The streets of Saint Lance, the theatre, the market, the church, the bell tower, including the lord’s castle, were all scoured by devout believers.

Lin Xun suspected that ’Unknown Apostle No.1’ also had the ability to become invisible.

Only by continuously maintaining invisibility can he evade the eyes of all believers...

"That’s not right!"

"There’s another possibility, that Apostle No.1 is hiding in an uninhabited area."

The final event would forcibly involve all Apostles, so Apostle No.1 could’t possibly hide outside Saint Lance.

And there’s only one uninhabited area in the town of Saint Lance, which is the —— ’Saint Lance Sewer’! 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

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[The sewer is dim and cramped, filled with a pungent stench. The archway at the top of the tunnel is less than a meter away from your head.]

[The filthy, pitch-black sewage at your feet drowns your ankles, and you can feel the resistance brought by the viscous liquid with each step.]

[You hold the ’Wailing Spike Hammer’ in one hand and a torch in the other, carefully advancing along the tunnel...]

[The winding, dark sewer is silent, except for the drip, drip of water, and the sound of your armour rubbing as you walk.]

[Three diverging paths appear before you: left, centre, right, where do you choose to go?]

’Unknown Apostle No.1’ hesitates for a while, then chooses the left option.

Entering the ’Saint Lance Sewer’ was a complete surprise.

As one of the earliest contenders to enter Saint Lance, Apostle No.1 has a kill count of 3, successfully obtaining the bonus buff of ’Slaughter Feast’.

With the strength of Apostle No.1, taking out other contenders is not a difficult task. Compared to fighting confrontations, finding the other Apostles quickly is the hardest part of this Chapter.

Unfortunately, his ’shell’ is a Berserker class template, not proficient in scouting and expeditions, thus, finding other Apostles is a major problem.

The problem could be easily solved by waiting for the ’Final Event’ to come. The remaining Apostles have to participate in the ’Final Event’ which would be his chance to shine.

Maybe he was lucky. He bumped into another contending Apostle while wandering aimlessly in the town market...

’Unknown Apostle No.12’ was walking ahead, and he quietly followed this unexpected contender.

The game’s text prompt indicated that the townsfolk were observing him secretly from time to time, whispering words like ’foreigner.’

He didn’t take it to heart and was about to raise his ’Wailing Spike Hammer’ to give a savage headshot when he encountered a large group of Law Knights riding large battle horses clad in heavy metal armour!

The Law Knights charged straight into the market, pointed at him and Apostle No.12 and shouted ’foreigner,’ then... launched a Bloody Charge!

Apostle No.12 was knocked flying by the heavy-armoured knights’ charge in one encounter, plunging into critical condition.

Rather than being scared and screaming and running away, the surrounding townsfolk were clapping and cheering.

He was stunned!

Wasn’t there supposed to be a peaceful state between the hospitable residents of Saint Lance and the Apostles?

"How could this happen? Is the game bugged?"

"This special Chapter is littered with bugs. Declaring the eradication of the soul upon ’Shell’ death is outrageous."

"Now the plot forces are attacking the Apostles without distinction. All Saint Lance residents stand against the Apostles..."

He didn’t have time to think any further, because those dozens of knights were about to launch a Bloody Charge at him!

Apostle No.1 knew that he could get rid of several knights by leveraging the characteristics of a Berserker if he were to battle against a single-digit number of ’Law Knights’.

But faced with the charge of dozens of ’Law Knights’, even if he had two lives, they wouldn’t be enough!

He decisively opened the item bar and clicked on the life-saving item ’Spatial Magic Teleportation Scroll’.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in the maze-like Hidden Map ’Saint Lance Sewer’.

The ’maze-like conclusion’ was drawn after he had wandered in the sewer for nearly an hour without finding an exit.

"Damn game! So damn hellish!"

If he could teleport directly at the entrance of the sewer, he could still record the distribution and intersection of the tunnels and could return to the exit even if he went deeper.

But he teleported to the depths of the maze at random. Apostle No.1 had to admit that he was lost after wandering for nearly an hour...

This hour of exploration was torture!

The ’Final Event’ that he anticipated, where the contending Apostles would all be in chaos, did not happen.

The number of Apostles on the major roster was decreasing at an astonishing speed, presumably due to the Law Knights organising ’Apostle farming’.

No.1 Apostle emotionlessly clicked the ’Slaughter’ option.

Now, only he and ’Unknown Apostle No.18’ were left on the contenders list!

"The strength of the Law Knights is truly terrifying. No, it should be said that the power of the White Moon Church is formidable!"

The strength of dozens of ’Law Knights’ launching a collective charge is extremely terrifying. Apostle No.1 believed, no one could survive under the ’Law Knights’.

Seeing that the final event was imminent, he was still circling in the sewer maze.

"Now that the final event is about to commence, the game hasn’t given a ’exceeding the designated area’ warning or something similar..."

"That means, in the game’s judgement, Saint Lance Sewer is within the final event area!"

Apostle No.1’s eyes lit up.

Since being in the sewer can still be judged as participating in the ’Final Event’, the only thing to worry about now is Apostle No.18’s situation.