Knights: The journey of support starting with Faiz

"Gōhara...07. Mitsumein..."

He murmured the name repeatedly, his eyes filled with hatred.

"I'm going to kill him..."

My voice trembled.

"I must kill him..."

Sento pressed down on Ryuga's shoulder.

"Calm down! We need a plan—"

"calm?!"

Ryuga shook off Sento's hand.

"Kasumi is dead! How can you expect me to stay calm?!"

His voice suddenly choked up, and tears welled up uncontrollably.

"She...she's so kind...why..."

Only Ryuga's suppressed sobs could be heard in the coffee shop.

Misora ​​turned her face away and secretly wiped the corner of her eye.

Jiang Ye stood there, neither going forward to comfort him nor saying anything more.

He simply waited quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, Longwo's sobs gradually subsided.

He wiped away his tears fiercely with the back of his hand, and when he looked up again, his face was filled with determination.

"Jiang Ye..."

"Help me... I can't let Kasumi die in vain..."

Jiang Ye looked at Long Wo's red and swollen eyes and nodded gently.

"Ah."

The moonlight quietly spilled into the back garden of Nasita Coffee House.

Zhan Tu squatted among the vegetable garden, his fingers deftly parting the green leaves to pull carrots out of the soft soil one by one.

"Ah Ye, thank you for your hard work."

Zhan Tu didn't look up and continued with his work.

Jiang Ye stood at the edge of the garden, reached out and broke off a vegetable leaf, gently twirling it between her fingers.

“Even if Ryu doesn’t come to me, I will still handle Mitsuomi Gohara’s matter.”

Zhan Tu paused, stood up, and patted his mud-covered gloves.

Her eyes couldn't hide the worry that was showing.

"Aren't you too tired?"

Jiang Ye looked up and met Zhan Tu's gaze, a slight smile on her face.

"Don't worry, I still have you."

Zhan Tu was a little stunned, and helplessly rubbed his messy hair.

"No, every time I bring this up, you're so nonchalant, it's really annoying."

A night breeze blew by, ruffling the stray hairs on Jiang Ye's forehead.

He squinted slightly, as if enjoying this moment of tranquility.

Zhan Tu took off his gloves, his tone becoming serious.

"Your internal injuries have worsened since the Battle of Beidu."

"While physical fatigue and depletion are partially repaired through material reorganization, the damage at the spiritual level..."

Halfway through his sentence, Sento suddenly stopped, as if afraid that continuing would disrupt some kind of balance.

Jiang Ye chuckled softly.

"I'm so happy, Sento, you care about me so much."

"Everyone cares about you, Ah Ye."

"I can't believe it," Zhan Tu said helplessly.

Jiang Ye looked up at the starry sky, his eyes reflecting the myriad stars.

"I am very happy in this world."

"I have only found the meaning of my existence since I met you all."

He looked at Zhan Tu.

"Protecting you is my greatest wish."

Zhan Tu's brows furrowed slightly.

"Happiness is relative. If it's about exchanging you for our happiness, then it's meaningless."

The old locust tree beside the vegetable garden rustled in the wind, as if echoing Zhan Tu's words.

Jiang Ye suddenly asked.

"If one day you are kidnapped, and the other party uses your life to threaten me, or even sets a deadly trap..."

He looked directly into the eyes of the battle rabbit.

"What do you think?"

Zhan Tu was stunned, not expecting Jiang Ye to ask him that.

His hands unconsciously gripped the carrot he had just picked.

"Of course I don't want you to fall into a trap..."

His voice was so low it was almost inaudible.

"But...maybe I'll feel disappointed too."

Jiang Ye smiled.

"Look, aren't you the same as me?"

Sento opened his mouth to refute, but was interrupted by a sudden electronic voice.

A crisp system notification suddenly rang out in the night sky, and the two of them simultaneously looked around alertly.

Chapter 189: The Sense of Oppression

Jiang Ye's expression suddenly turned serious, and his pupils dilated slightly.

"what happened?"

Sento noticed something was wrong.

Jiang Ye did not answer; his consciousness had already been pulled into another space.

In a dark world, two solitary stone tablets stand on barren land.

A building, pitch black as night, its surface covered with eerie patterns.

A building, as red as blood, cast from congealed blood.

Jiang Ye's consciousness stood between the two stone tablets, feeling an inexplicable sense of oppression.

A blurry figure stood silently in front of the monument, with his back to Jiang Ye.

A beam of pale blue light burst forth from between the two stone tablets, intertwining and swirling in the air before coalescing into a semi-transparent scroll.

The scroll slowly unfurled, revealing five large, glowing characters.

Chat group invitation

Jiang Ye felt a gentle breeze brush past his consciousness, stirring his non-existent clothes.

The figure with its back to him finally made a move, slowly turning its head around.

"You came."

Rick's figure emerged from the void.

He pointed into the distance.

"Are you sure you want to invite the third member?"

Jiang Ye looked in the direction Rick pointed.

Deep within the stone tablet forest, a young man in white stood quietly, his clothes fluttering even without wind.

The person seemed to blend into the surrounding stone tablets, exuding an unfathomable aura.

"That's...¨々."

"follow me."

Jiang Ye stepped forward, and a path extended out of the void beneath his feet with each step.

As you venture deeper into the Stone Stele Forest, the surrounding scenery begins to change.

Countless stone tablets of various shapes and sizes stand in the consciousness space, each carved with a different creature totem.

Insects fluttering their wings, roaring beasts, and coiled snakes.

Each stone tablet is sealed with some kind of powerful force.

"careful!"

Just as Jiang Ye was about ten steps away from the young man in white.

The six stone tablets trembled simultaneously, bursting out with dazzling light.

The young man in white raised his hand without turning his head, and six energy fluctuations rushed towards Jiang Ye!

Jiang Ye's pupils shrank sharply, and dark power instantly condensed into a shield in front of him.

The energy impact exploded on the shield, unleashing a deafening roar.

The entire space of consciousness was trembling.

As the aftershocks subsided, the young man in white remained in the same posture, as if the attack had never happened.

"..."

Jiang Ye watched that figure's back and slowly withdrew his defenses.

This forest of stone tablets was eerily quiet; even the sound of breathing seemed extremely jarring.

"My name is Jiang Ye."

“From another world.”

The young man in white did not respond to him, but gently stroked a bright red stone tablet beside him.

"My world is facing a threat from extraterrestrial vampires."

Jiang Ye continued.

"They feed on humans, and I need to find outside help."

The white-clad youth paused when he uttered the words "extraterrestrial vampires".

He turned his head, revealing a handsome but pale face, his eyes filled with a wisdom that even millennia could not erase.

"These vampires..."

The young man in white had a somewhat hoarse voice.

"Is it similar to the origin of this stone tablet?"

Jiang Ye's heart skipped a beat.

The red stone tablet had faintly visible twisted patterns, exuding an ominous aura.