The knight in the abyss

Chapter 867
"Little Isa." Lancelot beckoned to the vampire, calling softly, "Come here, I'll assign you a task."

"Please tell me, master." The girl showed a mischievous smile, "I'm just joking, but if brother likes, you can also call him that in the future."

"Uh, be serious..." Lancelow wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead with some guilt, and took out a small black box from his arms, "Take this and sneak to the enemy first." Go nearby."

"This is... the magic stone? What do I need to do?"

"I have an intuition that that skeleton knight might accept my request for a one-on-one duel." Lancelot pondered, "But if my intuition is wrong, then you have to open this box as soon as possible to prevent that Three Burning Skulls casting fireballs, or whatever. This is very important, understand?"

"Understood." The little girl nodded heavily, "Leave it to me."

"Hmm." Lancelot handed the box over, watching the other party silently blend into the shadows.

"What about us?" Brutal asked expectantly, "Will there be no fight?"

"If the opponent doesn't want to fight me one-on-one for a while, you and Tanya will go with me, while Aramiel and Karalin stay where they are, and use magic to assist us at this distance. Uncle Barend is responsible for protecting them... ..."

"Well, I guess it's probably nothing to do with me." Brutal shrugged, "If it's a dwarf zombie, I won't let you say anything..."

At this time, Lancelot received a telegram from little Isa, indicating that he was already in place.

"Don't be careless, stay vigilant." Lancelot glared at Brutal, "Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared."

After speaking, he made a motion gesture, and then walked out from behind the tree trunk.Lancelow deliberately did not hide his steps to ensure that the other party could notice him.The skeleton knight did react immediately. It jumped up immediately, and drew its own weapon from the bonfire—a thin-edged two-handed sword with a spiral-shaped sword.However, when it saw the person coming, it was obviously stunned for a moment, and suddenly said in common language:

"Ah, I didn't expect to meet you here, it's really surprising..."

"You know me?" Lancelot stopped, frowning and looking at the other party.

"Of course, Devil Knight." The skeleton showed a terrifying smile, "I witnessed the whole process when you charged towards Peyton Derek, but unfortunately I was a little far away at that time, what a pity...I thought There will be no chance to see you again, but this is not the first time fate has played tricks on me."

"Really?" Lancelot replied noncommittally, "You think you can stop me?"

"You misunderstood." The skeleton shook his head, "I mean, if I stand close enough, I can be killed by you..."

"You want to be killed?" Lancelot crossed his arms, "That's a very strange wish."

"Not in this land."

"But you are dead." The human knight pointed out, "and you are still standing in front of me."

"That's not out of my free will." The skeleton looked around, "I heard that behind you is the real lord of the dead, who can free enslaved people like us. Is it true?"

"Yes." Lancelot nodded, "If this is what you want, then stand where you are and make sure there will be no pain, even if you are a survivor."

"Unfortunately, that's not acceptable." The skeleton shook his head again, "I made an oath to Peyton to serve him forever, until I fight his enemies to the death..."

"In other words, you are strong and have never failed."

"That's not something arrogant, foreigner." The skeleton knight stroked his long sword lightly, "I used to be the chief iron guard of the king, and I was also employed as the prince's swordsmanship teacher... It is precisely because of this that I set up my sword. That stupid oath. So do it, you must kill me, trusting that you have the power."

"Maybe." Lancelot shrugged. "But before doing anything, I hope to find a peaceful solution to this matter. Don't you have an oath to the king... I mean Teddle Derek?"

"Of course, but the king is dead."

"The king was killed by Peyton...do you know this?"

"What?!" The skeleton was obviously taken aback, "How did you kill it? Do you have evidence?"

"No! He lied!" The three burning heads beside the skeleton knight suddenly screamed, "Hurry up and kill this human, Listan! This is the king's will!"

The dazzling sword light lit up, and Lancelot's pupils shrank sharply. The sword light was as fast as lightning, and even he could hardly see the opponent's movements clearly.But the sword light didn't come towards him. When the sword light dissipated, the green flames on the surface of the three burning skulls also dissipated, and fell to the ground with a few bangs, turning into a pile of fragments.

"Good swordsmanship."

"That's a joke. Continuing with what we were talking about just now, how do you know the name of the king?"

"Answer me first, if the king was killed by Peyton, will you still keep your oath to him?"

"Of course not." The skeleton said gloomily, "Now answer my question, Sir, why do you say that the king was killed by the prince?"

"Because he told me that himself. Like you, he also became a living dead, and of course he is free now. If you don't believe it, you can ask him yourself."

"Where is His Majesty now?"

"Still in the place where he was imprisoned before, in the ancient temple in the Gatuccik Mountains."

"The temple of Melkor?"

"It is Kelemvor's temple now."

"I know." The skeleton took out a bone whistle from his arms, put it into his mouth and blew lightly, and there was a rush of horseshoes in the depths of the forest.

"It's being besieged by the Lich's army."

"I know." The skeleton repeated again, and an undead horse with blue flames burning in its eyes walked to his side, "Thank you, Sir, we will meet later."

"better not."

"Yes, it's best not to." The skeleton knight jumped on his mount and nodded to Lancelot, "Then farewell, sir."

Without waiting for Lancelot's reply, the opponent squeezed his horse's belly and rushed out like an arrow from the string.Everyone watched the skeleton knight leave until he completely disappeared from sight.

"He doesn't even want evidence." Brutal looked at the direction where the skeleton knight disappeared, "Why do you trust you like that?"

"It should be because I have doubts in my heart." Lancelow shook his head, "It's great not to fight."

"You're such a weirdo." Brutal shook his head, "If it were me, I'd definitely tell him after the fight."

"Sometimes I really wonder if your brain is filled with muscles..." Lancelow shook his head speechlessly, "Let's move on."

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