Feeling the passage of life, the black shadow looked resentfully at Livia who was treating her injuries not far away, and suddenly muttered in an incomprehensible language in a low voice.

As he continued to recite a series of special syllables, black tentacles with invisible power gradually stretched out from the darkness behind him.

Livia simply treated the wound on her chest and stopped the bleeding.

He raised his head and looked towards the other end of the street shrouded in blood mist. When he was about to go across the street to see what was happening over there with Diego, his heart shuddered. He suddenly felt the air flow around him slow down. Before he could react, he realized what was happening.

The vision in front of my eyes began to blur, as if covered by a layer of light black fog, and then I heard incomprehensible whispers in my ears.

Buzz!

Amid the intense tinnitus, Livia's vision fell into complete darkness.

Blood began to flow from the nostrils, ears, and corners of the eyes.

The wound that Livia had just treated began to split open again, and blood continued to flow out.

He was caught off guard by what suddenly happened to him. He didn't understand what was going on and felt his brain begin to tremble.

A vague illusion suddenly emerged from the darkness before my eyes.

That is...

The great, supreme, eternal Lord who cannot be looked directly upon by mortals.

Descriptive words suddenly popped up in my mind.

At this moment, a white light appeared before my eyes, blooming from the middle of the illusion, becoming brighter and brighter.

The illusion melted away in the gradually brightening light until it filled his vision.

As the light gradually faded, a string of data text appeared in the corner of the vision.

[Unknown spiritual pollution detected] [Unknown soul erosion detected]...

[The light of the mind is activated, reducing mental pollution by 75% and becoming immune to soul erosion] His ears gradually returned to calm, his vision gradually became clearer, and he gradually regained control of his body.

As soon as Livia felt herself back to normal and opened her eyes, she found herself half-kneeling on the ground without knowing when, and in front of her there were many strange black tentacles hovering in the air.

Just as he was trying to lean back in panic, the black tentacles in front of him gradually shattered and turned into black mist that dissipated in all directions. A voice calling him came from behind the tentacles.

"Livia, are you okay?"

He raised his head to look at the source of the sound, and saw a black shadow lying on the ground with a broken sword stuck in his body, and a figure standing next to him.

Looking up along the sword, I saw shattered armor and a tired face.

"Diego!"

He recognized the figure next to the black shadow and exclaimed in surprise.

The figure standing next to the black shadow was Diego who had fought with the black and red cloak before, but now he no longer looked as handsome and calm as before.

The armor that had covered his entire body was now in pieces, his body was covered with wounds and blood, the long sword in his hand was also mostly broken, and his pale face revealed full of fatigue.

Seeing Livia wake up, he drew out his sword with some effort, walked slowly in front of Livia, and looked at Livia solemnly: "How is it, are you in good spirits?"

"It's barely OK."

Livia changed her mind after hearing what he said, and realized that he was asking her whether her mind had been contaminated by the tentacles just now, so she answered calmly.

Diego breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him helplessly, "Next time you strike, make sure the enemy is dead. Hit the vital points a few more times and don't give the enemy any chance.

Like he didn't hit you with the follow-up blow, giving you a chance.

You, on the other hand, forgot about his fate after you counterattacked, and didn't even hit him again, so he ended up plotting against you before he died."

Livia had a deep understanding of this. If it weren't for the light in her heart, she would have been in trouble.

Livia nodded awkwardly, indicating that she remembered it, and then she thought of something and looked at Diego and asked, "How did you know? You were looking here the whole time?"

Diego turned his gaze from the blood mist and looked at Livia seriously. "After all, you came here to help Kovag. The captain entrusted you to me, so I can't just sit there and watch you get killed. What's more, my knightly faith doesn't allow me to do that."

Livia touched her nose and looked at him a little embarrassedly.

"So did you win against that cultist just now?"

Diego looked at the blood mist that had not yet dissipated at the other end of the street, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not that easy, it's just a slight advantage.

I just hit him hard, but I didn't feel well either, having been hit by him.

But he won't be able to recover in a short time, so he has to hide in the blood mist."

Livia was a little confused, "So should we kill him together now or go back to the castle?"

Before Diego could reply, the blood mist began to boil, and after a moment it spread towards Livia and the others.

Diego squinted at the blood mist, sighed, and strode towards the blood mist.

"It seems that he has almost recovered. You should go back to the castle to report the situation and ask the lord to quickly find out where these rats are hiding."

Livia looked at Diego walking towards the blood mist with some confusion, "What about you? Let's go together. There's no need to stay here and waste time with him."

Diego, who had already walked a few steps, stopped when he heard his words, turned around and looked at him with a smile: "This is necessary. If we go towards the castle, he will definitely not chase us anymore. Instead, he will go back to report the situation. We must not let him go back at this time to report the situation and let those rats evacuate."

Seeing that Livia wanted to say something, Diego's face became serious and he stared into his eyes. "Okay, no need to say anything more. Don't waste time here. If you go back earlier, you can help me call for support. This is the best way at the moment."

Diego interrupted Livia and turned around and walked towards the blood mist firmly.

Watching Diego's back gradually disappearing, Livia gritted her teeth, resisted the urge to step forward and fight together, turned around and ran towards the dark night hiding in the corner of the street.

What he didn't know was that when he turned and ran into the dark night, Diego had turned around and looked at him, nodded at him and smiled with satisfaction.

…

Patting the horse's back to calm the fear in its heart, Livia lowered his head and whispered in the ear of Dark Night: "Brother, this is a critical moment, I need your help."

As he stroked it, the trembling dark night gradually calmed down, and then, as if it understood the words in its ear, it raised its front hooves, stood up, stomped down with a roar, and then butted his chest with its head.

"good!

Then we will set off now."

Livia smiled at An Ye, stepped on the stirrups and climbed onto the horse, then raised the reins and An Ye started running, galloping quickly towards the direction of the castle...