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Chapter 890: Chapter 846 My Master is Very Powerful!_1 Chapter 890: Chapter 846 My Master is Very Powerful!_1 Victoria, Shuihua, and Lance were all feeling a bit disoriented.

The moment the airship crossed the city wall—even if it only crossed on a horizontal coordinate while the vertical distance from the airship to the ground was still hundreds of meters—they suddenly felt a sense of confusion in their minds, then they saw the back of their own heads.

In bewilderment, they watched as their bodies suddenly tilted forward and fell off the deck, then were pulled back by three arms piercing through their chest.

Victoria blinked, looked around and found that suddenly no one could see her—

Everyone was busy tending to the three unconscious people, and completely ignored her standing nearby, even people walking through her body.

“Am I…

out of body?”

Victoria speculated, but immediately, another question emerged: “Where’s Shuihua?

Where’s Lance?”

Shuihua and Lance were thinking the same thing at the time.

-They’d both become solitary spirits.

Even the team channel was locked.

“Is this…the beginning of a mission?”

“Is the final part a personal storyline?”

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Lance quickly accepted reality and made the most reasonable guess.

He passed through the crowd, took a look at Shuihua who was lying on a woman’s lap and being well looked after by several female players, so he turned around confidently and left the crowd, without any hesitation he took his step off the airship and began to free fall!

After realizing he was “out of body”, he immediately thought of the right way to get to the mission point—

Without a body, how could he die from falling?

He had never heard of a spirit dying from a fall.

Not only that, but during the fall, he also managed to take out his life card, adjusted his posture according to the guidance of the blood points in trying to land closer to the target.

…

Compared to Lance who didn’t delay for a second to accept this and take action, Victoria was not so decisive.

By the time Lance was about to hit the ground, she was still interacting with the viewers on the deck.

Now, the viewers in the live broadcast room were all shouting:

“Assistant, please move, we want to see Shuihua.”

“Assistant, what are you doing?

Wake the anchor up!”

…

Victoria, who was frustrated by these comments, immediately gave a one minute mute warning to the room administrator who was the most active.

Only then did she accept reality and, looking at the much slower airship, began to think about how to get down.

After Shuihua found out she was alone, without any followers and not being watched by the live-streaming lens, she turned her eyes, and walked into the crowd.

She didn’t look at herself, but kept staring at Lance for a good while, then suddenly looked around guiltily, making sure she wasn’t discovered before quickly turning around and leaving.

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About to hit the ground, Lance felt his descent was much slower than before, probably due to the fact that he wasn’t in his physical body.

He sank into the dense fog much slower than expected.

-Initially watching from above, he thought the fog was blocking his view, making it unclear to see the details of the city streets.

But as his altitude got lower and lower, not only did the fog remain constant, it thickened.

By the time Lance set foot on the ground, the city was completely immersed in winter fog, with a visibility of less than five meters.

Even sounds seemed to be swallowed up by the fog, making the city eerily quiet.

If this was Super Tomato, he might have wondered what was happening, but Lance didn’t dwell on these things.

He used his life card as a compass and headed straight to the mission point.

His biggest challenge was that he couldn’t see far in the fog and wasn’t familiar with the map of Luoyang – having finally got a rough idea of Chang’an’s map, he was suddenly thrown into Luoyang, blindfolded.

It would be strange if he didn’t get lost!

Lance’s solution to this was – walk in a straight line!

He walked where there was a road, jumped over walls where there was none.

No matter what the original path was, he took the straight line.

Thanks to this strategy, just three minutes later, Lance heard different sounds—

The sound of horse hooves, horse neighs, collisions of metal armor, and…

a strange “jet” sound.

Without a second thought, he gripped his sword tightly and headed straight to the direction where the sound came from.

A wall appeared in front of him.

Lance expertly stepped on the wall, jumped over it, and saw the source of the noise.

But what appeared before him was completely unexpected—

A robust knight, dressed in a perfectly fitting heavy armor, was riding a muscular warhorse also clad in a heavy armor.

He held a blazing-hot horse-cutting saber single-handedly, ready to strike down!

In front of him was a young girl, with her bare shoulders soaked in blood, her face pale, and a look of fear and helplessness on her face.

That was the girl of his dreams!

She was the “sister”–Shirley that every NPC had mentioned repeatedly, cherished, and loved in all the main missions of the game within these days.

This scene was exactly the one in the dream at the beginning of the game, it was exactly the right moment!

The next moment, the red-hot horse-cutting saber slashed down!

This terrifying creature was about to slay his sister right in front of Lance.

“Clang!”

A crisp sound echoed as the sword met the saber.

Although surprised by this déjà vu, Lance reacted immediately, jumped off the wall to block the attack, receiving the blow in a rather awkward position.

The consequence was that while blocking the blow in mid-air without a point of support, he was knocked back by the force of the attack.

The horse-cutting saber which looked like it could melt into iron any moment, not only maintained its incredible hardness and toughness unexpectedly, but also splattered hot iron at the moment when the sword met the saber, scalding a crescent scar on Lance’s left cheek.

Lance rolled on the ground twice and got up without any hesitation.

He sprinted forward in two paces, raising his sword to protect the young girl in front of him.

The bizarre fantasy version of Iron Buddha slightly turned his head, shifting his gaze to Lance.

Just as Lance thought it was time for threats and warnings, the eyeholes of the iron helmet suddenly ignited in red flame!

With a vehement hissing sound, a dense fog erupted from his armored suit, merging with the surrounding mist!

Giant flaming red and black characters materialized above this terrifying creature’s shoulders—

『Nightmare Knight』!

Lance’s eyes widened in sudden shock!

The fog enveloping the city was, in fact, emanating from this monster?

Thinking about his flaming eyes and the sparks generated from his horse-cutting saber…

Could it be that what covered the entire city wasn’t usual winter fog but some sort of dense smoke?!

Without giving him time to ponder, the saber was pointed at him again!

Lance could have dodged, but he didn’t.

He brandished his sword to block the attack, hoping to test the monster’s strength and decide whether to fight or flee.

So——

“Clang!”

Another clash of weapons which sparked like molten iron.

Lance was thrown back by the force of the strike, scraping long streaks into the ground with his feet.

It was obvious that he was at a clear disadvantage in terms of strength.

But— it was battle-able!

Lance nodded in full confidence, promptly throwing a short dagger ahead.

The Nightmare Knight dodged it and was infuriated by such provocative gestures.

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Roaring loudly at Lance, it even spat out sparks of fire!

Behind him, the injured young girl picked up his fallen life card.

She watched Lance’s side face, quickly racked her mind, and then cautiously called out, “Brother?”

Lance nodded smoothly, but instead of any tearful reunion amongst the siblings, he simply said, “Yes, it’s me.

We can talk after I finish this creature!”

“Wait, brother, it’s useless…” the young girl tried to dissuade him.

But she was seriously injured and spoke weakly, her voice completely covered by the sound of Lance’s whistling.

“Whistle-–”

The loud sound of the whistle echoed far in the fog.

“Mount the horse and go as far as you can.” Lance spoke before charging towards the edge of the Nightmare Knight’s blade.

—Just in case, if I lose, you may last longer, wait for a chance at revival, then find me again.

However, the girl shook her head, “No, it won’t work.

This is the other side of the city, where we are in our astral forms.

Master said it’s once in a century that someone with the potential to enter here appears, and it’s even less likely for a horse.”

Just as her words fell, a neat, loud neigh suddenly echoed in the fog, followed by the rhythmic sound of horse hooves.

Then, a beautiful silver-maned horse ran out of the thick fog, appearing in front of the young girl.

The girl, looking at this “soul horse,” had a blank expression on her delicate face, stumbling on her words: “Wh…what’s going on?

Master couldn’t lie to me, could he?”

Lance kicked against the shoulder armor of the Nightmare Knight, trying to knock him off the horse, but it was of no use.

As he landed, he pointed at the horse under the Nightmare Knight: “Isn’t there already a horse here?”

“That one…that one doesn’t count!

That one’s originally a creature of this world!” The young girl responded, obviously agitated.

“Well, maybe this horse also has a one-in-a-million quality!” Lance casually commented.

—In fact, he was well aware that this was the [game mechanism].

No matter where you are, as long as you can blow the horse whistle, the horse will definitely respond to the call and appear before you.

Even if you stand on a rooftop tens of meters high, just blow the horse whistle, turn around, and you will find your horse standing on the rooftop as well.

It’s that ridiculous.

The young girl’s face reflected her confusion, but she didn’t waste time.

She stroked the horse’s back, and the silver-maned horse obediently squatted down to make it easier for her to mount, also gently rubbing its head against her.

It seemed to recognize her as the owner who once took care of it.

Once Shirley got on the horse, she once again spoke to Lance, “Don’t fight anymore, brother!

Aim for its legs!

Let’s run together!

There are a lot of these monsters!

They’re endless!”

“Huh?” Lance had just experienced a splash of molten iron on his hair, burning off a patch, “You should’ve mentioned it earlier…”

While he looked for a chance to aim at the horse’s legs, he asked, “Then how can we do it safely?

By leaving this foggy world?”

The young girl shook her head, “No way, I’ve tried, but I don’t know why, I just can’t leave!”

“But running without a plan isn’t a solution, right?” Lance proposed a violent solution with killing intent, “What if we kill all these monsters?

The fog seems to be exhaled by them.

If we kill them all, the fog will disperse, right?”

“Huh?” Shirley clearly hadn’t thought that her long-lost older brother could be such a violent brute!

She stammered for a moment before saying, “These monsters are everywhere, too many to kill…right?

Let’s avoid any unnecessary risks.

I don’t want to see you get hurt trying to save me.

Let’s just run away?”

“As long as we hold on, I’m sure Master will come to rescue us!”

Shirley apparently didn’t want to fight and had full trust in her master.

—In previous tasks related to martial arts, her teacher had also mentioned: Shirley is too kind and always very careful when sparring with others, always worrying about hurting them.

Even though she has great potential, she consistently performs only at seventy percent of her capacity.

Lance blinked, “Your master?

Who is it?

If there are monsters everywhere in the city, can he kill them all?”

“He surely will!” Shirley expressed full confidence, “My master is extremely, extremely, extremely powerful!!”