Ricky's voice was hoarse, sounding like his vocal cords had been severed and had just been picked up.

Ricky's head reappeared on his neck—Tails watched it all with a tingling scalp—the horrible fault between the skull and the neck was vivid, and above the fault was a bloodless pale face, and below the fault was still bright red neck skin.

It's like ...... The head of the corpse was sewn back on.

It's just that you can't see the stitches.

"......Who the hell are you?"

Sakel couldn't believe his eyes.

He stared at Ricky, who was wrestling with him, and refused to give up his efforts to cut the other party apart with the blade of an axe:

"What the hell are you?"

But Ricky didn't answer him directly, and Crassus of the Sword of Calamity just giggled with a corpse-white smile and a terrible break in his neck.

This made many of his mercenaries nervous, and Josh even closed his eyes and turned his head.

"I have to admit that between the two of us," Ricky's words were weak, but made his laughter even more eerie:

"You're still stronger. ”

In the next second, the deceased came to life, and Ricky, who was so weird that he had already frightened everyone, exerted his arms vigorously, lifted Saker's entire person in the air, and then slammed it down!

Bang!

A loud bang was heard.

"Sir!"

In Tardin's hoarse roar, Sakel fell to the ground like a lifeless sandbag, convulsing in pain and spitting blood.

Ricky sneered and shook his head, pulling out the blade of the axe embedded in his chest and throwing it on the ground.

"When the ......"

Tails froze.

That man......

Exactly......

He shuddered at the horrific image of Giza placing his head back in his body.

He really ...... Isn't it a magician?

Sacael trembled and tried to get up at the sound of the axe's blade hitting the ground.

But I don't know if it was too badly injured or if he was no longer in the body, his arm only lasted a few seconds on the ground before bending again.

He fell to the ground again,

Tails breathed in a trance.

He had never seen a time when Sachael was so powerless.

But what chilled him was ......

Tails looked up creepy and saw Ricky twisting his neck unconcernedly—the terrible fault on it faded away with a rustling sound, filled with new skin, and the skin on both sides of the skin gradually converged.

There was a crackling sound in his chest, and it sounded like a bone had been severed by an axe blade, resetting itself.

He's healing.

"But fortunately, I will always be ...... than my opponent," Ricky held out his hand, silently arranging his collar and armor under the fearful gaze of both his subordinates and enemies.

"One more life. ”

One more life?

Tails stared blankly at Ricky in front of him.

"Sunset!"

Little Barney, who had always been hard, had lost his composure as he watched this scene.

"I know, it's not fair, is it?"

With a healing rate visible to the naked eye, Ricky shrugged with a smile and pulled out a fragment of the axe's blade from his chest:

"Welcome to the real world. ”

Ricky took a deep breath, as if he had learned to breathe again.

He walked towards Saker, who was dying on the ground.

"No!"

Tardine and Brie roared and rushed forward.

Cannon was left with red eyes and a firm hold on to the incredulous Tails.

Ricky chuckled and picked up his sword, and at his side, the Swords of Calamity gathered around.

But Sakel, who was lying on the ground, suddenly shouted angrily:

"Stop!"

As if they were born to obey this voice, Tardine and Brie instinctively stopped, despite their agitated emotions.

I saw Sakel coughing up blood in agony as he said to them:

"Do a good job...... Your duties. ”

Tarding and Brie froze, looking at the badly wounded commander and then at the stunned Tails behind them.

Ricky, who was standing beside him, glanced at them with interest.

"Ricky!"

Semir walked up, glancing at the others as if he didn't care, and said:

"They are all good fighters and will be useful. ”

"And we...... There is a shortage of people. ”

Ricky's eyes flashed and he looked at Semir.

Semir didn't dodge or dodge, but his face was as usual.

"Hmph. ”

Finally, Ricky snorted and nodded:

"Of course. ”

"Then catch it alive. ”

Tails breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the dagger he had gripped into his palm again.

One more life.

Tails subconsciously repeated, still hard to believe the scene just now.

They can't fight harder anymore.

Ricky's weird ...... It's really ......

At this time.

"What the hell are you?"

Ricky lowered his head.

Sakel gasped in pain, apparently having used up his last strength.

The Knight of Punishment looked at him in a trance:

"I've seen the legendary second-generation bloodline who recovered from heart damage and even broken cervical vertebrae. ”

"I've also seen steely horrible orcs, battling for dozens of hours with unimaginably severe injuries. ”

"I've also seen extremely rare Ability Warriors and Finishing Powers that can heal terrible fatal wounds in a fraction of the time. ”

Ricky raised an eyebrow.

This guy has a lot of knowledge.

Sakel shuddered, breathing heavily.

"But you...... You do not fall into any of the above. ”

Ricky snorted, not sure if it was acquiescence.

Sakel coughed, his eyes misty:

"And...... Brains and skulls destroyed?"

His gaze cleared for a moment, revealing determination:

"Nope. ”

"In this case......"

"No matter how powerful the immortal seed is, it can't withstand it. ”

"No matter how powerful an orc is, it can't survive. ”

"No matter how terrible the ability and the power of the end...... There are limits. ”

Sacrael, who was lying on the ground, raised his head, his bloodshot eyes shot straight at Ricky, as if vowing to get an explanation.

Tails and the others were also vigilant and dignified, and looked at Ricky expectantly.

Ricky smiled.

A peculiar emotion appeared on his face.

It's like remembering.

"There have been all kinds of miracles in this life," the man who came back from the dead shook his head in distraction.

"And you, you're just too ignorant. ”

Sachael coughed again.

"Ignorance?"

For some reason, the Knight of Punishment chuckled:

"There's only one way to prove it. ”

In the next second, Saqel suddenly stretched out his hand and scooped up a torch dropped by a mercenary from the ground!

Ricky's expression changed.

Sakel turned over, and the torch flew straight towards the leader of the Sword of Calamity!

"You—" Ricky gritted his teeth and waved the torch away, but he was still hit by countless sparks.

And a few mercenaries on the other side had already swooped up and firmly suppressed Sakel at the end of the crossbow.

Tails looked at Saker's move in amazement:

What is he doing here?

But unexpectedly, in an instant, Ricky's upper body actually burst into countless flames!

It's as if he's the torch that's lit at the moment.

"Ahh

Ricky roared, slapping the flames off his body.

"What is this!"

Sakel chuckled softly under the pressure of several people.

"This is—uh—the tarpaulin removed from the torch," the Torture Knight received a heavy kick from one of the mercenaries, but still insisted on speaking:

"I've stuffed some in your clothes, just a little bit. ”

It took a few seconds for Ricky to slap the flames off his body and put his hands down.

The smoke dissipated from his body.

But at that moment, Tails, who saw Ricky's appearance clearly, exclaimed in surprise and stepped back!

He wasn't the only one who reacted, the prisoners of the royal guard, and even many of the Swords of Calamity were taken aback.

Ricky is different.

Even though it was only for a few seconds, the skin on his body that had been burned by the flames was peeling inch by inch, like wall paint peeling.

Especially the left side of his face.

Tails looked at the man in front of him in horror.

The skin on the left side of Ricky's face is gone.

Instead, layers of dark black folds overlapped everything, like muscles, like leaf veins, vibrating from time to time as Ricky gritted his teeth.

His left eye was also "peeled", leaving only the same black muscle texture and a terrifying eye with an eerie yellow glow.

Not just the left side of his face, but his left shoulder, left abdomen, right hand...... All of these places that have been touched by sparks or flames reveal layers of dark and wriggling muscles that seem to wriggle consciously.

The rest of him was still intact, like a normal human being.

But human skin and pitch-black muscles, human and non-human, the two are mixed in everything, and it is even more weird.

Tails froze.

What is it?

What the is this?

The Ricky in front of him is like a human skin that has been plucked out, and there is a dark black, muscle-turned and even wriggling, terrifying and abominable strange yellow-eyed monster inside.

"Oh my god......"

Fast Rope was dumbfounded:

"Am I living in a horror story......

Tarding subconsciously detained him and didn't let him continue.

Although Tardin himself was almost stupefied.

Ricky shuddered, and the human part showed anger—and of course, the non-human part, Tails couldn't tell what emotion it was.

The black-and-white monster Ricky glanced at the prince in the distance, and his strange and terrifying appearance made Tails shudder.

At Ricky's side, Josh expertly handed him a hooded coat - Tails could tell that the latter had done so with great fear or disgust, and the Swords of Calamity around Ricky had subconsciously avoided it.

Ricky put on his coat, covered his half-human, half-ghost form with his hood, and spoke slowly:

"I know ......"

At that moment, Tails' hairs stood on end!

All he could feel was that the moment Ricky spoke, what came out of his throat was a rough, dry, sharp, grinding stone-like noise.

It's like scraping a steel plate with your fingernails.

It's the sound that only everyone hears in their worst nightmares.

He's not the only one who feels that way.

Fast Rope even turned pale and subconsciously covered his ears!

I don't know if this nightmarish voice has a negative magic, and as the sound spreads, everyone present becomes nervous.

The mercenaries who got close to each other leaned out nervously, eager to stay away from their leader.

So much so that they forgot to even guard against the enemy.

"I know, it's not nice to be like this," Ricky said coldly, each syllable giving me countless goosebumps, and Tails even felt like he was trembling all over his body:

"It will take some time to recover. ”

The moment he closed his voice, Tails breathed a sigh of relief.

Ricky stared coldly at Sakerel on the ground with his yellow terrifying left eye and a normal human right eye.

"And you ......"

The moment Ricky spoke again, Tails really felt like he was tormented in a horror story.

But the Knight of Punishment looked at his countenance, and though he was astonished, he was the first to speak:

"Sure enough, the flames ...... They make you see who you really are. ”

Tails breathed a sigh of relief, thanking Saker for interrupting Ricky.

The hateful Ricky shook slightly and clenched his fists.

Sakel looked straight at him, gritted his teeth, and was aggressive:

"Say, you serve...... Which of the Seven Great Sovereigns is it?"

Beneath the hood, Ricky's exposed human pupils shrank!

At that moment, many people were stunned.

Including Tails.

The Seven Great Sovereigns?

Wait, little slippery head - ahem, Thelma seems to have told me this......

Seven Monarchs......

But without waiting for Ricky to reply, Sakel continued to speak in a loud voice, fierce and resolute: "In what form do you appear in this world?"

"Possession, pollution, confusion, or brutal and direct invasion?"

Everyone froze.

Strange and unfamiliar words interrupted Tails' train of thought, adding to his confusion.

Maybe they couldn't keep up with the conversation, or maybe they were too shocked after they understood, but the royal guards, including Tails, watched the conversation between Sakel and Ricky in a daze.

Seconds passed.

Finally, Ricky's hood shook slightly.

"Worthy of being the watchman of the royal guard. ”

"That's a lot of understanding. ”

That heart-wrenching trembling voice came out again.

Tails shivered subconsciously.

Sakel stared at him for a long, long time.

"I see," said the Knight of Punishment again, this time with a mixture of awe, surprise, and vigilance in his tone, lost in his aggressive harshness:

"I know what you are. ”

Ricky was slightly stunned.

He then smiled helplessly—but even the sound of his laughter made Tails want to cover his ears—as if he understood something:

"Hah, you haven't seen it at all, have you? ”

Enduring ear torture and mental stimulation, Tails struggled to understand the other party's words:

Ricky raised his head, revealing an extremely strange trace of black skin in the hood, which made Tails subconsciously tilt his head to avoid it:

"So, you're just ...... Tempt me?"

Sacael closed his eyes and nodded in resignation:

"But I'm sure of it now. ”

Ricky stared at him for a long time, and finally nodded, a look of admiration in the human's eyes.

On the other side, little Barney, who was listening to the conversation between the two, couldn't help but look at Ricky in horror, and then at the Punishment Knight: "Sakel?"

"What the hell is going on?"

Saker let out a sigh of relief, turning to Tails and his old colleagues:

"You ......"

"Lay down your arms. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone on Tails' side was shocked.

"Sir, sir?" asked Tardin, tentatively.

Sachael shook his head:

"We can't beat him...... At least, it can't be done without the corresponding weapons and means. ”

Ricky snorted.

His terrifying voice made Tails fidgeting once again.

"He ......" Tails hesitated, glancing at Ricky, who had an indifferent expression but a terrible voice hidden under his hood:

"What is he?"

Sacrael was silent for a moment, then glanced at the others.

Including the Sword of Calamity, those in the know bowed their heads, and those who did not know showed doubts.

"They are like the gods...... Ethereal and illusory legends. ”

Sakel stared at Ricky, breathing hard under the suppression of the two mercenaries, gritting his teeth:

"But the Watchman lineage from a long time ago, as well as the archives of the Secret Branch, all record this existence. ”

"They have appeared more than once in the history of kingdoms and even empires. ”

This...... Exist?

Tails froze.

Sakel sighed softly.

He recited a description in a subdued voice:

"Flesh feeds on flesh, and soul hunts;"

"Manifested in the fire, disillusioned before God. ”

Tails blinked, and Saker's words awakened a sense of familiarity.

...... in the Fire Manifest?

Before God...... Disillusionment?

That's right, this is a lingua franca translated from the ancient imperial Chinese.

That's why it's so weird.

Tails frowned: "So he's ......"

Sakel shook his head, staring at Ricky with more and more wary eyes:

"No, it's not 'him'. ”

"The Knight of Punishment quickly changed his name, sending shudders down the minds of those present: '

'It' not human. ”

It?

With an inexplicable sense of panic, Tails looked at Ricky, who was motionless under the hood.

In the next second, Sakel said in his most mysterious and nervous tone:

"It's a ...... from hell"

In an eerie and unsettling atmosphere, Ricky in the hood curled the corners of his mouth.

It listened with great interest, under the horrified gaze of the crowd, to the last words of Sacael:

"Demons. ”