Chapter 694

Chapter 79 Transformation Part One

“Everyone, dismount from the beasts!”

Laurence stopped walking. The previous two steps were merely confident probes. Before he understood the nature of that thing, he, as cautious as ever, naturally chose not to continue advancing recklessly.

The man turned around, leading the horned horse backward, while issuing orders to the knights: “Camille, Charlotte, Darius, you stay to the south! Duke, Rud, Dylan, you stay to the north! Ianlot, keep your eyes on the sky! The rest of you remain in place, draw your swords! Be ready for combat at any moment… Let’s first put this ghostly thing in chains and lock it up.”

“Yes!”

The knights quickly carried out their orders upon receiving them. They instantly understood what the knight commander intended. The named knights began circling around the sides of the spherical object, surrounding it from afar, while the others dismounted their beasts, driving the horned horses away, drawing their swords, and standing ready.

At this moment, the clamor from the battle in the eastern part of the town was still ongoing, but the sound seemed very distant. Laurence led his horned horse to the side of the road, subconsciously looking in the direction of the commotion. He could only see dust flying like an explosion, making it impossible to see the situation clearly.

Is Lord Apfel’s battle with the female heretic about to spill outside the town…

With such invincible order power, the female heretic would surely not last long before him. The battle should end soon… Hmph, there was actually no need for so many people to come, right?

Laurence thought to himself: It seems my decision to boldly enter the small town was correct.

Although they lost a brother unexpectedly, if they had decisively withdrawn outside the town at that time, this East Continent encirclement operation… would have been for nothing.

Now, I am the only one who has made a difference in this operation…

The man casually thought, his mood improving again. After glancing at the distant battle and realizing he couldn’t see anything, he turned his attention elsewhere, shouting at the priest, “Hey Faith Order! How are your injuries? If you’re fine, try using the Holy Lance…”

He originally wanted the priest to attack the orb with the Holy Lance to see if anything would happen. However, as the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized the risk was too high. Who knew whether that thing would counterattack, and if so, whether they could withstand it.

Laurence was always a very cautious person. For him, all he needed now was to confine this thing until Bishop Aleister arrived and saw their team’s achievements. There was no need for unnecessary actions; he would do them only when absolutely necessary.

So the man immediately changed his words: “No, don’t use the Holy Lance. First use Enanastasi’s sin… cover the pile of corpses below, and see if we can stop that ghostly thing from continuing to consume blood. These people might not be those damned heretics. They died mysteriously here and became demons’ food after death. It’s truly pitiful… At least let them die with their bodies intact.”

Although unnecessary actions were generally avoided, at least…

They had to do what they needed to do.

Otherwise, when Bishop Aleister arrives and sees this tragic scene, and realizes that despite the knights being here for a long time, no one thought to take action, allowing this ghostly thing to continue drinking human blood, things could get complicated. And after the fact, they would also be held accountable.

Thinking of this, Laurence raised his head again, looking at the burning, glowing blood ball suspended in the air.

This ghostly thing…

It looked like some kind of huge egg, protected by infernal fire, feeding on human blood, slowly hatching some unknown, terrifying monster.

The man shivered.

…I hope this is just my imagination.

Perhaps it’s just the woman heretic’s bluff, nothing to fear…

But no matter what, they must be extremely careful.

The knight commander stood in the center of the road, far away, watching the sphere, squinting his eyes. Behind him were more than ten elite warriors who had drawn their swords, ready to fight. The young priest of the Faith Order walked through the ranks of the warriors and approached the knight commander from behind. The man heard his somewhat helpless voice: “Call everyone by name properly, you rude knights…”

“Hmph.”

He chuckled lightly, ignoring him.

After a short while,伴随着神迹的嗡鸣，淡淡的金色流光从尸堆上方倾洒下来，逐渐汇聚成稀薄的光罩，瞬间驱散了地面燃烧的流火，将那堆被吸食鲜血的尸体笼罩其中。

光壁的形成切断了半空中不断涌向球体、熊熊燃烧的血流，已经流出的暗血“哗啦”一下，全部泼洒在了道路黄土上。

这一瞬间，骑士长劳伦斯神情骤然紧张起来，他弓腰扎步，朝身后猛地一挥手，众骑士立即将利剑横在身侧，屏息以待。

一秒钟，两秒钟…

十多秒钟过去了。

什么事情都没有发生。

“…哈！”

“锵”地一声，劳伦斯将剑刃重新拄在了地上：”看上去倒是个危险的东西，实际却比想象中温顺许多嘛…干得好信仰团。接下来，我们就先把它锁在这里，然后等主教大人和老先生他们过来吧…卡米尔，杜克！”

他朝前方以合围之势站在球体下道路的两侧，早已蓄势待命的六人喊道：”准备施展白椁！给我从四个面把这东西锁了！无论那女异端想要搞什么令人作呕的邪恶仪式，我们都不能让她再继续进行下去了。”

“是！”

那六名骑士齐声应道，他们持剑而立，身上纷纷绽放出耀眼的圣光来，神迹的嗡鸣霎那间响彻小镇，紧接着大地开始轻微颤动，发出略觉震耳的轰隆声，有圆形的、散发着金光的粗壮高柱，自那球体下方，东西南北四个街角的黄土底下，慢慢升了起来。

神迹，白椁。

据说连神明都能锁住的强大神迹，除非有数名天赋异禀、信仰虔诚者相互配合，否则连它的雏形都无法施展开来。

在教士们的眼中，白椁是能和以绝对防御号称——神迹“不朽者”相媲美的同等存在。

而第一骑士团的精锐骑士，仅六人就能施展出白椁这样的伟大神迹，如此雄厚的信仰之力，足以证明他们的强大和优秀。

任务完成…

骑士长劳伦斯望着那徐徐升起的四道圆柱，忍不住嘴角勾出一丝笑容。他看了一会儿，认为不会再有什么变数之后，便理了理胸前稍显变形的盔甲，转身朝后方走去了，打算骑上角马等在这里，直到主教大人他们到来。

先琢磨琢磨怎么邀功吧…

要不动声色，让主教大人明白我的一系列冷静决策…虽然他实在年轻，又没有多少功勋，有些不能让人信服，但这并不妨碍他将这里的事情告诉他的哥哥。

走出几步之后，信仰团的那名教士也跟上来了，劳伦斯听见脚步声，嘴巴张了张，正待说些什么的时候——

噗。

有轻微异响，蓦然从后方的空中传来了。

“呃啊——”

下一刻，凄厉的惨叫毫无征兆，陡然响起。