Monster Lord: The Goblin Offers the Saintess to Me at the Start

But, Sivis was also at a loss.

His only hope at the moment was to first gather a group of monsters, and then rely on his personal strength and the enhancement of "Summon Guardian" to hold off a small force from the Divine Punishment Knight Order for a while.

But this kind of maneuver could only buy time, and during that time, Sivis had to break through!

He knew clearly that, against the overwhelming wave of silver-ranked warriors, fifth and sixth rank, the monsters and guards alone wouldn't be able to hold out.

The only way was to break through into gold.

Collecting gold-ranked monsters to crush through with sheer power.

"If I had chosen either of the other two talents back then, it would have been over."

Sivis felt a bit relieved.

He really had found a way out.

The terrifying part of "Spiritual Fusion" wasn't just the training progress it provided each time they merged, but rather, as a transmigrator, he had already secured the perfect fusion partner — Saint of Light Werner.

After a moment of calm reflection, Sivis's expression eased a little.

He did a quick assessment, and the panic in his heart eased a lot. Without "Spiritual Fusion," the threat from the Divine Punishment Knight Order was a dead end, but with this powerful talent, as long as the Knight Order didn't cause trouble too quickly, he had a chance to grow strong enough to wipe them out.

Sivis also quietly made up his mind: he needed to use the system store to exchange some body-enhancing potions for Werner and Reina to take.

He suspected that even with all the supplements, Werner might still not be able to hold up under the nearly insane demands of his Gold-Rank breakthrough. So Reina would have to take shifts as well.

After all, "Spiritual Fusion" granted its boosts based on the number of times it was used.

For the sake of protecting the territory and his own life.

Sivis was worried that Werner's body might be worn out completely...

Other than that, after analyzing the situation, he actually felt that he could still handle the threat from the Divine Punishment Knight Order.

"What's wrong?" Vikalina asked, a bit puzzled as she looked at Sivis.

Sivis was interrupted from his thoughts and shook his head. "Nothing, let's go."

Sivis wasn't panicked anymore. First, he needed to get his hands on those Dragon-related Fossils.

It wasn't just for Reina anymore.

Sivis wanted to trigger the benefits of "Spiritual Fusion" as much as possible. Obviously, Werner alone wouldn't be able to handle it. Reina would also need to take on a big part of the workload.

If this maid's transformation into a Dragon-Blooded Maid reached the peak of her potential, both Sivis and Reina would gain a lot from the "Spiritual Fusion."

That would also make Sivis's Gold-Rank breakthrough much easier.

The two of them followed the scent of the detection insects Sivis had previously set up.

At the same time, it wasn't just Sivis who felt uneasy and shaken.

In the center of the Gandanyir continent.

In the Holy City of Florence, within a grand hall, the seven-pointed star shone, and then the earth shook — the tremor came from a group of stone statues of knights in the corner of the hall.

As they trembled violently, the stone on their bodies gradually cracked and fell apart, eventually taking on human form. The power of holy light in the world, as well as some other force that was completely opposite to it, was drawn into their bodies.

Their dry muscles gradually swelled, and their eyes showed a savage glint — it was clear they were about to awaken.

Standing in the hall were several middle-aged men and old men in deep gray robes, each holding a lantern.

They looked around in confusion and fear. "What's going on? Why are the knights of the Divine Punishment Order awakening? What's happening? What should we do? What does the bishop say?"

"This is something we, the guardians, can't handle!" the figure holding a lantern stammered, communicating in a panic. Everyone was terrified. Though they had Silver-Rank strength, they had lived in comfort and luxury. Facing the awakening of the Divine Punishment Knight Order, they only felt panic — because they knew that these madmen's judgment did not distinguish friend from foe. Anyone within their line of sight would be judged and destroyed!

We aren't villains, we don't have to be perfect saints in terms of morality.

If we appear in front of these knights, we'll be dead for sure!

The people in the Church who were in charge of guarding the Divine Punishment Knight Order were now extremely terrified and panicked.

Until several figures in solemn, radiant long robes appeared from outside the hall — they were none other than the high-ranking bishops of the Church, all of whom were at Gold-Rank or even Platinum-rank strength.

Their arrival eased the guards' nerves. The Silver-Rank Divine Punishment Knights, who were only loosely sealed outside, were about to awaken. With the bishops' strength, they could easily suppress them.

"Lord Bishop, what's going on? Why have the Divine Punishment Knights suddenly awakened?" the guards rushed forward to report, their faces dark.

They had heard the legend: the Divine Punishment Knights had remained incorruptible for thousands of years. The Church often had people who were dissatisfied with the current situation whispering, and once the knights awoke, they would first cut down the corrupt Church that had strayed from the doctrine, and restore order.

Though the bishops didn't know the origin of these berserk warriors, they knew they were definitely not rebellious forces that would strike the Church.

They were just a sharp blade that the Church had to handle with caution.

One bishop spoke calmly, "It's fine. We have confirmed that a bloodline descendant of the Divine Punishment Knight Order has died."

"And he was desecrated, which caused the uprising."

"Who dares to harm the Church's people?" the guards were puzzled.

"According to the last message, a knight named Sylar was infected and became a Blood Servant. He attacked a Church cleric and was killed in self-defense. He deserved it."

"As a descendant of the Divine Punishment Knights, his death triggered the will of his ancestors — the knights in the seal believed that an evil force existed at the place where Sylar fell, so they were awakened."

"That's not wrong. Normally, the death of a regular descendant wouldn't anger the Divine Punishment Knights, but if he was infected and killed a Church member…"

"It's completely normal for the knights to go into an uproar."

"You don't need to interfere now. Just do your job."

"We have already set up special barriers near the city exit of the Divine Punishment Knights, so they can't sense whether people in the Holy City are guilty. Outside the city, we've also mobilized priests to create a shield that prevents the knights from judging guilt. The spell will last long enough for them to reach the place where the bloodline descendant died."

"After they purify the evil, we'll send someone to retrieve them."

The bishops explained.

After hearing the explanation, the guards looked much more relaxed. "Oh, I see. I thought it was our actions that angered the Divine Punishment Knights..."

They couldn't help but mutter to themselves — the more they guarded these "loyal" knights, the more guilty they felt when they recalled their past actions.

They had definitely harmed a lot of civilians in the Holy City...

The bishops are really calm!

The guards sighed in admiration, but they didn't notice that a few bishops had sweat beads on their foreheads.

They were scared — scared of these fearless, death-defying warriors who only knew how to purge evil!

The Church hadn't dared to use this force for hundreds of years!

Even the bloodline descendants of the Divine Punishment Knights were treated with great care, fed well and given the best, afraid of making even the slightest mistake.

This time, it had gotten out of hand: a descendant of the Divine Punishment Knights had been targeted by the Blood Clan, causing all this trouble.

Thank goodness, the descendant only had Bronze-Rank strength, and the one awakened was merely a Silver-Rank Divine Punishment Knight — still within the Church's control — a simple spell to block detection could limit their movements to a specific area.

But if a Gold-Rank, Platinum-Rank, or even Diamond-Rank Divine Punishment Knight were awakened, the whole Church would be thrown into chaos.

"It shouldn't be that bad," one bishop said, pulling out a handkerchief embroidered with gold thread and wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

The bloodline of the Divine Punishment Knights was already rare, and their descendants didn't inherit any special cultivation abilities. Most of them stayed at Bronze or Silver-Rank. The few Silver-Rank descendants had already died over a century ago.

Theoretically, even if another bloodline descendant was desecrated, it could only awaken a Silver-Rank knight. The truly troublesome high-ranking knights were locked away by multiple layers of seals — there was no way they could ever awaken.

"That's gotta be the case," the bishops comforted themselves. "Unless someone could completely wipe out these crazed Silver Knights — but how could that even happen? We're no longer in the era of the 'Battle of Exorcism.' Strength has declined, and even Silver-Rank warriors are hard to find at the empire's borders."

"Even if the Silver Knights on the border were strong, they could only cause a little damage to the Divine Punishment Knights. They couldn't possibly awaken any high-ranking ones!"

"It's just going to be a little killing and purging of 'evil' — that's all."

"As long as the situation doesn't get worse, that's fine," the bishops said, patting their chests and gradually relaxing their expressions.

As for what would happen in the areas the Divine Punishment Knight Order was about to cleanse, they weren't unaware — countless innocent people would be killed or injured under the judgment of 'guilt.' But so what?

"It's none of our business."

"As long as we don't get in trouble, that's enough!"

After calming down, the bishops finally had the time to deal with another matter.

They looked outside the hall, and there, a girl with emerald-green hair and a lithe, agile figure was approaching quickly — she wore loose robes, and on her back were a longbow and a slender sword. As she faced the uprising of the Divine Punishment Knight Order, she showed no panic, only a calm gaze, though there was a deep worry in her eyes, as if she was afraid of something.

The bishops, who had been worried moments before, now sneered with mockery: "Madam Sophia, you've come to this? Now you actually need to beg for help?"

This elven woman was indeed in a terrible state — she never imagined that her favorite student would bring her such a big disaster.

She was the very teacher that Vikalina had desperately called upon in her moment of despair!

Now, she was just as deeply respectful of this teacher as Vikalina was.

Sophia also looked at her student.

The elven woman had originally thought that, although Vikalina was naive, she might have some minor conflicts with members of the Knight Order. At worst, it would just be some small squabbles.

After all, the places she was patrolling were remote areas where even Silver-Rank warriors were rare.

Any conflicts there would just be dealing with weak monsters or lower nobles — and with her student's Silver-Rank strength, she would have handled it easily.

Who could have expected that a friend of hers told her that her student had actually been flooded with complaints from other members of the Knight Order!!