Chapter 75: Disbelief
The golden-armored knights, their armor unmarred and their breaths steady, towered over the scene. Baines, however, was spent, his domain’s time exhausted. That attack was supposed to have wiped out the remaining.
The gazebo collapsed into the river, the blood moon dissolving back into the crimson flow, which retreated into his body.
The red hair, eyes, and robe vanished, leaving him heaving, the Demon Blade trembling in his grip.
"Banny, are you alright?" Ralph called, stepping forward, but Baines raised a hand to halt him.
-Ralph, what are these things?
Baines asked telepathically.
-That’s why the Treyl thought they could rival the Darkans as the next dragons. They tore out dragon flesh and blood, molding it into these knights. They retained their main body’s techniques, and the Treyl family head can control them, Ralph explained.
Baines’ eyes widened. ’No wonder I can’t see their souls. They’re constructs.’
-How it happened was sheer luck. The family head even killed the researcher afterward, Ralph added.
’If he’s controlling them, that means he’s watching,’ Baines thought, drawing the Bladeless Sword with a steadying breath, adopting a combat stance.
-Are you thinking of fighting that? Each is nearly 7th-star level, and there are fifty,