In the ruins of an ancient relic, Charlie, covered in blood, knelt before Ye Ling, trembling.
In his eyes, the former arrogance was gone, replaced only by fear.
His encounter with Ye Ling just now… it couldn’t even be called an encounter. He had already deeply felt Ye Ling’s terrifying power.
He was a demon that even the Lord’s power could not subdue, a true god of destruction walking the earth!
Feng Ke stood behind Ye Ling, having witnessed the transformation of the Pope’s Round Table Knight from furious rage to kneeling and begging for mercy before Ye Ling within a single minute.
Such a drastic change left her feeling somewhat unreal, unsure how to describe her current emotions.
Although Charlie was now beaten like a dog, even worse than a dog, before Ye Ling…
One had to remember that Charlie had previously killed a seventh-grade demonic beast that had been relentlessly pursuing her in an instant!
With this thought, Feng Ke realized even more the terror of Ye Ling.
“My lord, I was blind and offended you earlier. I beg you to overlook my transgressions and spare my life!”
Charlie begged for mercy in broken Chinese before Ye Ling, not even caring about his dignity, only pleading for Ye Ling to let him go. Da Feng Novel Network.
The series of events had completely shattered his psychological defenses!
Ye Ling looked at Charlie, who was repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy before him, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. He chuckled, “You want to live?”
“Yes! Yes!” Charlie quickly nodded at Ye Ling. “As long as you let me go, I’ll do anything!”
Ye Ling asked with a smile, “Even betray your Holy See, no matter the cost?”
Charlie was stunned. “Be-betray the Holy See?”
In his panic, he hadn’t had time to consider this. Now that he had calmed down slightly… Ye Ling asking him to betray the Holy See was tantamount to asking for his life!
He was one of the twelve knights of the Round Table, a high-ranking member of the Holy See, second only to the Pope and the Archbishops.
He held a very high position in the Holy See and knew many of its secrets.
However, it was precisely because of this that he was subject to stricter constraints from the Holy See compared to ordinary knights.
The mark of the Pope was inscribed within the soul of every Round Table Knight to prevent betrayal and leakage of information.
If any Round Table Knight betrayed the Holy See and revealed its secrets, the mark on their soul would automatically activate, devouring the traitor’s soul!
Therefore, if a Round Table Knight fell into the hands of an enemy force, they would generally choose to die in battle.
However, Charlie’s situation was somewhat special.
With this thought, Charlie shivered and quickly said to Ye Ling, “My lord, you may not know this, but every Round Table Knight must be loyal to the Holy See. Any betrayal will result in their soul being devoured and their eternal torment in the fires of hell!”
“My lord, apart from betraying the Holy See, I am willing to do anything else, as long as you spare me!”
Ye Ling shook his head. Demonic energy condensed into a long sword in his hand, flashing with a cold light. “Guys like you are useless to me if you can’t betray the Holy See. You’re nothing but trash.”
“Since you are determined to die, I will grant your wish and send you on your way… I hope your actions in this life will allow you to live more comfortably in hell.”
With that, Ye Ling raised his hand and swung his sword down!
“Wait!”
Charlie shouted, and Ye Ling’s long sword landed steadily on his neck!
Feeling Ye Ling’s sword cutting through the skin of his neck, Charlie broke out in a cold sweat, his body trembling violently.
As a Round Table Knight, he knew better than anyone what role he played in the Holy See and what dirty deeds he had done behind the scenes!
Even though he possessed divine weapons and the blessings of the Lord, it was all obtained through deceiving the gods.
He had intended to indulge himself for a few decades and then do good deeds in his twilight years, so that after death, he could enter heaven and, with his merits, perhaps even become an angel if he was lucky!
But now, having committed many sins and engaged in much deceit, if Ye Ling sent him to hell now, he would be unable to deceive the Lord and would ultimately be cast into purgatory, never to be reborn!
Charlie understood perfectly what his fate would be if Ye Ling killed him now.
At this moment, he absolutely did not want to die!
Even if it meant betraying the Holy See!
“M-my lord…” Charlie swallowed hard, looked at Ye Ling, and said, “I have a way to deceive the Pope’s mark and act against the Pope’s will.”
“Once I do it, there will be no turning back, and I will have completely betrayed the Holy See… If you promise to spare me once I betray the Holy See, I will do it!”
Ye Ling smiled and said, “You don’t seem to grasp the situation yet.”
“In your current predicament, you don’t seem to have any right to negotiate terms with me.”
“Moreover, whether you betray the Holy See or not has nothing to do with me. You’re using this as a bargaining chip?”
Hearing Ye Ling’s words, Charlie’s expression grew increasingly grim, and he didn’t know how to respond.
Indeed, before the ancient ruins, they had no prior interaction, and Ye Ling was not an enemy of the Holy See. The situation had escalated to this point entirely because he had kicked a steel plate, provoking someone he shouldn’t have…
Thinking that his current predicament was entirely his own doing, Charlie felt like crying without tears and wished he could slap himself twice!
“I, I…”
Charlie opened his mouth, then made up his mind. He took out a demon contract, bit his finger, and dripped his blood onto the contract in front of Ye Ling.
The contract glowed with a bloody light, then enveloped Charlie, cleansing his soul.
In a moment, Charlie had signed a contract with a demon, the Pope’s mark within him disappeared, and he completely transformed into a fallen knight.
After doing this, Charlie’s entire demeanor became much more sinister, and his aura ascended a level. His severed limbs also regrew.
He said to Ye Ling, “My lord, I can do anything for you now.”
“I can follow you forever!”
Looking at Charlie’s current state, a hint of amusement flashed in Ye Ling’s eyes.
He hadn’t expected Charlie to become a fallen knight directly!
Even more dramatically, the demon that made Charlie sell his soul and sign the contract was none other than his former subordinate!
Augustus!
Seeing the demon faintly appearing behind Charlie, Ye Ling smiled and asked Charlie, “What was your Holy See’s purpose in coming to these ancient ruins this time?”
Charlie didn’t understand why Ye Ling was smiling, but he immediately replied, “There are countless treasures in the ancient ruins. Of course, we came here to find some treasures from these ruins…”
Hiss!
Midway through Charlie’s sentence, Ye Ling flicked another demonic blade, severing the arm that had regrown due to Charlie selling his soul.
The intense pain rendered Charlie speechless.
Ye Ling said, “I didn’t ask you to say things that everyone knows and are boring. I want to know your true purpose for coming to the ancient ruins.”
Charlie, enduring the severe pain of his severed arm, said with a pale face, “I, I’m sorry…”
“This time, the Pope entrusted us to come to these ancient ruins to help the Red Dust Pavilion find the spiritual energy core to activate the Tower of Heaven.”
Hearing Charlie’s words, a hint of surprise flashed in Ye Ling’s eyes. “The Red Dust Pavilion asked you to find the spiritual energy core?”
He hadn’t expected such a coincidence. Not only was the demon Charlie defected to Augustus, but the Holy See also had traces of the Red Dust Pavilion behind it!