Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 757 Betrayed by All, He Reaps What He Sows

The Prince's Sword's "Silver Royal Guard" is an active skill, but Cheng Tian can turn it into a passive skill with a probability of activation by using the Knight Throw skill attached to the Arthur template.

So when Cheng Tian used the Prince's Sword as material to mass-produce Phantom Swords and splashed them on the monsters, the Silver Guards appeared out of thin air one after another.

Although they, like the original knight Arthur, would have their mounts killed after being hit once, their armor destroyed after being hit twice, and they would turn into skeletons after being hit three times, they couldn't stop Cheng Tian from summoning the Silver Guard in droves, like a self-propelled army.

The Silver Guard's overall strength was far inferior to the low-level apostles and ghost beasts in these gaps, but they were outnumbered and each one was fearless.

Moreover, since the guards summoned by Cheng Tian using the Prince's Sword are essentially Prince Allen's guards, their armor styles are exactly the same as those of the troops under the Grand Duke of the local Golden Legion.

At the same time, these horned helmet knights already held a relatively high position in the army, belonging to the elite troops, and thus had a certain influence.

So as the Silver Guard began to fight the monsters fearlessly, the local soldiers who were scattered near the city gates, who had been terrified by the ritual and lost their backbone, also joined the fight against the monsters in a daze, and their numbers began to snowball.

The herd mentality still applies to humans.

In such a desperate and terrifying situation, if one person escapes, it will trigger a chain reaction, leading to a mass exodus.

Conversely, when a group of people chooses to rise up in resistance and successfully establish themselves, it will also trigger a chain reaction, rekindling their courage.

Having suffered an undeserved calamity, they were quite bewildered at this moment, as many died without ever understanding what had happened. But now that a group of rebels had formed, they joined in the movement.

Whether it's seeking revenge or reclaiming their homes, those who wield weapons against demons deserve encouragement.

And then comes the important part—

Cheng Tian, ​​positioned on the outside of the group, controlled four masked servants of the Golden Legion. These masked servants initially appeared confused, but then their eyes became clear and they quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Before long, a claim that "Grand Duke Garibaldi sacrificed the entire Golden Fortress to the demons in exchange for the path to godhood" quickly spread among the survivors of this Eclipse Ritual.

For the survivors of the Golden Fortress, what they need most now is a core principle, a belief that can sustain them to continue, and the idea that "Grand Duke Garibaldi betrayed them" quickly eroded their minds.

Clearly, this is thanks to Cheng.

He didn't know if it was Archduke Garibaldi who did it, but he chose to pin the blame directly on the archduke.

People might not have dared to resist in the past because of the oppression of the powerful, but now, with the blood feud, the objective facts, and the endorsement of the British Expeditionary Force which came for justice, everything makes sense!
Now is the perfect time to overthrow the evil rule of Grand Duke Garibaldi!
These soldiers, who originally belonged to the Golden Legion, visibly changed their aura of prestige from a yellowish-red hue to a yellowish-greenish hue.

They may not have much affection for Cheng Tian, ​​the Blazing Sun Legion, or the Knights of the Round Table, but their hatred for the Grand Duke is genuine.

Regardless of whether Cheng Tian stirred up trouble or not, just tell me whether Da Gong did it or not!

As these reputation auras became more friendly, the two side quests in Cheng Tian's Holy Grail Mission, "The Sun Shines on the Earth" and "The Evil Trial," also saw their numbers soar simultaneously.

Cheng Tian discovered that directly converting the soldiers of the Golden Legion into temporary allies simultaneously met the criteria for both "rescuing NPCs" and "eliminating enemy forces," effectively killing two birds with one stone. As the values ​​for rescuing NPCs and eliminating enemy forces both soared, the "all-attribute bonus" and "treasure chest drop rate bonus" numbers on the players of the Blazing Sun Legion also slowly increased as a percentage.

Under the leadership of Cheng Tian, ​​who held high the Prince's Sword, they actually began to counterattack towards the city center, starting from the south gate of the Golden Fortress!

Monsters are strong and terrifying. It is common for them to break through the extreme value of a single attribute such as strength or agility. Occasionally, there will be individuals that break through the extreme value of two attributes. They have an overwhelming advantage over ordinary human soldiers.

But humans who have been betrayed and then united, fearless of death, are even more terrifying!
The Silver Guards spawned by Prince Cheng Tian's Sword basically took on the high-risk positions facing the monster horde on the outer perimeter, which further reduced the pressure on the front line.

Coincidentally, similar situations occurred on the east and west sides of the fortress.

Muramasa, the Oni Samurai who was marked as a sacrifice by Grand Duke Garibaldi, and the Berserker Barbas, each gathered some of their own subordinates to face the onslaught of the monsters.

When the Knights of the Round Table, the Sun Legion, and the "rebels" all charged toward the central fortress together, the pressure on these two groups was greatly reduced.

They were initially taken aback by the many questions that were swirling in their minds, and then sent out envoys to try to make contact and obtain some information.

Unsurprisingly, Cheng Tian's embellished rumor reached the ears of the two legion leaders.

Ordinary soldiers might be swayed by the atmosphere, but these two legion leaders were not... However, after learning of the rumors, they firmly believed that it was the real truth.

Only this can explain why they were forcibly recalled from their respective areas of defense.

Such a duke is clearly no longer worth risking one's life for.

In truth, neither Muramasa nor Barbas had such a strong subordinate relationship with the Grand Duke, far less intimate than the relationship between a monarch and a subordinate knight that Balford had with Prince Allen.

Those who are not of our race will surely have different hearts. These two legion commanders, one from Japan and the other from Northern Europe, indeed could not gain the unreserved trust of the Grand Duke of Rome.

So they both made a decision.

Damn it!

When the Grand Duke, who had been in a brief coma while fighting against the Zodiac Meteorite and the backlash of the ritual, slowly awoke from the ruins of the Hand of God, he saw that countless people had surrounded him.

Leaving aside the British Expeditionary Force, even the soldiers who should have been under his command were looking at him with hatred.

But the most conspicuous among them was none other than the Orange General, who wielded the Prince's Sword and shone like the sun.

"You're finished, Garibaldi!"

Cheng Tianjian pointed at the Grand Duke, his sword radiating light.

(End of this chapter)