"Is that you?" William looked at Julian from above. Please remember the URL of this site: .

"That's right, your opponent is me. Julian replied without humility or arrogance.

"Are you the Knight of Light of the Knights Templar?" Recalling the situation when Julian used light magic to heal the dying cedar tree just now, William could probably guess Julian's identity, even if he was a knight in the Templar Order, not everyone could also practice light magic, and only intermediate knights of the rank above the rank of Church Knight had this qualification.

"It used to be. "Julian has nothing to hide, the Knights Templar will not reserve a seat for a prisoner who has already been executed.

"Good. Then I have nothing to hesitate about. ”

The tension between Julian and William instantly rose, and the entire paulownia building seemed to shake with the murderous aura of the two of them, and there was a "babbling" moan between the planks.

The three members of the "woods" in the room, Selina, Beech Tree, and Coconut Tree, were also oppressed by the murderous aura of the two and couldn't move their feet, but Beech Tree still tried his best to persuade Julian: "Come back, you are not his opponent!"

He was worried not only about Julian's safety, but more importantly about the success or failure of the mission, they had already lost a "freelancer", and they must not even lose Julian.

"I'm not going to lose. Because I'm going to save my life to save Frey. Compared with the heavy murderous aura, Julian's voice was so calm. That sense of self-confidence for no reason made everyone feel for a moment that Julian suddenly became very strange.

After saying this, Julian exhaled sharply from his mouth and rubbed his right foot on the ground at the same time. When there was still some distance between them, Julian's right sword swept out. William easily withdrew, with the shield in his left hand. Sparks flew, and the faces of the two staggered at this moment. The sound of the metal colliding with each other, each sound shocked the hearts of everyone present, and the speed of the two of them increased in one breath, and the sword light and sword shadow pressed the surrounding space.

The offensive double sword battle against the offensive and defensive sword and shield, two different styles of combat skills fiercely compete for the initiative in the duel. Julian knew how strong his opponent was, and he didn't use the normative moves he had learned from the academy at all, because those moves were already quite familiar to a paladin, and he relied only on his own fighting instincts to constantly swing the sword in his left and right hands, making moves irregularly, and incorporating all the experience he had in his previous battles against strong enemies into the two knights' swords. This unruly onslaught, which does not rely on moves, requires greater mental concentration, judgment, and balance, and although it consumes Julian's body faster than usual, the instinct he learns in battle allows Julian to quickly adapt to this style of play, and his arms easily exceed his usual swinging speed. The people in the "woods" who watched the battle could only catch the remnants of Julian swinging his sword, so they had the illusion that Julian was swinging dozens of swords at the same time.

However, William's sword and shield formed an impenetrable defense, constantly fending off Julian's attacks with astonishing accuracy, and whenever Julian's attack showed the slightest gap, William would immediately deliver a sharp counterattack. His counterattack is not a simple swing of the sword, but a combination of sword and shield, although the number of counterattacks is not much, but each round of counterattacks is like the waves of the sea, wave after wave of rolling in, and Julian can only rely on instant reflexes to resist, several counterattacks even forced Julian to retreat again and again, so that Julian had to readjust his breathing to adapt to the disrupted knots. The whole situation is deadlocked. Seeing that the hearts of the people in the "woods" trembled, their hearts were shocked by the true strength that William had exerted at this time, and at the same time, they all sweated for Julian.

If William is like a strong pine, standing tall against the wind, standing still, Julian is like a torrential rain, continuous and endless. The two refused to give in to each other, and the whole battle situation was stalemate.

I don't remember that this was the first time that the blades intersected, and at this time, the eyes of the two were staggered, and the four eyes were at each other, and the thoughts and feelings of the two were transmitted to each other's thoughts almost at the same time.

"Your eyes tell me that your will is very strong, and there is a stubbornness of 'although tens of millions of people go to me'. In the fierce exchange of weapons, William told Julian his explanation, "A person like you should not be tainted by evil, right, for what purpose have you done this?"

"For the love of my life!" replied Julian without hesitation.

"Wielding a sword for a loved one is indeed a touching reason, but is it worth it for you to carry yourself a heavy burden of sin?"

"There is no deserving or unworthy! I and you have a conviction that we must never give up, just as I have fought for what I love to this day, and you will never waver in upholding the sacrosanct law and justice. ”

"Yes, but there is a fundamental difference between my beliefs and yours. You're just for your own love, and the law I uphold is for thousands of people. ”

"No! The real difference between you and me is that your law and justice are false, while what I love is real!"

You should turn back immediately, or you will sink deeper and deeper into the mire of sin. ”

"My crimes are long gone, but you should turn back as soon as possible. One day you will deny today's qiē, and then you will bear the same sins as I do!"

After that moment of eye contact, both of them tried to convince each other with words, but during this time, the movements in their hands did not stop or slow, their sword swinging speed became faster and faster, and the sword qi splashed around became more and more dangerous, Selina, Beech Tree, and Coconut Tree were three "woods" The members, in the midst of such a fierce sword aura of the two of them, waited the side, although there was a danger of being killed by the two of them at any time, none of them left here and fled to a safe place, because Julian was their only hope for this mission, and they must not leave until they confirmed that Julian was completely safe.

However, it was the conversation between Julian and William just now that they realized that they were wrong. All along, these "woods" The members all regarded themselves as Julian's protectors, but after seeing Julian show such powerful force, they realized that Julian actually did not need their protection at all, on the contrary, at this time, all three of them were under Julian's protection - they all understood Julian's last words to William, and today William is their enemy because of the memory tampering, maybe William will die with this forged memory, but it is not ruled out that there will be a day when he recovers, once that time comes, when William remembers killing someone who should not have been killed, he may have remorse and self-blame。

But even if they knew what to do, they could not intervene in the battle between Julian and William at this time, and could only wait helplessly for the end of the unknown time, which seemed to them like a long years, but in fact only a few minutes had passed.

When the two of them fought for more than 40 moves, suddenly there was a loud "boom" in the room, and the surrounding air seemed to be compressed and exploded in an instant......

The Knight of Remembrance left by the window.

The darkness outside could no longer calm him inside.

Julian returned to his bedside and sat down, holding his head in his hands and sobbing silently.

He was wearing a sleeping shirt with two buttons on it, which had somehow undone on its own, revealing the dark red sword wound on his chest.

Although it has healed, it is a very new scar from the rebirth of the skin near the wound.

In fact, the scar had been preserved for more than two months, but it was inadvertently preserved by Julian, just like the centipede-shaped scar on his face.

This is a testimony of the battle he lived through

Why did he take the initiative to participate in that duel? Even though he knew the result, why did he choose to challenge the paladin, who could not be defeated by his own strength? Julian did not think about the answer to this question, but he did not dare to think about it.

Perhaps, leaving this scar is a punishment for yourself;

However, is this the only reason?

After a brief period of fainting, the beech tree slowly opened its eyes. He saw that the room was scattered with wooden mules that had not yet all fallen, several beds in the room had been shattered, a large hole had been blown through the paulownia wood exterior wall of the small building, and the sun poured in from the outside, forming an inclined pillar of light, and the two people on both sides of the separate pillar of light were Julian and William, who had temporarily stopped fighting.

Selina and Coconut Tree, who were stunned by the shock wave of the explosion along with the beech tree, also came to their senses one after another, and the two sides of the pillar of light faced each other, forming an invisible pressure, and everyone dared not make a sound, as if time had stood still.

Suddenly, the sword in Julian's right hand broke off from the middle, and the front half of the blade fell to the floor with a "bang". The explosion just now was the air explosion generated when the two battle spirits collided with each other. Julian could not counteract the impact of the other party's battle spirit, he only felt the blood in his chest roll and his breathing was chaotic, and it was obvious that he had suffered internal injuries, but William was calm and unharmed.

The strength of the fighting spirits of the two sides is judged.

"You really surprised me, if it were a simple competition in swordsmanship, I would have to bow down. It's a pity that it's already your limit to be able to do this. I can give you another chance to choose. William simultaneously voiced praise and threats to Julian.

"Don't need your chance. I know that the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for me. But I'm not going to lose to you. ”

Although he was afraid, Julie had no doubts in his peace of mind. He had long known in his heart that the peak of the paladin was not something that could be easily climbed, and if he couldn't defeat this powerful enemy with his genius swordsmanship in the dozen or so moves at the beginning of the war, once he was dragged into the stage of decisive victory of the battle spirit, he would have no chance of winning.

"Well, since you have chosen a path to the dark, don't regret it. ”

William took a step forward, turning his sword and shield in his hand. Countless dusts that were usually invisible were clearly flying in the pillar of sunlight, and the paladin on the other side of the pillar of light was approaching step by step, and under the extremely bright background, this figure seemed more and more dark and gloomy, making Julian feel a chill down his spine.

I'm not going to lose. Julian muttered in his mind......