Riding and Slashing

Chapter 229 Enemies of the Empire

The lord killed a few gladiators around him with his left hand, and turned his head just in time to see Wendy swinging her sword while standing upside down.

This kind of fancy gymnastics is actually a killing technique?

Li Ang suddenly had a new understanding of women's gymnastics... Sure enough, every sport was originally related to war.

Of course, Li Ang is quite envious of Wendy's dexterity, but this kind of gymnastics is something that most people can't learn. Not only does it require talent, but it also needs to be cultivated from an early age.

In fact, what Li Ang envied was Castro's strength - this gladiator did not sacrifice his agility for his mighty strength, his movements were astonishingly fast, and he seemed to have no problem with his mind.

In fact, Li Ang's martial arts are considered top-notch among human beings, and it is difficult to find an opponent in one-on-one situations. Even masters like Roland or Jocelyn are not opponents of the lord when they fight alone.

For the vast majority of people, with Li Ang's skills, there is a high probability that they can walk on this continent safely.

Just like Sir Roland, who has been hunted down by the Knights of the Dawn for several years, from Buckley to Pendor, but he is still alive and kicking, and he can do good deeds along the way.

But I don't know why, probably the lord's body is different - Li Ang can always meet those inhuman monsters...

Such as Alaric the Loud, such as the Three Prophets, such as this Castro who just fell.

Perhaps, Aldalian and Vendatil must be added...

Each of these men possesses terrifying powers.

Li Ang didn't know his own strength attributes, his system couldn't see his own strength, and couldn't add points to the basic attributes.

But he can roughly assess that he should generally belong to a relatively high level among human beings, comparable to most great swordsmen in Mettenheim, and slightly inferior to a talented macho like Klose.

After all, he has now increased the iron bone and strong attack to level 8, but he can't improve it any more.

Judging from this, if it is in the game of Horseback Riding and Blade, Li Ang's strength attribute is probably between 24 and 26--skills such as strong attack and iron bone in the game have requirements for basic strength attributes, and every 3 points of strength correspond to a level Skills like Iron Bone Strike, of course, must have enough available skill points.

In fact, this is considered very strong, and the limit of human strength is about 33.

However, the enemies that Li Ang encountered were all estimated to have strength attributes above fifty, which was twice that of Li Ang-it was basically impossible to reach this level with exercise alone.

The three prophets are even more extreme. They can repel charging horses in a static state, and can kick Klose, who weighs more than 200 kilograms, for several meters. Their strength is probably over a hundred...

Not to mention the Noldor Elves and the Three Prophets, they are not ordinary people, they have some magic power, and it is understandable that they surpass the limits of human beings.

Alaric was drugged. Although he gained strength beyond the limit of human beings, he was also forced to drink alcohol beyond the limit of human beings. He was already half crazy...

But this Castro is obviously in a normal state of mind, and it doesn't look like he is also taking drugs, but why can he have such power?
Although he could defeat these opponents every time with the help of the outside world, it seemed too frequent to encounter so many terrifying guys within a year.

The lord now has a deep sense of crisis, and the army is not very safe. There are too many monsters and ghosts in Pendor Continent.

The brief battle came to an end after Castro's body came crashing down.

The other gladiators did not have the strength and skill of Castro. After paying more than a dozen corpses, the remaining gladiators chose to surrender to save their lives.

"Brutus, what's the matter with this Castro?"

Alina stepped forward and asked.

"He is the champion of the gladiator arena in Siyuan City, and he is the strongest living gladiator... I actually don't know if his name is Castro. He has gone through five gladiator training camps. Named five times..."

Brutus stood up with some difficulty: "He intends to make us independent warlords, but I have always disagreed, so a few days ago he used the way of gladiators to make others obey him..."

"Gladiator's way? Do you mean tournaments?"

Li Ang looked at the injury on Brutus' body. It didn't look like torture, but an injury from a heavy punch with his bare hands. It wasn't fatal, but probably broke a few ribs.

"Yes... If you want to make a gladiator obey, you can only use the way of a gladiator. Whoever wins has the final say. But I am not his opponent..."

"Fortunately, you chose to fight with bare hands... It's not bad to be able to survive against this kind of man with strange strength. How could he have such strength?"

Li Ang wanted to know where Castro's power came from.

"According to his own statement, he was made like this by some Snake Worshipers, but no one knows exactly what happened... Are you a subordinate of General Kryon? I have never seen you..."

Brutus saw Kryon who was cleaning up the battlefield with the exorcists. Obviously, he didn't know Leon.

"My name is Li Ang. Maybe you've heard my name before, but it probably doesn't have a good reputation..."

The lord pointed to Jocelyn who was still circling around the battlefield to expel the remnants of the troops. The dark steel fortress was still holding the Griffin flag.

"You are the devil lord of the Sarleon Kingdom! Ah... Sorry, it seems that the rumors are not exaggerated. Your subordinates do look like devils, and they are indeed three meters tall... That guy can't eat children, right?"

Brutus looked at Jocelyn's current appearance, and then easily understood Li Ang's reputation that was deliberately distorted by Emperor Marius...

"Cough...that's a rumor! Forget it, it's not important... What did you say that Castro was messed up by the Snake Cult?"

The lord didn't want to explain anymore, Jocelyn's current appearance was indeed the appearance of the legendary devil.

Li Ang was more concerned about what the heretics did.

"You can tell by looking at his body, his chest, the place covered by the half body armor..."

Brutus didn't bother with the devil lord. After all, he was a military officer of the Immortal Legion. He was used to seeing generals who were said to be demons and ghosts. He could also understand that such a deterrent image on the battlefield can make the enemy Create fear.

In fact, the Shadow Legion of the Bacchus Empire was also known as the Demon Legion.

Li Ang walked up to Castro whose neck was still bleeding, and broke the tie of the bust with his sword.

When the tight iron armor was taken off, everyone present except Brutus gasped.

On Castro's chest, there were two huge scars, one horizontal and one vertical, running through the entire chest and abdomen. These were obviously cut open and then re-stitched. The seams are densely packed, and the whole body looks extremely terrifying.

These days, to be able to suture a wound and survive after disemboweling a person is probably the ceiling of the surgical skills in Pendor Continent, and even the doctors of the Knights of the Glorious Cross probably don't have this ability!
"Has he been cut open?"

Li Ang turned to Brutus.

"He said he watched those Snake Cult priests cut up his body, and then used him as a sacrifice to Aziz Dahaka. It is said that he saw all his internal organs with his own eyes...but he didn't see it until the end of the sacrifice. He died, so those Snake Worshipers sewed up his flesh and poured a lot of unknown potions on his wound. In the end he survived, but those Snake Worshipers said he was a failed sacrifice... "

Brutus seemed to be deeply impressed by these words: "He will become a slave. It is said that it is because an imperial nobleman threatened the lives of his whole family and forced him to become the nobleman's cash cow, but in fact... we kill the source After entering the city, it was discovered that his whole family had long since died."

"It seems that there are quite a few nobles who have been corrupted by the Snake Cult. However, what are the priests of the Snake Cult studying? Those like Castro have failed so badly... What would it look like if they succeeded?"

"If he succeeds, his soul and flesh will probably be devoured by Aziz Dahaka and controlled forever... But this person has gained power, but he has not lost his soul, so he cannot be controlled by the Snake Cult... That's why he is said to be Failure……"

General Kryon said.

"Perhaps the success and failure in the eyes of the Snake Cult are indeed like this. But this method seems to be a very good medical skill..."

Li Ang frowned: "Why do these evil gods devour souls and flesh and blood? So does Ereda, the goddess of darkness, and so does Azi Dahaka...Miss Alina, I heard that you have studied a lot of literature, and you know the reason ?"

"Eridar and Az Dahaka are not gods, the so-called dark goddess doesn't even have a real body, and the big snake Az Dahaka is more like some kind of monster that was created... Maybe they are just The demons summoned from the abyss are just given the title of evil god by people."

Alina seems to have studied it: "Perhaps people's worship and sacrifices can make these demons have stronger magic power. Anyway... when the power is strong enough, anyone can be a god."

"That's... okay, it seems that this way of gaining power is not reliable... Let's think about how to appease this army, Brutus, can you still command them?"

The battlefield has gradually calmed down, the lord shook his head and got down to business.

The power obtained by relying on these ghosts and gods is obviously not very reliable, so the lord will not be entangled. Since the personal ability cannot be effectively improved for the time being, he should take good care of the army and change his style.

In view of the fact that he often encountered such amazingly powerful monsters, the lord felt that he would no longer rush forward in battles in the future, and it would be easier to protect himself in the central command of the army.

Now that the identity is different, the way of behavior should indeed change.

A commander who controls thousands of troops should not rush to the front row to fight for his life-unless his skill soars to the point where he can easily kill all opponents in the future, then he can try to be a unparalleled warrior...

"I can't command them anymore, I'm already a loser... All the troops are commanded by gladiators, but the gladiators don't tolerate losers. And..."

Brutus shook his head and looked at Alina next to him: "Miss Alina, they don't trust Governor Justus anymore, I'm afraid they won't even believe His Majesty...they have already negotiated with the Empire's The First Legion fought two bitter wars..."

This is obviously an open-minded and loyal military officer. He doesn't seem to have any nostalgia for controlling this army, and he has been thinking about Emperor Marius' explanation.

"It is precisely because they no longer believe in the Bacchus Empire that I appear here. Brutus, ask me, are they willing to follow the greatest enemy of the Bacchus Empire? I think they should have heard of the devil lord title……"

Lord Lord said.

Li Ang's reputation in Bacchus is indeed very famous. The deliberate publicity of Emperor Marius and Justus had indeed convinced most Bacchus that Li Ang was the most terrifying lord of the Sarleon Kingdom.

Perhaps this is indeed the case now, but it is estimated that Emperor Marius did not expect that his flattery would come true so soon...

These gladiators had already killed many imperial nobles, and also killed so many soldiers of the Empire's First Legion. It was indeed impossible for them to be recruited by the Bacchus Empire.

And they won't join the rebel army either—the rebel army of Sheila Youzas doesn't agree with the idea of ​​the rebel army. Even Castro only intends to be an independent warlord, and has no idea of ​​defecting to the rebel army.

Right now, the lord, as the enemy that the empire has been promoting, is of course their best object of refuge.

"I see... But, Your Excellency Li Ang, if you want those gladiators to truly obey you, you have to beat them in a fair confrontation—they only worship the winner, and status means nothing to them."

It seems that Brutus is indeed very smart. Hearing that Li Ang called himself 'the enemy of the Bacchus Empire', he immediately understood the intention of the lord.

"Since this is the case...then just need to win the most powerful one, right?"

Li Ang looked at the gladiators who were still gathered together after surrendering: "There won't be a strong man like Castro anymore, right?"

The lord still regretted his life, he knew that he might not be able to deal with Castro, and Wendy was able to kill him with one sword only because Castro was besieged by the guards before.

"Castro is a special case... Cough, you can get the title of devil lord, you must have good skills. But I still want to advise you, it may be safer to let your subordinates take action... Each of them was once another The champion of the urban arena."

Brutus kindly reminded the lord.

Siyuan City Arena is originally the highest level stage for gladiators, and each gladiator training camp must win the championship in other places before entering the arena to compete.

It's the Club Champions League of this era.

Li Ang looked at his subordinates...

After looking around, I found that it seemed that I could only do it myself.

Since both Leon and Amy left White Hart Castle, Vendatil did not follow. She had to stay in White Hart Castle to avoid conflict between Noldo and humans, and only she could persuade Aldalian to leave.

Lisa Dilan may not be Li Ang's opponent in one-on-one duels. This guy has some sequelae after being too many killers. He doesn't like to fight hard...

Jocelyn couldn't beat Li Ang, and he tried it in training before.

As for Wendy... You can't let Wendy Erff go one-on-one with a shirtless hunk, can you?

Now it seems that the most suitable one in the current team to face one-on-one, seems to be the lord himself...

Moreover, it is better to subdue people by yourself than to let the subordinates control them. After all, there is no need to be separated by a layer of command.

"Come on, champions, who is the strongest among you? Come out and challenge me one-on-one! I once won the championship at the Fieldsville National Arena!"

(End of this chapter)