Chapter 418: Kings Do Not Meet

“I still have some doubts. You clearly haven’t activated the Creed of Loyalty as a knight, so how did you constitute the Loyalty Rune? Or have you actually activated Loyalty?”

Ace asked Ancestar with some confusion.

Ancestar restrained the holy flames. His bones were crystal clear, carrying a faint layer of gold. He opened his mouth and said, “After Arno abandoned the Holy Light, I came to understand what loyalty is. Loyalty to the path, loyalty to the faction, loyalty to the leader—these are the three layers of loyalty. Among them, the most important is loyalty to one’s own path!”

Ancestar spoke very frankly. The path is more important than anything else. Only by identifying with the path can one walk longer. The Knight’s Path of Virtue was higher than the High Tower and Ace.

Ace nodded. In fact, for him, the pursuit of truth was also above everything else. To some extent, he and Ancestar were the same kind of people.

Ancestar continued, “When I comprehended the second creed, I completed my own purification. My power became even stronger. With Compassion and Loyalty as the core, the Virtue Runes formed a more complex and powerful Heart of Virtue!

“I have a premonition that if I can truly comprehend the third creed, it might be the opportunity to break through the current realm.”

Hearing Ancestar’s explanation, the incredibly complex golden-red Virtue Rune structure in Ace’s eyes gradually became clear. Only Compassion and Loyalty clung tightly together, while the other six virtues constantly approached and dispersed.

Ace had some ideas. He whispered:

“The second creed… a very interesting idea. I think your current state can be called a Golden Knight, equivalent to a Golden Hero or a Golden Wizard; it is the peak state of a Level 2 Life. Considering you are an Undead Knight, you can be called a Golden Undead Knight.”

Ancestar’s skull smiled awkwardly. He touched his beating heart with his bone finger, unconsciously thinking of Donna and the Creed of Sacrifice.

Time passed bit by bit. Ace and Ancestar chatted for a long time, recalling the past. For so many years, Ace had been carrying the High Tower forward alone, rarely communicating with others. This feeling of chatting freely made Ace feel a bit nostalgic.

He thought of Teacher Peter, thought of those senior brothers, and thought of that summer when Peter lectured under the tree. The softest place in his heart trembled slightly.

“I wonder if Teacher Peter is still alive. If he is still around, he must be over eighty years old now. After handling the matters here, I want to go to Medimus City-State to take a look.”

Just then, the High Tower’s alarm suddenly sounded. Layers of magnificent rune structures appeared in the sky. A scorching fireball came from the south, actually hitting the High Tower’s defensive barrier directly.

Since the last invasion by the Punisher and the southern demons, the entire High Tower had established a dynamic warning barrier, and a defensive barrier had been built near Nightlight City.

The speed of that fireball was too fast, exceeding the speed of sound. It instantly pierced the warning barrier and, with almost no time to react, slammed head-on into the defensive barrier.

Glass-like cracks appeared in the sky of Nightlight City. The impact of the fireball was huge, but Nightlight City’s defensive barrier was not weak. The entire eggshell-shaped protective film had hundreds of layers. Even Arno’s full-strength strike couldn’t penetrate it directly.

This attack was too sudden. The wizards waiting in the West Tower flew out directly. Daina immediately activated Nightlight City’s magical traps and counterattack measures, and high concentrations of mana began to gather.

A horse’s neigh that penetrated the soul emerged in everyone’s mind. Clearly, no sound was heard, yet the neighing of a horse appeared in their brains.

On the second floor of the West Tower, Ancestar leaped up, directly penetrating the extended space of the West Tower. Scorching holy flames burned as he rushed toward the sky.

Ace didn’t have time to stop him. Looking at the slowly collapsing extended space on the second floor of the West Tower, he sighed and activated the Golden Spell Dimensional Mastery. The collapsing space slowly stabilized. After repairing the wall with magic and restoring the rune array, Ace walked out of the West Tower.

The group of Official Wizards recognized Ancestar, but they dared not act on their own authority. They let Ancestar calm the skeletal pegasus and waited for Ace to come out.

Ace flew into the sky. Through his Grimoire, he controlled the defensive barrier to open a hole, letting the skeletal pegasus in.

That pegasus was scorched by hot holy flames. Its burning wings instantly expanded, rushing directly toward Ancestar. The skeleton frame Ancestar did not dodge but also rushed toward the skeletal pegasus.

Boom!

Holy flames exploded in mid-air, scattering holy light as bright as daylight, illuminating the entire Nightlight City. People touched by the holy light felt their bodies and minds seemed to be purified. Some dark thoughts in their hearts vanished, and they became tolerant and gentle.

The holy light lasted for a few minutes before slowly dissipating. Only a Skeleton Knight riding a skeletal horse remained in the sky. Holy flames burned fiercely on his body, as if to purify all evil in the world.

At this moment, Ancestar was like an angel descending, an envoy bestowed upon the human world by the Holy Light. Undoubtedly, his hollow eye sockets burning with holy flames fixed onto Arno.

Arno, illuminated by the holy light, was in some pain. His Abyssal Mental Power surged irregularly. Masses of pitch-black darkness wrapped him, turning into a black shadow, from which sharp abomination claws extended.

Arno’s expression was struggling. He tried his best to control the Abyssal claws, but the natural hostility between heretics made him unable to control himself.

“We… cant meet.”

Arno struggled to say this sentence. The Golden Undead Knight Ancestar, clad in holy flames, let out a sigh.

“Arno, since you insist on this path of no return, then let us go to the barren mountains in the south of the territory and have a good contest. Let me see just how powerful the Abyssal Knight who abandoned courage is!”

After speaking, Ancestar rode the skeletal pegasus like a scorching meteor, flying toward the mountains at the southern edge of the territory. Arno followed closely behind, his Abyssal Mental Power turning into huge bat wings, rushing toward the southern edge of the territory.

The wizards present looked at Ace with some unease. Ace said in a calm voice, “Knight matters should be resolved in a knightly way. Let’s not follow them. Just wait quietly for the result.”

Above the mountains in the south of the territory, deep darkness and holy light vied for brilliance. Thunderous roars lasted all night. It wasn’t until the rising sun illuminated the world with its first ray of light that Ancestar and Arno returned in a bedraggled state.

No one knew how this battle went, nor did anyone know if they communicated. But from this day on, the High Tower Territory’s Knight Order split into two. The Virtue Knights and the Abyssal Knights stood separately in the north and south, practicing their creeds according to their own beliefs.

The image of the Skeleton Knight burning with holy flames was too terrifying. At Ancestar’s request, Ace used the 4-ring spell Element Ring’s derived spell Elemental Creation to manufacture iron material with Level 2 Mystery, and used the “Hammer of the Pseudo-Vassal” to forge a set of Golden-level full body armor.

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