Mystery: A Spark

Behind her, Bonova scratched her head and replied:

"Uh, I'm not sure. I just happened to be here."

"Hehe." Bernadette chuckled inexplicably.

Upon hearing this laugh, Bonova's expression immediately tightened.

He thought for a moment, then held up his thumb and forefinger to form a fingertip universe, and chuckled dryly:

"Okay, I do know a little bit, but only a little bit."

“I’ll settle the score with you properly after this is over,” Bernadette said without turning her head. “Now, give it your all.”

“Okay.” Bonova’s smile faded, and he became serious.

His body flew into the air, and he reached out and threw out a small cube.

The cube grew taller as it faced the wind, and soon, amidst a series of mechanical "chirping" sounds, it transformed into a tall and powerful giant robot.

The robot was entirely silver-white, with a somewhat ferocious-looking face, red light emanating from its eyes, a sharp claw on its left hand, and a hand cannon covered in artistic brilliance on its right.

In the distance, Arthur stared at the giant robot in the arena, his jaw nearly dropping to the ground.

"Holy crap! Megatron!?"

……

A dozen nautical miles away from the Gargas Islands.

After the Deathscythe was forced to leave and Bernadette departed, the Blood Pirates were subjected to intense scrutiny.

First, the Golden Dream launched ten consecutive shots from its purification cannons, which greatly deterred the Blood Pirates' arrogance.

The reason why they were only deterred instead of being wiped out is because most of them were not hit.

After all, the Flesh Tree, being the mount of a pirate general, was no pushover.

It can control the other ships in the Blood Pirates, making them perform all sorts of extreme evasive maneuvers.

Even if it fails to evade and is destroyed, the wreckage will be devoured by the Flesh Tree, including the corpses of the crew members on board.

They look quite evil, not only making the crew work while they're alive, but also squeezing every last drop of blood and flesh from them after they die. You can tell they're old capitalists at a glance.

Faced with such evil acts, the crews of the Golden Dream, Future, and Dawn naturally had to resolutely fight against them.

So, under the encirclement and blockade of the three parties, the Blood Pirates were quickly wiped out, and Señor was killed by Danitz, and then devoured clean by Klein with "Crawling Hunger".

After the Blood Pirates were wiped out, the three quickly continued their journey and soon arrived at the beaches of the Gargas Islands.

At this moment, Arthur and Shatas are struggling to defend against the siege from the Blood Cult.

Those members of the Blood Worship Cult had ferocious faces, crazed eyes, and drool dripping from their mouths; they were comparable to zombies who had seen human flesh and blood.

Logically speaking, the Blood Worship Cult shouldn't have come out to their deaths when the situation had escalated to a war of angels.

Therefore, their appearance is clearly a very abnormal thing.

The state of these Blood Worshippers suggests that they have been affected by some unknown influence, becoming incredibly insane and driven solely by the desire to kill Arthur.

"Arthur, what did you do to offend them? They seem to want to eat your flesh and drink your blood!" Shatas shouted as she blew an enemy's head off with an arrow.

“How would I know what’s wrong with them? I’m completely lost here!” Arthur replied just as loudly.

He was still completely bewildered.

Although he had always known that his special ability might provoke hostility from the Blood Cult and the Rose School, he had no idea why, let alone that these two cults could make such a big fuss.

Even Søren ...

If he hadn't always been kind to others and made many friends, he would probably be a corpse by now.

Even now, with a powerful figure intervening, he has still fallen into this predicament.

If no one comes to help him, he might really perish here today.

"Am I destined to die here?"

"Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me!" Arthur sighed bitterly.

"Are you giving up on treatment?" A voice with a hint of amusement rang out beside Arthur.

What followed was a deafening roar:

"Grossell is here! Who dares to fight me for three hundred rounds!?"

The arrival of fresh troops quickly wiped out the enemies surrounding Arthur, finally giving him a chance to catch his breath.

Arthur glanced at Klein beside him, whose face was cold and stern, resembling that of a seasoned criminal, and smiled, saying:

"Since I saw you all came, I'm going to be a little more artistic for a bit."

"Oh, I see. You looked like a hero at the end of his rope just now, I thought you were going to draw your sword and commit suicide," Klein joked.

“Drawing your sword and committing suicide is going too far. I don’t even have the surname Xiang.” Arthur shook his head helplessly.

He glanced at the people fighting the Blood Worshippers around him, and suddenly the words that Edwina had asked Shatas to pass on to him echoed in his mind:

"You need to seize the opportunity."

"How about you protect me?" Arthur asked.

"Sure, what do you want to do?" Klein asked, puzzled.

“I think it’s time to get promoted,” Arthur replied in a deep voice.

Without hesitation, he took out a vessel, a collection of extraordinary materials, and a gem-like object radiating red light from the emblem.

Then, they began to concoct the Iron Knight potion.

During the recent battle, Arthur had completely digested the "Reaper" potion within his body.

If he can find a way to complete the ritual, he can try to concoct a magic potion to advance to the "Iron-Blooded Knight" level, thus becoming a demigod.

So, what are the ritual contents of the "Iron Knight"?

The goal is to have the "hunters" who are good at provoking form a team of at least thirty people, cultivate deep camaraderie among them, and help them grow stronger and work together seamlessly.

The higher the team's strength and coordination, the better the ceremony will be.

Judging from the literal meaning, Arthur could not even meet the first condition of the ritual.

Because he didn't have a team of thirty people.

However, as is well known, sometimes the conditions for a ritual can be lowered by changing one's social status.

For example, the "trickster" ritual, if strictly performed according to the requirements of the ritual, would require a huge number of spectators, at least tens of thousands, to achieve its goal.

However, in the original story, Klein successfully became a "trickster" with Adam's help alone.

Does Arthur have similar conditions?

He has.

Although Arthur did not have the help of any audience sequence angel king, he did have a dragon-slaying squad.

The current dragon-slaying team already has two demigods, and the rest are all Sequence 5. This level of strength is enough to support the advancement of a "Iron-Blooded Knight".

At this time, the members of the Dragon Slayer Squad all shared the same thought: to protect Arthur.

This is similar to what Anderson did in the original work.

Chapter 275 Iron and Blood and the Warblade of Azzinoth

Arthur glanced at the people fighting around him, took a deep breath, and drank the "Iron Knight" potion, which emitted a faint red glow, in one gulp.

"boom!"

In an instant, Arthur saw everything around him shrouded in blood.

As the bloodstains gradually faded, he realized that he had arrived at a battlefield.

The battlefield wasn't large, estimated to have only a thousand or so people, but they were divided into two sides, fighting to the death.

Judging from the overall situation, Arthur's side is clearly not strong enough, and if nothing unexpected happens, they should soon be on the verge of defeat.

"Does this mean... that I should win this war?" Arthur murmured to himself.

He looked down at himself and found that he was wearing heavy knight's armor, with a full-coverage helmet beside him.

And a knight's two-handed sword that gleamed with a cold light and a long cavalry lance.

Judging from his attire alone, Arthur's status here is quite high.

If he could command the soldiers around him to obey his orders as if they were his own limbs, then it wouldn't be impossible for him to fight the enemy.

Based on his experience playing many games, he knew that if he lost the war and was killed by the enemy, the outcome would be terrible.

Perhaps Arthur will lose control and turn into a monster as a result. Even if he manages to survive, he will probably be similar to Ince Zangwell and won't live for long.

But the question is, how can he fight this war all by himself?

Arthur tried to communicate with his own soldiers around him, but failed. The soldiers were like artificially disabled people, completely unresponsive to Arthur's words.

Upon witnessing this scene, he felt he had gained some insight.

"Iron Knight" is already Sequence 4 of the Hunter Path, and the extraordinary beings at this stage are also known as demigods.

In other words, they will certainly be influenced by divinity when they ascend, but it will manifest in different forms depending on the extraordinary path they take.

In Arthur's view, the enemies around him now must be the gods in the potion system.

As for his own soldiers, it was Arthur's own humanity.

The conflict between humanity and divinity is something Arthur cannot directly intervene in, because he is not yet able to freely mobilize his own humanity.

This is also why the soldiers did not respond to his orders.

The best solution would be for Arthur to form a separate team and add it to the relatively small battlefield as a fresh force.

After all, in warfare with cold weapons, the role that fierce generals can play is still enormous, and this is true in both ancient Eastern times and medieval Western times.

Judging from Arthur's attire, he should be a knight-errant, already considered a prospective nobleman.

That means he can recruit his own knights and squires.

"So that's what forming a team of thirty people means. So it seems that as long as we can win this war, it doesn't have to be exactly thirty people."