Outside the back door of the town, people gathered together.

Because everyone lost their home to survive, they were depressed.

The one who felt the most uncomfortable was Lydia. She didn't expect that she would encounter such a thing again, and used the sacrifice of one person to exchange for the survival of most people.

This is how Moswood's death was. No matter how Lydia opposed it, she could not stop it in the end.

She secretly made up her mind to not let this happen again, but she never expected that the same thing would happen again so soon.

Sain was also very melancholy. He leaned against the city wall, his expression was dull, and he seemed to have completely lost hope.

Only Margaret was different. She was inlaid with a relaxed look on her face.

As planned, she planned to use all the gems at once to use her trump card and strengthen her magic power, so that she might be able to fight the Dark Knight.

Although the final result must be that he could not bear the load and died of explosions, it was better than watching Lydia be killed.

Fortunately, Emil winked at her, making her realize that they still have hope, so she avoided the situation of killing the death.

In a sense, Emil saved her life, of course, to be precise, Emil saved everyone in the town.

Daniel was the first to discover that something was wrong with Margaret. After all, everyone here was in a depressed mood, either desperate or sad, just her was completely different.

"...Margaret, I think you have a good relationship with Emile recently. Why are you not sad at all?"

"Hmm? Is there any?" Margaret said without comment, then smiled, "Haha, I just feel sad is useless. Since Emil acquiesced to exchange himself for everyone's life, we should express our gratitude to him and praise his decision. If you are sad about this, wouldn't you let him down?"

Daniel stared at her, and after a while, he finally believed her words.

At this time, a bloated man walked out of the crowd, and that was the nobleman of the town, George Carrell.

He walked over with a gloomy face, as if he was dissatisfied with Lydia and wanted to ask her for an explanation.

"Hey, Lydia, what's going on with your Knights? Haven't you made strategic deployment? Why do we still have to leave the town? What should I do with my land and property?"

"That's right, our industry is gone now, how do you take responsibility?" Other nobles also came over to help.

Lydia was upset and had no time to pay attention to them, so she had to say perfunctorily.

"...The enemy is too powerful, and everyone in the Knights can't beat it together. If anyone of you is not afraid of death, just go back, I won't stop you."

When George heard this, he immediately stared at her like a fat cat furry.

"Hey, you damn girl, why did you talk to me? What about your knight etiquette? Let the dog eat it?"

Daniel immediately stood up when he heard that he was so ugly.

"Oh, I'm wondering too, my sister is usually very polite, why is she so rude now? Could it be that Lord George, you ate her knightly manners?"

"You, you..." George's face turned red with anger, and then he said viciously, "Okay, you have to go against me, right? Then no one of you can think of being the city lord, and you can't get the support of any noble."

"Hmph, if you don't, you won't be good. The towns have become like this. I still disdain to be the city lord."

In a fit of anger, Lydia vented all her resentment.

She originally thought she could follow Claisty with confidence, and then defeat the demons under the leadership of the Paladin, but she did not expect that Claisty would betray humans first.

Later, she hoped to get the support of the nobles, so that the flexible Emil would become the city lord, but now, in order to save the town, Emil decided to face the Dark Knight alone.

They have already paid too much for the town, and many knights have sacrificed their lives, but aristocrats like George are only worried about their land and property, which is too disappointing.

"Okay, since you knights are so useless, I will not count on you anymore. I can go to a larger town nearby. Master, I am still a nobleman. As for you, I regret not fulfilling my duties for the town here."

Daniel understood where he was talking about it. Sixty kilometers away from the town of Blackpoll, there was a larger town, and it was said that a candidate for the throne ruled there, but he had never been there.

Then, George left angrily, and he returned to the crowd, and did not know what he had said to the people, so he left with his servant.

The people hesitated for a while and finally followed him.

Next, other nobles and civilians left one after another. Not long after, more than a thousand people who originally gathered here are now only a few dozen.

Lydia just looked at them coldly, her heart was not fluctuating.

After a while, she suddenly had an idea, which was to go back and advance and retreat with Emil.

She had been determined to protect the town from the beginning, but now she no longer needs to do so. However, she had one thing she had to do, which was to protect Emil.

Not only because they agreed to compensate him, but also because they have been friends after getting along for the past few days.

"Brother, I want to go back to save Emil, where are you?" Lydia asked Daniel's opinion.

"Me?" Daniel fell into hesitation.

He was indeed grateful for everything Emil did for them, but now that they have the opportunity to survive, why should they take risks? If they are still wiped out in the end, wouldn’t they let Emil down?

"Really? I understand, then take care of yourself." Lydia saw Daniel's hesitation, and she didn't want to force it.

"What about you guys?" Lydia then looked at the remaining five knights.

As expected, they lost what they deserved to protect and had become unintentional to fight.

At this time, the only people who can still mobilize seem to be Margaret and Syne.

Margaret didn't have to worry. She had been preparing to support Emile. After all, Emile was only Lilith by his side, and even if he thought of a countermeasure, he might not be able to succeed.

As for Sain, Lydia actually doesn't want him to go because he really can't play a role, and it may hurt people if he says it, even if he goes, it will only become a burden.

Sain looked at their backs as they left, but he couldn't make a request that he wanted to go, after all, he was not an ignorant person.

Finally, when Daniel saw his sister go back, he had to sacrifice his life to accompany her. At worst, he would die together.

Now they have nothing worth protecting, so they are naturally relaxed and they don’t feel a pity even if they die.

So he patted Sain on the shoulder, signaling him to leave the place with the rest, and then returned to town without hesitation.

...

At the same time, in the weapons workshop.

Unlike what Margaret thought, Emile did not come up with a useful countermeasure, so he was very panicked now.

Although with Lilith's protection, he could at least deal with Pedro, but this was not a long-term solution. After all, part of Lilith's body was not protected by scales, and she would definitely be killed in the end.

The only thing he can do now is to see if he can do anything on the magic sword.

He carefully observed the cracks on the magic sword. They were indeed very serious. If there was a slight collision, it would probably crack all over.

At this time, he didn't know the connection between the magic sword and the Dark Knight, so he didn't expect that this might be the moment when he had the most chance to kill a Dark Knight.

"Well, Mr. Pedro, if you want to repair your magic sword, you probably need special materials, but what should I do here?"

Pedro seemed to have expected that he would say this, and took out something from the crack of the space again. It seemed to be a mass of metal, but it was completely different from the iron sheet mixed with white crystal ore, and it looked more shiny.

"This is……"

"Hmph, humans probably haven't seen it before, or they haven't heard of it. This is a metal mixed with the Golden Ray ore."

"...what? Jinhui Mine?" Emil was stunned for a moment, and suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Wow, it seems that I underestimated you. You have heard of it, right?" Pedro was a little disappointed when he saw his expression.

When Emil first met Lydia, he learned about the legend of four rare ores from her, and this Jinhui Mine is the most precious of them, and it was even once said to be a fictional thing.

But now he was met by a little blacksmith who had not yet become a forge. He also had some doubts about whether Pedro was making fun of him, but he quickly gave up this idea. After all, how could the dignified Dark Knight of the Demon clan joke with him an ant-like human?

"Yes, I just heard that human scholars thought it did not exist at all." Emil said bluntly.

"Haha," Pedro smiled proudly, "although they are very ignorant, they cannot blame them, because the Jinhui Mine is not something that humans can get."

"What does it mean?" Emil asked.

"Well... there is nothing to say," Pedro didn't want to answer the question, and then said, "But as long as you can repair the magic sword, I will tell you how to obtain the Golden Mine."

"...That's great, don't worry, I will help you fix it."

Emil suddenly became excited. After all, no forge was indifferent to the legendary ore, even though he had not yet become a forge.

He took the material as big as a fist, but unexpectedly he couldn't hold it with one hand at all. He quickly used both hands to force it together, and then he barely lifted it up.

Pedro couldn't help laughing when he looked so embarrassed, thinking that humans were really as weak as ants.

Emil took a lot of effort to put the materials into the stove, and then began a long burning process.

He didn't ask Lilith to help because this was his last method of survival and could not be directly exposed to Pedro.

So this burning was destined to last for a long time. Unexpectedly, Pedro was very patient at this time and had not spoken to Emil for a long time.

In this way, after a few hours, the materials in the stove showed no signs of melting.

"What's going on?" Emil was puzzled.

"Oh, it seems that it was my mistake. I really hope you can help." Pedro shook his head and sighed.

"……Well."

"Does go! Let me do it."

Pedro reached out to the stove, and then three floating flames appeared from his palm.

Those flames don't look special, but as they float into the stove, wrapping up the forged material.

The material that was still motionless after burning for several hours was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye. This scene made Emil stunned.

"Ah..."
To be continued...