Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 917 899. Lightless World

‘We are not allowed to wear military armor today when the school grounds are paid’?

Lan En thought silently in his heart and sighed.

An old-fashioned plan, but it works.

After all, the Knights of Lothric are completely loyal to Lothric, and one of the two princes of the coup, the eldest prince Lorian, even personally led the knights to fight.

The knights respected this noble and brave prince of the gods.

But because of this kind of loyalty and respect, who could be wary when the prince personally ordered them to gather in the chapel?

Lan En pinched his temples calmly, looking as if he had just woken up and was still a little unconscious.

But in fact he was relieving the pain in his head that was like being gnawed by predatory bugs.

The erosion of darkness is becoming more apparent as the First Fire weakens.

"Do you mind if I take a look at the dragon knights coming down from the inner city?"

"That's why I'm looking for you." Lorenzo nodded nonchalantly and watched Lan En stand up from the ground. "I need a lot of advice right now, any advice."

The Lothric knights who had just been replaced from patrolling posts were also resting against the wall in the church hall. Some priests were unskilled in using restorative [miracles] to heal the injuries they sustained while patrolling.

When Lan En and Lorenzo pushed open the heavy church door, the demon hunter's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

It's too dark.

The sun in this world had turned into a 'bleeding eclipse' some time ago, and the light intensity was like the tail of dusk on a normal day.

And now.

The Lothric knights, as well as the civilians who were lucky enough to be alive on the high wall and came to the church to seek refuge, all tore down the wood and furniture on the building and made simple fires and torches.

Only then was there some light in the poor visibility.

The light in the sky is now only equivalent to a dark night when the moon is still good.

But now according to Mentos' biological clock, it should be daytime!

No wonder, the darkness in the body is stirring.

Because the world is one step closer to extinction.

"How are you?"

Lorenzo asked beside Lan.

"Since you woke up just now, I feel like you are a little uncomfortable."

"No, it's nothing." Lan En calmly skipped the topic.

Then he walked towards the flying dragon corpse outside the church.

There were many signs of being ravaged by thunder on the body of this flying dragon.

That's the dragon-hunting equipment of Lothric knights.

Thunderbolts, and thunder pots similar to flame pots.

Although the Knights of Lothric are now accompanied by dragons, the skill of hunting dragons is still the foundation of the combat system.

Originally, the steps in front of the church were wide enough for ten people to walk side by side.

But when a flying dragon fell here, the dragon's wing claws and wing membranes were too large and had to hang diagonally on the wall beside the stairs.

The body of a dragon knight was pressed against the legs by the flying dragon's head, and then a knight's spear was nailed to the ground in the chest.

It seems that this is the dragoon that came down to chase.

When Lan En walked over, the knights stepped aside to get out of the way. He discovered that Emma, ​​the officiant, was also present.

Several people first nodded and greeted each other, and then Lan En squatted next to the corpse of the prince's dragon knight and began to look at it.

Nothing complicated, just an ordinary dragoon wearing a full set of ordinary Lothric knight armor. However, Lan En still deliberately turned over the small lantern on his waist that had been broken during the fall.

"How did it become like this?"

Emma, ​​the priest, was muttering to himself a little lost.

It's just that what she kept looking at was the darkness beyond the firelight around her, not the dragon knight in front of her.

Obviously the environmental changes caused by the First Fire were the object of her sentence.

"The bell has sounded. There should be three of the four remaining salary kings, even excluding Eldridge who escaped!"

"How could something happen to the Faran Undead Team, the Giant King of the Crime Capital—Yum, and the exile of Culland—Ludos?"

"Until today, no one has arrived at the Fire Sacrifice and sat on the Desire Throne to maintain the First Fire!?"

[Desire for the Throne] is a fire transmission device specially prepared for the four salary kings who maintain the world during the transition period.

The status of this thing is high and sacred. After all, it is a part of the fire transmission ceremony that keeps the world running.

Therefore, Lan En also saw a few words in the library of the Netherworld Church.

This technology was developed after Dolanguleg was destroyed by Casas and the refugees were absorbed into Lothrik.

The normal way for the King of Xin to pass on the fire is to go to a place called the 'Primary Furnace', get in touch with the initial fire, and burn one's own soul as firewood.

As for the special salary kings who support the operation of the world during the transition period of the Fire Passing Ceremony, they have their own exclusive thrones at the Fire Passing Sacrifice.

Up there, they don't have to go to the initial furnace and come into contact with the initial fire, lest they be burned clean in one breath.

And he can remotely transmit his power to the First Fire through the throne, and barely keep the First Fire from extinguishing in a weak and continuous state.

This allows Lothric to take advantage of this short period of stability to complete the Fire Passing Ceremony and restore stability to the world.

In the tens of thousands of years that Lothric has been in charge of the fire ceremony, even this situation can be said to be very rare.

But the current situation is that there is no salary king even on the throne of desire?

There is no doubt that even for Lothric, this is a severe situation that has never been seen before.

"It is precisely because the situation has become extremely serious that we must take action!"

Lorenzo spoke in a tone of determination.

He put his iron-gloved palms on the side of the flying dragon's corpse, then clenched his fist into a fist and hammered it.

"Bang."

"Now no matter what, we must go to see King Osroais! Now is not the time to follow the king's orders! Emma is the chief priest!"

Lorenzo turned to look at the old priesthood leader, his tone almost accusatory.

"The reason why Lothrik founded the country is to spread the fire! Even His Majesty himself said that he only saved himself because he wanted to preside over the overall situation. If it reaches the point of no return, then as the oldest and most powerful person today, The gods should also devote themselves to the First Fire. The Age of Fire will last until the last moment."

"The courtyard where His Majesty locked himself is just above the church, not far from the road into the inner city."

"I don't understand, we've come to this point! Seeing that the first fire is almost extinguished! Why should we hesitate? Can't we even meet His Majesty and ask for an idea?!"

The surrounding Lothric knights couldn't help but make a commotion when they heard this.

They are all fire sects, and only then will they surround Lorenzo.

In this already divided country, they have decided that 'spreading fire' is more important than 'the royal family'.

Lorenzo's words were their tendency at the moment.

After bowing his head in silence for a long time, Priest Emma looked up at the lightless sky and finally sighed.

"Yes. Nothing is more important than inheriting the flame."

"Let's go, pick up a few powerful men, and I will show you the way to His Majesty's courtyard."

It wasn't until the Emma priest sighed and said this that Lorenzo's expression softened a little, and the surrounding Lothric knights also seemed to have a slightly high morale.

Wearing helmets, they nodded to each other as a celebration of hearing good news in this increasingly bad world.

But at this time, Lan En put forward a different point of view.

"I suggest it's better not to let too many people go, everyone."

Suddenly, everyone around looked at the demon hunter.

The demon hunter seemed not to feel these gazes, and fiddled with the small lantern on the waist of the dragon knight's body with the toe of his boot.

"This lantern is just hanging on his waist, but there is no sign of it being lit, everyone."

The witcher raised his head and glanced around with his cat eyes.

"I don't underestimate your fighting will, but can you maintain your fighting power in the dark?"

The darkness in this world is not a simple phenomenon of light and shadow, but something with real influence.

So the Lothric knights present now either have small lighted glass lanterns on their waists, or they have torches in their hands for lighting.

"But this guy will do."

Lan En kicked the little lantern again that had not been lit until it broke.

"They serve the prince and have never changed their loyalty even at this stage. So it doesn't matter even if they fight in the dark."

"Darkness is flourishing now. If they attack now, who will have the advantage? If the elite knights are sent out, will there be any ability to deal with it here?"

Even the most aggressive Lorenzo, under Lan En's calm question, could only close his mouth, grit his teeth, and bulge his muscles, but could not utter a single word of rebuttal.

This is indeed a real problem.

To spread the fire, they should take action. But in this city, it is estimated that this is the only Fire Sect stronghold that still retains its organizational structure.

If this place is breached, then the Holy City of Fire Transferring Lothric will be equivalent to a complete fall.

"So what do you think?"

After making the decision, Emma, ​​the officiant, did not hesitate and directly asked Lan En, who raised the question, if he had any plans.

"The plan does allow me to go, alone."

Lan En said with a nonchalant expression.

"I am not a member of the Knights, and I have no cooperation in fighting with you. My leaving will not have much impact on the combat effectiveness here."

"And to be honest, your mobility is really poor. It's much more convenient for me to do it alone."

Lorenzo's expression froze.

Others may have doubts about this statement, but he had personally seen Lan En jump onto a roof several meters high with just a slight turn!

Although I don’t know why this guy can move so elegantly, there is no doubt that what he said is true.

"It seems that everyone has no objections?"

Priest Emma looked at Lorenzo's expression and nodded.

"Okay, it's settled. Come here, Lan En. I'll show you the way."