Knight Lords: Infinite Simulation and the Path of Light

Chapter 227 Red Wedding

Rose petals fluttered like blood rain under the gilded chandelier, the wedding march sonata suddenly broke into a sharp tremolo, followed by screams and roars. Faced with the raised triangular spikes, the richly dressed nobles at this moment behaved no differently than a flock of sheep with their hair combed smooth.

In just a few dozen seconds, what was originally a scene representing happiness, beauty, romance, longevity, and many other beautiful blessings has turned into a scene of carnage. Blood and alcohol are mixed together, and the food prepared by a master chef on the table is quietly waiting to be enjoyed, while the original enjoyers are being enjoyed in a different way.

Following Serena's figure, the long, red-glowing spear stood two meters away from Serena's hand, its spinning motion coming to a stop as its potential energy was slowly dissipated.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I smell a familiar scent. Kid, where did you get this stuff on you?"

As the deep voice faded, a muscular, imposing figure descended from the sky.

Upon recognizing the newcomer, Haven's pupils contracted rapidly. The figure was all too familiar to him: dark red fur, long mane, and eyes gleaming with an oily green light. His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

"Werewolf Shinding~~~"

A distinct look of surprise appeared on the werewolf's face, and then his green eyes looked at Havent with even more interest.

"Oh~~~ You know me?"

Werewolf Sinding tilted his head and looked at Havent, stroking his chin with his furry paw, and said thoughtfully:
"Hmm... I've seen you before, young man..."

"Ah~~ You were there that night when I was hunting Frederick IV, but you didn't have this scent on you then."

As he spoke, the werewolf Sindin suddenly opened his right hand, and the hunting spear that had been floating there returned to the werewolf's hand in a flash.

"Boy, hand over what you have, or you're dead!!!"

As Sinding's cruel words fell, crimson energy ribbons instantly erupted from his body. Haven could sense that this werewolf was very different from the werewolf from that night; he seemed to have become even more brutal.

Despite the threat from the werewolf Sindin, Haven's mind was elsewhere. Instead, he quickly scanned the situation on the field. Although Serena had just unleashed a burst of destructive energy, she immediately teleported over after sensing Haven's danger. This meant that the group of black-clad assassins only managed to eliminate a small portion of the group, and nearly eighty or ninety of them were still attacking the guests on the field.

"Serena, hold it back~~~"

Not knowing whether Serena could defeat the werewolf, Haven had no choice but to have the girl hold off the werewolf for now. After all, this was the capital, and if they could hold off the large-scale assassination attempt for a while, the garrisoned troops would come to their aid.

Faced with Haven's request, Serena, with cream still on her face, nodded with unusual reliability. As Serena's powerful magic erupted, the werewolf Sindin, sensing the threat, put away his arrogant demeanor and quietly looked at the human girl blocking his way.

Although they had a brief encounter that night, the werewolf Sindin was not focused on Serena at the time, so he didn't have much of an impression of the human girl who appeared that day. But now, the powerful aura emanating from this human girl made the werewolf feel that she was no less powerful than the people who had surrounded him that night, and perhaps even stronger.

Sindin's crimson energy surged like a living thing. In the next moment, he swiftly swung his hand forward twice, condensing it into dozens of fang-like claws that tore through the air and lunged at Serena! Wherever the energy passed, the gilded chandelier melted into molten iron, the marble pillars shattered into dust, and the crowd affected by the released energy wave exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

As Serena entered battle mode, a cold glint flashed in her eyes. Her blue-gray pupils, now brimming with energy, had turned a bright blue. Facing the rapidly approaching claw marks, she didn't retreat a single step. Instead, she clenched her hands together, her fingers interlacing to form a hollow, and a milky-white beam of light slammed into the blood-red claw marks.

The two energies interacted, and half of the square was reduced to ruins by the impact of the energy. Haven, whose eyes were squinting from the aftershocks, roared loudly.

"Serena!! Serena!!! Move him to another place to fight. If this continues, the people in the manor will either be killed by the assassins or by the overflowing energy shockwaves."

"Hmm~"

The girl nodded slightly, then opened her arms and began to chant. This was the first time Haven and Serena had ever seen the little girl chant a spell in all the time they had known each other.

Seemingly sensing something, the werewolf Sinding, hundreds of meters away, suddenly bristled with fur on his back. Then, gripping his hunting spear, he charged forward. Before the werewolf could unleash his next attack, dozens of chains crackling with lightning appeared out of thin air and bound Sinding tightly.

Amidst the werewolf Sindin's roar, Serena suddenly appeared with several iron chains around her body, her body flashing rapidly with light, and the next moment she vanished into thin air.

Having no idea where Serena had gone, Haven gritted his teeth, then took out a signal flare from his spatial ring and fired it into the sky.

"Mom!! Here, protect them. I have to stop them, otherwise by the time the reinforcements arrive, almost everyone here will be dead."

Louise held the magic scrolls her sons had thrown to her, looking worriedly at Haven, who was holding a magic longsword. Although she wanted her sons to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible, she knew that Haven would not listen to her, so Louise could only nod slightly.

Haven, take care of yourself~~

Driven by his mother's worries, Haven grabbed Chang Jian and charged toward the table where He-Man and the others were. Although Serena unleashed a defensive magic flow that sent the surrounding assassins flying, Haven went to save his mother, and Serena flew into the air to unleash her ultimate attack before disappearing with the werewolf Sindin.

The black-clad assassins who had been pushed away earlier surrounded them again, weapons in hand. The group at Hyman's table consisted mostly of noble scions from various families. They might have some fighting ability, but not much. Currently, only Fedraye and a few other noble scions were resisting the approaching black-clad assassins.

The ear-piercing clang of metal clashing, the screams of the dying, and the roar of magic exploding, mixed with the thick stench of blood and burnt flesh, formed the main theme of this blood-red wedding. Haven gripped his magic longsword tightly, the blue and white elemental runes on the blade flickering with the infusion of magic, shooting towards the table where He-Man and the others were like a black arrow.

The scene before my eyes was horrifying. The once exquisite and magnificent dining table had been overturned, and expensive porcelain and silverware were mixed with broken limbs and warm blood.

Several noblemen, Fedraye, Kubant, and two or three other familiar faces of Havent, whose once-impressive attire was now stained with blood and filth, stood back to back, forming a shaky defensive circle. They brandished knives, iron plates, and even broken table legs, desperately trying to fend off the attacks of several assassins in black. After all, the incident had happened suddenly, especially at a wedding banquet, where no one would carry weapons. As for those who lacked combat skills, such as Heman and Lori, they watched Fedraye and his companions with tense expressions.

"Damn it, how dare these people? This is the capital's noble district. Are they out of their minds to launch an attack here?"

Faced with Kubant's roar, Fedrayer calmly held up a broken chair leg and said nothing more;
"Compared to this question, I think how we survive today is a more important thing. If we are still alive then, you will naturally know what happened to these people."

But his relaxed tone couldn't solve the predicament. After blocking several attacks from the black-clad assassin, the large iron plate in Kubant's hand had become a sieve under the attack. It broke in two with the final blow, and the triangular spike went straight into Kubant's shoulder through the break.

As for Fedraye, he was too busy to help Kubant, who was lying on the ground, to do anything about it.

"Get out of my way!" Haven roared, his longsword sweeping across with a sharp gust of wind.

A blue arc of light flashed, and the black-clad assassin who was raising his knife to strike Kubant froze instantly. Hot blood spurted from his neck, and he collapsed to the ground.

Haven didn't stop, sidestepping the assassin fighting Fedraye and swinging his sword at the man's face, but the latter dodged it by tilting his head.

"Havent! You're here just in time!"

Fedraye's voice trembled with relief and ecstasy. He had a bloody gash on his face, and the table leg he used to fight was now only as long as his forearm.

"Are you all alright? I've sent the signal! Reinforcements are on their way!"

His gaze swept quickly over his companions. Most of the noblemen and women at his table were unharmed, except for a few who had put up a fight, all of whom had sustained injuries of varying degrees. Among them, Kubant appeared to be the most seriously injured, with large amounts of blood gushing from the wound on his shoulder.

"Lori!!!"

Haven strode forward, slashing back the other black-clad assassins, and shouted:

"Scroll!!! Magic scroll!!!! What the hell are you doing, you idiot!!!"

Startled by Havent's roar, Lori hurriedly began rummaging through her magic pouch. Meanwhile, He-Man, whose chubby face had been trembling with fright at the sudden turn of events, also snapped out of his daze at Havent's roar and began searching for his storage ring.

"I have it here, I have it here, use mine, this one, this Thunder Domain Thorns"

Lori hurriedly took the magic scroll from He-Man, activated it by injecting magic, and slammed his hands on the ground! A crackling, electric shock rang out!
Centered on the point where Lori's palms landed, countless thin, yet extremely dazzling blue arcs of electricity instantly spread out, covering the ground within a radius of tens of meters.

The electric arc wasn't the main attack, but it was like an invisible thicket of thorns, numbing and stinging. Several black-clad assassins, intending to continue their attack, suddenly felt numb in their feet, their movements stiffened and deformed, their momentum faltered. Although it couldn't inflict fatal wounds, it effectively slowed down their attack and disrupted their encirclement rhythm.

"Well done! Damn it, he's gone stupid from studying too much!"

Seizing the opportunity, Haven's longsword moved like a viper's tongue, precisely striking down the assassins who were paralyzed by the electric arcs and lost their footing. Each swing of the sword created a cloud of blood mist, and the runes on the blade shone even brighter as they drank in the blood.

Fedraye, who caught the longsword thrown by Havent, also took advantage of the brief respite to stab down an assassin who had approached after being paralyzed.

Zizizi!
The scroll of lightning-based defense and control provided by Hyman was of extremely high quality. More fine arcs of electricity jumped and extended on the ground, like countless traps for beasts, slowing down the black-clad assassin's steps.

An assassin, attempting to ambush Lori who was unleashing her magic from the side, was suddenly struck by an arc of electricity, causing him to stumble. Haven caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of his eye, flicked his wrist, and sent his longsword flying in a cunning arc, instantly piercing the assassin's back.

“Federaye, you protect them. I'll handle these assassins.”

Just then, a chilling killing intent suddenly swept in from the edge of the chaotic battlefield! This killing intent was so condensed and pure, as if a piece of ancient ice had been thrown into boiling water, instantly freezing the surrounding air, and even the electric arcs seemed to dim for a moment.

A warning sign was blaring in Haven's mind!
The enhanced sensitivity and empowerment provided by the Savior Leather allowed Haven's body to spin to the right and retreat at extreme speed!
Tsk-!
A streak of purple light, almost invisible to the naked eye, like the stinger of a scorpion, grazed past the spot where his throat had just been!

The cold, sharp sensation even gave Haven's neck a fine layer of goosebumps.

The purple light did not dissipate after missing its target; instead, it silently disappeared into a nearby overturned table. The hard oak tabletop was instantly corroded, leaving a smooth-edged hole emitting wisps of black smoke, with an eerie purple glow emanating from the cut.

Having rolled twice, Haven regained his footing, his heart pounding from the deadly attack. He jerked his head up, his sharp gaze piercing through the thick fog of blood and the chaotic figures, locking onto the source of the attack.

A petite figure had appeared and was now standing less than ten meters away from him.

She wore a form-fitting black and red leather armor that stood out starkly against the surrounding black-clad assassins, outlining the youthful curves unique to a young girl. Most of her face was covered by a matching hood, revealing only her eyes.

The assassin girl held a uniquely shaped weapon in each hand—a short dagger, less than a foot long, entirely black, with only the tips of the blades shimmering with that same deadly purple light.

"Havent, it's been a long time! Let's continue our duel from last time~~"

Haven's pupils suddenly contracted as he instantly remembered who the girl in front of him was. He couldn't help but grit his teeth. He had originally wanted to deal with the assassins here and quickly help the others, but now it seemed there was no way to escape. After all, he had a clear understanding of the assassin girl's strength.

"Damn it... I shouldn't have done that last time."

However, it's clear that the assassin girl doesn't intend to give Havet a chance to regret it.

Without a running start or any warning, her figure vanished from the spot in an instant! It wasn't an afterimage from high-speed movement, but rather she seemed to blend into the surrounding light and shadow, leaving only a faint purple trace in the air.

Seeing the girl vanish into thin air, Haven's hair stood on end! His senses were amplified to the extreme, capturing every unusual fluctuation in the air.

Left side!

Relying entirely on his fighting instincts, Haven twisted his waist and lowered his shoulders, his magic longsword bursting with brilliant blue light as he swung it up from bottom to top!
clang--! ! !
A deafening roar! Sparks flew everywhere, scattering fragments of energy that were a mixture of purple and blue!
Vera appeared to Havent's left like a ghost, her right hand wielding a poisoned dagger that whistled through the air as it collided head-on with Havent's parrying longsword!
The immense impact sent a jolt through Havent's arm, and the hard marble floor beneath his feet cracked instantly. Vera, using the recoil, nimbly spun around as if weightless, her left hand's venomous stinger flashing like a snake's tongue, silently and swiftly piercing Havent's ribs!
Too fast! Too tricky an angle!

Haven had no time to parry with his sword. In the nick of time, he suddenly gathered magic power in his left arm and fired a series of instantaneous magical missiles at the assassin girl.

Puff puff puff~~
After being hit by a series of magic missiles fired at point-blank range, the assassin girl rolled a few times and created a distance between herself and the enemy. Despite being hit in the face by the missiles, the girl did not seem to be seriously injured, and wisps of white smoke rose from her red and black leather armor.

"Ah~~ That's more like it, Haven, you need to give it your all, otherwise death could come at any moment~~~"

(End of this chapter)