The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

Chapter 120 The Descent of the Mythical Beasts

Every era has its own style, and for the knights of the Eternal Night Continent, loyalty is the first rule.

The loyalty of most knights to their lords is beyond question.

Leo is always cautious, testing the knights' loyalty with words, and so far they seem to be doing well.

The knights had no complaints about following Leo and were happy to die for him.

Of course, this was also because Leo's future was promising, and the knights were naturally willing to follow a lord destined for greatness.

"Pluto, the Holy Light has decreed for me; a phantom beast will descend upon this place tonight," Leo said mysteriously. "I intend for you to be the one to form a contract with this phantom beast. Make the most of this opportunity."

"M-My lord—" Pluto was stunned. "Is this true?"

Mythical Beasts are the most sacred things in the world to a great knight; nothing can compare to them.

The great knights would even offer their wives and children if they could obtain the opportunity to contract a magical beast.

"Let's wait."

Leo wanted to show off, but a gust of wind blew in, carrying tobacco ash mixed with charcoal, which choked him and left him covered in soot.

They could only slink down.

Then he found Franken: "The brickyard must be moved, moved downwind!"

When the brick kiln was built, only the terrain was considered and the wind vents were not taken into account, especially since the smoke was extremely loud when burning peat.

It has already seriously affected the living environment of the fortified village.

"Leo, I've chosen a location for the new brick kiln, near the northern fence, about a mile from the fort," Franken said. "Many people have complained to me that the kiln smoke is too much."

"Is Old Adam still alive?"

"I'm here, being served the best food and drinks. I almost don't want to go back to the pottery factory."

"Hmm, call him over, I have something to tell him." Leo suddenly had a whim and wanted to think of something new.

When Master Chef Adam arrived, he said directly, "The quality of the red bricks has stabilized, and you deserve a lot of credit. I will give you a reward. However, I would like to ask you to research another type of brick."

"Young Master Leo, please give your orders!" Old Adam thumped his chest loudly.

"I know of a type of brick that's blue-green, so let's call it blue brick," Leo said. "Higher temperatures can fire clay into blue bricks, and apparently you have to sprinkle water on them after firing—anyway, if you figure out how to make blue bricks, I'll give you a big reward."

Old Adam, blinded by the reward of the red bricks, patted his chest without a word and declared, "Young Master Leo, rest assured, Old Adam will definitely fire the blue bricks!"

The red bricks were of poor quality.

It can be used to build houses and roads for serfs.

Blue bricks are of high quality and will not break even after thousands of years. They can be used to build castles and city walls. The swampy plains happen to lack stones, and blue bricks can fill the gap in stone materials. Moreover, Leo already has plans to renovate Sunflower Castle.

Sunflower Castle was actually built only a few years ago.

But the old layout, cramped corridors, and dark staircases didn't suit Leo's aesthetic and experience; he preferred a modern, large villa.

Time passed little by little.

The fortified village did not quiet down; many serfs were still working on the night shift, busily building the last side of the fortified village with small red bricks fired in the brick kiln, which housed 220 rooms.

Leo and Pluto climbed back up to the top of the fortress gate.

They had two chairs brought over, and we sat on them to enjoy the breeze. The brick kiln had already shut down and was no longer emitting smoke.

"grown ups----"

"Please calm down, Lord Pluto," Leo smiled.

The sunflower mentioned the third quarter of the Zi hour. Leo calculated that the Zi hour is from 11 PM to 1 AM. One Shichen is two hours, and one hour is divided into four Ke (刻), which is 15 minutes. Therefore, the third quarter of the Zi hour is 11:45 PM.

He took out his pocket watch and glanced at it; there were still a few minutes until three-quarters past midnight.

Let's chat for a bit.

The hour of midnight finally arrived.

Without Leo's prompting, Pluto noticed the sudden phenomenon: the sunflower plant in front of the gate suddenly shone with light from its roots to its leaves.

"My lord!" Pluto exclaimed, jumping to his feet in surprise.

The two stood on the edge of the fortress rooftop, staring at the sunflower plant that had suddenly burst into bright light.

The light grew stronger and stronger, even waking the people sleeping in the fortified village. Soon, the light became so intense that it seemed to transform into a huge, round jade plate, obscuring the outline of the sunflower. Only the flower head at the top was still faintly visible.

A large jade plate sits atop a smaller jade plate.

"What's going on?" Franken's voice came from outside as he put on his clothes and came out.

Then more and more people came out and crowded at the gate of the fortified village, marveling at the dazzling light.

Leo's voice rang out from above: "Everyone, please be quiet! This is the moment when the phantom beasts descend. Do not make a sound to disturb them!"

"Ah, a phantom—" someone exclaimed, but before they could finish speaking, they covered their mouths, afraid of disturbing the phantom beast's arrival.

If it really was because of his exclamation that the magical beast ran away.

He would definitely be hacked to death.

Fortunately, the arrival of the phantom beast did not last long. The light of the large jade plate quickly receded, and in the process of receding, a clear outline gradually appeared. It was not very big, like a small squirrel.

When the dazzling light completely faded away.

Only one little squirrel remained, its body radiating a faint light, squatting in place with its two eyes darting around.

On its head, there is a small sunflower head that looks like an LED light bulb.

That was the phantom beast light plant transformed from the sunflower light plant.

The Mythical Beast Light Plant grows on the body of a Mythical Beast and plays a miraculous role in the training of Mythical Beast Knights.

"The phantom beast is complete!" Leo exclaimed, breaking the silence of the fortress.

In the crowd, Sir Harrison was breathing heavily, and the late Sir Rhodes also swallowed hard.

However, Leo's subsequent words shattered their fantasies and hopes.

"Lord Pluto, you will be the one to contract this phantom beast." Leo's voice left no room for argument. "Everyone else, remain silent."

Pluto stood on the roof, knelt on one knee before Leo, and performed a knightly salute.

Then he leaped and landed on the ground.

The little squirrel phantom was startled and darted more than ten meters away. Pluto quickly slowed down and cautiously approached the little squirrel phantom step by step.

The allure of the Tier 2 Grand Knight has drawn the little squirrel phantom beast towards Pluto.

This scene.

This completely extinguished the last glimmer of hope for Harrison and Rhodes in the crowd. The phantom beast did not resist Pluto, which meant that the contract was almost certainly going to be formed, and that they had no chance.

No one dared to break the contract at this time.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Pluto and the squirrel phantom successfully came together, their eyes meeting to confirm their mutual understanding.

Immediately, Pluto unleashed a unified internal and external fighting spirit, while the little squirrel phantom beast opened its mouth and bit Pluto's palm, biting through the fighting spirit and tearing through the flesh. As blood seeped out, the contract solidified.

A knight and a phantom beast, their bodies flashed with light at the same time.

Immediately, the little squirrel phantom beast jumped directly onto Pluto's shoulder.

Pluto turned around, bowed to Leo atop the fortress gate tower, and said with a slight tremor in his voice, "My lord, Pluto has successfully completed the Beast Contract, fulfilling his mission!"

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