"Those Sun Knight call this dangerous baptism from Holy Relic [Corona's Radiance]."
"From that day on, these knights will always wear white armor. No one will ever see their faces hidden behind their helmets. Only the two eternal flames burning in their eyes will be seen."
It was as if from the day of their baptism, they had shed their human bodies and become otherworldly."
Crow described. "In fact, it is indeed the case."
"These Sun Knights who have returned from a narrow escape, once successfully baptized, will be Lifeforgers that are superior to Above Level 6s, and they are the best among Lifeforgers. Together with other Sun Knights, they can form a resonance combination that doubles their combat power."
"Therefore, it is a strong foundation for each generation of Holy Relic Institute to have two or three successful Sun Knights. At its most glorious time, there were eight Sun Knights who lived in the same town for the same life. They advanced and retreated together. They had an invincible trend. Even the beings above Lifeforger did not dare to show their strength!"
Resonance combination? Combat power doubled?
This description makes Bai Zhou inexplicably think of the Special Management Department [Sword Bearer] troops who can leapfrog and strangle extraordinary people through coordinated operations.
But----
Bai Zhou's expression is a little strange.
Sun Knight are rare in number and extremely powerful individually. How could they be----
"Army."
Crow looked at Bai Zhou's expression and said two words concisely.
"--I guess you're thinking of the military, right?"
"Actually, you're not the only one who thinks so, and there's more to them than just an army."
Crow shook his head again. "Because, these Sun Knight's best tricks are----
"Charge!"
Crow said, "Imagine that scene. A two-meter-tall knight wearing heavy armor and looking like an iron can. He seems to have stepped out of a classical story and launched a chariot-like charge on the long street of the city. The bright light shining all over his body is almost impossible to look directly at!"
"In addition, in the legend, the armor on Sun Knight also comes from the knowledge instilled by Holy Relic. Each piece of armor is like a living creature, integrated with Sun Knight's skin and cannot be taken off for life."
"It is these white armors that allow Sun Knight to almost ignore most obstacles when charging."
"The evil curse of Blood Worship Cult, the spell from the wild mountains, and most of the Ritual that prefers corrosion and traps--all were ignored like paper by Sun Knight's charge, and were close to failure."
"--Their existence is simply the nemesis of Evil Spirit, and they are completely worthy of the name Sun Knight!"
While Crow was describing it, Bai Zhou tried to imagine such a scene.
On the long street shrouded in night, a group of heavily armed armored men mounted like tin cans, lined up like shining sun and launched an unstoppable torrent of charge----
Just thinking about it makes people shudder.
"However, maybe the name Knight has already explained everything----"
Crow added, "In Western Federation, while this term refers to nobility, it also means the attendants of Western emperors and lords."
Western Federation?
Bai Zhou's eyes blinked twice.
Holy Relic Institute----is the product of Western Federation?
"Tinghai is located on the coast, very close to Western Federation. It was deeply affected by Western Federation during the war decades ago."
Crow explained, "The predecessor of the Special Management Department and Bureau of Anomalous Investigation, [Reset Pact], is the mysterious force native to Eastern Federation."
"And forces like Blood Worship Cult are some kind of imported product that Western Federation came across the ocean.
"As for Holy Relic Institute----he is not an imported product."
Crow shook his head, "The founder of Holy Relic Institute is a fisherman from a small fishing village in Eastern Federation. But the mysterious remains that walked out of the deep sea in legends may have floated over from somewhere in Western Federation——"
"This is a normal thing. In the Federation era, everything is compatible, and even because of the novelty of the ability, it can gain an advantage in other places. You can see the organization that practices talisman and seal script dominating in Western Federation, and you can also see knights walking in the night in the east Ruins Realm."
After hearing this, Bai Zhou nodded thoughtfully.
"So, here's an idea."
"Perhaps, the baptism received by Holy Relic Institute's Sun Knight was some kind of blessing from that remains, and the function of the blessing is to cultivate followers like Sun Knight [Adventurer]----"
"Perhaps the high-sequence [Adventurer] has some qualities close to Royal Power, and can bless and cultivate its own guard followers."
As he spoke, Yao thought thoughtfully, "After all, as early as Rome thousands of years ago, they had the precedent of transforming the Extraordinary Path of the Carthage empire into [Beastblood Noble] and [War Priest] as their channel vassals."
The invincible Sun Knight started out as the existence of Lifeforger, and is it the vassal army of Adventurer Path?
Bai Zhou's heart was shaken. While feeling incredible about this speculation, he subconsciously thought of the Xiluo Empire's unfathomable Dragon Knights who were like magic soldiers descending from the sky.
It seems----isn't this possible?
Even Bai Zhou fully agrees with the speculation that the follow-up of Adventurer Path is related to Royal Power, not only because there is [Ming Emperor] Zhu Yuanzhang and in reality Adventurer Path is related, but also because he has Emperor in his hand who is closely related to Hero Emperor and has the Adventurer strongest Lifeforging method Crown of Thorns----
[Adventurer] The path is called "Adventurer" in the Professionalist Stage stage, "Trialist" in the Lifeforger stage, and God knows what it will be called later.
Crow said that Adventurer was called Dragon Slayer at a certain stage in a certain era. Perhaps after slaying the dragon, they became a new "dragon" - a new emperor.
"Of course, these are just speculations, and even this speculation is too shocking. It is an infinite improvement of Destiny Path like [Adventurer]."
Crow shook his head again, "If even a mere vassal channel of [Adventurer] can be so powerful, a powerful mysterious force like Holy Relic Institute" can be established; if such existences can be organized and appear in large numbers as an army----"
"--Even Tianjing has never heard of such a thing!"
"So, people are always more inclined to think that it was Holy Relic Institute who deciphered the Extraordinary Path from that remains. This Extraordinary Path is [Sun Knight]. As the name suggests, it is highly likely to be consistent with [Chen] Destiny. Practice by people of [Chen] Destiny will get twice the result with half the effort. Uh"
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"Or----"
Crow's brows raised slightly, "My personal reasoning is that this Extraordinary Path named [Sun Knight] may simply be Adventurer Path itself, just with a different name - if this can explain why this path is particularly powerful and can compete with Blood Worship Cult."
"In fact, the fighting style of charging headlong and ignoring external obstacles is quite Adventurer".
Just call him reckless——Bai Zhou muttered in his heart, but he felt his heart surge.
As a Destiny Adventurer who has just been promoted to level 6, there is really no way for him to remain indifferent after hearing this.
Because whether this "Sun Knight" is the trump card vassal of Adventurer Path, or it is the disguise of Adventurer Path itself, Bai Zhou has a hundred reasons to explore its various secrets submerged in history.
Looking at the entire Tinghai, no one has more reasons and qualifications than Bai Zhou.
What's more, he already knew the location of Holy Relic Seal, which could open Holy Relic Institute Secret Hoard, through Last Will.
Seven Sins Institute has been missing from Tinghai for decades and is said to hide a huge secret. Bai Zhou has a reason to go!
"Actually, according to legend, after the successful baptism of Sun Knight, it may have the same effect as "Moonlight's Blessing". In other words, it will have a special physique."
"The fusion of this physical constitution and special armor may be the core of why they are immune to most mysterious methods when charging."
Crow's eyes were particularly bright, "Actually, I'm quite curious, if you can have Moonlight's Blessing" and the illumination of the corona at the same time, will the sun and the moon shine together to create a wonderful Chemical Reaction - just like you created the cornerstone of Transcendent Divine Intent Domain after the sun and the moon shine together."
"It's just----"
Yacai had just thrown out a hypothesis that made Bai Zhou excited, and quickly shook his head. "Legends are just legends after all. The so-called shining of the corona" seems to have only appeared in Holy Relic Institute's stories, just like Holy Relic is just a legend of Holy Relic Institute that no one can prove whether it is true or false."
"In the legend of Holy Relic Institute, their origins and the biggest secret all come from this Holy Relic, but at least in Tinghai, no one has ever been able to verify the authenticity, and no one has ever seen what the so-called Holy Relic is."
"According to Holy Relic Institute's external claims, the origins of this so-called Holy Relic and Holy Relic Institute have long been lost in the inheritance of time.
"--But who would believe this?"
Crow smiled coldly, "How can such an important thing be lost unless the organization dies?"
"Either it was a fraud that never existed, or they hid this thing."
"As for the so-called baptized Sun Knight", people found that the low-level extraordinary people of this organization also have some of the characteristics of Sun Knight----"
"So as I said just now, people usually think that Holy Relic Institute has obtained some kind of Extraordinary Path. After practicing this path to the Lifeforger stage, the external performance is mature [Sun Knight]."
"Anyway, they always wear helmets and visors. No one knows who they were before. No one can refute the idea that they became Sun Knight directly after being baptized."
"As for Holy Relic, this is even more true. It is impossible for people to dig through the treasure house of this organization from the inside out to verify whether this thing exists."
Are you going to dig through the treasure trove of information----?
Bai Zhou blinked his eyes with a strange expression.
Then, he heard Yao quietly summarizing the old events that happened decades ago or even earlier in Tinghai at the end. "This mysterious force comes and goes in a hurry. It came from other cities. One day while migrating, it passed by Tinghai and found that the civilization here is quite profound, but the mysterious force is not strong, so it took root here."
"But he was a little unfortunate. During that time, he met Blood Worship Cult, who also traveled around the world and finally returned to Eastern Federation with the intention of revenge. The king returned."
"At that time, Tinghai seemed calm on the surface, but behind the scenes, Mystic World was said to have level 6 or even more terrifying wars breaking out every day. The chaotic side led by Blood Worship Cult and the lawful side camp headed by Holy Relic Institute were fighting fiercely, with all forces competing for supremacy."
One is, fate plays tricks on people."
Crow shook his head and seemed to be sighing, "The last two major era overlords both suffered losses and were gradually forgotten by people. On the contrary, the sub-overlord force at that time, Tinghai's local [Reset Pact], became the Protagonist that rules Tinghai Mystic World today."
One is what you see today, the common predecessor of the two major forces Black Box Special Management Department and Bureau of Anomalous Investigation""
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"The lawful side overlords from decades ago have long been ignored and no one mentions them. Perhaps only the old rival Blood Worship Cult will occasionally think of them. As for the earlier overlords, those one hundred and two hundred years ago, have long since disappeared from people's memories."
When Ya spoke, he seemed to be giving a hint of emotion and teaching. "Time does not seem to be very valuable to extraordinary people. For example, if you become Titled Transcendent now, you can theoretically live to be one hundred and twenty years old, and Lifeforging can live longer in the future."
"Even in Mystic World, people can always see mysterious forces that have been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years——"
"But in fact, Mystic World things are changing, and the tide of the times will come in a hundred or two hundred years, and few people can survive."
"The Protagonist of those eras have been forgotten. Those who survive are often the inconspicuous forces at the beginning. Perhaps it is right to seize the day. Under the power of time, no matter how unparalleled the genius is, it is still a skeleton."
Crow said, "Later, some relics said to be from Holy Relic Institute and Sun Knight occasionally leaked out from Tinghai's underground Black Market, such as one or two burnt black pieces of armor and half-bare sword hilts. Every time they appeared, people rushed to identify them, and some people treated the stories of those years as amusing stories and told them casually."
"Only a few old people who have truly seen that era will say that those relics are fake."
"--In a fire like the sun, Sun Knight people really left the Tinghai day like the sun, and left nothing behind like the sun."
That's a sad story.
It seems that stories about knights are always like this, the glory of the moment always has a tragic ending.
How far do you have to go in Extraordinary Path to avoid being caught up by fate, or is it that the core and theme behind Mystic World is sadness and madness?
Bai Zhou was thinking and pondering, and learned something new from Crow's words.
-Gou.
Be able to survive!
Regarding this point, it is suspected that Sun Knight of Adventurer did not do it well, but Adventurer of Troy Civilization and Xiluo Empire seem to have understood the truth long ago and carried out secondary optimization.
Adventurer is both sinister and stubborn, but he is still very capable of fighting when things get tough--could this be Adventurer's ultimate form?
Bai Zhou seems to have some realization.
Having said that, Bai Zhou actually seems to have no consciousness at all. He is the one Tinghai is most in the limelight at the moment.
Putting aside the Savior Bai Zhou who just saved Tinghai, the vest he was wearing in disguise at this moment seemed to have attracted the attention of most of the Tinghais.
As the man who ranks in the front row of Authorities's must-kill list and the first in the bounty list, Bai Zhou is sitting on a bumpy minibus, with more and more sirens and red and blue lights behind him almost connecting into a sea of light.
Then, when the minibus was about to leave the foot of the mountain and plunge into the vast suburbs of the city, there was a "whoosh" sound!
A rocket is coming from behind!
"Rockets!"
With a shrill scream, [Paroxetine]'s figure almost appeared in a flash behind the minibus.
With a wave of his hands, a red and black silk wire mesh appeared between [Paroxetine]'s palms like an iron mesh. It opened like an iron mesh and intercepted the rocket flying towards the sky with its tail flames swaying.
"No----" Fang Xiaoxia was dumbfounded when he witnessed this moment.
Can rockets be intercepted with a net?
Do you regard rocket bombs as fish?
Bai Zhou is calm, after all, he has no knowledge of rockets.
However, this rocket is obviously extraordinary, or the people at Authorities may have anticipated this moment.
"Explode!"
In the distance, someone spoke softly, as if giving orders to rockets in mid-air.
"Buzz!"
Many light patterns bloomed on the rocket, and the faint blue light illuminated [Paroxetine]'s shocked face.
While shaking off the rockets in his hands, [Paroxetine] flew away.
"Boom!!!!"
A small mushroom cloud exploded.
The entire fast-moving minibus was blown up, and the people inside fled in all directions.
"Unlucky, unlucky, unlucky, unlucky"
Under the strange gaze of Yayouyou, Bai Zhou picked up Fang Xiaoxia, held it under his arm and jumped out of the window to escape, followed closely by the huge heat wave.
In the flames soaring into the sky, heat waves followed everyone's figure. Only Crow's figure remained unmoved. Even though he was at the core of the explosion, he remained extremely calm. Only the corners of his windbreaker were gently lifted.
-It's just that his face seems to be a little bit blackened.
Fang Xiaoxia was held in Bai Zhou's arms - to be precise, it should be tucked under his armpits, and his heart was beating non-stop.
Heat Wave chased behind him like a fiery snake, beside him was Sloth Squad who was scrambling for his life, and further away were the pursuers who were galloping towards him----
Directly in front of the field of vision, one can gradually see the suburban scenery that is completely different from that of Tinghai City area.
There are dilapidated buildings everywhere, just like the unfinished buildings in the Tinghai City district. The coquettish neon lights are flashing, and the neon tubes are wrapped around the borders of each unfinished building. The red and green lights look cheap and inferior, making Bai Zhou think of the rotating lampposts at the entrance of the hair salon in Tinghai Ruins Realm.
Those inferior colors fell into the dirty puddles, puddle after puddle; they also shone on the faces of the homeless people on the street, flickering brightly and dimly. The homeless people in ragged clothes were laughing and drawing weird graffiti at the entrance of the alley on the street.
Those streets were so narrow that only one or two cars could pass, and were lined with foam boxes and iron sheds on both sides. Colorful raincloths were hung on the sheds, making them rustle in the evening wind.
Wires were pulled from one building to another, and they were so densely tangled that they almost obscured the sky of the city. Occasionally, a spark exploded in a particularly terrifying way, illuminating the tattooed man squatting and smoking below, wearing a ripped jacket.
Here is the suburb of the city. Fang Xiaoxia and Bai Zhou are in mid-air, and they can all see the blurry scenery there in the distance.
Of course, people live and survive here, but compared to the prosperity of the urban area, it has a completely different style of painting. The distance between a mountain and a river divides the two worlds like a natural chasm.
Different from the bustling and bustling Tinghai, different from the simple folk customs of Evening City, this place is like the abandoned Tinghai that stopped abruptly in the middle of its development twenty years ago. This is a dilapidated and stinking city.
-This is the home of homeless people and a paradise for crime.
Even in urban areas, some people simply call these suburban satellite cities----
Lower City.
"----What's the noise?"
"Where did the explosion come from?"
The violent explosions made the homeless people and gangsters wandering the streets confused and panicked. They wondered which street would be so hot today that they didn't follow the rules and were not afraid of attracting heavy blows from the Sheriff's Department to sweep the streets.
In a corner where no one was paying attention, the bright moonlight leaked through the gaps in the tangled wires and shone on a few black figures who were desperately running away.
They hurriedly fled from the foot of the mountain, and plunged into the "city" on the outskirts of the city amid the explosion. The mysterious black shadows were all stretched out, jumping between the broken roads and graffiti-covered buildings, like a flock of frightened nighthawks.
Behind him, the sound of the pursuer's engines was getting closer and closer, disturbing the long-standing tranquility of this place;
And in front, the darkness of Lower City opened its arms, as if swallowing up those black shadows.
"Is this Lower City----"
Fang Xiaoxia, who was clamped firmly in Bai Zhou's arms, felt like a large pillow. He opened his eyes wide during the fast speed and looked at the rapidly retreating scenery around him.
Obviously, Maiden, who was born in the city since childhood, came here for the first time.
She found that this place was not as dead as she had imagined before. It was just that the night was extremely dark, the moon was extremely bright, and even the wind seemed extremely wild, making people feel like it was suitable for wandering and escaping.
The young man and Maiden who are suitable for climbing to the top of Tinghai Kill List, with their desperadoes and mentally ill subordinates, escape from Lower City under the moonlight as if they are desperate!
At this time -
"Buzz!"
There was a tremor from [Sloth]Gospel Book in Bai Zhou's arms, sending an indescribable feeling to Bai Zhou.
"Is this----?"
Bai Zhou's expression was slightly startled.
While running away at high speed, he took out the Gospel Book and found that it seemed to have some invisible connection with the nearby environment.
Bai Zhou's heart beat a few times, and he quickly understood what was happening.
Currently, this book Gospel Book only opens the homepage permission for Bai Zhou. If you want to open subsequent functions, Bai Zhou needs to go to Seven Sins Institute to crown it.
In other words, the current Gospel Book still belongs to the previous generation [Sloth].
That person who is dead.
According to the perception just obtained by Bai Zhou from Gospel Book----
This book Gospel Book seems to have a different function in location guidance, and the previous generation [Sloth] seems to have used this book Gospel Book----
Marked a nearby location.
In other words, this important place marked by him seems to have been left behind by him.
-An important but inconvenient to carry, or rather shameful treasure!
It's just that he died too hastily and was never able to take it out.
"What is----?"
Bai Zhou carefully studied the mark sensor sent from Gospel Book and confirmed that this Gospel Book had indeed left important marks two kilometers away from the previous generation [Sloth].
[Your predecessor marked a location, maybe it is a hidden treasure place-1]
Bai Zhou agrees to go here.