It was about noon, and Arthur, who was driving the boat, could already see Elba Island in the distance.
"Lower the anchor! Stay alert!" Three hundred yards away from the outer beach of Elba Island, Arthur stopped the boat: "Verne, can you see the movement on the island from this distance?"
"Well, wait a minute." Verne raised the telescope and looked around. Even with his excellent eyesight, he still needed some tools to assist from this distance.
"Hmm...?" He snorted.
"What's wrong? Are there enemies ambushing you?" Arthur asked, "What's the specific number?"
"No, wait, but it's very strange..." Verne continued to look around and leaned most of his body out of the railing beside the ship, almost not falling into the sea.
"I didn't see the Holy See's warships docked at the port from here." Johnny Zuster said: "It always feels so weird. The whole inn is so quiet."
"The more than 20 warships we sunk yesterday were supposed to be the permanent armament of this inn." Arthur shrugged: "If they don't return all night and there is no news, the people in the inn will
I’m afraid I’m panicking.”
"Then they should send carrier pigeons to the Holy See to request reinforcements. Maybe more warships will come later." Bayoletta guessed: "If we can knock down this inn first and use it as a stronghold
Repeating what we did last night should be able to severely damage the Roman navy again."
"Or maybe the reinforcements won't come at all." The King of Knights said.
"Huh? Why?"
"Whether it is releasing the plague in Corsica, or sending some people to encircle and suppress us who should appear in Corsica; I suspect that the series of actions are the arbitrary actions of some people within the Holy See. So last night in Basti
Only the papal knights who appeared in Asia were kept in the dark and became bait and victims." Arthur analyzed: "And this series of arbitrary actions of the enemy are obviously aimed at us. It is very likely that this is what he wants to create.
The situation------in order to eliminate us alone and take all the credit. In addition, there may be other reasons, such as some valuable magic tools in my hand."
Arthur didn't say it clearly, but Bayoletta should know that the "magic devices" he was talking about were the two "Grimoires of the Abyss" in his hand.
"Exclusive? Who would do this?"
"You must have surrendered to the church not long ago, but you are not completely loyal to the church's power." The knight king said ambiguously: "In any case, we will soon understand what is going on. Verne, not yet
Okay? What on earth did you see?"
"Hmm... it's strange... there are corpses all over the beach... and there are many, many, many of them, including human corpses and various animals." The young man replied: "People
It seemed that he was in extreme pain and hurriedly fled away. After escaping to the beach, he no longer had the strength to escape, and then he collapsed on the spot."
"Black Death." The King of Knights hummed. Everything was exactly as he expected.
"Is it possible that the entire Elba Island was contaminated by the Black Death?" Johnny Zuster couldn't help but frowned: "Who did it? Why did they do this? Isn't this the church's [inn]?
?What good will it do them to destroy this place?"
"It really doesn't do any good for the church. For some people, doing so makes it easier for them, because without witnesses, he can do whatever he wants." Arthur said: "Anyway, that person is asking me
Issued a challenge. Probably hoping that I would go to Elba Island alone to face him."
"Don't go. This is definitely a trap." Bayoletta hummed.
"I have to go even though I know it's a trap. I still have to rescue my old friend Zuster."
"What? Father, he------?"
"Well, he was probably taken to the island as a hostage." The King of Knights touched his chin: "But don't worry, since old Zuster is a hostage, the initiator of everything will definitely not let him die simply. Is he having an affair?
It’s hard to say when it comes to the Black Death.”
Arthur took out a glass bottle with a syringe from his arms: "This is... um, a doctor named Geoffrey gave it to me, the antidote for the Black Death. Combine this with the patient's
The blood is mixed and inactivated by heating with an open flame to create a vaccine. The vaccine is then injected into the patient's body to cure the Black Death. This amount is probably enough for two uses. I'll give it to you for safekeeping first."
"But, what should you do yourself?"
"I'm immune to the Black Death, don't worry." The King of Knights walked to the spare lifeboat on the side of the warship: "I will explore that island by myself. Those of you who are not immune should not follow me, so as not to get infected."
"Wow!" Bedivere moved closer to Arthur, as if he wanted to follow him.
"No." Arthur shook his head: "Although you are also immune, there are not enough spirits that can be used for disinfection on the ship. It is barely enough for me to disinfect my whole body with spirits. You, a furry, need to consume more disinfectant than me."
Too many. If you contract a pathogen on the island, are you not going to get on the ship?"
"Wow..." Bedivere took half a step back.
"Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I go." The King of Knights said, "Just like what I said, this is the opponent's challenge. I went to see that guy alone, and there should be only one person left on the other side. There are people on the island.
The only guy who is immune to the Black Death and uses it as a weapon."
"Is the Archmage Fernandez..." Bayoletta had already guessed it.
"It should be." The King of Knights sneered and jumped on the boat: "Let's see what tricks that arrogant guy can play."
"Wait!" Seeing that Arthur was about to set off, Verne hurriedly asked: "Are you going to the island now? What if the Roman navy comes over before you come back?"
"I would suggest that you open fire and sink those navy. But I can't say how big the fleet will actually be. Just adapt to your circumstances. If the number is about half of what you encountered last night, you can win. If the number is
More than this... Well, you just try to keep a low profile and hide, right?"
"This..." A drop of sweat broke out on Verne's forehead.
"Also, pay attention to seabirds." Arthur put down the lifeboat: "If there are seabirds that want to get close to this ship, you have to shoot them all down. Those seabirds may also carry diseases, so you can't relax."
"Ming, I understand." Verne replied unconfidently.
"Well, see you later." The King of Knights rowed the boat and approached the beach of the island.
Dead silence.
Greater silence.
It was clearly noon, but the beach on Elba Island was shrouded in a mysterious suffocation feeling, and the surroundings were extremely quiet. The reason why it was so quiet was because there were no living creatures on the beach, from humans to snakes, insects, rats, and ants.
, even the various seabirds that were supposed to be hanging out at the beach have turned into corpses on the ground. The only sounds on the beach are the sound of the waves and Arthur's own footsteps.
As Verne said, the human corpses on the ground were all facing the same direction, lying with their backs to the sky, as if something terrible was chasing them behind them. These people were running desperately for their lives the moment before they died, thinking
We want to escape from the "Inn" to the seaside. However, there are no ships here. All the warships have set off for Corsica last night, and were ambushed by Arthur and his party on the way, and were completely wiped out. The dead here
They probably tried their best to escape to the beach, but when they saw that there was no boat on the beach, they became completely desperate and breathed their last breath in despair.
Most of the dead were clergymen wearing white robes, and there were also a dozen papal crusaders and two heavily armed papal knights. The others in casual clothes should be civilians working in the "inn".
Implicated.
It's useless to care about these people now. Arthur looked up and looked at the road up the mountain. The entire island was quiet, except for the lush green forest scenery. Didn't the entire Elba Island have no change at all?
Are there any other living creatures? Except for "Necromancer" Fernandez, who is waiting for Arthur deep in the island, is Arthur the only one left?
The King of Knights did not dare to relax, and directly summoned the [Legion---Winged Angels]. At the same time, holding the Seraph Holy Sword in his hand, he headed towards the mountain forest. The "Inn" was quite conspicuous in the mountain forest. It was a fifty-year-old
The 10-foot-tall marble building is quite large, and is estimated to be enough for hundreds of people to work and live in it.
Fernandez must be hiding among them, and he is most likely secretly observing Arthur's every move in a dark corner on the upper floor of the "Inn". Since that guy is originally from the Ivory Tower, he probably already knows about the "Part-Winged Angel"
exists, so Arthur has no need to hide his strength and uses his legions to guard against sneak attacks.
[Winged Angel] basically acts automatically in non-precision operation (brain control) mode, and only operates according to the already numbered program. There are roughly two types: [automatic attack mode] and [automatic defense mode]. [Automatic attack]
Mode] naturally automatically locks one or more targets for attack under the user's instructions; and [Auto Defense Mode] actually consists of these four winged angel knight golems arranged on the left and right sides of Arthur to form a defensive formation.
To resist the attacks of all surrounding enemies.
[Winged Angel] in [Auto Defense Mode] will automatically detect and respond to all attacks around it. This entire process has nothing to do with the user's will. In other words, no matter how powerful the stealth spell sneak attack is, it will not be able to
If you successfully sneak attack on Arthur, the attack will be blocked by the winged knight golems before it arrives.
What's more, Arthur has [Mind Sight], so it's impossible to be attacked by surprise. Before the opponent shows hostility and wants to attack the King of Knights, the opponent's attack trajectory will be predicted by the King of Knights. You have to avoid the attacks that have been predicted long ago.
, naturally it is not difficult.
But why? Arthur still has an extremely uneasy feeling. His intuition has always been accurate, which is one of the necessary skills for him to survive to this day. Since Fernandez was born in the ivory tower, he has no doubts about [Legion] (and about Asia).
Everything about Arthur is very clear, and he will definitely not fight an uncertain battle. If the enemy cannot sneak attack Arthur with [Winged Angel] using normal methods, then what method will he use----
-----?
The answer will be revealed soon.
Crash, lala, lala! ------ There is some kind of restless sound, like a wave, but it is more harsh than the wave.
There was something dark and dense pouring out of the building, and the amount was extremely large!
…It’s rats! Thousands of black rats!
These crazy black rats with red eyes are like a wave of terror, forming a huge fan-shaped formation and rushing toward Arthur crazily! (To be continued)