The Apocalypse Empire is 818 years old.

An unknown being unleashes a blood curse on the human empires, a curse that eats away at the minds of humans and turns them into demons.

Although the cursed person looks like an ordinary person, his heart has long been occupied by demons.

This category of people is collectively referred to as the pretender.

It is difficult to distinguish the difference between a pretender and a normal human based on appearance alone, so people begin to suspect each other, no longer trust, and even frame each other, because of the past hatred, pointing at innocent people and saying that the other party is a pretender, taking the opportunity to take revenge.

For a time, the great human empires were caught in a vortex of confusion and suspicion.

Until the appearance of Michel of the Holy Eye, the ancestor of the Paladin, his eyes were able to distinguish the difference between the pretender and the human.

In the name of God, he went around destroying the pretenders and blessed the qualified human beings with the ability to discern the impostors as well.

The most powerful of them all, the twelve paladins, were known as the Twelve Saints by later generations.

It took only two years to put down the first camouflage war.

The year 1024 of the Apocalypse Empire.

While humanity was enjoying this long-lost peace, the crisis quietly struck again.

Rumors of the reappearance of the Pretender have spread in one of the easternmost villages of the Empire.

At first, the big names in the upper echelons of the empire didn't take it seriously, but just sent two paladins with the ability of the Holy Eye to investigate.

And the two paladins lived up to expectations and brought the answer back to the city of St. Chan'er.

It's just a means used by Diao Min to frame the enemy, so there is no need to worry about it.

Fred's father, then King Will, did not suspect it, after all, this kind of thing happened from time to time.

Master Michelle put down the camouflage war, which is a well-known thing, and the curse of blood has been completely eradicated by this divine envoy, how can there be a pretender.

Two years after the song and dance.

Will realized something was wrong.

Because the twelve cities he ruled had been smooth in the past two years, and there had never been any calamity, so naturally there was no need to send paladins to relieve the disaster.

Not only that, but he even found that his third son began to resist praying to the Father.

The bishops of the Church also reacted, and the faithful became more and more unreligious.

All kinds of bizarre signs make Will suspicious, and he sends his henchman Howard to investigate secretly.

Howard is the strongest paladin in the Apocalypse Empire, having already reached the peak of the sixth order, and at the same time, he is a descendant of a saint, and there is no possibility of being assimilated into a pretender.

So Will has great trust in him.

Howard didn't disappoint Will either, giving the king good news, bad news.

The good news: the news is true that the empire is in good weather and that the people are living and working in peace and contentment.

The bad news: all fucking pretenders.

This time, the Blood Curse has evolved, and the humans who have become pretenders are no different from ordinary people in terms of behavior logic and appearance, and even with the power of the Holy Eye, it is difficult to tell the difference between the impostor and the human.

After being assimilated into the Pretenders, they invariably do exactly the same thing as their original owners.

If the eroded are farmers, they continue to sow seeds and reap them, year after year, day after day.

If the corrupted are corrupt officials, they will continue to collect money, even if they do not understand the meaning of collecting it.

When Will heard this, he immediately panicked, and hurriedly asked Howard:

"But there are still loyal people?"

Howard nodded and replied:

"Yes."

Then he took out the golden shortsword that the king had given him, and the person who held it was able to gather all the paladins in the vicinity, obey his orders, and fight for him.

This is the sword used by Will's ancestor, Saint Gustav, and it deserves such a level of appeal.

After sensing that something was wrong, Howard used the golden shortsword to gather more than 300 paladins and kill the pretenders he found.

When Will heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, patted Howard on the shoulder, and said:

"Well, things aren't bad enough yet."

But Howard didn't make him happy for long, and he told the worst news:

"The summoned paladins are also impostors, and the reason why they follow orders is only because of the memories left behind by their original bodies."

"Even these paladins"

Immediately Will couldn't hold back, he didn't expect the situation at the bottom to be so bad, and these pretenders were even more able to hide it.

Without much hesitation, he immediately summoned all the trustworthy people and officially declared the beginning of the Second Camouflage War.

Hearing this, Ye Qiong looked at Fred, if nothing else, Will should have failed, otherwise how could it be Fred who quelled the second camouflage war, not him?

Fred's tone was extremely low when he said this.

"He died in the end, and he was not able to quell the camouflage war."

Hearing this, Ye Qiong patted the other party's shoulder and said with relief:

"Your master's father died in battle for the Apocalypse Empire, and he died a well-deserved death, so there is no need to be so sad."

"No, he died of heart disease, and on the eve of the war, he was still messing with women, and he died in bed, and then he handed this mess into my hands."

Ye Qiong held back for a long time before he held back a sentence:

"This king has quite a personality."

"It's really quite personal, but if you think about it carefully, there were a lot of mysteries about the death of my father back then, who he has always done things casually, but he is also a serious person, how could he end up with such a stupid death."

"Impostors in the palace?"

"I originally thought so, but the paladin Howard took action, he sealed off the entire palace, and investigated them one by one, but in the end, to no avail, and found no trace of the pretender.

We have to accept the reality that my father died for such a stupid reason. ”

After these words, Fred became much more melancholy.

Obviously the enemy is at present, and several of his brothers and sisters are still thinking about seizing power.

Although Fred was favored by King Will, he was straightforward and offended many people, and at the same time, he never managed his own power.

It wasn't until Will died that he realized that he had been living under the protection of his father.

In the face of several other siblings, he had no power to fight back at all.

The eldest prince, Terrence, sent Fred to the frontier, and the second princess, Martha, assassinated him on the way. The six princes helped him prepare a cemetery and an excuse.

Good guys, a couple of lions killed the little lambs, and then proceeded with the distribution of territories.

This was also the first time that Fred felt the warmth and coldness of human feelings.

If it weren't for his good brother George helping him block a knife, I'm afraid he would have been killed by several brothers and sisters before he could rise.

But think about it carefully, George's behavior of blocking the knife back then may have been arranged a long time ago, after all, with that kid's character, how could he do such a thing?

After this incident, Fred grew a lot overnight.

However, there is still a long way to go before becoming the Dawning Juggernaut to quell the Second War of Camouflage.

Fred paused, and the rest of his upbringing had nothing to do with what he had to say, so briefly skimmed it.

Jump to the year 1036 of the Apocalypse Empire.

Relying on the abilities of the Sword of Hyera, Fred has the ability to distinguish between the re-evolved Pretenders.

Relying on his own strength, he was able to slay the culprit who spread the curse of blood.

The Bone Knight, Gallup, died in the First Camouflage War, and the resurrected Death Knight was the one who caused the Second Camouflage War of the Apocalypse Empire.

After killing the source of the Blood Curse, the humans who had been eroded by their hearts gradually returned to their original ways.

He returned to St. Kan'er with his brother, who had been fighting with him for many days, but what Fred never expected was that what awaited him was not a welcome, but a merciless backstab.

The rebels, led by his younger brother George, ruthlessly killed him, the hero who had put down the Second War of Camouflage.

Chancellor Taber, Duke Patton, Earl of Walder, Captain of the Harold Legion.

Fred had all the faces of these people in his mind, and he didn't understand, why did they do this?

Isn't it good to enjoy peace after the war is over?

If George wanted the king's position, he would have given it to him.

Fred has never been a desire to compete for fame and fortune, and all he desires is to save the people of the empire who are in dire straits.

With this remorse, he floated above the city of St. Karl until Makhin approached him and sealed him in the Sword of Hyera.

This is Fred's life experience, a life full of betrayal.

From becoming a prince to finally becoming a Dawning Sword Saint, he has been betrayed all his life.

Even if the remnant soul is sealed in the Sword of Hyera after death, it will still be betrayed.

Calvis, the betrayer, forcibly pressed the guilt in his heart and asked:

"Does the Sword of Hyera still have the ability to distinguish between pretenders?"

Fred shook his head and replied:

"There used to be, but now the power has been lost too much, and the source of the power that has been lost everywhere needs to be found, so that the sword of Hyera can once again gain the power to judge sin."

"That's right."

The plot is quite king.,How could it be possible to let the protagonist get the holy sword in his heyday at the beginning.,It's definitely going to be a little bit of finding fragments.,Grow up slowly.。

"Have you found the source of the first camouflage war?"

"No, but we have always suspected that the Ghost God Church did it, after all, several catastrophes in the Demon Spirit Continent were basically caused by them."

Oh, I see, the status of the Church of Demons and Gods is about the same as that of a witch, right?

Anyway, if there is a pot, throw it at them, there is nothing wrong with it.

Ye Qiong glanced sideways at Mother Teresa, but found that at some point, she had finished praying and sat on the bench next to her, as if eavesdropping on them.

As if sensing the gaze, the beautiful nun looked over.

"No, the Church of the Devils has never caused the Blood Curse."

Answered?

Lord Athoblais, if memory serves, you are playing the role of a pious nun, right?

How can you speak for the Church of Demons?

The level of this play is inevitably too unprofessional, right?

Fred had already noticed Mother Teresa, but he thought she was a friend of Calvis's, so he didn't ask much.

Hearing the other party's answer, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Could it be that this young nun knows what is going on?"

He must know that he is a famous Knight of Despair, and he must know something inside.

The key is whether she wants to say it or not.

Ye Qiong didn't make a sound, just listened silently.

Mother Teresa seemed to be thinking about whether she should say it, and after a long time, she spoke:

"The Church of Ghosts and Gods will only accept orders from the Three Horsemen."

"Three Horsemen? I've heard of this, but you're not the Three Horsemen, so why don't they give the order to spread the curse of blood? ”

When Ye Qiong heard this, he wanted to say that she was one of the three knights, the desperate knight Athoblais, did she give an order, would she not count it in her heart?

However, the other party doesn't seem to have the intention of revealing his identity, so he won't expose it much.

"For no other reason, because I'm one of the Three Horsemen, Athoblais, the Knight of Despair."

Excellency!

What do you mean by that?

Ye Qiong was stunned, don't you want to hide your identity? Why did you say it so openly?

But he didn't expect that after this nun just finished saying this, she looked sideways at Ye Qiong and said:

"Didn't you already know who I was? Why be so surprised. ”

Fred's gaze did the same.

Good guy, you thick-eyed guy has long been in the same relationship with the upper echelons of the Church of Ghosts and Gods?

Could it be that the one who tricked me out before was also instructed by the Church of Ghosts and Gods?

Having been betrayed many times, he faintly smelled of conspiracy.

Hiss.

Fred's gaze was so sharp that even Ye Qiong couldn't help but panic.

No, Lord Athoblais, who is so decent, why did he suddenly stop acting?

Now he is puzzled, what is the point of suddenly announcing his identity?

As if sensing Ye Qiong's inner thoughts, Mother Teresa continued:

"Why do you think my identity is a taboo?

The Dark Holy War has long since ended, and the Church of Demons and Gods has also made a truce with the major empires. ”

Sideways glance at Fred.

"So, the paladin over there, why are you looking at me with hostile eyes?"

"Light and darkness are opposites, and the Church of Ghosts and Gods has always been an enemy of the Empire."

"Heh, in my opinion, only your Apocalypse Empire is an outlier, you shouldn't have communicated with the outside world for a long time, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"The Blood Curse was not spread by the Church of the Demons, it just wanted to inform you of this fact."

After saying this, Mother Teresa got up and walked out of the church, seeing that she was not going to say too much.

So it wasn't your Church of Ghosts and Gods who did it, so who is it?

Isn't it good to have something to say? What to be a riddler.

Ye Qiong really wanted to hold Mother Teresa and tell her to stop being a riddler, but if she really did this, I was afraid that she would not have to prepare for the next reincarnation.

Rational, he chose to give up.

It's a pity that Fred didn't want to.

(End of chapter)