Looking down, he saw Anthony clinging to his thighs, his horrifying face staring intently at Alex, pulling a smile full of malice.
A gust of wind blew!
Raven Knight's second strike was also arriving.
Alex was the kind of person who became calmer the more critical the situation. He arched his body into a bridge, dodging Raven Knight's attack and, in the same motion, drew the Dagger of Necrosis to stab into Anthony's nape.
Anthony let out a wretched cry as his neck emitted a surge of black vapor.
Seizing the opportunity, Alex kicked Anthony away, but his actions were too slow; Raven Knight had already closed in.
In this moment of crisis, Alex handsprang back, narrowly avoiding Raven Knight's blow. However, just as he dodged Raven Knight's assault, a new danger emerged.
A woman suddenly fell from the sky, appearing beside Alex.
“Mrs. Sanchi, the tailor?!” Alex exclaimed in surprise at her face, as she was none other than Anthony's mother.
However, unlike her sorrowful expression from a few days ago, Mrs. Sanchi now had a face filled with spite, her eyes pitch black, indicating that at some point she had been killed and turned into an undead!
Mrs. Sanchi's appearance startled Alex for a moment, and that brief delay plunged him into a dire situation.
Anthony, whom he had wounded with his dagger earlier, once again threw himself to the ground, grabbing hold of Alex's legs.
Mrs. Sanchi held a pair of sinister scissors in her hands, snipping towards Alex's neck.
And Raven Knight was not to be outdone, swinging his longsword down at Alex.
Surrounded on all sides, Alex felt as if he had fallen into an abyss of malice, unable to make any move no matter how much he struggled.
At this critical juncture, Angel took action.
An Illusionary Realm directly obscured the sight of the three undead, and simultaneously, a gentle force pulled Alex out of the encirclement.
After escaping from the trap, Alex looked back to see the three undead spinning helplessly in a tight circle as if they were headless flies.
Realizing they were trapped in an illusion, Alex didn't hesitate and immediately turned to flee.
Killing these three undead wasn't easy at the moment. And Alex's goal wasn't to kill the undead; if he killed Sister Tessa, the control of the undead would naturally fall into the hands of Father Berengar.
So, the undead were not his target!
Alex had initially planned to ambush Sister Tessa subtly, but the interference of the undead caused his plans to collapse early.
When he arrived at the small garden behind Crux Church,
Sister Tessa, hunched over, holding an oil lamp adorned with Iris Flowers, watched Alex with sinister eyes.
In the thriving garden, over twenty undead watched Alex with resentful gazes.
Sister Tessa smiled venomously at Alex, turned with her oil lamp, and stepped into the Void, disappearing from sight–clearly, Sister Tessa had entered the realm of the dead.
The remaining twenty-plus undead, with their thick malice, slowly approached Alex.