The autumn wind is bleak, but it can't blow the strong smell of blood.

Evie's eyes stared vacantly ahead, her arms tightly wrapped around Pierce's body, and although she could no longer detect any life breath from the latter, she refused to let go.

The dueling arena, which was originally quite lively, was empty because of this.

Horace dismissed the nearby guards and crouched down to look at Pierce.

Fearless of strong enemies and facing death, this is the qualification that a true knight needs to have, Horace thought he had found a treasure today, but he didn't expect such a result.

"You can't be resurrected from death, but you have to live well. ”

Horace sighed, then pulled out a bulging purse from his body.

"Take the money and bury him..."

"No, he's not going to die. ”

Ivy pushed away Horace's purse, then put Pierce's arm on her shoulder, and the two staggered down the dueling table.

"We... Go home. ”

Aiwei said softly, like the love words between husband and wife, soft and spoiled.

Horace looked at the two backs and gradually moved away, his handsome face was gradually replaced by coldness, and the guards around him who were about to come forward to ask for instructions were stunned, and then froze in place and did not dare to move forward.

"Pass my orders and go to the Wilson family to ask for the Warcraft Crystal Nucleus. ”

"Yes. ”

The silver knight beside Horace turned pale, and after receiving the order, he turned around and left.

The guards had already seen that the commander of several people did not give face to anyone, and came exactly according to the rules of the dueling platform, so that the bet owed by Edmund, Horace bluntly said that he wanted to take it, that is, it was clear that it was not on Edmund's side.

"Such a rare seedling.... The Wilson Family...."

Horace snorted coldly, and when he turned around and was about to leave the dueling table, he found that the middle-aged man who was playing against him was long gone.

Luxurious palace.

Norton Palace, the seat of the Norton royal family, is also synonymous with luxury.

Guarding the palace was a guard, this army only had more than 500 people, but among them, 150 were silver knights, and the rest were all high-level bronze knights.

A middle-aged man in a robe walked unhindered through the layers of guards and directly into the palace of Norton, and it could be seen that he was in a hurry, anxious to report something to the king.

Above the palace, the king was seated.

The king is now only about forty years old, with a heroic eyebrow and neatly combed black hair, and a royal luxury in his majesty.

When Charles III saw someone coming at the door, he waved his hand to disperse the men on both sides.

Several maids bowed slightly and walked quickly out of the palace.

People who have been in the court all the year round know the special identity of this middle-aged man, although he has no specific real power, but he is a close minister of the king's side, and he is quite trusted by the latter.

"Angus, is there anything urgent today?"

The middle-aged man named Angus saluted first, and then replied respectfully: "Your Highness the King, in a few days it will be the day of the Demon Hunting Trial, and the representative of the Holy See is already on the way. ”

"Oh?" asked Charles III subconsciously, "who is here?"

"The fifth-order Golden Knight, the Holy Cult Army Isidore. ”

The middle-aged man stared at him and slowly said a person's name.

Charles III's original heart suddenly fell.

"Haha, it turned out to be Isidore, my father and I both had a deep friendship with him, and I don't think I will embarrass us this time. ”

If you ask which of the most powerful forces on this continent is, few people will specify a particular empire, but almost everyone will answer in unison - "Holy See." ”

The Holy See has a position above the other kingdoms, and even the powerful empires with a vast territory maintain a mutually beneficial relationship with the Church, while a small country like the Kingdom of Norton can only look up.

It stands to reason that it is difficult for the Norton Kingdom to have anything to do with the Holy Cult Army, but just at the border of the Norton Kingdom, there is a ruins of an ancient war, which can be accessed through the teleportation array, and it has been a hundred years since the ruins were discovered, and countless people have ventured into them, which eventually caused the ruins to collapse.

Later, a mysterious force appeared in the ruins, and the strength of all the adventurers who entered the ruins was forcibly suppressed at the silver level, and the remnants of the demons who had been trapped in the ruins also became the biggest threat to this group of adventurers.

On the one hand, in order to suppress the demons, and on the other hand, in order to explore the ruins, the Norton Kingdom has joined forces with the Holy See to hold a demon hunting trial every ten years, when the teleportation array will be opened, and the combined army composed of the Kingdom Army and the Holy Cult Army, as well as countless adventurers, will be sent into the ruins.

Now, exactly ten years later, the Holy Cult Army is about to arrive in the territory of the Norton Kingdom.

"Your Royal Highness, your friendship with Isidore is deep, but ......"

"Angus, what's going on?"

Charles III had been with Angus for many years, so he could naturally notice the change in the latter's expression, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Angston paused, and then said in a condensed voice: "Edmund, the only grandson of the Wilson family, was severely injured in the dueling table, and it is possible that he ......"

Angus did not continue to say the following words, but Charles III's face had changed, and his anger was overflowing.

The patriarch of the Wilson family, who was only a marquis in the Norton Kingdom, would not have shocked Charles III so much even if Edmund was killed.

However, this time, the representative of the Holy See, Isido, was Edmund's uncle.

Isidor is a member of the Holy Cult Army, and the Holy Cult Army is an invincible army that sweeps away all the demon armies, offending such a figure is enough to make Charles III's head big.

"Who did it, did you catch it?"

The stakes are high, and even if Edmund was wounded in a duel, Charles III didn't plan to care so much.

"Billy Family, Billy Pearce. ”

"It turned out to be ......him," Charles III was stunned, although he couldn't understand how a wine bag and rice bag hurt Edmund, but he immediately ordered, "Arrest him for me and hand him over to Isidore to deal with." ”

"He's dead. ”

"What?!"

Angus saw the whole process of the duel with his own eyes, and he never thought that Edmund would be defeated by Pierce, but it was too late to say anything, Edmund had already been sent to the academy, and as for whether there could be a turnaround, it could only depend on his own creation.

Charles III was furious, but Pierce was dead, and the only remedy was declared unavailable, and it was hard to imagine what would have happened when Isidore returned and saw his nephew.

Even if Isidore wanted to ask the teacher for his guilt, who could he go to?

Charles III sat back on the throne, and there was silence in the hall.