Suicide

Gilan had already set several goals for this viewing.

The Silver Crown Knight was one of them.

At this point in the film, Agni Baldwin had yet to ascend and become the December Apostle known to later generations as the Helmet King.

He was serving as the vice-captain of the Healing Knights, under Captain William's command, foremost among the four Knight Commanders.

Though Agni's martial prowess was extraordinary, Gilan guessed that he was likely a sixth-stage Long-Lived One standing at the pinnacle of the mortal world.

Still bound by a mortal body.

And this authentic footage of Agni's likely contained a film negative.

Perhaps his clash with Windmill Cat had taken quite some time. By the time Gilan reached the vicinity of the city gate, he found that the battle there had long since ended.

The massive iron city gates stood wide open, while fragments of iron plating and the severed limbs of city guards littered the surroundings.

A contingent from the Healing Knights was riding boldly into the city.

At their head was Vice-Captain Agni. At his side stood a younger Paracelsus, wearing a blond mushroom cut.

At this time, Paracelsus was merely the knights' accompanying physician, a fledgling occultist.

The female knight in the group held high a black banner emblazoned with a white cross, while the members behind her shouted their creed in unison:

"Defend the faith, soothe suffering! End this chaotic age—we will not hesitate to fight!"

Gilan ignored the townspeople who had gradually emerged from their homes, gathered by the roadside, and waved and cheered at the knightly procession.

Instead, he gripped his knight's sword and walked alone into the middle of the road, blocking the path of the knights.

His action stunned everyone around him.

The cheers gradually died away as well.

The knights,