Chapter 69: Chapter 69

In this instant, Morris’s heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Without the slightest hesitation, he grabbed two javelins secured to his back and hurled them with all his might toward those figures.

While making this move, Morris shouted loudly, “Enemy spotted! Follow my target, one volley of javelins! Garrick, transmit a message for reinforcements immediately!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, the others threw the javelins in their hands. With Morris’s guidance, even though the others couldn’t see the enemies, they were able to cover the area with their attacks.

On the other side, Ioneel and his group thought that if they just stopped and waited for a moment, that squad of local Knights would pass by them completely oblivious. They had experienced such a process more than once.

But this time, they met Morris, a Senior Knight who had just acquired Transcendent Perception not long ago. Including Ioneel, they were completely defenseless against Morris’s sudden attack.

By the time they noticed, the rapidly shooting javelins were already right before their eyes. Nasar looked in terror at the javelin in front of him that had been halted by his amulet, losing its kinetic energy, and an even stronger sense of fright and resentment suddenly welled up in his heart.

“Just a little bit more, and I would have been dead!”

In stark contrast to Nasar was another Knight under Ioneel’s command. The javelin was incredibly fast and quite accurate. By the time he reacted, the javelin was already right in front of his eyes, in the literal sense:

He didn’t even have time to turn his head before his entire skull was blown apart by the javelin shooting in through his right eye. The splattering blood and brains covered two companions near him.

“Careful, dodge!”

Just as everyone was in a daze of mixed anger and fear, Ioneel issued a timely warning, while his eyes emitted a golden light that transformed into a curtain of light, blocking in front of him.

As for the others, it would depend on their luck.

Facing another attack, the Knights under Ioneel finally reacted. Tearing off their robes, they wanted to charge toward Morris and the others, but after taking just one step, they realized they were blocked by the plants that Bishop Ioneel had dispersed.

“Your Excellency, please part a path for us!” As the captain, Athanasi took charge of leading the attack without hesitation, but whether they could effectively strike still depended on the Bishop’s cooperation.

If only they hadn’t exhausted their javelins on the way here, otherwise he would definitely teach these country bumpkin Knights a lesson!

He should have noticed those country bumpkin Knights’ sudden attack at the same time as Ioneel just now. But because all this happened too fast, coupled with a moment of hesitation on his part, he thought that country Knight was just probing casually, and that his own people would definitely be able to react without his help. The result.

“Damn these Helios country bumpkins!”

Athanasi let out a roar in his heart, then looked at Ioneel with an inquiring gaze once more, but Ioneel stubbornly shook his head:

“No, let’s leave first. There will always be chances to settle this score later.”

“Bishop!”

“Deacon Athanasi, obey the order!”

Deacon was a rank within the Salvation Cult, possessing different authorities depending on the specific duties they were responsible for. However, Athanasi was merely a mid-ranking officer in Bishop Ioneel’s guard Knight order, and normally couldn’t even see the Bishop’s face.

This time, because he had shared a month of hardships with the Bishop, he had recently been temporarily promoted to Holy Sword Deacon. One step further, and he would be on the same level as his commander in the Knight order.

As a result, he had earned the right to converse with the Bishop, but this was not capital for him to disobey orders.

In fact, within the Cult, the lower one’s rank, the less they could comprehend the power of a Bishop. That was why something like Nasar going against the Bishop could happen. If they were in the Oz Empire, long before Nasar could act so rebelliously, his superior would have taught him how to behave.

Athanasi didn’t actually fully understand what it meant to be a Bishop either, but he did know one thing: even his commander, a Grand Knight who could crush him with one hand, was extremely respectful towards the Bishop.

Therefore, even though Ioneel had been exceptionally lenient with them during this period, he never had any intention of disobeying, and even tried his best to mediate the conflicts between the Bishop and the other companions.

But now, the Bishop explicitly called out his internal Cult rank and ordered him to obey. Athanasi couldn’t help but feel a little panicked. At this moment, he couldn’t care less about his companion who had just died, and immediately issued an order:

“Everyone, evacuate immediately! Carefully defend against the enemy throwing weapons again. Nasar, you take the rear!”

The reason he called out Nasar was mainly because Nasar didn’t have a good relationship with the Bishop, and just now, he had seen with his own eyes how Nasar had survived the enemy’s thrown javelins.

This guy had clearly stated not long ago that he only had one Abandoner Relic. How long had passed since then? Did he think they had all forgotten about that incident?

Even if they forgot, the Bishop certainly wouldn’t!

Having Nasar take the rear would also perfectly allow him to utilize the function of his protective Abandoner Relic.

…

Hearing Athanasi’s order, Nasar immediately displayed a reluctant expression. He had already used this amulet on his body several times now, and he didn’t know when it would completely break down.

But under Athanasi’s forceful gaze, he still gritted his teeth and agreed. During this time, he didn’t dare to look at Bishop Ioneel’s expression at all, deeply afraid that the other party would demand this amulet again.

“Walk slowly, there’s no need to rush. They won’t be able to catch up!”

Even though their actions at this moment looked more like fleeing, Ioneel behaved very calmly. At this moment, his eyes bloomed with specks of golden light, different from the golden light that had turned into a light curtain just now.

The golden light at this moment looked more like fragments of gold foil. After “flowing” out from Ioneel’s eyes, they fell to the ground piece by piece, and then vanished into nothingness.

It was as if they had never appeared at all. If Ioneel’s eyes weren’t still continuously flowing with golden light, Athanasi and the others might have truly believed so.

“Bishop, what is this?” Athanasi asked cautiously.

“Leaving them a little gift. Also, that country bumpkin Knight leading the opposition just now is no ordinary Knight. He has already condensed his will. Even for you, taking him down in a short amount of time would be impossible.”

“This…”

Athanasi hadn’t perceived the opponent’s true strength, but since the Bishop said so, he wouldn’t doubt it. It was just that, in this backwater territory, could a random training squad actually possess a Senior Knight?

For some reason, Athanasi suddenly had a bad premonition.

But in front of the Bishop, he naturally couldn’t say such demoralizing words. Thus, he could only suppress this thought in his heart and reminded his other companions to be careful of their surroundings.

…

“Captain, our javelins are all used up. What kind of enemy is over there? Why is there no movement at all?”

Garrick and the others weren’t questioning Morris; rather, everything that had just happened was simply too abnormal. They clearly couldn’t see any enemies, yet Morris wanted them to continuously throw their javelins.

One must know that javelins, even if they pierced into muddy ground, would have their service life affected. If they hit a hard object, needless to say, they would almost need to be reforged.

For Knights, javelins were basically one-time consumables.