Seeing that the blood-red short blade was about to pierce him, Livia launched a defensive attack with all his strength. Just as he was about to take the blow, he suddenly heard a whistling sound cutting through the air and a loud shout.

"roll!"

A long sword with a black light suddenly slashed from the side, not only deflecting the bloody short blade but also slashing towards the black shadow. The black shadow looked at the long sword with some fear and turned into a black mist and retreated backwards.

Livia looked at the man standing in front of her who exuded a terrifying aura, breathed a sigh of relief, and lowered her defenses.

This person was Diego who arrived at the critical moment.

As soon as Diego felt the magical fluctuations behind him just now, he realized that it was the Blood Mist Cult that was chasing him. He hurriedly tightened the reins to stop the horse, flipped off the horse to the right and looked behind him.

As soon as he turned around and looked behind him, he found that Livia, who was following him, had been attacked by a strange black shadow. He saw that Livia was bound by the black shadow's magic and could not avoid the shadow's attack.

Without time to think, he stepped on the ground and rushed towards Livia. The long sword was quickly unsheathed in mid-air, and he slashed at the blood-red short blade that the black shadow stabbed at Livia with power...

Fortunately, I finally caught up at the last minute.

Diego cut the thin black thread that bound Livia with a sword, looked at the shadow angrily, and his loud voice rang out under the night: "You are a bunch of rats hiding in the gutter!

I haven't even come to look for you yet, and you're so eager to come and die. "

The black shadow retreated to the side of the black-red cloak, looked at the angry knight from a distance, and said with some disdain: "You are just a loyal hound, barking here relying on the power of your master."

Diego smiled instead of getting angry when he heard this, "It's better than a bunch of rats like you who live in the shadows their whole lives and dare not appear in the sun."

The black shadow was a little angry when he heard this, and took a step forward to attack Diego. The black-red cloak behind him suddenly grabbed his shoulders and said in a low voice: "Don't argue with him. How can he understand the eternal life and supreme power we pursue."

As he spoke, the man in the black and red cloak raised his head, revealing a fanatical face.

"Let's work together and keep them here quickly. I can't maintain such a thick isolation fog for long."

The black shadow nodded, took a step back and disappeared.

Diego's heart tightened as he watched the black shadow suddenly disappear. He turned his head to look at Livia who had just stood up, "How is it, can you face the next battle?"

Livia looked at the disappearing black shadow with some solemnity, raised the steel sword in her hand, and made a fighting gesture, "I'm preparing to collect the debt for the attack just now."

"Very good, then let's keep these two mice here forever."

Diego nodded, looked at Livia approvingly, then took a step back to dodge two flying knives that were formed by shadows that stabbed out from the shadows of the surrounding buildings.

Livia strode forward and stabbed into the shadow where the flying knife came from. The shadow flickered and Livia's sword missed.

Diego warned, "He has now disappeared into the shadows. We need to use elemental power to hurt him."

Livia stepped back to Diego's side and whispered with a complicated expression: "But I almost used up my strength before, and I have only recovered a little now."

Diego looked at him in confusion, then he remembered something, "It's not the power in your heart. Although I don't know what's going on with you, I can feel that there are two completely different powers in your body, the pure elemental power in your heart and the special power hidden throughout your body. You have to use the power in your body."

Livia listened to Diego's words, her thoughts raced, and suddenly she thought of something.

Skill?

The only thing he could think of that was related to his physical strength was the white light that lit up when he activated his skills.

According to the system's explanation, that is the power converted from adrenaline points and is linked to physical fitness.

After Livia figured it out, she nodded to Diego, indicating that she already knew what to do.

Diego said no more and focused his attention on the battle.

While the two were communicating, the man in the black and red cloak waved his hand, and the blood mist condensed into four blood arrows that attacked the two.

Diego strode forward, his hands and sword glowing with black light. While guarding against the dark shadows hiding in the shadows, he swung two swords at the oncoming blood arrows. With a sound like breaking porcelain, three blood arrows were defeated by his sword.

Livia looked at the last remaining blood arrows attacking her and tried desperately to mobilize the strength in her body, but the power that spread throughout her body only flashed with silver luster but did not move at all.

Looking at the blood arrow that was about to reach him, he sighed, and helplessly swung out the steel sword in his hand and attacked quickly!

The sword blade turned into a silver light and quickly cut through the blood arrow, cutting the blood arrow in half. The severed blood arrow turned into blood mist and dissipated in the air.

As the system explained, although this kind of indoctrination allows one to possess and use it proficiently, due to the mechanical training process and results, one does not have one's own insights and experiences. One can only stimulate power in a fixed way and has not truly mastered one's own power.

His thoughts turned, his attention focused, and he carefully sensed the movements around him.

Although I am a little disappointed that I cannot control the power in my body, I am now in a battle and I must not take it lightly.

Suddenly, he felt a slight sound coming from the shadow behind him. Livia turned around and made a powerful attack behind him. Although it missed, it felt like it had passed through the black mist shrouding the shadow.

Looking at the dark shadow that has become visible.

It works, he thought to himself.

On the other side, Diego watched Livia's sword turn into silver light and cut off the blood arrow. He felt relieved and focused on looking at the black and red cloak in the blood mist. In his perception, the person hiding in the blood mist was much stronger than the rat that could only hide in the shadows and attack people.

As the black and red cloak moved forward, blood mist also enveloped this side. Diego frowned. It was indeed difficult for the knight to deal with the wizard who was well prepared. Just the blood mist made him fearful. If he was enveloped by the blood mist, he didn't know what would happen. But just thinking about it, he knew it would not be a good thing.

Diego clenched his sword with both hands, calmly watching the blood mist approaching, and recalled the first sentence on the title page of the book: A knight must not give a wizard time to prepare himself when facing him, otherwise he will sooner or later be dragged into the quagmire of passive counterattack by the wizard's endless means.

Thinking of this, he smiled somewhat bitterly. Although he also wanted to not give the wizard in front of him time to prepare, he was well prepared. It seemed that there was no other way. He could only see if he could take the initiative to delay him.

He silently determined the tactics, and the next moment the ground cracked, and the man disappeared from the spot, turning into a black light and rushing towards the black and red cloak.

The man in the black and red cloak looked at the knight rushing towards him, lowered his head and smiled strangely. He waved his right hand, and a large amount of blood flowed out of the cloak and gathered into two vicious dogs that pounced on Diego...