Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

boom--

The blazing meteorite collided with the azure barrier.

In an instant, the flames ignited the entire night sky, and everyone felt the scorching breath coming towards them - the sea of ​​fire rolled and boiled in the sky high above their heads, the roar turned into huge waves hitting the mountain peaks, and the deafening thunder was like the roar of a dragon. Seeing the hot shock wave coming along the arc-shaped shield, the knights had no fear of all this. They rode the earth dragon calmly and jumped between the boulders. When the sea of ​​fire fell, Cassius Harvey lifted Beshmidt, and a brilliant golden light shone from under the black cloth, instantly turning the aftermath of the flames into invisible.

As the flames rolled and impacted, the azure light curtain finally shattered.

Cassius Harvey glanced at the sky, which was burning red with flames.

The headquarters of the Seventh Agency is in the imperial capital, but the imperial capital is now under strict control of the Queen. This should be one of their secret camps. They must want to send support to the north through the teleportation array here.

The Queen obviously did not kill them all, otherwise, with the power controlled by the imperial capital, she could have penetrated the defense here with one blow. Of course, in that case, few of the people below would have survived.

After all, this attack was mainly for testing, and the forbidden magic was mainly used to break through all the opponent's defensive arrays and create conditions for Cassius Harvey to attack. Cassius Harvey had a protective shield and was not afraid of the bombardment of ordinary forbidden spells, but he had no way to quickly break through the large defensive array in a short time.

The Queen's Sword has penetrated the enemy's heartland. Now it depends on how the Seventh Agency will react.

Now is not the time for the Queen's Faction and the Royal Government Faction to declare a complete war, but there is no problem in teaching those people a lesson.

"Take advantage of this opportunity! Charge in!!"

Cassius Harvey raised the golden mandarin duck shield high, knocked a big hole in the broken shield, and rushed down towards the valley.

Ahead, a camp had appeared in front of them. The soldiers in the camp had already been in chaos - the people here were trying every means to rebuild new defensive magic. Only a few dozen people had set up barricades. That kind of thing was just a tickle to the earth dragon with dragon blood, and the defense line was broken through in an instant.

"Enemy attack!"

Someone shouted, but before he could pick up his staff, he was knocked away by the earth dragon's thick and powerful tail.

……

At this moment, in the distant imperial capital, Stikia was quietly gazing in the direction of the old capital. The meteorite, like a fire dragon, cast a dim light in her eyes, and several maids carefully put a white velvet cloak on her.

At this time, the secretary came over and said to the maids, "You can leave."

"Yes……"

The maids left, and the secretary glanced at them, as if he saw his former self in them - having heard that the Queen liked women, he came to the Queen with a bit of trepidation, but found that the Queen's eyes never lingered on them. While feeling relieved, he also felt inexplicably lonely.

Even now, she would often unconsciously look at beautiful women, but no matter which one, none of them could compare to the Queen.

"What's the matter?"

Stikia spoke, bringing the secretary back to her senses. She said, "The Sage of Mystic Magic has sent a message, inquiring about the location of our holy relic. Following your instructions, I have informed her of the whereabouts of Knight Commander Wo Cress. She said she would go and retrieve it herself."

"Yeah." Stikia didn't seem surprised at all and just nodded calmly. "Any news about the Saint Sister?"

"No……"

The secretary couldn't help but look up - Her Majesty the Queen had been talking about that holy nun all the time recently, which was really strange.

"Really."

Stikia lowered her eyes, and the secretary could not see the expression on her face.

"So, what about Duke Ryanfort?"

"The 9th Infantry Division sent a 100-man elite force from the southern border into the Western Province. The Duke himself was among them, and... it was said... he was very angry..."

Stikia raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.

"Of course he's angry—but it's a little early to get angry now. I'm really looking forward to his expression when he sees the Master of Mystic Magic."

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394. The Girl in the Black Coffin (3K)

In the valley, facing the elite knights led by Cassius Harvey, the battle immediately became one-sided.

Someone launched a counterattack against Harvey in panic. They raised a tubular black metal device as thick as an arm and aimed it at Harvey. Under the influence of magic, there was a loud bang, and several beams of magic light pierced Harvey, but Harvey did not dodge. He split the steel bullet wrapped in magic with a sword, and the dazzling sparks were extremely eye-catching in the night.

Walls of earth rose from the ground, trying to stop Harvey's steps, but they were all easily jumped over by the earth dragon.

Several magic spells came straight at him, but before they could get close to Harvey, the light disappeared into the night without even causing a ripple - in front of Beshmidt, magic devices of this level were not worth mentioning at all.

The magicians were still struggling to carry the new magic devices when they were knocked away by the rushing cavalry.

At this time, another group of people emerged from the back of the valley. They were the second group of knights who were teleported here, led by other knight commanders. At this moment, despair spread throughout the camp.

"Come on!"

The knights' attack was unstoppable.

The armored cavalry rushing down the hillside were indeed very terrifying, and the impact of the earth dragons directly pierced through the camp.

Almost all members of the Seventh Agency were magicians and mages. Faced with the royal knights who suddenly attacked the camp on earth dragons, they could not organize any effective resistance - especially the mages. Most of the mages did not master advanced combat magic and fighting skills, and they were no match for the knights.

Magecraft is an emerging discipline in the Imperial Military. Through the magic devices developed by magicians, even an ordinary person can temporarily gain the ability to threaten a knight or magician. The time required to train such ordinary people is very short, and it is enough to just teach them how to use the magic devices.

However, magic devices also have a very obvious disadvantage, that is, once their users are separated from the help of the magic devices, they can only be slaughtered - and this is the situation now. Cassius Harvey's Beshmidt has the power to weaken magic, and the knights he leads are the absolute elite of the Royal Knights. Each of them has the terrifying strength to confront the trolls head-on. These magic devices that are enough to kill in military wars do not pose a threat to them at all. Without the help of the magic devices, these magicians have no power to resist.

Rather, in close combat, a mage without a magic device is a hundred times more vulnerable than a sorcerer.

However, the knights tried their best to avoid killing—this was also the Queen's instruction. These mages were the Empire's talents, and it would be a pity to kill them. They could be captured as hostages and recruited to serve the Queen. When it comes to profit and life, loyalty is nothing. I believe these mages will know how to choose.

Harvey stopped charging. His mission was not to rush around here, but to find the "secret" of the Seventh Agency. He stopped and observed the camp with his eyes narrowed.

"Is this the magical technology that the Seventh Organization is so proud of? No, it's definitely not that simple."

He keenly sensed the fluctuations of magic, turned his head, and his gaze passed through the darkness and chaotic camp to the end of the camp. There was obviously nothing there, but he could feel from the fluctuations coming from Beshmid that there must be something hidden there. He snorted coldly and sprinted over quickly.

As he got closer, he raised his shield and swung it horizontally. Suddenly, the mirror-like night sky shattered into pieces, revealing the huge teleportation array behind it and the panicked magicians.

Just as Harvey guessed, this was indeed just a temporary camp of the Seventh Agency. The teleportation array was obviously assembled from thick metal bricks. It had to be said that it was a very ingenious idea. Through the sophisticated magic device, the space teleportation array was made into a movable and portable device. This equipment would obviously be very effective during the battle between the two armies.

These magicians are good at tinkering with this kind of thing. No wonder Her Majesty the Queen wants to recruit magician talents in the academy. If this power is completely controlled by the Duke, it will undoubtedly be a loss for Her Majesty the Queen.

In the middle of the teleportation array, Harvey saw a huge black object. It looked like a square metal coffin, but connected to the back of the coffin were a large number of soft tubes. At the end of the tubes were some magic cylinders engraved with dense runes. Many magicians were standing anxiously beside the cylinders, inserting long objects into the cylinders in order.

After breaking the mirror, Harvey could clearly feel the surging magic power emanating from the square black coffin and the cylinder - he instinctively realized that the thing should be the "secret weapon" of the Seventh Agency.

"Put down what you're holding!"

Harvey shouted in a deep voice, and the Earth Dragon took a step forward and swept over the magician who was still trying to insert the long strip into the cylinder with its tail. Harvey drew his sword and picked up the long strip in his hand and took a look at it, but he couldn't make out anything.

He swept his cold eyes across, and the other magicians did not dare to move and stopped their work.

At this time, a sturdy figure slowly emerged in front of Harvey's eyes. The strange thing was that although he looked tall and mighty, he was actually an old man. The old man was wearing a loose robe, but gave people a very strange feeling, because his head was completely disproportionate to his sturdy body, and it looked very distorted. Moreover, half of his face was wrapped in black metal, and his nose and mouth were covered, leaving only his eyes and scarred face exposed. One side of his eye was cloudy and dark, and the other side was a lens embedded in a short tube. The black metal device extended from his face to below his neck. If you look closely, you will find that his body gives people a very inconsistent feeling.

"Oh, the Grand Master of the Royal Knights? You've arrived at a perfect time. To be honest, I don't welcome you at all."

The old man spoke. His lips could not be seen moving, but his voice was unusually hoarse, or rather, dull yet sharp, indescribably strange - and he spoke in a very sarcastic tone, sounding as if he was deliberately making strange noises.

Harvey looked at the old man and frowned slightly, because the old man in front of him was the once famous "Last Arcanist" - Springhall Xarosas, a powerful arcanist who had been famous for a long time. No one had seen him take action for a long time. Harvey only knew that Springhall Xarosas later began to study magical technology and became a mage, but this did not mean that Xarosas had lost his identity as an arcanist.

Arcane is an ancient school of magic and is very difficult to deal with. Of course, Harvey is not afraid of Xalosaurus at all - except for the arcane sage and the previous saint, no magician has ever defeated the holder of Beshmidt.

Harvey declared coldly, "Take your men and surrender, Springhall Xarosas."

Dozens of knights gathered around one after another.

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude." Harvey said, gripping his sword tightly.

"Hehe, you brat, when I reached the pinnacle of arcane magic, you couldn't even hold a sword!"

Xarosaurus laughed strangely, looking fearless.

Harvey didn't bother to talk to him and just slashed down with his sword.

"You kid! Sneak attack!"

Xarrosus took a step back quickly with a speed that was totally unlike that of a magician, and at the same time he jumped up and kicked towards Harvey. Harvey quickly drew his sword to block, but with a loud clang, the huge force from his arm directly knocked him off the back of the earth dragon.

Harvey did a nimble somersault and landed smoothly. He glanced at the sword in his hand and then looked at Xarrosus's feet - which were some kind of black metal.

"You're alright?" Xalosaurus said in a strange voice. "What's wrong? Why don't you use that big shield of yours? Do you think I'm not worthy of your full strength? Humph, stop looking down on me."

At this moment, a crisp sound exploded in the air, accompanied by sharp metallic vibrations. Harvey and Xarrosus looked at the teleportation array at the same time, only to see the black metal coffin in the middle of the teleportation array cracking inch by inch - it is not accurate to say it was cracking, but like a flower blooming, pieces of petal-like metal structures slowly opened from the inside out. The black coffin was not a coffin, but some kind of sophisticated equipment.

The surging magical fluctuations even frightened Harvey.

Harvey looked alert, while Xalosaurus looked confused and a little frightened.

"No, this shouldn't be the case...why now..."

As the black coffin was fully opened, Harvey frowned tightly.

There turned out to be a beautiful white-haired girl in the black coffin. Circles of azure runes locked her tightly in the center of the black coffin. The black coffin was buckled inward, resembling armor. The girl slowly opened her eyes at this time, her red eyes were dull, and she glanced indifferently at everyone present.

Harvey suddenly felt that the person looked familiar, but before he could take a closer look, Xarosaurus immediately shouted, "Back off!"

The next moment, a number of narrow black blades like fingernails suddenly popped out from the black coffin, making a crisp sound. Xarosas, who was standing closest to the black coffin, was unable to react in time and could only raise his hands to block in front of him. Only then did Harvey see that Xarosas's hands were also made of metal - but the black blade pierced through Xarosas with a clang.

No blood.

But the magicians standing behind the columns were not so lucky. Several of them were cut in half or had their hands and feet broken by the black blade.

The knights were also thrown to the ground. Harvey reacted faster than anyone else. He stood in the front with a shield. The black blade left a string of sparks on Beshmidt and cut through the thick black cloth, revealing dazzling gold. Harvey quickly drew his sword and blocked several black blades, but this could not stop all the blades. Some of the knights were injured and their earth dragon mounts fell down in an instant.

——The black blade was so sharp that even the earth dragon’s hard skin couldn’t stop it.

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395. The Sleeping Girl

Springhall Xarosas was pierced directly through the body by the black blade and fell straight to the ground. Several magicians died and many were injured. The black cylinder was cut into pieces by the hurricane of the black blade. Suddenly, flames splashed everywhere, and a series of explosions covered up the screams of panic and painful wails, drowning the figures of the magicians.

The knights immediately fought back, but some were still injured - the blade was too fast and too fierce, and it was extremely hidden in the dark, so even the battle-hardened and well-trained knights of the Royal Knights had difficulty dealing with it.

"Quickly retreat!!"

Cassius Harvey shouted, raised his shield, and protected the injured knights.

Beshmidt's brilliant golden light was as eye-catching as the scorching sun in the dark night, and the black blade was an invisible killer in the night. The white-haired girl in the black coffin slowly moved her gaze, and the next moment the black blade suddenly shot out with several streams of wind.

Harvey's eyes narrowed slightly, the sudden crisis did not affect his superb swordsmanship. He used Beshmidt to block the blind spot of defense and calmly swung the silver sword. Every swing brought up a spark, the sparks connected into lines, the lines formed a net, and there were constant explosions. In just a moment, the teleportation array under Harvey's feet was instantly covered with countless new knife marks, and the azure glow dimmed.

Then, the wind pressure spread out with Harvey as the center, turning into a fierce gale that swept through the camp.

Countless blades were approaching him at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye, and his sword blade always picked up the black blade accurately like a phantom. The damaged teleportation array was shattered by the hurricane, and sand and rocks flew everywhere. The silver net of the sword blade and the hurricane of the black blade collided several times. The exposed valley ground was cut and chopped, and stones flew, and then turned into gravel in an instant, and then burst into flames and disappeared into the night.

Cassius Harvey's eyes were calm, his knees sinking and firmly grovelling to the ground like horse nails. He stood alone at the front, like a reef. Neither the strong wind nor the huge waves could make him retreat a single step.

The vast camp was now split in two. Everything before him was destroyed in his battle with the girl in the black coffin. Powerful air blades instantly split the rocks, and the collapsing mountain crushed everything within the camp. The storm of winds unleashed by the blades tore through the accumulated magical equipment, scattering flames and explosions. Behind Harvey, however, everything was calm.

This is the "Shield of the Empire," a powerful force that can only be displayed when the strongest knight and Beshmidt work together.

Harvey alone bought time for the knights behind him to retreat, and because he attracted the attention of the girl in the black coffin, the magicians in the camp were no longer attacked.

When everyone had retreated a distance, Harvey changed his defensive stance and shot out like a swift eagle. A series of sparks bloomed in the night. With the mandarin duck shield in front, his agile figure broke through the encirclement of black blades and came close to the girl in the black coffin. Only then did he finally see the appearance of the girl in the black coffin - silver-white hair, blood-red eyes, looking a bit like a vampire, but seemed to be a little different.

Blood still clung to the girl's face and arms, and her ornate clothing bore burn marks and sharp cuts in several places, exposing her scarred, snow-white arms and shoulders. Complex, circular magic patterns slowly swirled around her, locking her tightly within the black coffin.

There was a sad expression on her face and the tears in the corners of her eyes had not yet dried.

Motionless, except for those lifeless eyes.

Harvey finally figured out where the strange feeling of incongruity came from - the girl didn't seem to be "awake" at all.

But what exactly is going on now? Or rather, what exactly is this black coffin, and who is this girl?

Without more time to think, the black coffin seemed to sense the danger. It closed quickly, trapping the girl inside, and then wrapped the girl tightly like a full body of plate armor. At the same time, a sharp black shadow suddenly swung from behind the girl. Harvey swept his sword horizontally, and with a clang, the black shadow suddenly turned back and rushed towards Harvey's head, but was flicked away by Harvey's sword - he could see clearly that it was a tail, a black metal tail with sharp barbs like a spine.

The black blade came back from behind, and Harvey immediately distanced himself to avoid the black blade's attack.

More than twenty steps apart, Harvey and the girl in the black coffin looked at each other from afar. He saw dozens of black, handleless blades floating around the girl, rotating in the opposite direction as the azure runes moved. Those blades were like loyal guards guarding a noble princess, looking at any "disrespectful people" equally.

"call……"

Harvey finally breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't even remember how long it had been since he had experienced a battle of this intensity. Although this was not his full strength, the girl - or the black coffin seemed to be equally at ease.

Harvey glanced at the knights behind him. The well-trained knights had already formed a battle formation and were guarding the wounded in the rear for treatment. The others were on full alert and ready to fight at any time.

His palm moved, and he changed the direction of the sword and gripped it tightly. Harvey observed the girl in the black coffin, his eyes slowly drooping.

At this time, Springhall Xarosas, who had been lying on the ground, moved, making a teeth-grinding creaking sound. The sound was so abrupt at this moment - like the sound of rusty armor being forcibly twisted. Then he slowly got up from the ground, patted the gravel on his body, and he actually stood up.

"Hah—it hurts so much," Xarosaurus twisted his body under Harvey's strange gaze. He knocked his arms on his body, making a crisp sound of steel. Xarosaurus turned his gaze to Cassius Harvey. "However, it was a wonderful battle. Hehe, kid, you can actually compete head-on with the 'Armor of Darkness'. It seems that the Duke's judgment is correct. You are indeed an opponent worthy of vigilance. Should I say that you are worthy of being the 'Guardian Shield' of the Empire? You are well-deserved. I admit that you are indeed very strong—no, no, no, no, it should be said that my masterpiece, the 'Armor of Darkness', is very strong, hahahaha!"

Xalosaurus laughed excitedly, and the girl in the black coffin slowly turned her head towards him, which frightened him so much that he quickly took a few steps back and left the range of the teleportation array wreckage - he could not cope with this level of battle now. On one side was his great masterpiece, the "Armor of Darkness", and on the other side was the empire's most powerful knight, the "Shield of the Empire", and he was just an old man who relied on magic devices to maintain his life. If he was hit a few more times like before, he would probably fall apart.