Deed stopped, turned to look at the forest at the foot of the mountain, a trace of hesitation flashed on his old face, as a knight of the Church of Grace, Deed has served the Church for forty years, as a knight of Grace, Deed is loyal to the Church, he believes in the teachings and guidance of the Great Mana, and fights to protect the Church. Even within the Church of Holy Grace, Deed is a knight of considerable prestige and strength, and it is even rumored that he may become the next Grand Knight Captain. After all, Deed is not just a human, he is a hybrid of human and elf, and because of this, although he is over sixty years old at the moment, he still looks no different from a middle-aged man in his thirties. And at this moment, he was wearing shining silver armor, standing halfway up the mountain, frowning and staring at the forest below surrounded by mist. Sensing Deed's performance, the others couldn't help but stop and looked at their captain curiously.

"Your Excellency, has something happened?"

A priest in a robe, panting and panting followed his gaze, but did not notice anything unusual. So he could only stare at the man in front of him curiously, hoping that he would give himself a satisfactory answer.

However, Deed did not relax, he still looked down calmly, and only after a moment did he reply.

"Someone is coming. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Deed's answer, everyone was stunned, this is the depths of the twilight forest, who will appear here?

"The other party is ........."

"Ten high-level swordsmen, one middle-level swordsman, nine low-level swordsmen........."

Speaking of this, Deed paused slightly, as a knight, it was simply a simple thing for him to judge the strength of the other party through his breath, and because of this, he could keenly perceive that these people were following behind him, and it was not a chance encounter, judging by the other party's breath and movement trajectory, it was obviously consciously coming in his direction. This made Deed reassured, and he waved his hand and motioned for his men to stop. Then he looked at the forest below the mountain and was silent.

"Your Excellency, we ............"

"Don't act rashly. ”

Deed glanced at the priest beside him and shook his head. He wasn't sure who they were here, but indeed, the strength of these guys was not weak, and judging from the direction of their actions, they shouldn't have appeared here by chance. So, who are they, and who did they come to this forest with the same purpose as themselves, and if their guess is correct, who would they be?

Thinking of this, Deed raised his brow slightly.

No, it's not like a mage association, there are very few swordsmen among those guys, but there are so many high-level swordsmen here right now, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the mage association's handiwork.

So, is it the Wester royal family?

Thinking of this, Deed was a little surprised, according to the information obtained, the West Kingdom should be preparing for the pressure of the Sith army at the moment, in the eyes of the Church of Holy Grace, at this critical moment, it is impossible for the royal family to send so many elite forces to run into the forest, right, and for the West Kingdom, although the source is very important, but they are not those small countries without a source, so why take such a big risk?

Deed's hand pressed on the hilt of his sword and began to think deeply, he did not want to clash with the royal family at such a time, after all, this is the other party's land, if the dough is torn, then no one can say it. However, after all, he and the others were the first to come, and with the strength of his Holy Grace Knight and the influence of the church, it must not be a difficult thing to let the other party leave. Of course, this is also a sign of caution by Deed, the more he leans into the source, the more he feels a powerful aura hidden in it, if he doesn't expel these people immediately, then maybe he will be attacked by the other party, which is definitely not what he wants to see.

Thinking of this, Deed smiled, and then he turned and gestured to his men.

"All ready, we're going to meet our 'friends' for a while. ”

At the same time, Yulian, who was advancing in the forest, suddenly stopped, and he looked up at the mountain peak in front of him, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned to reveal a sneering smile.

"The other side stopped, and it seems that they are aware of our presence as well............ Well, the scattered Church of Grace is not going to do anything beyond my expectations, and I don't know if they are rigid or stupid. ”

"Or both, Your Excellency. ”

Judy, who was walking on the side, tilted her head slightly and added with a relaxed smile, and her words also drew laughter from the other Spirit Warriors.

"In that case, then don't keep our guests waiting......... Protect those poor guys, I don't want anything to happen in this fight. ”

"Understood, Your Excellency. ”

Hearing Yulian's order, Judy nodded, and then, with the spread of the invisible soul fluctuations, the spirit warriors quietly changed their direction, they quickly dispersed, crossed in a special movement trajectory, and then sandwiched the mercenaries of the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment in the center, their actions were very secretive, and no one could see it, even the veteran mercenaries who had experienced a hundred battles were carefully observing the surrounding environment at this moment, and did not notice the hidden actions of the spirit warriors.

The ground began to get steeper.

The original green meadows have been replaced by dry rock faces, and the lush trees have become much scarcer. And when Yuren led the people out of the forest, the first thing they saw was the clear blue sky, and a banner fluttering in front of them, with golden trim and a blue background.

And those who stood not far away, wearing silver armor and fully armed.

Church of Holy Grace?!

When they saw these warriors in silver armor and the white-robed priest behind them, the people of the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment were shocked, they immediately realized that something was wrong, it seems that something very troublesome must have happened here, otherwise, how could the people of the Church of Holy Grace appear in this remote ghost place?

"Hello, adventurers. ”

The middle-aged knight standing in the middle of it held the hilt of his sword with his left hand and raised his right hand to greet them.

"We are the third squad of the Knights of the Church of Grace, I am the captain, the Knights of the Grace of the Grace Deed Kessel, I regret to inform you that ahead is the sacred place of the Church, and at the moment due to the extraordinary situation, this place has been completely locked down, I hope you will leave immediately!"

Deed's correspondence is not bad, first he declares his name, and at the same time reveals his identity without a trace to deter the place, and finally tells them that this is the holy place of the Church, so that ordinary people will not trouble the Church of Holy Grace at such a time. Even if the other party is a member of the Westster royal family, but they are knights after all, they should understand that with only a few high-level swordsmen, there is no way to defeat themselves.

Hearing Deed's words, the mercenaries' faces have changed drastically, unlike Yu Lian, these ordinary mercenaries don't want to have anything to do with the Church of Holy Grace, after all, the Holy Grace Church is quite influential among the civilians, and many mercenaries also believe in the doctrine of Holy Grace, and now since the other party said that the front is the holy place of the church, then they should not bother anymore.

If it had been before, then these mercenaries would naturally choose to leave, but unfortunately, it is not them who are in control of the situation here now, but Yuren - then again, if it weren't for Yuren, these mercenaries would not have come here. So, they had no choice but to turn their gaze to the young nobleman, who had been silent since the beginning, expecting his answer. At this moment, You Lian also showed a hint of a smile, and then stepped forward half a step.

"It's funny, I never knew that in my territory there would be a holy place for the Church of Grace. ”

"Young man, you are ..............."

Hearing this, Deed's brow furrowed slightly, and then, he quickly asked. In the face of Deed's inquiry, Yulian only shrugged his shoulders.

"I am the lord of this twilight forest, but I have to say that I never knew of any Holy Grace Church shrines in my territory. ”

It turned out to be a lord.

Hearing this, Deed couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, since this is the case, then it is much easier to say.

"This is an internal matter of the Church of Grace, Sir, and it is not surprising that you do not know it, but I can assure you in the name of the Knight of Grace that what I have said is true, and if you still have any doubts, you can go back and confirm it with His Majesty. ”

"Confirmed?"

Hearing this, a very obvious mockery appeared in Yulian's smile.

"Do you really think I'm an idiot?sir?Do you think I don't know what you're trying to do?What if I go back and make sure?With the influence of the Church of Grace among the populace, will the king stop it?Of course, I think he might go to the Bishop, and then what? You take advantage of this time to get a clear idea of the area, and then station the Guardians, and then build a sanctuary on the land......... In this way, even if His Majesty wants to recover the land in the end, it will not be possible, am I right?"

Hearing this, Deed's face changed slightly, yes, this is exactly what the Church of Divine Grace does, but even if it is this practice, only a few people in the Church of Divine Grace know about it, but where did the young nobleman in front of him know about it?

"Whatever you say, Mr. Lord, ahead is the holy place of our church, and I will not let the idle people step into it, and if you insist on moving forward, then I am afraid that there will only be regrettable consequences for both of us. ”

Speaking of this, Dee imperceptibly made a gesture to his subordinates, so that they were ready to fight in an instant, since Yulian said their plan, Dee sensed that this matter may be difficult to be good, since the other party knows his means so well, then I am afraid it will be difficult to agree to leave, a battle, I am afraid it is inevitable.

And right now, the mercenaries are also looking at Yu Lian, they don't want to be involved with the people of the Holy Grace Church, but before Yu Lian's words, everyone can hear that he seems to be quite ignorant of this church, indeed, with his identity as a gifted person, he does have the arrogance of ignoring these guys, but he can not mean that he and others can do it, you are strong, but we are just a group of ordinary mercenaries, in case we are implicated......... Thinking of this, some mercenaries had already begun to retreat, trying to distance themselves, but at this moment, they suddenly found that they were completely surrounded by the spirit warriors, and there was no way to leave!

What should I do?

The situation immediately became tense for a while, and in the face of the other party's formation, Yulian just shrugged his shoulders with a smile and turned to Judy beside him.

"You see, these guys are still so arrogant, they really think that they are invincible in the world with a little bit of strength, it seems that the group of people in the Church of Holy Grace really don't have any brains..............."

"Shut up! You are not allowed to insult the Church of Grace!"

Hearing this, Deed couldn't bear it anymore and shouted in a low voice.

"The Church of Grace is the guardian of Holy Mana, the indispensable pillar for the continued existence of this world!

"Of course I do. ”

Hearing Deed's angry shout, Yulian glanced at the other party helplessly.

"You are also going to say that you are the messengers of Mana and have inherited her mission to protect the world............ I'm tired of hearing that delusion is a personal freedom, but if it affects others, then it needs to be considered separately. ”

At this, Yulian paused.

"So, I've always disliked you knockoffs. ”

As soon as the word "goods" came out, Yu Lian's figure had disappeared. Then, everyone saw only a long black line, which shot towards the Knights of Grace not far away.

Charge?

In the face of Yu Lian's disappearance, Dee was also surprised, although he also knew that this battle was inevitable, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually fight when he said it, and he actually used the technique of accelerating the charge, which has not been used for many years!

If it was a high-level swordsman, then in the face of Yulian's move, maybe there would be some hurry, but Deed was already a knight of holy grace after all, and a skill like accelerating the charge was not an irresistible move for him. In fact, Dee also saw Yu Lian's figure - the emaciated, slender figure stabbed at him like a sharp arrow, Dee could even see the other party's fingers grasping the hilt of the sword behind his waist, and at this moment, the pitch-black sword body with a glimmer of light no longer knew when it jumped out, slashed through the air, and slashed at his left shoulder.

"Drink!"

And at this moment, Deed shouted, and his body suddenly burst out with a faint and bright brilliance, he suddenly pulled out the long sword in his hand, and rushed forward with a flickering light, the simple sword body blocked in front of the pitch-black long sword without any tricks, and it was able to withstand the opponent's attack.

"Boom!!"

The two swords intersected, and a huge wave of qi immediately spread out in all directions, and the translucent fluctuations swept up the violent wind, forcing those of the lower rank to retreat to avoid the forces of the warring sides.

And just when the two swords intersected, Deed's heart sank, he originally thought that the young nobleman in front of him was just a high-level swordsman, so he did not use all his strength, but only used eight points of strength in order to shake the other party away. But he didn't expect that at the same time as the two sides exchanged swords, the power that should have burst out through his long sword suddenly became empty, as if it didn't exist, and he also reacted flexibly, hurriedly shouted, and at the same time as retreating, a soul sword light shot out, which was able to distance himself.

Although Deed's soul sword light was just right, in the face of the opponent's almost close attack, Yu Lian still swayed slightly, and then quickly dodged the blow. The soul sword light that had lost its target passed by it, and it slammed into the hard ground, only a violent explosion was heard, and then, a huge crater appeared on the originally hard rock ground.

This is the power of the Knights of Holy Grace!?

At this moment, the mercenaries had completely opened their mouths and couldn't say half a word, if the battle that Yulian had shown before made them feel weird, then what this Holy Grace Knight showed was completely shocked. They were almost sure, if nothing else, just from that sword just now, I am afraid that not half of their mercenary team would be able to survive from that terrifying power!

The battle between the two sides lasted only a moment, and Deed retreated into his own camp, and Yuren did not chase after dodging the blow, he just looked at the man in front of him with a playful smile in his sword.

"Gifted Knight............

Deed's heart has sunk to the bottom at this moment, although the other party has not yet used knight swordsmanship, but through the previous battle, he has rich experience but has already realized that in front of him, it is a real talented knight! Thinking of this, Deed couldn't help gritting his teeth, Holy Grace is above, there will be a talented knight here?

"You have indeed surprised me, Mr. Lord. ”

Although he was a little flustered, Deed still kept his composure. It's just that in the face of the opponent in front of him, he finds that he will most likely have to change his plan.

"But I must warn you that although you have the power to defeat me, I don't think you want to turn us against each other because of this. I suggest that we could both of us give in to each other......... What do you think about negotiating on this matter?"

"Negotiations?"

Hearing Deed's proposal, Julien asked with a smile, then he shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"Look, I said that the old stubbornness of the Church of Holy Grace has really adhered to its policy for a hundred years, and it is the same reaction at all times, which is really boring to the extreme............ But unfortunately, Mr. Knockoff, I'm not going to negotiate with you. ”

"Why?"

Hearing this, Deed was stunned in his heart, he had already vaguely pointed out this point just now, even if they couldn't go back, the Church of Holy Grace would still come to investigate. Could it be that this young man doesn't even pay attention to the Church of Holy Grace?

"First, this is my territory, my territory, so naturally I have the final say. ”

You Lian raised his eyebrows, his tone began to become low, and with these words, the spirit warriors who were originally standing not far behind him also changed their way of action.

"Second, I have no interest in, or even disgust, in the delusions of the Church of Divine Grace, so even if you take out the Church of Divine Grace to suppress me, it is meaningless. As for the third ........."

As he spoke, You Lian's long sword flipped over.

"You don't need to worry, you know, the Holy Grace Knights we have killed are not one or two for a long time. So, you have only one choice............ Go to hell. ”

With these words, the wandering warriors, who had been silent, began to act.

(To be continued)