Chapter 375 (2/2)

Three Gray Knights had already arrived with the three Conferred Knights, Plaits, Smiling Face, and Old Man right in front of them.

Plaits and Old Man had each been dealt with by a monster. The level 26 Smiling Face had started off gaining the upper hand, but after the other two monsters arrived as reinforcements, he was eventually defeated and held captive.

Aside from their heads, the remaining parts of the three Conferred Knights’ bodies were encompassed by a layer of gray-colored flesh. They knelt down respectfully before the throne, but their expressions were that of fury and malevolence.

Smiling Face was no longer wearing a smile. When a person realized that he was unable to control his own body, there was no way that he would be able to smile.

He threw a look at the informant beside him who was left only with a head. The informant was already completely dead.

Smiling Face then turned to look at the bishop who was seated on the throne, saying,”What have you done? Based on what I know, Terrene Shrine shouldn’t have such abilities.”

“It didn’t exist in the past, since this is my latest creation.” The bishop stroked the tentacles on his chin and said nonchalantly,”But do you think that I’d explain it to you? Haha, does a god need to explain his intentions to insignificant nobodies?”

Plaits bellowed out furiously,”The Empire won’t let you off! Even if we die, there will be other Conferred Knights coming. There will be Conferred Knights who are at level 27, 28, or even 29. I’ll be waiting for you in hell!”

Right now, her body, which had been cut apart, had returned to normal. However, even the regeneration ability of a level 25 Conferred Knight was unable to stop the monsters from corroding her body.

The bishop on the throne shook his head.”Ignorance is really scary. By the time they get here, it’ll be too late. They’ll only become my materials.” He then turned and looked at the level 26 Smiling Face, the one with the highest level amongst the people who had taken part in this operation.

‘Excellent. A level 26 Conferred Knight. This is really a rare material. With this, my black magic research will be brought to a new level.

‘Those fools from the Mage Association gave up the pursuit for the truth all because of what they call ethics and morals.

‘What they don’t know is that in this world, only truth is everlasting and absolute. Ethics and morals, society and country… all these are just the false impressions that humans created themselves.

‘How can they be compared with the everlasting world, with the universal truth?’

The bishop slowly walked down from the throne, reaching out his gray palm. His fingers, palm, and arms, were filled with tiny tentacles which continued to tremble non-stop, as if they were laughing and playing around.

Seeing that the bishop was reaching his palm over, Smiling Face’s eyes suddenly lit up. A piercing glow emanated from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

Violent martial will swept out and surged into everyone’s brains in that instant,”Do you really think you can win?”

When Smiling Face had been up against the man with lion’s head, the boar-bear man, and the man with snake heads, he had known that it would be very hard for him to win just by relying on his physical body alone. So, he had let himself be captured in order to not waste energy needlessly. Smiling Face had followed them here, to the lowest level of the cave, while enduring silently, all for the sake of pulling out this unexpected attack right at this moment.

The reason he was so confident was because of the Killing technique he had cultivated—Soul and Body Disassociation. It was a terrifying Killing technique which could allow one’s consciousness to break free from the body and work independently.

To him, physical combat had never been his forte. The way he truly battled was through his consciousness and will.

In that instant, streams of milk-white light shot out from Smiling Face’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, taking on a human shape in midair. A martial will, which was so powerful it seemed like it was a physical substance, shot out from the human silhouette formed from light and swept out in all directions.

“I’ll be accepting the results of your research.”