Chapter 109: New Talent: Dark Echo

The knight walked from one resident to the other, extorting whatever he could in the name of a protection tax. Nikolai couldn't see how his actions were different from those of gangsters, taking away what little money people had. 

"Lead me to your nest," Nikolai locked on the knight as he walked in the dark dimension, unseen by anyone. The knight's final stop was an inn where two others waited for him. 

"Did you collect the money?" one of the older knights asked as he gulped his cup. The innkeeper glanced at them with unease, as if fearing they might turn on him at any moment. 

"Every penny," the knight who visited Woody's Store grinned and placed down the pouch. "All we have to do now is to get rid of the monsters and get back to the border."

'Ah, they are border knights,' Nikolai realized, and his mouth curled into a grin. There was one slight problem in crossing the border: The Detectors.