Pirate Kingship

As the voice fell, a very tall figure stepped out of the "asphalt pool".

He was wearing pure black armor, riding a majestic warhorse of the same color, holding not a sword nor a knight's lance, but a bloodstained long-handled battle axe.

As long as Salant's reverse scale is offended, he will enter the passive frenzy. Mage state.

Seeing that the traces of the mastermind behind the scenes seemed to have appeared, he was not afraid at all. After piercing the hippopotamus from back to front in the form of a hidden fish, he continued to raise his mace and rushed forward on the torrent.

It was like a drill that broke through the sky, and he wanted to give this black knight a "one fish, two flowers".

Boom!

However, with a loud thunder-like sound, Salant was hit by the opponent's axe and flew back instantly.

The knight on the opposite side took advantage of the situation and waved the bloodstained long-handled battle axe, rushing straight to the other two living people here, Byron and Catherine.

After discovering that there were actually living people at the scene of "Death Stranding", the first choice was to kill them.

Every step of the warhorse, the big hoof of the sea bowl made the building shake violently, like a chariot out of control, mercilessly smashing all the "orcs" in front of him into blood mist.

Obviously, even the mastermind behind the scenes did not want "Death Stranding" to lose control now and expose its bigger plan.

The six mithril guards lined up in a row under Catherine's command, with their swords horizontally in their hands, and launched a reverse charge, which was no less powerful than it.

For Catherine, money is power.

The six three-meter-tall solid mithril knights were connected with silver light, and their combat effectiveness was no longer comparable to the simple version at the beginning.

It might be difficult for this mithril wave to kill the black armored knight, but it was enough to forcibly curb his charging momentum.

Once the cavalry could not speed up, they were no different from living targets.

The black-armored knight did not hesitate and immediately changed his tactics. He raised his hand and held the gleaming battle axe across his neck.

A filthy black aura spread out, covering the group of Mithril Guards who were already ten meters in front of him.

The six Mithril Knights lost control in an instant, and like him, they held the big sword across their necks, and then worked together to cut off their heads.

Although the Mithril Guards had no vital parts and would not die if their heads were cut off, this action also made them temporarily lose their balance, and they all rolled on the ground.

But the black-armored knight was unscathed and continued to rush forward at high speed.

Because after his head was chopped off, his helmet was empty, and he actually had no head!

This was actually a [Headless Knight].

Byron's logbook also showed the other party's information.

"【Cursed Spirit·Headless Knight】

Features: Immortality.

Killing rules: If you stay within a ten-meter range for two seconds, you will be controlled 100% and your head will be chopped off. Only the headless can survive."

Sarant was just knocked away too fast, so the rules were not triggered.

And since this is a cursed spirit, it is obvious that it was not it that just spoke, but someone else. To be more precise, there must be a master who is manipulating it behind the scenes.

"To prevent accidents, fight quickly. Ming Shen descends!"

A halo exploded above Byron's head, and his eyes narrowed. He had already seen the death line of this cursed spirit.

Raised the [Ming Chao] in his hand above his head.

Woo woo woo.

The strong wind passed through the entire building and instantly connected with the heavy rain in the sky outside.

Countless storm elves jumped, jumped, and spun on his sword blade.

The long sword seemed to thread a needle, reweaving the strands of wind and rain between heaven and earth, and then exploded in an instant.

A sharp invisible sword wind suddenly rose, and the sharp explosion sound almost pierced the eardrum. Byron's wings suddenly spread out behind him, and the figure standing in the same place suddenly disappeared.

Swoosh——!

In just a blink of an eye, he appeared behind the headless knight like a ghost.

It was like a video freeze and skipping frames, completely missing the middle process.

The two sharp wind belts on the left and right behind him, carrying white water vapor, whistled and exploded like a pair of wings.

Blowing away the mist and dust, it also revealed the huge cross carved on the stone floor under his feet.

The figure of the headless knight was exactly in the center of the cross.

[Secret Sword Art·Cross Execution]

When Byron stood up again, the long sword returned to the sheath.

The silver-white blood and the green ghost fire seemed to be belatedly realized, and a dazzling blood line bloomed horizontally and vertically on the chest of the headless knight.

Swish——!

Then the headless body and the warhorse under his crotch were all neatly cut into four petals.

However, this strange thing was still a normal spirit in mid-air, but after landing, it turned into a pool of black ink, seeping into the stone slab and disappearing.

A line of handwriting was added to the logbook:

"Painting Spirit No. 3, created by [Hell Painter] Leonardo."

Byron was stunned.

"This cursed spirit that can knock away a third-level extraordinary person with one move is actually the work of a Hall Sequence [Painter]?

It is said that the most famous major of the Vinaya Academy of Arts is painting.

Not to mention formal students, even if they are just failed students, their strength should not be underestimated.

High-sequence [Painters] can make fakes come true. Even if they paint gold and silver, they can persist for several years so that the [Golden Eyes] of the Gold and Yuan Sequence cannot see any flaws.

Palaces and manors can be painted to be used for living; flowers and plants painted have fragrance; birds painted can fly

It is another form of wish fulfillment. "

New doubts immediately came to my mind:

"But why did a painter of at least level 4 come to Kingston to stir up trouble? Where did he get the forbidden knowledge?

This kind of person is not something that ordinary people can hire.

Since the secret is about the death stranding incident under the dispute between the two parties, it means that the main messenger behind the incident is probably one of the royal party and the earl party. "

This thought arose, and the decryption density jumped to 38%.

At this time, Salant also climbed up from the ground and shouted to Byron:

"Captain, the sun and the storm are the mortal enemies of the deep sea!

After killing all the lost people, use these two positive energies to wash the connection points here to cut off the death stranding. "

"Got it. "

Byron agreed and was about to summon [Guaranteed Gun Gungnir] to catch lightning with copper wire, and then send justice from heaven.

Suddenly, a chanting voice came to his ears:

"Faced with a strong enemy, be fearless!"

"Be brave and loyal, and be worthy of the Holy Father!"

"Be honest and speak the truth, and would rather die than lie! "

"Protecting the weak is natural law."

When Byron just heard the voice, the other party was still at the border of [God's Vision]. In just a few words, he had passed through the outer blockade of Deathwing.

The next moment, he saw a ball of white holy light falling from the sky and landing in this underground space.

Sizzle

The rolling asphalt pool encountered the holy light, and it seemed to have encountered its nemesis, and it completely dissipated in an instant.

There was only a pile of tattered human and animal corpses left on the spot.

The expressions on their faces seemed to be a little peaceful.

Then the feather-like holy light converged, revealing a middle-aged knight who looked a little thin.

He had short silver-gray hair and was probably in his early forties. The years left particularly deep marks on his face, and his face was full of wind and frost, as if he had never had a good day.

The silver knight armor on his body was full of mottled scars. I don't know who accompanied him. How many tragic battles have they experienced together but they have no money to repair.

If you meet him on the roadside, you will definitely think he is a poor knight at the bottom.

But in this situation, no one dares to despise him.

Because the effect of the knight's motto just now proves that the visitor is undoubtedly a fourth-order heroic [Paladin] of the Temple sequence!

Whether it is [Oath Knight] or [Storm Knight], all knight paths under the various sequences of the Glory Ladder originated from the Paladins of the Church.

In essence, it has never been a physical training, but a spiritual practice route with oaths as the core. The stricter the precepts you follow, the stronger your strength will be.

And once you break the oath, your strength will decline rapidly.

The reason why the [Paladins] of the Church can stand at the top of all knights is because they strictly abide by all virtues and precepts.

"Humility, honesty, mercy, bravery, justice, sacrifice, honor, faith! "

The strongest even have bodies comparable to those of dragons, indestructible holy swords, and can be invincible in the fifth-level legendary realm with only the tenacious will obtained through spiritual practice, and break all laws with one sword!

Of course, overly idealistic beliefs also mean that they must stay away from the secular world and start a life of asceticism without desire or demand.

Otherwise, there will be a violent conflict between the fairy-tale ideal and the horror movie-like reality, and they will suffer from schizophrenia before they grow up.

And every [Paladin] who can walk in the secular world has already built a logically self-consistent belief, which is enough to be called a flawless sage in any sense.

Therefore, the Paladin and the ascetic The scholars are the cornerstone of the church.

It is precisely because of these moral models who combine knowledge and action that the church's lofty status is consolidated.

They are also the heroes who "carry the burden" for others in the line that is almost overdone.

The church has not been destroyed by priests who love little boys and indulgences until now, and they have made great contributions.

Just like the middle-aged [Paladin] who came alone in front of him, although he looks very down and out, his eyes are as clear and bright as a baby.

The most important thing is that he and Catherine both know this uncle.

To be more precise, this is one of the Protestant collaborators that the Lancaster family once supported!