CHAPTER 724: 566, COME AND CHOOSE.

"Boom!!"

In the quiet moonlit night, a room in the inn surrounded by many knights exploded without warning. Fierce flames burst through the walls leading outside, gushing from the room and illuminating the streets and the night sky.

The sudden explosion naturally awakened countless residents in the vicinity who were in deep sleep, causing a commotion that spread from building to building.

Immediately, windows in the buildings near the inn lit up one after another as the residents within, some holding magic lamps, peered out to see what was happening, while others hid inside, not daring to make a sound, escalating the turbulent atmosphere.

"The City Lord’s residence is apprehending troublemakers from outside! Uninvolved individuals, step back!"

"Step back!"

"Hurry and go back!"

The knights surrounding the inn stopped some of the bolder residents who tried to come over to investigate, shouting out such orders.

The residents looked at each other and, in the end, dispersed one after another, fearing being caught up in the chaos.

"Boom!"

At that moment, another explosion sounded from the blasted room of the inn, causing the raging flames to surge and even spread to the surroundings.

"Deploy the barrier! Don’t let the fire spread!"

Among the knights surrounding the inn, there seemed to be a leader who was directing them, prompting several magicians, who carried wands and magic staves instead of standard knight swords, to come forward from the knights’ ranks.

They chanted magical incantations, creating invisible barriers that unfolded and enveloped the entire inn, holding back the spreading flames.

As for the people inside the inn, they had already been evacuated by the knights from the City Lord’s residence beforehand.

Now, inside the inn were only the Oasis Knights directly under the City Lord and the target individuals, without any unnecessary bystanders.

That’s why the Oasis Knights dared to use magic grenades, blowing up the rooms of the inn without any hesitation.

After blowing up the rooms, they retreated one by one from the sea of fire, avoiding being caught in the explosions.

"Continue throwing!"

The captain of the Oasis Knights, still not satisfied, shouted loudly.

"Such a level of explosion might not be enough to deal with those two, especially that man!"

To the judgment of the knight captain, the other Oasis Knights saw nothing amiss.

Even though the magic grenades they were using were powerful magic artifacts developed by the City Lord’s magical department, one grenade could severely injure a proper swordsman, and if multiple grenades were used in concentrated fire, even a seasoned proper swordsman would meet their demise, they didn’t think the captain’s words were an exaggeration.

The youth’s strength had already been preliminarily recognized by them.

With a casual strike, he crushed a seasoned Oasis Knight captain of proper swordsman rank.

Effortlessly, he unraveled a combined attack from a seasoned proper swordsman and several proper swordsmen.

Such a person could also use magic, incredibly terrifying magic.

It would be strange if such a person could be easily killed by magic grenades.

Thus, a few Oasis Knights took out more magic grenades, ready to throw them towards the room covered by the sea of fire.

"[Magic Doubling - Chain Dragon Thunder]."

Suddenly, an indifferent chant appeared amidst the sea of fire, causing a burst of lightning to flicker from the very center of the flames.

"Not good!" the knight captain exclaimed, and repeatedly shouted, "Scatter!"

However, the enemy’s magic activation was evidently faster.

"Boom!"

Two long thunder dragons burst from the sea of fire, emitting silent roars as they swept out at high speed towards the Oasis Knights.

The Oasis Knights awkwardly dodged the incoming thunder dragons, but the dragons seemed to come to life, surging and flashing like thunderbolts, quickly catching up to several knights trying to flee in disarray.

Some Oasis Knights continued to dodge desperately, some roared and slashed out with their knight swords, while others were caught by the thunder dragons and directly hit.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh...!"

The struck Oasis Knights immediately screamed, their bodies enveloped by dragon-shaped lightning, suffering a full-on thunder strike that caused their skin to start turning black.

"Damn it!"

The knight captain swore loudly.

He was chased by a thunder dragon as well, no matter how he dodged, flashed, or evaded, it continued to pursue him relentlessly.

"Get away!"

With no other choice, the knight captain could only roar and take out a magic grenade, throwing it at the pursuing thunder dragon.

The pale thunder dragon immediately collided with it.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion of fire and thunderbolts erupted from the point of impact, creating a massive explosion of thunder and fire that demolished the entire corridor.

The fragile corridor naturally began to collapse, causing countless fragments of stone and tile to fall.

"Huh..."

The knight captain exhaled a breath of air, seeing the thunder dragon disappear, and his shoulders involuntarily relaxed slightly.

"What are you celebrating for?"

A voice appeared behind the knight captain.

"The battle isn’t over yet, is it?"

Hearing this voice, the knight captain’s pupils shrank instantly to the size of needle points.

"Bang!"

Without any hesitation, the knight captain stepped on the ground and darted through the collapsing corridor.

The knight captain’s response was met with a streak of lightning.

A lightning bolt full of sharpness, unlike the thunder dragon from just before.

"Boom!"

The lightning bolt raced across the collapsed corridor, catching up with the knight captain in the blink of an eye, turning his entire field of vision a pale blue.

"Thunder Breathing·First Form·Thunderbolt Flash."

Within the indifferent voice, the lightning bolt struck fiercely; the knight captain, completely unable to react, received the blow upon his body.

"Pugh!"

Blood splattered into the air.

"Err... Aaargh...!"

The knight captain screamed in agony, now with a ghastly wound that extended from the left shoulder to the right abdomen, forming a perfect ’\’ shape.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

Those few Oasis knights, whether struck down by the thunder dragon, lying on the ruined corridor, or struggling to rise with scorched bodies, could not help but cry out at the scene.

"Love Breath·Second Form·Love of Wandering Anguish!"

The girl wielding a golden sword suddenly burst out from the flames, her figure leaping and flickering like a cat, delivering a whip-like, irregular slash at each of the Oasis knights.

"Pugh!" "Pugh!" "Pugh!" "Pugh!" "Pugh!"......

The struggling Oasis knights had yet to find their footing when the irregular slashes cut through their bodies, causing blood to spatter and the knights to cry out in pain before falling again, stripped of all their fighting strength.

"How... despicable..."

The already downed knight captain’s eyes were about to split from fury.

But his injury was the most serious on the field, and he was already unable to stand.

"Click..."

Reiger stood behind the fallen knight captain, slowly sheathing his sword while looking down at this group of Oasis knights.

"Don’t worry," he said indifferently, "I deliberately avoided your vitals. You won’t die."

These words did not comfort the knight captain one bit.

"Why... why...?"

The knight captain stared intently at Reiger, his voice hoarse and strained as he spoke.

"After being bombarded by so many magic bullets, how could you possibly be unscathed?"

Both Reiger and Liz were in perfect condition at this point, not only unharmed but without a speck of dust on them.

"You ask why?" Reiger glanced at the knight captain and said, "Don’t you know, in this world, there’s a kind of magic called defense magic?"

At the same time as the Oasis knights threw their magic bullets, Reiger had activated a magic called "Strength Sanctuary."

"Those so-called magic bullets aren’t weak in damage, probably comparable to the magic of the seventh rank or above, but to break through my ’Strength Sanctuary’ and injure me, it’s not enough."

Reiger extended his hand, picked up the knight captain lying in a pool of blood, and threw him into a nearby room that still maintained an intact appearance, without the slightest caution due to the severe injury of the opponent.

"Bring those others over here, too."

Reiger spoke up to Liz, who was amidst a group of Oasis knights, seemingly relieved as she was putting away her sword Moslo.

"Ah... Yes!"

Liz quickly nodded and picked up each of the Oasis knights.

It must be said, the sight of a delicate princess carrying knights broad and fierce was quite astonishing.

But carrying several hundred kilos was nothing for a true swordsman, and although Liz was petite, her strength was not only formidable but intense; otherwise, she wouldn’t have numbed Reiger’s arm with her blows during their first spar.

Although this princess did not possess a special constitution like Kanroji Mitsuri, she had extraordinary strength from a young age.

If someone thought this young-looking girl, who only looked ample at her chest, was weak, they better be careful not to have themselves squeezed to bursting...

...

"Bang!"

When the last Oasis knight was thrown into the room, stacking on top of the others, Reiger and Liz entered the room.

"Talk," Reiger sat in a chair, legs crossed, looking directly at the group of Oasis knights in front of him. "What are you here for?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Oasis knights did not answer right away, instead glaring furiously at Reiger.

"Thunder Strike."

Reiger raised his eyebrow, extended his finger, and activated the magic.

"Zap zap zap zap—"

A burst of electricity immediately hit the group of Oasis knights.

"Aaaaagh...!"

The Oasis knights howled in pain, each and every one of them falling to the ground, unable to get back up.

"I really don’t want to deal with those other knights outside."

Reiger’s voice rose steadily, reaching the ears of every Oasis knight.

"So, either you confess on your own,"

"Or, I take you to the City Lord’s mansion, and we talk there."

"Come on, choose."