Click, click, click

Click, click, click

Mu Liuyue felt her heart beating faster.

She had imagined many times what the Pai Ya Bing would evolve into, but she never expected that the final result would be more surprising than any of her assumptions.

The lord of the S-level secret realm "Undead Scourge", one of the most bizarre high-level dark supernatural creatures in the history of the Bureau's investigation reports, the Nightmare Knight who dominates the shadow space and controls the undead army!

No beastmaster can resist falling before such a powerful and handsome contracted pet.

The dark Death Knight sheathed his sword, bent down slightly, and extended his hand to the human girl.

His entire body was wrapped in tightly fitting armor, and this hand looked much more sturdy and powerful than the bony frame he had when he was a soldier.

Mu Huoyue didn't understand what Ellen wanted to do, but he put his hand on it anyway.

The condensed black mist swirled up, gently lifting up the human girl, holding her armored hand with a little force, picked up Mu Chuyue and placed her on the back of the nightmare warhorse.

Mu Huoyue let out a scream, and Ellen had already helped her adjust her sitting position.

She leaned her back against the Nightmare Knight's solid breastplate. Ellen held the reins of the chain with one hand, placed her head in the Beastmaster's arms, and used her free hand to gently hold her waist to ensure the safety of the passengers to the greatest extent possible.

Then, he gently shook the reins of the chain, and the nightmare horse raised its front hooves, carrying the two of them into the air, leaping into the night sky outside the window.

Mu Chuyue tried hard to swallow back the scream. The cool night breeze blew past, and the buildings below kept shrinking. The bright moon hanging in the night sky became extremely clear and within reach.

She is flying in the air.

It is not accurate to say that he was flying, for the Nightmare Knight walked in the air with his body as steady as if he were walking on flat ground, without any of the bumpy feeling that birds, otherworldly creatures feel when flapping their wings in flight.

This is the effect of [Gravity Reversal], one of the most troublesome characteristics of Nightmare Knight, as recorded in the Bureau's investigation report.

The Nightmare Steed originates from a special projection of the shadow space. It has the ability to ignore the rules of gravity and mass and stand on any tangible substance in the real world.

A leaf, a petal, a smoky cloud, or even invisible air... this gives Nightmare Knight an ability very close to flying.

For example, now, Eren is driving the Nightmare Horse to stand above the air and walk freely in the night sky.

The Nightmare Knight's flying speed was not very fast, and Mu Huiyue gradually relaxed.

Ellen carefully protected the beastmaster who was traveling with her, and neither the hard armor nor the burning mane of the nightmare horse could hurt her at all.

She was gently embraced by Eren, holding his head in her arms, forming an intimate posture that belonged only to the Nightmare Knight.

The moonlight is beautiful tonight. There are no nebulas in the night sky, only a bright moon hanging high in the sky, so clear that you can touch it with your hand.

"Is this the view you wanted to share with me immediately after your evolution, Eren?"

Mu Huiyue asked softly. She subconsciously turned her head, but behind her there was only an empty neck armor with blue flames. So she held up the Nightmare Knight's head with both hands with some amusement.

"Which side of yours should I talk to now?"

The Nightmare Knight's head is wrapped in a pitch-black helmet. At such a close distance, you can actually vaguely see the outline of the skull inside.

Unlike the pure bone structure of the Pai Ya Bing period, the skull in the armor is wrapped in a layer of skin tissue as thin as a cicada's wing, like wind-dried periosteum, faintly concealing a deep and dark breath of death, making people who look at it carelessly shudder as if they are looking into the abyss.

Of course, in Mu Chuyue's eyes, it didn't look scary at all. Instead, the black skeleton looked quite handsome.

A cluster of blue flames ignited in the right eye socket of the skull, making the gentle clicking sound that Mu Huiyue was familiar with.

"Click, click." (Actually, it can be either way. I don't rely on human senses to interact with the outside world.)

"Click." (Even if I say it to the Nightmare Charger, I can understand it.)

“Click, click…” (But, Hiiragi seems to like the sound of my clicking…)

"Click, click." (So, I will keep the part of you that you are most familiar with.)

After Eren finished speaking, he reached out and picked up his head, placing it back in the empty neck socket, and the armor plates closed with a click.

The soul flame inside the armor seemed to have activated a new energy circuit, causing the blue flames in the Nightmare Knight's eye sockets to burn even more vigorously. Friction sounds were produced between the movements of the joints, and an ethereal echo was emitted in the armor.

Mu Chuyue curiously touched the Nightmare Knight's neck, but could still only feel the cold armor and the breath of death lingering everywhere.

"Was Ellen's head originally freely accessible?"

"Click, click." (Being held by Hiiragi is a more relaxed and comfortable state. When I put it back on my head like this, I feel more serious.)

Nightmare Knight answered seriously.

Mu Huoyue took note of these characteristics carefully. Next, she would probably be the first beastmaster in history to take care of and train a Nightmare Knight.

Eren put his arm around the beastmaster's waist again, letting her lean into a more comfortable position, and then drove the nightmare horse forward.

The two of them enjoyed the night view of the capital city of Xingzhou Province. In the second half, Eren couldn't help but take off his head again and let Hiiragi hold the helmet of Nightmare Knight like he held her.

After removing the head, the Nightmare Knight's entire aura relaxed a lot, no longer having the suffocating aura of death that was as strong as a natural disaster.

The black helmet that fell into Mu Chuyue's hand was very light, and the blue flames burning in the eye sockets also became a little light, and the flame without temperature gently burned the beastmaster's fingers.

Mu Huoyue couldn't help but smile. Is this the Nightmare Knight's unique way of acting coquettishly?

After fully satisfying his desire to appreciate the moonlight with Hiiragi, Nightmare Knight landed on the top of the mountain in Dongwan Cemetery in Changning City.

Here he evolved from a little skeleton to a card soldier, and also learned the key skill [Skeleton Ghost] leading to the Nightmare Knight.

The reason for stopping here was not because Eren hoped to revisit the old place after evolving again, but because he did not want to return to Xingzhou University so soon.

There must be a lot of people waiting there who wanted to see the evolved form of the Emperor's race, and he wanted to be alone with Hiiragi for a while longer.

At least on this night of successful evolution, the Beastmaster should belong to him alone.

Mu Huoyue was not in a hurry to go back. She was curious about everything about Nightmare Knight. Seeing Ellen lightly landing on the dead tree in the cemetery, and staying there steadily with only a dead branch as support, she was immediately aroused to explore.

The Nightmare Charger is the companion of the Nightmare Knight, and has a certain degree of similarity to Harvey's Crow. Ellen describes it as more like a part with special functions.

Nightmare Knight is able to stand on dead branches due to her special properties, but as a human, her weight is real.

As if noticing the Beastmaster's curiosity, Eren took the initiative to explain.

Not everyone can ride a nightmare horse. The effect of [Gravity Reverse] is the same as [Shadow Stealth]. It is a characteristic and skill of extraordinary creatures and can only be effective for human beastmasters with special talents.

Mu Huoyue is a human with "dark attributes", so she can also be covered by [gravity reversal], losing her "mass" in the real world and standing on dead branches or even in the air.

“Crack, crack—” (Not only gravity reversal, but also advanced shadow stealth can make Hiiragizuki…)

The Nightmare Knight's head suddenly paused, and the clicking sound was inexplicably mixed with a hint of regret for speaking too quickly.

Mu Yuyue keenly caught this subtle change, turned sideways to look at the armored knight behind him, and asked, "How is the advanced shadow stealth?"

She looked at her shadow on the ground, "Speaking of which, after evolving, can Eren still enter my shadow?"

The Nightmare Knight is tall and strong, but the size of his armor is a whole circle larger than Mu Huoyue's. Combined with the height of the Nightmare Warhorse, the total height exceeds three meters. Just standing there can make people feel the heavy power.

The little skeleton's body entered the human's shadow like a fish into water. The card soldier was basically the size of an ordinary human, so he emerged from Mu Huiyue's shadow without any pressure.

But given the size of the Nightmare Knight, it seems like he can't squeeze in.

"... Click!" (... Of course!)

It was as if the thing that Eren was most proud of was questioned, and the clicking sound carried a hint of urgency to prove it.

A thick death fog spread from around the dark armored knight, and a heavy shadow swept up, submerging the Nightmare Knight and the human girl together.

Mu Chuyue felt a chill like water and subconsciously closed her eyes.

When the feedback from her body's senses stabilized, she opened her eyes and found herself in a different shadow space.

Previously, after entering the shadow space, the surrounding scenery would become a projection of the real world, leaving only a vague outline, which was very unstable to human senses.

But everything here is very real, like a picture in an old black-and-white photo.

“Click, click.” (This is the shadow of Hiiragizuki. After being strengthened by my space, it is very stable. This is also where I usually stay.)

The nightmare horse disappeared, and the dark armored knight came over holding his head and whispered to the beastmaster.

Mu Huoyue found that in this shadow space, she could even breathe freely, so it didn't matter if she stayed there longer.

Ellen seemed to have made a special "home" in her shadow.

The overall specifications are approximately the size of three bedrooms and one living room, and it is comfortably and warmly decorated, with a separate bedroom and a soft bed, a well-organized study and kitchen, and a spacious living room and balcony.

There was a row of empty flower pots on the balcony, with a watering can and a rocking chair beside them. This was where Ellen used to grow nightmare roses.

Mu Liuyue looked at them one by one and finally stopped in front of the study.

There are different decorative paintings hanging in all the rooms, and there are more in the study.

They are all various types of Mu Shuyue drawn by Ellen himself.

In front of her was a huge oil portrait, like the ones hanging in the stairwells and corridors of an ancient castle. It was a portrait of herself smiling gently.

To her side is a whole wall of modern-style graffiti, which uses exaggerated blocks of color to outline Mu Shuyue's sleeping face. A chic and smooth "Master Love" font runs across the entire picture, which is very visually impactful.

It has to be said that Allen's artistic attainments are very good. In a world without color, only black and white light and shadow, he still created paintings that can be called works of art. He can easily master both classical and modern styles.

It’s just that the theme of the creation is too single.

Ellen: “…”

Fortunately, the Nightmare Knight's head was trapped in his armor, so Hiiragi could not see his red face at this moment.

He felt embarrassed as if his secret was exposed, just like when Professor Xie pointed out that his appetite was abnormal.

He never thought that these graffiti he made in his spare time would one day be seen by Hiiragi.

If we remove all of them now and redraw them, can we still restore the cold and mysterious feeling that the high imperial race has in the minds of beastmasters...?

Mu Huiyue liked it very much, but it was a pity that the shadow space could not use real electronic products, otherwise she would have taken a few more photos to take back and enjoy them slowly.

Ellen's advanced shadow stealth allows her to enter the shadow space more smoothly, without having to hold her breath the whole time like before.

Not only shadow stealth and gravity reversal, the evolved Nightmare Knight also brings more surprising changes.

Eren and the Beastmaster floated up and returned to the real world from the shadows.

Mu Huoyue finally had time to open the illustration and study the attribute information of Nightmare Knight carefully.

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