Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 65 Great Knight Renault

The Relief Society is about to face suppression and encirclement from the Holy Society. If they don't take any action, they will surely die. In a way, Li Nanke's goal is beneficial to the Relief Society.

If the leader of the Punishment Army could be killed, it would be possible to delay the siege and suppression initiated by the Holy Society... Of course, he couldn't say it so directly to Edel, the president of the Relief Society.

Li Nanke thought that this contact would go smoothly, but it turned out not to be the case.

"Many years ago, there was a mother who cried in pain because her child was injured. She licked her child's wounds and prayed to the Great Being, hoping to heal her child's injuries."

"The great being responded to her request, and the child's wound healed completely. However, everything has a price, and the pain from the wound was transferred to the mother."

“Many people witnessed this grace of suffering, and compassionate people began to imitate the mother’s behavior, licking the wounds and healing the trauma of others while enduring the pain themselves.”

Edel was an old man with a kind and gentle face. He wore the same old, plain grey robe as the ordinary lickers, with many patches on it.

Li Nanke hopes that Edel can send the great knight of the Relief Society to go out with him to gather intelligence and try to contact the Punishment Army to see if they can find a chance to save the village and the Relief Society.

But the old man did not give a direct answer. Instead, he began to introduce the origin of the relief society.

"But as time went by, the world became more and more chaotic, and people's understanding of the grace of suffering gradually became distorted. This also caused the number of grace rewards to decrease. Even if it came, it was always in a distorted way. The monsters outside the village are the best example."

"We Lickers have also lost our previous ability to heal wounds. All we have left is the ability to soothe pain and divert suffering, which only works occasionally."

"But at times like this, we need to stick to our original intentions and pray for the great existence to bestow divine grace. I believe that blessing grace will surely descend upon us at the last moment."

"Young mourner, I don't mind you and Robert's escape from the battle, but please stop fighting meaninglessly in the future. Join our relief society and become a Licker... There are too many patients in the village, and many of them are waiting for us to treat them."

Li Nanke stared at the old man's eyes carefully, as if he wanted to see into his heart: "So, you mean to wait for death here?"

"How can you say that we are waiting to die? I believe that the great being will treat us, the people with the right beliefs, well."

"Then I wish you good luck." Li Nanke turned and left.

Robert waited outside the door for a long time. When he saw him come out, he asked quickly, "How is it, is the president willing to help?"

"Come on, let's go out and talk."

The two walked outside the church, and Li Nanke frowned and asked, "You'd better explain clearly. That Edel is not worried about the encirclement and suppression at all, so where did you hear that the Holy Society blocked this place for a large-scale encirclement and suppression?"

Edward is one of the most powerful people in the Mourning Charity, while Robert is just a last-placed one, otherwise he would not be so surprised to see Li Nanke and immediately invite him to run away with him.

Facing Li Nanke's questioning, Robert quickly explained the whole story.

It turns out that Edel's eldest son, Renault, the most powerful knight in the Relief Society, had trained in the Holy Order's Punishment Army in his early years and seemed to have served as a chief instructor. His strength is extremely powerful.

Later, due to problems in understanding faith, he had some irreconcilable conflicts with the Holy Church, which led to the two sides becoming enemies, and finally he returned to the Licker Relief Society.

Robert overheard the two arguing two days ago.

Renault received reliable information and learned that the Holy Society was going to destroy the village. He advocated taking corresponding actions, but Edel opposed it.

The two disagreed on this issue, and some of them even mentioned words like "the lady of eternal pain", "sister", and "mark of refuge" in a vague way.

Li Nanke smelled the scent of a hidden node from it.

After the formal baptism of dreams, he has gradually figured out some of the unspoken rules of the other side.

Simply completing the main nodes will only give you very basic rewards. To obtain the most direct and fundamental supernatural powers, such as main traits, you need to dig deep into hidden nodes or trigger additional events to obtain more.

But hidden nodes are either extremely difficult in themselves, or will greatly increase the overall difficulty of the dream...

In short, high risk and high return coexist, and don't take on a job if you don't have the skills.

He inquired about Renault's information in detail, and then said decisively: "Take me to find him."

Li Nanke had just come into contact with Edel, who was obviously fearless and seemed to have concluded that even if the Holy Society came to destroy the village, they would not do anything to the Relief Society, so he dared to stay in the village.

He didn't know what the other party relied on, and he suspected that the old man had reached some kind of secret deal with the Holy Society.

Since Renault is a man of action and wants to take the initiative instead of waiting passively, it means that it is far more useful to find Renault than Eder.

Renault usually didn't stay at the relief association. The dilapidated house he lived in was located in the corner of the village, with a separate open space for training. When Li Nanke arrived, he saw a middle-aged blond man with a naked upper body, his waist straight as a gun, wielding a heavy two-handed cross sword under the afterglow of the setting sun.

It would be difficult for an ordinary person to even lift this sword, but under Renault's control, it was like a light willow leaf, drawing silver tracks in the air.

With every swing, the air seemed to be torn apart, making a whistling sound; with every step, the ground shook and deep footprints appeared on the land.

Renault chanted an inexplicable prayer while swinging the sword. The red flame seemed to be summoned, starting from the sword jaw and gradually spreading until the entire cross sword was turned into a blazing tongue of fire.

The sword light rolled up a waterfall of dazzling flames, like a fiery red sky dividing the dusk sky.

After a long time, Renault finally finished his training, wiped the sweat off his face and put on his shirt.

Robert hurried forward to introduce the two people.

"Mourner Edward?" Renault shook his head and said indifferently, "The real mourners have all died. The rest are just deserters... If you want to live, go find President Edel. Why are you here?"

Robert was embarrassed by these words, but he didn't know how to refute.

Li Nanke raised his eyebrows, hearing the hidden meaning in his words, and said unhappily: "Mr. Renault, the grace of the God of Pain brought me back to life, but I am not here to listen to your sarcasm."

Renault looked at Robert, then turned to Li Nanke and sneered, "You two are really consistent in your statements. When Robert joined the Relief Society, he also said that he was not a deserter, but that God's grace brought him back to life."

Robert's face became even more embarrassed. He nudged Li Nanke with his elbow to signal him to stop pretending, as others would know that we were deserters.

Li Nanke was too lazy to pay attention to him. This guy had ruined the reputation of the Mourners. It was something that could have been done with just a few words, but now without some evidence, it would be impossible to convince Renault.

"I came here to ask Mr. Renault a question. Your Excellency is knowledgeable and will surely be able to answer it for me."

"You said."

"I heard that there is a kind of thorn in the Holy Society that can be wrapped around weapons to enhance one's own strength and the power of the weapon?"

Renault looked a little surprised and confused. As the chief instructor of the Holy Order Punishment Army in his early years, he certainly knew what the so-called entangled thorns were.

"That is the reward given by the Holy Church to the most devout and fanatical believers. Those who can obtain the Bloody Thorn are either powerful monsters or the best in the Punishment Army... How do you know this?"

"After I was resurrected, I encountered a huge monster and obtained the so-called bloody thorns, but I didn't know how to use them, so I came to ask Mr. Renault for advice."

As he spoke, Li Nanke took out the 'Bloody Thorn Branch'.

Renault looked at the bloody thorns, then at Li Nanke, with a deep gaze, and said, "Robert, go back to the relief organization first. I have something to discuss with Edward."

Renault led him into the house and closed the door: "Where are your weapons?"

Li Nanke understood what he meant and handed the chainsaw sword and the bloody thorn branch to the other party.

"The weapon is quite peculiar... Look carefully. I will only teach you how to tie the knot once."

The hilt of the chainsword was about two and a half fingers thick, and the blood-red thorn branches were as long as arms. Renault wrapped it around the hilt several times, tying a different knot each time. There were a total of three knots that were used repeatedly.

When Renault finished fastening the buckle, the area above the hilt of the chainsword was already covered with hideous thorns.

With the blessing of the inlay, the quality and rating of the chainsword also changed.

【Killer Chainsaw Sword】

[Type: Weapons/Blades]

【Quality: Ordinary → Excellent】

[Rating: 16→18]

[Details: A strange blade weapon, which is essentially a weapon with many teeth driven by a rotating machine, and gears rotating along the blade, just like a chain saw. This weapon has an inlay 'bloody thorn branch'. If you do not actively trigger this inlay, the power of the weapon will not be significantly improved compared to before, but after actively triggering it, the power of the weapon will be greatly improved, and it will break through the original quality and score. ]

[Inlay: Bloody Thorn Branch]

(End of this chapter)