Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 458: The Headless Horseman and Lancaster's Collaborator

As the words fell, an extremely tall figure stepped out of the "asphalt pool".

He was wearing pure black armor and riding a majestic warhorse of the same color. In his hand was not a sword or a lance, but a long-handled battle axe stained with blood.

As long as Salant's reverse scale is violated, he will enter the passive madness. Mage state.

Seeing that the mastermind seemed to have revealed his whereabouts, he was not afraid at all. After piercing the hippopotamus from back to front in the form of a hidden fish, he continued to rush forward with his mace held high and stepped on the rapids.

It was like a drill breaking through the sky, and it was about to give the Black Knight a "one fish, two flowers".

Boom!

However, with a loud bang like thunder, Salant was hit by the opponent's axe and flew back instantly.

The knight on the opposite side took advantage of the situation and brandished his bloodstained long-handled battle axe, heading straight for the other two living people here, Byron and Catherine.

After discovering that there were living people at the scene of "Death Stranding", the first choice was to kill them to silence them.

With every step the warhorse took, its hooves as big as bowls caused the building to shake violently, and it was like a chariot out of control, mercilessly smashing all the "orcs" in front of it into a bloody mist.

Obviously, even the mastermind behind the scenes does not want "Death Stranding" to get out of control now and expose their own bigger plans.

The six Mithril Guards lined up in a row under Catherine's command, holding their swords horizontally, and launched a counter-charge, their power no less powerful than the previous one.

To Catherine money is power.

The six three-meter-tall solid mithril knights were covered in silver light, and their combat power was far superior to that of the simple version at the beginning.

It might be difficult for this huge wave of mithril to kill the black-armored knight, but it was enough to forcibly curb his charge.

Once the cavalry can't speed up, they are no different from sitting ducks.

The black-armored knight did not hesitate and immediately changed his tactics. He raised his hand and placed the gleaming battle axe across his neck.

A foul black aura spread out, covering the group of Mithril guards who were already ten meters in front of him.

The six Mithril Knights lost control in an instant, and like him, they placed their swords across their necks, then worked together to cut off their own heads.

Although the Mithril Guards had no vital parts and would not die if their heads were lost, this action caused them to temporarily lose their balance, and they all rolled on the ground.

But the black-armored knight was unharmed and continued to charge forward at high speed.

After his head was chopped off, his helmet was empty, as if there was no head in the first place!

This is actually a [Headless Horseman].

The other party's information was also shown in Byron's logbook.

"[Cursed Spirit: Headless Knight]

Features: Immortality.

Killing rules: If you stay within 10 meters for two seconds, you will be controlled and have your head chopped off. Only the headless can survive. "

Salant was knocked away too quickly, so the rules were not triggered.

And since this is a cursed spirit, it is obvious that the one who just spoke was not it, but someone else. To be more precise, there must be a master who is controlling it behind the scenes.

"To prevent any accidents, we must fight quickly and decisively. Ming Shen descends!"

A circle of light exploded above Byron's head. He narrowed his eyes and could clearly see the death line of the cursed spirit.

Raise the [Mingchao] in your hand high above your head.

Woo woo woo.
The strong wind swept through the entire building, instantly connecting with the heavy rain in the sky outside.

Countless storm spirits leaped, danced, and spun on his sword.
The long sword was like threading a needle, weaving the strands of wind and rain between heaven and earth again, and then exploded in an instant.

An extremely sharp invisible sword wind suddenly arose, and the sharp sound of air explosion almost pierced the eardrums. The wings behind Byron suddenly spread out, and the figure standing in the original place suddenly disappeared.

Sa——!
In just a blink of an eye, he appeared behind the headless knight like a ghost.

It's like the video is stuck and skipping frames, completely missing the middle process.

Behind him, two fierce wind belts on the left and right, carrying white water vapor, roared and exploded like a pair of wings.

The mist and dust were blown away, revealing a huge cross carved on the stone floor beneath their feet.

The figure of the Headless Horseman is right in the center of the cross.

[Secret Sword Technique: Cross Execution]

When Byron stood firm again, he sheathed his sword.

The silver-white blood and the green will-o'-the-wisp seemed to realize it belatedly, and a dazzling blood line bloomed horizontally and vertically on the headless knight's chest.

Stab it--!
Then the headless body and the warhorse under his crotch were neatly cut into four pieces.

However, this strange thing was still a normal spirit when it was in mid-air, but after landing, it turned into a pool of black ink, seeped into the stone slab and disappeared.

A line of handwriting was added to the logbook:
"Painting Spirit No. 3, created by [Painter of Hell] Leonardo."

Byron was stunned. "This cursed spirit that can knock a third-level transcendent away with one move is actually the work of a Hall Sequence [Painter]?

It is said that the most famous major of Vinaya Academy of Arts is painting.

Not to mention being a formal student, even if they are just failed students, their strength should not be underestimated.

A high-sequence [Painter] can make the fake look real. Even if he paints gold or silver, he can persist in doing so for several years so that even a gold or yuan sequence [Golden Eye] cannot find any flaws.

The palaces and manors you draw can be used as residences; the flowers and plants you draw have fragrance; the birds you draw can fly.
It’s another form of wish fulfillment.”

New doubts then came to my mind:

"But why would a painter of at least the fourth level come to Kingston to stir up trouble? Where did he get the forbidden knowledge from?

This kind of person is not something that ordinary people can afford to hire.

Since the secret is about the death stranding incident under the dispute between the two parties, it means that the mastermind behind the incident is most likely one of the Royal Party and the Earl's Party. "

As this thought came to mind, the solution density jumped to 38%.

At this time, Salant also got up from the ground and shouted to Byron:

“Captain, the sun and the storm are the mortal enemies of the deep sea!
After killing all the Lost Homelanders, use these two positive energies to cleanse the connection points here to cut off the Death Stranding. "

"understood."

Byron agreed and was about to summon [Guaranteed Hit Gungnir] to catch lightning with copper wire and then bring down justice from the sky.

Suddenly, I heard a chant:

"Faced with a powerful enemy, be fearless!"

"Brave and loyal, worthy of the Holy Father!"

"I would rather die than lie!"

"Protecting the weak is natural law."

When Byron just heard the voice, the other party was still at the border of [God's Vision]. In just a few words, he had passed through the outer blockade of Deathwing.

The next moment, a ball of pure white holy light was seen falling from the sky and landing in this underground space.

sizzle
When the rolling asphalt pool encountered the holy light, it was like it had met its nemesis and completely dissipated in an instant.

All that was left was a pile of tattered corpses of people and animals.

The expressions on their faces seemed to be more peaceful.

Then the feather-like holy light converged, revealing a middle-aged knight who looked a little thin.

He had short silver-gray hair and was probably in his early forties. Time had left particularly deep marks on his face, which looked weathered, as if he had never had a good day.

The silver knight armor on his body was covered with mottled scars. I don’t know how many fierce battles he had experienced with it, but he had no money to repair it.

If you meet him on the roadside, you will definitely think he is a down-and-out knight of the lowest level.

But no one dared to look down on him on such occasions.

Because the effect of the chanting of the Knight's Motto just now proved that the person coming was undoubtedly a fourth-order heroic [Paladin] of the Temple Sequence!
Whether it is the [Oath Knight] or the [Storm Knight], all knight paths in each sequence of the Ladder of Glory originated from the Paladins of the Church.

In essence, it has never been about training the body, but rather a spiritual practice centered on vows. The stricter the precepts one observes, the stronger the power will be.

Once the oath is broken, the power will decline rapidly.

The reason why the [Paladins] of the church can stand at the top of all knights is because they strictly abide by all virtues and precepts.

"Humility, Honesty, Mercy, Courage, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Faith!"

The strongest even possesses a body comparable to that of a dragon and an indestructible holy sword. With only the tenacious will gained from spiritual practice, he can be invincible in the fifth-level legendary realm and break all laws with one sword!

Of course, overly idealistic beliefs also mean that they must stay away from the secular world and embark on a life of asceticism without desires or demands.

Otherwise, there will definitely be a violent conflict between the fairy-tale ideal and the horror movie reality, and you will suffer from schizophrenia before you grow up.

And every [Paladin] who can walk in the secular world has already built a logically self-consistent view of faith, and can be called a flawless sage in any sense.

Therefore, paladins and ascetics are the cornerstones of the church's existence.

It is precisely because of these moral models who integrate knowledge and action that the church's lofty status has been consolidated.

He is also the hero who “carries the burden forward” for others in the line that is almost overused.

They deserve much of the credit for saving the Church from being destroyed by little-boy-loving priests and indulgences.

Just like the middle-aged [Paladin] who came alone in front of him, although he looked very shabby, his eyes were as clear and bright as a baby's.

The most important thing is that both he and Catherine know this uncle.

To be more precise, this person was one of the Protestant collaborators once supported by the House of Lancaster!

(End of this chapter)