The situation on the scene could be described as inexplicable for Brey.

What are those black-armored knights? I don't know.

Why did they all appear in this place? I don't know.

The only thing known is that things are going badly.

"Yi ya ah ah ah ah ah!!!" Virginia, who felt someone tap her shoulder, screamed in horror immediately.

This appearance is completely different from the usual Virginia.

"Calm down."

Brey's hand on Virginia's shoulder could clearly feel her fear.

"Brey...Brey...it's so scary!!! Ahhhh!!" Virginia looked at Brey with teary eyes and finally stopped screaming, but her words became incoherent.

"Even you useless fish got teleported here?" Blanche glanced at Brey.

"Teleported?" Brey frowned.

"Yes, the patterns on those bricks are all teleportation arrays." Blanche said solemnly.

Every exquisite pattern on each brick of the ruins is a miniaturized teleportation array, with the target being this arena.

God knows what the builders of the ruins were thinking.

If it's traps to deceive people, it's obviously a waste and unnecessary.

The methods that kill people without leaving a trace are much more powerful than this.

To put in so much effort and accurately teleport everyone inside the ruins to this godforsaken place, the meaning is unclear.

"Well, there's no other way."

"Hu..." Brey took a deep breath and drew his sword from behind.

"What do you want to do?" Blanche looked at Brey in confusion.

"What else can I do, go up." Brey stood up from his crouched position and glanced at Blanche.

"Do you think I suddenly acquired unparalleled strength and can fight those ghostly things alone?"

"You will die!!!" Blanche said seriously.

"Not struggling means death." Brey seemed to remember something and touched his eyepatch.

Brey's words left Blanche silent for a moment.

But in the end, Blanche still didn't have the courage to make the same choice as Brey.

Blanche remained sitting on the ground, shielding Virginia in front of her.

But Brey didn't blame Blanche. Out of the 2,000 adventurers, only a few hundred had the courage to stand up and fight.

Everyone knows that without a struggle, death is the result.

Unfortunately, knowing doesn't mean having such resolution.

Well, Brey doesn't think he went up to fight because he had a higher resolution.

Probably...he just didn't want to die so helplessly?

"Keep an eye on Virginia." Brey touched Blanche's head.

Blanche was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

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Brey is not a heroic figure who can overwhelm all opponents, and his joining didn't change the disadvantage of the adventurers in the slightest.

Countless attack spells landed on the black-armored knights, only causing minor damage.

"Chi la—" A sword broke in half, and its owner suffered the same fate.

The air was filled with blood, but it didn't tense the nerves of anyone present.

They had become numb. Since the gathering of these adventurers to resist these black-armored knights, scenes like this had happened over and over again.

This blood was insignificant compared to the blood that covered the ground.

"Ah ah ah ah!!!" A warrior who appeared very strong used all his strength to strike at a black-armored knight whose armor was beginning to shatter.

"Peng!!!" He aimed for the head! With this belief, the warrior decapitated the black-armored knight with a single strike.

The pitch-black helmet flew into the air, revealing the covered face.

In the next moment, the scene became incredibly silent.

Undoubtedly, it was a human face—

But the skin that almost glued to the skull, the two eye sockets without eyeballs, the mouth that was sealed with threads, seemed to indicate that these black-armored knights were not human.

"Don't just stand there!!!" Nisa shouted angrily.

In the short moment that everyone was stunned, a black-armored knight killed two adventurers and broke through the frontline.

"This is bad!!! The backline can't withstand even a blow!!!"An adventurer at the frontlines shouted.

Even if he didn't say it, everyone knew the fact.

But the problem was that no one could stop the Black Armored Knight!!!!

"Ding—"

Sparks flew, and then Brey was sent flying, crashing into a pillar.

But Brey didn't die.

Brey's hands went numb, and he looked at the "Last Sound" in his hands.

Sure enough, it wasn't some divine artifact, not even leaving a mark on that armor.

But Mira was right, the material was incredibly sturdy, living up to Barossa's sword used to cut strange things.

Brey was the first to react after the Black Armored Knight broke through the frontlines.

Or rather, Brey didn't even hesitate from the beginning.

Brey actually found it strange as well, adventurers were supposed to have seen all sorts of strange things, so why did they become dumbfounded at the sight of this face that was neither human nor ghost?

Having reacted, Brey rushed to the Black Armored Knight, attempting to block its advance.

Unfortunately, Brey was still not strong enough.

Rubbing his sore back, Brey stabilized himself.

In a critical moment, Brey successfully made the Black Armored Knight hesitate for a moment.

And gave Nisa the opportunity to stand in front of the Black Armored Knight!

Nisa gratefully glanced at Brey, then glared angrily at the Black Armored Knight in front of her.

The frontlines had been reorganized, the problem was this Black Armored Knight that had charged in.

There was no point in talking to these monsters.

Nisa held a large shield in her left hand, pressing it against the Black Armored Knight, the Knight's longsword in her right hand swung powerfully, aiming for its head.

"Judgment Strike!"

Mystic energy flowed, and the Knight's longsword effortlessly destroyed the Black Armored Knight's helmet.

The Black Armored Knight took a few steps back, then its shield aggressively smashed towards Nisa.

Nisa remained calm, lifting her shield to block.

Both sword and shield were continuously clashing against each other.

Metal collided, sparking and splattering around.

No adventurer was foolish enough to interfere with this battle.

Any action that disrupted Nisa's rhythm could lead to her defeat.

The adventurers who lacked the strength could only continue to resist the Black Armored Knights at the frontlines—

Using their lives as a shield.

Nisa remained expressionless, her Knight's longsword striking through every gap in the enemies' shields.

"Holy Light Radiance!!!"

The Black Armored Knight, illuminated by the suddenly glowing light from Lina's shield, started to burn with blue flames on its head.

"It really is a cursed artifact!!!" Nisa roared in anger.

Nisa, who believed in the "Son of Light," had a strong suppression effect against cursed artifacts.

"Sword of Judgment!!!!!!"

The Knight's longsword swept through the air, leaving behind a brief white afterimage.

And then the Black Armored Knight's head flew high into the air, burning with raging blue flames.

The decapitated Black Armored Knight seemed to have lost all of its strength, collapsing to the ground.

The heavy black armor made a dull sound as it hit the ground.

This sound reverberated in the arena, a pleasing melody in the ears of the surviving adventurers.

"We have adventurers capable of dealing with cursed artifacts!!! Attack the head!!!" Nisa stepped on the fallen Black Armored Knight's back, raising her sword high.

The adventurers who received the prompt took out their own means to deal with cursed artifacts.

Finally, they obtained the same fighting power as the Black Armored Knights.

Although adventurers were still falling one by one, at the same time, casualties among the Black Armored Knights were also increasing.

After five Black Armored Knights had fallen, the adventurers saw the dawn of victory.

"Hold on!!! We can win!!!" Even Nisa, with her constantly tensed face, revealed a smile.