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Zhang has also played all the games in the "Soul Series", including the Black Soul Trilogy, "Devil's Soul" known as the prequel of Black Soul, and even "Sekiro" and "Blood Curse", which are also famous for "suffering". Therefore, I have deep feelings for the famous NPC.

Among them is the cute onion knight.

Whether it is Jack Myer of the first generation of Black Soul or Jack Bardo of the third generation, the knights from Catalina seem to be cute and bold, but they attach great importance to commitment, and they are indeed worthy of the name of "knights".

In fact, many people will be affected by the first impression, thinking that the onion knights are unreliable, and the armor on them is funny.

But Zhang also knew that this impression was wrong.Not to mention that Catalina's knight armor has a reasonable shape, which can effectively cut through sword weapons and provide sufficient protection.Just saying that this heavy plate armor can be easily controlled, it can be seen that the Cavaliers of Catalina are extraordinary!

What's more, in such a dark world as "Dark Soul", he can still maintain a positive and optimistic attitude. This state of mind alone makes Zhang Ye awe-inspiring.

Of course, the Cavaliers of Catalina themselves are extremely dissatisfied with the title of "Onion Knight".But the players call it this way not as a joke, but out of self-love.

Leaving the cell where Jack Rhodes was held, Zhang Ye looked at the dark cell passage again, secretly determined to rescue the Onion Knight.

Perhaps because he has a real goal in his heart, when Zhang Ye explores the cell with a broad sword now, he no longer has fear in his heart, but is more excited.

"Tap-"

The sound of solid footsteps echoed in the passage of the underground prison, and Zhang Ye looked around vigilantly, his right hand holding the broad sword did not relax at all.For some reason, when Zhang Ye killed the flame demon earlier, the long sword of the Atreya soldier that Zhang Ye originally used to stab the opponent in the back also disappeared, which made Zhang Ye a little displeased and worried.

Another familiar T-shaped fork.

Zhang also slowed down his pace, slowly leaned his body against the wall on one side, and carefully looked towards the right passage.It was pitch black near the passage, only two torches hung on the far wall, illuminating a bright area, where there were two soldiers living corpses guarding a cell door.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ye turned his body slightly and turned his gaze to the passage on the left.Not far away, there are also two torches hanging on the wall, but at the end is an upward step.
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If you want to move forward from the steps on the left, you have to deal with the two corpses of soldiers at the end of the passage on the right... After all, this is not a game, who knows how good their eyesight is?It will be troublesome if I get backstabbed while exploring the left side...

Thinking silently in his heart, Zhang Ye put the broad sword in his hand in front of him, and walked quickly towards the passage on the right.Sure enough, not long after he left the fork in the road, the two living corpses of soldiers at the end of the passage noticed him and rushed over with long swords in their hands.

When he was less than five meters away from the first soldier's corpse, Zhang Ye decisively stamped his right foot on the ground, and his body rushed out like an arrow from the string.

"Touch—chi—"

The living corpse of the soldier was knocked back two steps by Zhang Ye forcefully, and even blocked the living corpse of the soldier behind, and it already had a terrible penetrating wound in its throat.

The living corpse of the soldier behind was not slow to react, and immediately slashed at him with a sword.But Zhang Ye was faster than it, and the broad sword in his hand had already slashed with the sound of breaking the wind.

"puff--"

In just a few seconds before and after, Zhang Ye had successfully dealt with the two living corpses of soldiers.Seeing their bodies being swallowed by the mist, Zhang Ye couldn't help but feel a heroic feeling in his heart.When dealing with the living corpses of soldiers for the first time, he was cautious.Now they can directly deal with two and easily kill the enemy.

I have really become stronger!

Zhang Ye skillfully squatted down and touched the white light cluster on the ground, and obtained 100 soul fragments again.
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Now these soldiers' living corpses are simply giving me experience...

Zhang Ye raised his eyebrows happily, planning to open the prison door in front of him.But as soon as the hand was pushed up, the cell door didn't move at all.
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Um?what's going on?
Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then bent over to look.
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locked?
After shaking the prison door vigorously, the iron-cast prison door was still motionless, which made Zhang feel a little depressed.Looking in through the window of the prison door, there is only a corpse lying on the ground and a huge white light cluster on his body in the prison.
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It seems to be a hidden reward, but it's a pity that I can't get it now.

Zhang also curled his lips helplessly, kicked the prison door twice, and finally turned around helplessly, and walked towards the steps in the distance, his face was full of displeasure.

However, as soon as he walked to the passage where he came from before, Zhang Ye heard a strange bell.

"Jingle Bell--"

The sound of the bell came from above the steps, but the sound of heavy footsteps came from the passage opposite. Zhang Ye hurriedly clenched the broadsword, thought for a while and switched to holding it with both hands, staring straight at the passage in front of him.

A tall figure wearing dark silver plate armor and holding a big sword appeared in front of Zhang Ye, and rushed over just as Zhang Ye found him.

The other party's body was a little fuzzy, very much like the first time Zhang Ye saw Ivy in the carriage.
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Fog? "-
Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression straightened.

The passage was a bit narrow, and Zhang also knew that the opponent's weapon was huge, and it was difficult for him to dodge it.But the opponent is also not easy to use, so close combat is the best choice.

With this in mind, Zhang also stamped his right foot on the ground without hesitation, and rushed forward again.

However, just when Zhang Ye was about to get close, the other party suddenly raised the big sword in his hand in front of him.

"when--"

The broad sword slammed into the spine of the big sword, making a dull impact sound, and Zhang Ye's forward body stopped suddenly. Due to the shock force in his hand, the broad sword almost fell out of his hand!But the opponent just leaned back slightly, and didn't even move his footsteps!

What a lot of strength!
Zhang Ye's internal organs were churning, which made him almost squirt blood.This was the first time he was deflated after using a charge, and he had never felt so uncomfortable when dealing with the flame demon before!
Zhang Ye knew that the opponent was far from being comparable to the living corpses of the soldiers before, so he decisively stabbed out the broad sword in his hand quickly.

"Ding--"

Just when the broadsword was about to penetrate the gap between the opponent's helmet and the breastplate, the opponent stood up suddenly, and the tip of the broadsword was blocked by the breastplate.Zhang Ye sighed in his heart, knowing that he had lost the opportunity.

The other party also seemed to know that his big sword was not easy to use in this narrow passage, so he stretched out his left hand and grabbed Zhang Ye!
Although Zhang Ye didn't know the opponent's purpose, but when he thought of the opponent's terrifying strength, he retreated decisively.

Unexpectedly, this withdrawal hit the opponent's plan.

Because of the space to use it, the terrifying big sword stabbed over in an instant, and Zhang Ye could only barely block it by swinging the broad sword diagonally upwards in desperation.

"Dang—chi—"

There was a dull impact sound, and the broad sword was thrown away. Zhang Ye stared at his left arm with wide eyes——

The huge sword tip pierced his left arm, sinking into the flesh for about half an inch!

Zhang Ye was terrified. He couldn't open enough to see the injury on his left arm. He took a big step backwards to increase the distance from the opponent, but he accidentally bumped into the wall behind him.

But the next moment, something that shocked Zhang Ye happened again—the wall behind him suddenly disappeared!

Because of the loss of support, Zhang Ye's body fell down.

Behind the wall is a cliff!Zhang also didn't react at all, and his body fell instantly...

"Puff-"

Zhang Ye's body fell heavily to the ground, and the severe pain that followed made him cry out in pain.

Gan!
Zhang Ye was lying on the ground in a large font, looking extremely painful.Perhaps what caused him pain was not only the physical discomfort, but also the helplessness of losing the long sword and broad sword of the Atrean soldiers one after another.

Although he knew that this underground prison was not so easy to explore, Zhang Ye never thought that he would lose two weapons in succession!Although he still has the two samurai swords obtained by defeating Hirazawa, Zhang Ye is completely at a loss now—at least facing the previous enemy wearing plate armor and holding a big sword, Zhang Ye has completely lost confidence.

After an unknown period of time, the physical pain has eased, but Zhang Ye's heart is still depressed.

Under such circumstances, Zhang also admired Jack Rhodes, the onion knight who was imprisoned earlier, more and more.Zhang also hopes that he can still maintain an optimistic attitude under that kind of adversity.

But in fact, it has something to do with each person's personality.People like Onion Knights are likely to be optimistic by nature, even if they encounter difficulties, they will not give up easily.And Zhang Ye is more like ordinary people. After experiencing many setbacks, he will be discouraged, frustrated, suspicious and entangled.

But at this time, he may only need one reason to stand up again-whether the reason is reliable or not, as long as he can convince himself or just need one reason is enough.For Zhang Ye, whether it is to pass the blood test, decipher the secret of the world administrator, find the reason why "it" is hidden in this test, or return to the present world, all are reasons worth fighting for. It is also his responsibility.

Just now, there was another reason - to rescue the onion knight Jack Rhodes.

Gritting his teeth, Zhang also got up from the ground, and only then had time to slowly observe the surrounding environment.

This is a relatively open hall, except that the walls on all sides look a little newer than the prison walls seen before, the others are almost the same as the ones seen before.It's just that there is nothing in the hall in front of me, and there is only a half-open iron door in front of the exit.

Making sure he didn't miss anything, Zhang Ye raised his foot and was about to walk towards the iron gate, but at this moment he suddenly heard voices coming from outside the gate! -
Um?what happened?Is there anyone else in this underground prison?Could it be another administrator?

Zhang Ye pondered for a while, then quietly hid beside the iron gate and listened attentively.

"...Why are there so many imperial troops tonight?"

"You don't know yet? I heard that a big man was imprisoned in the 'cell' underground!"

"Big man? Then there is no need to send troops to garrison?"

What do you know!I heard that the man came from the palace..."

The sound of the conversation became farther and farther here, presumably the two people who were talking to each other had already walked away.

But Zhang also fell into a great shock.

Imperial army, big shot, army, palace... these words seem to be nothing at first glance.But the problem is, this is Atreia's underground prison!

But... I remember that the silver-armored old man said that the Atreya Empire has perished for a thousand years!Could it be that something extraordinary has happened to this country called Atreia?What does this have to do with the blood test?
It looks like a conversation between administrators or NPCs, but it looks like a daily conversation between jailers in Atrea!
But...how is this possible?

Zhang Ye thought about it, and hurriedly raised his head to look back.

However, a scene that shocked him appeared—a completely sealed ceiling above his head!
impossible!
I fell from above, but... why is there no hole in the ceiling?What is going on with all this?

Zhang Ye instantly felt an indescribable chill rising from the soles of his feet all the way to Tianling Gai.

When he first came to this dark underground prison, Zhang also didn't feel afraid.Even after seeing such disgusting and frightening monsters as the Lost Man and the Flame Demon, Zhang was still able to maintain himself.

But now, Zhang Ye was really flustered.

Whoever it is, suddenly hears something that should have appeared a thousand years ago, I'm afraid it's hard to calm down!
After struggling for a long time, Zhang Ye still boldly opened the iron gate slowly.Into the eyes is a horizontal passage, the walls on both sides of the passage are covered with burning torches, illuminating the entire passage extremely brightly.

But... This is completely different from the underground prison scene I saw before!

The stone walls on both sides of the passage were also intact, and not far away were two men wearing leather armor, holding torches and short swords, gradually walking away.
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Presumably they were the two who spoke just now.

Zhang Ye frowned deeply, but he began to think about countermeasures in his heart.

"Hey, Sigurd! What are you doing in a daze? Don't deliver the food yet!"

A thick voice came from the other side, and Zhang Ye was startled suddenly, the secret path was terrible.

Zhang Ye, who was just about to take out the samurai sword from the small leather pouch around his waist to resist, saw a big face full of beards appearing in front of his eyes.

"Qiglu, what did you do last night? Why did you look so ugly?"

Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then he said in surprise: This person... is talking to me?But... isn't my name Zhang Ye?Why did he call me Sigurd?Could it be that the two of us look alike, and he has the wrong person?And... why does he have a normal face?Shouldn't there be living corpses here?Is he also an NPC here?What happened to the "delivering food" in his mouth?

Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Ye's mind.

"you……"

As soon as Zhang Ye opened his mouth, he froze for a moment.

I can't help but... I can actually talk again! ! !

The bearded man on the opposite side patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I don't want to know about your crap. Hurry up and deliver food to that 'adult', what time is it!"

Zhang Ye raised his eyebrows, and immediately said with a smile: "Yes, I will go right away!"

After speaking, he tentatively walked towards the direction that the bearded man had come, but the other party neither blocked nor said anything, and Zhang also knew that he should be walking in the right direction.

Walking quickly to a corner, Zhang Ye quickly turned in, then leaned against the corner and thought secretly.

Judging from the chatter and bearded words of the two jailers earlier, a big man from the Atreya Palace should be imprisoned on the lower floor of the prison, and "my" job should be to deliver meals to that big man... From this point of view, "I" should often meet with that adult... so I should just deliver meals now?
Since it is unclear what the situation is, it may be best to follow their prompts for the time being.Perhaps this is what is called a "game tip".

Thinking of this, Zhang also made up his mind to find the adult's meal first, and then deliver it to him.

After continuing to walk about 50 meters along the passage in front of him, Zhang also found two patrolling soldiers in front of him, dressed differently from the previous ones with beards.

It seems...they should be the imperial soldiers stationed here!
Zhang also lowered his head slightly, intending to walk over quickly.

Unexpectedly, when the two sides were about to pass by each other, one of the imperial soldiers quickly stuffed a wooden box into Zhang Ye's hand, and then whispered: "This is what the prince wants, you send it quickly!"

Zhang Ye was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly nodded.

However, after the two imperial soldiers left, Zhang Ye looked at the black wooden box in his hand in shock.

What does the prince want?

Could it be that "big man"...

Is it the prince of Atreia?