Capítulo 726: Chapter 253 The Influence and Escape of Grey Mist

“Thank you for your kindness, but there’s no need, we still have other people in need of our help.”

In response to the sincere invitation of the Knight Captain, Landon and the others exchanged glances before shaking their heads, politely declining his proposal.

Due to Anvis and Fiona wearing helmets that obscured their aura, Landon and the others did not immediately notice the presence of the two in their group.

“…I hereby, on behalf of the Empire Rose Knight Order, extend the highest respect to everyone’s honorable spirit of fearing neither death nor danger in helping others.”

Hearing their words, the knights all looked on with solemn respect. The Knight Captain who had earlier spoken with them even lifted his visor, placed his right fist to his chest plate in a bump, and gave them a formal salute.

Many times, the virtues of knights, such as not fearing the mighty and helping the weak, are not even adhered to by the real knights. However, these civilian Professionals were brave enough to stand out during times of crisis and help the weak escape from suffering.

However, Anvis, who was secretly sizing up Landon and the others, gradually began to frown.

At first, he was also somewhat surprised by the words and deeds of Landon and his group. Since when had the Starfire Resistance Army become a humanitarian organization?

But as he observed them closely, Anvis slowly began to sense that something was off.

If he looked closely through the perspective of destiny, he could see that there was a layer of vague grey Destiny Mist over the threads of destiny of the members of the Starfire Resistance Army, very similar to the handiwork of his old friend ‘Grey Mist’.

On Landon, Roche, and Alisa, the influence of this power, favored by destiny, was very slight. Matt was also barely affected due to Anvis having previously implanted a Twisted Seed within him.

Nevertheless, several ordinary members of the Resistance Army following them were much more significantly affected.

This change must have appeared recently because when Anvis last contacted Matt and another former high-ranking member of the Embers Organization, he had not detected any abnormalities in them.

Anvis did not believe that other Eighth Rank Prophets would fail to notice the problem. After all, the Starfire Organization had spread far and wide, and the other several Eighth Rank Prophets were more or less involved in it. And it would be impossible to conceal such changes.

In other words, Grey Mist was no longer afraid of exposing his movements?

Although there were many questions, the enemy was no longer prepared to give Anvis time to study the situation in detail.

Including the one that had previously been heavily wounded and fled, a total of three shadow-like ‘Faceless’ reappeared and without a word, launched an attack on everyone.

The Dark Force Field merged into one, surging like a tide and spreading over them in an overwhelming blanket.

At the same time, numerous dark green Magic Balls infused with terrifying Divine Power flickered in and out of existence within the Dark Force Field.

The lethality of any single one was enough to seriously contaminate the spiritual power of Seventh Rank Professionals.

“Defend!”

As the Knight Captain shouted hoarsely, the many knights urgently changed formation and activated their legion defense Skill in the nick of time. A huge white Shield enveloped everyone within it, barely blocking the sweeping darkness.

But this was not a sustainable solution; as the Pollution Magic Balls hidden in the darkness collided with the Fighting Spirit Barrier, the light of the shield rapidly began to flicker, and the complexions of many knights began to pale, clearly on the brink of collapse.

They were after all Sixth Rank, and for them, under the command of a Seventh Rank Knight Captain, to hold out against an Eighth Rank level attack for a while was already an extremely commendable feat.

“This won’t do! I will use a Mysterious Object to break through the enemy’s blockade and apply a thirty-second Perception shield to everyone, then immediately scatter and flee! Run as far as you can.”

At this moment, Anvis’s spiritual power communicated telepathically within the minds of everyone present.

To deal with this kind of enemy, relying on the knights was already insufficient.

“Prepare to burn the Life Seed to break through the enemy blockade, and scatter to escape immediately!”

Hearing his words, the Knight Captain, who equally knew that they were at a life-and-death juncture, clenched his teeth and resolutely issued the command to burn the Life Seed.

This would severely weaken them for a long time, and if the burning of the Life Seed went on too long, it might even cause permanent damage to their foundations.

But when compared to their own lives, these consequences seemed insignificant.

“At times like this, I really envy those foreigners who can recover from any kind of serious injury.”

At the final moment, such a thought unexpectedly flashed through the Knight Captain’s mind.

The next moment, an ice-blue ring on Anvis’s little finger suddenly emitted a dazzling brilliance.

A vivid ‘Frost Crystal Bird’, made entirely of transparent pale blue ice crystals, flew out from the gemstone of the ring and then rapidly swelled in the air, its spread wings gradually covering everyone in the team.

“Screech—”

With a hint of the Rule Power of ice, the crystalline bird let out a sharp cry, abruptly breaking through the Shield and crashing into the dark ‘Tide’ outside.

The next moment, a terrifying ice storm erupted from the darkness, the extremely concentrated ultra-low temperature force field instantaneously shredding the darkness, coating everything within a kilometer radius with silver-white frost.

Three Faceless also had to dodge the brunt of this attack, which had some of the might of a Ninth Rank.

In this biting cold, a thin layer of silver frost likewise covered the surface of everyone’s bodies, but instead of feeling cold, their own breaths were completely frozen and locked in, even the light shining on their bodies was distorted.

After unleashing this terrifying attack, the precious Magic Gem on Anvis’s ring directly shattered, and the entire ring was completely destroyed.

It was something Anvis had personally provided materials for and had asked the Duke to make for him, in preparation for a situation just like this.

“Charge!”

Seizing the opportunity, the Knight Captain immediately gave the order.

Thereupon, many knights ignited their Life Seeds and broke through the enemy in all directions. Anvis and Fiona, under the Knight Captain’s protection, fled towards the outskirts of the city.

It’s unknown if it was by coincidence, but the direction of the Resistance Army’s escape almost coincided with their original direction of leaving the city.

Since everyone looked pretty much the same at the moment, the three Faceless could not discern their specific identities for a while and had to quickly disperse to pursue, trying their luck to intercept.

As time passed and the ice crystal effect faded, a Faceless picked up on the trail of Anvis and others fleeing.

The Knight Captain tried to stay behind to entangle it, buying time for Fiona and others to escape, but was beaten half to death within just a couple of exchanges.

At the critical moment, Anvis feigned activating another one-time use Artifact Ring as a deterrent, temporarily forcing back the Faceless, and rescued him to continue fleeing.

At this time, they ran into Landon Rock and others again.

Taking into consideration that among Anvis and his group there were those seriously injured, and after ‘collaborating’ with Anvis to drive away the pursuing Faceless, Landon Rock and his peers held a secret discussion and ultimately still brought Anvis and his group to a secret stronghold of the Starfire Organization.

“We’re safe for now that we’ve arrived here.”

Having activated the stronghold’s protection and concealment Arrays, Landon finally breathed a sigh of relief.