"Sorry, I waited."

Roy stepped out of the altar of the Immortal Soul with Apophis, the sword of law.

After waiting thirteen hours, Des Moines' expression did not show the slightest impatience, he smiled kindly, waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, we didn't have to wait long, and we want to congratulate you."

"Roy, congratulations on becoming the thirty-sixth active legal envoy of Sidney.

"You are the first person to sign a contract with Apophis, and I hope that you will live up to the power of this sword and make outstanding contributions to Sidnia."

The backstory of Apophis, the sword of law, is famous among all the legal instruments.

It is the sword of the Demon King, and the Demon King is the destroyer who once nearly conquered Sidenia and wiped out the human race.

In order to defeat it, the humans of the past paid a terrible price, of which the strength of the demon king was partly due to it, and the strength of Apophis was also partly due to it.

After slaying the Demon King and forcing back the demon army, the temple placed Apophis at the Altar of the Heroic Spirit, more than six hundred years ago.

After all these years, no one has ever been able to become the owner of this sword of law, so much so that everyone thinks that maybe only a demon can wield this ominous sword.

After all, the negative effects of this sword are so strong that the mere proximity of a relatively weak human would cause great discomfort to it.

Today, most people have almost forgotten about Apophis' existence, but Roy made a pact with him and became its master.

It also proves to the world that humanity has finally conquered this demonic sword!

"Young Master, congratulations!"

Arya looked at Roy with a heartfelt smile on her face.

Seeing Roy getting stronger and stronger, she also felt a heartfelt joy.

"Congratulations." Ye Tianchen also nodded and smiled at Roy.

"Awesome, Roy."

Harvey's eyes were staring directly at Apophis in Roy's hand, and his eyes were full of envy that couldn't be hidden, "The shape of this sword looks too stylish!" ”

Apophis' appearance is completely different from Arya's Ritsu sword, Joyeuse, which is a standard one-handed sword, shorter and narrower than Apophis.

Its blade resembles the surface of sparkling water, refracting rainbow light over time, as brilliant and ethereal as a fairy.

Apophis, on the other hand, looked evil and domineering, its black sword body was engraved with golden lines, and the surface of the blade was surrounded by purple-black evil energy, which made people shudder just by looking at it.

As a pure master, although Harvey thinks Joyeus is also good-looking, he still prefers the domineering magic sword like Apophis.

Although he had neither Joyeus nor Apophis......

After Roy came out, the tour of the Holy Land officially ended.

Des Moines walked side by side with Roy, and as he led the crowd out of Valhalla, he lobbied again, "Roy, I hope you will consider the invitation of Her Highness again." ”

"Whatever you ask, we'll do our best to accommodate it. You should understand that only the Erlan family can give you the best treatment! ”

"I've already asked for it."

Roy replied calmly, "I can be a knight of His Highness, but you can't restrict my freedom, I still have my own things to do, and I will measure what tasks I should do." ”

Des Moines wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile: "Roy, do you really understand the meaning of the words "Imperial Knight"?

"Since you want to become a knight of Your Highness, you must swear allegiance to her and serve her for the rest of your life. As her former knight, how can you refuse His Highness's will? ”

Roy nodded, "I understand, that's what I meant." ”

"What do you mean?"

"I will not swear allegiance to His Highness." Roy's words are not shocking, and he is endless.

"As you said before, Her Highness Vera and I are close in age, and I would like to make friends with her if I can.

"If Your Highness wishes to gain my friendship, I don't mind helping her – as a friend, of course.

"Please convey my intentions to Your Highness, Your Excellency Des Moines. I understand your difficulties, so I don't need the title of "Knight of the Queen". ”

Des Moines was stunned, he didn't expect Roy to make this calculation, and he would be speechless for a while.

Although the "Imperial Knight" is noble in the eyes of outsiders, he is a subordinate of the Holy Maiden after all.

And the saint is a member of the Ellan family, and he will also be included in the power of the Elland family, which is the so-called solicitation.

But now Roy is retreating, saying that he doesn't need the status of a "knight", and just wants to gain friendship with His Royal Highness.

But friendship is a very illusory thing, especially for those in high positions, and in their high position, interests are always more important than feelings.

On the surface, he seems to be really stupid, pretending to be clever in pursuing the so-called friendship, and giving up the real glory and wealth.

But this also means that the Ellan family has also lost actual control of Roy.

Not becoming a "knight" means that Roy has rejected their offer.

"Have you thought about it?"

Des Moines made a final persuasion, "Are you really going to do this?" You could have become the first Knight of Her Highness Vera!

"We're going to pour a lot more resources and energy into you than you think, and don't you have the legacy of ruling?

"Her Royal Highness Shireen, who is about to abdicate, is the most powerful judge in Sidneya, and she should be happy to guide you personally."

Unmoved, Roy asked rhetorically, "Lord Des Moines, do you know why Arya joined the Holy Knights?" ”

Des Moines thought for a moment and said, "The Paladin family is the representative of the Holy Knights, and joining the Holy Knights is also the best place for her to go as a Holy Knight." ”

"Nope."

Roy shook his head: "Arya's best place is only by my side.

"She joined the Holy Order because Lord Leon promised us that Arya would have absolute freedom in the Order."

He turned his head to meet Des Moines' eyes, "In other words, she never swore allegiance to Leon.

"She is, and so will I."

Des Moines' expression froze, Roy's eyes and tone at the moment were so oppressive, he swallowed his saliva, and said astringently:

"But Arya is not in your case. Her Royal Highness Vera is about to become the next saint, and the so-called saint is the highest status symbol of Sidney.

"To be loyal to the Holy Maiden is to be loyal to Sidenia itself. Do you want to say that even a saint is not worthy of your allegiance!? ”

Roy retracted his gaze and walked forward, his tone returning to normal: "I am loyal to Sidney, because here is my homeland, the home of humanity.

"But I will not swear allegiance to a person, to a force, who will never be able to represent the true will of Sidnia.

"Even a saint...... The same is true in my eyes. ”

Des Moines's face changed, he stopped, his lips trembling, "You...... That's arrogant! ”

Roy's words are simply a provocation to the authority that the Holy Maiden and the Ellan family have accumulated in Sidenia for thousands of years!

"I apologize for your rudeness, Lord Des Moines."

Roy shrugged, "Anyway, I'm a free man who doesn't like to live a life of restraint.

"Please pass on my meaning to Her Highness Vera, maybe we will have a chance to chat in the future."

Roy briskly apologized and gave him a step down, and Des Moines' face softened slightly, and he nodded, "I'll convey it truthfully." ”

Buying and selling is not benevolent, and he doesn't want to tear his face with Roy unless he has to.

Not to mention that this legal envoy is still an unprecedented dual inheritor, and his legal weapon is the demon king's sword Apophis.

No one knows what his future achievements will be, and even if he can't recruit him, at least don't make a bad deal.

The atmosphere of the conversation was not pleasant, and the two were not in the mood to talk again, and Des Moines returned to Uptown with the four of them.

The four of them were taken home in the temple's car, and he stood there watching the carriage drift away.

At this time, another colleague who was also wearing a gold-rimmed white robe trotted over and asked excitedly:

"I just received the news that Roy actually signed a contract with Apophis and became an envoy?"

Des Moines nodded, but his expression was not happy.

"What's wrong?" The colleague was stunned for a moment, "Now that Roy has become a legal envoy, he deserves to be the first royal knight of His Royal Highness Vera."

"Aren't you glad that Your Highness can have such a powerful right-hand man?"

"Don't spread it around, you haven't skimmed the eight characters yet!" Des Moines sighed distraughtly and walked away.

……

In the carriage, the four Roy were sharing the harvest of this tour of the Holy Land.

Among them, naturally Roy gained the most, not only did he get the sword Apophis, but in the process of signing the contract, his strength also broke through to the fourth order.

As long as they are tested in the Altar of the Heroic Spirit, regardless of whether they sign a contract with them in the end, the inheritor will benefit a lot from this process and greatly improve their strength.

Not only him, according to Ye Tianchen and Harvey, they also rose to the first order in this holy land tour, and now Ye Tianchen is the fourth order, and Harvey is the third order.

Arya already had Joyeuse, and this time she couldn't build a bridge of communication with any of the lawyers, so her progress was relatively minimal among the four.

But she was already on the verge of a third-order breakthrough, and this time she also succeeded in breaking through with the sufficient concentration of spiritual power in the Heroic Spirit Altar and rose to the fourth order.

Counting Joyeuse's bonus, it is the fifth order, which is already the highest rank among his peers.

"In other words, in this Holy Land Tour, each of us has been promoted to a higher level, and this harvest is not small."

Roy finally concluded, then looked at Harvey, and asked suspiciously, "Speaking of Harvey, why hasn't your face been good since the beginning?" ”

Since getting into the carriage, Harvey, who was still very excited, began to gradually become silent.

Roy thought he was thinking about something, until his face turned a little pale and he realized something was wrong.

"I ...... I did feel a little sick. ”

Harvey hunched his shoulders and pointed at Apophis on Roy's knee, "I guess it's probably because of it."

"It didn't feel obvious outside just now, but now that we're sitting together in the carriage and closer to each other, it's making me even more uncomfortable."

"What's wrong?" Roy hurriedly asked.

"It's just palpitations, dizziness, and feeling a little soft......," Harvey said weakly.

In order to prove that he was not the only one in this situation, he also turned his head to look at Ye Tianchen and Arya on the side and asked:

"What about you? You must have sensed the strangeness of this sword, right? ”

Arya sat next to Roy, and when she heard this, she leaned closer to Roy, felt it quietly for a while, and said, "My feelings are not very obvious. ”

Harvey looked at Ye Tianchen, Ye Tianchen hesitated for a while, and slowly shook his head: "I don't feel anything either." ”

"How is this happening?"

Harvey's eyes widened and he pointed to his nose, "Could it be that I'm the one who went wrong?" ”

After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized, patted his thigh and smiled:

"Arya is also a lawgiver with a lawyer, and she's the highest in the world, so she's highly resistant to negative effects.

"Ye Tianchen is even more heavyweight, he may not be affected by the effect of this sword at all!

"Haha, I can see it, you all have special skills!

"I'm really sorry for you guys to team up with ordinary people like me, maybe I shouldn't be in the car, I should be in the bottom of the car......"

"I'm sorry." Roy pressed the blade of the sword Apophis, his expression was slightly embarrassed, "This grievance is indeed more disobedient to discipline, I will find a way to deal with it." ”

Apophis can't be allowed to harm innocent people, otherwise he will really become a loner in the future.

His reputation as a divine envoy should not be tarnished by this.

Maybe I'll have to customize a scabbard that can cover the breath of Apophis, so that this guy's "resentment" doesn't affect others.

The carriage carried Ye Tianchen and Harvey to the foot of the World Tree, the former to return to the Inheritor Academy, and the latter to go home to report the safety of his parents.

Roy and Arya, on the other hand, made their way to Arnold's house, where a guest awaited them.

Back at Arnold's house, Roy had just stepped out of the carriage when the guard at the door bowed respectfully to him and reported:

"Sir, Lord Leon has been waiting for you in the main hall for three hours."

Roy nodded and commanded, "It's so late, he hasn't eaten yet, has he?" Go prepare the meal. ”

With that, he and Arya went to the main hall, where Leon was sitting quietly sipping tea.

"I'm sorry, but the tour of the Holy Land took longer than expected." Roy walked over.

"You're back."

Leon stood up and greeted them, "Don't get in the way, the longer you go on the pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the more you will gain." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the "stick" in Roy's hand, which was rolled up with strips of cloth.

After being reminded by Harvey, Roy wrapped Apophis in a stick of cloth in the carriage.

Although the thin cloth does not prevent its "resentment" from leaking, it can finally hide its eye-catching appearance.

"That's what you've learned from this trip to the Holy Land, right?"

Leon was worthy of being a ninth-order powerhouse, and before Roy could untie the strip of cloth, he had already sensed the distinctive aura emanating from this law weapon, and raised his eyebrows and exclaimed,

"Isn't that the magic sword Apophis you're holding?"

"Yes." Roy nodded, revealing Apophis' true form in front of Leon.

"That's really ...... I didn't expect you to choose this legal weapon. ”

Leon walked quickly up to Roy and leaned over to examine the sword.

"For so many years, no one has had the privilege of being its owner, so much so that everyone but the administrators of the Altar of the Immortal have almost forgotten about its existence."

Leon raised his eyes and asked, "Can I touch it?" ”

Roy nodded, "Please." ”

Having just become the owner of Apophis, he was also curious about how unusual this instrument was.

After receiving Roy's approval, Leon stretched out his finger and was about to point at Apophis's sword.

And just as his hand was about to touch Apophis, the purple-black air flow surrounding its sword suddenly rioted.

Apophis' sword body trembled, and with a muffled sound of "buzz", a powerful force centered on it turned into a purple-black air stream and violently spread outward!

On the surface, it was as if Apophis had held up a circular field, and purple-black air currents flowed through the domain.

This realm enveloped Arya and Leon around Roy, and Leon only felt his body sink, feeling his power pass quickly through the realm.

Arya was even more unbearable, the moment the realm affected her, her body trembled and shook uncontrollably, as if she might fall down at any moment.

The Jova Eusta on her waist quivered in the scabbard with a loud sword sound, and Arya held her hand on the hilt of her sword before she was able to gain a foothold.

"Roy, stop!" Leon withdrew and quickly retreated.

"Young Master!"

Arya pulled out Joyeus and came to him against the purple-black current, "What's going on?" Can I help you! ”

"It's not my hand, it's Apophis!" Roy gritted his teeth.

Leon's touch seemed to infuriate Apophis, and he could feel the irritability it transmitted to him from the depths of his soul.

At the same time, the spiritual power in his body was also used by Apophis without authorization, supporting it to support this purple-black realm.

"Who allowed you to use power?"

Roy's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, and he thrust Apophis down, "Be quiet for me!" ”

He forcibly cut off Apophis' power, and with a "poof", more than half of its blade sank into the ground, and the purple-black realm dissipated.

Roy took a breath and quickly looked at Arya, "Are you alright?" ”

"I'm fine, young master."

Arya's face was pale, but she still squeezed out a smile at Roy, "Apophis' power is really strong. ”

"I was careless just now, I didn't expect it to be so short-tempered." Roy said apologetically.

"Sure enough, this magic sword is not so easy to tame."

Leon straightened the folds on his clothes and looked at Roy, "What's next for you?" ”

Roy frowned at the black-gold longsword that was stuck in the ground, and muttered, "If you let it hurt the innocent, I will be very troubled." ”

"It seems that before we can study the effects of Apophis, we must first find a way to suppress its power."

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