At the moment of seeing the flames engulf everything, Andrew McAfee almost thought he was dead.

Accompanied by the raging flames was a sudden loud noise, and the entire hall... The entire mansion began to shake violently, and dust and masonry continued to crumble from the dome overhead and the surrounding columns, and cracks were tearing the floor beneath his feet at a speed visible to the naked eye.

I don't think it's dead!

In the endless encirclement and fighting of the fanatics who drank the holy blood potion and completely turned into "mutant monsters", the final retreat was completely blocked.

In desperation, the black-haired wizard had to release the "Turin Fire" with bright silver, which instantly enveloped the entire hall in a sea of fire, taking the opportunity to eradicate all the mutated fanatics and the remnants of the Holy Blood Elixir......

"Boom ——————!!!!"

The roars and loud noises continued one after another, and the roaring and howling "fanatics" struggled in the sea of fire like evil spirits crawling out of hell, stretching out their hands weakly upwards like drowning people, but they could not get rid of the golden-red "sea water" no matter what, and were swallowed up little by little.

McAfee, who was hiding behind the main altar, saw a fanatic who was covered in flames, perhaps because the level of corrosion by the potion was not high, and screamed and crawled desperately towards him.

The clothes on his body had long been burned clean, his eyes had melted into charred black rotten flesh that was indistinguishable from his face, pustules and blood, and his body was bubbling with oil......

The person who should have lost his breath a long time ago has gained amazing vitality under the "strengthening" of the Holy Blood Elixir, even if the muscles of his arm are all melted and only the white bones remain, he can still struggle to his last breath.

McAfee's eyes widened and he could almost feel his trembling hands and feet, faintly recalling the legends and poems of the Old Kingdom that he had seen in the Holy Cross scriptures that he had disdained as a child......

“...... It is a spectacle that no ordinary person can imagine that can only be seen in hell......"

The whispered "deserter" was almost completely oblivious to the fact that the ceiling above his head was also collapsing.

"Boom ——!!!!"

A loud bang exploded overhead, and a terrified McAfee jerked his head, and the crumbling rubble and dust rushed in front of him like a hailstorm!

"Ahhhh——!!!!h

It was pitch black in front of him, and then there was a ghost crying wolf.

In a flash... The world is dead again.

Damn, shit, shit... Uh, am I dead?

He did not die in his hometown of Arles, in the icy and snowy Boundary Mountain, and on the way to flee to the south, but in the four seasons like spring, the Red Blood Castle was buried alive by a group of thugs......

Holy Cross... Are you deliberately playing with me?!

Just as McAfee was complaining desperately in his heart, a tingling feeling of pressure came from his chest, and a faint light shone into his vision......

Not annoyed, McAfee reached up and touched the rubble piled up on his body.

I'm alive... I'm alive?!

McAfee was pleasantly surprised, and couldn't wait to remove the rubble and collapsed masonry that stood in his way, almost to the point of using his hands and feet together.

Phew——!

Trying his best to "burrow" from the rubble, McAfee, who was slumped on the ground, gasped... He didn't think about where the Oath Knight and the black-haired wizard had gone now, at this moment he just wanted to sigh at the beauty of life and how happy it was to be alive......

In the next second, the whistling tomahawk struck from behind him, and the "deserter" who was still gasping for breath was still unaware.

"Bell ——!"

At the last moment, a short sword stopped the blade from the side, and at the roar of the fanatic, a sword flew the battle axe, and the raised blade swung at the opponent's unobstructed neck.

"Poof——!

McAfee, who turned back suddenly in fright, was sprayed with bright red plasma, and stared at the back of a teenager in front of him in disbelief......

"I'm sorry, I thought that explosion was some special signal, so I'm here now, you should be fine......"

The words stopped abruptly, and the gray-eyed young man who turned around was stunned for a moment, and blinked: "Who are you?"

McAfee stared at him, an expression that didn't know where to start: "Isn't that what I should have asked you... Who are you?"

"I'm ......" Lusen, who subconsciously wanted to answer, suddenly came to his senses and looked around nervously: "Lord Loren... I mean, did you see where Lord Loren Turin is?!"

"Are you looking for the black-haired, black-eyed wizard, or the left-handed Knight of the Oath?" McAfee asked rhetorically, "As far as I know, the two of them seemed to be ...... at the time."

"Bell ——!"

The sound of the clashing of blades echoed with great clarity in the dead silence of the moonlit night, and the sudden movement made the two of them instinctively look sideways at the same time, looking in the direction from which the sound came.

The blades met, and the black-haired wizard quietly looked at the Oath Knight in front of him, at this man whose face was as resolute as his heart.

"So... What do you think of my proposal?" said Loren lightly:

"Farnesis is also my enemy, but if I were to sit idly by and watch you and his fight in the Red Blood Fortress...... I'm sorry, but I can't do that!"

Silent... Expressionless silence, the silent Oath Knight held his sword like this, his cold gaze and the black-haired wizard stared at each other.

Sighing helplessly, Loren spoke again: "I already have a complete plan for Fanecis! Gaspar Vane, the Empire's governor in Byrne... In any case, this guy must have colluded with Farnes, and if we can capture him alive, I'm sure we can find Farnesis' line......"

"You want to take advantage of me?"

"I ......"

"You want to use me to come out for you and solve your problems. The expressionless Knight of Oath said calmly: "You are really good at connecting people with the same goal and making them your main force; Do you think we're meeting for the first time?"

The black-haired wizard twitched at the corner of his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"I don't know what your purpose is, but I can tell you definitively... Phanesces, he is more dangerous than you can imagine—admit it or not, the Holy Cross Church is the cornerstone of the stability of the empire and the whole world! Without the Church as a fortress and the root of faith, it is impossible for humanity alone to defend against the fallen gods!"

The Knight of the Oath had a solemn expression and said word by word, "Yes... In the Dragon King City, I have also seen the so-called 'truth' of you, but those one-sided words are not enough to destroy my faith, and those who are subverted by a few words must be hypocrites!"

Loren's pupils shrank suddenly, staring at the Oath Knight... For a moment, he thought he had seen another little priest, Weber.

"So......" Loren took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes:

"You wouldn't cooperate with me unless I could come up with evidence that everything I did was for the defeat of the Farnesists and not for private gain, would you?"

"I am not a businessman, and those who serve the Holy Cross will not negotiate terms with anyone. The Knight of Oath's gaze became sharper and sharper: "I just need you to swear." ”

"Swear?"

"That's right, swear you'll put your confrontation with the Phanascists above your personal interests - I don't expect a wizard to give up on that, but you have to swear that you can make sacrifices at a critical moment!"

The Knight of the Oath said in a deep voice, "If you can do it, I can assist you as much as I can, and even fight alongside you wholeheartedly... Just like in the glacial wastes, we fought against the evil god Apostle Phaodad. ”

The black-haired wizard was slightly stunned, and the corners of his mouth showed a faint curvature.

"No problem. ”

The Knight of the Oath was slightly stunned, nodded and turned to leave.

The black-haired wizard shrugged.

"That is the Bishop of Eberden who betrayed the Church... The Guardian Knight of Farnescis, the last sword of the Empire's Oath?"

A slightly flirtatious voice sounded, and Loren looked sideways slightly, and little Yode, with a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, walked towards him from the side:

"You seem to have made some strange allies in my absence, Lord Loren. ”