Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 191 Bloody Battle

"Well, did you find anything unusual?"

Across the street from the Second Two-Finger Church, in a noisy tavern, Christopher, who had returned from a week-long tour, asked his subordinates.

"Not yet," the ancient dragon knight disguised as a wandering mercenary responded in a low voice, "During the quarter of an hour when you were absent, there were 27 people entering and leaving the church, 22 of which were church personnel that we have observed more than once. There are three other merchants who came to ask for the blessing of divine arts, two of them have already come out, and the remaining one will be counted soon."

"Well, continue to observe." Christopher patted the knight's shoulder. Just as he was about to turn around and leave for the next round of inspection, he suddenly felt a fleeting wave of divine power.

He suddenly turned his head to look at the street, only to see a figure wearing a coarse cloak common to merchants walking out of the main entrance of the church.

Although the other party is wearing a hood, they can still see the slightly fat and happy face of the businessman under the hood from their angle, and then connect with the golden amulet in his hand, it is easy to conclude that It was just the judgment of an ordinary merchant who came to pray for the blessing of the church.

"Is my perception wrong?" Christopher frowned and observed the businessman's every move.

Slightly sagging shoulders are the sequelae of carrying too many heavy loads on the shoulders in the early years, callused hands prove that he has engaged in a lot of physical labor, and the purse with a large amount of copper and silver coins in his waist is also perfect for the identity of a small trader Positioning. Even the other knights watching from the side couldn't tell the difference between the other party and the previous two merchants.

But the flash of divine power just now was so real, like a cold and sharp silver needle constantly stimulating Christopher's consciousness. He has been practicing martial arts with Lucia and Lataen all these years, the two and a half The gods have warned him that in life-and-death fights of roughly equal strength, it is this kind of intuition that is like a flash of light that can decide the winner in an instant, and the gap between the mediocre and the truly strong is precisely here .

"Others continue to monitor, I will take two people to follow." Christopher stared at the back of the seemingly normal figure, and ordered decisively before the other party disappeared at the corner of the street.

Five minutes later, Kailonisa raised her eyebrows in surprise when she sensed that she was being approached from a distance.

This time he secretly came to the capital is really a dangerous move that he had to do due to the situation. In recent years, Lance Shanks has been monitoring these senior officials to a frenzied level. Lucia was at a disadvantage. She probably dared to kill herself directly in the Senate without going through any trial procedures.

As one of the seven elders of the Gulong Dynasty, Kaironisa never doubted that woman's almost pathological loyalty and extremely ruthless means, and did not want to try it at all.

Therefore, from the moment he crossed the "Eye of the Storm" and arrived at the Yatan area, he has always maintained the effect of disguise with divine magic. When he left the Church of Two Fingers just now, he also prepared a disguise before going out.

But now he is still being followed, who is the other party?
Ordinary bandits have no possibility of sneaking into the capital through multiple inspections. Even if the poor mercenaries they encounter accidentally, they will not openly rob the central area of ​​Rodel even if they see money, otherwise they will not even be able to run out of two streets. Will be knocked down by Rodel Knight.

If it is not an accident, but someone has deliberately followed and monitored him from the very beginning, then only Lucia has the motivation and ability at the same time—but how could his people easily see through the disguise magic of an ancient dragon veteran? ?

What's more, he is not without eyeliner in Valyria Hall. Since Lucia went to the capital three years ago, he has been buried in the mission composed of [-] storm knights and [-] dragon warriors. More than one Anzi was placed, but according to the news Anzi reported in the morning, except for Guerrell taking people to the Dark Moon Hall to garrison, Lucia has not made any new moves.

There were chaotic and tense thoughts in Kaironisa's mind. With his strength, he would not be afraid of a few small stalkers, but this sudden attack really caught him off guard. Lance Shanks, who lacks trust, the possibility of his identity being exposed and his family being killed immediately casts a lingering shadow in his heart.

Feeling the approaching footsteps, he changed his mind, decisively chose to avoid the crowded direction, and turned to a deserted alleyway on the side.

Christopher and the two ancient dragon knights who were hanging behind were even more puzzled when they saw this. Even if the other party found out that they wanted to get rid of the follower, shouldn't they move to the crowded downtown area in order to fish in troubled waters? Now this is What's the meaning?
"No matter what, go in and control the person first," Christopher gritted his teeth. "If you catch the wrong person, you'll have to pay and apologize. In an emergency, you have to take extraordinary measures."

"Yes." The two ancient dragon knights responded, and then skillfully spread out to the left and right to circle forward.

The three of them formed a double team and quickly blocked the possible exit of the alleyway. Christopher's palm slowly grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist. Just as he was about to draw the sword out of its sheath, the footsteps of the businessman suddenly disappeared in his ears.

He was stunned for less than two seconds, and immediately rushed into the alley, but just as he took a step, he suddenly heard an exclamation from tens of meters away, and the moment his companion's long sword was unsheathed, there was an unmatched divine power Immediately, the breath surged like a collapsing sea tide!

He was not mistaken. When the other party left the Church of Two Fingers earlier, he clearly felt a wave of power that came from the same source as the divine power in his body, but was even more wild and violent——

That's the breath of an ancient dragon!
That person didn't think about getting rid of their stalkers at all, but wanted to kill all the stalkers here!
The sound of swords clashing only lasted for a moment before ending abruptly. The alleyway beside Christopher suddenly exploded from the inside. A figure covered in blood penetrated several walls and lay down in the ruins. A shocking claw mark tore him apart. of the whole chest.

On the other side, Kaironissa regained her tall and stalwart body, a strong arm covered with black dragon scales protruded from under the burqa, and strangled another ancient dragon knight by the throat, hanging on her rigid face. With a cold and ferocious smile.

In the next second, the sound of bone shattering resounded from his palm, and the dying ancient dragon knight on the ground cast his last gaze on Christopher, and murmured:

"Run."

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Christopher's mind. The ancient dragon who survived the Forbidden War, no matter how low his bloodline was, was at least at the level of an elder in Sky City, and he was definitely not able to match him now.

If he had judged the situation rationally, what he should have done most was to take advantage of the two subordinates' delay, flee the scene as quickly as possible, and report the news to His Highness Lucia.

However, he is a knight, an ancient dragon knight who was personally baptized by the priest of Lance Sanks, taught by precepts and deeds of the chief of Ordopis, and swore an oath under the banner of the ancient dragon king symbolizing Fam Yazra!
"Death to me—"

Accompanied by a roar of suppressed resentment to the extreme, the long sword in Christopher's hand was out of its sheath brazenly, and the howl of the blade cutting through the air was like a dragon's chant above the sky!
Kaironisa gave a disdainful smile, threw away the body of the ancient dragon knight like a rag bag, and faced Christopher's sword with one hand.

It's just a weak human being, huh? !

The moment the blade of the sword came into contact with his palm, Kailonisa felt a sharp sting. The sword broke through the defense of the ancient dragon's scales, and with the wind blade and thunder light, it left a deep visible mark on his palm. Bone wounds!

"Dacheng's storm swordsmanship, do you really belong to him?" He murmured in astonishment, and blasted a fiery red dragon thunder with his backhand, splitting Christopher's whole body into the air.

Amidst the billowing dust and smoke, Christopher leaped out of the ruins again with bleeding from the corner of his mouth. Kaironisa slammed his fist straight at his face, but was blocked by his horizontal sword as a shield, and then lunged to gather strength A slash from bottom to top, straight to Kaironisa's throat!

However, this swift and fierce killing move was easily dodged by Kailonisa, who was well prepared. He opened the distance by two steps at a speed that was much faster than Christopher's, dodged two pursuing slashes again, and then jumped up. A kick hit Christopher's chest and kicked him out.

"Rodel's swordsmanship is also mixed with the fighting skills of the Furnace Knight, which is really rare among young humans like you." He frowned and looked at the several alleys that were pierced in front of him, and then sighed softly: "It's a pity that you met me. ——”

Before he could finish speaking, Kaironisa was stunned to see that bloody figure jumped up from the ruined wall again, holding a long sword surrounded by wind and thunder, charging forward fearlessly!

He felt somewhat disillusioned for a moment, this guy is obviously a human being, why does he feel that he is more resistant to beating than an ancient dragon?

However, this time Kaironisa didn't have time to continue fighting with him. The fierce battle here had already attracted the Rodel knights patrolling nearby blocks, and he could already sense the intensive sound of armor colliding thousands of kilometers away.

If you drag it on any longer, you really won't be able to leave.

Kaironisa's expression became serious, and he grasped his intact left hand in the air, and a group of highly condensed dark red dragon thunder immediately condensed in the midair, and the escaping electric light only rubbed against the surrounding bricks and stones, which contained The terrifying energy instantly annihilated it.

He raised his hand and slammed at Christopher, the dragon thunder suddenly turned into a blazing beam of light and shot out, and the surging aftermath instantly crushed all the buildings within a radius of [-] meters to powder!
Seeing that Christopher's figure was completely submerged by the thunder, and his aura rapidly weakened like a candle in a rainstorm, Kaironisa immediately withdrew and flew back, his body quickly turned into a blurred afterimage, flashing several times. After turning around, he disappeared in the depths of the street.

(End of this chapter)