Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 136 The Kingdom's First Knights

The gate of the bell tower had long been sealed by the runes of the Mechanicus, but Melinda just snorted coldly, and a silver light flashed at her fingertips, and the ancient seal collapsed in an instant.

"Hmph, you think you can stop me with such a low-level confinement gate?" she whispered.

As soon as the door was broken open, three steel puppets appeared in front of them - they had no heads, and there were rotating gear cores embedded in their chests. Their arms turned into sharp metal blades and slashed at everyone.

"Dang!" Robin's Tang sword slashed horizontally, sparks flying, and he blocked the attack. However, after the blade cut into the metal shell of the puppet, it was stuck by some force.

"Their cores will absorb magic!" Robin gritted his teeth, drew his sword and retreated.

Odom's chains shot out like living snakes, wrapped around a puppet, and twisted it violently—the metal shell twisted and deformed, but the puppet still didn't stop. Instead, it grabbed the chain with its backhand and tried to drag the old knight over.

"Damn, these things are tougher than they were decades ago!"

Melinda clasped her hands together, and silver light gathered in her palms to form a rune array: "'Stop the Flow'!"

The runes exploded, and the gears inside the puppet's body stopped instantly, then disintegrated into countless metal fragments.

"Let's go!" she shouted softly, and rushed into the bell tower first.

Robin gave the woman a long look.

So strong, really strong!
In the center of the clock tower, a huge gear device was suspended in the air, with hundreds of metal cocoons surrounding it, rotating slowly.

A wizard is imprisoned in each cocoon. Their magic power is extracted and transformed into a dark blue energy flow, which flows into the central furnace core.

On the platform, Cress opened his arms, his mechanical eyes flashing with fanaticism.

"Perfect... absolutely perfect!" His voice was filled with twisted excitement. "As long as we recruit another three hundred wizards, the Soul Forge will be fully activated! We will reshape this world!"

"Madman!" Robin shouted angrily, leaped up, and pointed his Tang sword at Cress.

A black shadow suddenly appeared - a black-robed wizard stood in front of Cress. With a wave of his staff, an invisible force field bounced Robin away!

"Sathis, you old guys from the Wizard Council have really rebelled." Melinda's eyes turned cold, "You have been colluding with each other for a long time!"

The black-robed wizard Sathis sneered, "The Knights Guild has stretched their hands too far. It's not your turn to meddle in matters here!"

Before he finished speaking, he stomped his foot suddenly, the ground cracked, and countless metal tentacles broke out of the ground and coiled around everyone!

Odom roared, and swept the chains across, cutting off the tentacles, but more mechanical creations came from all directions - gear hounds, iron guards, and even modified cyborg wizards, all pounced on them!
"They're trying to hold us back!" Melinda gritted her teeth. "We must destroy the core of the furnace!"

"Let's end this quickly!" Robin growled, and his body was as fast as lightning, rushing straight to the core!
This time he did not hold back and burst out with all his strength.
Just as Robin was about to touch the furnace, Cress pressed a button with a grim smile.

"boom--!!!"

The entire bell tower shook violently, and the core of the furnace suddenly burst out with a dazzling white light, and a terrifying suction force swept across the entire place!

"Oh no!" Melinda's face suddenly changed. "He's forcibly starting the furnace!"

Robin felt that his magic power was being drained madly, and the light of the Tang sword was rapidly dimming.

"Hahaha! Your power will also become fuel for the furnace!" Cress laughed wildly.

However, at this critical moment——

"Bang!!!" The dome of the bell tower was pierced by a golden light, and a giant sword fell from the sky and pierced deeply into the core of the furnace!
"Round Table Council, the Kingdom's First Knights—join the battle!"

Support has finally arrived!
The first one to rush into the tower was an old knight with gray hair. Although he was old, he walked like the wind and did not look old at all.

Following closely behind were five fully armed legendary knights.

"Bafiya, you are not dead yet." Sathis said with a changed expression when he saw the old man.

"Bafia and Sathis are a second-ring wizard and a knight of order respectively!" Melinda whispered to Robin.

Robin's mouth twitched. This was another level of combat beyond what he could bear.

Baffia's giant sword was deeply embedded in the core of the furnace, the gear mechanism emitted a harsh metallic whine, and the light flow that extracted magic power was instantly disordered.

Bishop Cress's mechanical prosthetic eye flashed wildly, and he roared, "No! You will never destroy the sacred furnace!"

Sathis's black robe fluttered, and his bony fingers clenched violently. Countless dark green rune chains emerged from the air and coiled around Baffia. "Soul Shackles!"

"Old man, your witchcraft is still as sinister as ever!" Baffia laughed loudly, and with a sudden jolt of his mighty sword, a fiery golden light erupted, shattering all the rune chains. With a backhand swing, he swept the sword across, and a golden sword energy tore through the air, heading straight for Sathis!

Sathis snorted coldly, slammed his staff to the ground, and a translucent dark green barrier instantly formed, blocking the attack.

The aftermath of the collision between the two forces exploded, shaking the entire bell tower to the point of collapse.

Five legendary knights have charged into the battlefield, their armor engraved with the emblem of the Round Table Council - an emblem of swords and staffs intertwined, gleaming brightly under the surge of magic.

"Clear the miscellaneous soldiers! Cover Lord Bafia!" The leading knight shouted softly, and with a spear in his hand like a dragon, he pierced through the three steel puppets with one thrust. The holy flame attached to the tip of the spear instantly melted them into molten iron.

Another knight held a huge hammer in both hands and smashed it hard on the ground. Shock waves swept out, and the joints of dozens of mechanical guards instantly broke and they collapsed to the ground.

"The reputation of the Kingdom's First Knights is well-deserved..." Robin was shocked, but quickly calmed down, swung his Tang sword, and rushed towards the nearest cyborg wizard.

Melinda did not join the battle directly, but quickly moved around the periphery of the battlefield, with silver light flashing on her fingertips, carving hidden runes on the ground and walls.

"She's setting up a barrier!" Odom saw through her intentions and swept his chains across, blocking the attacking mechanical hounds for her. "Ms. Melinda, please hurry! The furnace's fluctuations are becoming increasingly unstable!"

Melinda didn't answer. The moment the last rune was completed, she clasped her hands together.

"'Forbidden Magic Field'!"

The silver light spread like ripples, and the space inside the entire clock tower suddenly stagnated. All the running magic machines and witchcraft runes came to a brief standstill!
"Now!" Robin seized the opportunity, and with one stroke of his Tang sword, he cut off the energy chains that bound the metal cocoon.

"You... dare...!" Bishop Cress's mechanical prosthetic eye burst into sparks due to overload. Half of his face had been completely mechanized, and the texture of turning gears appeared under his skin.

He suddenly tore open his robe, revealing his chest - where a scarlet core was embedded, beating in resonance with the furnace!
"Since you want to destroy the furnace... then let's be buried together!" He laughed wildly, grabbed the core and pulled it off fiercely!

"Oh no! He's going to self-destruct!" Bafiya's face suddenly changed.

Sathis also turned around suddenly, with a flash of shock and anger in his eyes: "Madman! How dare you——"

However, it was too late.

The scarlet core erupted with destructive energy fluctuations, the entire furnace core began to collapse, and violent magical turbulence swept out!

(End of this chapter)