Part-time BOSS

Darkness covered the silent night of Silver Pine Forest. The sound of horse hooves broke the tranquility of the night. A group of knights rode through the forest path like lightning and stopped in front of a crossroads.

There are dense forests on both sides of the road. The hazy shadow of a small town can be seen in the distance to the east, and the gloomy forest is to the west.

Not far away, under the bridge, a fish-man submerged in water revealed half of his head, staring curiously at these uninvited guests.

"Your Highness, this is Brainier. Further ahead, we will reach the border of Silver Pine Forest. It is a dangerous area called the Dark Forest. Should we find a place to rest for the night?"

As the guard spoke, he couldn't help but look towards the small town in the east.

"No, let's continue on our way." Alsace said without wavering.

It has been three days since he left Lordaeron. He and his attendants ran for three days without stopping. Since he had planned to leave, he did not hesitate at all, let alone put his hope in Godwin's possible kindness. At this time, he no longer had any good impressions of this elder brother.

Although Godwin did not take action at the time, he could feel that this elder brother had murderous intentions towards him and he had to leave Lordaeron as soon as possible.

The attendant who spoke looked troubled,

"Your Highness, the dark forest is not very safe, especially at night. There have been many bad legends before. It is said that there are werewolves haunting the forest."

Arthas snorted coldly, "If we really encounter werewolves, I would like to test whether they are as scary as the rumors - move on."

After saying that, he kicked his war horse, and Wu Di jumped out, taking the lead into the dark forest ahead.

Compared to the werewolves in the dark forest, Arthas was more worried about his elder brother, the man favored by the Holy Light.

The attendants behind him had no choice but to follow.

As the most favored son of King Tenaris, Arthas still had some followers around him even if he was exiled. When he decided to leave Lordaeron, a dozen squire knights were willing to accept the fate of exile with him.

Now faced with the threats lurking in the dark forest, it is naturally impossible for these knights to stand still.

The forest was darker than outside. Even the bright moonlight could not penetrate the branches and leaves of the dense forest. The war horse walked through the trees. Arthas pulled out the Song of Ice and Fire and let the light of the sword illuminate the way forward. .

Suddenly, the tip of his nose twitched, and a bloody smell filled the forest.

He pulled the reins suddenly and stopped, and the knights behind him gathered around him.

They also smelled the smell of blood, which was unusually strong and unsettling.

Is it a beast? Or something else? The knights looked around anxiously, and suddenly a knight exclaimed, "Your Highness, there seems to be something there?"

Some white fur could be vaguely seen in the darkness. Alsace dismounted and led the knights to approach cautiously.

It's a werewolf indeed! To be precise, it was a dead werewolf. The werewolf's hideous head was completely cut off, and the lower half of the body fell to the ground. The blood was still flowing. It seemed that he had died not long ago.

And around them, there were seven or eight werewolf corpses lying in random directions.

Their huge claws and strong bodies undoubtedly prove that the rumors are not exaggerated. These are indeed terrible monsters, but now they are all dead.

So what killed them? Wouldn't it be even more terrifying to kill them? Thinking of this, the knights became nervous and alert.

Arthas looked at the werewolf's body and suddenly felt a sense of horror in his heart. Something seemed to be approaching behind him.

careful! He turned around suddenly, and the next second, a scream suddenly came from the sudden darkness behind him.

ah!

A knight's body was suddenly pulled into the darkness and disappeared. There were screams and the sound of bones breaking in the darkness. A moment later, the body that was broken into two parts was thrown out of the darkness.

"No—Robert!"

"who!"

"Prince Arthas, we have to get out of here quickly!"

The knights screamed in terror, but Arthas stepped forward and waved the Song of Ice and Fire!

A flaming sword energy flew through the air, illuminating some unknown entities squirming in the darkness.

In the darkness, something was squirming, gathering together like a mass, and then converging into the shape of a woman.

Black Knife Dixi played with the scimitar in his hand, with a cold smile on his lips, "Good evening, Prince Alsace, walking in this dark forest so late is not the behavior of a good boy."

"who!"

"Protect the prince!"

"She killed Robert!"

When the knights saw it was a woman, they immediately surrounded her on both sides, preparing to besiege her. However, the enemy was obviously not just the one in front of them. Darkness suddenly struck from all directions, and screams suddenly came one after another. Knights were constantly being swallowed by the darkness.

Alsace's eyes widened when he saw it. He roared and slashed away with his sword. But Dixi, the black sword, chuckled, took a step back and escaped into the darkness.

"Come back!" He kept slashing at the darkness, and the flaming sword energy struck in vain into the darkness. However, the black sword Dixi was as ghostly as a shadow, showing no intention of accepting the challenge.

When Arthas finally calmed down, the knight's corpses were already lying around.

The darkness surrounded him.

Arthas thrust the sword blade into the ground suddenly - boom!

The flames spread in all directions like a halo, igniting several oak trees and illuminating the dark night. Four strange assassins covered in pitch black surrounded Alsace.

Black Knife Assassin (Black Knife Dixi's shadow servant): Elite. Level 60.

Alsaceti couldn't see the names of these monsters, he could only see their faces without facial features that were made of black material, and their limbs that looked like abstract human shapes.

This was the first time Arthas had seen such an evil monster. He never expected that behind the dazzling light of the Holy Light, there was such an ugly darkness hidden.

"Did brother send you here? Send you to kill me? You disgusting monsters."

Alsace roared and swung out a flaming sword energy - the flaming air-piercing slash!

The dazzling fire light lit up the night, and the flaming sword energy roared and slashed through, setting the branches and leaves of the trees wherever it passed on fire.

However, Black Knife Dixi disappeared into the darkness one step ahead of schedule.

Disappearing with her were the few shadow servants. The ghostly shadows of the trees were reflected in the surrounding firelight.

"You have some strength, Prince Alsace, but it's a pity that you are just a child after all." Black Knife Dixi's voice came from the darkness. Her figure jumped and shuttled in the shadow of the firelight. Alsace looked at her warily. All around.

Suddenly, a black shadow suddenly struck from behind.

"die!"

Puff puff, two scimitars left deep sword marks on his body.

it hurts! Alsace swung out his sword, but it only hit the air, and the black sword Dixi disappeared again.

"Come out!"

"Don't be anxious, we have plenty of time to play slowly."

Black Knife Dixi was not in a hurry to kill, but kept launching surprise attacks as if he was playing with prey.

Her four shadow servants also cooperated with her in attacking.

Wounds were left one after another on Alsace's body.

Whenever Arthas wanted to counterattack, the black knife Dixi would disappear early.

It has to be said that Arthas didn't know how to deal with this kind of ghostly assassin hiding in the darkness.

What's even worse is that as more and more wounds appeared on his body, he felt a cold feeling appear on his body.

The dark attack seemed to be able to corrode his body and mind.

There was another surprise attack. Arthas barely blocked the attack of Black Knife Dixi, but was caught twice on the back by two shadow servants.

The bodies of these monsters seem to be able to switch between entity and phantom, making them extremely difficult to detect.

Arthas staggered down pretending to be weak, leaning on his sword and looking at the darkness in front of him, secretly gathering strength.

The black knife Dixi appeared again, along with her four shadow servants.

"Is this all you can do? It's really disappointing."

Arthas gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, as he had one last chance to explode.

The next second, Black Blade Dixi and four shadow servants attacked from all directions at the same time.

It's now!

Alsace roared and swung his sword, but the cold feeling on his body made his limbs stiff, and his movements were obviously slowed down by half a beat. The sword was swung empty again, and the figure of Dixi with the black knife disappeared and reappeared, with a look of force on the corner of his mouth. Come with a winning smile.

"He actually hid something, haha, it's a pity that such a trick doesn't work on me. Goodbye, Prince Alsace."

The moment the blade swung down——

The dazzling holy light suddenly bloomed in the darkness, dispelling the creeping shadow, and a burly warrior suddenly burst out of the light.

He held high the Holy Emblem of the God of Light, releasing dazzling holy light, and held a heavy sword in his other hand, the blade of which was radiant with light.

"Get away, monsters in the darkness! Get away in front of the light." The man roared, his voice low and passionate.

The shadow servants dissipated in the holy light like melting snow, and the black knife Dixi slashed away with a roar.

clang! The swords intersected, and the power of holy light surged again. The power of shadow on the woman's body faded away like a tide, revealing the true face of Black Sword Dixi.

Black Blade Dixi was startled. Without the protection of the shadow, she could not disappear instantly like before, so she quickly retreated.

She glanced at the man hatefully, then at Alsace, who was still half-bloody, then turned and disappeared into the darkness.

The uncle looked at the place where Black Knife Dixi disappeared for a long time and shook his head, "It seems that you have provoked a terrible enemy, Prince Alsace."

"Do you know me?" Arthas was surprised, and at the same time a little wary. Because of Godwin, he was somewhat unfavorable to the Holy Light now, and he no longer had the trust he had in the past for those who practiced the Holy Light.

He looked at the man in front of him. He had a burly body, a gray beard, and was in his forties or fifties. He looked very kind. He was wearing a somewhat old knight's armor and looked a bit like a vassal knight in the countryside.

The uncle didn't take it seriously, "Of course I recognize you. I hugged you during the last Lordaeron Annual Meeting. I didn't expect that you could draw your sword and fight after not seeing each other for several years. I am Tirion Fordring." Lord of Hearthglen, how is King Tenaris?"

Arthas was surprised. He had heard of this name. Godwin seemed to value this person very much, and even arranged for someone to specially invite him to join the Knights of the Silver Hand.

I didn't expect that the appearance would be so unpretentious, and I didn't expect that the two would meet under such circumstances.

"Speaking of which, why did you come to this dark forest alone? How could King Tenaris allow such a thing to happen."

"Father is dead."

What! ? Tirion Fordring was obviously surprised. He had just received this information.

"you do not know?"

Tirion Fordring shook his head, "I received the summons a few days ago and have been on the road these past few days. What happened?"

Arthas recounted what had happened.

Tirion Fordring became more and more surprised when he heard this, but unlike the exaggerated reactions of other lords when they heard the news, Tirion Fordring looked calm.

"It's really a pity that something like this happened - ah, you are injured, let me treat you. I have gained a lot of experience in practicing Holy Light recently, and I have learned some healing techniques. Although it is still... I haven’t used it on humans, but it’s very useful when treating my horses.”

Alsace was a little hesitant. Isn't this person the same as his elder brother? Tirion seemed to understand his thoughts.

"Don't be nervous, Prince Arthas. There may be one or two scum among those who use the Holy Light, but power is power. Power will not change due to the evil of the user. Don't let hatred blind your eyes."

Power is power? This view surprised Arthas. In the eyes of all the Holy Light believers he had met, Holy Light was synonymous with justice. Practicing Holy Light was natural justice. As for shadow magic, it was naturally evil.

He used to think so too, until his eldest brother Godwin taught him a good lesson.

Who would have thought that the eldest brother would have assassins who use the pure power of shadow.

"The most sacred power can also be used for evil, and the most evil power can also be used for good. It is people who are righteous and evil, not the power itself."

Tirion Fordring said, gently brushing his hand on Arthas's wound. The healing of the Holy Light was small, and Arthas's wound healed quickly.

Even the cold feeling on his body dissipated.

"See, this is much better."

Alsace was deeply moved.

Indeed, as long as it is used well, what kind of power does it matter? As long as the power of the Holy Light is used properly, it doesn't seem to be that annoying.

Not only the Holy Light, but also the power of shadow can play a good role if used well? The shadow assassin is so elusive. If he can master such power, perhaps it will be much easier to understand the grudge with Godwin in the future.

Holy light and shadow, two powers, left a deep impression on Arthas at this moment.

The next day, when the dawn sun shines into the forest.

Arthas and Tirion Fordring stood in front of a row of graves, silent.

Arthas buried all the knights, but at this time he became confused again.

"Come on Alsace, it's time for us to hit the road."

"You want to come with me?" Arthas was a little surprised.

"Of course, after what happened last night, I'm afraid I'm not suitable to report to Lordaeron again. Besides, I once swore allegiance to King Tenaris. Obviously, protecting his children is also one of my responsibilities."

"But I'm afraid my brother will be angry if you do this."

"Ha, what does that have to do with me? Let's go. Those shadow assassins are likely to appear again. I will escort you to a safe place first."

Arthas was still a little frightened when he mentioned Black Knife Dixi. He had never encountered such a ghostly enemy.

The key is that the ability is too restrained.

The two got on their horses and galloped away.

While galloping under the dawn sunshine, Arthas couldn't help but ask: "Can I learn the power of the Holy Light from you? I think I should be able to use it next time I encounter those enemies."

"Of course you can, but Holy Light is not that easy to learn. You have to be mentally prepared."

The two of them talked and gradually disappeared into the depths of the forest.