The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

"It's yours."

"That's really not a polite statement at all! Elsiel!"

Before he finished speaking, Salbatorre ran over with a broken sword in hand! His shoulders, stomach, legs, arms... the wounds all over his body were spitting out blood as he moved. After just three or four steps, he had already turned into a bloody man. , but there was nothing abnormal about the blood-stained sword blade. It still maintained the same strength and speed as before, slashing towards Exia with a bloody trajectory!

If you only looked at it from the perspective of sword skills, you would never have imagined that Salbatorre was now a seriously injured person.

only--

"Click!"

Holding the broken sword with one hand, Exia sighed softly: "You should know, Salbatorre. Without relying on power, your sword is just the most ordinary sword, even if you His swordsmanship is unparalleled, but to me it is just an ordinary sword."

Click!

With a little force on her hand, Exia crushed the entire sword to pieces!

The power of the Godslayers comes from spells and powers. Even though their bodies are quite strong, they are nothing outstanding compared to their powers. But Exia is different. Even if he loses his power, in terms of pure physical fitness, even without any comparison, he can be sure that he is the strongest among all the God-killers.

Because he still has the favor of God - after all the mechanisms of skills and magic are integrated into the power, the favor of God now only leaves the purest physical strengthening effect to Ixia.

If Salbatorre was not seriously injured, he would definitely be able to continue fighting with Exia now, but he who was seriously injured would have to face Exia who was uninjured...

"Boom!"

He held Salbatorre's hand and punched him in the chest with all his strength. After the wounds all over his body were further opened and bleeding, Exia let him collapse weakly.

"I won. No problem, Salvatore Toni."

"...hehehe...hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

He vomited blood and laughed. Salbatore, who was covered in blood, opened his arms and legs widely: "No objection! I like to fight with powerful people the most! Please wait for me to recover and fight with me with all your strength. , [Exia]!"

"...I'm glad I remembered the name, but one more fight will be spared."

Alexia stepped on him angrily, causing him to vomit blood several times: "Sleep to death, idiot."

"Hey, hey, hey! Stop stepping on it, stop stepping on it! If you step on it a few more times, I'm going to vomit blood and die, dear friend!"

"Who are your best friends?"

"you?"

"I stepped on it."

Snap——!

As Exia's kick fell, Salbatorre's entire head was stepped into the ground without even letting out a scream.

62. Follow-up on the next day

After that, thanks to Exia's contact, the knights of the Copper Black Cross and Bronze Black Cross, who had been guarding the outside of the castle and desperately saved their lives from the aftermath of Salbatorre's attack, became stronger. He bravely came to the castle that was completely in ruins, and rushed Salbatore, who had lost most of his life because of his bad words, to the hospital.

Of course, it's the Magic Club's hospital.

For example, if a magician or knight is injured, there will be no problem with minor injuries, but if the injury is serious, they will only be sent to the hospital affiliated with the magic association. After all, magicians still believe more in healing magic passed down from generation to generation than in modern medicine. , and among magicians, there are some extreme people who are complete mechanical idiots, thinking that magic is all they need, and thus have no contact with modern science at all and cannot even use mobile phones.

After sending Salbatorre to the Magic Hospital, Erica, as the person closest to Exia, also learned the result of the Demon King’s War from him——

"——[The King of Knights faced the King of Swords and achieved an overwhelming victory]. This is what is being spread outside now."

The next day, in the living room of Aixia’s house.

Listening to what Erica said, Alexia, who was lying on the sofa, raised her forehead: "I should have said that you don't need to spread the word, Erica?"

"You have misunderstood, Your Majesty. It was not me who spread the news." Erica came to visit and said with a smile, "Yesterday, after you were sent to the hospital, you walked out of the ruins of the castle unscathed. Your posture has been witnessed by many magicians. Considering your situation, it is not difficult to infer that you have won an overwhelming victory - but it is really surprising. It has only been half a month since you became a God Killer. In less than 10 seconds, I can defeat you, who has been killing gods for more than four years."

As for the battle between Exia and Salbatorre, leaving aside the rest of the story, almost 90% of the magicians in the Southern European Magic Alliance believe that Salbatorre will win.

After all, compared to the newly born Demon King, Salbatorre, who was already famous and had all kinds of misdeeds, had left a strong impression on them in the past four years. It was difficult for them to imagine that he could cut off All the ministers will be defeated.

But this is the fact -

"Thanks to you, the Southern European Magic Alliance is now in an unprecedented period of turmoil. About half of the magic associations that have joined the alliance want to defect from the King of Swords and serve you instead. Maybe there will be many in the near future. Please be careful if a suspicious woman of unknown origin approaches you."

"Are you magic associations so full that you have nothing to do?" Alexia said helplessly, "Just because I defeated that guy, you are ready to rebel. Are those magic associations who have this plan too careless? ?”

Alexia's direct comment left Erica speechless.

She had to admit that what Exia said was right, but in fact, many of the magic associations that wanted to betray Salbatorre were ancient associations with a long history and a good reputation. In the past, if there was only one Demon King, they would naturally not be rebellious, but now that they have a God-slayer who can defeat the Sword King, they who have been harmed by the Sword King's willfulness for a long time naturally have the idea of ​​​​escaping from the sea of ​​suffering. .

In addition, because of Erica's performance, the idea that "the new Demon King seems to be a very talkative person" seems to have been spread.

"By the way, is this why you came to my place today to talk about this?"

"No, I'm actually here to report to you afterwards, and to entrust you with something entrusted by the Southern European Magic Alliance." Erica explained, "Although I don't think that the trivial matters after yesterday's battle need to be reported to you. You report it, but the Italian government wants to make a statement with you anyway, so please understand."

Seeing Erica's hesitant look, Alexia also chuckled: "It's okay, just tell me."

"Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding. Then I will explain - first of all, about the follow-up to yesterday's battle between Your Majesty and Your Majesty. As planned, the Sforzesco Castle was permanently abandoned by the government, and the external statement It was attacked by extremist terrorists, but fortunately the surrounding areas were not greatly affected. The government is very grateful to Your Majesty for this."

In yesterday's battle, it was Salbatorre who caused huge damage, but Exia did not cause any huge damage. If I had to say it, it was the kick that knocked Salbatore down.

"So, the Italian government is not going to collect debts from me?"

"Yes. Rather, in the eyes of the government and us, the battle between the two demon kings only cost a castle, which is an extremely lucky ending. We really don't dare to expect too much. I also want to thank Your Majesty for this, My rude request yesterday must have caused you trouble.”

Alexia waved her hand: "It doesn't matter..."

In fact, I have a way to save the castle - let's not talk about this kind of thing for now.

"Then what? How is that idiot doing now?"

"You are out of danger... That being said, we actually didn't do anything, we just helped you bandage your wounds. The body of the Godslayer will resist any form of magic, and healing magic cannot do anything to you. It takes effect, so it basically depends on your own self-healing ability."

When she said this, Erica herself felt a little outrageous. Even though he knew that the God-killers were all monsters, he could still basically regenerate in less than a day even though he was almost cut in half...

"Before I came here, I heard that you wanted to have a second battle with you right away, but you were scolded by Andre and then tied up and hung from the ceiling."

"Well done." Alexia smiled. "Although I don't know the man named Andre, but for his behavior of scolding that idiot, I should get along well with him."

"Sir Andrei will definitely be very happy to know - he is a good friend of Sir Salvatore before he became the God Killer. He has the alias of [King's Steward] here among us. He is probably the best friend in the world except He is the only person besides the God Killer who can scold you directly. He basically does all the things related to you."

You can imagine how hard it was.

Alexia felt a little sympathy for Mr. Andre, whom she had never met before.

"Actually, Mr. Andrei was supposed to meet you today. He really wanted to thank you personally for the fact that you beat Mr. Salbatore so violently, but he had to look at you to prevent him from looking at you from the ceiling. You have to escape, so I can only do it for you."

"It doesn't matter. I understand his difficulties - that's pretty much the aftermath, right? What about the things you want to entrust me with?"

"Yes, here."

Erica came to Alexia, took out a small, exquisitely decorated box from somewhere and opened it.

Placed inside was a badge as big as a fist. The material should be something like polished obsidian, with a crude portrait like a human face and patterns of dozens of snakes carved on the surface. Overall, the snakes look like hair around a human face.

Much of the surrounding area is obscured and the stone itself has considerable wear and tear, but there is no doubt that it is a fairly ancient item.

"This is?"

"The Stone of Gorgon."

63.Gorgon Stone

——Gorgon Stone.

Looking at the stone badge in Erica's hand, Alexia took it and played with it twice: "Gorgon...the half-human, half-snake petrified succubus in Greek mythology?"

Alexia didn't have an in-depth understanding of Greek mythology, not to mention having a knowledgeable partner like Shajo Aige beside him. He had no need to understand such things related to myths and legends.

But the legends of monsters like Gorgon and Medusa are so famous and widespread that even Exia, who has little interest in mythology, has heard of them. The same goes for some other legends.

"You entrusted me with this kind of thing, do you expect me to keep it?"

"Yes, your Majesty." Erica bowed her head and said, "The Gorgon Stone is a symbol of the Mother Goddess of the Earth. It is a road sign that guides many goddesses to become the Mother Goddess of the Unyielding Land. Simply put, it is like a magic guide. Books and the like. But in terms of effect, only the oldest Earth Mother Goddess can use it, and we humans cannot use it anyway."

Is it simply tasteless?

"Why do you want me to keep it?"

"...To put it bluntly, it's because of fear." Erica paused and explained, "The Gorgon Stone has no value to us. We can't even use it or research it. It turns out that the only one who can use it is the ancient Earth Mother Goddess. And because of this, sooner or later there will be an Earth Mother Goddess who is eyeing it."

"In other words, if you continue to keep it, the God of Disobedience will come to its location sooner or later. We humans do not have any power that can fight the God of Disobedience, so..."

Alexia laughed: "So you thought of asking me to do it?"

If the opponent is the God of Disobedience, the only one who can fight it is the God Killer. Giving the Gorgon Stone to the Godslayer and letting the Gods of Disobedience directly confront their old enemy in order to save their own mortal lives - that's probably what it means.

"If Your Majesty is willing, our Southern European Magic Alliance is willing to meet any of Your Majesty's requests. No matter how brutal, brutal and unreasonable the request is, we will do our best to fulfill it."

After saying this, Erica took a few steps back, put her hand on her chest and knelt down on one knee towards Alexia, showing an extremely sincere and humble attitude.

But Alexia just rolled her eyes: "Okay, okay, there's no need to say such beautiful words, Erica. I'm not interested in being a tyrant, so don't say anything like [you can meet any of my requirements] in front of me in the future. I know you can't do that."

"...Your Majesty, you are really straightforward. Then, may I ask about the Gorgon Stone——"

"Just keep this broken stone with me,"

Ixia found a random place and threw the Gorgon Stone: "After all, I have troubled you a lot these days, so I don't care about this little thing. If we have to talk about remuneration... we'll start tomorrow. You go to China with Su Shang and watch over her for me."

"Eh?"

Erica couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard Alexia say this.

"King Su Shang is going to China...it's almost time. You just want me to follow you. Your Majesty, aren't you going to go with us?"

"Well, Su Shang won't let me follow."

The decisive battle between Li Sushang and Master Luo Hao on the top of Mount Lu is the day after tomorrow. Considering the time arrangement, it is indeed time to leave for China tomorrow, but Erica originally thought that Alexia would go with Li Sushang. Since they met, she has never seen the two separated several times.

Why do you suddenly want King Su Shang to go to China alone?

"In Su Shang's words, this is a one-on-one duel. If I go along, I will inevitably be suspected of being a two-on-one. It will be bad for my reputation if word spreads. Although I haven't told you much, Su Shang, she He was also a person who lived more than five hundred years ago, and his thoughts in this area are still quite different." Ixia explained, "I didn't agree with it at first, but...how should I put it, Miss Aige? I said before that I love her too much and have always pampered her. This is an opportunity for her to go out and have a little adventure by herself."

"I see......"

Erica completely understood what Alexia meant: "I agree with Master Shajo on this point. You can't grow and make progress if you stay under the protection of your elders. So what your Majesty means is to let me serve as a prime minister." King Shang’s attendant, right?”

"Just wait until she comes back from the duel. I'll have to worry about all aspects of her journey, including food, clothing, housing and transportation... Remember not to spoil her too much. If necessary, you can call me directly."

What is the relationship between these two people?

Erica couldn't help but think curiously.

When they first met, she thought the two were lovers or something. After all, they looked so close, and there seemed to be a sense of indistinguishable integration when they stood together. But later, the names of the two revealed that they were not lovers, but fellow disciples of the same sect. Alexia's senior sister was also Li Sushang's master.

But now it seems that Aixia is like an old father to Li Sushang.

To be honest, the relationship between these two people is really hard to understand.

"I understand. It's just... Your Majesty, there's something I still want to confirm with you." Erica asked, "I don't mean to underestimate King Su Shang, but then A martial arts king... She is an ancient demon king who has been killing gods for more than two hundred years. The number of powers she possesses and the proficiency in using the powers are definitely not what she has become a god-killer for only half a month. King Shang can compete."

"Let her go alone. If she fails..."

This concern is not without reason.

Erica is right. Even if the God-killers are not a group of monsters that can be guessed using common sense, there is still an obvious strength gap between the God-killers. For example, the two oldest demon kings are clearly stronger than the God-killers who were born in the past ten years.

The long time has given them a strong foundation, and their numerous powers have given them more tactical options.

Of course, this is not absolute. For example, Salbatorre lost to Exia. But this is also because Alexia is too special. In the duel between Li Sushang and Leader Luo Hao... the probability of her losing is about 80%.

"...Don't worry, Su Shang won't lose."

After a moment of silence, Alexia said with a smile: "I believe in her strength - having said that, do you need me to give you some of the various expenses in the next few days first?"

"No, please don't say such things, Your Majesty. How dare I use your wealth?" Erica shook her head quickly, "All expenses will be borne by the Red Copper Black Cross, Your Majesty does not need to have any Don’t worry about paying. In the name of the Red Copper Black Cross, I will definitely arrange the most luxurious trip to China for King Su Shang.”

"There's no need to make it particularly luxurious..."

64. If you don’t allow it, you won’t be able to come back.

After saying what she wanted to say, Erica asked Exia to take her leave. Since she was setting off with Li Sushang tomorrow, she had to make some preparations.

After she left, Ixia also put away the Gorgon Stone that she had thrown aside, got up and went to Li Sushang's room on the second floor.

"Dong dong dong..."

After standing outside the door and knocking a few times, Alexia asked: "Su Shang, are you awake? I'm in?"

"Eh? Well, okay."