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"Kakaka..."
Under the influence of magic, earth and stone were quickly separated from the ruins of collapsed buildings, gathered and reshaped.
The rebuilders rebuilt the bricks and stones that had been turned into fragments in the aftermath of the previous battle in the royal city, and built them layer by layer on the streets that were not yet accessible to people, but had been cleared by knights and mages.
During the war, the soldiers who fought in the outside world for long periods of time were able to return to the royal city after the war.
This makes it possible that whether it is the Night Blade, the City Guards, the Royal Forbidden Army, or even the private soldiers of the nobles, there are extremely sufficient manpower with extraordinary power at this moment.
With the help of magicians and knights, the royal city was rebuilt very quickly.
Earth magic can perfectly complete the task of cleaning up ruins, reorganizing building fragments into building materials, and transporting large quantities of them.
Knights above the rank of apprentice knight do not undergo any training. As long as they are commanded by experienced people, it is quite simple to reconstruct those building materials into buildings with their physical fitness.
Of course, these reconstructions are only superficial. Unless a building is mixed with magical structures or some precious materials, it has never been very valuable in this world with extraordinary power. It is easy to destroy and not difficult to rebuild.
The real losses were concentrated on the dead people and the goods and materials stored in the store buildings that were destroyed when the buildings were damaged. These were the real losses suffered by the royal city this time.
However, at least on the surface, just three days later, the royal city changed from the slightly gloomy state when the shadow of the God of Fear had just dissipated to the prosperous and prosperous state at this moment, rebuilding the damaged parts and showing the vitality that a kingdom should have. .
"Is there still no news about Captain Shugeyin and Mr. Wang Yu?"
A patrol team of Night Blades walked down the street next to members of the scavenger team tasked with rebuilding the ruins.
They were stopped by a Night Edge Magician who was floating in the air and used earth elements to sweep large areas of ruins and rubble to both sides, clearing open space for construction, and asked them about one of the issues they were most concerned about recently.
From the perspective of these ordinary members of the Night Blade, the captain of the Night Blade, Shugein Smoak, disappeared after the incident of the God of Fear.
Whether it was the Blade of the Night, the city guards, or even the Royal Forbidden Army, they sent a large number of people to search everywhere in the royal city, but they could not find the captain of the Blade of the Night.
In the end, they had no choice but to conclude that the captain of the Night Blade, whom they recognized and respected, died in this incident for unknown reasons.
Also missing was Wang Yu, one of the members of the Night Blade's special operations team. Similar to Captain Shugeyin, Wang Yu also suddenly disappeared without a trace after the incident. .
According to the clues provided by Mr. Wang Yu's friend Miss Aviya when she asked the Night Blade organization to assist in the search, the last time Wang Yu was seen was when he followed the body of the divine skeleton from the underground of the royal city to the surface of the royal city.
In other words, compared to Captain Shugeyin, the reason for Wang Yu's disappearance can actually be confirmed to a certain extent. There is a high probability that his body has been wiped out in the aftermath of the battle with the God of Fear.
The search for Xiugeyin and Wang Yu is still continuing, but not many people have hope, because in fact, the missing people are far more than just Xiugeyin and Wang Yu.
A large number of ordinary members of the Night Blade, city guards, royal guards, and residents of the royal city have all lost news in this incident. In fact, everyone knows their ending. There is a high probability that they have died.
Wang Yu and Xiugeyin were given more search and rescue resources just because of their special status. But if you think about it carefully, compared to the large number of new nobles who died in the divine descending ceremony and could no longer die, their status Is it really special...?
Although they feel sorry for the passing of these two people, the members of Night Blade are experiencing life and death all the time. When someone they respect passes away, for them, they just need to calm down and observe ten seconds of silence, which is enough. .
The dead should be remembered, but those they fought for will always be the living who are still alive.
"Members of the investigation team have basically cleaned up the ruins in the entire area shrouded by the Kingdom of the God of Fear, but..."
The patrol team passing by stopped, and one of them responded, briefly describing the situation. At the end, he shook his head and fell silent. The meaning was self-evident.
"Understood, and I have some news for you. Mr. Sieg Wilsbach of the special operations team should leave the Royal City within this week. After that, our leaders should not change except for Father Fang. Everything else will be subject to change.”
The magician flying in the air nodded to indicate that he understood, and then told the patrol team below a new message.
"Ziege, he must be the clerk who has a good relationship with the captain. He wants to leave. Why is that?"
The patrol team members who heard the new news were a little surprised and asked with some confusion.
In his memory, although Sieg did not have a big presence in the Night Blade organization, his tenure should be a bit longer than that of Captain Shugein.
"According to what he said when he said goodbye to the members of the Night Blade, he should have had a conflict with someone in the royal family, which made him unwilling to continue to stay in Arestle, and he also warned us that we would have to deal with the royal family. Keep a certain amount of caution.”
The magician thought for a moment and then gave the answer.
"I remember that he was a scholar with a good temper. He could make him leave angrily. What did the person who had a conflict with the royal family do..."
The members of the patrol team frowned, a little concerned and dissatisfied that they could force a person with such a good temper like Sieg to leave.
"You don't know what's going on with the royal family. It's not invisible to those who are targeting us overtly or covertly. This time, they probably went too far on something, which directly and completely angered Mr. Sieg."
The magician didn't seem to care that much and shrugged his shoulders. It was obvious that he was already used to the various behaviors of the royal family.
"You really have to be wary of the royal family as Mr. Zieg said. Some of their behaviors are getting more and more excessive. We are fighting for this kingdom, but we cannot tolerate some of the royal family's behaviors that cross the line. .”
The member of the patrol team was thoughtful, and the magician's reminder made him think of something.
"As long as you understand, there is a high probability that our leader will be the hero from the royal city. After all, his identity, ability, and achievements are all enough. I don't think there is any problem with him being our leader." .”
The magician changed the topic about the royal family and turned it to the identity of the leader of the Night Blade.
"Edward Waring? Indeed, the son of the Grand Duke, a member of the Night Blade special operations team, the earthly agent of the God of Light, the real hero who saves the royal city, he is the one to take on the role. I can't fault anything, and I also believe that with this With his character and ability, Night Blade can go further.”
The members of the patrol team agreed with the magician's statement and gave high praise to Edward, who is very likely to become the new leader of the Night Blade in the future.
"I won't disturb your patrol, please help me. Please don't give up searching for Captain Shugein and Mr. Wang Yu. Maybe the goddess of luck will suddenly favor us who don't believe in His existence."
The magician said, regaining control of the earth element and continuing the work of rebuilding the ruins of the royal city at hand.
"Don't worry, we won't stop looking until every corner is checked. Who knows if bastards like the God of Doom are deliberately trying to mess with us and hide them in the most unlikely places. "
The patrol team turned around and responded with the magician's somewhat teasing encouragement.
"Well, very good..."
The magician showed a slight smile that was hard to detect and murmured softly.
…
In the Ryder family mansion, in Ciel's own room, Ciel was sitting at the desk, writing something in the notebook in his hand. Next to the notebook, there were several star tarot cards stacked upright and reversed. have.
"Father Fang, although communicating with you in this way should be as confidential as possible, my magic power reserve and the tarot cards I made are not enough for me to have a conversation with you like this."
"Although it's a bit messy, why don't you try Lady Night's prayer communication network? God of Light, He won't care."
Ciel used a pen to write extremely rebellious and blasphemous words on one of the pages of his notebook.
After writing, tear off the page and place an upright star tarot card on it. Power drives the tarot card, space fluctuations are generated, and the torn-off paper disappears.
His face became a little pale, and he had been communicating with Father Fang in such an absolutely confidential way. It was really too much for Charles. He couldn't bear the consumption of magic power and void energy.
"Although I don't consider myself a pedantic archbishop, this kind of attempt has never been done before. You are right, I should try it."
The page returned about ten seconds later, carrying a reversed star tarot card that had lost its power, and the neat handwriting on the page was Father Fang's response.
"Char, can you hear me?"
The next moment, Father Fang's voice sounded in Charles's mind. It came so fast that even Charles, who made the suggestion, was shocked.
"You can hear me. It seems that you can indeed use the prayer communication network, Father, right?"
Ciel mentally responded using the prayer communication network.
"Well, yes, although I have approved this god's missionary in Arestle, in order to avoid some of the troubles I encountered when contacting other sects, I have not had any contact with him. Now I can confirm , Lady Night is definitely the most generous and philanthropic of the other gods I have ever met.”
Father Fang's voice echoed in Charles's mind, and he could hear the slight smile in his tone.
"Yes, Lady Night and God of Light are definitely the two best gods I have ever seen. In my heart, they have the same status."
Ciel said something treacherous, but the meaning was pretty much the same.
"Well, actually I was thinking, since Lady Night is such a special god, will she gain the power to cast light magic if she also believes in the God of Light?"
Father Fang's sudden words shocked Charles, who had always been very "disrespectful". Father Fang really dared to think that these two people wouldn't fight.
"Well, let's put this aside for now. Father Fang already knows about Wang Yu's situation, right?"
Charles quickly changed the topic to the focus of this time and confirmed the information he had exchanged with Father Fang before.
"Well, I already know the situation there, but due to the special nature of the Light God Religion, it is difficult for us to intervene in the internal affairs of the kingdom, to interfere in the development of a country under the banner of justice, and to essentially take over internal rights. , the past history of the Illuminati Cult has proven that it is absolutely undesirable.”
Father Fang spoke calmly and informed Charles of the current situation.
"In other words, the Light Religion can't do anything?"
Ciel asked, a little disappointed but not discouraged.
"What we can do is limited, but that doesn't mean we can't do anything. As I said, the God of Light is not that pedantic. We cannot directly intervene in the politics of the kingdom, but we can still have some less direct influence. This Part of it I’ll be doing soon.”
"Then I have seen your plan, and there is no problem. All you have to do is to continue to implement it. After rescuing Wang Yu, what is left is the pursuit of the royal family, and the power that the royal family may use. These, I, our God of Light, I will use all my power to help and protect you."
"After all, protecting the innocent and protecting your friends is always just."
Father Fang talked about what he could do, and the help he promised in the end was like a shot in the arm for Charles. The power of the Blade of Night, coupled with the power of the Light Cult, this power Power is something that no one can underestimate.
"clear!"
…
In the dark and silent prison, Wang Yu was still tied up with iron chains and attached to the wall. In the extremely quiet environment, his breathing and the feeble beating of his heart could be clearly heard.
"Huh...huh..."
Panting with some effort, Wang Yu could feel that his body was weakening. The cause of this was the special spike pierced into his abdomen.
This long nail is constantly attracting and gathering the fighting energy in Wang Yu's body, and then releasing it outside the body. This keeps Wang Yu's body in a state of "fighting energy vacuum" at all times.
Wang Yu's own fighting spirit is slower than that of ordinary knights. After this spike continuously gathers the fighting spirit generated in his body and exports it out of the body, he is completely unable to use fighting spirit to maintain the operation of the most basic knight secrets.
When he learned the secret method of the Bloody Storm Knight, he had already integrated the special structure of fighting energy flow with his own blood.
From that time on, what supported the circulation of blood throughout Wang Yu's body was no longer just the pumping heart. Among them, the Dou Qi flow integrated into the blood also became an extremely important source of power.
At this moment, as the fighting spirit dissipated from Wang Yu's body, the blood once again needed to be driven by the heart's own power to circulate. Although there was no real problem, the indescribable feeling of weakness still lingered in Wang Yu's body. It arises from the perception of the body.
After not taking in nutrients for a long time, the body itself suffered a huge deficit when burning the fire of the spell.
During the period in prison, the effects of the anti-truth serum and healing of the hideous wound on his right eye also consumed a large amount of Wang Yu's scant energy reserves.
In addition, the fighting spirit that helped the body move completely lost its effect under the influence of that long nail. Wang Yu's powerful body was indeed heading towards collapse.
"The fat has been consumed almost for half a day. This is the limit. If I want to continue to hold on, I need autophagy. Start with the less important parts and break down those muscles to maintain the most basic operation and provide me with More time to study this spike..."
He raised his closed eyelids slightly and looked at the long nail that was pierced into his abdomen. Blood was oozing out from where the long nail was pierced.
The nature of this spike was very strange. It not only swallowed up Wang Yu's fighting spirit, but also affected the surrounding flesh. Its self-healing ability and activity were all affected.
As a result, for three days, the wound was still oozing blood, constantly depleting the energy reserves of Wang Yu's body, and soon, the energy that Wang Yu could finally use without hurting himself would be exhausted.
Next, if he wants to die without exhaustion, the only option left for Wang Yu is "autophagy", which allows the blood with biological characteristics in the body to devour itself and maintain the operation of life by decomposing less important flesh. .
This is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, but it is also the only way to survive at this moment.
"Let's start with the intestines. Currently I have no food to take in. In a sense, these parts can be discarded..."
Wang Yu silently thought about the body parts that he could give up first and devour to gain energy, and prepared to use his own will to drive this dying body into action.
"clatter……"
A finger suddenly placed on the nail on Wang Yu's abdomen and pressed it twice, causing a burst of pain. Wang Yu ignored the other person and just focused on himself.
"Hmm...yes, the effect of this spike has been fully exerted, and I can no longer feel the vortex of your fighting spirit at all."
"How about it? The source of fighting spirit has been completely destroyed by the action of this spike. It can no longer produce the feeling of fighting spirit that represents the extraordinary power of the knight. How about it?"
Rudolf's malicious jokes rang in Wang Yu's ears, constantly trying to break Wang Yu's nerves with this vicious mockery.
"Kakaka...!"
The chain made a clicking sound, which was caused by Wang Yu struggling hard. He seemed to be angered by Rudolph's words and tried to kill Rudolph at all costs.
However, this makes no sense. Wang Yu's weak body at this time cannot break this special chain at all. Everything he does is in vain and looks funny and ridiculous.
"Ha...your will is not as strong as you think. As for your calmness, this is just the beginning. The collapse of the vortex of fighting spirit is just a prelude to the knight's destruction. You haven't opened your mouth yet. You probably want to experience it. The torture of the body gradually withering away after losing the fighting spirit."
Rudolf's hand touched Wang Yu's cheek and used force, tearing a bloody opening. Words full of malicious words surrounded Wang Yu's ears, bringing a desperate announcement, and then gradually faded away.
Listening to the constant cries of chains and hoarse roars in the prison, Rudolph walked into the corridor of the prison with satisfaction. Extraordinary people watched as the strength they had built up over a long period of time collapsed bit by bit. That was the easiest thing to break their will. .
The sound of struggling gradually stopped, and Wang Yu lowered his head, as if he had lost all his strength.
However, he was carrying out some more in-depth thinking in his mind. The previous performance was just to buy himself more time. Something in Rudolph's words reminded Wang Yu.
"Did I go in the wrong direction from the beginning? I have been trying to follow the path of a knight that is common in this world. I have no fighting spirit at all. At the very beginning, I didn't even have fighting spirit. No."
"The birth of Dou Qi was also because I used the power of the void to "learn" the concept of Dou Qi in my body. After that, whether it was knight secrets, Dou Qi application techniques, or inner diving, I have always tried to explore the world. The way out.”
"In the final analysis, I have been "imitating", but in essence, I am different from people in this world. My body and their bodies are inherently different. These "learned" It cannot be said to be meaningless, but what about my own?"
His thoughts gradually deepened. When the fighting spirit completely faded from Wang Yu, this guy seemed to have turned into the high-level knight apprentice who had no fighting spirit yet. Something was dug out by Wang Yu at this moment.
Not vindictive...
Not part of this world and the ways he had learned...
ripple……
And the body itself?
