Chapter 509: The Shame of the Empire
No one in Ryan could have predicted that the wedding, which was so lively just a moment ago, would turn into a life-and-death battlefield the next second.
When the destructive blow that had been brewing for who knows how long arrived, the small villa where the Ryan people lived was completely shrouded in the red light. For a moment, even the thunder in the sky was obscured by the red light.
Old William sighed, not bothering to chat with the young man Allen, raised his shield and jumped out of the window.
The golden holy light turned into a huge shield, enveloping the entire villa.
Seeing this holy light shield, everyone was no longer worried.
The power of the Imperial Shield is so great that even the Silver Moon Knights find it difficult to shake it, let alone a mere orc.
The weight of the shield was reassuring enough... until the red light fell.
There was an indescribable vibration, but no sound of collision could be heard. It was like a muffled bomb, which went off with a slight bang and then disappeared, but was followed by an extremely terrifying shock wave.
The wind howled violently, scraping away several layers of the ground around.
When the dust settled, the Shield of Holy Light had been shattered, and the villa was covered with cracks, looking shaky.
The Imperial Shield was ultimately unable to block the full force of this horrific blow, but it was much better than the apocalyptic scene around it.
Fortunately, there were strong people in the villa, and they evacuated to a safe place before the building collapsed.
Old William looked at the huge orc in front of him with a pale face, and his expression became very solemn.
It was a terrifying orc who was over three meters tall, with red skin all over his body, holding a huge axe in each hand. An ordinary person would use it as a two-handed axe, but in the hands of this orc it became a one-handed axe that could be used in many ways.
The Orc King Lorca, there is no other orc like him.
Why did he suddenly appear and attack the Ryan people wantonly?
Does that lich really dare to use the reputation he has built up for so long to cheat the people of Lion?
Just to kill Emperor Ryan? It seems like a big gamble, but in fact it is meaningless. They can leave at any time. The Ryan people can install the teleportation array on the ship, and it is not a technical problem to make it smaller and turn it into a disposable portable teleportation array.
Allen flashed to the side of the little emperor and said to him: "Your Majesty, please leave first. I will go and ask the lich what he is doing."
The little emperor glanced at Allen and did not do as he said. Instead, he looked into the distance.
In the dark night with thunder and lightning, it seemed that many dark shadows were approaching this side at high speed.
"His Majesty!"
Alan wanted to persuade him again, but he found that several of Ryan's paladins had come over and surrounded him.
The little emperor looked at Alan carefully for a few times, and then said: "Alan, do you really know nothing?"
Allen couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw this. He then took a few steps back and asked, "Your Majesty, if I say I know nothing, will you believe me?"
The little emperor did not answer, but the other Ryan people had already given the answer.
From the very beginning, Allen was not trusted, and now he is the first person to be suspected.
But the Orc King didn't care what happened among the Lion people. He swung the axe in his left hand backwards and then threw it out with force.
The explosive force caused the giant axe to spin at high speed, making a sharp whistling sound in the air, aiming directly at the emperor.
Old William, the Shield of the Empire, had not yet recovered his breath, but he still raised his shield to block the axe for his emperor.
The huge impact force made Old William retreat several meters. Although the opponent's attack was far less powerful than the previous one, Old William's holy light was consumed too much, and he still had a hard time blocking it.
The giant axe spun and was bounced dozens of meters away.
When the other paladins of Lion saw this, they immediately rushed towards the Orc King, wanting to attack him while he only had an axe left.
But to everyone's shock, the Orc King just raised the axe in his right hand, and the other axe that had just flown out flashed and appeared in front of him.
This is a pair of artifacts. Even if the other axe is bought by Ryan, it can still be summoned through the other axe across thousands of miles. However, the Ryan people don't know this at all.
The two holy warriors who rushed forward were unable to react in time and were forced back by the orc king's double axes, suffering some injuries.
However, as soon as they landed, healing spells were cast on them, as well as a series of auxiliary spells such as Chain of Guardian and Sword Protection, which made these two paladins shine like light bulbs.
This is the combination skill of the Lion people. The Paladin plus the Priest of Light is equivalent to invincibility.
Two legendary paladins, blessed with a series of spells, attacked from both sides. One of them swung a giant sword of light that was as big as a pillar, and the other held a five-meter-long holy light spear. They were not afraid of the orc who was more than three meters tall.
The Orc King howled and barely suppressed the two holy warriors, his physical strength was constantly being depleted.
"You despicable white-haired dogs! You are not warriors! Come out, what are you still watching?!"
Following the roar of the Orc King, loud rumbling noises were heard in the darkness.
A huge black shadow rushed out, with purple-red flames burning on its body!
The flaming long sword was swung into a dazzling circle at the side of the black shadow, and purple flames flew out from the black shadow, flying towards the white-haired old man like a cannonball.
A young holy warrior appeared in front of old William and raised his shield to face the purple flame sword.
As soon as Old William saw the purple flame, he opened his mouth to shout to stop it. Unfortunately, he was a step too late. The long sword burning with purple flames had already penetrated the shield of the young paladin and went straight through his body.
The shield blessed with holy light was as good as paper. Even his magic armor and more than a dozen defensive spells could not withstand the long sword.
"No!"
Old William's voice was heard at this time, but unfortunately the paladin could no longer hear it clearly.
He couldn't understand how it was possible that he couldn't even block a single blow!
As the chains rattled, the purple flame sword that had pierced through the chest was pulled out by the opponent, and the extremely tall black shadow was finally seen clearly by everyone.
It was a headless knight riding on an eight-legged giant horse and wearing heavy black armor.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Gareth turned to Old William and said unexpectedly: "Hey, I seem to have seen you before, many years ago, in the Mercury City in the Underdark..."
After recognizing the person coming, Old William threw the seriously wounded and dying young paladin to the priest, and then roared, "Retreat immediately! Protect His Majesty and leave! I will stop him!"
Old William's hands were shaking, but not just because of fear. He had recognized who the Dullahan was. This was the undead who was called the shame of the Ryan Empire. He was the Dullahan who had killed his way through the Ryan Empire single-handedly!
The reason he knew this was because his ancestor had once participated in the campaign to encircle and suppress Gareth, but ended up dying at the hands of this headless knight.
Every generation of Garrison is a paladin, and every generation regards Gareth as the family's greatest enemy.
Today was the second time that Old William had seen the Headless Knight. The last time was decades ago when he entered the Underdark with the Silver Moon Knight to fight against the powerful Lich.
It was a lich that reversed life and death and violated ethics, and could turn the undead into real life. This was the blasphemy that Ryan could not tolerate the most, so the Silver Moon Knight led the elite of the empire into the Underdark to kill the lich.
Everything was going smoothly, with the Silver Moon Knight as the main attacker and Old William as the auxiliary, the two of them worked together to sweep the entire Underdark.
Later, in order to ensure that the lich had nowhere to escape, Old William and the Silver Moon Knights attacked Mercury City in two groups.
On one side there was only the Silver Moon Knight, while on the other side Old William led thousands of elite soldiers, including the Silver Moon Knight's most valued student.
The Silver Moon Knights faced the Underdark's undead army, while Old William only encountered one person, the Headless Knight in front of him.
And he killed Ryan's army with just one charge.
Old William was unable to react in time, and both his body and shield were pierced by the man's long sword. The mighty Imperial Shield could not block even a single blow from the opponent.
Old William clearly remembered the feeling of the purple flame sword piercing his chest, and everything that happened just now seemed like a replay of the past.
In the end, the survivors used teleportation magic to send all the survivors away, and old William survived.
Ryan suffered heavy losses in that battle. Not only was he seriously injured, it took him many years to recover. The students of Silver Moon Knight died at the hands of the headless knight, and were trampled into pulp by his eight-legged giant horse without any chance of resistance.
Now that he finally saw her again, that nightmare-like figure made old William tremble all over.
Not just fear, but excitement.
Old William raised his shield, and his old body separated Gareth from the emperor. He poured a potion that looked like the starry sky into his mouth, and then his pale hair quickly turned black, and his aging body became upright again. He recovered from a dying old man to a man in his thirties.
The light priest behind him cast countless spells on him, making him feel several times stronger again. A strong holy light shone from his shield, turning into an iron wall of holy light and crashing towards Gareth.
Back then, he had a strong body but lacked this powerful holy light. Now, he relies on the power of the fountain of youth to regain his youth.
It's time to settle the family hatred and the blood debt of the past.
The iron wall of holy light rushed towards Gareth, and the holy light also transformed into hundreds of lances, vowing to pierce Gareth's body.
However, Gareth had no intention of avoiding it. Instead, he squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and crashed into the iron wall of holy light.
This time, he did not swing the flaming sword in his hand, but held the hilt tightly in his hand and slashed hard at the iron wall of holy light.
The purple flames were so intense that they seemed to transform into darkness as they collided with the iron wall of holy light.
In just a moment, the holy light iron wall that condensed all of old William's strength was split into two.
Old William looked at the dark aura coming towards him and he couldn't even react.
Shouldn't holy light restrain dark magic? (End of this chapter)