I was a knight in the Middle Ages

"Is this... the Vatican's sealing magic?" Alpha's voice trembled with a tremor that was unfamiliar even to himself. The moment his fingers brushed against the stone door, the Holy Sword of Light at his waist suddenly rang out.

As Darwin and Evelyn held up the holy swords and compared runes, Alpha retreated to Melissa's side.

The girl turned her face away in anger, and the scent of jasmine cream in her hair mixed with the dampness from the ground hit her face.

"I told you before that Evelyn is not that kind of person. She won't treat you badly." Alpha used his fingertips to pick up her scattered hair, and his warm breath brushed against her ears. "My little nightingale, why are you still throwing a tantrum?"

"So I'm narrow-minded?" Melissa turned around suddenly, her blue eyes misting over.

Alpha smiled and held Melissa in his arms. The warmth of his leather jacket dispelled the chill from the ground below. "Who dares to say that? I will make him taste the punishment of light."

At this moment, Darwin's exclamation pierced the ambiguous atmosphere.

Darwin trembled with excitement, his monocle nearly falling off. "Sir! The arrangement of these runes... and the forging patterns on the holy sword's guard..."

Alpha gently pulled Melissa behind him and straightened the crooked silver buttons on her collar. The sound of her boot heels hitting the ground was particularly clear in the silence.

When Alpha approached the stone gate again, the runes suddenly burst into a dazzling golden light, as if some ancient existence was awakening.

Evelyn's fingertips gently brushed across the dark golden runes on the stone wall, and the dark blue magic lines rippled the moment she touched them.

The ancient magic was like a sleeping dragon awakening, causing subtle tremors in the narrow cave.

"This is the highest level forbidden seal of the Holy See." Evelyn's emerald eyes reflected the light of the runes, and her voice was filled with unconcealed amazement.

"Three years ago, I found a similar record in ancient elven texts. At the time, I thought it was just a legend, but I never expected it to actually exist..."

Alpha's metal wristband scraped against the stone wall with a harsh sound. He wiped away the moss that had gathered on the surface of the rune: "The key is how to open it."

The battle-hardened knight commander's breathing became rapid at this moment.

A faint low humming sound came from the depths of the cave, like the heartbeat of some ancient giant beast.

Evelyn unfolded the yellowed parchment scroll, the candlelight shading her profile into a mosaic of light and dark. "According to the manuscript and our speculation, this seal requires the resonance of two powers—the sword of the Knight of Light, representing order, and the power of the Priest of Light, symbolizing purification."

Evelyn's finger suddenly stopped on a totem. "But the problem is that the priests of light must undergo the nine-fold baptism of the Church. We..."

"We can use the power of the holy sword to solve the knight's power!" Darwin inserted the holy sword into the groove of the sealed door, and the holy sword suddenly burst into a brilliant light in the darkness.

This usually gentle scholar now had eyes as sharp as a drawn sword.

The moment the holy sword was embedded in the groove, the entire mountain wall emitted a roar like gears turning.

The rune's light changed from dark blue to dazzling gold, casting everyone's shadows on the rock wall, causing it to shake violently.

"That was a close call..." Darwin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"If it weren't for the holy sword that Lord Alpha got, we probably wouldn't have any way..." Darwin's voice stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes were focused on the still closed stone door.

Alpha gripped the emblem of light at his waist. The golden emblem bestowed by the Pope of Light felt slightly hot on his chest. "I'll handle the magic matters."

Alpha stretched out his hand and pressed the seal, and the energy of the Praise of Light stored in his body rushed out from his fingertips.

Those dormant runes suddenly came alive, outlining the pattern of an angel's wings in the air.

"Wait!" Evelyn suddenly grabbed Alpha's arm, her emerald pupils reflecting the rising magic power.

"We don't even know what's behind the door! Perhaps, what the Church has sealed are taboos that are enough to subvert the world. It could be a demon, or it could be..." Evelyn looked at Alpha worriedly.

Alpha gently pulled Evelyn into his arms, and the energy fluctuations stirred up a violent wind in the cave: "Given the nature of the Church of Light, if they really sealed a demon, they would definitely publicize it."

The golden light surrounding Alpha became more and more dazzling, the stone door began to groan under the heavy burden, and a strange black mist seeped out of the cracks, as if some indescribable existence was awakening.

Alpha suddenly hugged Evelyn tightly in his arms, his movements gentle but irresistible.

A howling energy storm raged through the cave, blowing up rubble and messing up Evelyn's silver hair scattered around her ears.

"Don't worry," Alpha whispered against her head, his warm breath brushing against the tips of her red ears. "If those people from the Church of Light had really sealed the devil, they would have been beating drums and gongs to claim credit for it."

The golden light flooded across the entire underground ruins like a tide, illuminating the ancient runes like a burning galaxy.

The stone gate groaned under the impact of the force, and strange wisps of black mist seeped out from the cracks.

It was as if countless invisible hands were scratching in the darkness, trying to break free from the confinement.

At the moment when the light was the brightest, a tremendous force like a surging tide poured into Alpha's body without warning.

This power is so pure that it makes people tremble, yet it is also as violent as a beast that has broken free from its reins.

The fighting spirit system that was originally operating in Alpha's body collapsed in an instant, like fragile glass hitting a heavy hammer, turning into thousands of pieces.

The severe pain bit his nerves like a poisonous snake.

Alpha's eyes were instantly bloodshot, and his pupils shrank almost to the size of a needle tip.

Alpha felt that his soul was being forcibly pulled by an invisible force, as if it was being torn away from his body.

In a trance, another strange soul took the opportunity to occupy his body.

That was Alpha's sleeping soul. It had no consciousness, but instinctively and greedily absorbed this energy beyond the limit.

At the moment of life and death, Alpha endured the severe pain of impending collapse and used all his strength to practice the Taixuan Sutra he learned from the secret realm in the East.

The obscure and difficult-to-understand formulas of the martial arts technique circulated rapidly in his mind, and the remaining fighting spirit in his body collided violently with external forces, causing huge waves in his meridians.

Alpha clenched his teeth, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, and Evelyn's anxious face and the unfulfilled vows and promises kept flashing through his mind.

"I can't... fall like this..." Alpha screamed in his heart.

Alpha's consciousness struggles between darkness and light, relying on his attachment to this world.

With concern for his woman and hope for the future, he guarded his soul tightly and vowed to fight this force to the end.

The golden light spread across the entire ruins like boiling magma, and Fu Wenhua's suspended fire butterflies danced wildly in the void.

The moment the Hymn of Light in Alpha's palm resonated with the holy sword, the entire mountain wall suddenly made a bone-shattering roar.

The overwhelming force came without warning, like the Milky Way pouring back into his meridians.

The pure white light was filled with the violence of destroying everything, instantly tearing Alpha's fighting spirit system that had been operating for many years into pieces.

Severe pain exploded from his dantian, and Alpha's pupils suddenly shrank into needle points.

Alpha saw his blood flowing backwards in the golden light, his meridians seemed to be pierced by millions of red-hot steel needles, and every inch of his skin was suffering the torture of being torn and reassembled.

In a trance, another vague figure emerged from the depths of the soul, its empty pupils reflecting the light in the sky, and it mechanically opened its mouth to swallow this power that was enough to subvert the world.

"No——!" Alpha bit his tongue, and the sweet, fishy blood splattered on the stone door.

The obscure mantras of the Taixuan Sutra spun madly in his sea of ​​consciousness, while the remaining fighting spirit and external forces created a tsunami in his meridians.

Evelyn's anxious voice calling out from far away overlapped with the memory of her dancing under the moon, becoming the last anchor that held onto his consciousness tightly.

When the black fog was about to completely cover the spiritual platform, Alpha suddenly roared, and the golden light around his body collided with the dark purple true energy, exploding a bright light in the cave that was so blinding that it could cause blindness.

Dark fog surged around the sealed door, and Alpha's pupils suddenly contracted.

In the space-time rift invisible to others, Alpha is experiencing a mental purgatory like the collapse of the sky and the earth.

Broken stars fell from above, countless withered hands wrapped in chains stretched out from the abyss, and the cold pain overwhelmed the consciousness like a tide.

"Lord Alpha, what's wrong with you?" Evelyn's clear voice pierced through the chaos.

Fingertips scented with morning dew gently touched Alpha's trembling shoulder armor, and the rose-colored elf magic glowed faintly the moment of contact.

This gentle power was like a flash of lightning that cut through the darkness, making Alpha suddenly wake up.

Alpha opened his eyes, gasping for breath, and the candlelight in reality flickered on the stone wall.

Evelyn's emerald eyes were filled with worry, and her slender fingers were hovering in front of Alpha's forehead, not letting go for a long time.

Melissa had already drawn her dagger and was vigilantly scanning the vague dark fog around her.

"What happened?" Alpha regained his composure, and everything in front of him returned to normal, as if everything just now was an illusion.

"No!" Evelyn's voice was filled with undisguised panic.

"Lord Alpha suddenly froze in place, and we couldn't wake him up even after calling him. Black mist was still seeping out of his armor..." Evelyn said this, tears welling up in her eyes.

Alpha's gaze fell on the half-open sealed door, and the mysterious runes were dimming.

Alpha knew that it was no dream - in a certain space and time that transcended dimensions, every moment he experienced was terrifyingly real.

That could be ten years, or it could be a hundred years.

In the fight against the dark forces, the fighting spirit broke through the shackles of the bronze rank like a volcanic eruption, and the starlight of the Silver Knight flowed through the meridians.

The Holy Sword of Light, which had been corroded by darkness, was now emitting a subtle humming sound, and holy light was once again flowing through the cracks on the sword.

"It's okay, it's all over." Alpha gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, and could clearly feel the internal force forming a new cycle within his body. The sacred mantra of praise for light continued to echo in the depths of his soul.

This unexpected breakthrough brought unimaginable power, but the price was facing countless near-death fears.

Those whispers from the abyss still echo in Alpha's ears, reminding him of the fragility of life.

Alpha suddenly opened his arms and embraced the two girls.

Evelyn's hair exuded the unique freshness of the forest, while Melissa exuded the heroic spirit of a warrior.

The moment they froze in Alpha's arms reminded him of the morning light in the other dimension that he thought he would never see again.

"Lord Alpha?!" Melissa exclaimed with a nasal tone. The always heroic swordswoman blushed deeply. "I, I can't..."

Melissa still couldn't face the elf princess Evelyn directly, and she didn't dare to compete with her for Alpha, so she could only take a step back.

"Let's go in and take a look." Alpha let go of his hand and deliberately ignored Melissa's panicked steps back.

Alpha drew out the holy sword, which had regained its glimmer, and pointed the tip of the sword at the slowly opening stone door. "No matter what is hidden inside, at least now we have the strength to face it."

Evelyn and Melissa exchanged glances and tightened their grip on their weapons.

The moment everyone stepped into the seal, countless golden points of light awakened from the wall, piecing together a mural depicting an ancient war.

In the center of the mural, a pair of blue eyes slowly opened in the shadows.

Strange ripples appeared in the dark blue eyes, and the golden spots on the mural suddenly shot out like arrows.

Evelyn cried out softly, and the rose vines woven into a protective net around her body were riddled with holes from the light spots;

Melissa spun around and swung her sword, and the elf wings collided with the light spot, making a harsh friction sound.

Alpha raised the Holy Sword of Light above his head and stood directly in front of everyone. His fighting spirit turned into armor, and he looked extremely powerful.

This was the first time Alpha used the Silver Knight's ability to transform his fighting spirit into armor. He didn't expect that it could be completed in one go in such a critical situation.

Darwin's fiery red runes flowed in the air, barely resisting this wave of attack.

"Be careful! The mural is moving!" Melissa's voice trembled.

The ancient warriors that were originally frozen in the murals peeled off like living things, and the rusty spears and broken shields collided with each other, producing bloody sparks.

The leading mechanical general had blue flames dancing in his eye sockets. He raised his hand and the entire stone wall collapsed, revealing a bottomless staircase. A foul smell and the sound of dragging chains rushed towards them.

The dark blue pupils on the mural trembled violently, and countless golden runes twisted in the air into questioning symbols: "You are not those hypocritical missionaries of the Church of Light. Who are you?"

The sound waves carried an ancient pressure, shaking the stone wall so that fine rock powder fell off.

Alpha slowly put away the shimmering holy sword, deliberately making the mud on his armor more mottled: "We are not from the Church."

Alpha saw from the corner of his eye that the rose magic condensed on Evelyn's fingertips quickly disappeared, and Melissa quietly sheathed the frost dagger - everyone tacitly put away the power fluctuations related to the Church of Light.

"You carry the remnant of Holy Light!" The mural suddenly emitted a blinding blue light, and the entire wall surged like boiling asphalt, revealing countless rusted gears and broken mechanical arms deep within. "I smell that disgusting smell on you!"

"I'm……"