Chapter 593: Knight of Damnation
As the palace gate was pushed open, the pillars in the palace were lit up one after another. Perhaps due to the age, the energy of the magic lamp has weakened to the extreme, and the faint light can only barely illuminate a palm-sized area, as if it will go out at any moment.
Lin Li and the two undead servants stood in front of the door for a moment, but saw the figure sitting on the throne in the depths of the palace, although it exuded a powerful aura continuously, but it was like a statue motionless in the darkness. Seeing this scene, Lin Li relaxed a little, after all, if the other party was "alive", I am afraid that when he and the others pushed open the gate of the palace, they would have already alarmed the other party.
Looking inside from the door, with the faint light of the magic lamp, the whole picture of the palace can be vaguely seen. In fact, there is nothing to see, except for the dark shadow sitting on the throne in the deepest part, the palace is empty and there is nothing else superfluous.
Would you like to go in and have a look? Of course, we're all here! Lin Li thought that he was also a legendary mage, even if the thing in it was "alive", with his own strength and the hole cards in his hand, at least he would not be taken by the other party. Thinking of this, Lin Li took Uyi Farusi and Nophile, stepped on the extremely luxurious red carpet on the ground, and walked towards the palace.
In the faint light of the magic lamp, as Lin Li and the others approached step by step, it was only then that they could see that the high platform supporting the throne was actually made of the bones of countless human beings. The huge throne on the high platform is made of the bones of a giant dragon, although it has lost its appearance as a dragon, but the giant dragon skull coiled in front of the throne clearly tells the origin of this throne.
Compared to the huge dragon bone throne, the man sitting on the throne seemed to be a little thin. But in the eyes of Lin Li and the others, they didn't feel that there was any incongruity between the two. The man simply sat there, his upper body straight and leaned forward slightly, his right hand holding a long sword, and one foot stepping on the skull of the giant dragon in front of him.
In particular, Uy Farusi and Nophile, although out of the responsibility of protecting their masters, blocked their bodies in front of Lin Li, but when they felt the powerful power, their bodies still instinctively trembled slightly. Between the undead, the effect of the level gap is the most obvious, even if there is so-called courage, but the coercion of the high-ranking person cannot be ignored no matter what.
Lin Li and the others stepped forward a little closer, and the face of the figure sitting on the throne gradually became clear in their eyes. With long silver-white hair, eyebrows like sharp swords, low eyelids, and a straight nose and a wide mouth, even if the face is gray and penetrating, he can be called a beautiful man. The man was wearing a full-body armor of dark gold, with jīng beautiful magic patterns painted on the armor, and the joints were decorated with a hideous one-horned demon skull. The crimson cloak behind him looked like a face after blood coagulated, and against the backdrop of the throne of bones of the miserable white sè, it was even more terrifying.
Feeling the aura emanating from that person, Lin Li remembered the experience of Death Scar, and remembered the group of Death Knights who were accepted as his subordinates, although the strength of the aura between the two was extremely different, but it was still certain that the person sitting on the throne was a Death Knight. No, that powerful aura is definitely something that only legendary powerhouses can have, and this one should be the legendary Knight of Damnation.
Gray had never mentioned that there would be a Knight of Damnation. Lin Li didn't doubt that Gray would harm himself, don't look at the fat old man screaming all day long, but the care inside can't be faked at all. With Grean's concern for himself, if there was even the slightest mention of it in that book, he would tell himself without missing it. Therefore, Gray did not say it, but only said that it was not recorded in the rì book, and it was as simple as that.
In fact, seeing a Knight of Damnation here is both unexpected and reasonable. Along the way, there were undead creatures everywhere outside, and it would be strange if there were no undead in this main hall. However, after all, he is a Knight of Damnation, and he doesn't know where his Death Knights are, if another group of Death Knights emerges, then Lin Li really has only one way to escape.
Don't look at Lin Li's death scars and subdued a group of death knights, but the Death Knights led by the Knights of Damnation are very different from those death knights who fight separately. Although the Death Knight will automatically stop his ascension after attaching himself to the Knight of Retribution, and supply all the soul power obtained to the Knight of Retribution. However, as the strength of the Damned Knight increases, the Death Knight will also receive an increasing strength bonus when fighting.
"Oh, it's the Knight of Damnation, it's rare to see in the Anriel Continent! Wait, this guy looks like something familiar......"
Lin Li was still guessing the origin of the Heavenly Damned Knight on the throne, but a voice suddenly appeared in his head, it was Connerris, the greatest soul merchant in history, who was known as omniscient and omniscient.
Hearing Conneris say such a sentence, Lin Li's heart suddenly lifted. What kind of person is Conneris, the ancient demon god who has existed for I don't know how many years, he said that the guy who looks familiar, can it be an ordinary cat and dog!
"Have you seen him? Where," Lin Li asked, looking warily at the Knights of Damnation on the throne, as he pressed into Conneris.
"Don't worry, wait until I think about it, where is it...... This feeling...... It should be certain that I have seen it......" Conneris racked his brains for a memory, but after all, it was very old, and he had been in a soul state for too long, and his soul was still more or less damaged, and he really couldn't remember who the Knight of Damnation was in front of him for a while.
"Hey, don't think about it, it's all in your words to leave or stay, hurry up and tell me what this guy's origin is." Lin Li asked impatiently, although the other party didn't know if he was sleeping or what's wrong, but after all, he was facing a knight of damnation, and even as a legendary mage, he still felt quite pressured.
"It seems...... All I remember is that I seem to have seen him in the Plains of the Breeze, and as for more things, I really can't remember for a while. Conneris said with some distress. The dignified ancient demon god has fallen to such a point, which is really sad to think about.
"Knights of the damned...... Light Wind Plains ......" Lin Li muttered a few words, and suddenly remembered the secret story that Hutton had told him. A Death Knight obtained the arm of the Immortal King, and after being successfully promoted to the Knight of Damnation, he led the Death Knight to sweep through the Plains of Light Wind, causing the destruction of the Plains of Light Wind by one-third of the population.
Could it be that this person in front of him is the Knight of Damnation who turned the Plains of Light Wind into a hell of Chéng Rén? However, wasn't he purified by the prophet of the Temple of Light, Viren, and why did he come to this place again? The questions in Lin Li's heart popped up one after another, and at the same time, he told Conneris the secret story that Hutton had told, hoping that he would remember something when he heard these things.
"Hutton once told me about the Knight of Retribution, but I heard him say that the Knight of Retribution was later purified by the prophet of the Temple of Light, Viren, so it shouldn't be this." In Lin Li's thoughts, the purification he did was naturally burned to ashes with holy light and holy fire, how could he still sit here and pretend to be a statue.
Sure enough, after Lin Li's reminder, Conneris's memories poured out as if the floodgates had been opened. For a poor fellow like him, it was always a wonderful feeling to regain his memory, especially when it showed his knowledge, and he said, "You're talking about Rodhart, the Knight of Damnation, and when you say that, I think this guy is a little similar." ”
"You say his name is Rodhart?" Lin Li was a little interested in his heart, when Hutton said that secret, he didn't mention the name of the Knight of Damnation, "What else do you know, about this Rodhart." ”
Conneris's favorite thing to do right now is to show off his knowledge to Lin Li. Especially after seeing the demonic improvement speed of Lin Li, he can only prove his worth with the knowledge and knowledge accumulated in his long life, "Speaking of this Rodhart, you must not think of what he did before, he is the most powerful paladin since the establishment of the Temple of Light......"
"Paladin! Are you saying that this Knight of Damned was a paladin before? Lin Li looked at the motionless Knight of Damnation on the throne in surprise. This world is really crazy enough, the high-level jīng spirits who hate the undead the most, but they have all kinds of connections with the undead behind their backs, and the paladin of the Temple of Light has actually become a knight of damnation who slaughtered innocents and almost turned the Plains of Light Wind into death.
In the past, Conneris and Lin Li talked and sold off from time to time to satisfy their vanity. But now, he didn't dare to hold back at all, for fear of making Lin Li unhappy, and his desire to recast his body was about to fail. So, without waiting for Lin Li to ask again, he told everything he knew about Rodhart in detail.
Rodhart's deeds have not been circulated much in the Anriel Continent, but they are enough to be legendary to Lin Li. The reason why his reputation in the Anriel Continent is not obvious, in addition to the age, is because of the means of the Temple of Light, after all, this Rodhart has transformed from a paladin to a knight of damnation, which is too ironic for the Temple of Light.
Rodhart's life experience is also simple, and his experience before becoming famous is as bland as a glass of white water. He was adopted by the priests of the Temple of Light since he was a child, and with his companions, who were also orphans, he received the most rigorous education from the Temple of Light. Such people who have been cultivated from childhood are the most reliable of any organizational power, and in forces other than religion they are called dead men, and in religion they are called fanatics. In the entire Temple of Light, the most unlikely to betray is this group of fanatics cultivated since childhood, their beliefs are firm and crazy, so the vast majority of the best of them are selected by the heresy inquisitors, becoming a sharp sword for the Temple of Light to sweep away heresy.
At the age of fifteen, Rodhart passed the Inquisition's examination and joined the Inquisition along with several equally talented teenagers. During this period, the Inquisition was the most mysterious institution in the Temple of Light, and even less could be passed down through his deeds. The most important thing is the record of the mission participated, the day of which year and the day he participated in the cleansing of a certain heresy, how much he cleansed the heresy with his own hands, and so on.
It wasn't until he was thirty-two years old that Rodhart reached the legendary realm and took over the position of chief inquisitor of the Temple of Light's heresy that he gradually began to be recognized. The first purification mission he led as the Judge Master was to cleanse a legendary lich with a bone dragon. With little else to do on that mission, Rodhart single-handedly slashed the Lich and the Bone Dragon with a sword, and his reputation has risen ever since.
With the subsequent actions of the Inquisition to purify heresy, the strength shown by the young inquisition, as well as the shocking strength, is even known as the strongest paladin since the establishment of the Temple of Light. Rodhart can be said to have reached the pinnacle of his life, and his reputation in the outside world even surpassed that of the Pope, and countless people throughout the Temple of Light regarded him as an idol.
"Oh, then how did he become a death knight again, those guys in the Temple of Light, I'm afraid they even have religious beliefs in their bones, how can they become undead." Lin Li asked strangely. The chief judge of the dignified Temple of Light, and a fanatic who has been cultivated since childhood, I am afraid that even the cracks of his bones are filled with the doctrine of light, how can he be transformed into an undead. Not to mention the chief judge, even an ordinary priest, as long as he has a bright faith in his heart, it is not easy to be transformed into an undead creature.
"I don't know, what's strange about this, no one can refuse the temptation of eternal life, and the race so proud of the high jīng spirits finally ran to study undead magic. For the paladin, after reaching the legendary realm, even if he has reached the peak of his strength, basically the holy domain is hopeless, and if he wants to make a breakthrough, he can only find other ways out. Conneris said with disdain in his tone.
Rodhart once entered the tomb of the Immortal King, and since the Immortal King was not a magician, he wanted to find a way into the Sanctuary from the Immortal King. No one knows what kind of experience he had in the Immortal King's tomb, only that after he returned to the Temple of Light, he insisted on resigning from the position of chief inquisitor, and never took a step out of the Temple of Light after that.
Some say that Rodhart received a revelation and spent 100 years in retreat seeking a way into the Sanctuary. Others say that he was recuperating from his injuries in retreat, and that he finally died of his injuries. In any case, the strongest paladin in the Temple of Light, a powerhouse of the legendary realm, finally broke the news of his death after a hundred years. In accordance with Rodhart's last wishes, the Temple of Light buried him in the Plains of Light Wind, where he was said to have stayed before he was adopted.