Chapter 33

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

The cute and clumsy astrologist appeared before Fang Zheng. At this moment, she was extremely happy; her fists were clenched as she gazed at Fang Zheng. There was a gleeful look on her face.

“It’s great to see you doing all well and fine. I thought something went wrong… I’m really sorry. I’m not that proficient… but I really met you here!”

“Wait, wait, wait, are you telling me that you have been specifically waiting for me here?”

Fang Zheng couldn’t help but be stunned upon hearing her words while the clumsy sister nodded in agreement.

“Yes, Mister Fang Zheng, don’t you know? The star of fate has the function of specifying the directions. I judged that you were safe and sound through your stars. Furthermore, the direction of stars indicated that you should be heading in this direction. So, I came here with Sir Shidon. However… this place seems really dangerous.”

“Shidon? Anyway, where is my Master?”

Fang Zheng was secretly shocked by the clumsy sister’s reply. He hadn’t expected his destiny star to have such a role. No wonder this world gave him a feeling that the law and order were particularly good here. This thing was simply more terrifying than DNA and fingerprint identification. Those who were good or bad were still needed to be compared but as long as one had a grasp of the opposite party’s star of destiny, one could deduce 80-90% of the opposite party’s situation. If someone committed a crime, they didn’t need to search the entire city. They only needed to find the direction of the star of destiny and send someone to search for a bit. That was enough to have everything done.

“Sir Shidon had gone down to investigate. When we came here, we saw a lot of undead creatures. They seemed to have caught a few paladins. Sir Shidon thought that there was something wrong with this picture, so he went down to have a look and asked me to stay here.”

Perhaps because someone she was familiar with was within her sight, the clumsy girl wasn’t as nervous as she was at first.

“You alone…?”

While speaking, Fang Zheng looked at that strange, black cheetah beside her. It seemed to have realized that Fang Zheng wasn’t its owner’s enemy, so it ran back to the girl and began to look around. However, if Fang Zheng’s memory served him right, he hadn’t seen anything similar to it by the clumsy girl’s side before.

“Ah, this is my partner, star spirit. I specifically called it to protect me. I’m very sorry. It only noticed someone approaching. It didn’t mean to attack you. Mister Fang Zheng, I’m really sorry.”

Sensing Fang Zheng’s curious gaze, the clumsy little girl hurriedly explained.

I have to admit that this clumsy little girl’s voice is really perfect for apologizing. As long as she raises her head and says sorry in a low voice, looking at you uneasily, then coupled with her soft and melting voice, she simply makes others feel that if they continue to embarrass her anymore, they will be punished by Heaven itself. 

Fang Zheng couldn’t help but feel that if this girl started a company specifically responsible for apologizing to others on Earth, her business would boom and she would rake in money every day.

But after glancing at the black cheetah by her side for a second time, Fang Zheng had to refresh his view on this world’s martial strength. After having been training with Shidon for such a long time, he almost had the insight of a genuine knight. So, the moment he clashed with the black cheetah, Fang Zheng understood immediately that the black panther’s strength was on par with those templar warriors who were in charge of guarding the church. As a matter of fact, the clumsy girl was absolutely safe with such a guard next to her.

However, Fang Zheng didn’t think that this clumsy girl, who seemed completely innoxious, had such combat prowess. Originally, he believed that astrology was an auxiliary profession like alchemy, but now it seemed that there was no such limit in this world. As if any profession had a certain degree of combat ability.

Fortunately, the clumsy girl and Shidon were here. Fang Zheng could heave a sigh of relief now. He still had been thinking about how to leave but now it seemed that he didn’t have to worry about this anymore.

Tap Tap Tap…

At this moment, Fang Zheng keenly heard a series of footsteps coming from behind him, stunning him a bit. These footsteps sounded very similar to those of Marth and others but they were somewhat different as well. Before Fang Zheng could turn back to take a look, the clumsy girl before him waved her hand, a happy look on her face.

“Ah, you are back. Miss Connie, I have found my companion.”

“Really!? That’s wonderful…”

Hearing the voice coming from behind, Fang Zheng finally turned to look at the opposite party. Behind him was a girl wearing silver armor much like that of Marth and others. She looked a bit older than the clumsy girl. She was about 20 years old. Her short and blond hair made her look more capable. She had a smile on her face but when she saw Fang Zheng’s appearance clearly, the expression of the girl named Connie suddenly distorted!

“So, you were here, Williams! Take my sword!”

Before her voice could even fade away, the female knight drew the long sword by her waist. An electric spark dazzled Fang Zheng’s vision before the female knight’s figure disappeared in the next moment. Immediately after, Fang Zheng heard the sword cutting through the air behind him, stabbing straight at this heart!

What the hell? 

Fang Zheng was startled by the opposite party’s sudden attack. But he hadn’t died in the world of Dark Souls hundreds of thousands of times in vain. His body immediately acted almost at the same time he sensed the attack. He rolled over to dodge the attack from the rear. Next, Fang Zheng grabbed the long sword’s hilt by his waist, turned back, drew his sword, and slashed upward. Immediately, the long sword in Connie’s hand was swept away by Fang Zheng with a light clang.

Be that as it may, the woman seemed to have no intention of stopping. She raised her brow as she slashed her sword, mixed in with another bout of lightning, at Fang Zheng. Her face was as cold as the frost itself. Immediately, glaring bolts of lightning crackled from her sword, enveloping Fang Zheng’s entire figure in a net of lightning.

If the tiger isn’t showing his prowess, are you really going to treat me like Hello Kitty? 

At this moment, Fang Zheng too had been infuriated by the other party’s relentless pursuit; he fiercely waved his longsword. Immediately, a deafening bang resounded from the ground as a huge, blood-red longsword suddenly shot from the ground, thrusting straight at the female knight.

Sword of Justice!

The knight hurriedly retreated in the face of this sudden blow. However, Fang Zheng would not miss this opportunity, obviously. Taking advantage of his opponent’s weak momentum, Fang Zheng split apart the lightning net that was surrounding him and fiercely waved his long sword fiercely at the female knight without a shred of hesitation. A streak of golden light immediately flew out of the sword, shooting straight towards the knight’s chest.

“Are you looking to die!?”

The knight roared in anger, looking at the golden sword of light flying at her. She raised her longsword high as a bolt of lightning came thundering down from the sky in the next moment, striking the female knight. Her entire figure was immediately wrapped in dazzling white lightning. In the next moment, the woman even pounced forward with the sword as the lightning streaking around her body formed into a huge lion, pouncing at Fang Zheng. As for Fang Zheng’s energy sword, it was crushed into nothing by the lightning, without even raising any wave or wind.

However, Fang Zheng would not give up just like that. Of course, this straight and simple attack wasn’t meant to injure the opponent. In fact, waves of divine energy had already begun to undulate on his body at this moment.

While the lion congealed from lightning pounced at Fang Zheng, an avalanche of countless rotating golden, long swords transformed into a giant dragon rising into the sky, flying straight at the oncoming huge claw of lightning!

BOOM!!!

The blue lightning and golden storm crashed into each other. In the next moment, the huge dragon’s countless swords of light pierced the thunder lion. But the thunder lion didn’t give up because of this. Its two claws dug deep into the giant dragon’s body, tearing open shocking wounds. 

“Damn it, what are you doing? Stop it!”

“Stop it, Mr. Fang Zheng!”

Right at this moment, two shouts suddenly reverberated across the sky as Marth and Shidon came running from left and right. They glanced at each other before they raised their weapons and waved them fiercely as the hurricane mixed in flames transformed into a huge blade and came crashing down from the sky, completely cutting the tangled lion and dragon apart. With a heavy and deafening explosion, the golden storm and lightning lion gradually dissipated, replaced by Fang Zheng and Connie.

“Huff… Puff…”

At this moment, the knight was squatting on the ground, gripping the long sword, gasping for air. The knight’s armor was cut and injured everywhere. Blood was seeping out of her body; she was quite a sorry figure.

Fang Zheng, on the other hand, fared a bit better than Connie. He didn’t suffer serious injuries, relatively speaking. The knight’s lightning was also a bit unbearable for him. His clean and tidy clothes were scorched here and there. Wisps of black smoke were wafting off the longsword in his hand…

“What the hell are you doing? Why did you guys start fighting?”

Shidon, furrowing his brow, quickly made his way to Fang Zheng, and started asking. Fang Zheng just shrugged his shoulder in response to Shidon’s queries. He didn’t know how to answer this. How would he have known that a paladin would suddenly emerge and start fighting him to death? Frankly speaking, Fang Zheng had never thought of making such a scene but what could he do if the opposite party was hell-bent on dragging him into this? Would he stick his neck out and let the other party behead him?

“Connie, what are you doing?”

At this moment, Marth too walked up to that female knight with a somber look on his face, looking at her with a frown.

“What’s going on here?”

“Comm… Commander…”

The knight raised her head upon hearing Marth’s voice. She gazed at him before turning her gaze at Fang Zheng, her face was immediately clouded with anger, once again.

“Commander! He is the cultist we have been looking for! He is Williams!”