But as soon as these people poked their heads out, they felt a sudden shock under their feet, almost causing them to fall.

The flat and solid ground shook violently!

"Help!"

A sudden collapse under a man drowned out his shouts with a thunderous roar, followed by a second, a third...... Dozens of figures thumped into the crumbling ground like fallen marmots, covered in dirt underneath.

"Bang!!"

Immediately after that, their shields burst open at the same time, and these large shields made of metal specialty, New World, cracked at first, and were quickly blown to pieces, and a series of screams were heard from several meters deep underground.

In a matter of seconds, the encircling shield array collapsed, and almost everyone was buried in the earth—with the exception of three.

The ground on which they were standing was still intact for the three reinforcements above LV70.

"Almighty Lord of Radiance! Please grant your believers blessings and courage! ”

The three of them didn't care about the shock, and wisely chose to stick to it.

I saw that the leader pierced the lower part of the shield to the ground, and from the center of the red and black shield flashed golden light, forming a light shield to protect him inside.

"The Ellmans...... Templars? ”

This scene is so familiar to Xia that it is a complete copy of the Templars who fought against her.

The Kingdom of the Elders is a medium-sized state on the periphery of the Holy Kingdom.

I don't know what idea it was based on, but Truis did not completely annex it, but chose to enter the country with religion, and then brainwash and indoctrinate the entire people; These people are supposed to be the El Men Shield warriors who have been completely brainwashed, and they are also one of the important sources of soldiers that make up the Templar Order.

Their size and fighting style are particularly suitable for the guardian knight route, if equipped with both a sorcerer and a sacrifice, it is a combat whole with almost no weaknesses, and the current leader of the Templar Order is the Elman, whose status is only one level lower than that of the Big Three.

"It's your turn."

She covered her head and face with her arms behind her. The demon, who looked a little shocked, said:

"You proposed to join forces, so I left you with three people...... You're a lot weaker than a skull, but you can't beat a few Templars, right? ”

Atwood put his hand down, and his nose crooked when he saw the three men.

"Jeffrey, Schuck, Aemond!"

"Isn't this the~ the three Grand Knights of the Knights Templar?"

"You've wiped out all the trash fish. But I was left with three of the hardest bones to gnaw? ”

It drenched the dog that Xia scolded in its heart, but it didn't dare to show hatred on the surface.

The flaming mouth twitched a few times, and Atwood let out a roar when he looked up to the sky!

"Poof, poof."

As the screams rang out, some of the round slime-like monsters began to move towards where they stood, and unlike their clumsy appearances, they weren't slow at all.

Then one by one, they pounced on the demon's massive body, slowly seeping into the skin and muscles.

"Gollum ......"

Atwood's body began to form a pimple, slowly squirming towards the center of his body like a ball.

"Lotus...... Lotus...... Lotus......!! ”

It made a painful sound. Gasping for breath incessantly.

"Schuke! Aemond! ”

Jeffrey, who first unfolded the protective reticle, shouted:

"It's absorbing those monsters, its strength is slowly increasing, it must be stopped as soon as possible!"

"The God of Radiance is above!"

One of the Templars sang a hymn, shielded himself with his shield, and slammed his sword into the demon!

"Bang!"

Atwood swung a giant fist and smashed it against the shield in front of him, and after a muffled sound, the Templar took a few steps backwards. An abnormal color of blood welled up on his face.

"You depraved witch!"

The other person launched an attack on Xia, and the long sword in his hand was shrouded in a layer of holy light.

It seemed to him that this beautiful silver-haired woman must have been transformed by a degenerate. Otherwise, it would not be possible to have such a powerful attack power! You must know that his subordinates are not given for nothing, everyone has at least destroyed hundreds of monsters in the New World!

Hearing that he had another witch's nickname, Xia raised his eyebrows, withdrew Valrhona's holy sword, and pulled out the dagger of the Fallen God with one hand.

"Bang!"

Then he slashed twice at the big shield in the opponent's hand.

A pitch-black cross burst out of the tip of the dagger and was printed on the red cross of the Great Shield. The Templars felt that the shield in their hands suddenly became extremely cold, as if it had been frozen by ice, and hurriedly let go of the shield and threw it aside.

"Click."

The red-black shield made a crunch when it touched the ground, splitting from where the dagger's light slashed, and breaking into four neat pieces.

The Godfall Dagger specializes in destroying items and enchantments in the Holy Faction. Not to mention a mere knight's shield, even if the real holy shield touches it, it will suffer.

"With a dark artifact in one hand and a holy sword in the other...... Wouldn't that be a good attack? The so-called two-knife flow of light and dark? ”

Xia was just too lazy to exert her strength just now, so she used the Divine Fall Dagger to break the shield, but this accidental whim made her discover a new idea.

"Whoa!!"

At this time, the mutation of Atwood's body was over, and he let out a smug howl!

Its nostrils spewed out of the heat mixed with sparks, its hands and feet were thicker than before, and it had more than a dozen bone spurs on its tail; It seems that the strength has improved a lot compared to the original.

"Master, it has been upgraded to LV82, and the combination with those little monsters just now has increased it by 10 levels."

The little Lori in black reported the changes in the other party.

"Level 10, that's a lot."

Natsu glanced at the slowly wriggling jet-black monsters on the ground, and was wary of Atwood's special means of upgrading.

However, this upgrade seems to be only temporary, as she notices that the information about those slime-like monsters has not disappeared, and it should be temporarily merged with Atwood.

"Come back! Don't mess with that witch! ”

Beads of sweat broke down on the forehead of the Templar who maintained the light mask:

"I just made sure, none of those warriors are dead, she probably doesn't want to kill us! - Now that demon is stronger again, come and defend with me! ”

The man who had lost his shield and the other Templar looked at each other. Neither of them had any objections, and immediately pulled out their legs and hurried towards their companions.

"Hehe, do you want to go? It's too late! ”

The demon let out a sinister laugh and strove over.

It was now moving big and fast, and after a few steps it caught up with the two of them, capturing Aemond, who lacked a shield, into the air.

"Hey...... Such a delicious thing. It's a shame to give it to those little ones, so I'll enjoy it myself. ”

It looked at the Templar struggling desperately in his hands, opened its mouth, and bit off half of his body in one bite.

Seeing this scene, Xia frowned slightly.

"Master, the Templars are loyal lackeys of the Order, and these guys also have the mark of a murderer, they are all murderous bad guys! Don't be merciful! ”

The little Lori in black saw her thoughts and hurriedly reminded her.

“…… I know. ”

Natsu took a deep breath. He lowered his eyes and didn't look at the bloody scene in front of him.

In fact, little Lori's worries are unnecessary.

She didn't plan to be a good old person at all, but she ...... I was a little disgusted by this kind of scene.

How to say that it is also a living human being, even if it is originally a damned object, it is good to kill it directly with a sword; This kind of death that is torn and eaten by the demon bite by bite is really miserable.

"Master, it's upgraded again......"

The black-clothed little Lori looked at the information bar with some horror, and the LV of the Atwood Pretender (Body 2) above had been upgraded by one level again, becoming LV83.

"Huh? Can it also be upgraded if it eats people on its own? ”

The vigilance in Xia's heart became stronger.

"Aemond!"

The other two watched with tears in their eyes. Roared in unison.

"Don't lose your mind." Jeffrey turned to Shuck and said:

"Our attack is not very strong, don't fight it easily. Instead, wait for the opportunity to fight back! ”

"Fight back? Hahahaha......"

As if hearing something funny, the demon threw away the little wreckage in his hand and approached the two with a cruel look.

"Crunch!"

With one hand on each side, it pressed the light mask above the Templar's head and began to press down hard!

"Poof!" "Poof!"

It was the movement of the shoes in the ground, and the Jeffreys' feet sank into the ground. As time passed, it was gradually pressed into the earth along with the entire light mask.

"Show up, water elf! Drown me the enemy! ”

The escaped magician Rohr returned at some point, summoning a female goblin-like puppet to entangle the demon's upper body.

This fairy puppet was originally small in size, but after being stimulated by the magic power, it reached more than two meters. But it still couldn't cover the demon's tall body, so it could only completely seal its head.

"Gollum! Gollum! The demon's mouth was filled with some water, and the fire in his mouth dimmed considerably.

Demons, like the undead like the Deathwalkers, can breathe, but not to draw oxygen; So the long suffocation that would be fatal enough for an ordinary creature just makes it feel a little uncomfortable.

"Giggle......

Compared to the veteran Templar Jeffrey, Schurk's divine power was much weaker, and the light curtain had cracked under the strong oppression.

"Its power is not endless, hold on!"

Jeffrey said profusely sweating.

"I can't, Jeffrey."

Shuk looked at the more and more cracks in front of him, and said in despair:

"But I'm not going to be eaten by it, never!"

Suddenly a strange syllable sounded from his mouth.

Unlike hymns, the syllables were high-pitched and sharp, as if to summon something far away, and a faint pillar of light arose above his head.

"Are you crazy? This is the continent of Frestia! Angels simply can't be in such a place! ”

Jeffrey tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The pillar of light that had originally wanted to condense suddenly seemed to be hindered by something, and the divine light dimmed little by little, and before it reached the high altitude, it was unsustainable, and gradually dissipated in the air.

"Haha, idiot!"

The demon surrounded by water laughed. A claw straining, then lowered its head and spat a breath of flame at the cracked mask.

The water elf's body was suddenly vaporized into a hole, and flames surged out from it, destroying the weakened light shield in one go, and Shuk inside was burned and screamed, but his calves were now sunk into the earth. I can't run away if I want to.

"OMG!"

The magician Rohr completely lost his fighting spirit at this time, turned around and began to run away, and he couldn't even bother to take back the water goblin puppet that was still struggling in pain.

After a few moments, the demon clutched the dying Templar in his hands.

It looked back at the silver-haired girl, and found that the other party still didn't mean to make a move, hehe laughed, opened his mouth and bit down.

"There is always a sour smell on the lackeys of the Order."

The demon said contentedly:

"But the energy in it is really great......

"Master, it's up to level 84."

The little Lori in black issued a warning.

"Now it's your turn, Jeffrey."

It licked the corners of its mouth unsatisfactorily. To the last Templar:

"I heard that you were a sword of Truis thirty years ago, and you have now advanced to the assessment stage of the deputy head of the regiment, right? That's why you chose to come here to pioneer ...... If you are given a few more years, you can emit divine light even in the New World, and then I will not be able to help you. ”

"But right now, you're just a stepping stone to make me stronger." It pointed to the Templar's head:

"Your faith, your flesh ~ body, your soul...... will all be my nourishment; Be proud of that, Grand Knight! You will be part of the Great Demon Monarch......"

Its fingertips flashed with a black glow. It was like a laser shot at the top of the shield, and soon there was a dent in it.

"Stop."

Xia, who had not spoken, said lightly:

"This man is still useful to me. I need to ask him some questions. ”

"Ha, my dear princess, is this necessary?"

The demon had no intention of stopping.

I only heard it say in a cruel tone:

"As long as I devour this old fellow with his soul, any of his secrets will be known to me, since we are partners, why should I not tell you?"

I said...... Stop it. ”

Natsu slowly raised the transparent holy sword. The tip of the sword was aimed at it.

"Oh?"

Atwood turned his head, and a fierce look shot in his eyes:

"Are you giving orders to me?"

The silver-haired girl didn't speak again, but closed her eyes!

The black light in the demon's hand was interrupted.

Because it felt a terrifying momentum from the other party's body, it locked directly on the right side of its lower abdomen.

"That's where my demon core is, how could she possibly know?"

As the feeling of danger grows stronger. A dismayed Atwood finally made a wise decision to withdraw his hand.

"I'm just kidding you, my princess."

A false smile appeared on its face:

"Don't forget, I've also been in Westminster for a long time, and it's the most popular entertainment in Gondia, the royal capital of Westminster - hey! I scared the hell out of you! Hahaha......"

Atwood laughed for a long time, the muscles on his smiling face were sore, and the silver-haired girl slowly opened her eyes.

The feeling of extreme danger that had been lingering in his mind disappeared, and the demon secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hell, according to the information I sent to collect before, after my transformation, my strength should be close to the peak of the New World."

It was secretly annoyed in its heart:

"Why did she just close her eyes and I felt like I was going to die? It's like ......"

The image of a man appeared in front of the demon's eyes:

"It's like the swordsman who defeated me with a sword thousands of years ago......"

"I'm not going to tell you anything!"

Having lost two companions in succession, the chief of the great knight, shrouded in great sorrow, said hoarsely:

"Even if I choose to destroy my soul, I will not betray the teachings of God Sado! Leaking a shred of the Order's secrets...... Long live Truis! (To be continued.) )