When the man came closer, Emil discovered that he was wearing a thick armor with a dark red surface, as if lava was flowing.

Obviously, he is the first Dark Knight Emil met.

"Pedro?" Emil was surprised.

He always felt that it was a pity that he could not kill Pedro in time, and there was no news at all later, so Emil had to wait until Kones was defeated before dealing with this guy.

But now that Emil didn't go looking for him, he ran out on his own, which could be said to have thrown himself into a trap.

As a result, the emir became vigilant. If Pedro dared to appear here, he must have received an order from Cornes to come and consume their combat effectiveness.

However, today is different from the past. Emil is now able to take charge of his own business. Even without Anne's help, it is more than enough to kill a Dark Knight.

However, seeing that Emil was about to take action and the people around him were ready to join the fight, Pedro quickly took off his helmet.

"Wait, don't rush into action yet, I'm not here to cause trouble."

"Stop talking nonsense and accept your fate!"

Annie didn't want to listen to him at all, so she immediately used her wand to gather a large ball of wind elements and threw it at him.

Seeing that the terrifying attack was about to come, Pedro had no choice but to respond, but instead of using the magic sword, he used both hands to block.

His armor had been restored, and it should have been able to block the attack, but it turned into pieces under the influence of the wind element.

At this time, Ophelia saw that he was no longer protected by armor, and planned to use a fatal blow to end the battle directly.

Pedro also sensed the change in Ophelia's magic power. He knew very well that if he took this attack head-on, he would definitely be killed on the spot.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking to himself, are all humans so strong now? The dark knight of the demon clan couldn't get any benefit at all.

However, he can't just die, he still has to eliminate the traitors.

When Pedro sensed that the Demon King had disappeared from this world, he immediately understood that someone had betrayed the Demon King. The answer was obvious. Even though human power was different from what it was five hundred years ago, it would never be the same again.

To defeat the Demon King in such a short period of time, the only possibility is that Cornes finally revealed his true face.

Once upon a time, the relationship between him and Cornes was very tense due to differences in concepts. Not long after that, he happened to catch a conversation between Cornes and an elf, and learned that they were going to join forces to assassinate the devil. At that time, he was furious and ran away.

Report on Cornes before the Demon King.

But the Demon King knew that the relationship between them was not good, and he felt that Pedro was maliciously slandering Cones. In the end, the Demon King, who always hated internal fighting, scolded him severely.

Pedro felt aggrieved, but he had nothing to do. He knew that Cornes had always been the strongest Dark Knight, and his status in the heart of the Demon King was self-evident. How could he bring down the traitor?

Now, more than five hundred years later, Cornes has indeed taken action. Pedro's mood became very complicated for a while. On the one hand, the misunderstanding he had received was finally eliminated, because he expected that before the devil died, he would definitely regret that he had not

Listen to him, but on the other hand, he hopes that the devil can survive, and the injustice he has suffered is nothing.

However, things have already happened, and the only thing he can do is to avenge the devil.

Of course, he is well aware of the strength gap between himself and Cornes, not to mention that guy must have taken the power of the Demon King, so he has no chance of winning.

So he made a decision that shocked even himself, that is, to cooperate with humans.

Although he also resisted a little, because he went to Cornes for revenge. In a sense, he was purging the traitors for the demon clan. And wasn't his cooperation with humans also an act of traitor?

However, Pedro is an outlier among the demons. He never thinks about the collective. His only loyalty is to the Demon King, so he doesn't care what the demons do. Revenge against Cornes is what keeps him alive.

significance.

At this time, facing Ophelia's scarlet piercing, he had to resist, not to kill the other party, but to let himself survive.

At the critical moment, a voice interrupted Ophelia's energy accumulation.

"Wait a minute! Sister Ophelia." Mier suddenly shouted.

"Huh?" Ophelia didn't understand what she wanted to do, but she still stopped, "What's wrong?"

"I can feel that he is crying." Mi'er said seriously.

"What? Who are you talking about? Could it be this guy?"

Anne couldn't believe it. After all, these monsters didn't even blink when they killed humans. They didn't even have emotions. How could they cry when they faced death?

At this time, Charlotte stood up and touched Mi'er's head.

"Annie, there is no need to doubt this child. Her ability to empathize is quite strong. However, I am also surprised that monsters can also feel sadness."

After listening to their words, Emil thought for a moment. He saw everything Pedro did just now. Although he didn't believe that he had changed his ways and turned from evil to good, it was obvious that he was not here to kill them.

In this case, this guy can't make trouble anyway, so let's spare his life for the time being and see what he wants to do.

"Pedro, don't tell me that you are on the side of mankind." Emil teased.

Pedro finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they didn't take action anymore, but he still felt a little uncomfortable in the face of Emil's ridicule.

"...To be honest, I want to ask you for a favor."

"Tsk, tsk, the sun is rising from the west today, right? Monsters will ask humans for help? Stop joking!"

"Haha, believe it or not, but I really want you to help me defeat Cornes." Pedro smiled bitterly and then stated his purpose.

"Oh?" Emil crossed his arms and looked at him with interest.

"Why? You are companions." Ophelia obviously did not believe this argument.

"Haha, companion?" Pedro laughed, and then said angrily, "Would you call the guy who killed the most important person to you a companion?"

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other.

Next, Pedro talked about his grudges with Cornes, and finally said that the reason why he was still alive was to avenge the Demon King, otherwise he would have committed suicide long ago.

After listening to the story, everyone present had different expressions, but what they had in common was that they were mostly wary of Pedro.

"The story is good, but to make us believe it, shouldn't it be more sincere?" Annie clapped her hands and said.

"Yes, you have to give us a reason to believe you." Emil also agreed with Anne's words.

Pedro looked at them and nodded silently.

"I see."

He took out the magic sword from the space crack and raised it with his left hand, obviously intending to unleash some kind of sword skill. Everyone was immediately alert, but in the end he slashed his right hand.

Only then did Emil understand why he held the sword with his left hand, and immediately felt a little admiration for his awareness.

The golden ore in the magic sword can inhibit the monster's self-healing ability, so the broken right hand did not grow back. When others saw this scene, they believed him for the time being. After all, a dark knight with a broken hand would have great fighting power.

Discounting, not to mention that Pedro's magic level is the lowest among everyone present, it may be because he has not fully recovered from his last injury.

"Then what do you want to do?" Emil asked him, but immediately added, "However, you have to understand one thing. We are originally going to conquer Cornes who became the Demon King. The most you can do is help us. We can't.

Follow your instructions."

"Yes, of course I understand," Pedro nodded, "I just want you to help me repair the armor and magic sword. Apart from that, I won't act with you, so you don't have to worry about me.

I suddenly rebelled."

"However, no one can say for sure what happened at that time. If you acted alone and ended up taking refuge in Cornes, it would be too late for us to regret it."

Pedro suddenly became a little impatient, because he had always considered himself a proud dark knight, and now that he had humbled himself to this level, he didn't expect that these humans would go even further.

After a few seconds of silence, he still chose to compromise. At this time, he felt bitter in his heart, because even the Demon King was dead, and his arrogance was meaningless.

"Well, I can give you my most important thing."

Before Emil could agree, Pedro inserted his remaining hand into his chest, and with a low roar of pain, he actually took out his heart.

The strange thing is that Pedro did not die because of this, but his palm-sized heart was still beating regularly.

He then took out another box, put the heart in it, and finally handed it to Emil.

"If you find out that I betrayed you, you can crush my heart at any time and I will die immediately. How about it? It's time to believe me now."

Everyone was amazed by this behavior, and at the same time they also had more trust in him.

At this time, Lusti, who was familiar with monsters, stood up and said.

"Well, a monster like the Dark Knight can indeed survive temporarily without the heart, but the time is limited. If the heart has not returned to the body after three days, he will still die suddenly, and then no matter how far away we are from him

, as long as this heart is destroyed, he will die."

After hearing what Lesti said, everyone was completely relieved.

Later, in order to show his trust, Emil decided to immediately help Pedro repair his equipment. Before leaving, Pedro did not forget to provide the necessary gold ore.

"By the way, Pedro," Anne suddenly said while waiting, "since you want to seek revenge from Cornes, there is another dark knight... Oh, the one with the wind attribute..."

"You mean Roani?" Pedro blurted out.

"Well, will she join us?"

As a result, Pedro shook his head.

"Don't think about it. That guy is an admirer of Kones. She will definitely stand by Kones when the time comes."

"...That's it."

Anne couldn't help but smile bitterly, because if she wasn't paying attention, the guy would disable the spherical defense around him and use the magic sword to destroy the alien space.
Chapter completed!