Game Master: Infinite Amplification of Everything - Chapter 22 - Death Knight Citadel!
Evening.
Chen Fei finally arrived here.
This place stood in stark contrast to its surroundings.
The air was thick with a sinister aura.
The sky was filled with yellow dust and sand, making it feel like a land of deathly silence.
Desolation was the only sensation.
Ahead, a massive black fortress loomed amidst the sands.
This was the Death Knight Citadel.
Originally, it had been a military camp for Donglin City, a place for training soldiers.
However, the emperor of the Laien Empire did not permit the city lord to have more than five thousand private soldiers.
Thus, it was abandoned.
It became a desolate place.
Few people ever came here.
No one expected this place to become a stronghold for a demonic organization.
It served certain corrupt nobles within Donglin City.
This was why the City Lord’s mansion could never locate the missing boys and girls.
Because it was these nobles who were aiding the demonic organization.
They captured boys and girls under eighteen from Donglin City.
The purpose was to satisfy some nobles’ peculiar tastes.
Chen Fei looked ahead.
He immediately activated his Invisibility skill.
Swiftly, he moved forward.
In an instant, Chen Fei reached the entrance of the Death Knight Citadel.
There were two guards at the gate.
But their level was not high, only around Level 10.
So, they couldn’t detect Chen Fei at all.
Chen Fei didn’t make a move immediately.
The main objective now was to scout the situation inside first.
If the quest objective were compromised, the quest would fail.
He slipped through the gate.
Inside was a vast courtyard.
Visible black bloodstains marked the ground.
They seemed to have dried long ago.
Chen Fei recalled the strategy video released by the Eternal Myriad Races Strategy Guide Team in his past life.
It detailed some key routes within the Death Knight Citadel.
Unfortunately, Chen Fei only remembered bits and pieces.
He knew the children were imprisoned in an underground prison.
Not on the surface.
So, Chen Fei moved cautiously, searching for the underground prison…
Finally.
After about half an hour.
Chen Fei found a secret chamber leading to the underground prison.
He immediately went in.
Upon entering.
Chen Fei saw a vast space.
It was filled with square cages.
Inside the cages were the missing children from Donglin City.
A glance revealed pairs of eyes filled with despair.
They stared powerlessly ahead.
The spark of youth was gone.
No one knew what kind of torment they had endured.
Outside the cages.
In the center.
About a dozen men in black sat on stools.
Meditating with their eyes closed.
As for Chen Fei.
He relied on alternating between his Invisibility and Shadow Strike skills.
No one noticed him.
However, at this moment, Chen Fei was even more cautious.
Because any slight mistake, if discovered, would lead to an attack by these Level 20 dead knights.
He walked forward slowly.
Looking at the child inside the cage.
His heart was filled with anger.
In his previous life, although he had watched videos and listened to players who strategized about storming the death knight citadel speak of these people’s wicked deeds,
he felt nothing at the time.
Now, seeing it with his own eyes, Chen Fei was moved.
He thought of Earth, annihilated by the myriad races.
Only a few humans survived, becoming slaves to the myriad races… Their suffering was no less than that of these people…
Damn it!
Chen Fei felt a slight fluctuation in his emotions, but fortunately, he managed to suppress it.
He stifled the killing intent in his heart and carefully searched for his target.
A moment later.
In the last cage, Chen Fei found a girl with a sallow face.
Her body was terribly thin, devoid of any signs of youthful vitality.
Chen Fei stared at her for a long time.
He confirmed she was his target.
When Chen Fei had first accepted the quest, there was a portrait of this girl on his quest card.
He hadn’t expected the difference from before to be so vast…
Tap, tap, tap~
There was a noise from outside.
Someone was coming.
“Master Wang. You’re here already?”
“Mm, I just came out for some fun, and luckily, I’m staying here tonight. By the way, have those tools for venting been prepared?”
“Hehehe, they’ve been ready for a while. Rest assured, we’ve trained them all as you requested; tonight will definitely be comfortable for you.”
“Hmmph, not bad. I almost forgot, I saw a boy at the city gate today, quite to my taste. Here’s the portrait.”
“Understood. I’ll take care of it for you tomorrow.”
“Good. I’ll go take a bath now, and you can bring them to my exclusive room later.”
“Alright.”
“……”
A man wearing a white mask entered the underground prison.
He was dressed in a luxurious robe, exuding the air of a noble.
Unexpectedly, he was that kind of person.
After they left.
Chen Fei squinted his eyes.
Silently counting the time.
It was almost time…
If Lady Catherine trusted him, then the reinforcements would arrive soon!
If they didn’t, Chen Fei would have to use the yellow-level bombs to deal with these people.
……
Outside the death knight citadel.
Hundreds of elite guards from the City Lord’s mansion, all at levels 30 and 40, followed Catherine here.
“Lady Catherine, there are people ahead!”
A guard informed Catherine.
She looked ahead coldly.
Gripping the great sword in her hand.
Thinking of the disappearances that had occurred in Donglin City over the past year.
Her heart was filled with immense anger.
Especially seeing the two men in black at the entrance of the citadel.
She became even more certain.
What Li Xiaoyao had said was likely true!
This place was truly the source of the disappearances.
With a somber shout, she roared, “Charge!”
As Catherine’s command fell,
the hundreds of elite guards from the City Lord’s mansion sprang into action.
Some became invisible and moved forward, some formed magic formations, and some summoned white robots…
A terrifying noise erupted outside!
Chen Fei stayed inside.
At this moment, a man in black approached a cage. Inside were three boys, their faces smeared with rouge, all traces of masculinity gone. They no longer resembled the young lads they once were.
“Hmph, being chosen by Master Wang is quite the stroke of luck for you,” the man sneered as he opened the cage door and grabbed the three boys with one hand. The boys, eyes vacant, showed no sign of youthful vigor or resistance.
Suddenly, a chilling sense of impending death surged within him. A dagger crackling with electricity silently appeared at his throat.
Rip~
Critical hit -2341
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[You have slain a Level 20 man in black, gaining an experience reward of ‘2000’, triggering tenfold amplification, gaining an experience reward of ‘20000’!]
[You have upgraded to Level 20!]
[Experience required for upgrading: 0/10000]
[Current level has reached the cap, unable to upgrade, please proceed with class change!]
……
In an instant, blood spurted out. The three boys, previously lifeless, suddenly had a spark in their eyes. Watching the man in black collapse, their expressions changed, turning savage, with hatred pouring out.
Their eyes turned bloodshot as they opened their mouths wide, fiercely biting into the man’s neck, drinking his blood, tears slowly welling up in their eyes.
Chen Fei stood at the back, silently observing them, making no move to stop them.
……