has even pooled into a small stream that flows slowly.

Not far away, besides the three knights, a small mountain of corpses came into Yves's view.

Above the pile of corpses, a blood-soaked man, leaning on a long sword, knelt on the bodies, panting heavily, as if he had been exhausted from killing.

Yves and the others were shocked by the scene; it was the first time in their lives they had ever seen anyone dare to massacre a village.

After all, this place is not far from Muli Mountain City, and as a border city, it is guarded by two high-ranking knights.

He couldn't understand why the other party could do something so heinous.

As the man from the mountain of corpses turned his head, the murderous intent revealed in his dark eyes sent chills down one's spine, and even the warhorse beneath him was startled and became restless by this murderous aura.

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On the mountain of corpses.

Xia Jian was panting heavily, and the murderous aura emanating from him kept even mosquitoes at bay.

At this moment, Xia Jian was completely bewildered and did not even understand what had happened.

He was just tired from traveling and wanted to ask for lodging for the night, so why did these villagers attack him like they had seen their father's killer, their eyes bloodshot with madness?

Moreover, compared to ordinary people, these villagers are exceptionally strong, at least half as strong again.

If they were just unruly villagers, that would be one thing, but demonstrating the strength of a mid-level knight would be enough to create a deterrent effect.

But for some reason, these villagers not only did not stop, but even after he crippled several people, they still launched an attack on him without hesitation.

Xia Jian was not one to be trifled with either, and immediately attacked two of them, bringing them to the brink of death, in an attempt to intimidate the barbarians.

But something unexpected happened to Xia Jian. Despite being so badly injured, the two dying people continued to crawl toward him with kitchen knives in hand!

Sensing something was wrong, Natsumi immediately stabbed the nearest villager in the heart.

not dead!

Yes, he didn't die!

They even had the strength to fight back!

Next, Xia Jian conducted some tests and found that as long as their heads were not cut off, the villagers could still move around like living people.

Unable to communicate with the villagers and surrounded by a thousand people, Xia Jian then showed no mercy and killed all the villagers who rushed in front of him.

Faced with a powerful figure comparable to a high-ranking knight, the villagers had no chance to resist and were slaughtered in an instant.

Just as Xia Jian was about to leave, the villagers went berserk, following him wherever he went, as if they wouldn't stop until they killed him.

As a model young man, Xia Jian naturally has his own temper.

Since they wouldn't let him leave, Xia Jian decided to stay put and see if the villagers would be scared!

But after he killed all the villagers in the vicinity, it turned out that these unruly people were not afraid at all, as if they were acting on some kind of instinct.

Under such intense killing, Xia Jian himself was also quite exhausted. He never thought that one day he would be dragged to this extent by a group of ordinary people.

Just then, a bustling sound of footsteps came from behind, and a group of more than ten knights had arrived behind Xia Jian.

Xia Jian turned his head and looked over. The murderous aura emanating from him made the group of knights feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"Who are you, daring to massacre a village here? Don't you know this is Lord Edwin's territory?!"

Yves was shocked, but as a mid-level knight, he forced himself to remain calm and shouted at Natsumi.

Now that he doesn't know the strength of his opponent, Yves can only invoke the name of the lord in an attempt to intimidate him first.

Unfortunately, Xia Jian had no idea who Edwin was.

Moreover, given his strength, unless the Great Knight appears, he is not afraid at all, and may not even be as shocked as these crazy villagers.

After all, the fear of death is a biological instinct, and those who can overcome this instinct are either ruthless or mentally unstable.

Seeing that Xia Jian remained silent, the knights gripped their weapons tighter.

Because they knew that they were likely to face a major battle.

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