The source of the magic array was a young female mage with bright golden hair.

She stood beside the old man of the Pello faction, and as a mage, she did not need to rush forward and fight Liens and the other Dark Guards like her companions who held swords.

She only needed to provide magical support from the rear.

Just now, seeing a knight from her faction in danger, she immediately raised her staff, embedded with magic stones, and aimed it in the direction of that knight.

As the magic stone lit up, a cyan magic array instantly appeared on the distant knight's body.

This was her "Purification" spell cast on the knight, which had the effect of removing any negative status effects applied to that knight.

And this scene was also witnessed by many Dark Guards, including Liens.

Let's rewind a bit.

While dozens of Dark Guards were besieging the "Brutal Knight," Liens and the other Dark Guards began to formally engage in swordplay with the others of the Pello faction.

Because of the large number of people, and many of them had little cooperation experience with each other.

This caused the battlefield to look chaotic, with one-on-one fights and one-against-many situations.

If it weren't for the distinct characteristics of the Dark Guards, both sides might have even ended up fighting their own people.

Liens, on the other hand, was rather unlucky, being one of those besieged by multiple enemies.

Although he had tried his best to conceal himself, his outstanding physique still exposed him.

Well...

Liens estimated that the few people besieging him probably thought he was relatively ordinary in height among the strong men, or even slightly shorter.

Thinking he was easier to bully, a few of them directly came up and surrounded him.

Fortunately, Liens had quite a bit of experience in being besieged.

Moreover, those few "bully the weak, fear the strong" guys were also very average in strength.

Although their cooperation was good, and they should have been teammates normally, individually they were still too weak.

Even weaker than Gars...

Against such opponents, if Liens hadn't just wanted to blend in and not perform too exceptionally on the battlefield.

He would have killed them all with one sword strike, just like when he forced his way into the Military Fortress.

"Clang!"

Liens casually parried a slashing long saber with his sword, then retreated sideways, dodging two thrusting longswords.

Immediately after, he turned and swung his sword, forcing back the assassin who wanted to sneak close.

One person attacked upfront to attract attention, two others assisted from the side, and the last one launched a sneak attack.

Although they might have thought their cooperation was excellent and seamless, in Liens's view, their attack speed was still too slow, leaving large gaps in between.

It would have been fine if they were facing magical beasts, as most magical beasts don't have much intelligence.

But for Liens, who had rich combat experience and maximized his physical reactions, these gaps were enough for him to kill them.

"Help!"

Just as Liens was restraining his killing impulse, Jonathan's plea for help came from nearby.

Liens had just sensed someone approaching him, and if he hadn't recognized the familiar voice, he would have directly cut him down with a sword.

"Do you know that what you're doing is harmful? If we weren't close, I would have just cut you down with a sword just now."

Liens watched Jonathan approach him and said to him irritably.

Why say that?

Because Jonathan, besides coming alone, also brought a few unfriendly "friends."

"Haha… Do you know what's most important to ensure survival on the battlefield?"

"Hanging onto a strong person, choosing the right strong person is the key to survival."

"So, stop hiding, quickly kill them; if we don't achieve something, that person in the family won't allow us to retreat."

Jonathan said to Liens while dodging and parrying attacks.

Hearing this, Liens sighed, dodged a long saber, and his long sword flashed like silver light through the night, bringing forth vivid blood blossoms.

"The flower of Life, truly beautiful."

As Liens finished speaking, the long saber wielder's widened eyes revealed an expression of disbelief, and he slowly collapsed to the ground.

The fresh blood gushing from his largely severed neck slowly mixed into the pool of blood on the ground.

And soon, he too would become one of the many corpses on the ground.

Seeing their teammate suddenly cut down, the others ignored their sorrow and watched Liens warily.

For a moment, none of the few who had been besieging Liens dared to attack him again.

However, they didn't come, and Liens, having made his choice, wouldn't let them go.

After killing one person, Liens directly stepped forward, sprinting as fast as the wind to the side of the assassin holding a dagger.

Like a white rainbow piercing the sun, the long sword directly pierced through the assassin's heart, which had abruptly stopped due to Liens's sudden appearance.

The long sword was pulled out, and hot fresh blood stained the silver-white blade, as well as Liens's somewhat damaged black clothes.

Seeing Liens so fierce, the two auxiliary attackers holding longswords dared not approach Liens even more.

They held their trembling longswords, confronting Liens, who was stained with their comrade's blood.

"Hmm?"

Liens did not directly rush towards the two longsword wielders who had lost their nerve, but instead retreated to dodge a flying projectile.

It was a dagger, and Liens didn't know where it came from.

Because there were simply too many people around, that dagger could have been accidentally shot, or it could have been aimed at him.

As Liens dodged the projectile, the few who had been besieging Jonathan saw Liens's performance, and three of them split off to begin surrounding Liens.

Only two were left to fight Jonathan.

"Well done, brother!"

Jonathan, whose pressure had suddenly greatly eased, shouted happily.

He had been in precarious danger, relying entirely on magic scrolls to hold on, but in an instant, he had renewed hope of survival, so he couldn't help but be happy.

As for Liens, facing the three extra opponents, he didn't care much and calmly raised his long sword to engage the enemy.

He had experienced situations with even more people than this, so how could the current situation affect his state of mind?

It was nothing more than a few extra sword strikes.

Soon, Liens had killed all the reinforcing enemies, as well as the remaining two who had initially besieged him.

He was relatively merciful, personally sending them to meet their teammates who hadn't gone far.

So they wouldn't be lonely while "walking" underground.

However, even though Liens had killed all those people, he did not escape the fate of being continuously besieged.

Because of his performance, he briefly enjoyed the same treatment as the "Brutal Knight."

Although no potions or items were thrown at him, the dozens of enemies and intermittent magical attacks still annoyed him endlessly.

Things like ice spikes and fireballs, Wind Blade and falling rocks, these were fine; at least he could block and dodge them.

But some debuffs like slow, cold, and daze were applied directly to him, and he couldn't block them even if he wanted to.

This also caused Liens to almost be killed by the dozen or so enemies around him.

Fortunately, he timely used a Sanctuary Scroll to block that round of attacks, otherwise he would have truly been finished.

Therefore, upon seeing the female mage who had been affecting him with magic actually take time to help another battlefield.

Liens immediately took advantage of the gap while she was casting magic from a distance, breaking through the encirclement of a dozen enemies.

He sprinted towards her at extreme speed, raising his sword and striking with force, the long sword piercing through like lightning.

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