William rarely took the initiative to make a joke.

Louis laughed and said, "And you, my friend, you are the real hero."

He glanced at the sword in his hand that had reached the end of its end, and reached into the dimensional bag to take out the sword that his wife had prepared for him.

"He is not dead yet."

"I know, Your Highness." William said calmly, "Your Highness, can you let me handle him?"

"Huh?" Louis asked doubtfully.

William whispered, "Rog Shaw was a member of the Raven Guard before. He retired a few years ago due to some things, but he is still a brother to other chapters after all."

Louis understood.

No wonder.

Even at St. Louis Academy, the Exemplary class wasn't all that common.

Not to mention a paragon-level character that can use [Time Stop].

It would be fine if it was a mage, after all, this profession is more inclined towards academic talents.

But how can a top Nine Swords professional hone his skills in the academy? Even the Imperial Sword Saint Kulin went to the academy after going through many bloody battles and preparing to retire to train a younger generation for the empire.

No wonder a college tutor could get the approval of a killer like Alice.

Louis had no idea that he was also a killer in the eyes of others.

At this time, Alice and Grace also came to Louis.

Everyone looked at Rogge, whose body was twisted by the sudden attack from William, and remained silent for a moment.

In the end, the first person to speak was the little swan.

She looked at William with some curiosity, then said to Louis:

"What kind of magic potion did you give them?"

"ah?"

"He has regained all the power of the Iron Guard." Little Swan said, "Having an Iron Guard that is loyal to its master and an Iron Guard that is not yet loyal are two completely different concepts."

Louis wondered, “What’s the difference?”

"It's a big difference... Um, well, I don't know."

Little Swan said quietly, "I just heard from the Queen Sister that after an Iron Guard swears allegiance to the Lord, he will get his shield back."

"The Iron Guard in this state is a true killing weapon."

"There are not many Iron Guards still active now."

Just as they were whispering, suddenly a terrifying aura rose into the sky.

It seems that he was stimulated.

Amidst a burst of blood, Rogge, whose body was shattered, barely stood up, and his twisted limbs were reintegrated along with the blood.

He let out a heavy gasp and suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed it into the chest in front of him.

With a cry of pain, he pulled out a long knife that looked like a living thing.

The long sword exuded an eerie color like white bones, and its sharp edge made Louis feel chilled.

There is no doubt that this is a magic sword.

A demon sword far more dangerous than any weapon Louis had ever seen.

"Fuck, where did the Rogue Spinal Sword come from?"

Louis turned to look at William: "Are you sure you can beat this guy?"

William straightened his chest and said confidently:

"Of course... I can't beat you, but the best I can do is keep you safe."

Louis/Olivia/Alice/Grace: ???

Louis said with a twitch in his mouth:

"Then you said you would leave it to yourself to solve it."

William sighed and said, "We don't need to fight to deal with him!"

"ah?"

William was silent for a moment, and suddenly swung a sword at Alice not far away.

Because it was so unexpected, Alice had no time to react and could only watch William's sharp sword approaching her.

Amid everyone's stunned gazes of "betrayal".

Clang! A dull sound of hammering iron was heard.

A knife stopped William's attack.

Alice looked at the long bone knife blocking her way in astonishment.

"Teacher Roger..."

There was a daze in her eyes for a moment, and then she looked at William angrily.

William didn't explain and attacked Grace again.

The next moment.

The familiar clanging sound of iron hammering was heard again.

Roger blocked William's sword again.

The little swan's originally slow brain started to work at this moment.

"He... doesn't seem to have any intention of attacking us?"

Without saying a word, William launched another tentative attack on Olivia.

This time, Rogge, who was just blocking him, slashed at William with an extremely violent sword.

Louis looked dazed.

He was a little confused about what was going on?

"What's wrong with this guy? He looked murderous when he was chasing me, but when we actually started fighting, he showed mercy?"

William stepped aside a little.

Suddenly.

Roger slashed at Louis.

Louis' hunting sense was sending out crazy warnings, but the fact that Olivia and the others were safe and sound made him suspect that he had sensed it wrong.

The next moment, a red light flashed in the hands of Rogge, who was about to approach Louis.

A terrifying murderous intent emerged from the long bone sword.

At this moment, Rogge seemed to have turned into a wave of death, pushing the red blade towards Louis fiercely.

William seemed to have anticipated this and without hesitation, he used all his strength to push forward with his shield.

In an instant, the roar sounded again.

William deflected his attack to the side with some difficulty.

Little Swan finally understood what was going on, poked Louis and said speechlessly: "See, this guy's target is you after all."

William looked at the figure, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Stop, Mr. Roger, you don't have to fight anymore."

The knife suddenly stopped.

Rogge's cloudy eyes seemed to become clearer.

Louis glanced at Roger warily.

The blade of Master Rogge, who had obviously turned into a zombie, just stopped in mid-air.

There seemed to be a little more lifelike light in his eyes.

He looked at William with inquiring eyes.

William said in a deep voice:

"He is not Rudelson's man. The scent of the New Book of the Dead that you smelled is because the lost New Book of the Dead was destroyed by His Highness."

“So it’s over!”

A faint smile appeared on his face, and the fierce and filthy power slowly dissipated at this moment.

Alice watched the scene quietly.

Looking at Rogge's cold and pale body, it was stained with blood.

"good."

He said softly.

At this moment, his body slowly dissipated like ink: "Alice, you have grown into a reliable professional."

Alice pursed her lips and said nothing.

He looked at Louis again: "Thank you for your hard work, and I'm sorry."

After saying this, Rogge's figure disappeared into the air.

Louis was confused and had no idea what was going on.

Suddenly, the long sword pulled out by Rogge flew directly towards Louis.

Just as he was about to stop the flying knife, the knife flipped over and hovered in front of Louis.

Louis: ??? What does this mean? He instinctively felt the call from the magic sword.

Subconsciously, he grasped the hilt of the knife.

Fragmented memories flowed into his body along the hilt of the knife.

He saw the Shadowless Underworld of the past.

That was the world before the projection of the destructive black sun of the past.

…

Time passes slowly.

In the Fallen Shadow Underworld where there is no concept of time, a new group of Fallen Shadow monsters suddenly appeared.

That is the shadow portrayal of a bloodthirsty person reflected in the Fallen Shadow Underworld.

Born for battle, the war ghost will constantly challenge all kinds of powerful enemies from the moment it is born.

Their warlike and bloodthirsty nature makes them the most dangerous beings in the Shadowless Underworld.

And I am one of them.

The bloody battle in the Shadowless Underworld lasted for quite some time.

As far as I can remember, my compatriots and I launched bloody challenges to other monsters almost day and night.

At that time, I fully enjoyed the joy of fighting.

Until one day, after a battle, I suddenly woke up.

Freed from the brutal nature of the Shadowfallen Monster, I began to think for the first time about why I was fighting.

I thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

Until one day, a cold black sun suddenly appeared in the Shadow Underworld.

The flames spewing out from the black sun seemed to end everything, bringing equal death to all the fallen shadow monsters in this world.

At that moment, I thought I was really going to die.

But when the flame was about to evaporate me, it suddenly stopped.

I heard a sound coming from the black sun.

"Submit, or die?"

I didn’t quite understand what this meant at the time, so I asked:

"Will surrender make me understand the meaning of fighting?"

The black sun told him: "I don't know, but I can give you a reason to fight."

He gave me a strange power.

He told me that I would be a Raven from now on.

Fortunately I survived and began my life among the Crows.

Life in Murkrow isn't much safer than it was when I was a War Ghost.

Fight monsters.

Fight the devil.

Fight the devil.

Sometimes they even fight with people who are called priests.

I continued to fight like this for a long, long time.

Sometimes I feel very happy.

Because in the intervals between fighting for the Emperor, some of the people I occasionally rescued would express their gratitude to me.

For a moment, I seemed to understand the purpose of the battle.

But it was only for a moment.

Killing has become a part of my life.

The appearance is so different from that of humans that I dare not take off my helmet.

Because every time I take off my helmet, I'll see strange looks in other people's eyes.

That was the look one gets when looking at a non-human creature, a look that is difficult to identify with.

So strange.

When I saved people while wearing a helmet, they were grateful to me.

When I took off my helmet, their looks changed again.

I gradually got used to such looks.

But I don’t care, I still have other Raven comrades.

Sometimes, after the battle, he would even deliberately take off his helmet to scare them.

I don’t know how much time had passed.

One day, a great riot broke out.

In order to put an end to the Great Turmoil, my brothers and I followed the Emperor on an expedition.

I lost many brothers in that battle.

For the first time in my life, I felt lonely and miserable.

Standing on the ruins of the imperial capital, the emperor made a decision to move the capital.

While the refugees were being evacuated, I was responsible for cleaning up the ruined city.

The smell of war was everywhere.

The dilapidated city collapsed from time to time.

I saved a family of three who were nearly buried by collapsed rubble.

When I was about to return to the camp that day, a little girl suddenly ran towards me.

She held a freshly woven wreath and put it on my head.

I touched my face subconsciously.

Only then did I realize that I was not wearing a helmet.

This is the first time anyone has done this to me without a helmet.

Later, we moved to Tino City.

We have been fighting the abyss demons for ten years in the ruins of the former civilization in the dungeon.

Later, one time, when I put on the armor of the Royal Guards of the Brotherhood and was about to stroll around the expanded city of Tino, I suddenly heard a voice.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Roger?"

A girl carrying a flower basket looked at me curiously.

I said "yes".

A warm smile spread across her face: "Mr. Roger, do you still remember the little girl you rescued in the Old Imperial Capital ten years ago?"

She gestured with her hands very hard.

I finally understood that she was the girl who gave him the wreath that year.

She talked to me for a long time that day, and before leaving, she hoped to see me again next time.

I touched my face, which was very different from that of ordinary people, and thought that this person was quite interesting.

once.

twice.

three times.

We met more and more often.

I, who have always been taciturn, have also started to get used to talking more.

One day, the leader of the chapter found me and asked with a smile if I wanted to try the latest technology of the White Tower.

I asked:

"What technology is it?"

He said:

"I heard that you seem to have found a good partner. Are you interested in changing the nature of your life and becoming a real human being?"

Somehow, I thought of her.

For some unknown reason I agreed.

When I crawled out of the incubator again, my cold white skin and different appearance had turned back to normal skin color.

She was also surprised when she saw her again.

"Whether you wear a helmet or not, you are Mr. Roger!"

She said this to me.

One year later.

We got married.

Later, we had a daughter.

My daughter is a restless child. She often gives me and her a headache. We don’t know how to educate her well.

I lived a precious and happy time.

But it didn't take long before the happy life was burned to ashes with the arrival of the tide of the living dead.

When I returned home, I saw my daughter crying and her cold body.

My daughter asked me in pain why I didn't shed a tear at that time.

I told her that war ghosts have no tears.

But I can use the blood of my enemies to replace my tears.

I participated in the battle against Mad King Rudelson.

In that battle, I seemed to go back many years, back to the time when I was still a war ghost.

No need to think about anything.

All you need to do is spread war and killing.

The Emperor was indeed very powerful, and Rudelson was quickly killed.

He brought back a copy of Rudelson's grimoire, had someone make a note of it, and then sent me to destroy it.

But I...disobeyed the Emperor's will for the first time.

Because, because, "The New Book of the Dead" may really bring her back to life.

I want my daughter to have a complete family.

There will be another chapter later

(End of this chapter)