Knight Asylum

Shinji Shirodo blinked, didn't think much about it, nodded, and followed Umi Tezuka.

"I'm in charge of another place."

Shinji Shirodo and Kai Tezuka had just left, and Akiyama Ren also left with a sluggish face. Tojo Go and Sano Mitsuru, who were standing there, were a little confused for a moment.

"The plan... is this the case?" Sano Mitsuru couldn't help but complain.

"Actually...it's really similar," Tojo Go complained after thinking for a while.

The Zhinao Group building is quite large, so it is definitely impossible for them to act together.

"Let's set off quickly," Tojo Go turned around and took out the knight card box from his pocket.

"Yeah...yes!" Sano Mitsuru thought for a while, scratched the back of his head, took out the Knight Card Box and pointed it at the mirror.

At this time, the ribbon-cutting ceremony has come to the most critical part.

Because of the warm-up by the mascot Kuga, everyone's expectations for the ribbon-cutting session reached their highest point. In their hearts, this ribbon-cutting ceremony was no longer a commercial means, but a real celebration that represented the dawn of humanity.

However, just when the mascot Kuuga took the large scissors and was about to cut the ribbon, a scream was heard. The faces of the people who had gathered changed and they fled in fear. At the end, a group of phantom demons led by Medusa swaggered in, followed by a large group of phantom demon soldiers, with a terrifying posture that was going to destroy everything.

Chapter 397: As we all know, funny characters are invincible

"This scene is so beautiful~ screams, despair, fear——"

Medusa held her chin up, admiring the citizens who were fleeing in all directions, with an extremely harsh and sharp smile on her lips. The soldiers she brought with her screamed and waved their weapons at the fleeing citizens. The citizens who did not have time to escape were caught and thrown to the ground.

All the beauty and hope were destroyed in an instant, and despair spread.

The adults, who have experienced a lot, are used to such things, but the children are still unable to understand why the things they love are being destroyed so unreasonably. Their childish cries cast a layer of sadness over the despair.

Because they cannot comfort their children, they can only let their children accept the result and watch everything they love being destroyed.

Why must this be done?

The phantom demon's soldiers waved their weapons and rushed straight towards the mascot standing behind the ribbon.

That's right—

Why does it have to be like this?

The adorable mascot, which even had difficulty walking, suddenly disappeared from the spot, turned sideways with a cute expression, swung its chubby arms, and as the white sound barrier was broken, the phantom's soldiers spiraled into the sky like rockets.

This sudden development made everyone freeze in place, and a crack appeared in the sad despair.

Medusa's smile gradually froze.

"Oh——"

Phoenix, who had been lacking interest at first, immediately became interested. He took up his greatsword and jumped up in the flames, then swung his greatsword towards the mascot Kuuga's head with great force.

The proportions adjusted to make the image cute inevitably led to a huge problem, which is that one cannot touch one's own head, and there is a fatal gap above.

"Is it fun hiding in this ridiculous doll costume? Let me see your true face!"

In front of the flaming sword, the mascot looked so fragile and harmless. The children, who had finally seen a turn for the better and were smiling, immediately cried out in sorrow.

The mascot Kuga slipped and fell backwards as if frightened.

But an incredible side appeared.

The moment the cute head hit the ground, it sank like a bouncy ball and bounced back. The mascot Kuga, who started from two meters, rushed up and kicked Phoenix in the stomach with a fierce flying kick. His short round legs kicked Phoenix's lower abdomen like a pile driver, and circles of white umbrella-shaped impacts blasted into the sky.

The flames on Phoenix's body burned through the furry body of the mascot Kuuga but did not cause any damage.

"How is this possible!" Medusa's pupils shrank sharply.

That's a doll costume. Even if the person wearing this doll costume is a very powerful being, it's still a doll costume. How could a doll costume withstand such outrageous movement methods and the flames of the Phoenix?

Is it possible...

Is there really something like this in this world?

Even though the mascot Kong was about to explode after being kicked by Phoenix, he still maintained that harmless expression. However, when that harmless expression fell into Phoenix's eyes, it was extremely terrifying, especially when the shadow gradually covered that harmless expression.

"Damn it!!!"

Phoenix roared and swung the greatsword in his hand, but before he could swing it, the mascot Kuuga's fat body, which seemed to have no flexibility, turned incredibly quickly and placed his chubby hand on Phoenix's chin.

"Shouldn't you—"

A huge force pulled Phoenix's body straight down. When the smoke and dust cleared, Phoenix appeared in front of everyone, his body straight like a javelin, stuck upside down on the ground.

Adults may be pessimistic in the face of crises because they have experienced too much torture and believe that the outcome will not change at all. But children are different. They only understand what is happening in front of them. What is now is what it is, and their laughter is the best sign that hope has broken the shadow of despair.

And as an adult.

As a mascot representing hope.

As a knight wearing a mask.

"come on--"

"Come on, mascot brother!"

The children who were held by their families raised their hands and cheered. Tiandao Shuhua, who was helping the citizens who fell down due to the attack of the phantom demon, immediately stood on tiptoe and cheered loudly.

The site was destroyed and filled with pungent smoke. It had become a hell that bred despair, but hope was blooming there.

"Come on—despair."

Tiny arcs of electricity flashed across the surface of the doll's costume.

Red had seen Gamego's operation, where he put on hard armor by changing the shape of the decorations on his body.

As a holder of the same ultimate power, Red can do the same thing.

But what he needed was not armor to intimidate the enemy, but a gesture that could arouse hope and dispel despair.

Ultimate Kuuga——【Force Form】

The mascot Kuuga leaned sideways and tried to hook his finger to provoke Medusa, but due to his limited body size, he could not do such a high-end move and could only bend his arm instead. This clumsy move naturally caused the children to laugh.

The reporters present immediately took out their cameras to record it all.

The child smiled, but the faces of Medusa and other phantoms were extremely dark.

They should have brought despair but instead became clowns.

"What are you waiting for! Go! Kill him!"

Medusa laughed loudly and also turned into a phantom demon.

The phantom demon's soldiers picked up their weapons and rushed towards Red, screaming, but the outcome was already doomed from the beginning.

The mascot Kuuga rushed into the Phantom Demon soldiers at a high speed like teleportation, and slapped each of them, sending them all into the sky, but the Phantom Demons also used this opportunity to display various special abilities.

The enchanting mermaid Phantom appeared silently in front of the mascot Kuuga and stretched out her hands to try to hold the mascot Kuuga's neck, and wanted to get close to the mascot Kuuga's ear and control him with her seductive and decadent voice.

But the mascot Sora didn't have a neck, and she couldn't find her ears.

Forget it, if you don’t have it, you won’t have it.

The Siren Phantom gritted his teeth and just as he was about to open his mouth, the mascot Kuuga's head suddenly turned around, and his face, which was harmless but gradually shrouded in shadows, was almost pressed against the Siren Phantom's face.

An absurd and fearful feeling filled the whole body of the Siren Demon, and the charming voice trembled slightly.

"listen to me……"

Red turned sideways and raised his chubby arm to rest on the siren's head.

"Thank you!"

Red didn't know why the Siren Phantom wanted to sing, but out of politeness he finished singing the lyrics, then slapped it down with a huge force, causing the Siren Phantom to spin with its waist as the center like a windmill.

Why should we be afraid of giving birth to new hope?

Just because there will be one more kind of despair?

Then use your own hands to defend this hope.

Chapter 398: Taking away hope? So the resistance begins

Why should we be afraid of giving birth to new hope?

In the dim corridor, a magic circle unfolded, and magicians led by Wright walked out of the magic circle.

Just because there will be a new kind of despair?

"Lord Light, we have arrived inside the Zhinao Group building," the young man behind Light glanced at the magic prop in his hand.

"Who are you? Why are you here?!"

A staff member walked out from the corner, was stunned when he saw Wright and others, and walked towards them while shouting at them.

Wright raised his hand and waved it impatiently, and the magician beside him immediately put on the ring and inserted it into the bronze prison door-shaped belt and twisted it vigorously.

【Chameleo! Go! KaChaChaKaChaChameleo! 】

A slender chameleon's tongue shot out and wrapped around the staff member, throwing him against the wall and knocking the staff member of Zhinao Group unconscious on the spot.

"Do you understand your respective duties?" Wright raised his chin. "Remember to move more quickly."

"learn--"

The magicians present took up the magic rings of transformation, put them into their belts and twisted them hard. The prison door opened and the bronze lion roared and brought out the magic circle to cover them with magic armor.

"I'll let you know when I succeed."

Wright turned around and leisurely put on the magic ring, completing the transformation. Unlike the others, his main body was a silver lion instead of bronze, which represented the difference in his status from other magicians.

The bronze magicians looked at Wright's back and showed dissatisfied expressions.

The task that Wright assigned to them was to destroy the load-bearing walls at various locations of the Zhinao Group building, preparing to collapse the Zhinao Group in one go, while Wright himself was responsible for seizing the resurrection surgery data and corresponding equipment.

It is clear at a glance which one has made the greater contribution.

But they didn't dare to object, because the magicians had extremely strict class differences, and they, as bronze magicians, could not rebel against silver magicians.

Magic circles opened one after another, and bronze magicians walked into the magic circles and jumped to different locations.

"Hey... this is really an interesting situation," a man poked his head out from the corner, jumped out with his hands behind his back.

If Wright was present, he would definitely scream in disbelief, because the one who came was Guremlin, one of the phantom demons who was supposed to attack the Zhinao Group Building head-on.

Guremlin turned his head thoughtfully, his eyes fixed on the glass not far away, he thought for a moment and raised his hands above his head.

"Don't be so cautious - I'm a human~"

A knight's spear silently stretched out from behind Guremlin and pressed against his back. Guremlin slightly tilted his head and saw the image of Akiyama Ren wearing black armor and a silver bat-shaped knight mask.

"Human? Is that really the case?" Qiu Shanlian's voice was extremely low.

"Of course - I'm a human, but I'm trapped in this monster's body, so I didn't attack the AI ​​Group like those monsters did," Guremlin raised his hands high and slowly turned around with the tip of the gun against his throat.

"Then why did you come here?" Akiyama Lian clenched the knight's spear in her hand.

"Of course... we are here to stop the magicians from destroying the pillar of hope that S·L mankind has just bred." Guremlin deliberately put his throat towards the knight's spear. Normally, his neck would have been pierced, but no such bloody scene happened because Akiyama Ren subconsciously pulled back the knight's spear.

"Ah~ You are such a gentle and kind person——"

Guremlin raised his hand and pressed down the knight's spear in Akiyama Lian's hand and moved in front of Akiyama Lian. His fairy-like eyes seemed to be able to see the struggle in Akiyama Lian's eyes through the mask.

Akiyama Lian wanted to push Guremlin away directly, but Guremlin's next words made him freeze in place.

"It's painful - knowing it's wrong, but having to watch it happen."

Qiu Shanlian's eyes slowly widened under the visor. The silent knight in the dark night grabbed Guremlin's collar with great rage and pressed him heavily against the wall.

"You—know something!"

"Don't be angry, I don't intend to stop you, and I don't think your behavior is wrong..."

Guremlin smiled harmlessly, his fairy-like eyes passed over Qiu Shanlian and looked at the glass behind Qiu Shanlian. A majestic figure emerged in the translucent mirror.

"But, Mr. Knight, do you know what you want to protect?"

"Shut up--"

"How pitiful! You are like the wind trapped in a cage right now...ah, how should I describe it? That's right...you are like the wind trapped in a cage."

"Shut up!"

Akiyama Lian's roar echoed in the corridor, along with Guremlin's low laughter. At the same time, Wright had already come to the underground. The technological safety lock was useless in the face of magic, and Wright passed through the heavy doors with great ease.

"Is it right here?"

Wright glanced at the instructions on the magic props, then looked eagerly at the door not far away. Before he could get close, a loud shout was heard.