Sakel's assault led to the sound of a fierce wind, accompanied by little Barney's angry shouts, causing the flames to tremble and the figures to shake.

Just when Tails' hair stood on end, ready to grit his teeth to attack, the former royal guard reacted unexpectedly quickly!

"Huh!"

"Whew!"

I saw the blade of the axe flash, and the hammer broke through the air.

Both pursue Sakel's flanks and rear!

The Knight of Punishment couldn't help but sigh when he heard the sound of the wind behind him.

It's Belletti and Brie.

They were not brought down by Saker's sudden attack, on the contrary, Belletti took advantage of the backlash of the wall, Brie roared and stepped steadily, and the two adjusted their balance in the limit time of one tenths of a second, and before Sacrael could cross one of their positions, their bodies rose up and counterattacked!

Sacael's progress was halted.

From the Shadow Shield to the Sword of Calamity, the Punishment Knight's attacks are fierce and efficient, and they are sure to be successful in their attacks.

Speaking of which, this is the first time Tails has seen someone who can easily withstand the pressure and quickly organize a counterattack under his blow.

In the midst of his thoughts, Beretti's axe blade was fierce and hard, with the smell of tearing everything.

Brie's muscular form was menacing, and it pressed down at the same time as the hideous mace.

Tails remembered that it was these two people who stood right in front of the battlefield, one breaking through the formation, the other hunting with a hot hand, and completely crushing the Sword of Calamity.

It's an old colleague, it's really difficult.

With a flash of thought, Sakel spun around like a long eye behind him, avoiding Belletti's axe wind, and leaned first towards Brie in the right rear!

"Ding!"

With a soft sound, the fighting axe in the right hand of the Knight of Punishment made a magical arc in the palm of his hand.

Precisely from the side - jamming Brie's hammer head.

Brie frowned fiercely, suddenly feeling bad.

"Whew-"

Sure enough, in the wind, Sakel approached him like a veneer dancer, skimming Brie's powerful hammer head lightly and delicately, and brushing his menacing body just right, passing him dangerously and dangerously.

Like two gears in a clock that drive each other, but only intersect at one point.

Worst.

Looking at Saker's close, expressionless face, it was Brie's next thought.

In the next second, Brie only felt a strange force coming from the other party's axe blade, pulling him in an uncontrollable direction!

Brie was about to grit his teeth and fight when he suddenly felt a shock to his knee.

"Boom!"

Brie was shocked to realize that his weight-bearing foot had been swept away by Saker's sudden kick, and his whole body was out of balance.

In the space of a fraction of a second, he had turned into a sandbag in the air that had missed all his attacks, lost his balance and had no control over his whereabouts, leaving only his sturdy body and a large sandbag in the air at the mercy of Sakel.

Tails recognized the stumbling block: just now, he had been crushed by Saker with the same move, and he narrowly escaped his life.

No.

At that moment, Brie, who was out of balance, understood something.

Sakel's goal is not him, but-

The next moment, a blow missed, and Belletti, who had caught up from the side, only felt that her scalp was cold, and she saw Brie's giant bear-like figure flying towards her!

Worst.

As soon as this thought flashed through him, he subconsciously swung his axe sideways, supported Brie's back, and steadied himself by struggling to take a few steps back under the huge weight and impact.

At that moment, Belletti stepped over Brie's shoulder, just in time to see Saker's cold, merciless gaze.

Damn it, sir.

Belletti only felt a chill on her scalp.

But before he could react, an axe handle was like a poisonous snake spitting out letters, and instantly pierced out from under Brie's armpit!

Flashing like lightning, swift as thunder.

"Boom!"

The surging power gathered at a point at the end of the axe handle and slammed into Belletti's left shoulder!

"Uhhh

Belletti shook and snorted in pain.

This tough guy who dared to fight back with the sword of calamity could no longer support it at this moment, his hands and feet were weak at the same time, and he fell on his back like a landslide, rolling with Brie!

Sakel drew back the handle of his axe with ease, apparently not sweating a bit.

"No!"

Barney's angry shouts came from this point.

Tails looked at Belletti and Brie in disbelief.

The two men were still in a frontal battle a minute ago, but only after the second encounter with Sakel, they fell to the ground in embarrassment, bringing up a cloud of dust.

And from the two of them fighting back, the Knight of Punishment turning back, and then the two of them falling to the ground—just over a second.

It's a second.

Tails was immersed in the senses of hell and turned his thoughts in an instant.

This time, in the face of the more difficult Belletti and Brie, Sakel's flexible body, clever position, and tricky shots far surpassed the previous attack against the enemy Shadow Assassin, who attacked against him, fought fast with speed, and no one could stop him.

Turn, dodge, axe, pull, stumble, strike.

Chain to come, in one go.

He seemed to have just the right breeze to slip by, and without having to focus on it, he could easily break through the two menacing joint attacks.

It even made Tails think that he had seen Yara moving and jumping, or Edda, who was light and ethereal.

In Tails' impression, every Extreme Realm master has his own strengths, maximizing his advantage in the duel:

Jodel's instantaneous kills from extreme stillness to extreme movement, the swift battle of the Bloodline Sisters' ghostly buildings, Edda's dreamy and fluttering style, the invincible breakthrough of Kingdom Fury, the impermeable defense of the fortress flower, the strange and indistinguishable movements of Nikollai, the onslaught of the Burning Knight's steel collision, and the violent attack of the Death Raven's Silent Night Thunder.

But this guy—Tails frowned at Sakel—one moment as a fierce, fierce and bloody lion, and the next as a swift and light bird that swept away the water?

What is he good at?

Half a second passed, and the sound of Saker's clothes breaking through the wind woke Tails up: he easily cracked the interception of the two and then kept walking, striking again!

Tardin and Naki, who were in front of him, suddenly tensed.

But this time, at the moment when he took the next step

"Ahh

On the other side, another figure hissed and shouted, swinging his sword!

The enemy appeared like a sudden avalanche, with a bitter cold wind, in Sakel's sense of danger.

The Knight of Punishment quickly swept through the opponent's body, finding three flaws in the latter's ordinary offensive moves. ：

Left elbow.

lower abdomen.

There is also a third point on the opponent's sword.

As long as he is like before, adapting measures to local conditions and different people, he will seize these flaws and fight back-

"Whew-"

The sword wind is coming!

At that moment, Sakel subconsciously tightened the muscles of his whole body and exploded a piece of hair!!

Odd.

A strange instinct arose in his body that had gone through countless duels, and it forcibly restrained his right arm.

No.

What's going on?

Sakel looked incredulously at the other party who was getting closer and closer.

Looking at the sword that was pointed at his heart.

Is it my movements, sluggish?

Sakel gritted his teeth, looked at the opponent's ordinary moves, and forced himself to step out to meet the enemy, and the axe blade went straight to the opponent's lower abdomen!

As long as you force here, you can adjust the force and angle, slide away from the opponent's sword, force him to change his position, and then a series of combos......

Finally put him-

"Ding!"

The blade of the axe struck the blade of the opponent's sword, as Sakel had expected.

In the next second, Sakel's nerves jumped again!

No.

Sakel's heart was like a thunderclap!

No.

In the exchange of axes and swords, I felt the strength of the opponent's sword, and looked at the opponent's ice-like gaze for a moment.

He suddenly came to his senses.

All the flaws of the enemy, all the gaps, all the flaws, are not the key.

The key is only in the point where he is strongest!

Sakel watched in amazement at this point where the two sides were close to each other.

No matter how I adjust, how I change my moves, how I inflict irreparable damage on him - the other party will ignore it.

And this sword of his, no matter what, has a way to pierce his own heart.

"Shhhh

The blade of the sword slashed an inch past the blade of the axe.

It's going to die.

Sakel suddenly had this long-lost thought.

"Ahhh

The next moment, the Punishment Knight let out a rare loud shout!

But contrary to his momentum, Sakel instantly retracted his axe, turned sideways, retreated, held his chest, and dodged!

Tails was surprised to see that the seemingly invincible Knight of Punishment retreated a little conservatively and even embarrassed at this moment, away from this seemingly ordinary sword!

"Whew!"

The blades of the axe and the blade of the sword rubbed together in the air for more than an inch, and then staggered, and the distance became larger and larger.

The man who intercepted Sakel missed with a sword, and the whole person lost his balance, fell sideways to the ground, and smoothed out a few meters.

But he did not lose control of his body, but his elbow crutched as his shoulder touched the ground, and the whole person regained his balance like a rapidly turning carriage, and instantly got up from lying on his side, and fell to one knee again, facing Sacrael again.

This is the end of this weird meeting.

Tails was surprised to see: Sakel was pinching the handle of the axe, glaring, and was actually wheezing?

His opponent stood silently, also panting softly.

It's like they've just gone through an unprecedented big war.

Surprised, Sakel suddenly raised his hand and touched his forehead.

It's a cold sweat.

The Knight of Punishment was surprised, and some of them couldn't react.

This is......

Sakel was stunned.

He was surprised to find himself trembling.

After a few seconds, Sakel clenched his fists, slowly curled the corners of his mouth, and raised his gaze.

From shivering to hair, from heartbeat to trembling, all signs on his body were a reminder to the veteran warrior that there was a threat in front of him.

It had only been a few moments since he was released from prison, but the opponents he encountered, whether it was the so-called mercenaries or the Shadow Shield, had disappointed him, and at best it was only a warm-up.

Even the long-lost little Yod is only good at assassination.

But now......

Right now......

"Belletti, Brie, you're regressing. ”

Sakel took a deep breath, his smile a little more colorful, a little more vibrant.

He looked at Belletti and Brie, who were helping each other to their feet, and shook his head with a sigh.

"But you ......"

The Knight of Punishment looked up at his opponent from afar as he had been pushed back with a single sword.

Looking at each other's cold eyes.

"You ......"

He remembered how he felt at that moment.

Cold sweat, nervousness, trembling at that moment.

will die.

Will die!

Sakel happily felt that the long-lost blood and excitement in his body slowly surged.

The fighting spirit and impulse that he had not had for many years were returning to his veins.

That's right.

That's what ......

Fight...... and the feeling of fighting!

Tails shuddered.

What's going on?

Not only Tails, at this moment, everyone in the royal family guard was in a trance.

The prince noticed that Sakel's eyes slowly changed.

It was as if the man standing in front of them had gone from a dangerous crocodile lying lazily under the water, waiting for food, to a cheetah crouching hungrily in a tree, eager to hunt and kill.

Saker's smile grew bigger and bigger.

"You're different. ”

The Knight of Punishment smiled and looked at the man who was fighting from the ground, looking at the sin on the right side of the opponent's face to his chin, and recalling the sword of horror that the other party had just struck.

"Your sword is deadlier than ever. ”

The corners of the knight's mouth curled:

"Chief Pioneer Officer, ...... Quill Barney Jr."

"Has anyone ever told you: You are probably the Star Kingdom in the past half century, and the long-outdated Northland military swordsmanship has ......?"

"The most brilliant person?"

On the other side of Sakel, little Barney, who had just intercepted him with a sword, slowly stood up from the ground, straightened his shield, and slowly became steady breathing.

He still stared coldly at the battlelike Sakel.

Northland military swordsmanship?

More than.

Barney Jr. said silently.

You don't know.

Sakel, you don't know.

Barney Jr. looked at each other from afar, and suddenly remembered the past.

When his father told him that he had entered the shortlist of the watchmen and was expected to become the next commander of the guard and become the head of the Praetorian Guards in history, how excited and worried was his young self......

Little Barney slowly clenched the sword in his hand.

You don't know, Saker, you don't know.

And he asked Prince Horace to come to this set of ancient swordsmanship that he had practiced only when he was a child, which was often ridiculed by the stars and southerners, and despised by the technical attack and defense factions, which was more northern than the north, and even Exeter had been lost......

And he practiced hard day and night, dismantling one move at a time, and learned from the Northlanders to go to the battlefield to experience that feeling......

It is precisely in order to seize the last glimmer of possibility, find out the secret of the Northland martial arts, and defeat his biggest competitor.

Defeat that genius.

After defeating him and joining the team, he had to look up and chase after him, but he couldn't reach the person......

Defeat the person who is stronger than you in terms of origin, merit, and skill......

That him.

Emperor Wei is strong.

The first master.

You don't know, Saker, you don't know.

How many years, no matter how many people are chasing you behind your back......

You're just that arrogant, arrogant bastard.

You'll just be high up and starry sky.

Even if there is a boundless wave in front of you, you will never look behind you, and you will never look even a glance under you.

You never look back.

Never.

Little Barney gripped his nails hard and pulled himself back from his memory with pain.

"For the sun's sake, watchman. ”

Little Barney calmed down, ignoring the other party's increasingly undisguised fighting intent, and said softly:

"What secrets do you have that you can't tell our former brothers?"

The tone was calm and slightly desolate, contrary to his previous aggressiveness.

Everyone in the guard looked at each other.

This made Sacrael slightly stunned.

What's the secret......

His exuberant fighting spirit cooled slightly.

"What exactly are you holding in your hands, which you don't think we are qualified to know?"

Barney Jr. stepped forward slowly, blocked Tails behind him again, and sighed slightly:

"What is it about you that you have to carry on your own?"

These two sentences made Sacrael trance for a moment.

Must ......

Alone......

Carry......

The joy of seeing the opponent slowly subsided.

The fire flickered, and Sakel's gaze became dazed.

His face looked a little lonely.

Yes.

The Knight of Punishment looked at his fighting axe, at the blood-stained blades on it, and at the gasps of Belletti and Brie, and suddenly felt a little distraught.

Even Fang Cai's fighting spirit and desire seemed so ridiculous.

Oh, yes.

So many years, so many things, so many passes......

He is no longer the high-spirited and confident ......

The Punishment Knight.

Sakel gently lowered his axe and sighed, drawing a faint smile.

"Quill Barney, why are you so stubborn? ”

Sakel swept past each of his former colleagues.

At that moment, it was as if he had turned back into an uncle who had no quarrel with the world, and all the murderous energy evaporated from him.

There was a deep melancholy in his words:

"Why do you ...... Do you have to know the answer?"

As soon as these words came out, feeling the pain and struggle in the other party's words, everyone in the royal family guard trembled in unison!

For some reason, Quickrope turned his head to look at Tails, wondering if he should find a chance to slip away, but he was surprised to see that Tails was breathing rapidly and was watching the situation intently.

Odd.

Wrong.

Tails thought in a trance.

They......

They are arguing, they are fighting, they are questioning each other......

"Because you don't understand. ”

Little Barney bowed his head deeply and closed his eyes.

"You've never heard of it, have you, Sakel. ”

Different names, one after the other, came out of his mouth:

"Allen, Walker, Molian, Toby, Rose, Killara...... These former brothers ......"

Tails saw that with each name he pronounced, Sakel's figure flickered.

In the royal guard, Belletti's hands were bruised, Brie whispered deeply, Tardine shook his head expressionlessly, Nai held the darts tightly, Naki covered his forehead, and Cannon sank his face in the dark shadows, unable to see it really.

"You don't hear their wails before they die, you just pass quietly alone, never having to carry that burden. ”

Little Barney hissed, sounding like he was tormenting in the middle of an endless hell:

"Just like in the past, we all looked up at you, but you never looked down at us. ”

Saker's pupils flickered.

"So you don't understand. ”

Barney Jr. opened his eyes, and his words continued.

But his tone slowly turned from a desperate cry to a serpent-like hatred:

"The last eighteen years. ”

"This damn stubbornness, this damn stubbornness that has to know the answer, even if it never touches. ”

"And this ......"

Little Barney reached out with a trembling hand, touching the brand on the right side of his face as if it were hot lava.

He held up the hand that had touched the brand, and he kept shaking.

It was as if what had just been encountered was not a useless piece of dead skin, but a filthy and ominous plague.

"These are the ...... that support me to carry their past and grievances and survive in the boundless darkness."

Barney Jr.'s last few words, almost grinding out of his throat with blood:

"The only reason. ”

Tails saw that Saker's breathing was getting heavier and faster.

Barney Jr. was still staring at each other, his bloodshot eyes almost popping out of his sockets.

In the dim light of the fire, the Knight of Punishment turned his head pale and looked away.

"I'm sorry, Quill. ”

His tongue trembled slightly:

"Yes, I'm sorry. ”

Trample!

Barney Jr. took a step forward and shouted angrily:

"I'm sorry I don't need you!"

The vanguard officer's body was once again filled with a piercing and awe-inspiring feeling.

Barney suppressed his voice, but he couldn't suppress his anger:

"I need answers. ”

He bites the last word.

Answer.

Tails breathed silently, and in that moment, he suddenly understood something.

The fire in Naki's hand slowly extinguished, and the entire passage became darker and darker.

"Poof!"

Tarding picked up another torch and, in a few rubbings, lit it with a blank face.

The fire lit up again, and Tails noticed that Sakel's whole body was loose.

He was expressionless, but looked at Barney Jr. with hesitation:

"Sometimes, the answer doesn't sound better than the question. ”

Tails couldn't hold back any longer.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

The boy's voice rang out and echoed through the dungeon, attracting everyone's attention.

Fast Rope looked at the bold Tails in shock, wondering why he did it, but the latter's face turned into mud and the sea was not answered.

Tails ignored Tardine and Naki, who were standing in front of him, and took a step forward with uncontrollable indignation:

"You guys have a lot of nonsense from just now......"

The former royal guards silently exchanged glances and frowned in unison.

Until Tails coldly said the next sentence:

"But in the end I heard it. ”

"What 'you're not crazy to that point', what 'reason to die'......"

"What 'eyeing the blood of the royal family', what 'pointing the sword at the bloodline of the bright star', what 'everything has a cause'......"

"What 'the existence that once swore to protect', what 'the secret that can't be said', what 'the answer' ......"

With every word the prince spoke, the faces of some of the guards turned pale.

"Your Highness ......" Naki interrupted him with an embarrassed face, only to be interrupted by Tails' high-pitched voice again.

"From beginning to end, all of this - it's not me you're talking about!"

"Not a fucking Tyles Bright Star!"

Tails was a little excited, and he didn't hesitate to stretch out his arm, pointing directly at Barney Jr., and then at Saker.

But both have ugly expressions because of his pointing.

"You're questioning, and he's hiding—something else!"

"Really?"

The echo of Tails' final question was faintly audible in the darkness.

But whether it was Sakel, who bowed his head deeply, or Barney, who had just questioned loudly, the former royal guards did not reply.

Until another male voice, in addition to those present, sounded faintly from behind Sakel.

"You are very clever, Your Highness. ”

"It's not you, or it's not just you, they're not talking about it. ”

The voice is tired, slightly sad.

At this moment, Sakel and the other seven people were all moved!

Hearing a voice that was not unfamiliar, Tails also looked up in surprise, crossed Sakel's shoulder, and saw the man who appeared on the stairs.

It's him.

He also ...... Alive?

(End of chapter)