"This sentence was not meant for you, but I think you can do it." Ebdon paused for a moment and raised its head to look at the young man.
Brando sat on his horse with one hand on the reins. He hesitated for a while and did not answer.
Ebdon knew that Brendel would not fully trust it, but it did not mind. The undead Knight raised its chest and placed its sword in front of its left knee. It knelt on its right knee and placed both of its hands on the pure silver gauntlets of the Pale Fang. It chanted: "The two moons shine, the king sleeps in the valley. The shadow of the holly tree points to the northwest. The stars fade away, the power of the dawn."
Brendel's expression did not change when he heard it. He rode past Ebdon on horseback, then turned his horse around and circled back to Ebdon. There were many puzzles like this in the game, but he was not an expert in this field. The two moons shine, of course, referred to when the two moons of Wohnde appeared in the sky. The first thing he thought of when the king sleeps in the valley was the remains of the Saint, but it could also be the tomb of one of the kings of Erouine.
The shadow of the holly tree pointed to the northwest. Brando frowned. Erouine did not have any holly trees. Was it just a metaphor? Or was it referring to a noble's emblem? But the holly tree represented the sacred in Wohnde's heraldry. Just the emblem of Erouine alone had a holly tree on it.
As for the disappearance of the stars and the descent of Dawn's authority, Brendel could not figure it out at all.
Ebdon purposely gave him some time to think. It saw Brando raise his head again and chanted: "The two-faced statue is silent. Have you forgotten the Saint's Oath? The Emerald Lake, the White Mountain, the Stone of the Stone, the Sword of the Sword — "
"Wait!" Brando suddenly raised his hand to stop it. He suddenly felt an inexplicable excitement. The Sword of the Sword? Could it be that Ebdon was talking about the real Lionheart?
The Lionheart Sword was a sword passed down from generation to generation in the family of the first king of Erouine, the Merciful Aike. However, the Lionheart Sword was not only the symbol of the Leo Dynasty, it was also one of the four sacred relics of Cruz. But ever since King Erik brought it out of the empire, it became the symbol of the Erouine Royal Family.
However, it was widely known that the Lionheart Sword had long been lost during Erouine's civil war. Every subsequent king who succeeded to the throne wielded a replica. However, only a limited number of people knew about this secret. Once it was revealed, it would cause a huge uproar.
Back then, Brando only learned about this after Erouine had perished.
If Ebdon was referring to the Lionheart Sword, then the second part of the riddle made sense. The Saint's Oath should be referring to the Holy Knight's Oath that Aike swore on the Lionheart Sword, to lead the people of the Southern Empire away from the arrogant and greedy nobles. He rose up against them, and that was where the benevolence in his title came from.
However, what did the Emerald Lake, the White Mountain, and the stone within the stone mean? Brando couldn't help but feel puzzled.
It was said that the real Lionheart Sword had the power to control the rise and fall of a kingdom. It seemed to be the truth as well. Ever since Erouine lost the real Lionheart Sword, each generation declined and eventually died. However, Brando didn't believe in this saying. The rise and fall of a kingdom was linked to a sword. No matter how legendary the sword was, it was just a way to shirk responsibility.
However, he was curious about the legend of the sword and why it was so popular in the stories of bards. According to the forums, the sword was at least a Gold-tier weapon.
Thus, he couldn't help but ask: "What is the Emerald Lake?"
Unexpectedly, Ebdon shook his head: "I don't know either. But I often think about it and remember these two sentences. There is even a sacred oath that binds me. But I don't know where these memories come from and why they are so pervasive. "
"Not every undead likes to remember." Brando replied. He suddenly felt that Ebdon wasn't a simple person when he was alive. At least, in his memories, Ebdon had nothing to do with the royal family.
"I'm a little special, and I know this myself." Ebdon replied. The undead Knight adjusted his helmet and continued: "Most undead that live in the darkness have intelligence, but I'm different from them. That's why I don't trust them. But when I see you, young man, I feel that you might be able to help me solve this mystery."
Brando didn't reply. He felt that Ebdon's words seemed to be true, but he wouldn't believe it easily. He was thinking about the Emerald Lake, the White Mountain, and the stone within the stone.
He suddenly noticed that the two-faced statue didn't say anything, and he couldn't help but shiver.
[The statue didn't say anything. Could it be referring to the stone sage in the basin south of Randner?] The more Brando thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. If the revelation came from the stone sage, then it would be a little troublesome. He would need the Sage Slate to make the stone sage speak.
But where would he get the Sage Slate from? The nearest Sage Slate should arrive in Braggs half a month later. The black market price was 500,000 Tor, and it wasn't a small sum.
The only consolation was that the stone sage was in the same direction as what he was going to do next. This would save him a lot of time, and Brando really didn't have much time left.
He sat down on his horse and asked: "That's all you want to say?"
Ebdon nodded: "I have one more request."
"Speak."
Brando looked back. Under the command of Retto and Mano, the battle in the valley was nearing its end.
Ebdon took off the badge on his chest and said: "I hope to die like a real Knight, or at least let my sword and armor accompany me forever. This badge is called the Lion Badge, and it has powerful magic power. It has no meaning to me now, so I'll pass it to you. Also, this is my pouch, there are some things in it that might be useful to you."
Brando knew that if he was willing, he could also obtain the Pale Fang. He originally wanted to give the sword to Freya. However, he looked at the 'White Knight' and nodded in the end.
Both of them knew that an oath was meaningless compared to a dead person and a living person, so it was better to trust each other's promises. The reason why Ebdon said so much to him was probably because he trusted him. Based on this point alone, Brendel would not go back on his words.
[Of course.
Ebdon must die, and the refugees will not allow a high-ranking undead general to be with them.]
Brando took the badge and glanced at it. There was a lion's head engraved on the brass surface: "Lion Badge, Conflict Aura + 1." Brendel almost dropped the badge from his hand. Conflict Aura was the core skill of a Holy Knight. It could be trained up to level 29, and could only be trained up to level 10. It increased 1 point of defense at the beginning, 0.5 point of defense for every level before level 10, 1 point of defense for every level after level 10, and 1 point of defense for every level after level 20. It increased exponentially.
At level 21, Conflict Aura would increase defense by 2, at level 22 it would increase defense by 3, and so on. Originally, this skill could increase Defense by 10 points when it reached level 29. However, with the addition of an additional level, this badge would increase Defense by 11 points.
What kind of concept was 11 points of defense? It was almost equivalent to 14mm of frontal armor, which was almost equivalent to three sets of full-body plate armor.
Brando immediately decided on his development path as soon as he received the badge. He would become a Templar Knight! He also knew that there was a full-body armor with a + 1 Conflict Aura skill, and a Lion Shield with a + 1 Charge Aura skill. With this combination, he would have an additional 40 defense after becoming a Templar Knight.
It would be like a moving fortress, and it was not just him. In this era, all the soldiers within 60 feet of him were like tanks. What would it be like to charge on the battlefield?
Brando suddenly remembered that Ebdon had a full-body armor. It was no wonder that it was known for its terrifying defense among the Four Knights of the Apocalypse in the later stages of Madara. Ebdon the Conqueror, as expected of the Conqueror Ebdon the Conqueror.
Although his heart was in turmoil, he did not show it on his face. After going through so many life and death situations, Brendel felt that he was more mature than before. If this was in the game, who knows how much he would be proud of getting such a badge.
He kept the badge and opened the other party's pouch to take a look. However, he soon found that the White Knight's collection was not rich. There were only some low-level materials in it, and the most valuable was a few pieces of adamantine, which was the material for making full steel armor. It seemed that the future Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse had already begun to make plans. It also knew the power of this badge.
Brando could not help but look at the other party.
"Do you have any other requests?" He asked.
Ebdon shook its head: "Please do it."
Brando knew that if he let it die here alone, it would be a disgraceful thing. A Knight on the battlefield would at least die in the hands of the enemy and return to the embrace of the earth. He did not have time to let Ebdon return to the earth, but he could at least fulfill its first wish.
The Shire pulled out his sword and walked forward, but Brando stopped him.
His forehead was covered in cold sweat as he pulled out the Elven Sword and exchanged glances with Ebdon. Then he rode his horse forward and stabbed the sword into the other party's chest.
Ebdon cracked a smile, and the flames in its eye sockets flickered.
"I've told you so much with my memories, young man."
"Because I'm still Madara's Ebdon until the moment of my death."
"Perhaps I should thank you for freeing me —"
The Undead Knight sighed: "But at the same time, I died as a dark noble. The eternal death of Madara, the symbol of immortality. I just did not expect to lose … "
The soulfire in its eye sockets eventually dimmed.
The 'White Knight' Ebdon was finally dead. Brando knew that from this moment onwards, there was no more Madara's Four Knight of the Apocalypse. He looked at the remains of his opponent in silence. Then, he watched as the silver light that filled the sky rose from the remains and merged into his body. It was as if a warm power had soaked into his body. He had never felt this when he absorbed experience before, but Brando understood that this was power, the pure power of the soul.
He had obtained a total of 1300 experience points from killing this commander who was over level 30. Adding the total experience points from the previous battles, he had obtained close to 2000 experience points in the past few hours after killing Xassar.
It seemed like it was more than enough to level up, but Brando did not do so. He suppressed the urge and knew that it was time for him to accumulate more experience points. After all, he still had a lot of things to do after the war ended. He raised his head to look at the sky. At this moment, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing the cross-shaped constellation behind him, shining brightly in the dark sky.
The Knight's Throne.
Then he raised the white deer statue in his hand and saw the beautiful creature showing its figure from the side of the mountain. It then turned around and disappeared in the northeast direction.
Brando turned around and saw Retto riding his horse over.
"There are a lot of zombies on the mountains on the left and right …" Retto said in a low voice.
"I understand. There's not much difference in time." Brando replied calmly, "So let the refugees get on their way. In other words, we don't have much time to waste."
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