The live broadcast in the sky abruptly ended, the screen freezing on Prince Allen's hollow, porous lava-like eyes, and the Ghost Rider's skull expression, which to others seemed like a sinister grin as he judged a sinful soul.
Everyone knew that the Evil Roman Empire's Silver Legion was on its last legs.
The players on the Silver Legion's side were truly distraught this time, and some had even taken the opportunity to flee when they saw Prince Allen's demise.
The expressions on the faces of the Knights of the Round Table players, however, were more complex, a mix of joy and dissatisfaction, with a hint of fear in the dissatisfaction, and after a moment of fear, it turned into relief.
While the inexplicable duel between Cheng Tian and Prince Allen had almost completely deprived them of the possibility of achieving a high rating in the main quest, after witnessing what Prince Allen, as the loser, had displayed throughout the battle, they had to admit that if they had truly encountered him on the battlefield, the player group would certainly have lost a few careless members.
The Orange Knight, that powerful Game Expert who was 'fishing' for them, had indeed stolen their main quest BOSS, but he had also, in a way, taken on all the firepower that should have been spread among the legion.
Of course, the main reason was the chilling theory of the "Hero and Demon King"—
If the Demon King is powerful and terrifying, and the Hero kills the Demon King, doesn't that prove the Hero is even more terrifying than the Demon King?
Why would the idiotic kings and citizens in some light novel 'toilet paper' think that a powerful Hero who can kill a Demon King is someone they, as ordinary people, can ostracize?
Or is it that good people deserve to have guns pointed at them? That makes no sense.
In any case, although the Chosen Players had varied personalities, those who could come up with such idiotic ideas had most likely already died early in some dungeon.
Cheng Tian killed Prince Allen. Cheng Tian was clearly the stronger one. Even if they had any dissatisfaction, they would hide it tightly, absolutely not letting Cheng Tian see any problems… Moreover, Cheng Tian's appearance, no matter how one looked at it, had nothing to do with being a "good person."
Even if his flaming skeleton form was truly an angel... "Knights of the Round Table!"
And at that moment, Arthur once again raised his Sword in the Stone, holding it high above his head, erupting in dazzling golden light, then swung it down heavily, pointing directly at the retreating Silver Legion.
"Kill!!!!"
[Knights of the Round Table, morale has reached its peak and will not decrease until the end of the battle.]
The Knights of the Round Table soldiers, with inferior overall equipment but almost every one of them sporting a golden eagle above their heads, charged with an incredibly fervent momentum towards the Silver Legion, whose equipment was generally better but had completely collapsed with Prince Allen's death… It is worth noting that the sunfire mask Altar did not immediately collapse with Cheng Tian's victory, and the main quest settlement, which should have come with the death of the Silver Prince, did not arrive immediately either, indicating that everything was not yet completely over.
Cheng Tian, whose body was gradually returning to flesh, took advantage of his fingers still being in the flaming skeleton state to reach directly into Prince Allen's eye socket. After a search, he dug out the orange-red gem fragment, which had completely lost all ability to resist.
Then, pinching the fragment between his fingers, he aimed it at his forehead. As the hellfire returned to his flesh, he embedded the gem fragment.
Unlike Prince Allen, who forcibly assimilated with his flesh without experience, Cheng Tian had properly completed the fusion with his mutated prefrontal lobe. Therefore, he was more aware of his body's adaptability and the amount of Devour he could withstand.
The fragment, having lost its host, began to try and invade Cheng Tian's body, but it was quickly re-devoured by the 5% fragment that had already assimilated with his prefrontal lobe.
Amidst Cheng Tian's grimacing and trembling body's feedback, it wasn't long before this 10% fragment succumbed, becoming part of Cheng Tian's mutated prefrontal lobe, and then a series of spatial prompts popped up.
[You have successfully fused the Sun God Gem Fragment. Your total fragment holding has reached 15%.]
[Your talent 'Sunfire Blessing (Incomplete)' has received a partial effect increase. Talent tier remains unchanged.]
[Your equipment 'sunfire mask' has successfully unlocked its 5th special effect—Light of Purification.]
[Due to Prince Allen's death, the 'Hundred Demons' Night Parade' backlash effect has ended. You have been forcibly unequipped with the 'Ghost Rider / Johnny Blaze' template and have reloaded the 'Holy Grail Knight / Marcus Crooper' template.]
[Some modifications you made under the Ghost Rider template have been archived. When you load this template again next time, it will retain its current state, for example, 'Hell Chain' has been changed to 'Hell Chain (Chain Form / Chain Hammer Form)'. While in any dungeon, you can temporarily switch your current template to the 'Ghost Rider / Johnny Blaze' template by consuming one 'Silver Knight Statue' or other special item with knight attributes. A temporary template loaded in this way will last for 30 minutes. You can only temporarily load the 'Ghost Rider' template once per dungeon. Under the blessing of the Sun God Gem Fragment, even during the daytime, you can still load the Ghost Rider template, but the template duration will be reduced to 15% of its original duration, and some template abilities will also be weakened to a certain extent.]
Cheng Tian's Ghost Rider form was a temporary template formed by the skill backlash of the Hundred Demons' Night Parade combined with the Game Expert talent, so it was forcibly unequipped after Prince Allen's death.
However, the template-related progress archive remained. As long as Cheng Tian could pay the casting cost with a special item with strong knight attributes, such as a Silver Knight Statue, he would get at least one chance to transform and get out of trouble in future dungeons.
This form was to Cheng Tian what Super Saiyan 1 was to a Saiyan.
However, seeing this prompt, Cheng Tian then remembered that even if the skill was backlashed, the dead target would turn into a demon or monster corpse after death, and the drop range would also expand.
Cheng Tian turned his head towards Prince Allen's corpse and found that he had already transformed into an empty silver knight's armor, roughly the size of a Flaming Demon Sword, with an estimated height of about 8 meters from head to foot. This was also a demon unit from "Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow," most likely an Ultimate Guard, just with the color changed from gold to silver.
Unexpectedly, yet logically, Prince Allen, as a leader unit, still dropped a silver treasure chest after dying, as if he had a strong obsession with this color. However, its shape indicated it was a treasure chest.
But upon touching the chest, Cheng Tian discovered that this chest, dropped by a main quest BOSS, could still be cut open, and not only could it drop Knights of the Round Table dungeon-exclusive treasures, but it also did not affect its original drops.
When he touched the chest, Cheng Tian also absorbed the huge red heart that dropped with it into his body, instantly filling his Innocent Soul storage, which had already increased to 149.
But Cheng Tian was stunned at this moment, because a series of prompts popped up before his eyes.
[The leader of the Silver Legion, "Silver Prince Allen," has died. The chief knight, "Dual-Sword Knight Balford," has died. The adjutant, "Halberd Knight Scaon," is currently accompanying the legion on an expedition.]
[Having also witnessed the Lacashire Ascension Ritual, the Silver Fortress's remaining personnel have learned of Prince Allen's death and have initiated a full-scale escape mode.]
[Soldiers are fleeing. Roman faction players are forcibly entering the main quest failure evacuation phase. Britannia faction players can choose whether to initiate the pursuit phase.]
[The Evil Roman Empire's Silver Fortress has completely fallen into an ownerless state.]
[Silver Fortress has entered "Lootable State." As the victorious faction, you can attempt to infiltrate the Silver Fortress to find and plunder valuable items.]