touchnovel Chapter 106 The Ancient Knight Ishtopia
Chapter 106 The Ancient Knight Ishtopia
Chapter 106 The Ancient Knight Ishtopia
After dealing with the group of demi-humans at the cave entrance, Xia Tong and his companion continued into the coastal cave.
It was extremely dark inside, pitch black, without even a torch.
Xia Tong then cast a spell – "Starlight".
Suddenly, a bright sphere of light floated overhead, and the surroundings became brighter.
"Tong-ge, be careful."
"This is our ambush route. Some of our tribesmen will hide inside to deal with outsiders."
"Moreover, we demi-humans can see very clearly even in the dark."
Burke whispered a reminder from the side.
Xia Tong nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.
"Ring ring—"
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Xia Tong summoned the headless knight Ruthel to act as a front-line meat shield.
He then added another Blue Dewdrop Chalice Bottle, summoning the Fang Imp, the Lost Knight Ingwell, and the Lone Wolf.
As soon as the lone wolf emerged, it began to run into the darkness, and soon it started howling wildly.
Their eyes gleamed with a ghostly green hunting light in the darkness.
Xia Tong then hurried over.
The starlight illuminated a nearly ten-meter radius around Xia Tong.
Based on Xia Tong's previous life's incandescent light bulbs, the Starlight magic could provide at least seventy watts of brightness, making it practically a mobile searchlight in this pitch-black cave.
Wherever the starlight shone, it immediately revealed a dozen or so ordinary demi-humans hiding on the cave walls and among the piles of rocks, waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
They were initially pleased that their prey had entered the encirclement, but they were instantly exposed to the bright light and had nowhere to hide!
Under Xia Tong's ash-covered battle group, these ordinary Lesser Subhumans were slaughtered as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.
Then, the demi-human Burke grabbed a dying little demi-human and asked it something in the demi-human language.
"Ah! Ah!"
The Naya people were already trembling with fear at Xia Tong's ash battle group.
Coupled with his severe injuries and weakened will, he looked at the cold eyes of the demi-human Burke with fear on his face and mumbled a string of words.
Xia Tong couldn't understand what they were saying at all.
The reason why the demi-human Burke could learn the common language of the borderlands was because his mother had been an assistant to a human tailor and had been educated, a fact that Burke had told him before.
These ordinary subhumans are more like a degenerated primitive human.
They will have their own tribal languages, but they will not use the common language of the border areas at all, even though they are physiologically learnable.
Just as Xia Tong and the others were interrogating this little Asian man.
Several large demi-humans wielding spiked wooden clubs suddenly rushed out of the darkness in the distance.
They were much stronger than these ordinary demi-humans, with bulging muscles all over their bodies, and were even a head taller than Xia Tong.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
Xia Tong waved her staff lightly, unleashing several Radiant Stone Demon Shards that shot towards them.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several muffled thuds.
The three large demi-humans in the lead were struck by Xia Tong's Radiant Stone Great Magic Gravel, causing their sternum to cave in and them to fly backward, bleeding profusely, instantly losing their fighting ability.
As Xia Tong's intelligence, concentration, and attributes enhanced by the Radagan mark.
The Radiant Stone Great Shard he released was far more powerful than before.
These demi-humans were precisely the testing ground for him!
After dealing with the large demi-humans in front of them...
Xia Tong suddenly noticed a faint golden light shimmering on the rock wall beside her in the afterglow of the starlight.
It was a golden summoning mark carved into the ground.
Beside the mark, there was a line of glowing text: "If any who come after me are trapped here, I will lend you my sword. —Ishtopia"
Xia Tong's heart skipped a beat.
He tried to place his hand on it, carefully communicating with the mark.
With a "hum", the space trembled.
The rune particles in the air began to rapidly condense, coalescing into a golden, semi-transparent humanoid shape.
It was a tall knight clad in ancient scale armor.
He is a spirit, a fragment of power left behind by the "Ancient Knight" Ishtopia.
"Ishtar?"
Xia Tong quietly pondered the name in her mind.
Finally, he remembered.
In the story of the French Ring, Ishtopia is a truly good person who consistently helps those who later fade away.
However, if the storyline in the game progresses as expected, and one joins the Volcano Mansion as a Herrscher of the Void, then the first assassination mission issued by Tanis will target this Ishtopia.
"How ironic."
Xia Tong looked at the silent golden phantom before her and sighed inwardly.
Unfortunately, this embodiment of power cannot speak and has no self-awareness.
He simply stood quietly beside Xia Tong, looking somewhat stiff, waiting for the battle order.
Afterwards, Xia Tong and his group continued to advance into the cave.
Finally, after passing through a narrow passage, we arrived at a wide, huge cavern space illuminated by firelight.
Several bonfires were lit here.
In the distance, there were fifty or sixty demi-humans gathered together.
Leading them were three unusually tall demi-human leaders, far exceeding the size of ordinary large demi-humans.
They wore horn-shaped bone ornaments that symbolized their status and held sharp, serrated long knives in their hands.
He stared fiercely at Xia Tong, the intruder.
"Krr—Sha!"
"Ghh—Rak!"
"It means 'Intruders! Surround!'" Burke translated from the side.
Beside Xia Tong, the avatar of the ancient knight Ishtopia remained standing still, seemingly unable to react.
Just as Xia Tong was questioning his fighting ability.
The avatar suddenly charged forward, its movements as swift as lightning, like a killing machine that had been activated.
Meanwhile, the three demi-human leaders in the distance waved their hands, leading their people to surge towards Xia Tong like a tidal wave.
"traitor!"
Someone among them seemed to recognize Burke, shouting fiercely with murderous intent in their eyes.
However, Burke was not cowardly.
He gripped his staff and dagger tightly, his eyes meeting the attack head-on, undaunted.
Battle is imminent.
Ruthel's figure slowly disappeared.
We then arrived at the top rock wall of the cave.
The Flame Spear in her hand blazed brightly as she hurled it.
"Whoosh!"
It drew a swift straight line in the air.
It first pierced through three or four ordinary little humans huddled together, pinning them to the ground.
The lost knight Ingwell did not rush forward immediately.
Only when the demi-human's screams were within ten meters of him did he suddenly bend his knees and leap high into the air.
"Crack!"
As he leaped, two deep footprints were immediately left in the ground.
He brandished the heavy halberd of the lost knight in mid-air.
An invisible storm is brewing.
The halberd crashed heavily to the ground, accompanied by a storm.
"boom!"
An unstoppable storm swept up more than a dozen large demi-humans in the surrounding area.
They flew backwards like kites with broken strings, crashing down on a large area with a loud "whoosh".
On the other side...
The ancient knight Ishtoban had charged into the enemy ranks alone and was fighting against the two demi-human leaders.
The sword he was holding was not an ordinary straight sword.
Instead, it was a very large, curved, heavy-duty sword.
Suddenly, he gripped the heavy greatsword with both hands in reverse, the tip pointing downwards.
Then, with a deep roar, he slammed the sword into the ground beneath his feet!
Combat Technique - Gravity!
"Buzz—!!"
Centered on the sword, a purplish-black gravity wave exploded out instantly.
Then it rapidly receded, as if space itself had collapsed.
Purple arcs of electricity appeared in the air, as if the space there had instantly become a hundred times heavier.
All the demi-humans around him, including the two demi-human leaders who tried to jump and attack, were forcibly pulled to his side by an irresistible and enormous suction force.
Then he fell heavily to the ground and was momentarily stunned.
Then Ishtopia suddenly drew his greatsword and swung it horizontally.
"brush!"
In an instant, three or four demi-humans were cleaved in two, their blood splattering and limbs flying everywhere.
This batch of demi-humans, forcibly drawn here by gravity, were slaughtered like wheat being harvested.
As for Ruthel...
The massive eclipse shield knocked down more than a dozen objects with a single impact.
The Flame Spear shot out, skewering five or six pieces like skewers.
The entire battlefield turned into a one-sided massacre.
"Too weak, too weak!"
Xia Tong couldn't help but shake her head.
His strength has increased significantly since then.
Back when there was no Ruthel and only a few ordinary ashes, Xia Tong was still able to fight against the powerful demi-human queen and the seventy or eighty demi-humans around her.
Although there are three demi-human leaders in front of us.
However, the combined threat of the three demi-human leaders is not even as great as that of a demi-human queen who can cast magic.
The number of demi-humans in the surrounding area is far less than before.
Moreover, Xia Tong now has a powerful ally—the ancient knight Ishtopia.
Soon, the scene turned into an absolute massacre.
The power avatar of Ishtopia alone is enough to fight two demi-human leaders single-handedly and with ease.
Xia Tong stood to the side, even wondering if she didn't need to take action.
Also standing there motionless was the demi-human Burke.
His eyes silently observed everything, revealing neither joy nor anger.
More than anything, it's a feeling of bewilderment and complexity.
"Brother Tong—stop it."
Burke suddenly spoke, his voice trembling slightly: "They—after all, are my people."
"Although they hurt me, but—"
Burke didn't say the rest.
Clearly, he didn't know how to describe those emotions either.
Xia Tong sighed helplessly.
All I could do was clap my hands.
All the ashes ceased their attack.
The surviving demi-humans, seeing that these killing gods had stopped their pursuit, were immediately relieved and fled like the wind to the other side of the cave.
The last remaining, strongest demi-human leader was also covered in wounds and teetering on the brink of collapse, forced into a corner by Ingwell's halberd.
Seeing that Xia Tong and her ashes had all stopped fighting, Ishtopia slowly retreated towards Xia Tong and stood quietly.
"Tell them that anyone who surrenders will be spared."
Xia Tong said this.
Burke then stepped between the two sides and communicated with his former people in fluent demi-human language.
At first, the besieged demi-human leader seemed indignant, as if unwilling to bow down to this former good-for-nothing.
However, after Burke pointed at the corpse on the ground and said a few harsh words, it immediately fell silent, dropped its weapon, and knelt on the ground to show its submission.
"Ugh!"
Xia Tong looked at the only remaining demi-human leader.
Although outwardly obedient, he knelt on the ground trembling.
But when it looked at Burke, there was still a hint of ruthlessness and resentment deep in its eyes.
Xia Tong was all too familiar with that look in his eyes, and he immediately sighed helplessly.
He waved his staff lightly.
A massive, demonic pebble the size of a human head materialized instantly and shot off.
Seeing Xia Tong suddenly launch an attack, the leader of the Naya people tried to jump high to dodge.
But it turned out that the Radiant Stone Demon Pebble seemed to have eyes.
The original straight trajectory suddenly took a strange turn, shooting upwards at high speed.
It struggled to wave its arm, trying to block with the short knife in its hand.
However, the speed of the Great Magic Stone was too fast and too rapid, like a cannonball.
With a loud "boom".
It crashed heavily into his abdomen.
He was sent flying backward, crashing hard into the rock wall and creating a dent.
The keratinous decorations on his body fell to the ground, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Burke!"
Xia Tong simply called Burke's name softly, without saying anything more.
The latter immediately understood.
Burke looked at the once arrogant leader who was now lying on the ground like a dead dog, and without hesitation, slowly walked towards the dying demi-human leader.
With each step, he would wave his staff, and a shard of radiant stone would shoot out, striking his body and splashing a small flower of blood.
One step, two steps...
When the demi-human Burke reached the leader, the latter was covered in bloody holes and was barely breathing.
Then, Burke expressionlessly pulled out a brass dagger from his waist.
A knife was plunged into its neck.
"Pfft."
Fresh blood gushed out.
Burke stood there, covered in blood, before the corpses of his former kin, a short knife in his hand, his eyes cold.
In a distant corner, the remaining tribesmen were all silent with fear.
They stared blankly at the seemingly thin but menacing figure.
He used to be so easy to bully; anyone could kick him or even spit on him.
And now.
He actually knows how to use that noble magic that only the queen is qualified to control.
Moreover, his action of wielding a short sword to execute the leader was no less than that of a ruthless warrior.
That lowly Burke who was once looked down upon by them.
Now, it is something they look up to.