Out of a cave in the northern part of Muxi City, on the left is the rough sea, and on the right is the gathering area of ​​immigrants who have not obtained the resident status.

Standing on a high place and looking around, the forests all over the mountains and plains a few years ago have been chopped down by immigrants who moved here, countless simple wooden houses or stone houses, and occasionally a small concrete building can be seen, scattered all over the place. Distributed between the city and the mountains.

　　In such a building complex, there is a shaky shack, lonely in the bushes, and has long been forgotten by the surroundings.

　　 "King of Muxi, I'm very sorry to "invite" you in this way." Under the low roof, Clarence bowed to Todd in a salute and said with a smile.

　　 Todd, who was numb all over, rolled his eyes, glanced at the girl next to him, and asked strenuously, "What did you do to me?"

　　Claurence poured himself a glass of red wine, and said gently: "A sea snake venom, diluted is an excellent anesthetic, but don’t worry, you can resume action in three hours."

　　 Todd kept his gaze on Clarence's heavy robe, thought for a while, and said, "I have some impressions of you, the pilgrimage of the silver ring nobles, you were there that day!"

"Ha! I said it a long time ago!" Sabrina had an expression that I knew, and jumped in front of Clarence and said: "In such warm weather, you are still wearing such strange clothes. "

　　Clarence ignored the girl's mockery: "Your Majesty, I have always wanted to talk to you."

　　 Todd slowed down: "If you just talk, you can come to me directly. Every Thursday afternoon, I will spare a period of time to meet those who need help at the headquarters of the Knights."

　　Clarence smiled and denied this proposal: "No, no, no, your majesty, you may not know that I am a shy person, standing with others..."

　　 Sabrina tilted her head and interrupted the elder's words: "Hey, you should know that this guy is delaying time, right?"

"The biggest problem with you is the disappointment. I have told you several times. Once some things are broken, they become very boring." Clarence sighed, "Well, since it is for this purpose, Your Majesty, Let's talk about business."

"The current situation of Muxicheng is like a wealthy businessman who swaggered through the slums. As a king, you have no background of nobles and no protection from a family. The only power you can rely on is a knights of a thousand people. , Once they are defeated, the fate of Twilight West City is only to perish."

Clarence looked at Todd's dazzling robe, with a slight mockery in his tone: "Your Majesty, the establishment of the Kingdom of Muxi originated from the approval of the Father's Church. If you can follow the will of the church, then Naturally everyone is in peace. However, the move of taking in alien species and scholars has completely deteriorated the relationship between the two. The reason why the church is still indulging you is to use your army to reduce the rebels. strength."

　　 "King, when you lose the value of use, who will come to help you? No one will come, because you have no allies!"

　　 Todd looked at the man and woman in front of him, and suddenly asked, "Are you from the Presbyterian Church?"

　　 "Yes, you are a smart person."

　　 Todd thought for a while, then asked, "What does the "Presbyterian Church" want from the kingdom?"

　　Clarence and Sabrina looked at each other, and said one word in unison: "Heir."

　　

　　 Alfonso swung his long sword and cut off the "blood web" that looked like a spider silk in front of him, opening the way for the team.

　　 He turned to his subordinates and said, "Where is the elemental heir? Why haven't they come up yet?!"

　　 "Sir, the sewer is full of people, there are soldiers, and people who want to help, they can't catch up!"

"Naughty! It's just adding chaos!" Alfonso looked at the dense "blood web" in front, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Can't wait for the reinforcements! Let the people behind, put kerosene, dog fat, in short, everything that can be burned. Bring everything here."

　　 Walton raised his head to look at Leslie next to him, still with a bit of suspicion in his words: "You mean, you are a member of the "Presbyterian Church"?!"

　　The latter nodded.

"A great elder ordered you to follow Lord Alfonso and monitor his every move." Walton swallowed: "And that abnormality turned the adult's wife into a monster, indirectly killed his child, and gave him a trap. On the shackles of the "keel". All this is just because of fun?!"

　　 Leslie nodded again.

　　 "You are a bunch of lunatics..." Walton squeezed the crossbow machine in his hand and closed his eyes painfully: "I think you are my best brother. If it weren't for you, a fool would come here to save people!"

　　 Leslie's body swayed slightly, without speaking.

　　 handing over the work of clearing the passage to the guards, Alfonso stepped back and took a break.

　　 He looked at Leslie and threw his two-handed sword toward the ground heavily: "I once saved your life, and you saved me once today. From now on, you and I will not owe each other."

　　 Leslie looked into Alfonso's eyes, gradually losing the light.

"If you want to know why I stayed in Twilight City, I can tell you." Alfonso said loudly: "Years ago, I lost my wife and children, but according to the doctrine, I cannot end my life. . Therefore, the meaning of survival for me is only revenge and prejudice. Therefore, hating all the injustices in this world, looking for the entrance to death with the consciousness of destruction is my destiny."

"Later, Adelina used her life to save my soul and take my lonely soul out of the mire. Her sacrifice made me understand that tragedy and bad luck cannot be an excuse for the unfortunate to blame themselves. , They should be my warning, let me save those with the same fate from the warning of misfortune!"

　　 Alfonso touched the "Umbrella" badge on his chest and said softly: "My life is no longer my own. The will of my wife, children and close friends is the driving force for me to live."

　　 There were tears in Leslie’s eyes: "My lord, if this is the fate you choose, then let me follow it to the end."

　　 Alfonso was waiting to talk, but the shouts of the guards diverted him.

"enemy!"

　　 A black figure stood up from the "Blood Blanket", his fingers pointed at the guards, and his mouth let out a low growl.

　　 In the next second, thousands of Scarlet Worms attacked from all directions and jumped into the crowd.

　　 The two nearest heirs, the guards, only had time to cut off a few insects, they were thrown to the ground by the insect swarm, and they were bitten to the skeleton.

　　 Alfonso said loudly, "Ignite!"

　　 The guards who reacted took off the kerosene and other fuel from their waists, and did not choose to dump them into the swarm, but instead fell on their armor and weapons.

　　 The spark shot by the flint and steel ignited the oil, and the high-temperature flame surrounded the body of the guards of the successor, forming a "flame barrier" on them. The "keel" has the characteristics of isolating and absorbing high temperature, which also protects the safety of the human body in the armor.

　　 The "flaming sword" swung past, and the burning worm turned into coke. Wherever the "flame armor" passed, the man-eating monster could not hide.

　　 Alfonso saw the right time and made a forward charge. The two-handed sword in his hand slashed the figure. The latter's body was cut into two pieces by the waist, as if fired by firewood.

　　 "We defeated the enemy!" Some guards raised their weapons and shields and cheered.

　　 Leslie rushed to the front and shouted: "No! This is just a corpse controlled by a bug! The attack is not over yet!"

As soon as 　　's voice fell, while the flames were getting smaller, a group of worms pounced on the guards again, causing another death.

　　 Then, a dozen corpses stood up from the "blood blanket", vomiting countless newly hatched worms.

　　While Alfonso brandished his great sword, he shouted, "Where is the controller of these bugs?!"

　　 Leslie picked up the slingshot, loaded explosive ammunition, directly attacked the chest cavity of the corpse, and replied, "Go forward! Follow this path and walk forward 15 meters!"

　　 fifteen meters.

　　 It took only ten seconds to walk this distance, and it took ten minutes for the successor of the Muxi Kingdom to guard.

　　 Kerosene, torches, explosives... The guards used all means of attack, paid dozens of lives and killed countless insects, and finally came to a gap in the wall of the sewer.

　　 A hole was dug out by a huge force in the stone wall, connecting a natural underground cave.

　　 After walking a few meters along the cave, everyone finally saw a huge cocoon in mid-air. Numerous corpses were hung high around the cocoon, and there were countless worm eggs all over the body.

　　 Alfonso was bruised and bruised, grabbed a worm that had penetrated into the gap in the armor, and threw it to death on the rock wall.

　　 Looking at the cocoon in midair, he took a group of guards, picked up the last oil tank, poured it on his body, and rushed forward.

Countless insects drilled out of the corpses hanging in the air. They received instructions to protect the mother body and became no longer afraid of flames. They covered the "flame armor" one after another, and extinguished them by isolating the air. The flame on the intruder.

　　 Without the protection of flames, the next battle turned into a unilateral slaughter.

　　 A roar and scream echoed in the cave.

　　 I don’t know how long it took, Alfonso’s body was overdrawn, and he was the only guard who entered the cave. The sword in the knight’s hand was only mechanically dancing, and every organ in his body screamed desperately.

"has it ended?"

　　 The knight knelt on both knees, the big sword fell from his hands, the crimson eyes no longer had the desire for survival, and the tide-like worms rushed towards him.

　　 Boom!

　　 The fiery fire burst out in the cave, and the high temperature of thousands of degrees burned everything in the cave~lightnovelpub.net~ In the small space, there was nothing but red flames and strong light.

　　 worms, corpses, blood webs, and cocoons, as if they met the snow of the sun, melted, and finally returned to nothingness.

　　 Alfonso covered his eyes with his right hand. The high temperature was cut off by the "keel", but the bright light made his mind dizzy.

　　 In this light, Alfonso saw a figure vaguely through the gap between his fingers, and flames spurted out of his body, like a firework from heaven, dispelling all the haze in the darkness.

　　 The figure slowly turned his head, a tear-stained smiling face slowly dissipated in the flame.

　　 "My lord, goodbye..."

　　 It was also a spring afternoon, the great sword cut the chain of the prison cart, and the knight and the defender met for the first time.

　　 "You are free, get out of here."

　　 "……"

　　 "I said you are free!"

　　 "……"

　　 "Don't you have family?! Stop following me!"

　　 "……"

　　 "When are you going to follow me?!"

"Until death."

　　

　　

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