At that moment, the other three Dark Knights all felt a cone of pain.

They immediately understood that something terrible had happened to their master.

Unfortunately, none of them were able to make it to confirm the situation, except for one person, and that was Knoe, who was imprisoned in Ophelia's magic ring.

It stands to reason that his injuries were so severe that his uncontrollable self-healing ability had exhausted his physical strength, but perhaps it was a human-like resurgence of powerful magic power from his body, and eventually even broke the magic ring.

Ophelia was aware of it, but she didn't know what was happening, only that the ring in her hand was shattered.

A blue-gray beam of light rushed out, and then flew in the direction of the demon king.

The Emir and the others have all determined the location of the Demon King through their magical perception, but they are just hesitating whether they should go to fight the Demon King to the death now.

After all, Lilith does have to be saved, but they also have to consider their own abilities, and if the rescue fails, it will be worth the loss to put everyone in there.

Now that Knoe is back with the Demon King, and their only bargaining chip is gone, Emir can't help but fall into despair, and their hope of retrieving Lilith is even slimmer.

But then, Alice said earnestly to the others.

"Everyone, I'm glad you can come together to rescue my sister, but if we face the Demon King next, we will probably all die, I thank you for your kindness, but I really can't bear to let you die for this, so you better go back and leave the rest to me."

"Hmph, when have you been saying such useless words," Ophelia crossed her waist, quite dissatisfied with her words, "Didn't you say it when you set off before?" Since we have come here, how can we be the kind of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't you say? Emir. ”

“…… Well, indeed. The emir nodded, but his heart was mixed.

Because he knew very well that just a few of them were no match for the Demon King at all, and if he continued to act, the result would definitely be as Alice said.

He had been through several trials of life and death so far, but he had escaped from a powerful enemy, and this time he had to face the most dangerous enemy, and he was completely at a loss in his heart.

But no matter what, it was he who promised to save Lilith, even if he was in danger of death, he couldn't go back, after all, this was his bottom line as a man.

So, he began to think about whether there was a way for them to save Lilith alive.

At this moment, Alice, who has always had a strong personality since her appearance, suddenly burst into tears.

"What's wrong? Did you know that you were going to die, so you were scared? Ophelia couldn't help but tease.

"Where, where is it? Are you underestimating me, you bastard? Alice quickly wiped away her tears and roared angrily, "I'm a dragon with dragon king blood, how can I be afraid of death, just now my eyes got into the sand, and I wasn't moved by you weak humans." ”

Hearing this childish statement, the emir could not help snickering to himself.

"Oh, I was moved, but I didn't expect you to have a cute side." Ophelia continued to tease her.

"Huh? You, you actually say I'm cute? Alice suddenly became incoherent, "Do you have any misunderstanding of the word cute?" …… Laugh, Émile, this is an insult to the dragon. ”

"I'm sorry." The emir quickly covered his mouth.

He didn't expect there to be such a joyous atmosphere between them at such a time, and that was exactly what he had been longing for.

As his closest people and friends die one after another, his future life will definitely be bleak, but he often forgets one thing, that is, he is not alone, he will always have new partners by his side, and his future life will become colorful because of this.

As soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt that even if he would die next, this life would be worth it.

However, compared to this, his gaze stayed on the white dragon, and a feasible countermeasure suddenly took shape in his mind.

……

On the other side, Croy flew in the direction from which the traces of magic came.

In the end, he reached the bottom of the demon stronghold, and found that Cornes was also there, and there was an elf girl.

He couldn't figure out for a moment, since Cornes was here, how could something happen to his Demon King?

However, after carefully perceiving the traces of Cones' magic, he finally understood what was happening.

"Cornes! Who gave you the courage to betray the Demon King! Knoy roared hysterically.

But Cones, on the other side, put on an attitude of indifference.

"Huh? Who gave me the guts? I'm sorry, but unlike you weaklings, my dream is to conquer this continent myself. ”

"Cut, that's crazy." Croy cursed angrily and wanted to rush over and fight him to the death.

Cornes didn't take him seriously, but said lightly.

"Wait, I'm really fed up with your impatience, let's talk about a condition, now that I have obtained all the power of the Demon King, I am the strongest among the demons, you are not my opponent at all, but you can choose to be loyal to me, so that I will also spare your life, let you continue to be a dark knight, and exert your residual heat in the demons, how about it?"

For Cones, this condition was tempting enough, after all, it was generally impossible for him as the new Demon King to appoint the subordinates of the previous Demon King, but perhaps out of kindness to his kind, he could set this precedent.

However, Knoy did not stop at all, and drew his magic sword and stabbed it into Cornes's chest.

He did understand, but it was not a mercy to him, but a great insult, and he was willing to sacrifice his life for the Demon King, and he would not continue to live.

"Hmph, stupid who doesn't know the times!"

Cones no longer hesitated, although he regretted the suicide of the Demon King, but he was enough to back down, it was this guy himself who didn't take the opportunity.

In the face of the desperate attack, Cornes did not panic at all, but nimbly dodged to the side.

This caused the instrument behind him to be smashed, but his goal of controlling the demon king had been achieved, and he didn't feel much pity, and he didn't plan to do it himself.

"Elena, let him see your power."

"Yes, father." The girl nodded expressionlessly.

"Father?" Knoy was puzzled for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Cornes, when did you have an elf daughter?" ”

However, when he realized this, a string of distant memories flooded into his mind, and he suddenly remembered.

Five hundred years ago, when the demons were at war with humans, a female elf joined the demons, and she came specifically to help forge weapons, and Cornes was very close to the female elf at that time.

"I see, that's when it was." Croy muttered under his breath.

"Hehe, it's good to know," Cornes did not shy away from this past, and then said, "Thanks to my wife, I have also gained the power of the elves, do you think I really died in that war?" No, that's all an illusion, I've been lurking in the human camp since the end of the war, just to wait for this day to come, now it's okay, the first step of my plan has been completed, and then I will inherit the great cause of the Demon King, if you still want to rebel against me, then continue to be my enemy, so, what will you choose? ”

Obviously, Cornes still couldn't bear to give up his kindness to him, so he handed him an olive branch again.

Klenoi, however, let out a maniacal laugh and seemed to hear the funniest joke in the world.

"Cornes, you just said you weren't like us weaklings, did you? Yes, I admit it, but the difference between us is not that, it's that you are a vile and disloyal creature who doesn't deserve to be with us, huh, you want me to be loyal to you? To hell with it! I'd rather die at the hands of humans. ”

“…… Alas. ”

Cornes sighed heavily, he had done his duty to get to this point, but he couldn't get a trace of understanding.

Immediately afterward, Elena confirmed her father's eyes, and after receiving the affirmation, she immediately took action.

She condensed an ice crystal from her hand, then crushed it with a clenched clench, and countless sharp shards flew towards Croy.

He sensed that this move didn't use much magic power, and he naturally didn't pay attention to it, because his target was Cornes from beginning to end.

Seeing that he was completely defenseless, Cornes couldn't help but snicker.

In the next second, small and sharp shards hit Croy, although it didn't seem painful, and his self-healing ability was not activated, but he soon realized that something was wrong, and he only felt a hot pain all over his body.

He quickly took a look at the shards, only to see that they had burrowed into his skin.

"Damn, what the hell is this?"

"No comment, you just need to know that you're dead." Elena said lightly.

"Cut, such a small injury...... What, what! ”

The pain Knoe felt was getting bigger and bigger, and strangely, his ability to heal himself never worked.

However, if you look closely at the surface of the skin, you can see that there is no wound at all, so how can it be treated?

Although he didn't know the principle of these fragments, this pain was nothing to the Dark Knight, and he did think so, so he decided to kill the elven girl first.

But Elena condensed an ice crystal again, and then repeated the old trick, Knoe wanted to dodge, but the opponent's attack range was too large, and he still hit.

I couldn't dodge it just now, and now I was attacked again, and the pain instantly became like a tide, even a tough guy like him gradually couldn't support it, and it was difficult to even take a step.

But he still didn't give up, and squeezed out a word to Elena.

"Since Cornes has gained the power of the elves, it means that he killed your mother, even so, do you still have to serve him?"

"It doesn't matter," Elena shook her head, and continued, "Mother sacrificed for my father's dream, she realized her own value, and I have to contribute to my father, otherwise I will have no value in existence." ”

"Tsk, have you brainwashed your daughter? It's you, Cones. ”

At this time, Knoy finally accepted his fate, he expected that he would definitely survive and not die if he continued like this, so he simply decided to use all his strength to blow himself up, which might cause some damage to Cornes.

However, Cones had already thought of this, and at the moment when Knoi was about to explode, he directly used teleportation magic to transfer him outside.

Immediately after, a deafening sound and violent tremors entered the hall on the ground floor, destroying everything in a radius of twenty miles outside.

Fortunately, the emir had already entered the stronghold and was heading towards the ground floor, so they were spared.