Although the ostensible mission of this westward journey was to rescue the refugees and clear the remnants of the San Lucas army, their real mission was far from simple. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter all, they are the strongest Holy Light Knights in the kingdom, but it would be too big to clean up the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

Danko's operation originated from some rumors about mysterious events in the strongholds of the towns and cities in the west some time ago, and it is said that many of the St. Lucas soldiers who came from the west behaved abnormally and fought unintentionally, as if they had lost their souls, and there were also reports of a large number of soldiers and non-commissioned officers mysteriously missing. The Order's mission this time is to investigate these anomalous events and complete the important task of "infiltrating San Lucas".

The war between St. Lucas and Vassilian had been going on for ten years, and in recent years the two sides had gradually reached a stalemate, and Vassilian took the opportunity to start preparations for a crusade against Miller, but St. Lucas did not take advantage of it. This in itself came as a surprise. Before the Miller problem became more and more serious, St. Lucas had always been Vassilian's number one threat, and the source of the conflict between the two sides may be traced back to the great war between humans and elves thousands of years ago.

Vasilian's decision to crusade against Miller during this period was actually a risky move, one of the purposes of which was to test St. Lucas's reaction. St. Lucas, who had been behaving erratically lately, also caught Vassilian's attention, so he sent a large army to attack Miller on the one hand, and ordered the elite of the Order to infiltrate St. Lucas on the other hand to find out the enemy's movements and goals. On top of this mission, Dan Ke was secretly assigned a secret mission that could only be completed by him......

"St. Lucas...... Danco looked serious, as if he was lost in thought.

This is the desert city of Mose, southwest of Vassilian, where the Knights have just settled the refugees they have rescued from Tans, which took them two days to travel. At this moment, the knights were gathered outside the gates of Mose, waiting for Danko's orders.

"Commander, what should we do next?" spoke a tall, dark-skinned knight in crooked armor, he leisurely leaned against a tree trunk, picked up the kettle and poured a mouthful of water, this desert full of yellow sand really makes people feel thirsty when they see it, this city is short of water all year round, but he has never thought of saving the precious resources in his hands.

"Marshall, save some water, I won't lend it to you then!" said the other blonde knight.

"If I want to take your water, I won't give you time to think about borrowing it or not, I asked the head of the regiment, John, you stinky boy, don't intervene in me!"

"Don't make any noise, let's get Laconia out of the way before we dive into the mission, we haven't heard from it in months. Dan Ke held his chin in his left hand and looked thoughtfully at the desert.

That damn mission......

Three days later, Laconia.

Laconia, once Vassilian's southwestern town, was seized control by San Lucas ten years ago, but after the massive reconquest three years earlier, most of the San Lucas garrisons withdrew across the sea, and most of the previously occupied towns have been reclaimed by Vasilian. From then on, in order to prevent St. Lucas from attacking again and taking control, Vasilian strengthened the defenses of Laconia, sending soldiers to garrison without interruption, and maintaining constant contact.

However, since three months ago, there has been no news of Laconia, and the scouts and liaison officers who have been sent to it have also been heard from since, and three months ago was the time when those anomalous events began, this kind of contact has made the kingdom's top brass uneasy, and only the Knights can give them a little peace of mind at this moment.

The Knights dismounted outside the city, and they didn't see a single person along the way, as they had always seen a caravan of supplies or a wagon caravan on this supply route, but it was strange that for three days there had not been a single living person. There were no soldiers guarding the city, and from a distance, you couldn't feel the breath of life in the town.

"Commander, this is ......"

"Let's go inside!"

Although the Knights of Light are Vasilian's strongest organization, they are supposed to represent a positive image of the kingdom on the surface, showing the world for their adherence to justice. But secretly, the Knights did not fail to do those dirty and filthy deeds. Although most of the knights are reluctant to do such things, the knights affiliated with the "Church of Light" have no power but not much say.

Today's Knights are no longer the organization established by the legendary god of war to protect the world, it has long been infiltrated and controlled by the church, and has become a tool for them to show their power, promote their ideas, and intimidate the royal family, which is the darkness that the Knights do not know.

In addition to the Targaryen royal family, there are two major churches in control of Vasilian: the "Church of Light" that claims to believe in Bella, the goddess of peace, who distrusts magic like most people in the kingdom and instead pursues absolute power, and it is rumored that they control some mysterious power beyond magic, and the other is the "Kingdom Church" that believes in Etel, the god of wind and freedom. The "Kingdom Church" was established for more than 50 years, and it was established by the former King Targarion IV in order to break the arbitrary status quo of the Church of Light and expand the power of the royal family. Through various interventions and supports, the king finally made the Kingdom Church grow stronger, and gradually formed a force that could compete with the Church of Light, and later established the position of Archbishop of the Kingdom, of course, the candidates are the people of the Kingdom Church who are skilled in using spells.

Due to the contradictions and conflicts of interest between the two churches, it is conceivable that it is difficult for the Archbishop of the Kingdom to let the Knights learn spells, but in the end, this proposal can be implemented, and the efforts of the archbishop and the intervention of the king are indispensable, and perhaps the Church of Light's view of spells has changed to a certain extent.

Danko's special mission is to assassinate the king of San Lucas, and this mission builds on the success of infiltrating San Lucas, which, if successful, can plunge San Lucas into turmoil, allowing Vasilian to take advantage of the situation and make it possible to annex the great power. This mission is unknown to the rest of the Order except Danko, because the less they know, the safer it is. However, to Dan's surprise and reasonableness, the existence of this mission was not even known to the current King Sylan Tangarian, who knew the same task as the Knights had received - it was just a stealth mission. This task was an order from the higher-ups of the Church of Light to Danko directly over the king.

Why did he take on this dirty task? Dan Ke kept asking himself, but did he have any choice? Looking at his hands, which had long been stained with the blood of innocents, and thinking that he had done "something like that," what reason did he have to claim to be holy?

Danko and the knights entered the city, and when they were outside the city, it was still the scorching sun, but as soon as they entered the city, there was a mysterious fog everywhere, and the people who felt a little hot before began to get cold at this moment, and the fog seemed to exude a cold breath, and the city gate seemed to divide Laconia into two worlds at this moment. The streets of the town are clean and dusty, this is a town in the desert, it stands to reason that the streets are full of dust, and the town is empty, normally this place should be a mess, but everything in front of you is once again beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

"What the hell is going on here? Is that why he lost contact three months ago?" Danco paced back and forth in the silent street, the sound of the silver boots stepping on the ground was very clear, and the other knights were waiting for Danko's next instructions, and even the grinning Marshall seemed to be startled by what was happening in front of him at the moment, and stood behind Danko without saying a word.

"There should be a garrison camp here, Commander, shall we go to the camp first?" John suggested.

"It's really not a way to do it here, okay, let's go to the camp and have a look!"

Camp Laconia.

Unsurprisingly, it's also empty.

"Where have the people gone?" asked a knight named Roy.

"This is the biggest mystery at the moment!" said Knight Clark.

"Hey, look what I've found!" John ran out of a nearby tent, waving a small notebook.

"A diary, whose own?" Marshall snatched, "belongs to ...... Roy, hey, this kid's name is Roy too!" Marshall said, patting Roy on the shoulder beside him.

"Let's see what the diary says, and see if there is an answer to all the strange things that have happened so far. Dan Ke said calmly.

Roy's Diary -

June 23, 1507

I'm leaving Lori today, and I've been selected to clean up the remnants of the San Lucas army, and I guess I won't be able to go to the tavern for a long time, so I just hope that the commander who leads us can deal with it...... What a fucking fuck!

[July 10, 1507]

What the hell is this place in Laconia! There is sand everywhere, and drinking water is a problem every day! And what the hell "Sir Hoyle", who has a high-minded face every day, but is just a third-rate knight who was bought, why should we make him a cow and a horse!

July 20, 1507

Recruit Sam was transferred, probably because he was going to fight Miller, right? It's rare to have a kid who can give us a hand, it's gone so soon, I want to be transferred too, when will this Hoyle die!

July 25, 1507

Tomorrow we will fight against the newly discovered remnants of St. Lucas, I hope I can come back alive, and I hope that the Nine Holy Spirits will bless Sir Hoyle and let him die for his country in battle!

July 26, 1507

What the hell is going on? They're all dead! The whirlpool, the subsidence, the ruins...... Only Jared and I came back alive, and the other warriors didn't believe us, they were going to visit the ruins tomorrow, I don't want to go to that kind of place again!

[August 1, 1507]

More and more people are missing, what the hell is going on, does it have something to do with that damn ruin? Jared has been getting weirder and weirder lately, and I don't know what lights are constantly shining in the camp in the middle of the night, I don't want to stay here anymore! Anyway, that damn Hoyle is dead, I'd better go back to Lori as soon as possible!

[August 3, 1507]

No, I don't want to die yet...... Who's going to save me......

"It's!" Dan Ke was shocked, "the ruins, the strange light, and the disappearance of the people, it seems necessary to go to the ruin mentioned in the diary!"

"But where the hell are the ruins?" Roy asked.

"Over there. Danco intuitively pointed to the west of the camp.

The knights marched towards the west without question, knowing that the commander's instincts were never wrong.

Three days later, the shores of the Sea of Moonlight (Sea of War).

The Knights were now only a sea away from St. Lucas, and the final task of their trip was imminent, but the knights did not show the slightest hint of joy or excitement, not because of the nature of the mission, but because they had not yet recovered from what had happened before.

"Hasn't John woken up yet?" the knights were in a cabin by the sea, and Clark looked at John, who was lying lifeless on the bed, with a serious expression.

"That thing...... Is that really something we can fight against?" Roy remembered what had happened a few days ago, remembered John's horrible laughter, that eerie light, and still had palpitations.

"I could only get that thing out of John's body with all I could do, maybe that guy didn't want to stay in John's body too much, maybe his destination was Miller. Danko said solemnly, as if he had been worshipped like a god before this series of events.

"Commander...... Do we want to continue our mission?" Marshall looked at John, who was often bullied by himself, lying down, and his tone was unusually solemn, as if he had become a different person.

Became a different person...... Indeed, Roy thought of it too, but the thought brought back his horrible memories, and the twisted face of the familiar and strange John came to mind...... "To hell with becoming another person or something!" Roy roared inwardly, and his face began to sweat.

"Let's leave two men to take care of John, and the rest of us will continue the mission, which must be completed, and we will be in St. Lucas in two days. Dan Ke seemed to have an obsession with this mission, he thought about the assassination mission, clenched his fists, but still calmly said to the two knights behind him: "Andy, Theseus, you two stay, the others will sneak into St. Lucas with me!"

"Yes!

Two days later, the coast of San Lucas.

The remaining seven members of the Order managed to cross the sea of moonlight without being exposed, and they used a large number of spells to hide their whereabouts.

"Captain, the Castle of San Lucas seems to be not far from here, shall we move on or take a break?" asked Clarke.

"Go ahead, we have to race against time for the task. ”

"But...... The Commander ...... Roy seemed to ask something, but then he noticed a ball of light flying towards him on the surface of the sea, "Captain, look! That's ......"

Dan Ke was stunned, "The color and the breath...... Is it York?"

"Don't you know we're on a stealth mission!" Marshall scolded.

"It's okay, he seems to have taken precautions. Clark said.

The ball of light flew into Danko's hand, levitating, emitting a mysterious light, and the moment the light entered everyone's eyes, York's voice sounded in their heads, as if York was talking to them right next to them, this is the unique secret art of communication of the Knights, and it has been passed down from generation to generation like the art of dragon control.

“...... How could the monsters of Alcatraz ...... Could it be that Miller ......" Danko muttered to himself, sorting through all the information he had received so far in his head, "Strange lights, mutations, demons, and Sanctuary orders, plus that guy...... It seems that the stage of this incident is really Miller!"

"Captain, why is Alcatraz making a move at this time? I remember you seem to have been to Alcatraz before, right?" ...... there," Roy asked in a trembling voice, but he was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Don't say it!" Marshall motioned for him to avoid the topic, and then Roy noticed that Dan Ke was now bruised on his forehead, sweat was constantly pouring out, and the muscles on his face seemed to twitch, but he still gritted his teeth and pretended to be calm.

A trip to Alcatraz had always been a taboo subject for Danko, he had never told anyone how he got there, nor had he revealed what he had seen or heard, the knights only knew that it was ten years ago, when Danko had only been in the group for two years. People always secretly talk about this topic behind Danko's back, but they never dare to mention it in front of Danke, and at this moment, Roy forgot this taboo because of his impatience.

"Looks like I'm the only one left to continue the mission......" Danko sighed, and the green tendons on his head disappeared, as if he had calmed down.

"What ......do you mean, Captain," Clark asked.

"Marshall, you go with Roy and Matt to help York, and Clark you take Mike and Gray to assist the warriors of the ally Oden!

"Commander, what should we do when we infiltrate the mission, won't we be exposed as soon as we call the dragon?" asked Mike, who had not spoken.

"The infiltration mission will be handed over to me now, this kind of task is originally the smaller the number of people, the safer, and at this time, you summoned the dragon to cause a commotion, attract their attention so that I can infiltrate!"

"Understood, Commander!" Clark understood his mission in time to call the two knights to walk back.

"Does that kid from York still need support? The famous 'Vasilian II' swept Miller in the blink of an eye!" Marshall said with a laugh, and he seemed to have a lot of contradictions with York.

"That's enough! Now is not the time to laugh! As you pass by the hut, tell Andy and Hughes how they are doing, and order them to take good care of John and stay where they are!"

"Okay boss, just do as you say!" Marshall said as he roared into the sky, then whistled, and in a short time a spiky dragon flew in, "Let's go, aren't they just a few Yakika, York, you kid is waiting for your grandfather!" Marshall jumped and jumped on the dragon's back, and the dragon flapped its wings and flew high, and soon disappeared from everyone's view.

The other knights also began to summon their mounts one after another, and unsurprisingly attracted the attention of St. Lucas, who were now approaching a large number of enemy troops, but when they arrived, they could only watch the dragons fly farther and farther away, and watch the figures gradually disappear.

"Now, let's start the assassination plan. Danco was hidden in the dark, and no one noticed his presence.