Chapter Forty-Eight: Evil Is Smiling
No.... This evil breath......
The Great Knight of Sovis, who had just finished dealing with the cultists who were mixed in the crowd, was shocked when he watched the appearance of the seven sky-high black pillars.
"I obviously let Knight Louis and his team...."His face was blue for a while and white for a while. After a long time, I looked up at the sky of Baiguang Town, and the white night that began to appear under the clouds was abrupt.
"Louis... Have you fallen too?"
In his heart, Suvis became angry at the sure betrayal speculation, and his knuckles turned white. Almost at the same time, he was deflated and his hands hung down. His face instantly aged by ten years, from a crane-haired knight to an old man at twilight.
After all, he knew very well that a sacrificial ritual of this scale would begin once it began. It's no longer something that his team, and the people who stayed behind in the Temple of Light, can solve it.
All causes, Louie's plan was too perfect:
From the very beginning, the demons caused panic, and the heresy caused the mooring area to catch fire.
Then the war began, and the people were organized to spread rumors, create panic and let the residents gather, and the fighters in the town basically went to the front line, and the town of Baiguang was completely empty, and then the evil ritual of the chapel was used to attract the attention of his own reinforcements, and then with his own trust, he went to complete the final ritual alone.....
A series of elaborate plans were deduced by Suvis himself. And I can't help but sigh at the degree of completion of this plan. Especially at the end of the day, relying on your own trust...... It's scary to think about.
Unconsciously, the Great Knight of Sovis had a haze over the abyssal prospect of the conquest of the civilization of the Light Plane.
But the melancholy is only for a moment.
When he hesitated, he felt the evil power around him getting stronger and stronger, and looked at the increasingly chaotic crowd in the clearing, Sovis knew that it was time for him to stand up:
- "Quiet !!"
His voice drummed with the power of the sun, and the warm breath suddenly spread throughout the audience, and the rich evil power in it was repelled away.
As the townsfolk were gradually pacified, the Sovis Knight heard voices such as, 'Activate the portal, let's leave'. Basically without hope, he still looked at the high priest.
Sure enough, she just shook her head wordlessly, and the luck in her heart was shattered.
The foul smell was pervasive, and there was no time to hesitate any longer.
"High Priest, your guardian knight, and my Sun Knight, together with our Sun Knight, we will lead them out of here!"
Sovis decisively took over the power and issued a series of orders: "Then your knights enter the crowd and maintain order. In addition, all vehicles that can be used without relying on magic (Note 1) will be requisitioned, and priority will be given to the elderly, children, and women. ”
He looked at his Sun Knight squad and continued, "I, Sovis, take the lead in the front. Brothers, you go to the rear and take care of the safety of the townspeople. ”
Finally, Suvis's voice stirring with the power of the sun became even more high-pitched: "Direct execution in case of uncooperation! Direct execution in case of disrupting order, absolutely not relentless at very moments, now start arranging!"
Not long after, some of the riots that arose in the process were suppressed by Iron Will. The townspeople who had put together the Temple of Light as the last straw had come together and set off.
I saw thousands of people running wildly on the streets.
The leader of the Sovis Knights, with a dazzling light all over his body, walked at the forefront of the turbid environment produced by the ceremony. Constantly tear through the darkness, purify the evil aura, and open the way for those who follow. Behind them, hitchhikers (Note 2) that can move with only human power are speeding around the disadvantaged.
After that, there are the more physically fit adult townspeople, who run on their legs and follow closely.
Under Suvis's vision, this sacrificial formation would only envelop the entire central area of Baiguang Town. They only need to get out of this range and be rescued.
However, under the influence of the evil power that steadily increases in concentration, even the Knight of Light and the High Priest ignore the dispel and purify the loss.
There are still some frail old people and children, corrupted by evil. One by one, the eyes were viscous black liquid, and the mouth spat out crimson body fluids, and they were gradually hollowed out of their souls and transformed into evil slaves.
Finally, "Sovis Grand Knight, what are they going to do?" the High Priest asked with tears as he flew out of the carriage and raised his hand to the infant baby that was being rapidly eroded by the evil force.
"It's hopeless, let's execute it. ”
"What?!" the High Priest couldn't believe that such a thing would come out of the mouth of the Sun Knight.
However, Suvis frowned, and repeated loudly: "I said execution!!"
"But they are all children, children who can't even shout out to their parents!" the high priest begged with tears in his eyes.
Alas~!
"For the safety of more people, there is only execution!" said Suvis, taking a deep breath and giving the order ruthlessly.
In the mammoth team moving forward, the old and weak, who were already terminally ill and gradually evil and alienated, peacefully turned into flames and disappeared under the power of the Knight of Light.
Soon, the power of the sun in his body stirred the flames of life. took the initiative to combine with the light and divine power given by the goddess.
For a moment, the halo flows.
The Sovis knight turned into a huge torch, emitting warm light and heat, completely enveloping the group of cars in front of the procession, muttering: "The responsibility lies with me, may the light bless you.... I'm guilty......"
"What are you doing?!
The high priest noticed the anomaly, flew out of the carriage again, and hurriedly persuaded: "You will die, Suvis!!"
"It's fine. I will bear the sin of the commands I give. Let me pay the penalty with my life. "Recalling the scenes behind him, the sight of life disappearing under the power of light.
The sun knight's cloudy pupils were occupied by a blinding light of milky white. The bright light around him made him like a burning little sun, expelling the invading evil force.
However, there are times when selfless dedication is not rewarded and understood.
"Why didn't he burn his life sooner, my poor boy. The woman who had lost her child hid her face and wept bitterly, and the Light Knight, who was comforting her, was at a loss, unaware of the resentment in her heart.
Whether it is the loss of the elderly or the loss of children, those townspeople who have lost their loved ones, even if they are shrouded in clean and peaceful light at this time, are also affected quietly and darkly:
"Why didn't he burn his life sooner?" thought the bereaved family.
"The Knight of Light, why didn't you just do this?" thought the man who was bereaving his family.
"Why aren't the people of the Temple of Light selfless at all?" thought the person who had the initial conflict when he saw all this.
.......
Romeo, who secretly saw everything, told the shield warrior about the demonic weakness that attacked, and sighed in Diggie's mind: "The smell of original sin~"
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On the chaotic battlefield, the first line of defense was broken by demons, and the army of bright civilization retreated to the second line. The black cat, which is still under control, has no intention of savoring it or asking now.
Without paying attention, another gust of wind brushed its cat face.
DUANG!
Shield warrior Gref, the thick shield in his hand suddenly sank, and his arms curled up almost to press against his chest. His thick legs were spread apart, and they were slammed into the ground like nails by the force of the shield.
Hiss~!
A serpentine scaly head spitting out a letter emerges from the edge of the shield. Gref, whose vision was blocked, just wanted to pull out, but Romeo, who narrowly avoided the attack, hurriedly yelled: "Don't move! It's an alienated snake demon! It's lying to you, Captain! That's its tentacles!"
There was no obstruction not far away, he could see clearly. The exposed head was actually a tentacle of the mutant snake demon. And at the tip of each of its tentacles, there are snake-like heads, which are cunningly detouring on the shield at this time. He wanted to give Gref the illusion that he planned to give him a fatal blow with his sharp mouth while he was retreating.
Illusion?
Hearing this, he hurriedly adjusted his posture, and the shield warrior blushed and stumbled with it in place.
But it was too late.
The snake demon's thick body writhed on the ground. Its eyeless scaly head suddenly bloomed with a folded and telescopic sharp mouthpiece, twisted its neck to choose a good angle, and catapulted down against the iron head behind the shield.
The tentacles that stretched out in a row below its neck were writhing happily in the swoop, as if celebrating the blood that was about to reach its mouth.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, a tall figure holding a thin sword flashed past him and attacked the demon.
"Romeo, don't be impulsive, come back!!Immediately the support will be there!," Gref yelled.
Between the lightning and flint, there was a rhythmless tapping sound from the shield one after another. At the same time, the fishy smell of demonic blood instantly filled his nostrils.
- "Romeo!"
Gref's blood was hot, and he was angry and couldn't care about anything else. Abandoning one of the rules of being a shield warrior, 'Perseverance and immobility', the muscles of his arm bulged, and he held the shield and roared forward, knocking away the injured snake demon. The blocked vision was restored, and it was indeed a heart-wrenching scene to see:
Romeo's rapier pierced the demon's mouthparts, causing a massive blow, revealing a hilt. The point was that a right hand was holding it, shaking it as the snake demon shook its head in pain.
His hand was bitten off!
The shield warrior nervously scrambled to search, and soon a familiar figure came into view, it was Romeo. He was smiling brightly, holding the black cat in his left hand, and the sleeve on the other side was torn and blood was flowing empty.
"Come here yet!"
Seeing that he was alive, Gref was relieved and loudly reprimanded him. After saying that, he immediately saw a bad demon who smelled blood, his eyes lit up, and his body turned into an afterimage and pounced on him.
No!
- "The Meaning of a Shield Warrior: It is to protect those who deserve to be protected!"
Gref's old face seems to have returned to his youth at this moment, with tall facial features and handsome classical beauty. In an instant, he broke free from the shackles of heavy armor and appeared behind Romeo in an incredible way.
Time stopped for a second, and blood gushed out with a pop.
"Captain!"
The claws easily pierced through the armor, and Gref's face returned to his old state. The young man's heart-rending cry drifted in his ears. The shield warrior's cloudy eyes closed serenely.
Truly!
The demon didn't know what respect was, and he devoured the old bacon heartily, and was soon entangled by the next shield battle.
On the long front, roars, punctures, elemental glows, demonic gnawing, priest flickering halos...... It's still going on.
In this white-hot chaotic offense and defense, the scene just now seems so insignificant, at least the participants in it have forgotten.
- "This is the soul full of energy, pretty!" Romeo is crippled, and he is writhing and wrying across the uneven battlefield, hiding from the demons.
The male voice, which looks dying and can be magnetic, is full of joy and cheerfulness at this time. In Di Ji's eyes, a piece of soul body that had crystallized was controlled by him to sway left and right in front of him.
It shook it, and my heart itched unbearably.
"But it's not for food, after all, such a pure and noble soul is a kind of defilement to eat in one bite!" Romeo teased the black cat, a smile on his haggard face.
"It's time for the feast to come~"