The scenery before my eyes flashed by.

When Fang Zheng opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was a bright red sky. It gave him a feeling very similar to the Sealed Sky in the Fire Mist World, but obviously, that was not the case.

"Master, look!"

At this moment, Lifana also screamed and stretched out her hand to point to the sky. Fang Zheng looked in the direction of her finger, and saw things like whirlpools on the sea emerging from the dark red sky, and then, dense black dots poured out from the center of the whirlpool.

I see. No wonder it is called a wave. It looks like the sea water floating in the sky.

"Master, that's Root Village!"

Just as Fang Zheng was thinking, Raphtalia suddenly shouted, then she stretched out her hand and pointed to the village not far away.

"Come to think of it, this can be considered our novice village."

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows as he looked at the village that was about to be hit by the wave. However, before he could say anything, he heard a series of "da da da" footsteps, and the other three heroes and their respective adventure teams ran out from not far away, running all the way to the core of the wave.

"Let's go, Raphtalia, Lifana, let's go protect the village."

"Eh? But Master, over there..."

"Leave it to those three weaklings. If they can't handle it, I will still have time to take action."

This is a rare opportunity to gain experience. Who would want to go there with those idiots?

Besides, there is no experience to be gained by heroes playing together in the dungeon.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also waved his hand suddenly.

"Let's go!"

Although Megamaro had sent many adventurers and soldiers to various places to deal with the coming of the wave, it was obviously not enough to rely on these people alone. In fact, when Fang Zheng brought Raphtalia and Lifana to the village, the defense here was on the verge of collapse, and the villagers were screaming and running away.

You can't blame them for not preparing in advance, after all, the appearance of the wave is random. No one knows who will be hit by this unfortunate wave, at least for now, the people here can be said to be unlucky.

"Woooooa ...

“Help!”

Walking into the village, the first thing Fang Zheng saw was a group of villagers and adventurers holding pitchforks and sticks, trembling as they confronted the monsters that fell from the sky. Rather than a confrontation, it was more like being surrounded. Those giant hornets that were more than a meter tall, and monsters that looked like undead soldiers, kept falling from the sky, quickly separating and surrounding everyone in the village...

I never thought these monsters could actually carry out airborne attacks...

Tsk tsk tsk, if only I could use Frostmourne right now... Forget it, I can still fight by changing my form!

"Avengers Shield!"

Looking at the villagers who were surrounded not far away, Fang Zheng also roared, then swung out with one hand. Then, along with his movement, a shield of light made of golden holy light flew out and hit one of the monsters. Then, it quickly bounced back and hit all the monsters in front of Fang Zheng.

The monsters that were hit quickly turned around and pounced towards Fang Zheng.

"Hey, grandson, come here."

Looking at the monsters gathering around him, Fang Zheng whistled. Then he grabbed the handle hidden in the shield and swung it forward at the hordes of monsters rushing towards him!

“Crack!”

The next moment, the original shield instantly split and expanded, turning into a huge shield axe and smashing down at the monster in front of him. It directly smashed several bumblebees that rushed towards it into a pulp. Then Fang Zheng tightened the handle again and raised the shield axe in his hand to his side. The surface of the combined shield suddenly split apart, revealing the huge axe-like blade inside, and golden holy light flashed from it, entangled...

"Super solution!"

"boom!!"

As Fang Zheng swung his weapon, the Shining Crusaders' attack exploded in an instant, engulfing dozens of monsters in front of him and completely turning them into ashes.

“That’s the extent of it.”

He raised his shield axe again and looked at the monsters that were swept away in front of him. At this time, the villagers and adventurers he had saved also hurriedly gathered over.

"My lord, the brave one!"

"Master Shield Hero!"

Haha, now you know how to call others adults.

"You guys hurry up and take shelter. I'll take care of the monsters here."

Fang Zheng nodded to the leading villager, then released the Avenger's Shield again, once again firmly holding back the hatred of the monsters that were attacking other villagers not far away.

"Raphtalia, you are responsible for guiding the other villagers to take refuge. Lifana, you are quick, go around the village and pull those who have escaped the net to me, just like we did in the previous battle. Do you understand?"

Since the fighting styles of Raphtalia and Lifana are similar to those in WoW, Fang Zheng simply used the same tactics as in WoW when clearing dungeons with his trumpet. He would hold most of the enemies by himself, and let Lifana attract the hatred of the few that slipped through the net and kill them together. Raphtalia would be the secondary tank, responsible for protecting the safety of the NPCs.

As for Fang Zheng... after all, he has a full set of Paladin skills, so who would he be afraid of if he switches to a Protection Paladin?

"yes!"

Because Fang Zheng had intentionally trained them several times before, the two of them nodded immediately and went about their own business.

Fang Zheng whistled again and raised the shield axe in his hand.

"Hey, Sun Thief!"

While shouting, Fang Zheng swung the shield axe in his hand violently again. Along with Fang Zheng's movement, the Avenger's Shield emitting golden light suddenly shot out into the sky, and then quickly exploded, flying towards every corner of the village like a rain of flowers.

Soon, a large group of monsters were seen rushing towards Fang Zheng aggressively.

Wow, it would be so cool if I could use this trick in the game.

Full screen of hatred.

Facing the hundreds of monsters in front of him, Fang Zheng didn't care at all. He just raised his right foot and stomped hard on the ground.

“Devotion!”

Instantly, with Fang Zheng as the center, shining holy light spread along the ground and exploded, burning like a flame, quickly sweeping away the group of monsters that rushed towards Fang Zheng. Then Fang Zheng swung the shield axe again, knocking a large-looking ghoul in front of him away.

However, these monsters obviously would not retreat so easily, or they had no concept of retreat at all. Even if the first wave of monsters had been completely wiped out by Fang Zheng, the monsters that fell from the sky would continue to follow.

Although it is very cool to be able to directly gain experience, it is also annoying to continue fighting like this... Why don't those three weaklings react? Are they dead?

Haha, I died just after I came here. What a bad luck.

"My lord, the brave one!"

Just as Fang Zheng was killing monsters and thinking, suddenly, a group of people appeared from behind him.

"We're here to help, too!"

"you?"

Fang Zheng turned around and saw the group of villagers and adventurers he had just rescued gathered behind him.

"What are you doing here?"

“This is our village!”

The guy in the lead, who looked like the village leader, excitedly grasped his weapon.

"We have to protect our village too, and you are alone, right, brave man?"

"I'm not alone... But forget it. As the saying goes, if you have green mountains, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. It doesn't matter if the village is destroyed. If people die, then... I tell you, I won't fight again."

Damn, the Paladin doesn’t have battle resurrection. What was Baoyu thinking of this stupid setting?

"But, but..."

"If you really want to help, then quickly take away those villagers who have not yet been evacuated!"

Fang Zheng casually pointed his finger, and the Hammer of Judgment flew out, smashing a monster that was attacking a mother and daughter in the distance into pieces.

"You all have families and children, right? Why don't you want to die now? Do you want your family to lose their father in childhood, their husband in middle age, or their son in old age?"

“…”

After hearing what Fang Zheng said, the villagers really hesitated. After all, if it was just one person, then death would be death. But they still have families...

"Go quickly, you can't handle these monsters, just leave it to me."

Although it was easy for Fang Zheng to deal with this wave of monsters, just like a level 100 Paladin playing a level 20 dungeon alone, he could just attack with a single attack. However, these monsters were still elite monsters in the dungeon, and the villagers were generally not even level 10. They would die if they were touched.

"yes!"

This time, the villagers did not hesitate and nodded respectfully to Fang Zheng, then quickly went to protect the other villagers to evacuate. They pulled the women who did not have time to escape, picked up the crying children, and quickly retreated out of the village.

"Master! There's another wave coming this way!"

At this moment, Fang Zheng saw Lifana jumping over from the roof not far away. Behind her, dozens of bumblebee monsters and undead monsters rushed over aggressively.

“Well done!”

Fang Zheng used an Avenger's Shield to attract full hatred, and then directly attacked it with a set of attacks, easily defeating the monster in front of him again.

"How is it going?"

"Most of the villagers have been evacuated, only a few are left... What is that?"

Before Lifana could finish her words, dozens of flames suddenly appeared from a distance. They streaked across the sky like flaming boulders thrown from a catapult, then exploded above the village and turned into flaming arrows that covered the entire village.

"The evacuation isn't over yet!"

Seeing this scene, Lifana widened her eyes in surprise and shouted. At this moment, the villagers who had not yet left the village were also stunned, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"The Blazing Sky Covers the Seventh Ring!"

Facing the rain of fire that covered the entire village, Fang Zheng simply snapped his fingers, and then a huge, purple petal-shaped shield instantly unfolded in the air, blocking the attack of the rain of fire.

After all, there are still some useful things in the King’s Treasure.

The rain of fire swept away, and Fang Zheng turned around, only to see a group of knights in armor walking towards him not far away.

When the leader of the knights saw Fang Zheng, his face suddenly darkened.

"Tsk, shield..."

"Oh……"

Looking at the Knight Commander in front of him, Fang Zheng chuckled. However, before he could say anything, Raphtalia's voice suddenly rang out.

“You bastard!!”

With a roar, Raphtalia swung her sword and suddenly stabbed at the Knight Commander. At this moment, a knight hurriedly stepped forward and drew his sword to block Raphtalia's attack.

"You, what do you want to do?"

The Knight Commander who was attacked was also startled and roared loudly.

"You clearly knew that Lord Fang Zheng and the villagers were here, yet you still ordered the fire to be set. What on earth do you want to do?"

Raphtalia was also extremely angry at the moment. She had just evacuated the villagers with great difficulty, but when she turned around, she saw the Knights setting fire to the village. At that time, Raphtalia was completely shocked. Although the Knights' attack was stopped afterwards, Raphtalia still rushed down in a hurry. When she saw the Knight Commander in front of her, she immediately drew her sword and rushed forward.

“A mere demihuman wants to rebel against the Knights of the Kingdom?”

Looking at this scene, the Knight Commander also had a gloomy expression.

"act recklessly!"

"I think it's you who are ignorant of life and death."

However, at this moment, Fang Zheng spoke.

"Listen carefully. I will only say this once. You now have two choices. Either go and protect the remaining villagers and evacuate, or get out of here. If you dare to stand in my way again, no matter what your reasons are for attacking me, I can guarantee that you will not survive until the end of the wave."

After saying this, Fang Zheng turned around and tightened his grip on the shield axe in his hand again.

"Lifana, Raphtalia, let's go!"

"yes."

"hateful……!"

Watching Fang Zheng and the others fighting the monsters, the Knight Commander clenched his fists and grasped his sword, trying to raise it. However, at this moment, the knight who had blocked Raphtalia's attack just now came out in a hurry and held down the Knight Commander's hand.

"Sir, you can't..."

“Well… Damn it…”

Seeing Fang Zheng swinging his shield axe and smashing a huge undead monster into pieces easily, the Knight Commander's face turned green, then pale. He was not a fool, and he knew how strong the opponent was. After all, being able to block the fire rain magic released by the entire Knights with one strike was not something that everyone could do...

Not to mention, that's the Shield Demon!!

Even the king and the princess are no match for him. If he goes up himself... wouldn't that be a dead end as well?

Moreover, the Knight Commander could feel that the other party was not just talking.

If he did it himself, he would really kill himself!

“…”

Gripping the sword tightly, the Knight Commander took a deep breath and then gave the order.

"Leave this to Shield, let's go to the three heroes!"

After saying this, the Knight Commander took his two trusted men and ran away without looking back.

Hearing the order from their superior, the other soldiers were a little hesitant. At this moment, the knight who had just blocked Raphtalia's attack was silent for a moment, and then shouted loudly.

"Everyone, go protect the villagers and evacuate! Lord Shield Hero!"

"I'm holding the monsters' hatred, so I'll save as many as I can."

Hearing the knight's voice, Fang Zheng waved his hand, then swung his right hand, and another Crusader Strike hit the monsters in front of him.

"Super solution!!"

Although most of the monsters were blocked by Fang Zheng, Raphtalia, and Lifana, the monsters kept coming out from the center of the vortex. Therefore, even if Fang Zheng used full screen to attract aggro, he could only attract about four-fifths of them. Even if Raphtalia and Lifana were there to check for any gaps, there would always be some that slipped through the net.

Compared to those villagers who are less than level ten, these knights are at least a fighting force. At least they should be able to deal with those fish that slip through the net.

Of course, if there were no NPCs evacuating here, Fang Zheng would directly use the First Fire... But it still wouldn't work, because he didn't have enough experience using the First Fire!

After just a few waves, Raphtalia and Lifana are almost at level 20!

Come one more wave, get rich, and reach twenty directly!

However, just as Fang Zheng had killed another wave of monsters and was looking at the experience points in front of him as he was about to kill another wave, suddenly, the originally blood-red sky became clear and the vortex disappeared.

"MMP..."

Seeing the experience bar almost reaching 20, Fang Zheng almost cursed out loud.

Did you know that obsessive compulsive disorder can kill people? !

If I had known earlier, I should have killed that damn Knight Commander!