Eagle Henry is no longer young. His silver hair gleams softly under the candlelight. His face is full of traces of time, and his wrinkles bear witness to his honor and vicissitudes.
His body was already hunched, but he still tried to stand straight, as if this was the only way to maintain his former dignity.
But he is old after all.
He is so old that he will never talk back when people laugh at him.
Beside him.
It was Yas in gorgeous attire.
Compared to his father's calmness and composure, Yas's eyes flickered from time to time and he kept looking at the door.
“Here I come.”
Henry's ears trembled slightly, and he walked towards the door. Before he opened his mouth, a smile appeared on his face: "Mr. Karl, welcome!"
"Mr. Karl."
Ya Si saluted respectfully behind him.
"Yas, my friend." Carl reached out and supported Yas:
"You don't have to be so polite."
"Mr. Henry, we meet again."
Karl's attitude made the two of them feel relieved. It seemed that the "apology" of the past few days had worked.
"sit!"
Henry stretched out his hand and gestured:
"Hurry and sit down."
"I have always disagreed with Baird's decision, but as you know, Carl, I have less and less say in the Scythe Brotherhood."
"well!"
He sighed helplessly:
“Not everyone respects the elderly, especially in a free port. Elderly people who have lost their power deserve to be abandoned.”
Seeing that Karl didn’t respond, Henry shook his head and took out a wooden box.
“Crack!”
The lid is open.
There are four great divine favors inside.
"Four." Karl took the wooden box, his face expressionless, but ripples were already appearing in his heart:
"Only four?"
"A few years ago, the Brotherhood exchanged a super-quality seal from the Grand Duke's envoy and spent all its savings on it." Henry said:
"So that's all for now."
"As you know, it takes one hundred Great Divine Graces to exchange for one Super-Quality Seal. The Brotherhood has accumulated them for many years to get one hundred."
One hundred pieces!
Karl's fingers trembled and his heart was beating fast.
If he were given a hundred great divine graces, he would have already become a formal wizard or legendary knight.
The super-quality seal is good, but it can never be worth a hundred great divine graces, at least not to him.
But what use is there for Archduke Ferdinand to ask for the grace of God?
Could it be that the other party, like himself, can extract the source essence from the great god's grace and transform it into his own power? "Actually..."
Yas's eyes flickered, and he whispered, "Maybe there are more, but the Great Divine Grace is collected by the Second Elder Baird, and he said there are only these four."
"As for how many he has, only he knows."
Hmm? Carl raised his eyebrows.
"Yas!"
Henry frowned somewhat unhappily. Although he also disliked Baird, he did not want the Scythe Brotherhood to have any more disputes with Carl.
“Carl.”
Turning around, he slowed down his voice and said, "In addition to the Great Divine Grace, there is also half of the body of a legendary creature. I have had someone send it to the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce."
"I heard that you were collecting these things. Consider it an apology from our brotherhood."
"Yes." Carl nodded: "Thank you."
"The frost girl is in the kitchen of the Flame Tavern. If she is treated in time, she should only be missing a leg."
"Yasi." Henry said hurriedly: "You go!"
"Yes." Yas stood up and was about to leave when he remembered something and stopped to ask, "Karl, the last time we met, you said that I wanted to become a great knight..."
"Do you have a solution?"
"Hmm..." Carl hesitated for a moment, "I had a potion that could increase the chances of a Peak Knight breaking through to a Grand Knight."
"ah!"
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Yas and Henry's expressions changed drastically at the same time.
"Really?" Yas' body trembled: "Karl, are you telling the truth?"
He once thought about becoming a great knight, but after several failed attempts, he became discouraged.
Now that I heard there was still a chance, I was so excited that I could hardly control myself.
Henry thought more.
No wonder! No wonder Lula and Odysseus from the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce suddenly became great knights and turned the situation around in one fell swoop.
So that was the reason! He didn't think Carl was lying, after all, the extra knight couldn't be fake.
but……
This matter is of vital importance to the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce and is related to its future development. It should be kept absolutely confidential.
Karl saw the doubt in the other person's eyes and said with a smile:
"There were a few bottles of potion at the time, but they are gone now."
I see!
Henry suddenly realized.
Without the medicine, confidentiality doesn't matter.
"ah!"
Yas had a look of regret on his face, and couldn't help feeling annoyed when he thought about what he had missed.
If I had asked a few more questions...
If I could get a bottle of medicine...
Alas! He looked depressed, as if he had lost his soul.
"Mr. Karl."
Henry asked tentatively: "Can this potion be made again?"
Yes! Yas's eyes lit up and he stared at Karl, hoping to hear the word "yes" from him.
"Well..." Carl hesitated: "Not possible at the moment."
"However, if there is a chance to refine it in the future, I will definitely notify you two first."
"Okay!" Before Henry could speak, Yas said, "Mr. Karl, please don't forget to inform me."
"must."
Carl smiled and nodded.
He didn't mind doing business with the Scythe Brotherhood or the Poseidon Society, and even planned to do so.
His goal was to use the "Rage Potion" to plunder the entire Freeport's Great Divine Grace.
As for the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce...
As long as he can become an official wizard or legendary knight, other people's opinions are of no importance at all.
Henry stroked his chin.
He could hear the meaning of Karl's words.
Making that kind of potion is difficult, but not impossible, which means it won't be cheap.
Price?
As long as I can become a great knight, any price can be negotiated.
Is it God’s grace?
I should think of a way to get the great divine grace.
…………
Farewell to both of them.
Carl got on the carriage and took out the Great Divine Grace.
There are four here, plus the five given by Lola, a total of nine.
The mental strength or physical fitness that the nine great divine graces could provide after being transformed into source essence would require him to practice hard for several years.
"When the water monkey reaches the shore, I will refine the violent potion and sell it in the Free Port. Then the grace of the great god will continue to flow into my hands."
"Official wizard!"
"Legendary Knight!"
Karl pursed his lips and smiled, feeling relaxed and happy. The future was bright and even his thoughts became more agile.
"Whoa!"
Aya gently pulled the reins and stopped the carriage.
"Uncle Carl, what happened ahead?"
"oh!"
Carl lifted the car curtain and looked forward, frowning before he could see the situation clearly.
This fog...
There is a problem! After concentrating the fighting spirit on my eyes, I couldn't see clearly what was happening ten meters away. This was very abnormal.
Ordinary fog could not block the sight of the great knight.
"It wasn't like this yesterday!"
Getting off the carriage, Carl walked forward.
In the corner of the street, several figures were crouching there and wriggling back and forth, not knowing what they were busy with.
"clatter……"
Karl's steps paused, and his expression gradually became gloomy.
"Uncle."
Aya parked the carriage and quickly followed, heading towards the corner, shouting, "What are you guys doing?"
"ah!"
Before she could finish her words, she was frightened by the scene before her and screamed, her face turning pale instantly.
But there was a figure lying on the ground, covered in blood, and several broken bodies were scattered on the ground.
The woman's head rolled to the side, the baby's body had its chest hollowed out, and a severed arm fell into the mud.
Eat people!
Something is eating people!
Although she had seen many tragic scenes, eating raw human flesh still challenged her endurance.
“Hiss…”
Aya's voice startled the crouching figures, and they all turned around and made strange hissing sounds.
"What's this?"
The 'monster' in front of him had the body and appearance of a human, but its skin color was dark blue, and there were fish scales in some places.
His eyes were like cold blades, flashing with ferocity, madness, and bloodthirstiness, without a trace of rationality.
They were like monsters from the deep sea, with seaweeds wrapped around their bodies and a fishy smell.
Mermaid?
"Aya."
Karl said in a muffled voice: "Come back."
"Um."
Aya's throat rolled and she stepped back step by step.
“Hiss…”
“Swish!”
The monster lying on the ground obviously had no intention of letting her go. It let out a strange cry and leaped forward quickly.
They are slender, muscular, and have amazing explosive power.
Under the cover of thick fog, it was like a series of sharp arrows coming at you, causing Aya's breathing to stagnate.
But she was not afraid.
Because she knew she wouldn't be hurt.
“Buzz…”
Invisible power waves emerged from behind, covering the entire field in an instant, including several attacking monsters.
Secondary magic force field!
Gravitational distortion!
"Bang!"
The monsters that rushed over were like they had crashed into an invisible wall, falling straight to the ground.
After advancing to a senior wizard apprentice, Carl activated the Zero Ring Wizard, which allowed him to exert several times the power on his opponent.
knight,
It's easy to suppress.
Although these monsters have a ferocious aura, they are at most knights' squires and are far less powerful than knights.
If the power of witchcraft is concentrated...
Carl clenched his hand.
"boom!"
An invisible force descended from the sky, and the ground in front suddenly shook and sank half a foot downwards.
"Bang!"
The monster's body couldn't withstand the pressure and exploded on the spot, turning into a bloody mess of flesh.
Karl withdrew his palm, his face gloomy.
'Not only does it affect vision, but also hearing, perception, and even spider sense becomes dull.'
“This fog…”
"What's going on?"
"Walk!"
Carl steps forward:
“Take a look at the surroundings.”
"yes."
Aya agreed and turned to get on the carriage.
"Don't worry about the carriage." Carl shook his head, his voice solemn:
"I have a bad feeling about this."
Although he had never learned astrology or divination, the high-level wizard apprentice's premonitions were equally strong.
…………
pier.
The stone steps here are staggered, the buildings are ancient and elegant, and the main materials are stone and wood.
Usual.
There is an endless stream of ships on the sea, the rustling of sails and the constant shouting of boatmen and sailors.
Cargo was piled up on the shore and workers were busy moving it.
The hustle and bustle here not only supplies the people of the entire Free Port, but also transports goods to other cities.
The lives of countless people depend on this pier.
And now.
There was a dead silence! The hustle and bustle of the past was gone, only broken ships and pale corpses floating quietly on the water.
Houses collapsed.
The contents of the warehouse spilled onto the ground.
Various tools, materials and supplies were scattered all over the ground, and the broken flags swayed slightly in the sea breeze.
“Pah!”
“Pah…”
There was a strange noise coming from somewhere.
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
More and more mermaids appeared everywhere at the docks, and in the blink of an eye they formed a wave and rushed towards the residential area of Freeport.
soon.
"ah!"
"monster!"
"Run away!"
Screams and exclamations were heard, but they could not be heard too far away due to the cover of thick fog.
"boom!"
The water surface is surging.
Huge tentacles emerged from the water, pulling at the houses and slowly climbing out of the hill-like body.
Dozens of strange spiders crawled out from under the tentacles. Their joints seemed to be made of wood. They made crackling sounds as they crawled, and disappeared in the field in a few flashes.
Twisted monsters emerged from the mud. They moved slowly, like wriggling mud, leaving trails of mucus wherever they passed. The mucus corroded everything, including stone and steel.
All kinds of strange monsters emerged from the sea one after another and approached the Free Port step by step.
…………
The stronghold of Poseidon.
Compared to the Dragon King Chamber of Commerce and the Scythe Brotherhood, the Sea God Society's base is closest to the Endless Sea.
Also the first to be impacted.
"boom!"
With a loud bang, the gate of the Poseidon's residence was forcibly smashed open, and countless mermaids swarmed in.
“Stop them!”
"kill!"
As one of the three major forces in Freeport, the Sea God Society not only has the most recognized master among the Great Knights, but also has many knights and knight attendants.
Accompanied by shouts and screams, fully armed knights rushed out from the depths of the base and killed the attacking mermaids.
On the walls, fortresses, and dark spots everywhere, archers with bows and arrows quickly swung their bowstrings, and arrows fell like heavy rain.
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Rows of mermaids fell to the ground.
Various large and powerful crossbows were brought out, and the crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm could easily penetrate steel plates.
The crossbows continuously fired steel arrows, pinning the mermaids to the ground.
but……
“Too many!”
“President!”
Someone yelled:
"There are too many monsters. We can't handle them!"
In just a short moment, thousands of mermaids rushed into the base, and there were so many more behind them that they were difficult to count.
At least tens of thousands!
You know.
Every mermaid is comparable to a knight's squire, and a knight's squire who does not know pain and is not afraid of death.
A knight was surrounded by three or five mermaids and found it difficult to escape.
Tens of thousands of mermaids are a disaster that can subvert the survival of the entire Free Port.
What's more, the number of mermaids is probably more than tens of thousands!
"Where did they come from?"
Hawke's face was gloomy. He came to the platform with a trident in hand and looked down at the battlefield below. "So many monsters appeared in the Endless Sea, close to the dock. How come there is no news at all?"
"During this period, many ships have indeed mysteriously lost contact, but..." The vice president looked bewildered: "Who would have thought that this would be the case?"
yes!
Who could have imagined that there would be so many mermaids in the Endless Sea, and no one knew about it?
Where were they hiding before?
"boom!"
There was a loud noise from the west wall.
Under the light of torches, a water centipede that was more than ten meters long broke through the wall and rushed into the crowd.
The water centipede's body had a strange, oily sheen, and arrows that landed on it were instantly bounced away. Its countless claws and jaws stretched out, and if it caught a person, that person would die.
Even knights are no exception.
"Legendary creature!"
Hawke's face changed, and a stream of water appeared out of nowhere under his feet, pushing him towards the west of the base.
The trident in his hand is said to come from a disappeared civilization and has the magical ability to control water.
Add to that the super-quality seal - Water Explosion.
Let Hawke surpass Dragon King Zimerman and Scarlet Scythe Yaheng to become the number one master in the realm of Great Knight.
It even has the ability to fight legendary creatures alone.
"go!"
With a low roar, Hawke swung the trident violently.
The wreaking havoc on the water centipede suddenly stopped, and streams of water appeared out of nowhere, tightly wrapping around its body like chains.
"burst!"
"boom!"
It was like thousands of bombs exploding, the water flow was surging, and the impact force lifted the shell of the water centipede and tore the flesh inside.
“Squeak…”
The severe pain made the water centipede scream towards the sky, and the shell on its head glowed red, which actually looked somewhat like a human face.
The huge human face was full of anger, and it flipped over and pounced towards Hawke.
"Human-faced centipede?"
Hawke's eyes narrowed:
"Why is it so big?"
* * * The fog is getting thicker.
"Bang!"
An attacking mermaid exploded on the spot and turned into blood all over the sky.
Karl put away his palms, his face solemn.
“So many?”
He originally thought that some sea creatures had come ashore during the thick fog and were secretly killing and eating people, but the situation now was clearly not right.
There are too many! In this slum, every alley is haunted by mermaids, killing people and then gnawing on the bodies of the residents.
The fog is too thick.
There were so many murders happening, but no one noticed!
Perhaps it was because there was never a lack of fighting in Freeport, perhaps it was because no one expected so many ferocious mermaids to come ashore, or perhaps there were already people resisting but Carl didn't know.
All in all, mermaids are not the only ones in this slum.
"Walk!"
With his mind turning, Karl waved his hand: "Return to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters."
"Um."
Aya nodded hurriedly. What she had seen and heard along the way made her face pale and her body cold.
"Wait a moment!"
Just as he was about to leave, Carl suddenly stopped and put his hands on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
His expression was solemn.
Along the way, he never touched the sword, but easily defeated his opponents by just using witchcraft.
And now...
“Swish!”
A black shadow rushed out from a distance, and in just two flashes, it crossed a hundred meters and appeared in front of the two people.
The black shadow clenched his five fingers into a fist and struck out straight ahead.
"boom!"
The enormous force and extreme speed squeezed and vibrated the air before the fist, creating a hurricane.
"when……"
Two broadswords crossed to block the fist, and powerful energy burst out from the contact point, and a figure flew back close to the ground.
It was Karl! He looked surprised, his hands were shaking slightly, and his feet plowed two deep grooves in the ground.
What a strong force! "Swish!"
The man did not stop there. After the first strike, he approached again, punching with his fists in succession, leaving behind a trail of afterimages.
The air was blasted out into columns of air.
“Wow…”
A stream of water appeared out of nowhere and instantly turned into a ball of water, with several layers of invisible force fields falling down.
The figure's speed suddenly dropped.
Mermaid?
The attacking figure was similar in appearance to the mermaid they had just encountered, but was much more sturdy and taller.
He is more than three meters tall, like a small giant.
The body surface is covered with more scales, and even the face has fish scales.
The speed and power of the explosion are even more exaggerated, far exceeding that of ordinary great knights, and I am afraid that it can compete with the peak great knights.
But even a peak Grand Knight would be reduced to an ordinary Grand Knight after a few rounds of witchcraft suppression.
"open!"
Secret Technique - Giantization! Carl's body shook, his shoulders trembled, and in an instant he turned into a giant over five meters tall.
The physique also changed from an ordinary great knight to a peak great knight.
One gains while the other loses.
Combat Skills——Divine Judgment! "Boom!"
The two swords crossed and slashed down, and the condensed fighting spirit combined with the petrification technique collided with the burly mermaid.
"Bang!"
"Pom Pom!"
Mermaids are extremely powerful and are not afraid of pain or death. They will definitely have the upper hand if they meet other great knights.
What can I do?
The person he met was Carl.
"puff!"
The giant sword fell again, and the mermaid raised her arm to block it, but she didn't realize that her arm was already showing signs of petrification.
moment.
His arm was shattered and his body was chopped heavily to the ground.
"die!"
Carl growled, and the giant sword stabbed down from top to bottom, directly nailing the burly mermaid to the ground.
"Walk."
Putting away his sword, Carl shrank his body, grabbed the neck of the merman's corpse, and leaped forward: "Return to the base!"
On the way back.
Screams and wails came one after another, and even with the fog covering them, they couldn't be stopped from entering my ears.
There seemed to be no peaceful place in the entire Freeport. Even the tavern where Henry and Yas met had become ruins at some point.
It's a mess!
It's a complete mess!
Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Lola and others had already gathered together.
No matter how slow he was, he now realized that something was wrong, but the fog made it difficult to transmit information.
Fortunately, there are many masters here and it is far away from the coastline, so there are not too many mermaids appearing for the time being.
…………
Fragments of the divine domain.
Carl appeared with a bunch of things, and when he was about to take action, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
"boom!"
The white light came like a tide, sweeping in and then quickly receding.
If it weren't for the stress response in his eyes, he would have thought that everything that had just happened was an illusion.
"What's going on?"
Carl was stunned.
Having been in and out of the fragments of the divine domain so many times, he had never encountered such a situation, but he came to his senses in an instant.
Corpse!
The body of the burly merman! The white light swept past, and nothing else reacted, only the body of the merman quietly decomposed and dissipated.
It seems to be rejected by the fragments of the divine realm.
A sense of enlightenment came to my mind.
"Pollution by the evil god?"
"So, everything that is eroded by the power of the evil god will be attacked by the fragments of the divine domain?"
"Were these mermaids born from the power of the evil god?"
Carl touched his chin, pondered for a moment, then took out the Great Divine Grace, and with a thought, all of it was transformed into source essence.
Name: Carl
Constitution: 3.84 Mental Strength: 3.29 Essence: 0.9 "If you use the essence on your constitution, you can become a peak knight. Your strength will increase a lot. After becoming giant, your constitution value can even exceed five, comparable to a legendary knight."
"If it is added to the mental power, the power of zero-ring witchcraft and super-grade seals will increase. The key is..."
Carl's eyes flashed, and then his mind focused.
moment.
The mental power column flickered slightly, and directly changed from 3.29 to 3.74.
A part of the spiritual power that was originally uncontrollable in the spiritual sea naturally became his own under the influence of the source substance.
It's like compressing the mental energy that would have taken many years to accumulate into an instant.
The magic of source quality amazes people every time.
"To increase your mental strength, you can try to practice the witchcraft of the bloodline wizard. As long as you get started with witchcraft, your physical condition will naturally improve."
"If you want to improve your physical fitness, a mental strength of 0.45 will take at least five or six years of hard training at the current rate."
“Can’t wait!”
Shaking his head, he stepped out of the fragment of the divine realm.
Lola and others were discussing matters in the hall.
"The fog is so thick that even someone familiar with the terrain can easily get lost, not to mention having to be on guard against monsters."
"The information is too mixed and chaotic at the moment."
"Some say that the pirate island of Tortuga has become a ruin, and some say that there are no ships sailing in the Endless Sea now."
"The headquarters of the Sea God Society has been captured. I heard from those who escaped that there are at least tens of thousands of mermaids..."
"The situation of Poseidon Society President Hawke is currently unknown."
"The Scythe Brotherhood has sent people to inquire about the situation, but we are still confused. What can we tell them?"
"Anyway..."
"Freeport is in trouble this time!"
Carl did not participate in the discussion. The discussions and various news from the crowd went into his ears, making his face even gloomier.
He didn't want anything to happen to Freeport. If something happened...
Great God’s grace! My great God’s grace! Please collect it!!! (End of this chapter)