The royal domain, deep underground in the tower.

Cones and Byron came to the outside of the door, and as soon as they entered, they didn't see anything when a strong fishy smell came to their faces, and then they were greeted by a large amount of gray smoke, and it was completely impossible to see what was behind the door.

"What kind of smell is this, Cones, this is the place you want to come in, could it be a?" Byron teased while covering his nose.

"Go, go, don't cooperate with me if you don't like it," said Cornes angrily, "and how do I know why it stinks." ”

Since the smoke not only stinks to the nose, but also stays inside for too long, even the eyes will be uncomfortable, so the two of them have to stand outside first and wait for the smoke to dissipate.

After a while, a figure stepped out of the depths of the smoke, and Byron was alert, nervous about someone getting ahead of him, but Cornes was calm.

After the other party came to the two of them, Cornes introduced him to Byron.

"This is my daughter, Elena."

"Tsk, you let your daughter stay inside and tell me in advance, it made me break out in a cold sweat."

"Huh? Lord Byron, is this scared? Cornes giggled.

"Aren't you scared that a person suddenly appeared in such a strange place?"

Cornes shook his head, and Byron looked behind him at the man who was leaning against the door.

"Cohen, are you scared?"

"Me? Of course I'm not afraid," Cohen spread his hands, "I'm cheap, what's there to be afraid of, not to mention that I can sense Miss Elena's traces of magic and understand it at once." ”

“…… Dare to love this place, I'm just an ordinary person, right? Byron couldn't help but cover his face.

Later, Elena reported the situation behind the gate, saying that the smoke was emitted by the decomposing corpse of the dragon-scale monitor lizard, and that if they stayed inside for too long, it was likely to cause permanent damage to the body, so it was recommended that they wait outside first, and she would dispose of the smoke as soon as possible.

"Yes," Cohen nodded, but changed his words, "However, it should be handled by me, a big man, Miss Elena, you thin skin and tender meat, don't go in, otherwise, if you have three long and two short, it will not be easy to explain to your father." ”

When Elena heard this, she smiled slightly, but ignored him.

"Why don't you talk so much, and Cornes doesn't speak," Byron sneered, "What? I really think I'm a knight, and I pity the fragrance here. ”

"Hehe, little brother Cohen," Cornes walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "My daughter has elven blood, so it doesn't matter if she does such a small thing, and I naturally believe in her ability before I agreed to let her help, so let's just wait." ”

Cohen is actually really worried about Elena's safety, but she herself has no opinion on this, and her father chooses to believe her, so what else does he care.

After about ten minutes, the smoke began to dissipate at a visible rate, but Cohen noticed that the smoke was clearly sucked in by something.

Soon, the smoke was all gone, and Elena came out again, this time she looked gray-faced, her hair was a little messy, and her eyes had become red, which seemed to be so badly corroded by the smoke that Cohen couldn't bear to look at it.

As a result, Cornes slapped her directly, and she immediately lowered her head silently.

"Slowly, we waited for a long time, but I still believe in your ability so much, it's really a waste, no matter what you do, you can't satisfy me."

"Eh, you ......" Cohen suddenly became angry, but before he could say anything, he was stopped by Byron.

"I'm sorry, you can punish me." Elena whispered.

"Get out! You're not qualified! Cornes yelled.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cohen broke free of Byron, but did not act harshly on this cruel father.

"She's your daughter, isn't she, isn't that a good job of the task?"

"Cohen, you stop, go aside." Byron said with a cold face.

"Well, who's that," Cohen said leisurely, walking over to the doorframe, and continued, "If Byron hadn't cooperated with you, I would have slashed you right now...... Oh, Miss Elena might be sad then, alas, how difficult it is. ”

Unexpectedly, Cornes did not get angry when he heard this, but looked at Byron with a grin.

"Lord Byron, let's go in, don't waste time." He made a gesture of please, as if to let Byron take the lead.

Byron had no opinion and strode in, followed by Cornes.

Cohen continued to stay outside the door as if he was angry, so Elena walked over and took his hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Cohen, but I'm used to it."

"What do you mean to get used to it! Really, I ......" Cohen wanted to say something, but he finally stopped at it.

"It's really all right, Mr. Cohen, you better keep up, or my father may ...... Lord Byron."

“……”

Cohen was speechless for a moment, he looked carefully into Elena's eyes, as if he saw something in them, and hurried to keep up with Byron's pace.

……

Soon, everyone came to the huge space behind the gate.

Without the smoke obscuring, everything here becomes extremely clear, but when you see the behemoth in the middle, it feels very dreamy.

Not only Byron, but even Cornes were shocked, it was the first time he had seen something so spectacular.

"My dear, what is this?" Cohen held his head up until his neck ached before he could see the top of the object.

Because what appeared in front of everyone was a huge giant, with limbs, torso, and head like the human body structure, but even the smallest part of the foot could completely cover and crush a noble mansion.

It is about a hundred meters high, almost like a towering mountain, with thick limbs, like the trunk of a giant tree that has grown for thousands of years, and its head seems to be covered with a huge knight's helmet, and its facial features are hidden in the shadow of the helmet.

The giant had no biological features, it was clearly some kind of artificially created weapon of war, but it was not known what material was used, and Byron felt only a biting chill to the touch.

Then, the mood of the crowd could not be calmed down, and they looked around at the giant's body, but they could not reach the head for the time being.

Of course, it was possible to do it with a little effort, but Cornes didn't feel the need for it now.

After a while, Cohen suddenly screamed, and Byron hurried over, only to see him pointing to a huge pattern on the giant's chest.

As a member of the royal family, Byron could not be clearer, this should be the flag pattern of the Elnos Empire, with a black base and a red stump of the World Tree printed on it, in honor of the World Tree Yukhir, which was a symbol of human territory but was tragically cut down, but strangely, the World Tree on this pattern is intact.

"This pattern ......," Byron pondered.

"What? Don't even recognize the banner of the Elnos Empire? Cornes couldn't help but scoff, "You're still a candidate for the throne." ”

"Hmph, Cornes, you're lonely." Cohen retorted, then explained, "Even people like me, who have little culture, know that this pattern is not the flag of the empire at all, but the flag of another country that existed more than a thousand years ago before the present empire was established." ”

"Oh?" Cones had to admit that he hadn't heard of it.

"I've only heard my father talk about it," Byron thought for a long time, and finally spoke, "It's just that those things are too old for mankind, and even my father has only heard that the last thing left in that country is this pattern, and then it is printed in the current history books, as proof that mankind existed more than a thousand years ago." ”

"So, this thing is a product of that time?" Cones guessed.

"It should be," Byron nodded, and continued, "Come to think of it, the World Tree was still intact at that time, so it was only natural that it could be the flag pattern of that country. ”

"Hmph, I don't care about that," Cornes sneered, "I'm on the human side anyway...... I mean, I've been investigating for so long, and I want to know what the previous king is hiding here, although I vaguely guessed that it was some kind of weapon that was enough to subvert the whole world, but seeing it with my own eyes was still an eye-opener, and you said that if you use this thing to deal with the demons, wouldn't it be easy to win? ”

When Byron heard this, he couldn't help laughing, but Cohen on the side was puzzled.

"What's so funny about that?"

"Cornes, it's all now, and it doesn't hurt to tell him the truth." Byron continued to cover his mouth and smile.

Cornes looked at him like a fool and said.

"Little brother Cohen, I guess you're the only one in the dark here, in fact, I'm one of the dark knights of the demons......"

However, before he could finish his sentence, Cohen's longsword was pressed against Cones' neck, the holy sword that the Emir had lent him, which could inflict effective damage on the demons.

"Hmph, I don't need to say it, I vaguely guessed it."

"Huh, huh? That's good, I don't need to explain more. Cones remained calm.

"But I still need an explanation," Cohen said coldly, looking at the person who was covering his mouth and smiling, "Byron, why do you want to cooperate with monsters?" ”

"Ahem," Byron finally returned to his senses, and said disapprerovingly, "I really think you are a knight, you are just a little better than ordinary people's learning ability, without me, you are nothing, so you have to listen to me, don't ask so much, there are two choices in front of you, either stay, I will let you enter the upper echelons of the knight world after I ascend the throne, or let me get out, but in this case, since you already know our secrets, then what the consequences will be, you should understand." ”

These words were obviously threatening, but what Byron didn't expect was that what Cohen hated most in his life was that someone threatened him.

"Huh? There really is a king's shelf, but although a person like me is not a serious person, let alone a messenger of justice, but I am also principled, if you give up cooperating with the monster today, I promise to make you a king, and if you don't agree, don't blame me for cutting you down. ”

After Cohen's words were finished, there was a dead silence in the scene, and Byron and Cohen both stared at each other coldly, until Cones spoke with a hippie smile.

"Oh, don't do this, don't do this, didn't we just do well? Why is it wrong to say a word, you have to fight to the death. ”

"Shut up! Filthy monster, there's no place for you to talk here! ”

However, Cornes did not listen to him and continued to his own mind.

"Alas, I thought the human knight was such a reasonable person, but I didn't expect it to be no different from us monsters...... Oh no, you look down on monsters, don't you, but in terms of generalization, I look down on humans, think about it, if there is a bad guy among the humans, then I think all humans are bad, do you think that's reasonable? In the same way, most of the demons are evil, so can I think that all monsters are evil? ”

"Less nonsense! I only trust my eyes," Cohen still didn't give up, "I really don't think that all demons are evil, like Miss Elena, she will at least thank you after learning that someone has helped her speak, but you are different, I can see at a glance that you are bad to the bone." ”

"Cohen, it's almost, I don't have much patience." Byron reminded him.

"That's a coincidence, and I'm running out of patience."

"Hehe," Cones smiled, no longer persuading, but sneered, "Children always have to distinguish between right and wrong when doing things, adults only care about interests, and they don't care who is good or bad at all, I didn't expect that Cohen's little brother is not young, but his ideas are so naïve." ”

Cohen was furious, and he didn't talk much nonsense, and directly swung his sword and slashed at Cornes's neck.

However, a petite figure suddenly sprang out and reached out to grasp the blade, and Cohen was immediately surprised.

Because he knew that the holy sword could inflict irreparable wounds on monsters, Elena actually blocked the attack for her father, and strangely, her hand holding the holy sword did not bleed.

However, then he understood, as the sword qi conducted inside Elena's hand, shattering her sleeve to pieces, finally revealing a metal prosthetic.

"Mr. Cohen, even if it's the last time to help me, let my father go."

"......" Cohen fell silent as he looked at her sincere eyes.

"Please, just this once." Elena had a pleading expression.

After a long silence, Cohen finally withdrew his sword, and then left the crowd and ran to the side of the gate to lean on, he did not intend to leave.

"For Elena's sake, I can compromise, but Byron, listen up, I'm just staying here for Elena, if any of you dare to touch her, I will not be spared, and I will never be soft on the guys who betrayed humanity and the dirty demons."