The appearance of the steel giant Hercules made the originally frightened people even more panicked. They did not know that it was something from thousands of years ago, but their body instincts told them that they could only abandon the city and flee.

Although the distance between the two sides is still several kilometers, no one can guarantee whether the strange giant will teleport over.

At this time, Agnes was also shocked.

"This is impossible. Hasn't the ultimate weapon been destroyed?"

"Lady Agnes, without further ado, you should take refuge first." Lucius quickly reminded.

"Escape..." Agnes murmured. The first thing she thought of was these people, but it was useless to say anything at this time.

She was staring blankly at the people fleeing under the platform, but suddenly she saw someone coming against the crowd. After taking a closer look, she realized that it was Emil.

"Your Highness Agnes, the current situation is very dangerous. I suggest you take refuge first. Don't you still want to be the king? But if you make a mistake, no one can guarantee what the Elnos Empire will become in the future.

."

After listening to these words, Agnes finally figured it out.

Let’s not talk about whether staying here to maintain order will allow the people to leave in an orderly manner. Even if it succeeds, you may be affected by the ultimate weapon in the end, and by then the gain will outweigh the loss.

"alright, I got it."

However, Lucius did not protect Agnes from leaving, but stood still.

"Lucius, what's wrong with you?"

"Your Highness, please go first, the Emir will protect you."

"Then what should you do?" Agnes asked with concern, she vaguely knew what the other party wanted to do.

"Your Highness, you have made so many efforts to maintain your positive image in the hearts of the people for so many years, but now if you run away in front of the people, what will they think? They will definitely think that your promises are just empty words.

But I have a way to prevent people from thinking this way..."

"Do you want to stay here to maintain order?" Emil spoke up for him.

"Haha, as expected of you, you understood it right away," Lucius smiled happily and continued, "I am His Highness's personal knight. The people also know this very well. If I stay here, they will

I don’t think His Highness has left either.”

Agnes had expected it, but she was still a little reluctant. Now that terrifying ultimate weapon had been activated, even if it destroyed the entire capital, she really couldn't control herself from worrying about Lucius's safety.

However, she understood Lucius's character and it was impossible for her to stop her, so she could only compromise at this time.

"Well, Lucius, I want to give you the most important order. If you can't complete it, you can come to me and see me."

"Haha, please speak, Your Highness." Lucius smiled heartily.

"We must come back alive, we must!" Agnes said every word.

Lucius felt the weight of these words, but still looked at ease.

"That's natural. Who do you think I am, Your Highness? I am the strongest paladin in the empire."

"...Tch, don't show off," Agnes patted his breastplate, then turned around, "Let's go, Emil, this place will be left to our strongest paladin."

After that, Lucius sent dozens of elite knights to follow him, and then all the rest left with Agnes.

According to those elite knights, His Highness's entire knights cannot be wiped out no matter what, so the newbies of the knights must be preserved.

Emil looked back at Lucius's back, and suddenly remembered the story book he read when he was a child, in which a knight chose to sacrifice himself to protect the people. The book only arranged an illustration for this plot, and it was that knight.

's back.

He had long forgotten what the story was about. He only knew that the ending was not good, and he was even so sad that he shed tears after reading it.

Therefore, he did not want to see such a scenario happen in reality, so he broke away from the retreating team and ran towards Lucius.

"Lucius!"

"...Huh? Is there anything else?" Lucius turned back and crossed his arms, "Maybe it's a reward for protecting His Highness. Don't worry, His Highness will certainly not miss you."

"Well, why do you think of me as that kind of person?" Emil couldn't help crying, and then took out a palm-sized cloth bag from the magic ring, "Here you go, open it if your life is in danger."

"Haha, I don't need this kind of comfort," Lucius said with a smile, "But thank you for your kindness."

"Oh, it's not psychological comfort. Anyway, just take it and consider it my request."

Emil thrust the bag into his hand and ran away without looking back.

"...What a strange guy." Lucius felt confused, but he still put the bag into the pocket inside the armor.

After that, he stood on the high platform of the square, directing the knights to control the crowds to prevent anyone from being trampled to death, and then he was wary of the steel giant that was slowly approaching.

In fact, he also wanted to go down and help, but he understood that as the representative of Her Royal Highness Agnes, he had to stand in the most conspicuous position so that the people could understand that it was Agnes who was maintaining order.

Sure enough, after a while, the fleeing people were all controlled in an orderly manner, and they headed towards the underground shelter in an orderly manner.

About ten minutes later, the Iron Giant was close at hand, and the people's evacuation work was finally completed.

At this time, in the square, in addition to him and dozens of his men, there were also some knights wearing pitch black armor. They were the Knights of Uxir whose mission was to protect the capital.

Mengus walked to the front and nodded to Lucius.

"Master Captain, I heard you shout just now, isn't that your god? Why do you still draw a sword against your own god?" Lucius said leisurely.

"Lucius, right? I've heard of you, the strongest paladin in the empire." Mengus took off his helmet and smiled slightly.

He looks to be in his thirties, and his appearance is just ordinary. His eyes are not green, which should be the effect of armor.

"Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously. If you had participated in the knight competition at that time, maybe nothing would happen to me."

"Huh, let's skip the polite words. I want to answer your question directly. That thing was indeed a weapon used to conquer the world thousands of years ago, but in the end it brought fatal disasters to our empire. If it is

God can only be the god of disaster, an existence that must be cursed by us, the descendants of the Uxir Empire."

"……I see."

"Okay, enough gossip. It is our responsibility to annihilate that thing. If we fail, the next step can be left to you."

"Haha, Captain, are you trying to steal our credit?" Lucius said half-jokingly.

However, Mengges was serious and glared at Lucius fiercely.

"I said, this is our responsibility. If you have any objections, I don't mind going to war with you and your men before then."

"Hey, it's just a joke, don't be so angry." Lucius quickly raised his hands and stepped back.

Then, he watched these dark knights arrive at the front of the battlefield, almost five hundred meters away from the steel giant.

The other party also noticed them and immediately raised his thick right arm.

The arm made of steel was surrounded by a thundercloud, and countless lightnings loomed, and as the arm was raised, the thundercloud actually moved to the palm of the hand.

"Tsk, damn it, it doesn't want to throw it over." Menggs couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

The next moment, his guess came true, and the huge thundercloud turned into a ball and flew over.

"Quick, get out of the way!" Mengs quickly waved behind him.

With a loud "bang", the thundercloud hit the ground, and then a violent explosion occurred, and the surrounding area of ​​more than fifty meters suddenly turned into ruins.

Mengges was also affected, cracks appeared in his armor, and he felt dizzy. He looked back at the knights under him and found that no one was there.

Countless tiny points of light flew towards him, and finally got into his armor, and soon even the cracks were repaired.

"No, it shouldn't be like this."

Mengges murmured, facing the behemoth again, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Hey, Captain Mengges, hurry up and hide. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices."

Under the ruins not far behind him, Lucius was shouting at him, but the only response he received was indifference.

Of course Mengus knew that his sacrifice could not be in vain, but now that he was standing in this place, there was no turning back. His life was not his own, but belonged to everyone in the Uxil Knights.

Therefore, even if he was faced with a fate that was doomed to destruction, he could not back down.

So, he poured strength into his hands, which stopped the trembling, and then he placed the dark giant sword on his chest.

This was a stance for unleashing sword skills, and Hercules, who was not far away from him, also felt the power of his physical strength, and then raised his left arm, but there was nothing on this hand.

Mengges couldn't control that much. He couldn't stop this sword skill. Once he stopped midway, his own body would bear a huge load.

Next, both sides launched attacks almost at the same time. Countless black skeletons suddenly emerged from Mengus's giant sword, and then gathered into one, spinning and flying towards the giant's head, while Hercules waved his left hand in the air.

Arm, an invisible force immediately attacked Mengus.

The next moment, the two forces collided together. First, a shock wave spread out, completely turning the surrounding ruins into powder. The whole process was even silent, and a few seconds later there was a loud noise like thunder, as if even the sky was shattered.

Fell.

Lucius in the distance had no choice but to continue hiding in the temporarily dug bunker. He closed his eyes tightly and tried his best not to imagine the fate of Mengus who was talking to him just now.

But obviously, that was impossible. When everything calmed down, he ordered his men to stay where they were, and he immediately rushed out, intending to confirm Mengges' condition in person.

However, when he approached the battlefield, what came into view was a huge sword. After the collision of two huge forces, the sword seemed to have achieved a perfect balance and was stuck straight on the ground.

There was no sign of Mongus next to him. Lucius knew that he would not escape. A true knight would never run away from battle, so there was no doubt that Mongus had been wiped out.

Thinking of this, Lucius looked at the giant in the distance and couldn't help but feel fear in his heart, but in the end he calmed down and walked over leisurely.

The giant seemed to have wisdom, and did not take the initiative to approach, but quietly waited for the next opponent to arrive.

"Haha, you're quite a martial artist." Lucius couldn't help complaining.

As he came to the center of the battlefield, Hercules took action again. He seemed to feel that the knight in front of him was unusual, so he decided to use the weapons in both hands.

"Well, why do you have to use two hands to deal with me? This is so unfair."

Lucius was about to cry but had no tears, so he had no choice but to run away with his head in his arms.

The next moment, thunderclouds exploded beside him, and the invisible force quickly struck, but Lucius could not escape at all.

"It's over, it's over, I'm dead this time. Your Highness, I'm sorry, I can't fulfill your order."

He muttered silently in his mind, but his eyes were still searching for something, and finally he noticed Mengges' giant sword.

As the strongest paladin in the empire, his skills were naturally outstanding. At that moment, he rolled and crawled to hide behind the giant sword.

Sure enough, whether it was the blessing of Mengos or the excellent quality of the giant sword, he successfully withstood two attacks from Hercules.
Chapter completed!