The knight in the abyss

Chapter 1 Wedges

With a bang, the hurried footsteps stopped abruptly, as if someone had tripped over the wide robe.But the footsteps sounded again soon, more urgent than before.

In a magnificent hall, a man dressed in luxurious clothes was pacing back and forth on the high platform anxiously.It used to be the place where the princes met the emperor, and it was the center of the power of the entire empire.

But apart from the man on the high platform, there was no one else in the hall at this moment.But he still felt like he was standing in the center of the stage, being watched by countless pairs of eyes.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The East Gate has fallen, and Albert's knights have already entered!"

The footsteps finally arrived here.A male servant rushed into the hall, and after shouting, he found that the hall was empty, and there was no one else except the man on the high platform.

He looked around in horror, turned around suddenly, and disappeared into the shadows outside the door without looking back.

The man who was honored as Your Majesty didn't seem to hear the call of the person coming, but kept mumbling to himself:

"Rebel! Traitor!"

"Buried alive! Burned at the stake! Hanged! No, no, no... I can't take it easy for you. I'm going to cut it with my own hands, cut it with my own hands..."

"I am the emperor of the Faris Empire, the great Thuras IX, you must, you must submit to me!"

"Go die die die! Die all! Die all die!"

The sound of steel colliding with rock interrupted him.At the entrance of the main hall, knights in heavy armor and armed with sharp swords and spears are streaming in. Among them, the most dazzling man is the man with blond hair, handsome appearance and golden griffin tattooed on his cloak. He is surrounded by the crowd. Went in.

"Albert! You bastard!"

The man on the high platform roared with a twisted face.

The person who came was Albert Pankades, known as the King of Knights, the leader of the uprising coalition, who was about to destroy the Faris Empire.

"It's surprising that you didn't run away and didn't commit suicide." Albert stood where the courtiers knelt in the past, looking directly at the current emperor. "It seems that the rumors about you are not completely accurate. At least you still have a little courage to face the upcoming trial."

Standing on the high platform was Turas Sexta Faris, the Emperor of the Empire.The Faris family completed the feat of the Toya family thousands of years ago and unified the human world. However, unlike the Toya Dynasty, which had more than 150 emperors, in less than 300 years, the great uprising that spread throughout the country has become a prairie fire. With this trend, the history of the empire is probably coming to an end today.

"Hahahahaha, you lowly, shameless, filthy, son of a bitch are also worthy to judge me?" Turas looked up to the sky and laughed like crazy.

"Is this the emperor of the Faris Empire? It's really disgusting." There was a commotion in the crowd, and three figures came forward.

The visitors were all women, without armor, obviously not knights.

The soft robes can't hide their graceful figures, but what makes people pay attention is their beautiful faces and the long ears on both sides of their heads.

Turas turned his head and staggered back after seeing the person coming.

"Elves!! Sure enough, there are you too! I should burn down the forests of the Eastern Continent... Yes, yes, destroy them all!"

His eyes became extremely violent, and he suddenly turned around, startling everyone, and raised their weapons to be on guard.

When the current emperor turned around again, he was found holding a dagger inlaid with ornate jewels, the blade had sunk into his own chest and was inserted into the position of the heart.

The imperial emperor was panting heavily, his eyes still crazy, and a weird smile appeared.

"I am the master of this world! The master has the right to do anything with his property! Yes...do anything...the army is coming...you...all...all...burial..."

He fell to the ground, blood gushing out, something seemed to be activated on the ground, and some kind of low hum reverberated in the air.The expressions of the three elves changed, and the one at the head said eagerly:

"Not good! It's a large space circle, Albert, let everyone get out! Quick!"

The King of Knights was a little confused by the sudden change, but the Elves had been proven right many times.He waved his hand, and everyone withdrew from the hall in a fast and orderly manner.

While the last few knights were still walking out of the hall, the surrounding sounds seemed to suddenly disappear.These people watched their partners in front dance at them, as if they were shouting loudly, but they didn't hear anything, so they couldn't help but froze in place.

The space above the hall seemed to be cracked, the entire building shattered like a mirror, the section had smooth cuts, but the fragments floated in mid-air as if they had lost gravity.The few people who were still in a daze finally realized that something was wrong, because their partners were looking behind them in fear, and at the same time slowly backing away.

They finally reacted and began to rush forward.

Too bad it's still too late.Everyone watched helplessly as they suddenly cracked, turning into lumps of floating flesh wrapped in armor, maintaining the original direction of movement until they flew a certain distance before they suddenly landed.

The faces of the three elves were extremely pale, and they looked at each other, as if confirming something.The elf at the head said:

"Albert, get everyone ready to fight."

Albert had regained his composure at this time, and he drew his long sword, which was a signal to prepare for battle.

"Everyone is on alert! Captains, come to me."

Soon seven or eight people emerged from the crowd.They were the capable adjutants of the knight-king Albert, and his strongest warriors.Everyone's faces were solemn, and this should be the moment to celebrate the victory, but the development of things seemed to exceed all of them expected.

"What is the enemy we are facing?"

a tall knight asked.The man was about 30 years old, nearly 6 [-]/[-] feet tall, and had slightly curly black hair.The stubborn face is like a knife, and it is covered with stubble that is shaved very casually.Under the deep eye sockets are a pair of pale blue eyes, reminiscent of a lake in a valley.

"Sir Lancelot, do you remember the ancient history I said?" The elf at the head seemed to be quite enthusiastic about this heroic knight.

"You have told many wonderful stories, High Priest Aspasia." The tall knight named Lancelot politely replied. "What exactly do you mean?"

Elf, the darling of the world and the immortal creature in the legend.Soon after the uprising broke out, they came to the ranks of the rebels - the previous emperors of Faris ordered to burn as much as possible the jungles of the Eastern Continent, which were the home of the elves.

They guided the rebel army through the forest, treated wounded soldiers with magical herbs, and were also the best scouts and archers, which greatly helped the rebel army's cause.

"Of course it was the battle that destroyed the elves tens of thousands of years ago." Aspasia, the one headed by the three elves, said. "I feel the breath of the abyss. It seems that the elders have always been right to doubt the royal family of the Faris Empire. Get ready, the transmission channel has been stabilized, and there is something to come out."

The magnificent hall has been completely destroyed, the gravity in the area seems to have returned to normal, and the ground is covered with broken tiles and rubble.

It was only then that people noticed that a complex and huge magic circle was engraved on the ground, and the crimson lines were like slow-flowing blood.In mid-air, a door of light was emerging, and some extremely terrifying aura came from it, and the air began to smell of sulfur.

Da-da-da-da, dense hoofs came from the portal, like sharp claws slicing across rough stones, unbearable.

The crowd couldn't help but take another step back. Everyone's spirits became more tense. The elves took out a few gems and chanted softly in some mysterious language. Powerful energy began to gather in their hands.

Finally, with a sound like a can being opened, several strange creatures rushed out of the door of light.They look like hyenas, but they are like calves. They are extremely muscular, with long sharp teeth in their mouths and tall bone spurs on their backs.

Some of them had two heads, while the one at the front had three.

This group of creatures also seemed startled by the sudden change in the surrounding environment, looked around blankly, and found themselves surrounded by a group of steel monsters.Instead of attacking, they retreated and huddled together, making low growls at the crowd, as if threatening something.

Although the knights had never seen such an ugly creature, their years of fighting made them instantly feel the fear of each other.

"charge!"

Albert accurately grasped the fighter and shouted fiercely with his sword.Following his roar, the tall knight named Lancelot took the lead, waving his huge two-handed sword and rushed out.Under his lead, all the knights began to charge.

Lancelot's target was the creature with three heads at the front, and he had already seen that it was a leader.

His opponents are not sitting still.With a roar, the three-headed monster rushed towards the knight.

When the two sides were still several yards apart, the monster jumped up violently, and the three bloody mouths bit forward fiercely.

Seeing this, Lancelot stepped forward heavily, and the ground was instantly covered with cobweb-like cracks.With this foot as the support, he gathered the strength of his whole body, swung his long sword from bottom to top, and slashed towards the falling monster fiercely.

The length of the great sword played a decisive role in this duel, and the weapon hit the head in the middle of the monster in the air first.The fangs and sharp teeth were completely unable to stop this metal that contained terrifying power. The blade was like a hot knife cutting butter, splitting the upper body of the monster in two, and red blood sprayed Lancelot all over.

But Lancelot's movements did not stagnate, and he turned his body with another horizontal slash, completely cutting the corpse still in the air in half.

His success greatly inspired the knights behind him. The crowd rushed up and quickly chopped down the rest of the monsters. The square was full of blood and flesh.

"It looks fierce, but it's actually nothing, it scared me to death hahaha..."

There was a sound of relaxation from the crowd.Fear always comes from the unknown. When the object of your fear is killed by your own weapon, the fear disappears.

The captains under the King of Knights did not relax. They gathered together again and looked at the door of light in the air.Albert opened his mouth and asked the elf:

"High priest, what are these creatures? Where do they come from? What world is behind the portal?"

The elf priest Aspasia stared blankly at the monster's corpse and did not speak immediately. Another elf responded:

"It looks like a dog, has a larger body, has bone spurs on the back, and has multiple heads, which are exactly the same as the records in the ancient books, High Priest, look..."

"It's the Abyss Hound. I didn't expect to see these monsters again." Aspasia seemed to wake up from her memory and said in a low voice, "Albert, we are in trouble."

Albert frowned when he heard the words, and said hesitantly:

"You mentioned the Great War tens of thousands of years ago..."

"Yes." Aspasia nodded. "About 5 years ago, when elves were like humans today, they spread all over the world, and even began to explore other worlds. Soon, we discovered a plane called the abyss."

"That plane is very wonderful, with all kinds of terrifying creatures and rich magical resources. At first, we only thought that the environment of this plane was relatively harsh, and we didn't realize that those abyss creatures were the real threat."

"We built a huge teleportation channel to try to explore this plane in depth. Although the creatures there are powerful, they seem to be insane and disorganized. We did not encounter much resistance at first, but when several abyss lords When united, a terrible war broke out."

"The enemy has an overwhelming numerical advantage, and the strength of some advanced monsters is also very terrifying, and we can't stop it at all. After the portal fell, these abyss creatures rushed into our world along the passage."

"The elves finally realized that they had made a big mistake, but it was too late. At the last moment, the five elf kings united, organized the last army, and raided the location of the portal, the former High King City."

"This suicide attack was a success. The portal was blown up, along with the enemy's main force and the entire land. The inland sea of ​​the Western Continent was formed by this explosion."

"Although elves have an almost infinite lifespan, because the environment of this world has been severely damaged, it is difficult for us born in the power of nature to reproduce new offspring. The remaining elves are less than [-]% of the original ones, and they have retreated to the east. In the jungle of the mainland."

"Some of the outer abyss creatures have slipped through the net, and you still have their shadows in your legends and folktales. You call them demons, a very apt name."

Everyone listened in awe as the high priest narrated the ancient history, the history before the advent of mankind.Lancelot asked softly:

"High priest, are you a witness to that war?"

"Yes." Aspasia looked at the door of light in midair again. "I survived that catastrophe when I was too young to be eligible to fight. Leah and Sirius were born a long time ago, and they only know this history in the books. "

"How to close the portal?" Albert had heard this before, and now he was more concerned about how to deal with the situation in front of him.

Aspasia smiled.

"The good news is that this portal has just opened, it's not stable, and it's easy to close. As long as we make it disappear before any abyss lord notices, there will be no problem."

"What is the bad news?" The King of Knights keenly grasped the key to the High Priest's words.

"We need a warrior to go in and blow up the passage near the other end, completely destroying the spatial fluctuations, so that the demon warlock can't locate the world and open the portal again." Aspasia paused, " The warrior had to withdraw from the other side of the tunnel and couldn't come back."

The crowd fell silent.The uprising had succeeded, they had just witnessed the death of Emperor Faris, and they were now to divide the fruits of victory.Glory and wealth are waiting for everyone present, and no one is willing to give up everything that is about to be obtained at this time.

The embarrassing silence continued, and a voice appeared just in time.

"I would like to go."

Everyone seemed relieved.Albert looked at the person who took the initiative to stand up with complicated eyes.The mighty Lancelot, the brave Lancelot, the Lancelot full of justice, the Lancelot who is always charging ahead.

Everyone knows that there is a victorious Lancelot in the rebellion, but not everyone knows that the leader of the rebellion is Albert.

The reality is that irony, although Lancelot has always been loyal to Albert, his growing popularity has made Lancelot the greatest threat to Albert.

"Are you sure?" The great priest hesitated slightly.Human lifespan is very short compared to elves, so she can't understand human thinking.

The black-haired knight didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

"Very well, Ser Lancelot. On behalf of the elves, I would like to express my highest gratitude to you." Aspasia said solemnly.

Lancelot reluctantly smiled and said:

"I trust your wisdom. Someone has to do this. What should I do?"

The elf took out an exquisite woven bag and put all the gems prepared earlier in it.Then he took out a dark red branch and inserted it into the mouth of the bag, and tied the bag carefully.She handed the bag to Lancelot and explained:

"When you go in, you find yourself in a kind of promenade-like environment, surrounded by the most beautiful starry sky you've ever seen."

"Don't look at the stars, it will make you lost. Focus on the front, and you will find that there is also a door in the distance, which is the exit of another world."

"Words can't describe the distance between you and that door, you don't feel like you're moving, the door of light in the distance gets closer and the door behind you gets farther and farther. About a thousand heartbeats After that, you will reach the door on the opposite side."

"The moment before you go out, break the branch at the mouth of the bag and throw the bag back with force." Aspasia pointed to the bag she just handed over.

"The gems in the bag will explode within three breaths, and the released energy will destroy the passage and completely disrupt the surrounding space fluctuations. Of course, you should be fine, as long as you run forward immediately after exiting the door of light."

Lancelot listened in silence, nodded, and said:

"It's not too late, I'll go now." He turned to look at Albert, "Your Majesty, I wish you all the best."

Albert suddenly felt a little ashamed, but he had never hated the man in front of him so strongly.He suppressed all his emotions and said expressionlessly:

"Thank you for your service, and all of us will remember your exploits."

"Thank you, you will definitely become a good emperor." Lancelot finally bowed to Albert, put the great sword back on his back, tidied up his armor and cloak, turned and walked towards the door of light.

He had vowed to always be loyal to this man, but perhaps he had performed too well, and Albert seemed to wish that he had never appeared.

The door opened at the right time.The elf does not need to tell those ancient stories, whether he really wants to or not, the one who sacrificed himself to save the world must be him.Taking the initiative to stand up was the easiest choice for him.

He spoke the first time because he didn't want to give Albert time to think.So far everything is within his acceptable range.But if Albert showed even the slightest intent to persecute, he wasn't sure if he would still be able to keep his promise.

"Wait a minute, Ser Lancelot." The elf priest stopped Lancelot. "I have a present for you."

Lancelot stopped and looked at the three elves walking by.

Three natural darlings surrounded him, their hands clasped in front of his chest, and ethereal prayers rang in his ears:

"Goddess, please listen to my prayer..."

"This person is about to leave, and the homeland may be difficult to return..."

"Cangsheng was saved because of him, but no one knew about it, nor could it be rewarded..."

"We would like to exchange my strength for your gift to him..."

The bodies of the elves emitted a strong light that enveloped Lancelot. Lancelot only felt a stream of heat pouring into his body, and his soul seemed to be filled with something. Countless colors floated in front of his eyes, and his ears floated. Unexplainable voice.

The ceremony started very suddenly and ended very quickly.The three elves each took a step back, looking extremely tired.

Lancelot found that his eyesight seemed to have improved greatly, and his hearing had become very sensitive.Aspasia gave him a weak smile and said:

"This gift is called the Blessing of the Elf, and it allows you to have an Elf-like body and some other abilities, just like a real Elf..."

Lancelot subconsciously reached out and touched his ear.

The high priest blinked playfully, "But unfortunately, the elf-like ears are not included."

"That's the essence." Lancelot realized that he was speaking an unfamiliar language.

"It seems that you have noticed that this blessing also contains a lot of knowledge, and..." The high priest paused. "Let you have dozens of times the life of ordinary people."

Lancelot was completely stunned.

The high priest smiled. "This kind of blessing has exhausted the magic power accumulated by the three of us over countless years, but we are willing to do so. This is the gratitude of the elves to you."

"The world over there is desolate and dangerous. It's a place where the strong prey on the weak, but I believe you can survive. Go ahead, with our blessings, time can't make you weak now, and hopefully one day, you'll find your way home. "

Lancelot smiled, and the smile didn't seem to be heavy anymore.

"Thank you, High Priest, I suddenly look forward to the future."

After he finished speaking, he didn't stop, and stepped into the door of light.

Hometown, can we really see you again...

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