Darkness's breathing became rapid, her face even redder. Without any hesitation, she stepped forward towards the position of the Headless Knight.
The Headless Knight was momentarily stunned, seemingly not expecting her to react so decisively.
He let out a strange laugh, raising his sword high. The necromantic warhorse leaped forward, instantly appearing in front of Darkness, the three-meter-long giant sword easily lifted, larger than Darkness herself, the sword accompanied by a howling wind, falling down in an instant.
A thick aura of death enveloped the giant sword, and beside her, Kazuma's eyelids twitched. After all, he was still a young man, unable to bear the sight of Darkness dying before him.
However, the furious sword only fell on Darkness's neck and did not descend further.
The knight's imposing figure, clad in black armor that emitted a dark glow under the sunlight, smiled coldly, and his indifferent voice came: "Why don't you avoid it?"
At this moment, Darkness felt her heart slow down a beat. That overwhelming sense of death made her feel as if she had reached a peak once again.
An inexplicable emotion surged in her heart; she couldn't describe what it was, only that it felt really good.
Darkness gritted her teeth, trying to maintain a calm expression, but her rapid breathing and increasingly flushed cheeks had already betrayed her.
Darkness gritted her teeth and said to the Headless Knight, who stood tall: "Because I'm not afraid."
The Headless Knight fell silent for a moment and continued: "Why aren't you afraid?"
"Not afraid is just not afraid."
The Headless Knight's left hand, which held the giant sword, trembled slightly. The sword suddenly fell beside Darkness, the tremendous force directly shattering the ground around her, the sword embedding itself a meter deep into the earth, nearly a third of its blade buried in the soil.
At this moment, the Headless Knight fell into contemplation.
He activated his memory mode, the skull in his right hand tilted 30 degrees to gaze at the sky. He didn't speak; at this moment, the Headless Knight was brewing emotions, preparing to recount his past.
However, the Headless Knight didn't speak, and Darkness, unable to contain herself, said: "What's wrong? Why aren't you making a move? Are you feeling that killing me suddenly would be too regrettable, preparing to toy with my body before killing me?"
The Headless Knight's memories were forcibly interrupted by Darkness's words. The knight was taken aback, the skull in his left hand turning to look at the girl in front of him.
At this moment, Darkness had taken on a lovesick appearance, her breathing rapid.
The Headless Knight felt something was off but still explained: "I was once a knight, a righteous knight. Because we are both knights, I greatly admire your fearless spirit."
Darkness interrupted the Headless Knight, her face filled with excitement: "Is it because my unyielding attitude has moved you? You plan to ravage me thoroughly, trample on my dignity and body, to express your submission? I tell you, that's impossible!"
After saying that, Darkness excitedly ran towards the Headless Knight.
The Headless Knight was stunned, Kazuma was also slightly taken aback, Roa's mouth twitched, Aqua picked her nose, chuckling coldly, and Megumin wiped her tears, seemingly really believing Darkness's nonsense.
Before Darkness could reach him, the knight's warhorse raised its front hooves high and then stomped forward.
Darkness was directly knocked to the ground by this immense force, her armor slightly damaged at the chest due to the powerful stomp.
Darkness had a very voluptuous figure; although it was not revealed due to the armor, once the armor was removed, it would be enough to make all the male adventurers in the town wide-eyed.
Although this would make the surrounding adventurers seem very lecherous, everyone's gaze still turned towards Darkness's chest.
Then came the sound of gasps from the crowd.
The girls blushed, kicking their teammates one by one, or simply stepping forward to glare at each other angrily.
For a moment, the atmosphere was completely skewed by Darkness.
Roa facepalmed, not wanting to see the lovesick side of the girl anymore.
The Headless Knight was thrown off by Darkness's words and didn't react in time. By the time he came to his senses, the warhorse had already kicked Darkness away. The Headless Knight did not hesitate and coldly said: "I declare your death! You will die in a week!"
The Headless Knight raised his finger, pointing at Darkness's position, and a black mist quickly rushed towards her.
Kazuma was startled and shouted at Darkness: "Hey, lovesick girl, quickly dodge! That's clearly not a good thing."
However, Darkness had no intention of dodging, allowing the black shadow to envelop her, and with a cry of "Ah," she fell to the ground.
This scene made the four members of the team twitch their mouths.
Roa finally couldn't hold back and directly pulled Darkness over.
Along with that, he pinched Darkness's cheeks fiercely a few times.
Darkness's cheeks instantly bore red marks, and in pain, she complained: "Roa, what are you doing? I'm an injured person! How can you treat me like this?"
Roa sneered. He hadn't taken the girl's words seriously, but suddenly he realized that those black eyes were staring at the girl. The young man said coldly: "Do you know me? No, you recognized me?"
Those black eyes stared directly at the girl lying on the ground, her clothes disheveled, revealing some spring light at her chest.
But that wasn't the point; when did Darkness recognize him?
Darkness instinctively covered her mouth, cursing herself inwardly for being too excited earlier and accidentally calling out his real name.
Kazuma looked at Roa with a strange expression, then at the Darkness lying on the ground, and quietly asked: "Roa? Isn't he Pamela? His real name is Roa?"
Roa glanced at Darkness, the young man said nothing, simply stating: "I'll settle the score with you later."
At this moment, the Headless Knight loudly declared to everyone: "The magic I just released is a death declaration. She, that knight, will die in a week unless you can defeat me or obtain purification from a high priestess close to goddess level. Otherwise, she is undoubtedly doomed. How about it? Watching your companion about to die before your eyes, quickly repent in pain, pray for my forgiveness, and maybe if I'm in a good mood, I'll lift her curse?"
At this point, the Headless Knight couldn't help but laugh a few times to emphasize his villainous atmosphere.
However, upon hearing this, Darkness's eyes widened in anger: "What, what is this! So you're saying you've placed a death curse on me, and to lift the curse, I have to obediently listen to you? That's what you mean, right!"
"?" The Headless Knight, unable to understand what Darkness was saying, made the most direct reaction.
The Headless Knight fell silent, the warhorse beneath him whinnied, and everyone was momentarily speechless.
The air became thick with tension.