Chapter 194: Chapter 142: Run Fast, _1


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    “Are those ahead friends of Dark City!? Do you know the Dark Knight Emperor Piero?” Negris called out.


    The figure in shadow had sheathed his de, moving back a bit, a vacant figure in the air: “Are you the God of Knowledge?”


    “Yes, yes, that’s me, but how do you know I’m the God of Knowledge?” Negris was surprised. Lisa and Ferlin hadn’t revealed his identity as the God of Knowledge to those of Dark City.


    The figure in shadow spoke with resentment: “That traitorous Piero mentioned you in secret code. Upon seeing you, I remembered. I am Rogge of the Steadfast Bone, one of the twelve ck Knights. I have met the God of Knowledge before.”


    Upon hearing this name, Negris seemed to remember something: “Are you Rogge, one of the twelve ck Knights? Have you been promoted to Dark Knight Emperor?”


    “Yes, Lord of Knowledge, you… you’ve lost weight.” Rogge responded sorrowfully.


    “Why do you call Piero a traitor? What’s with the secret code? And why are you in Dark City? And what’s with the whole retinue you have?” Negris asked a slew of questions, surprised to encounter an old acquaintance.


    “It’s inconvenient to talk in the air. Shall we, the Lord of Knowledge, descend and talk on the grounds?” Rogge proposed. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The group descended to the ground, followed by the hovering Bone Dragon. As they drew closer, many could see the status of the Bone Dragon, causing an uproar: “A Bone Dragon! A Bone Dragon can fly? How is that possible?”


    At Rogge’smand, hordes of individuals emerged from the sandy soil, forming the long queue they had seen in the air. Some hurried over to set up tables and chairs, soon creating a makeshift outdoor meeting ce.


    Negris noticed that these people were all undead witches. They looked ragged and withered but were otherwise clean. The rotting parts of their bodies were skillfully reced with different metallic substances and tes that resembled decorations.


    Both host and guest seated themselves, but Negris noticed that there was only Rogge as the host. He couldn’t help but ask, “Where are the rest of the ck Knights?”


    Rogge replied, “They’re dead. Of the twelve ck Knights, only I remain.”


    “What happened?” Negris inquired.


    Perhaps he had bottled up for too long. Upon meeting a familiar face, Rogge couldn’t help but vent his feelings and started to narrate the series of past events enthusiastically.


    After the king disappeared, Pierro and the twelve ck Knights came to the Prime Material ne. They hid quietly for a while until disagreements arose between Pierro and the ck Knights.


    The twelve ck Knights intended to conquer arge territory and reestablish the Undead Empire in the Prime Material ne.


    However, Piero thought they were delusional. The Undead in the Prime Material ne were like rootless water, incapable of flourishing. He imed they would do better to reincarnate as humans and integrate into human society.


    Neither party could persuade the other, and a fight broke out. Piero took on the twelve ck Knights on his own.


    Back then, Piero was a Knight of the Imperial level, while the twelve ck Knights were at the Duke level. Even though they outnumbered Piero, the battle was evenly matched. Granted, Piero was holding back, or else a few of the ck Knights would have been killed.


    They parted ways after the duel, and the ck Knights grouped together and invaded the Prime Material ne. Not long after, they drew the attention of the Church of Light, the Human Empire, and the Elves, forcing them to go into hiding.


    About two or three decadester, after the heat died down, they reemerged and caused another coalition between the Church of Light and the humans, forcing them to hide again. This time, only ten of them remained.


    Then one day, they discovered a note while hiding. It said one word: “Run.” The note, bearing Piero’s insignia, burned itself to ashes five seconds after they read it.


    Better safe than sorry, the ck Knights hurriedly fled. They had just escaped when they found out that the Church of Light had a tightly-knit webid around their hiding spot, the ancient castle. Even in the sky, there were over ten spirits hovering about.


    After that, every time they encountered danger, a secret letter or message would be delivered to them. The method was different each time, but all the messages were designed to burn after reading. Once, a ck Knight came to deliver a message, iming to be under Piero.


    It was evident that Piero had reincarnated as a ck Knight again. This wasn’t surprising since Piero himself invented the method to reincarnate into a ck Knight.


    Despite Piero’s intel, the ranks of the ck Knights, including Rogge, continued to decrease. The humans were well-resourced and relentless, allowing them to fail hundreds of times. As long as they seeded once, they could deal a grave blow to Rogge and his team.


    They realized that establishing the Undead Empire in the conquered territory was impossible. Chased and blocked by human forces, they were gradually pushed to the location of Dark City in the desert. There, they found a safe haven and made it their home three hundred years ago.


    During their exile, they collected and saved many undead beings, including undead witches. Many of them were utterly clueless, lonely shadows. They didn’t even know why they had changed, and they didn’t understand what Undead meant.