Main Volume Chapter 103: Akito is not our hope, he is...
In the heart of the desert.
Holy city.
In the city under the setting sun, the buildings are coated with the golden afterglow of the setting sun, and the statues appear very solemn. The domes of the churches are shining on the hillside. From time to time, birds living in the desert fly over the earth and disappear in the endless yellow sand.
People of different faiths and countries live here, dedicating their lives to the gods in their hearts, either as preaching priests or as guardian paladins.
At this time, a female knight in white armor sat on the top of the church, her long hair and scarf fluttering in the wind. A holy aura naturally filled the air around her body, like a floating elf.
Kuula, one of the Holy Knights, is also the adopted daughter of Archbishop Edward and Effie's nominal sister.
"What were the results of the test?"
"No doubt about it, he is the one we are looking for, sister!"
After hearing this, Kuula opened her eyes, revealing her beautiful light golden pupils, and stood up from the roof.
At the same time, a blue and a red psionic butterfly fell from the sky, fluttered in front of Kurawu, and transformed into humans. They were the butterfly twins who had previously assassinated Zhang Yun.
"You killed him?"
"Yes!"
"He's not dead?"
"Yes!"
"How's it going?"
"His soul was destroyed, his body turned to ash , but he reappeared intact, without showing a trace of pain!"
Suddenly, Kuula's eyes sparkled: "Sure enough..."
"Akito is not our hope!"
"He is!"
She looked at the two young girls and whispered with a doting tone: "Leave here, go find Effie, protect her secretly, and stay away from this trouble."
Caiyu and Yiyu asked at the same time, "But what about you, sister?"
Kuula sighed: "A new opportunity has emerged. We cannot give up. Someone must sacrifice to pay for the previous mistakes... To do this, I need to stay here and solve everything with my father."
Caiyu and Yiyu suddenly cried out sadly: "Sister..."
"Go ahead!"
"Effie is too naive. Without your help, she will suffer outside."
"Protect her well!"
…
…
Inside the cult.
The Cathedral of the College of Cardinals.
The current Pope John was kneeling devoutly in front of the statue of the goddess of the sea, with his hands clasped together, eyes closed, and praying softly.
Edward, the archbishop, stood behind him, looking at the statue silently, with inexplicable emotions in his eyes.
suddenly.
The statue emits a conspicuous light.
A faint, pleasant, yet deep female voice sounded and reached the Pope's ears.
"The enemy is coming."
"The Holy City is no longer safe."
“Those who have lost their faith lurk among them.”
"Open the door to the enemy..."
The sound disappeared, and Pope John stood up from the ground in surprise and shouted: "God's will! The goddess has sent down a new will! Edward! Did you hear it?"
Edward asked, "What is it?"
John said in a serious tone, "The enemy is coming! And there is a traitor in our Holy City! We must prepare quickly! Find the traitor first! Then we must resist the enemy's attack with all our strength! I must summon the Holy Knights immediately!"
Edward said slowly: "John, don't worry, I know who the traitor is."
"Who is it?" John asked.
“…”
Suddenly, Edward clapped his hands, and four hidden paladins walked out from the dark corner next to him. Each of them was fully armed and carried various weapons and magic props.
John looked at Edward with a puzzled look on his face: "Edward?"
Edward sighed, "Yes, I am the traitor... Paul, please help us and let our Pope have a good sleep."
"yes!"
"Lord Edward!"
The paladin called Paul stepped forward and knocked Pope John unconscious with a palm before he could question him. Then he caught his body and gently placed the Pope on the marble floor in front of the statue of the goddess. He then kissed the Pope's ring on his hand, his eyes full of apology.
Edward looked at John who had fallen into a coma, bowed respectfully, and whispered, "I'm sorry, old friend. Wait a little longer and you will understand what I did today."
"Please forgive me."
"John."
At the same time, the other paladins saluted together, their eyes filled with respect yet determination.
After a moment, Edward raised his head again and said slowly: "Let's go!"
“It’s time to take action!”
“All for the world!”
All the paladins said in unison: "Everything is for the world!"
…
…
Effie shouted in confusion: "Your true form is actually human?"
Carl chuckled: "Why? You can see that I'm wearing a monster's skin, but you can't tell that I'm a human? Could it be that you mistake me for those despicable monsters?"
Effie frowned: "..."
Karl snorted coldly: “Effie, as a strong man, I give you a piece of advice, you are not my opponent, leave here quickly and don’t get in my way!”
After hearing this, Effie rolled over, not caring about the dirty water flowing on the street, letting it wash over her body, then came to the sword that had been bounced away and pulled it out again.
She put the shield back on her back, then held the sword with both hands, ready to fight. "I'm sorry, I can't do it. I'm a Holy Knight!"
"Ah……"
Karl frowned. What a troublesome little girl! If it weren’t for your father, I would have twisted your head off long ago. Why would I waste time with you here?
At this moment, there was an unusual movement in the sky. The two men subconsciously looked up at the cranes flying from afar and the people riding on their backs.
"A flying monster carrying people..."
“Could it be…”
"The real master of the dispelling magic circle!?"
Carl was startled and immediately bent down vigilantly, tightening his muscles like a wild beast, ready to attack at any time.
At this time, two cranes descended from the sky and landed lightly on the corner of the street. Then Zhang Yun and others flipped over and jumped down together, standing leisurely beside the cranes, looking at Carl who was dozens of meters away from them.
Lucina asked without looking away, "Akito?"
Zhang Yun nodded: "Yes!"
On the other side, Brother Zun pulled out two restraining weapons from his waist, silently walked in front of Lucina and Zhang Yun, stared at Carl cautiously, with his hands clenched, ready to counterattack its attack at any time to protect the people behind him.
And Lily was petting the cat.
The cat is riding and being stroked.
The other followers are on standby in the summoning space...
"So, why do we have to come down from the sky and get in front of it?" Lucina turned her head, "Haven't you always been a man of observation? Why are you going to expose yourself this time? Aren't you afraid of making a mistake?"
Zhang Yun also turned her head: "Did you see the person wearing a hat in front of him? She is a paladin, a member of the Divine Life Order, and she uses divine power. Didn't you see that?"
Lucina tilted her head. "I see! But what does this have to do with you giving up on observing secretly and running directly to Ajith?"
Zhang Yun: “…”
"Sister, this is the person we are looking for. She is being held hostage by Ajid. Are you planning to just watch her die?"
Lucina said, "Hmm? But I saw that the two of them were chatting happily. That Ajith had no intention of killing her. If he wanted to do it, he would have done it a long time ago. How could he have waited until we arrived?"
Zhang Yun was speechless: "So what exactly do you want to express..."
Lucina said indifferently: "Oh, men, you big pigs, you say one thing and mean another."
Zhang Yun: “???”
At this moment, Karl suddenly shouted loudly, interrupting their daily banter: "Hey, you guys, who are you and what do you want to do?"
After a pause, he suddenly felt that Zhang Yun's face looked familiar. After taking a closer look, he realized that this was the little brother from the East who he had arranged to activate the magic circle.
grass!
This guy is not a little brother!
Can I bring a bunch of people and ride a flying monster to this dangerous place?
Zhang Yun walked forward, raised her hand to greet him, and then said loudly: "Hi, we meet again, Lord Karl. Your plan to massacre the city doesn't seem to be going smoothly? Did you encounter any difficulties? Do you want me to help you deal with it?"
Carl frowned. "You...did you do this? My magic circle! And the rotten soil that summoned the undead! Did you destroy them all?"
Zhang Yun chuckled: "Yes!"
Carl: “!?”
Zhang Yun said irritably, "I can't do anything about it! Lord Karl! Who would have thought that the black cloud and the rotten soil were so fragile? A gust of wind and a drop of rain would kill them. They can't stand it at all!"
Carl: “!!!”
Seeing the indescribable expression on Karl's face, Zhang Yun pointed to Effie who was silent beside her and continued, "Oh, by the way, I came here to do something..."
"I want to take this person away. Lord Karl, please don't stop me, lest I accidentally take action and offend Lord Karl, and then ruin our friendship."
Carl was immediately furious.
friendship?
What a bullshit relationship!
You, this guy, not only deceived me by pretending to be a little brother of the Undead Gang, but also destroyed my magic circle and even said some disgusting words on purpose to make me angry. How dare you talk about friendship with me?
Do you believe that I will snap your head off right now?
Lucina beside him also had a strange look on her face. She looked at Zhang Yun who was doing YYGQ and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Zhang Yun did not turn around, but continued to stare at Carl with a smile, then she opened her mouth slightly and explained in a voice that only Lucina could hear: "Provocation."
Lucina also whispered, "What is it for?"
Zhang Yun said, "This guy confronted the Holy Knight of the Divine Life Cult for such a long time, but he didn't kill her. There are only two possibilities. Either the two of them are in the same group, or Ajid can't kill her for some reason."
"But looking at the hostile look on the paladin's face, we can tell that the two of them are clearly not in the same group, so it can only be the second possibility. Ajith is restrained by some reason and cannot easily kill the paladin."
"I deliberately angered it just to see how bad its temper was, whether it was easy to talk to, and whether it would attack us directly."
Lucina was confused: "What's the use?"
Zhang Yun exclaimed, "You are so stupid! If Carl has a bad temper and attacks us out of anger, it means that the Paladin must have some very important evidence against her, so he didn't kill her."
"Otherwise, with such a hot temper, how could you not take action when facing a hostile being? Or even allow the other party to point a weapon at you?"
"On the other hand, if it has a good temper and won't attack us no matter how I stimulate it, then there are many possibilities. Maybe it is restrained by the Paladin and cannot attack anyone. Maybe it is more cautious and dare not attack unknown enemies at will..."
"That's not the point. The point is that we can use this to trick it and get information from it..."
Lucina: "Hmm?"
Zhang Yun winked secretly: "Okay, stop talking and just watch me do it, okay?"
Lucina shrugged, "Okay, go ahead and I'll watch."
"Zhang the Great Strategist~"
Faced with Zhang Yun's obvious provocation, Carl really wanted to run over and punch Zhang Yun, smashing his head, but Carl held back and did not act rashly.
Because Zhang Yun's origins were unknown, but she was able to clear the magic circle of the Sea of the Dead, and she also took the black shadow ring stained with her aura and called out her name, successfully gaining her trust...
It didn't dare to act rashly, for it was afraid that Zhang Yun had done something so irritating and yet dared to appear in front of the person who had been provoked, and that he might have some powerful trick up his sleeve.
If I attack rashly, I might end up suffering a loss...
Moreover, the man who protected him exuded a dangerous aura all over his body. He was definitely not an easy character to deal with. He had to find out his background first...
Zhang Yun looked at Carl's expression as if he wanted to kill someone but didn't do it, and couldn't help laughing in her heart: Little guy, I guessed that you didn't dare to hit me. If you really dared to hit me, why would you not dare to attack the Paladin in front of you because of some concerns?
after all……
According to the results of the insights...
This woman named Effie is a Holy Knight with a strong sense of justice.
No matter whether it is a monster or a demon beast, as long as she encounters it, she will fulfill her duty as a paladin and use her divine power to destroy the opponent.
And her father is the archbishop of the Divine Life Order.
A rich lady with a solid background, a wealthy family, no shortage of money, and a devout faith will naturally not be easily controlled by others, especially by an evil monster.
Therefore, they cannot have a vested interest in each other, and the first guess can be ruled out...
Combining the previous theory, Effie's eyes were full of hostility, and she wanted to kill Ajid in front of her.
This means that she has discovered Carl's identity as a monster and knows that this guy is not a human.
Otherwise, as a paladin, she would never easily release hostility towards humans.
From this, we can judge that Ajid did not dare to kill a paladin who discovered her identity as a monster...either because he had something on Effie, or he was afraid of Effie's strength.
There is no handle.
After all, as long as they could kill Effie here without anyone noticing and then pin the blame on someone else, or hide her body so that other members of the cult wouldn't know, they could bury the evidence beneath the earth.
Why must she be allowed to live?
Wasting time here with her?
Besides, I have already said that I was the one who broke the magic circle of the Sea of Dead.
There were no other paladins on the street. It was obvious that there was only Effie. Ajid had been confronting Effie alone...
one person!
Why should it be afraid?
Fear means having concerns, and if you have concerns, you will have many thoughts, and if you have many thoughts, you will not dare to kill people casually, especially when someone like me is so arrogant and blatantly provoking it, I can scare it the most...
