Chapter 401 Chapter 399·“Aren’t you my dog?”

 The moment the Siren King waved his claws, her figure instantly changed from transparent to crimson.

Blood exploded on her fingertips and flowed into her body along her arms. The thick blood began to flow on her body, making her fiery red eyes even darker.

 “Esk—!”

Cliff’s almost hoarse scream echoed among the siren’s screams.

 But beside him, where is the yellow-haired young man clamoring for "treat"?

The flesh and blood turned into pieces and fell between the pale nails of the Siren King.

At this time, almost all the things scattered on the ground and floating in the air are Esk.

 He has disappeared.

Under the control of the Siren King, the madly attacking Sirens were even more intelligent. Among them, there were even a few Sirens with solid bodies that were no different from humans, catching the entire team off guard in an instant.

Ying immediately stepped forward, poured in all his mana, and suddenly launched a space vibration on the Siren King—

  【HP-1980! (Weakened! Spell resistance!)]

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 An astonishing number jumped out.

 But soon, a scene that could be described as desperate appeared in front of all the surviving players.

 The Siren King's health bar miraculously jumped back to full value after dropping by a quarter.

 Players were suddenly reminded of the setting of Siren King.

 She can regain her life among the sea monsters. As long as the sea monsters don't die, she will be immortal.

 “Ding dong!”

 A crisp prompt sounds.

　　【Please note: *The Siren King is a special BOSS in the world dungeon and is almost unkillable. Please avoid fighting him head-on and seize the time to build a barrier! 】

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  【Due to the appearance of the Siren King, the difficulty of the mission has been upgraded. 】

  【Additional additional rewards: If the barrier is successfully established, all players participating in the battle will receive a growth-type equipment of at least red level (up to purple level). 】

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 … Red level equipment is still red level growth equipment that can be upgraded to purple level.

 Hearing such a perverted reward, everyone's first reaction was not to be happy, but to immediately realize the difficulty of the task.

Purple-level equipment, the top quality of equipment in the pyramid, is still something that players drool over.

Even Su Mingan now has two non-weapon purple-level equipment. One is the Aurora Ring obtained on the first world world chessboard, and the other is the future heart that killed Saint Qide in the Bright World.

 From the difficulty of obtaining it, we can already see the scarcity of purple-level equipment.

 …It’s actually here, being used as a reward that everyone can get.

Most of the players present are smart people, and few whiteboard players have persisted until now.

 Someone immediately crushed the teleportation scroll in their hands and chose to leave.

Even if all their previous efforts are in vain, they also know that generous rewards represent terrifying difficulty. They would rather waste all their efforts than be buried here together.

A teleportation white light lit up in the team, and dozens of surviving players made a decision and chose to leave immediately.

Having survived until now, they have long learned to make choices and be decisive.

 However, some players who still had confidence chose to stay.

 Luna is one of them.

 “Player No. 1! You focus on building the barrier, we are responsible for holding her back!” she shouted loudly.

Everyone knows that currently, the war situation has reached the most critical moment. As long as they persist until the barrier is established, and as long as Su Ming'an, who is responsible for establishing the barrier, does not die, they will definitely succeed...

 As she shouted loudly, the Siren King struck down another sharp claw.

This time, her target was the white-haired old man Clifford.

Cliff also noticed the direction of this claw, but the space around him seemed to be frozen, preventing him from moving. A trace of determination flashed across his old face that was flushed with anger, as if he wanted to die heroically here.

“Come on, **** guy! I don’t know what the **** you are, but the glory of Praia will never be cut off here!”

 He roared loudly, and his voice broke through the siren's cry for an instant.

That claw suddenly stopped at this moment.

 The Siren King's blood-red eyes, which were originally filled with murderous intent and bloodthirsty impulses, suddenly flashed with a glimmer of clarity.

"The glory of Praia is me - it was created by me from generation to generation - it's me -!" She suddenly screamed, her voice was like a sonic attack, making people cover their ears.

"My kingdom does not need you to step in, and my hometown does not need your salvation! You, who obeyed the rebel Su Lin, how can you see the future of Praia? How do you understand Praia Today’s prosperity—!”

 “Survival or destruction, that will be our fate. I am the only successor to the royal family—!”

“Praya is built on the sacrifices of several generations, including my fathers—but those generations of people you are talking about, they—all are me!”

 The high-pitched screams covered the entire Praia.

The soul hunters who were still fighting understood the meaning of her words, and the expressions on their faces gradually began to distort.

Even Clifford, who was originally prepared to die, had a stiff expression on his face.

He raised his head and looked at the **** sea monster, watching her figure change from illusory to solid, and the lines of her facial features gradually became clear...

 He saw the torn palace dress she was wearing.

"...Princess, Princess Tulip." He recognized it and called softly, his whole body trembling, and his voice was on the verge of breaking amidst the ear-piercing scream of the siren: "...You really made the stupidest decision."

 “Crash!”

 A sound like a stream sounded.

 The blue, illusory Siren soul that was about to disappear appeared in front of Su Mingan, blocking him from the sonic attack from the Siren King.

 Seeing Su Ming'an and Su Lin, the princess Siren King, who was gradually losing her mind, showed an almost ferocious expression.

  “—Su Lin!”

She screamed almost madly, the sound was like rolling thunder, and the anger surging out of it was enough for everyone who could not see the battlefield to hear it.

  “—Su Lin!”

Her eyes were red, like a hungry wolf, and the pale nails in her hands were like sharp blades, she wanted to tear him into pieces.

  “—Su Lin!”

On her body, **** flames surged up, accompanied by a breathless aura. The waves are rolling and the noise pollution in your ears can almost overwhelm a person.

Su Mingan frowned slightly.

 Why do these people always shout his name loudly when expressing their anger? It seems that the louder the sound, the more effective it will be.

 “I heard it,” he said.

"—You despicable one! The traitor who robbed my territory and abandoned the gods, I will kill you—I will kill you! As long as I kill you, everything will be fine. This land I love, they are still mine. Of—!" She roared almost crazily.

"Despicable? Su Lin is much greater than you." In response to her, Su Mingan's voice was extremely calm: "Princess Tulip who is unwilling to die and chooses to deprive others of their lives. The smell of your soul's decay can be smelled throughout Playa. See."

He thought of Su Lin who died in a deserted alley and next to a garbage dump.

 His death was witnessed only by Michael, who inherited his name. He was the only immortal person who guided the airship on the clouds and came down from the city on the clouds. He was supposed to marry the girl he liked and live a life of immortality and happiness, surrounded and admired by the crowd, almost as happy as a god.

 But he died, actively chose death, and chose "eternal life" where "not living by oneself" is the first priority.

In contrast, the stench of the soul of this princess who once cried "I'm sorry" before the airship set off was too obvious.

 Even if she is unwilling to die, she can still choose to abdicate.

Even though he knew his soul was rotten, he still occupied the throne and implemented some policies that made the people miserable, making the sinful slave tavern prevalent in Praia.

The hardships of the Garder family, the vicious slave trade, and the widow of Thirteenth Street who was forced to join in the evil deeds...

 People can hardly live anymore.

She actually calls herself Praia’s qualified guide.

 Even, she experimented with people's souls, absorbing others' and enriching her own. Even many players have been brutally murdered.

“—I’m going to kill you! Kill you—you **** invader! Su Lin—!”

Shocked by the manic malice, she was about to lose her mind, and she almost couldn't tell the difference between Su Lin and Su Ming'an.

At this moment, she glanced around and suddenly saw the Knight of Light who had been extremely loyal to her.

"Sherrod!" She raised her sharp claws high, and her face seemed to show a bit of arrogance belonging to the princess: "Aren't you a loyal knight to me? Didn't you say that you will be loyal to me for the rest of your life? Since you are My knight, my dog, then you kill me! Kill Su Lin! I order you to kill this blasphemer and despicable person in front of me!"

 The look in her eyes as she looked over at this moment was full of desire that she had never seen before.

It is a desperate order, the remaining struggle of human nature, and the pride of being a royal princess at the last moment.

As if the blood in her whole body was boiling, her face was twisted with extreme anger and excitement, and she gave her desperate order to the knight she once trusted the most.

 She wants to be known—someone still trusts her! There will still be people loyal to her! Even if, even if she becomes like this, even if she falls to this point, there will be someone who will stand unswervingly on her side and hold up the sword for her!

 He is her knight! A knight should be loyal to his master until the end of his life. Is there anything wrong with this?

What's more, Sherlude is just an NPC, an NPC set by the knight. As long as she orders him, he should give everything for her. This is a setting that cannot be disobeyed!

　　Every cell in her body was screaming, her brain was running at high speed, and her vision was already hazy.

But even so, she was still staring closely at the knight standing on the bridge who had never drawn his sword and was not stained with blood. She was looking at the golden armor of the captain of the Royal City Knights that she had personally given to him.

His blond hair was fluttering slightly in the wind and snow, and his pair of bright green eyes, like emeralds, always looked at her affectionately, as if she was the only one in his world.

 How handsome he looks like this.

The knight protects the princess and defeats the evil dragon Su Lin who wants to overthrow the kingdom—

 This is the ending that the story should have.

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 … But why did she see the contempt and pity in the eyes of the Knight of Light that he had never shown towards her before?

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 “Princess.” Sheldon spoke softly.

 He wrapped the black and red cloth around the palm of his hand to cover the wound on it. Then he gently pulled out the knight's sword at his waist.

 The sound of drawing the sword was clear and clear, and was keenly transmitted to the princess's ears amidst the screams of the sea monsters.

 “I once advised you not to make the same mistake again and again.” He said.

Princess Tulip looked at him, her whole body trembling.

The knight who had listened to her words so much, like a puppet on a string, suddenly raised his sword towards her.

The tip of the sword was pointed, and the cold light pierced her eyes, which were getting moister.

She clearly remembered the specifications of that sword.

The sword is about three and a half feet long, about an inch wide, straight and has two edges, and is surrounded by a hilt engraved with the royal emblem.

That was the sword she gave him with her own hands.

"...But now that you have killed so many people and caused this disaster, there is no room for turning back. For the sake of the peace of this land, I would rather go against the 'setting' of being a knight and be loyal to my own thinking. -Princess, I am no longer your knight, I am an independent 'person'." Xie Lude said softly, looking at Su Mingan.

“Captain.” He said: “As long as my soul is still there, Noelia’s red rose can repair my body, right?”

 “Yes.” Su Mingan said.

"Then I will temporarily sacrifice my body to your Siren soul, and let me defeat the Duke...defeat Tulip." Sherrod said softly.

When he said this sentence, the hand holding the sword was shaking, and a painful flame was beating hard in his heart, as if it wanted to escape from his throat.

 The best knight, even when facing the most evil enemy, his sword hand will not waver in the slightest.

 The only thing that can shake him is the will of the knight.

At this moment, Sherlude suddenly remembered the time when he saw her for the first time.

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 【NPC (Xie Lude) HE ending progress: 75%】

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“May the black pine remain green, may the playa remain forever, may the ideal shine as bright as ever, may the sword remain as sharp as ever.”

　　The noble princess standing on the high royal platform holds a sword in one hand, with the tip of the sword resting on the right shoulder of the kneeling knight.

“Fight only for justice and justice, never for wealth, and never for selfish reasons; help all those in need; treat the weak with gentleness, but punish the evil ones harshly.”

“Live with honor, die with honor, my heart is like my sword, I would rather break it than bend it.” The kneeling Knight of Light took the sword she handed him with both hands.

His bright green eyes showed the peace and hope of this life:

“—Betting on the glory of this sword, I will protect you until the end. My loyalist, my master, my belonging.”

 The blond girl, after being taught the sword, slowly walked down the platform and playfully touched his blond hair with one hand.

The knight raised his head in surprise.

"Don't be so outspoken. You are my knight, a knight who was given the sword by me myself." said the princess.

 “Princess, I...”

The knight was a little confused.

 “Then what should I call you?”

 “Let me think about it…” The girl smiled softly.

 The light of the hall shines, and her smile is as dignified and beautiful as a rose:

 “Just call me Tulip.”

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 (End of this chapter)