Chapter 527 Newcomers on the Holy Tree

  【Cancer Palace-Upper Area】

This place does not have obvious layer divisions and a human street-like structure like other areas of the Cancer Palace.

 The entire upper area is no longer constrained by rules and regulations.

The "architectural cells" here are undergoing more random differentiation, forming nerve-cell-like branches intertwined together, like a leafy giant tree of flesh and blood.

 Hence, the upper area also has another name.

  「Original Cancer Sacred Tree」

 This is the residence of the knights and nobles.

Ms. Olena, as a special noble, owns real estate here, but she doesn't like living here and has moved away long ago. The reason is simple...it's too noisy.

Tummy knights with "winged tumours" can move freely between different tree trunks. Due to their naturally aggressive nature, tummy knights may challenge each other once they meet.

Even if you are seriously injured in a challenge, you can quickly recover by touching the trunk of the sacred tree and sucking the original cancer in it.

Furthermore, duels taking place in the Holy Tree will be counted as ‘achievement’.

Cancer Palace, which advocates struggle, also has an internal ranking list. Knights ranked in different ranges enjoy different treatment.

Recently, a paranoid and even crazy new knight has appeared in the Holy Tree area. He does not consider his own status, suitability, or even the opponent's strength. He will challenge anyone he sees.

 Such a reckless duel is doomed to a poor record for this newcomer.

 In her nearly 100 challenges, she only won 7 and drew 3, and the rest were all defeats.

 The knight armor she wears is also quite special.

The use of softened and smaller metal sheets makes the overall armor look slender, soft and close to the body. It is more of a combat suit than an armor.

 The skirt structure of the meat slices is shortened to the minimum,

 The helmet decorated with double feathers covers the whole face, leaving only a breathing hole on the lower jaw.

Today, as usual, she danced on the branches of the sacred tree without the help of wings, relying only on her body, searching for any knights who could challenge her.

Those knights with tumors who are walking in the Holy Tree Street will avoid him once they notice the aura of this newcomer.

The reason is very simple. The opponent's record is very poor and is almost at the bottom of the Knights. Defeating him will not bring much improvement in his ranking.

Moreover, this newcomer's ability is very troublesome, like a weakling that cannot be defeated. Even if he can win in the end, he will have to pay a heavy price and it will be a waste of time.

Just when the newcomer locked on a target and tried to catch up with the opponent with a huge jump, he launched a challenge.

Buzz! A sudden pressure dropped, causing her to stumble and almost fall from the branch.

 A strange figure flashed directly in front of her with almost no gap.

The visitor is a woman who is not equipped with armor, but is wrapped in a long crimson dress, with a flower-like shape on her head. She is also called the "Queen's Messenger".

He is directly subordinate to the supreme ruler of the Cancer Palace and is responsible for the supervision and communication of the Holy Tree District. Even the Cancer Knight must be honest when seeing this person.

 “Kim Almeida, there is one thing I need to confirm with you, whether you recognize this person.”

The messenger unfolded her long dress used to convey orders and messages, and on the inside of the dress emerged an image of a young man with a pocket needle mask and a cloak covering his body, holding an ax in one hand and a gun in the other.

Although the image has changed a lot and the ax is a new weapon, Jin can recognize it at a glance.

 “William! Did he do something?”

The messenger did not respond to Jin's question, but said to himself: "William Behrens...this person's name appears on the cancer palace registration list. He once won the championship with you in the underground arena in the business district, and then left the cancer palace." palace.

 Thank you for the information you provided. "

 The messenger wrapped himself back in his robe, and his body sank between the tree trunks like liquid.

At this moment, Jin had no idea of ​​continuing to find someone to do something for him. He left the Holy Tree area as quickly as possible and found Ms. Olena's mansion.

 “Master!”

Just as Jin shouted, the cat's paw fell on her shoulder. Before she could ask the question, Ms. Olena said in advance:

“A big event happened yesterday. A team of Knights who went to Waterloo City to deal with an unknown incident encountered the [Circus of Horror].”

"Circus? I know this." Jin had dealt with nightmare incidents together in Zion.

“Due to the failure to make a timely evacuation judgment, the leader of the team, Yuno the Mammoth, was killed, and the other two people fled back to the Cancer Palace.

Oddly enough, one of the circus members who escaped was not injured... because the circus member she met was none other than William. "

 “What!? William has joined the circus.”

“A messenger has come to see you before, right? Who else can express the characteristics of so many diseases in appearance? Let alone know both of us.”

 “Is the circus still there? I want to go there!”

“We have withdrawn a long time ago, otherwise the Lord would not stand still... I didn’t expect that boy William to be related to the circus, and he became one of them, and even appeared with troublesome guys like Art.

 I hope he won’t change too much when we meet next time. If you are deeply influenced by Art, you must make the decision to sever ties with him. "

"Is it vicious... Hehe, maybe William will be more interesting after getting infected."

“Jin, don’t underestimate Art’s [malignancy].

That clown is one of the best among the exiles from the Cancer Palace in the past, and is even unmatched in terms of malignant transmission.

 with all the cancer patients who had spoken to Art inside the cancer palace, they later developed more or less malignant cancers, and some of them directly transformed into malignant tumor patients and were forced to go into exile. "

“I know, Master... I have been a little bored playing in the Holy Tree recently. Once those knights sensed my aura, they felt like they had seen a ghost.

How about I take a long vacation and go out to practice. Maybe I will be lucky enough to meet William and see how he is doing in person. "

“You are now affiliated with the Tumor Knights, so there is no need to report this kind of thing to me.

In addition, once you choose to join the circus, you will be cut off from the Cancer Palace, and may even be marked as a "traitor knight" and face permanent hostility. "

“Master, don’t think too much. I’m just going out to practice. I can’t bear to leave you, Master~”

 As Jin left, Ms. Olena returned to her cathouse in a few jumps. In fact, she still had some details of the incident that she did not tell Jin.

 That is, William who emerged from the circus was still at the peak of open source and had not completed his path. In that state, he could actually fight with a tumor knight and pretend to be in a state of falling into the valley.

 …

 [Black Ascaria Train] temporarily stopped in an open space outside the Maggot Forest.

The highest-ranking flight attendant on this train is communicating with William, a special passenger.

 Because the destination given by William had just been listed as a "restricted area" by the company not long ago, and it was not even allowed to get close to it even for hundreds of kilometers around it.

“We don’t know exactly why the company marked this area as a restricted area... If you want to know, I suggest you go to a neutral city closest to the restricted area, or go to the company headquarters to ask for specific information.”

“Then send me to the neutral city closest to the restricted area.”

"Okay, let me confirm with you that we are about to go to [Rat City-Pestis]. This city is considered a smaller one among neutral cities. The internal rules and regulations are relatively chaotic, and infectious diseases are widespread without restrictions. However, in the past There should be no problem with your skills.”

 (End of this chapter)