Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 162 Pretending

Leia's face turned grim as she took advantage of the force of Robin's push and leaped onto the bell tower, ripping open her skirt to reveal the explosive crystal hidden in her garter.

This can be considered the most practical alchemical product brought to the world by the Mechanicus.

Although it is extremely powerful, it is extremely difficult to refine, and each one costs thousands of gold coins.

Not ordinary people can afford it.

Leah sprinted across the rooftops, leaped, did a perfect backflip in the air, and landed on the rooftop on the other side of the street.

She also took the opportunity to embed the crystal into the joint of a mechanical sentry.

She understood Robin's intention. Since Duke Hawke wanted to frame the Wilk family for the massacre, they would turn the "out-of-control mechanical sentinels" into "evil creatures purified by the Knights of Order."

These mechanical monsters have always been regarded as evil creatures according to the propaganda of the Kingdom Church.

The moment the blue flames engulfed the sentinel, she saw Robin standing in the firelight, the golden coat of arms and the Wilk family emblem shining on his chest, like the replacement of the old order with the new.

The Sword of Judgment was swung, and with just two strikes, a mechanical sentry was cut into a human stick.

This also allowed Leah to clearly see Robin's strength, which was definitely not something an ordinary legendary knight could do.

The combat power of a single mechanical sentinel is comparable to that of a peak great knight. When more than a dozen of them act together, ordinary legendary knights will have no choice but to flee in panic.

"Run towards the Wilk Mansion!" Robin fought his way out of the encirclement, grabbed her wrist, and blended into the fleeing crowd. "Duke Hawke wants the mechanical sentinels to create chaos in Wangdu, but I want everyone to see the Wilk family fighting to destroy these evil creatures."

He suddenly stopped. In the alley ahead, Viscount Wilk was being carried by two men in black as they walked towards the sentry. The Viscount's body was covered in blood.

Leia's blasting crystal felt hot in her palm. She looked at Robin's sudden sneer and finally understood the cold light in his eyes. Since it was a double trap, let the real hunter be exposed to the prey's gun.

When the first sentinel turned to the Viscount, Robin's Chain of Order had already pierced the man in black's throat, and the expression on his face showed both the anger of an heir and the coldness of a judge.

"Father, you already knew the secret of the mine, right?" He caught the Viscount's limp body and smelled the faint scent of bitter almonds on the Viscount's body - that was the scent of anti-magic potion.

Viscount Wilk trembled as he tore off his collar, revealing the black spots on his chest: "My child, run away quickly, I may not be saved." Before he could finish his words, Robin carried him on his back.

"Father, you will be fine. Let's go to the church." After Robin said that, he directly knocked down the wall of a house and headed towards the Kingdom Church.

The sound of the Royal Guards' trumpets could also be heard in the distance.

The moment Robin crashed into the wall of the house, the sound of flying gravel mixed with Leah's scream.

He rushed into the narrow alley with the Viscount on his back, the soles of his boots crushing the puddles in the moonlight, reflecting the red light of the mechanical sentry chasing him.

The Viscount's head leaned weakly on his shoulder, and a whisper mixed with blood foam came out of his throat: "Don't go to the church. There..." Before he finished speaking, the Viscount suddenly convulsed violently.

Leah held up the blasting crystal to cover the retreat, but found that the pursuers suddenly stopped at the entrance of the alley.

The remaining seven mechanical sentinels simultaneously turned their red lights skyward, and the Wilk crests on their chests began to melt, revealing the fleur-de-lis symbol of Duke Hawke beneath. "Oh no!" she kicked aside the wooden barrel at her feet, just in time to see the sentinels' reassembled arms, clearly shaped like the chainsaw cannons of the Eastbound pirates. "They're trying to shift the blame for the massacre onto the pirates!"

When Robin's Chain of Order crushed the fifth mechanical sentinel like a golden python, the surrounding civilians burst into thunderous cheers.

He knelt on one knee, holding up the Sword of Judgment, letting the gear fragments and oil rain splash all over his body. The Wilk family emblem and the Order emblem on his chest shone in the firelight. This was a "hero saving the people" scene he deliberately created. When the first sentinel turned to the civilians, he knew that Duke Hawke wanted to use the massacre to prove the Wilk family's crime of "controlling evil things."

"Look! The Wilk boys are killing the sentries!" the drunk roared, holding up his wine jug. "Those iron lumps have their family crest engraved on their chests!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd fell to the ground, pointing at Robin's blood-stained shirt: "He's hurt! The emblem is glowing!"

The discussion spread like a plague, and Robin heard Leah shouting among the crowd: "The mechanical sentinels have been corrupted by evil forces! The Knights of Order are purifying them!"

At this moment, the remaining seven sentinels suddenly turned towards the port, and the reassembled chainsaw cannons spewed out the iconic indigo flames of the Eastern Pirates.

Robin looked at the iris mark revealed under the melting family emblem on the sentinel's chest and sneered in his heart. The person who was commanding behind the scenes was eager to divert his attention when he saw that the plan had failed.

"They want the granary in Xicheng District!" Leah pulled him towards the alley. She knew there was a shortcut that could quickly get to the church.

The granary in Xicheng District stores more than 60% of the grain in the capital. Once it is burned down, it will inevitably cause great unrest in the capital.

A deafening explosion was heard from the direction of the warehouse area.

Robin jumped onto the clock tower and saw a group of men in black following closely on the other side of the mechanical sentry.

These people should be the operators of the mechanical sentinels.

"They want to create the illusion that 'pirates are manipulating mechanical sentinels to attack the capital.'" Leah followed his gaze and suddenly grabbed his wrist. "These mechanical sentinels are of very high level. If they self-destruct."

Her words were drowned out by the screams of the guards in the warehouse area. Seven mechanical creations began to connect with each other, eventually forming a mechanical siren that was thirty feet tall, with its chainsaw cannon aimed at the granary filled with food.

The system reported that Guardian Baron had arrived, and the old man's iconic power of order was covering the entire city with star-track trajectories.

Robin suddenly turned and pushed the Viscount into Leah's arms, the Sword of Judgment drawing a golden arc of light in his palm: "Help me take my father to the church!"

"Are you crazy? That thing is thirty feet tall!" Leah's scream was swallowed by the roar of the mechanical siren.

Robin showed a heart-pounding smile. He pulled open his collar, letting the Wilk family emblem shine with the Order emblem in the moonlight, and jumped onto the collapsed high-rise building on tiptoe. At this moment, the port spotlight was sweeping over his figure, casting the silhouette of the lone hero on the scarlet pupils of the mechanical monster.

"Look! Isn't that the new baron that the kingdom just appointed?" A guard's sword slipped from his hand and hit the stone slab with a crisp sound.

Someone in the crowd suddenly fell to their knees. "He's luring the monster away! Like a legendary dragon slayer!"

Robin stood with his sword on the top of the bell tower. The moment the thirty-foot-tall mechanical siren raised its chainsaw cannon, he saw Baron standing in front of the Royal Guards formation.

(End of this chapter)