According to legend, in ancient times, emperors and gods on earth reached a sacred agreement.

Gods govern the divine world, emperors govern the human world, and the king's key is the witness of the sacred agreement.

Through the King's Key, a powerful demigod-level guardian statue can be summoned at critical moments.

Although it is just a legend, it is real that each royal family holds a key to the king.

Because there used to be people who did not believe in evil, and the situation was similar to the current situation in the Hall Kingdom.

The royal family declined and the lords became stronger.

It's just that that lord was more talented and strategic, and directly unified most of the kingdom's territory, and later decided to destroy the king himself.

Unexpectedly, when hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded the royal capital, the king directly opened the King's Key.

In an instant, the lord and his hundreds of thousands of troops were all wiped out by a ray of light.

However, the king died soon after, which was the price for unlocking the King's Key.

At the cost of a king's life, he summoned a demigod-level strongman!

And this is also the last trump card in the hand of King Cardo I.

He is not willing to give up his life, but if it really comes to that point, he will not be afraid of death.

Although the Holy Light Church is currently his ally, the other party's real purpose is to seize the King's Key from his hands.

With the advent of Ragnarok, the glory of the gods will inevitably dim, and the demigod power represented by the King's Key will become the most powerful force.

Although the life of a king must be sacrificed every time the King's Key is activated, the Holy Light Church is confident that it can decipher the secrets and summon the power of demigods through other means.

Once successful, this will become the greatest guarantee for the continued maintenance of the church after the God of Holy Light disappears.

It's just that Cardo I was able to deal with the three Dukes for so many years in a weak situation, and he was certainly not a loser.

He has seen through the Holy Light Church's purpose from the very beginning, and cooperating with it is only half-hearted and on guard against the other side.

However, Cardo I still did not expect that even though he was so careful, something unexpected would happen.

Moreover, in this accident, even the Holy Light Church did not expect that two powerful masters, Duke Tiger and Duke Shiham, led a coalition of 300,000 people, and were actually defeated!

The defeat was clean and tidy, and there was no tug-of-war as expected.

Although the strength of Duke Tiger and Duke Seaham was greatly weakened, Rudy was unexpectedly attracted as a spoiler.

Originally, in their plan, Rudy was a tool man, a character who would be thrown away after use.

Unexpectedly, Rudy turned against the wind and led an army to counterattack directly into the Hall Kingdom.

And based on the current intelligence, they also formed a temporary alliance with the Tiger Duke and the Seaham Duke, who turned enemies into friends.

This was beyond the expectations of Cardo I and the Holy Light Church.

It completely disrupted their subsequent plans and arrangements.

Therefore, when he saw Archbishop Hornby appearing, Cardo I did not have a good look on his face.

Archbishop Hornby always maintained a calm smile.

But behind the smile, his eyes contained cold murderous intent.

"Your Majesty, I deeply regret the current situation." Archbishop Hornby bowed his head slightly: "But since this is the case, we can only find a way to deal with it."

"You don't need to teach me, Your Excellency the Archbishop." Cardo I snorted and said, "Let Duke Vasily do it! And your Holy Light Church legions, if they wait for them to clear the Eye of Stigmata in the territory, our situation will be

Will be more passive."

Archbishop Hornby nodded in agreement: "I think so too, but..."

Cardo I frowned and had an ominous premonition. He stood up suddenly and shouted: "What do you want to do!"

Almost at the same time, a ghostly man in black appeared, holding the handle of the knife at his waist with a stern expression, staring at Archbishop Hornby opposite.

Anbu leaders who have been loyal to the royal family in the past. Although the Hall royal family has declined, there are still three pounds of nails in a broken ship. This Anbu leader who personally protects Cardo I exudes a fierce aura. Although he is not a master-level powerhouse, he is only

There is one step away.

Cardo I had a stern expression and said coldly: "Your Excellency, Archbishop, we are allies. I hope..."

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, he suddenly groaned, widened his eyes with a look of disbelief, and looked at the man in black next to him: "You..."

The man in black still had no expression on his face, but there was madness and ferocity in his eyes, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, it's time to end."

After saying that, he quickly pulled out the short knife that had been thrust into the side of Cardo I's waist, and then his figure suddenly flashed, like a whirlwind, passing through the study room.

While the other people in the room were still in shock, he killed them all in the blink of an eye.

Only the man in black and Archbishop Hornby were left in the room.

"Very good!" Archbishop Hornby still had a false smile on his face.

The man in black remained expressionless and said calmly: "Don't forget your promise."

"Don't worry, you will get what you deserve." Archbishop Hornby still had a warm smile on his face, and then walked step by step to Cardo I's side.

Although he was stabbed, Cardo I did not die. He already understood that he had been betrayed.

He didn't get angry or rebuke angrily. He knew that he was definitely doomed this time.

It's useless to say anything now. The reason why the other party didn't kill him directly is because they haven't obtained the King's Key yet.

Pain came from the wound, but Cardo I was unaware of it, lying on the ground with cold eyes.

He was thinking if he activated the King's Key immediately now, would he have any hope of killing both of them, at least avenging himself?

But with a flash of thought in his mind, he rejected his idea.

At this moment, he saw Archbishop Hornby's robe and reluctantly raised his head to look at him.

A pool of blood had formed under Cardo I's body, and Yin Zhi's face turned pale, but he showed a smile, feeling a sense of relief.

Archbishop Hornby frowned, raised his foot and stepped on the head of Cardo I, and said calmly: "Your Majesty Cardo, don't you want to take revenge before you die? Kill me and this traitor together?"

Cardo I grinned, not caring about Archbishop Hornby's provocation: "It seems that the situation of the Holy Light Church is really bad, and it has been forced to the point of jumping over the wall."

Archbishop Hornby's face turned ugly, and his feet became stronger.

Cardo I snorted, but chuckled: "I think you must have prepared some kind of method now. If I activate the King's Key now, you will definitely interrupt me and take away the King's Key. This is what you do."

The real purpose, right? Unfortunately, I won’t let you get what you want, and you can’t even hope to find the King’s Key.”

"Your Majesty Cardo, why are you doing this?" Archbishop Hornby's face was gloomy and he said coldly: "You see it very clearly, but you still can't figure it out. Don't you have no choice? As long as you hand over the key to the king.

, you are still the king of the Hall Kingdom, this injury is not fatal, and we will help you pacify the entire kingdom and become a real king with power. Isn't this what you dream of?"

"The real king?" Cardo I sneered: "Not a puppet of the Church of Holy Light? When I lose the key to the king, I am afraid that I will be worse than the current situation, right? Mr. Hornby, don't talk about that.

Let’s forget about this nonsense of lying to children.”

Archbishop Hornby looked at the man in black.

The man in black spread his hands and said nonchalantly: "I have told you before that you can't do this."

Archbishop Hornby said angrily: "I don't want to hear these useless sarcastic remarks!"

The man in black said calmly: "Don't show such a bad face to me, otherwise, I will kill you!"

Archbishop Hornby's eyes narrowed and he felt a strong murderous intention. He realized that the person in front of him was not joking.

At the same time, he also realized that he had now lost the protection of the great god.

He took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality. Before he found the King's Key, he couldn't fall out with the man in black...

Early morning two days later, Hesnar City.

In the study that originally belonged to Duke Seaham.

Rudy sat behind the huge desk, and Duke Seaham stood aside like a subordinate.

There are also Judy and Angela, one is wearing angel holy armor, and the other is wearing war god's armor. The momentum of the two is actually quite impressive.

Angela, in particular, has the blood of a saint, and with the blessing of the God of War's weapons, her strength is expected to reach the grandmaster level.

This time, she cooperated with Judy and led an army alone to wipe out the warlords in the border area of ​​​​the Hall Kingdom. This made her progress and mature, inspiring the power of the God of War's weapons and her own bloodline, making her strength beyond the limit of a high-level transcendent. Perhaps

It won't be long before you can officially reach the master level.

By then, there will be two master-level experts under Rudy's command.

This kind of strength is already comparable to some kingdoms.

This time the troops were divided into two groups, and progress on both sides was very smooth.

Because he controlled the Duke of Seaham, Rudy was able to control the territory of the original Duke of Seaham in a short period of time. In addition, he wiped out the small and medium-sized warlords in the border areas between the two countries, making the West Rand Province close to this area.

A large area.

However, Rudy originally ordered the walls to be cleared, turning the border area of ​​West Rand Province into an uninhabited minefield, so that the two sides are still unable to communicate normally.

The mine array that used to block Hall's coalition forces has now become Rudy's own trouble.

But for the Hall coalition, this mine formation was an unsolvable problem, but Rudy had long anticipated this situation and left a backdoor in those enchanted mines.

As long as there are a few enchanters from Audrey's side with special machines, these mines can be deactivated, and then they can all be recovered, reinstalled with fuses, and then used again.
To be continued...