Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 512 The Strongest Person in the World

In the royal city of Hadda, the temple of Kanupas is holding its triennial celebration.

This is a festival to offer faith to the Sphinx, the goddess worshipped by the Persian Gulf Empire. The entire Khada, regardless of age or gender, nobles or commoners, came to Shambhala Square, looking with fervor at the temple standing atop the pyramid in the distance.

On the temple roof, smooth as a mirror and covered with glazed tiles, two slender female priestesses are singing and dancing before the moon, their beauty exceptionally enchanting.

Fire mages were chanting various hymns of praise in front of the temple, while devout believers prostrated themselves in prayer in the square.

The King of the Persian Gulf and his ministers stood behind the fire mages, their gazes calmly looking down upon their vast and numerous subjects.

Regardless of the chaotic situation outside the Persian Gulf Empire, it still maintained an unexpected level of extravagance.

The people of Hadda still believe in the dream that the Persian Gulf Empire has defeated the Debe Kingdom and is about to annex other countries.

The demon lord Saffron transformed into a handsome young man, dressed in a well-tailored tuxedo, calmly observing the bustling scene below, yet a hint of greed lurked in his eyes.

For demons, vibrant life is the best gift they can receive.

Especially when you personally shatter the beautiful dreams of a group of lives and then sink them into the abyss.

Saffron didn't know why Fern, the human king, wanted to cooperate with them, the demons, but it didn't care.

Now, the greatest obstacle to the demons' advance into the material world has been sent to the dream world, from which it can never escape. It only needs to wait for more demons to flood into the material world and occupy this fertile land, so that it can please the abyss and gain even greater power.

The Abyss is a magical place where life never needs to cultivate. It only needs to devour others or please the Abyss to gain greater power. Even a minor demon has the chance to become a demon lord.

Putting everything else aside, if it could drag the entire material world into the abyss, even a demon prince...

The thought had barely crossed Saffron's mind when a series of chilling dragon roars echoed over the city of Hadar.

As if responding to the call of the dragon's roar, huge dark clouds swept in, and even the moon hid in fear behind the thick, murky clouds, obscuring its clear light.

On the smooth, mirror-like temple roof, the two beautiful priestesses who had been singing and dancing stopped. One of them was Her Majesty the Lioness Savina, the current Queen of the Persian Gulf, and the other was a goddess serving the Sphinx in the temple.

One of them blew a flute, summoning a tall and majestic manticore, while the other gripped a staff, their beautiful eyes rising to look up at the sky.

The manticore that the current queen rides is her pet, but this beast is clearly just as intelligent as a human, and its relationship with the queen is far more than just that of a mount. It was only after the beautiful queen offered a kiss that the manticore allowed the beast to climb onto her back.

King Fern IX saw it, but his eyes remained unmoved.

This beast is quite powerful, at least an epic-level being. Coupled with its relationship with the queen, "ignoring everyone" and "looking down on everything" are synonymous with it. It runs rampant in Hada and fears no one.

Ignorance breeds fearlessness, so it was not afraid of the powerful, intimidating and oppressive dragon roar. Instead, its golden hairs stood on end, and it roared to the sky, emitting a deafening lion's roar that brought out strong air currents that dispersed some of the dark clouds in the sky.

After a few pulses, a strong wind that made it hard to stand swept in from the south, and a huge shadow began to appear, enveloping the entire Hada. Faced with the overwhelming sense of oppression that could destroy the world, the beast whimpered, clutching its testicles, and dared not utter a sound.

As if an invisible hand had torn a rift in the dark clouds, a darkness far deeper than the night descended.

Its enormous wings pierced through the clouds first, their membranes stretching as if encompassing the entire sky. The moonlight was completely swallowed up, and the torches burning in Chambord Square and the fire spells of the mages seemed as faint as fireflies in the face of this pure darkness.

Then, a head that seemed to be carved from the hardest obsidian emerged, its jagged dragon horns like a twisted crown piercing the sky, carrying an arrogant disdain for everything.

Solid dragon scales, a massive body that blots out the sky and the moon, thick claws, ferocious fangs... but most terrifying of all are its eyes.

Wherever my gaze swept, the air seemed to freeze.

It overlooks the city of Hadda below, overlooking the pyramids, temples, kings, priests, and the mortals as numerous as ants.

There was no anger or desire to kill in those eyes, only a sharp gaze that was innate, ingrained in the bones, that held absolute dominion over all things, looked down on everything, despised everything, and lofty above all.

Its very existence becomes a yardstick for measuring all that is insignificant.

Tonight, no one in Hada is destined to sleep, as both nobles and commoners have the privilege of witnessing firsthand what the legendary dragon looks like.

If someone has a keen eye, they will notice that a remarkably handsome young man is standing atop the giant dragon's head.

This young man was naturally Li Wei.

Behind the dragon followed a group of small black dots, each a valiant griffin knight. Strangely, none of them carried weapons, and their formation was quite scattered. Two of them together carried a smooth, mirror-like alchemical disk the size of a flag.

This is a communication alchemy millstone that Lord Paia specially commissioned to make when he was in Gondar. With the materials provided by him, several hundred were made.

The effect is simple: it can play audio and video in real time with the connected communication sub-disk, just like a projector.

The main magic disks are all on the lord, while the communication sub-magic disks were taken to various parts of the Seven Kingdoms by the bards when he was still in Gondar.

Ever since Elder Tang Jin said that heroes are all just boasting, he has been boasting and boasting.

The lord suddenly understood, as if struck by a thunderbolt.

He had long seen the communication alchemy disk that the alchemists of the Holy Sith Kingdom had developed, which could communicate in real time, but because he was stuck in a misconception, he only used it to have remote video calls with Tina and the others.

I never thought of using it for publicity.

After a sudden realization, I discovered that this was just another kind of live streaming tool.

Aside from its limited reach, the effect is comparable to witnessing it firsthand.

If he were to let the people of the seven kingdoms watch a live battle while he was turning the tide, wouldn't he gain immense fame?
Sersni arrived above the Temple of Kanupas with an extremely arrogant demeanor, displaying her enormous figure to everyone without any attempt to conceal it.

Dozens of fire mages and hundreds of golden-sword warriors, as if facing a formidable enemy, had already crowded around their king, the flickering flames of their magic books and the gleaming golden swords pointing diagonally upwards. Li Wei looked down and saw several familiar faces.

The young man with the incredulous look on his face, as if he had seen a ghost, was the demon lord who had tricked him earlier. A portrait of King Fern IX of the Persian Gulf Empire also appeared at the Three Kingdoms Parliament.

As for the two alluring beauties, Li Wei knew a little about them; one was the queen of the Persian Gulf Empire, and the other was a goddess of the Kanupas Temple.

They are all celebrities.

As the King's Hand of Debe and the only Dragon Knight in the world, he would naturally have access to firsthand information about these famous figures.

"Lord Liwei! This is a warning! Whatever your purpose in coming here, if you intend to disrupt the celebrations at the Temple of Kanupas, you must be prepared to face an attack from so many heroes present!" The temple goddess's voice was solemn and calm.

Lord and Sersne completely ignored this minor character, their gazes sweeping around before landing on a previously unremarkable young man.

The demon lord knew that his disguise could fool ordinary people, but it would never fool experts, so he made no attempt to conceal it.

"This is impossible! Didn't I personally send you to the Dream Realm?" Saffron's face was as gloomy as the sky, but his body unconsciously retreated.

"Dream Realm Replacement" is not a spell that can be used casually, especially when it involves replacing a top-tier expert.

In exchange for the dragon knight and his followers, 70% of the hundreds of nightmare horses that participated in the spell died on the spot.

Saffron never expected the other party to appear here.

The spell must have succeeded back then, otherwise those nightmare horses wouldn't have died suddenly. But now the other party has reappeared here unharmed, which is really too illogical.

“Tell me? How did you escape the dream world?! Just to satisfy my curiosity, because it’s just too incredible.” Saffron said, while subtly pulling everyone to his side.

When powerful beings meet, there's no need for words. The other party shines as brightly as the stars in the night sky and cannot be ignored. This dragon knight could feel its terror, and vice versa.

Although it is a demon of legendary rank or higher, it is not confident that it can deal with both a legendary dragon and a legendary Templar at the same time.

Putting aside the fact that holy light has a certain degree of restraint on demons, dragons, as the top magical creatures, are definitely stronger than other races at the same level.

It suddenly felt that it would not be too late to return to the abyss first and wait until the demon prince's demon army had all arrived in the material world before coming over.

But it was all too late.

When the lord noticed this demon lord, he had already begun to gather his strength, and a golden greatsword appeared out of thin air in the sky.

Imprisonment, gravity, weakness...

Dullness, illusions, curses...

Before Saffron could react, spells were instantly cast again using the projection.

In that instant, Saffron felt as if he had returned to the time when he smashed an imp with a stone in the abyss, so weak and helpless, unable to do anything but watch helplessly as everything happened before his eyes!
"Do not……!"

The speed at which the golden light flashed by was indescribable. When the lord lightly snapped his fingers, the Holy Light Sword hanging in the sky had already cut Saffron in two!
It wasn't that the heroes of the Persian Gulf didn't want to intercept their lord's attack; it was simply that the dragon knight's moves were too fast! Too unbelievable! In the blink of an eye, he had killed a legendary demon, as easily as killing a chicken.

The title of the number one warrior under the starry sky is not just for show. Under the starry sky double shadow barrier ranked first among the sea tribes and his own extremely profound holy light cultivation.

With just one move, the lord used his strength to sound the alarm for all the heroes of the Persian Gulf present, making them all feel as if their vocal cords had been cut off.

Anyone with a modicum of insight could see at this point that this dragon knight not only had a reputation that surpassed other legends, but his strength also surpassed that of a legend!

What a silky smooth spellcasting! What a perfect fighting style! What a decisive decision! What overwhelming power!
Almost all of these things need to be possessed simultaneously to instantly kill a demon lord who is renowned in the abyss!
The number one warrior under the starry sky, truly the number one warrior under the starry sky!

Fern's eyes lit up for a moment, but quickly dimmed again.

“I know you, Li Wei. It seems that one of us will fall here today?” King Fern IX was wearing an extremely luxurious red velvet jeweled cloak and a jeweled crown that he usually wore. Although his face looked slightly thin and gloomy, he had an air of kingship.

Even when faced with a massive black dragon head that seemed almost within reach, it remained unmoved.

Ultimately, being able to remain calm in the face of a dragon is already something to boast about to the world. If one can also maintain one's own composure in the face of a dragon, then one can truly be considered a hero!

“I’m afraid it’s inevitable!” Li Wei said. “Before I came here, I imagined that the king of the Persian Gulf Empire might be a madman or an idiot.”

"So what do you think I am now?" Fern IX asked, looking up curiously.

No one had ever made him raise his head to speak to him, but when the other party was a renowned dragon knight, Fern IX did not feel ashamed; on the contrary, he felt it was only natural.

The worship of the strong is an ingrained trait in the people of the Persian Gulf, dating back to when their ancestors were pirates.

“A crazy idiot!” Li Wei’s face showed no contempt or mockery, as if he were simply stating a fact.

These words made the Golden Sword Warriors blush. The enemy's insult to their emperor was even more humiliating than having his wife violated. They all drew their swords.

Before they could even defend their dignity with their lives, they were stopped by King Fern IX.

"Perhaps so." Surprisingly, the king of the Persian Gulf Empire, known as a tyrant, did not fly into a rage; his reaction was extremely calm.

He raised his hand to stop the restless golden-sword warriors behind him, and his gaze passed over the dragon to the southern night sky, as if he could see through the clouds to the land occupied by the Kingdom of Debe.

“Do you know, Levi?” Fern’s voice was exceptionally clear in the night wind, “The Persian Gulf Empire has existed for three hundred years, evolving from a pirate empire to a vast empire spanning two continents, and it has never relied on force…”

(End of this chapter)