"What do you mean?"

Old Saman stared at Neo.

"Just don't want you to ruin your carefully prepared funeral, so I came to remind you..."

"Do you think I would believe you?"

"What do you think?"

"I would, of course." Old Saman took a step back, his whole demeanor completely restrained, and he turned back into the ordinary old man who managed the cemetery. "I believe what you said."

Then, Old Saman sat down in the chair and pointed to Alfred, saying, "Come on, let's continue playing. Remember to play this song at my funeral."

"I will record your performance and play it at your funeral."

"Ugh, no, even though I'll be dead by then, I still have some face!"

Neo walked out of the cabin, Karun nodded to Alfred, Alfred also bowed in response, and then Karun followed Neo out of the cabin.

Old Saman asked Alfred, "Do you know why I believe him so much?"

"I don't know."

"Because I can feel that he really wants to find someone to fight with."

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"I don't think he can beat you."

"See, even you say he can't beat me."

"That's for sure." Alfred immediately agreed.

"But logically, how could an ordinary Order Whip captain beat me?"

"Uh..."

"But you, including myself, think that there may be changes in this matter, and that's the biggest problem."

"You're thinking very logically."

"I'm also considering Mrs. Lake, so she won't curse me for being mischievous before she does my makeup, increasing her workload."

"Then let's continue playing, without recording, just for the sake of music?"

Old Saman waved his hand and said, "Let's take a break first."

"Okay, take a break."

"If you say a few more of those slang words, I'll write them all down and think about them slowly when I'm lying in my coffin."

"Okay."

Alfred took out a yellow notebook, which contained the copied contents of the black notebook at home, even the places where it was corrected were completely consistent.

Old Saman looked at Alfred's solemn appearance and couldn't help but smile:

"I really can't understand your enthusiasm. What's the point of preaching to someone who's about to die? Do you expect me to climb out of the coffin and become a believer?"

"If your loyalty moves God, God may grant you this honor."

"But I have devoted my life to the god of Pamires, and I don't want to change anymore."

"That's okay, we still have the next life."

"What did you say?""Below, I will explain to you what is called the breath from the earth."

...

When Karun came out, he saw the captain had already sat in the driver's seat of the VIP car. Karun opened the passenger door and sat in. This position was usually not occupied by anyone.

Neo turned his head to look at Karun and said, "You can go home now."

"Why is the captain still waiting here?"

"Because the car key is with you. Are you worried that the church's car will be stolen? You even pulled out the key?"

Karun took out the car key and handed it to the captain but did not get out of the car.

"Aren't you getting out of the car?"

"I'm curious, where is the captain planning to go now?"

"I plan to go to the bar for a drink. I remember you don't like drinking."

"After drinking, it's not suitable to drive."

The captain did not comment and started the car, driving out of the cemetery.

After getting on the highway, Karun asked, "Captain, is Saman powerful?"

"You took his gift, and you're still asking me if he's powerful?"

"I just took his old refrigerator."

"Give you another chance to organize your words."

The captain took his right hand off the steering wheel and waved his fingertips up and down.

"I just took a spatial artifact from him."

"It's an upgradable spatial artifact."

"Oh, I see."

"It seems that you have someone who knows how to recognize good things around you," Neo laughed. "If it can be upgraded, it will increase its value tenfold. If you sell it on the black market."

There are no people in Karun's family who recognize good things, only cats and dogs.

"He thought he didn't have much time left, so he gave me these things in exchange for me making dinner for him every night."

"Well, mastering one more skill is indeed a great advantage at a critical time."

"Yes, Captain. After all, no matter how many skills one has, they won't crush their body."

"Hehe, but it will easily distract them."

"Yes, that's true."

Karun felt that the captain's words had a hidden meaning. It could be about cooking, or it could be about his own magic, but it was more likely to be about his own identity, as he had too many attributes on him, which made it difficult for Karun to correspond to them immediately.

At this time, a group of crows appeared in the sky ahead.

Neo stopped the car, looked at the direction the crows were flying, then turned the steering wheel and followed the direction of the crows.

After driving for a while, Karun felt that the captain had probably confirmed the destination of these crows, so he didn't wait for them and increased the speed to overtake them.

Karun sat in the passenger seat and occasionally looked out the window, watching the captain drive the car to the north of the city, then into the suburbs, and finally continued to travel north along a railway line, then deviated from the railway line to the northeast.Continuing in this direction, Karun felt that he would soon reach the seaside.

The quality of the VIP car was indeed good. Even though there was no road here and everywhere was rocky, the car did not seem to be falling apart despite the bumps, and the engine still maintained strong output.

It was understandable. Other cars that cut corners would at most be fined, but if this church's VIP car dared to have quality problems, it could be sent directly to meet God.

After driving for some time, a strange road appeared ahead. It was a dead end on this end and was not connected to any other roads.

But after the car drove onto it, it was much more comfortable.

However, a guard post appeared ahead, with many priests in godly robes standing on either side.

"Sit up straighter." Neo said.

Karun leaned back deliberately, not sitting so upright, while placing his hands in front of him and his gaze slightly narrowed.

From what could be seen through the mask, only his eyes.

Neo quickly honked the horn and then, with his mask on, stuck his head out of the window, waving his hand to signal for them to move aside.

The priests at the guard post thought it was a car for some important person and no one dared to signal for them to stop and undergo inspection. Instead, they voluntarily stepped back and raised the barrier.

So, the VIP car drove straight through the guard post.

"Captain, where are we going to drink?"

"We're not going to drink. We'll go later. First, I'll take you to see the food."

"Hm? Okay."

After continuing forward for some distance, this road led to a cliff.

Karun instinctively grabbed the safety handle above his head, sensing that Neo was about to do something.

Neo's hands emitted a black light, and then the steering wheel also emitted light. Soon, the entire car body also had a glow flowing on it, indicating that the formation inside the car had been activated.

Then, Neo stepped on the gas pedal, and the car accelerated towards the cliff.

"Buzz!"

The scene of the car leaping into the air did not appear. After rushing out of the cliff, Karun felt the rapid changes in light and shadow outside, and then realized that their car was driving on another road.

On the right was the sea, in front was a long road, and on the left were several other roads, with cars and horse-drawn carriages traveling on them. The running speed of these horses pulling the carriages was not slower than that of the car. These horses with red eyes should not be ordinary horses.

In any case, there was an atmosphere of busyness and seriousness here, like a military base.

Neo turned the car to the right, leaving the road and driving on the beach for some distance before finally stopping in front of a very high reef.

"Get out."Karun followed Neo out of the car and climbed up the reef. Finally, they reached the top of the reef. When Karun peeked his head out, he saw a huge cave opening on the shore ahead, with the same height as the landmark building, the Saint Torre Tower, in the Vein City.

At this moment, a trembling sound came from the dark cave, and even though Karun was so far away, he could feel the shock.

Soon, a military formation appeared from the cave, marching in an orderly manner. Each soldier wore black armor, held a huge black shield, and had a sword at their waist. The sunlight shone on them, reflecting a chilling light.

Behind them, another military formation with bows and crossbows appeared. Each person held a black longbow and carried three bags of arrows on their back. Although their armor was also black, it was obviously much lighter.

After that, there were catapult-like structures.

Following them was a formation of carriages, which looked like war chariots, but not quite. Each carriage carried a stack of black coffins.

Karun was fascinated by the sight. He turned his head and saw the captain holding a crystal telescope.

Feeling Karun's gaze, the captain handed him the telescope. "Thanks, captain," Karun said.

"No problem. The crystal is cheap, but the lens is expensive. Just input some spiritual power into it," the captain replied.

Karun used one eye to look through the telescope and input spiritual power into it. Suddenly, he felt like he was there, not only having the ability to see far, but also being able to converge light and shadow, allowing him to observe the area he wanted to see to the fullest.

Shields, swords, armor, longbows, arrows...

Karun matched their equipment with the prices in the points shop and couldn't help but sigh. This was definitely an army built with a massive amount of points.

Of course, considering that they were all forged in the internal workshop of the Order of the Gods, the actual manufacturing cost must be much lower than selling them outside.

Although various countries' armies had entered the era of hot weapons, Karun had seen the ironclad ships of the Vein Empire's navy more than once at the York City port. However, the army that was coming out of the cave was enough to make any country's army feel hopeless.

Although they still used cold weapons, the weapons in their hands were not something that "hot and cold" weapons could distinguish.The intermediate order shield in the hands of the shield soldiers had a formation engraved inside. Even if a cannon was fired at it, the cannonball would only be bounced off and unable to cause any damage to the shield. The longbows and arrows in the hands of the archers could be shot out much farther than bullets and could even be precisely targeted. The catapults were even more terrifying, as they could launch "plague," "disaster," "bloodlust," and "cruelty." If one hit the enemy's position, if they were just an ordinary army, they would soon have a group of people turning into crazy beings and killing their own comrades, and these negative attributes could also be contagious.

However, Karun noticed the emblem on the armor of these soldiers and recognized it as the Third Knight Order. This was an active duty knight order, and the reserve garrison was made up of retired soldiers from various legions, so their armor would be preserved when they were assigned. There would be various knight orders in a reserve garrison, but not in an active duty knight order.

"Why are there coffins too?" Karun couldn't help but ask.

In the information he had read before, only the First Knight Order was composed of "resurrected dead" and was known as the strongest knight order.

"Each knight order will have a portion of their quota used to execute tasks with a very high death rate, such as reconnaissance, charging, and breaking through enemy lines."

"Suicide squad?"

"Heh, it's a must-die squad."

"Yes, the captain is right."

"Do you see the flagpole on the carriage? That is our church's holy artifact. These corpses have been processed, and their spiritual power has been sorted out. When the commander orders their 'awakening,' the flagpole will burn and help the caster transfer the cost of 'awakening.'"

"Oh, I see."

"But the cost of awakening is still very high. The higher the realm and the stronger the person was in life, the greater the cost of awakening. It is said that there are still many bones of temple elders preserved in the First Knight Order."

"This is scary just thinking about it."

"Heh, even we, as members of the church, find it scary, let alone other churches. The strength of the Order of the Gods lies in its fist. Even those who have died can become combat power, and those who die in battle can quickly become combat power. Even some special means can turn killed enemies into combat power. Who would want to face such an opponent, and who would dare to face such an opponent?"

"If it hadn't developed, it would be fine, but since it has already developed, it is really too scary."

"Do you know what our church relies on to develop?" Neo asked.

"It's...the light."In the era of the rise of order, the Order of the Gods was almost like a knife in the hands of the Bright God's Church. Whenever the Bright God wanted to punish someone, the Order of the Gods was always the first to respond and immediately launched a crusade, not just for show, but for real.

In the previous era, the God of Order had killed and suppressed many gods, many of whom were certified "evil gods" by the Bright God.

In short, that was the period when the relationship between Bright and Order was closest.

However, when the Bright God's Church declined, it could no longer hold onto this increasingly sharp knife, and might even be hurt by it.

Many records were edited, but the traces of editing were evidence themselves. If Order did not do anything when Bright declined and disappeared, why did they deliberately erase the relationship between Order and Bright later?

There must be more than just one reason why Bright declined and disappeared, because Order could completely inherit "the legal tradition of Bright" and more legitimately control the world of the church, but the Order of the Gods did not choose to do so.

Neo smiled and said, "Order needs the guidance of Bright, but once Order grows up, everything that dares to surpass Order will be a target to be broken."

"I've never seen such a large-scale knight order before," Karun sighed.

"The knights haven't come out yet."

"Woo-woo-woo-woo..."

A low, oppressive neigh came from both sides of the cave as the cavalry charged out.

These knights carried long spears and wore swords at their waists, looking majestic and tall. Their mounts were also armored, but their composition was different, many of them not even horses, but some kind of deliberately cultivated monster. More than half of the mounts had a strange other color in their eyes, either dead mounts or modified mounts.

They were not awakened, but rather modified using their skeletons.

Many of them were basilisks, the raw materials for the captain's favorite grilled meat. It was said that basilisks had the bloodline of ancient dragons.

When these cavalry appeared, Karun felt that there was nothing in this world that could stop them.

"I didn't expect the Order of the Gods to have this side," he said.

"Yes, Captain. I've only read some records before and can only be considered to know a little, but this is the first time I've seen it," the soldier replied.

"Like our Order of the Whip team, the Order 12 Knight Order is also based on the Order 12 Knights. Legend has it that the first 12 knights each served as the commander of a knight order.""The 12 Knight Orders, as well as their subordinate garrison troops, have no intersection with us. Even the bishop of the district cannot mobilize a single member of them without the order from the Senate.

Strictly speaking, the establishment and development of the Order of the Whip of Order is also based on this reason. The daily work of the church requires violent means to maintain, but the church's legion cannot be mobilized and can only continuously enrich and enhance its available power in the name of the Order of the Whip of Order."

"Are there any other orthodox churches with such legions?"

"Definitely. In this era where gods do not appear and there is no outbreak of divine wars, the church's legions will definitely shrink and decay. Divine wars are not just fought by gods."

"So, Captain, where are we?"

Karun looked at himself and then at the captain.

The captain is a traitor, and coincidentally, he seems to be a traitor too.

Two traitors lying in this position, holding special binoculars to observe the army, this looks like what spies should do.

Did the captain deliberately bring him here to spy?

But... Karun suddenly thought that the captain asked him to get off the car before. It was he who asked to stay in the car.

"Don't you feel curious?" Neo asked.

"Curious?"

"Curious about why the prison space collapsed? You should have entered the communication room with that god-child. You saw his report process, right?"

"Yes, I saw it. I saw him report to the Pamilaisi teaching lord about the situation of the traitor in the maintenance formation team."

"Well, that's it. The prison space still collapsed."

"So I think there is a traitor inside..."

"So, who do you think the traitor is?"

Neo suddenly reached out and hugged Karun, saying in a deep voice:

"Order Black Mist!"

In the next moment, both Karun and Neo were covered by black mist, and this black mist quickly assimilated with the surrounding environment, covering their figures.

At the same time, a winged dragon appeared in the sky, carrying a middle-aged man. The winged dragon hovered down and landed in front of the legion.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

All the soldiers of the legion saluted the newcomer:

"Greetings, Legion Commander!"

"Greetings, Legion Commander!"

The middle-aged man placed his hands on his chest and said sincerely:

"Praise the Order!"

After the winged dragon left, Neo released his hold on Karun.

"Is this for an expedition to the Pamilaisi teaching?" Karun asked.

"The 12 Order Knight Orders, the first knight order cannot be deployed. Among the remaining 11 knight orders, one knight order will always garrison the entrance to the world in the Order Temple, and one knight order will garrison the church."Three knight regiments were responsible for mobile deployment, while the remaining six knight regiments were stationed in the six top districts. The Third Knight Regiment was stationed in the Vienne district.

The Seventh Knight Regiment should be one of the mobile knight regiments in this session, but even if the Seventh Knight Regiment had an accident, the Elders Council had two other mobile knight regiments that could be mobilized at any time, so there was no need for the Third Knight Regiment in the Vienne district.

You should know that the Pamilais Church was just a medium-sized church, and it was famous for forging space artifacts, not for fighting. Therefore, one knight regiment was actually enough to annihilate the Pamilais Church twice.

At this time, a violent energy fluctuation appeared on the surface of the sea in front of the cave entrance, and a huge platform slowly emerged from below the sea surface.

"Buzz!"

A terrifying whirlwind spread out in all directions, and then a huge blue light gate appeared on the platform.

The Legion Commander walked towards the platform and stood in front of the blue light gate.

At this moment, a woman walked out from the light gate.

Karun picked up the telescope and looked over. The woman was wearing a blue long dress, and in front of her, there were two large blue gems rotating, emitting a holy and gentle aura.

"Is it her?"

Karun remembered this woman. She had appeared in the communication room during the day. Although her image was very blurry at that time, he had mistaken the two gems in front of her for her chest under the blurry light and shadow, and was surprised that the executive director of the Pamilais Church had such an outrageous chest.

"Do you know who she is?" Neo asked.

"She's the executive director of the Pamilais Church."

"Oh."

"Captain, can you read lips? What is she saying?" Karun saw that the executive director was talking, but he couldn't hear her voice from such a distance.

"She is saying:

Respected Legion Commander,

The Pamilais Church has made all necessary preparations!"

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