Chapter 1238: Sparkle
In a clear sky, squads of knights were leading their horses on the rugged mountain road. These knights were wearing uniform white light armor, and there was the unique mark of the Holy Church on the breastplate. Obviously, they were Glorious Knights.
Glorious Knights used to be the most admirable knights in the human world. They had countless glory and halos, but now they were decadent.
Since the Holy Church was established, it had encountered numerous setbacks and disasters, but it had always been able to stand firm. However, in the battle of the White Cliff this time, from the angels to the pope and the church, all were martyred, which was equivalent to the destruction of the core of the entire church. It was like a person whose soul had been destroyed, but the flesh and blood were still there; they were just like walking dead.
After losing this ‘soul’, Glorious Knight’s ‘glory’ no longer existed.
The knight leader wiped the sweat off his face and shouted loudly, “Hurry up! After the mountain, we can see the port! There is a s.h.i.+p prepared for us by Royal Majesty Palgres!”
“Royal Majesty Palgres has spent a lot of money to reserve the time slot for the teleportation portal, but we don’t have any extra time, because within 3 days, all the teleportation portals in the east will lose function. If you want to survive, follow along!”
These words made the knights speed up a little bit – The teleportation portal could directly reach the western continent. Once it was turned off, they could only go by sea. With the current situation, the White Sea had been sealed layer by layer by the Human Coalition Army of the western continent. Let alone whether the s.h.i.+p could be obtained, even if they could obtain, it was impossible to cross the White Sea alive. Just those magic floating minefields and defensive formations were enough to kill them all.
This Glorious Knight legion named ‘Dawn’ was originally the resident legion of the Toure Empire which was a kingdom in the east, adjacent to the Starlight Empire. They had been trying to appease the Holy Church for many years. Although the territory was only medium in size, it ranked among the top 5 in the entire human kingdom in the contribution list of the Holy Church. The number of Glorious Knights stationed in the empire was several times that of ordinary kingdoms.
In fact, the ‘Royal Majesty Palgres’ mentioned by the commander was the king of the Toure Empire. After the Blue Glory Empire and other empires were wiped out by the Abyss, many countries including the Toure Empire were facing great dangers of life and death. Palgres paid a huge cost to Roger, 1 of the 3 cardinals, and obtained the blessing of the knight legion to evacuate the kingdom.
However, during the evacuation, the Glorious Knight Legion suddenly got the astounding news that the White Cliff was completely destroyed. The Glorious Knights were lost.
Palgres was also a cunning character. He immediately seized this opportunity and recruited the Legion Commander Duncan of the Dawn Legion, wanting to take the opportunity to seize the armed force into his own hands.
The Abyss army had invaded the Toure Empire. It was only a matter of time before the empire would be destroyed. He, the king, would lose everything. However, as long as there was strength in hand, a comeback was not a delusion. Moreover, in this chaotic situation, no matter where he fled, strength was the foundation of standing. For this reason, Palgres did not hesitate to pay a huge price and utilized the relations.h.i.+p to obtain the time period for using the Starlight Empire’s teleportation portal for himself and these Glorious Knights. Of course, the premise was the allegiance of the Glorious Knight.
There were not many Glorious Knights who had shown their allegiance, but Palgres believed that as long as they reached the teleportation portal of the Starlight Empire, no one would make the wrong choice facing life and death.
The road ahead was becoming more and more steep and rugged. Even Palgres, who was being carried by the elite guards on their backs, broke out into a cold sweat at several corners. It was not because he didn’t want to take the flat road. The latest intel showed that the speed of the Abyss army was astonis.h.i.+ng. It bypa.s.sed the expected 2 cities in front of the Zoya Empire and Toure Empire and came directly to the capital. This forced Palgres to escape in advance again. The civilians who got the news also flocked to flee. The main road was congested with fleeing refugees. If he took the main road, he would be slower.
This small road led to a secret military port, where enough s.h.i.+ps had been prepared long ago. They could reach Starlight City within 2 days. Even if the monsters invaded the capital faster than expected, the civilians on the road could also become a ‘natural barrier’ to stop monsters.
A young Glorious Knight accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. He cried loudly, and the knights couldn’t help being stunned.
The team leader at the side whipped his whip and said angrily, “Johan! Stand up! How can a Glorious Knight have such a weakling like you!”
The young knight cried, “Leader, what I’m crying not because of this, but… my sister is still in the capital city! She’s only 11 years old!”
The team leader was shocked, and he couldn’t whip anymore.
The sadness of the young knight quickly became contagious. Someone said, “My mother is also in the city…”
“My wife and son haven’t escaped yet.”
“My…”
For a moment, an atmosphere of sadness and helplessness spread in the entire legion. Everyone’s mind seemed to be covered with haze. Their steps slowed down involuntarily.
Palgres, who was in the middle of the team, immediately noticed the anomaly. He shouted, “Hurry up, everyone! The Abyss monsters are not far behind. We won’t be able to leave if we delay any longer. The most important thing is to stay alive!”
Palgres’ voice didn’t play a big role. At this time, the Legion Commander Duncan at the front of the team got the news. He tapped his feet, flew into the air, and shouted loudly, “What’s wrong? Go!”
“Sir Duncan!” The former young knight Johan cried. “Please allow me to go back and protect my family!”
Duncan looked down at the knight with a flash of hostility in his eyes as he said sternly, “When you joined the knight legion on the first day, I said that there is only 1 duty of a soldier, to obey! No matter what reason you have, I have only 1 order, go forward!”
John gritted his teeth and raised his head, “Sir, we are Glorious Knight. When we became knights on the first day, our manifesto…”
Before he finished speaking, his chest was already pierced by a white light with potent power, and he died instantly. Duncan slowly withdrew his hand, looking down at the crowd coldly with murderous intent in his eyes, “Those who disobey the order, die!”
Duncan had been a legion commander for many years. His prestige was so high that many people lowered their heads and not dared to look at him. Duncan knew that this was the moment when people’s minds were most easy to change, so he had to suppress them immediately. He shouted, “Eldera!”
“Yes!”
A man flew out from the front line and floated beside Duncan. It was his most powerful deputy, Eldera, who was usually fair and ruthless. His prestige in the army was extremely high.
“You will supervise the entire army. Anyone who stops, behead him!”
“Yes!”
Duncan was about to fly back when he suddenly felt a warning. Before he could react, his heart turned cold as he had already been pierced by a sword. The hilt was held in Eldera’s hand.
Duncan looked at the b.l.o.o.d.y sword piercing out from his chest in disbelief, then he gritted his teeth and said, “Eldera, you…”
His most trusted and most powerful subordinate actually stabbed his heart with a sword from behind at this moment!
This turn of events shocked everyone, even Palgres. The squad stopped for a moment.
The icy breath lingered on Eldera’s sword. Before Duncan could finish his sentence, his body was frozen quickly. After a while, he turned into an ice sculpture. The sword shook and shattered the ice sculpture.
Palgres was the quickest to react. He said in a hoa.r.s.e voice, “Legion Commander Eldera, please move on.”
This sentence was tantamount to acknowledging Eldera’s new position. As a king, Palgres was no stranger to the intrigue for power. This Eldera had obviously planned to replace Duncan long ago. Now, he finally succeeded in taking the position by getting Duncan off guard.
It seems that it is time to win over this new legion commander as soon as possible.
Eldera ignored Palgres as he just looked down at all the knights coldly and spoke up, “Can anyone tell me, what is the knight’s manifesto?”
The squad was silent for a moment before someone answered, “I swear to treat the weak kindly.”
Someone continued, “I swear to stand up against brutality.”
“I swear to go against all mistakes.”
“I swear to fight for the defenseless.”
“I swore to help anyone who asked me for help.”
“I swear no harm will be done to any innocent.”
“I swear to help my brother knight.”
“I swear to be true to my friends.”
“I swear to die for the one I love…”
“It seems that we haven’t forgotten yet.” Eldera clenched the sword in his hand and shouted loudly, “So, what have we done? In order to live in humiliation, we discarded the faith in our hearts, the oath we kept, and our true glory!”
“I don’t know what life and dignity will be in this catastrophe. I only know that our relatives and those unarmed civilians are facing the cruel monsters from behind, and we, the knight holding the sword, are just escaping first!”
The knights all bowed their heads in shame; many even started to cry.
“Our faith center has been destroyed, but we still have faith in our minds!”
“Even if it’s just for our loved ones, for those who need our help to buy a moment to evacuate!”
Eldera swung his sword and pointed at the sky behind that was turning red, “Glorious Knight!”
“Eternal glory!” The knights below raised their swords one after another and turned around.
Palgres stared dumbfounded at the Glorious Knights returning together, showing an incomprehensible look, “Stupid lunatics…”
Perhaps, his highness would never understand this truth.
In this world, there were always some stupid people.
The world always needed these stupid people.
Toure Empire Capital.
Before the torrent of the Abyss that crushed everything, squads of silver cavalries appeared.
They charged without hesitation.
They were so insignificant compared to the torrent.
However, under the sun, it was so dazzling.
This was the sparkle of life.
The true holiness and glory had always existed in people’s minds, not the so-called temple.
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