Pirate Kingship

Byron and his party, who were preparing to temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the two holy relics, were blocked by a high wall that suddenly rose. Even if Fukin and Wuni suddenly flapped their wings and flew high, they could not cross the wall of the Colosseum.

"If we compare the background, the Habsburg dynasty, which owns the only empire of the church country, will not lose to any of us.

It is just a fourth-level hero, but he actually holds so many powerful treasures in his hands. The Habsburgs are really extravagant."

[The Great Colosseum of the Weeping Beasts] is quite famous. When Byron and Violet were young and studied continental history, this was a famous place that appeared in the textbook.

It is one of the required subjects for the employment of the High Tower Sequence [Historian].

The history of the Colosseum is nearly 1,400 years, which is longer than the existence of many countries.

The reason for becoming a holy relic is not that it has witnessed any major historical events, but simply because it is the oldest existing duel arena in the Old Continent.

The entire building covers an area of ​​20,000 square meters and can accommodate 90,000 spectators.

When the Silver Empire still retained the tradition of gladiatorial combat, countless beasts were released from the pens, and gladiators, mostly slaves, were driven into the arena.

Beasts want to eat people, and people want to survive. After each fight, there are very few survivors, and the scene is extremely bloody, which is why it has the title of "Ten Thousand Beasts Weeping Blood".

There is only one extraordinary effect, which is similar to one of the core abilities of gladiators - [War Shackles].

But it is much stronger than War Shackles.

The latter requires: "Both the enemy and us cannot escape or surrender in battle, and there will only be one final winner."

Failure once means complete death, and even the craziest gladiators dare not abuse War Shackles.

The former can demarcate multiple areas for different "gladiators" to fight at the same time, up to four groups, and can also limit the duel time, drive everyone together, and force them to fight.

The most important point is that you can freely control the opening or closing of the arena, and you will not play yourself to death like [Two-Faced] Smith did at the beginning.

Obviously, August Habsburg, as an imperial noble of noble descent, even if he was only a branch of the family, could not easily gamble his life like a lowly gladiator.

And Byron was more willing to believe that the other party did not possess the original body of the civilization wonder, and it was probably just an ability card from the [Pawnbroker].

He did not need to actively remove it, as long as he was killed, the Colosseum would automatically unlock.

"Run!"

The other trialists who were still alive in the arena were frightened crazy by the effects of [The Thief of Time] and [The Dagger of Cassius], and all subconsciously dodged in all directions.

But although the arena was large, where could they escape to?

The native princes might not know the effect of this civilization wonder barrier-type holy relic.

Just look at the slowly shrinking space around, and you can calculate that before dawn, when they get the Sun Badge leading to the next level, the Colosseum will shrink to a point where they cannot escape.

The third prince [Blood of Heroes] obviously drank a lot of wine when he was resting in the evening. He had a bit of madness on his face and his tone was even louder than the second prince [Playboy] just now:

"Dare to compete with me for the throne? None of you can escape today!

Mr. August, please help. As long as you get the [Crown of the Sun], I will definitely marry my best sister and daughter to the old Tyrol branch of your family.

Even if you want their fourth-level princesses, it's no problem.

In the future, our Sun Empire and your family's Holy Silver Empire will be brotherly countries!"

Hearing the third prince's promise again, August was also excited, and felt that his adventure of coming to the front line of the battlefield this time was meaningful.

"I believe that Your Highness will abide by the promise.

Maybe your bloodline may ascend the throne of the emperor in the future and take off the supreme [Crown] of the Silver Continent!"

In fact, every family has its own problems.

The Habsburg royal family is a large family, with multiple branches ruling the Holy Silver Empire, as well as numerous kingdoms, duchies and vast subordinate territories.

But in the recent Silver Age of 1450, the Albrecht branch died out.

Only two branches of the Leopold branch remain: the Old Tyrol branch and the Styrian branch, each controlling different territories, and the family's offspring are also not very prosperous.

What's more terrible is that in order to maintain the purity of blood and the concentration of power, they always insist on inbreeding.

Nine out of 11 marriages are close relatives, and it is very common for uncles and nieces, cousins ​​and brothers to marry.

As a result, many "demons" have appeared in the family.

These "demons" usually don't speak until they are four years old, and they don't walk until they are eight years old. They are short and thin and weak.

They are mentally abnormal and have almost no interest in everything around them.

They also have the Habsburg-specific "Habsburg lip (mandibular protrusion)", and their tongues are so large that they have difficulty speaking and often drool.

Their heads are too big, their intestines are inverted, their bodies often twitch, and in more serious cases, they even lose their fertility.

Many "demon-possessed" are already old and frail by the age of 30, with large areas of swelling on their legs, feet, abdomen and face.

In the last few years of their lives, they can hardly stand on their own and suffer from all kinds of hallucinations and intestinal spasms.

If the Bloodthirsty Cult and the Skinning Church help them consult, they will find out.

This is actually a genetic disease caused by disordered genes in the ancestors: one is the lack of pituitary hormones that cause hormonal imbalance, affecting their growth and development; the second is hereditary kidney disease.

But the Habsburgs who have not been exposed to the corresponding taboo knowledge do not know this.

For a long time, they thought that their family was cursed by political enemies.

The Habsburg dynasty had few descendants, which also led to not many adventurers. They were all from non-noble branches, and August of the Old Tyrol branch was one of them.

After he came to the Sun Empire during the window period, he was concerned about different things than others.

The first thing he paid attention to was not the gold everywhere, nor the immortal fifth-level [false god].

But the mystery of fertility in the Sun Empire.

For more than a thousand years, every king of this great empire would marry his own sisters, generation after generation, but there has never been a situation like theirs.

The king's descendants are often hundreds.

Even the totem god whose body is an earthquake dragon and an alpaca can get married.

Does that mean that as long as the Habsburg family, which made its fortune through "marriage", intermarries with the Son of the Sun, they can solve the problem that has troubled them for nearly three hundred years?

The magical ability of the descendants of the Sun is a gift from God to the Habsburg dynasty!

In the past, "ruling the world with the lower body" was just a joke, but it may not be in the future!

Why not seize the opportunity and rush in without thinking?

After reaching a deal with the third prince, August also worked hard for the future of the family.

Seeing those ordinary princes of the third level running away, he was still calm and raised his hand casually to order:

"The arena is open, mode: melee! Number of games: two games!"

A light curtain immediately rose in the arena, separating everyone.

According to the information provided by the third prince, the eldest prince [Earthquake Light] has the strongest personal power, and the second prince [Playboy] has the widest circle of friends, so the two strongest families were grouped together at the first time.

Let them fight to the point of mutual loss, and then go pick peaches.

He himself selected the weakest of the four governors, the fourth prince [Hand of Fortune], and assigned them to the second group.

He felt that it would only take one blow to fight against such a "fat pig" with only money but no ability.

As for the other ordinary princes and guards who were already scared crazy, they were randomly assigned to two groups.

There were three complete teams in the first group, nine third-level.

There were three complete teams in the second group, and the four remaining guards after the princes were killed by [Thief of Time] and [Dagger of Cassius], thirteen third-level.

"Kill!"

The drunken third prince [Blood of Heroes] led the guards around him and unfolded the mythical form of the pure-blooded Son of the Sun. Each of them waved a bronze spear and laughed wildly and rushed towards the low-level brothers.

In the same path of [Bloodline Original], the superior has a natural suppressive power over the inferior.

In the old continent, three third-levels are enough to fight with a fourth-level, and they can completely withstand the pressure in a short period of time, but here they are almost collapsing at the touch of a button.

"Ahhhhh."

The screams were deafening.

The same happened to August, who was holding the [Dagger of Cassius].

He put the gleaming dagger to his mouth, licked it with his tongue, and slurped it.

Unfortunately, the special attack on the prince was the characteristic of the holy relic itself, and it was not poisoned, and there were no famous scenes that people liked to see.

The three of them were like a tiger in a flock of sheep among a group of lava giants.

"We can't let them kill everyone.

You hold back the two sons of the sun, and I will go to deal with the most difficult Habsburg first, at least to take the dagger away."

Byron gave an order to Violet and Atahualpa, and then he forcibly overcame his instinctive fear of the dagger, summoned the big gun transformed by [Mingchao], and took the initiative to kill August.

Dang!

Just when the other party was about to stab another prince, a big gun wrapped in wind and thunder suddenly picked up his dagger.

The spear tip exploded with a cold light, one turned into two, two turned into eight, and forced him back a few steps.

At the same time, Byron took out the golden page contract signed by Atahualpa when he bribed his brothers, and shouted to the [Lava Giants] who were fighting on their own:

"As evidenced by the contract, my four princes will help each other, unlike the other three governors.

Now if we fight on our own, we will be killed one by one. Everyone, come to me, and we will fight our way out together!"

He spoke Quechua in a very authentic way. August still didn't realize that he and Violet were not the indigenous totem gods who came to help.

He didn't care about his words at all. The power systems of the Old Continent and the Southern Continent were different. Even if the latter gathered together, they could not achieve the extraordinary effect of the former gathering people.

It was still a pile of scattered sand.

Just looking at Byron, an opponent of equal strength, he twisted his neck leisurely and shouted:

"Sworn Heroic Spirit, Hercules, call!"

The Silver Law appeared in the air, and a tall figure as majestic as a mountain jumped down from it and pounced into August's body.

The latter's body expanded rapidly, and the muscle contours all over his body seemed to protrude from cold and hard granite, full of unshakable power.

August turned out to be a [Sworn Knight] of the Inquisition sequence, just like Byron's guardian knight Bruch.

It's just that unlike the oath made by the guardian knight to protect the master, his oath is to protect the family:

"The Habsburgs will live forever, and I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life!"

When he fights for the interests of his family, his strength will also be increased.

At the same time, there is also a sworn hero from his own nation, country, and region.

Hattings is the [Twelve Knights of the Round Table], and the heroes of the Holy Silver Empire are mainly the [Ten Heroes] of the mythological era: Hercules, Achilles, and Odysseus.

Hercules is the most famous hero among them, known for his unparalleled power.

"Roar--!"

With three roars of wild beasts.

A phantom of a lion, a stag, and a wild boar appeared behind August, and then exploded in the air, turning into three halos to bless him.

That was the Twelve Trials of Hercules, also known as the [Twelve Merits of Heroes], which he opened after reaching the fourth level.

Only three of them have been completed for now: skinning the Nemean lion; capturing the doe on Mount Cerynea alive; and capturing the Erymanthian boar alive.

Completing a trial will add a layer of halo, corresponding to defense, dexterity, and strength.

His body shook, and the earth shook. It seemed that even the sky could be poked with a big hole with just a punch.

With this powerful extraordinary ability, August is confident that he will not be inferior to any mythical creature that takes the taboo route.

Crackling

On the other side, just a halo of power from the "Erymanthian boar" made Byron's joints tremble, as if he was carrying a mountain on his back.

Fortunately, taking advantage of the opportunity when Byron and the other two blocked the three princes' team, the [Lava Giants], who were already in an absolute disadvantage and could only try their best, had gathered behind Byron.

"When fellow villagers meet, they shoot each other in the back. It's time to give them a little shock from home."

Byron stamped his feet, and a blood-colored halo suddenly exploded above his head.

Instantly connected to the nine third-level lava giants still alive in his own camp.

Byron's aura surged, and the surging spiritual glow turned into a blazing red flame, lingering around his mouth and nose, and was vaguely unified by a shining [Storm King Seal] in the middle, without losing control and running wild.

Everyone breathed in unison, combining into a huge whole, and even the big gun in Byron's hand was dyed a dazzling red.

The rolling heat wave roared out.

"[Knight Commander]?! You are not a native!"

August, who was originally indifferent, suddenly changed color.

Boom!

As if gunpowder exploded, a big gun, driven by a hot cyclone, tore through the air and shot in front of him like lightning.

The latter only had time to hold the dagger across his chest in a hurry, and then it was as if he was hit head-on by a heavy battering ram held in the giant's hand, and his feet left the ground and flew back like a cannonball.

Only then did he hear Byron's voice:

"Wrong, it's [Knight Commander], plus [Breath of All Things]!"