Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 752 - 646: The Holy Knight’s Charge

The texture of light in this Space Secret Realm is somewhat indescribable.

That's because what's hanging in the sky is a flat sun composed of doodle-like yellow, orange, red, and brown lines.

On the ground, there are mountains, rivers, forests... resembling the Material World, wandering among them are various strange creatures whose shapes cannot be identified and whose style matches the environment's art style.

Some have visible heads and tails but their bodies are invisible; some show parts of skin, but change the angle and all that's left is an empty shell; others have nothing but lumps of internal organs...

Although it's on the fifth layer, none seem aggressive, perhaps this is because there's not even a single insect here.

If not for most things being of a bizarre layered paper-like design, this doodle-like world could even be considered peaceful and harmonious.

Many speculate that the ultimate creation 'Clock Tower,' prior to being completely materialized as the 'Mysterious Source,' should have existed as the base camp and trial venue for a School.

Although combat prowess is usually tested, there are many Non-Combat Secret Realms—some test knowledge, some test vision, some test luck... The closer one gets to the inner regions, the stricter the rules, which is proof.

So even though amidst this bizarre world, over thirty 'Dawn Church' Silver Knights in bright silver light armor remain vigilant, they don't act as if facing a formidable enemy.

The Iron Wall Knight Order dispatched a total of six Great Knights and fifty-four Official Knights, while other Churches, with implicit understanding, dispatched about the same numbers.

However.

Although the entrants here haven't blended into this doodle-like art style, they are equally bizarre.

Behind each Silver Knight follows a trail of themselves from different periods, sometimes mere seconds or minutes before, sometimes years or even decades earlier, with some even having a toddler trailing behind.

It's as though everyone is adding a time dimension beyond the inherent three dimensions of length, width, and height, except in this dimension, the future isn't indicated.

The Silver Knights prove their excellence as elites of the 'Dawn Church,' though few benefited from elders' influence, most pasts are extremely monotonous, being pure toil and more toil.

Apart from normal faith, they are all filled with fervent worship for the 'Dawn.'

This fervor is also the fundamental source of their powerful combat prowess.

"If we could linger in the 'Clock Tower' for a while longer, maybe we could attempt to touch upon the realm of the Main God's 'Time.' No need to say more, if the Great Main God could grant us the 'Divine Skill: Anticipating the Enemy,' we'd be invincible at the same tier, wouldn't we?"

Seeing this change on themselves, the Silver Knights weren't panicked; some even enthusiastically talked about the corresponding Divine Skill, while never forgetting to praise the greatness of their Main God.

The True God 'Dawn,' based in the Sak Empire, possesses auxiliary powers extending beyond the Main Divine Position of 'Light,' such as 'Summer,' 'Order,' 'Harvest,' etc., and a weak 'Time' domain.

Among the Divine Arts held by the Dawn Church's Holy Professionals, there's exactly a representative Divine Art in the 'Time' domain: 'Anticipating the Enemy,' which allows Casters to know their opponent's next move a second in advance.

However, it requires very high aptitude and opportunity, a powerful ability unavailable to most Holy Knights, let alone Clerics.

Upon hearing the knights' discussions, the Peak Grand Knight Langdoc walking at the forefront frowned slightly, turned back to reprimand them:

"Doruk, the 'Clock Tower' that probes the Gods' power, will eventually return to our Master, but the Glory of God is maintained by our swords and unwavering faith.

As Guardian Knight 'Platinum Glory' once said, don't always think about what God can give us, but what we can offer, otherwise you'll never see the day you advance to Tier 3 and awaken Combat Qi."

"Yes, Knight Commander! I'll remember. 'Dawn' is the Supreme!"

"'Dawn' is the Supreme!"

"..."

Suddenly.

Langdoc turned to look at the other side of the marching team, where the originally orderly lines subtly twisted silently and then instantly returned to their original form.

Yet a combination of five men and women abruptly appeared there.

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

Upon spotting the external guests, a group of Silver Knights drew their swords at once, under the command of the five Great Knights, they formed an encirclement formation used to hunt human Transcendents.

Walking at the front of the formation, Langdoc's right hand was already resting on the sword hilt shining like a golden wheat spike, gazing distant at the time dimension lines appearing behind each of them, his eyes slightly narrowing:

"You surely are a group of unruly desecrators, and you're greedily eyeing the treasures in the 'Clock Tower' that don't belong to you.

The Supreme 'Dawn' bestows upon His servants the eyes that can discern the truth. I have long since seen through your facade. That Rock Giant who dared to assault the Silver Knight back then was also part of your premeditated plan.

Before entering the 'Eye of the Giant,' I'll settle the score with you here! You vile Wizards, scum among humans, are unworthy of enjoying the Light my Lord grants to the Material World!"

At this moment, Aiven and his group, who had just arrived in this space, finally noticed the abnormality behind them.

Scheming with Jelos to seize the [Ocean Treasure: Ancient Scroll], framing the 'Dawn Church' during the plunder of the Potosi Silver Mine, dispatching a Privateer Fleet to raid merchant ships...

Most notably, Aiven and his apprentice Angie, whose "style" became increasingly outlandish.

Transforming into a 'Mountain Giant' to assault the Silver Knights, analyzing genetic information from the blood of various creatures, producing flesh puppets that were considered a desecration of life, researching the secrets of the 'Dawn Church's' Flying Horse, launching bloodline curses...

Though only a fraction of their past deeds were exposed, in the eyes of the Silver Knights, this was already the standard of a sworn enemy of the Light!

For the more one boasts of the Light, the less one can tolerate "filth." In terms of extreme and domineering behavior, in the Church of the Seven Gods, 'Eternal Flame' is undoubtedly the first, followed by 'Dawn' as the second. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Moreover, these individuals already have a flavor of fanatics, and the more radical the church's style, the more of these sand-eyed, martyrdom-ready folks there are.

Unlike the powerful 'Volcano Knight' and 'Oathbreakers' on the New Continent, these guys who hastily arrived from the Old Continent, spending little time with their ears shut to the outside, knew little of Aiven's notorious reputation, which is rather normal.

There was no moment in the timeline when Aiven vanquished a Tier 4 Transcendent, which could be fortunate or unfortunate.

Furthermore.

Even Aiven, who started from scratch, already knew the secret of the world tide. How could the high and mighty True God Church not know? Whether the future trend belongs to [Capital] is yet to be seen, but the current tide unquestionably belongs to the "Great Navigation."

Seven or eight hundred years ago, the secret of the [Ocean Treasure: Ancient Scroll] was recorded by a Wizard from a previous era who first entered the [Clock Tower]. But when it comes to research on the [Clock Tower], it's naturally the church, with the most people, the greatest power, and the most organization, that is the most complete.

Clearly, in the main theme of the Great Navigation, aside from their respective must-have goals, the [Ancient Scroll] is something everyone desires!

Having realized Aiven's objective, facing such a narrow path encounter, Langdoc, the Peak Grand Knight, was more than happy to eliminate an inevitable rival first.

Even among other True God Churches, as the highest guiding force in the Material World, intentional or not, they would clear competitors along the way to the sixth-layer destination, limiting others' entry while at it.

Faced with the Silver Knights who, right at the first encounter, were shouting for battle, the five exchanged glances.

Aiven, who already disliked the Silver Knights and planned to ambush them, didn't expect to be given a big label by them first, thus claiming a self-declared 'moral' high ground.

But the principle Aiven holds dear has always been: "Always strive with equals, not argue with fools."

When others insist one plus one equals three, he never argues, simply giving a thumbs up, saying: Very good!

And for those miserable souls, whose minds seem to have only God and not their own thoughts, Aiven's only mercy is to send them to the Divine Kingdom, allowing them to serve their flawless God eternally.

The last time on his own territory, he let them off lightly, mainly because there was no profit and no need for a life-and-death struggle, but this time, things are different.

As for the identity of the opponent's Holy Knight?

Didn't the 'Eternal Flame' Church priests killed before suffice?

Moreover, such fanatics are always viewed as a double-edged sword by the clear-headed hierarchy of the church. The benefit is that as long as a call is made in God's name, they wouldn't bat an eye even as a human bomb, very useful.

But believing in God to an extent of being deluded, summarized as 'superstition' versus 'right faith.'

They are not only brave in self-sacrifice but equally brave in sacrificing others. As long as it's in God's name, even killing and arson carry no guilt, merely a step away from madness, indeed tools.

"For the Glory of God!"

"Cleanse your sins with blood!"

"Blasphemers shall return to the stake!"

On the fanatically charging Holy Knights, the "sanctified" white light was already somewhat glaring, even a Giant Dragon standing in their way wouldn't affect their charge.

However.

The group standing beside Aiven slightly lowered their heads, offering their deepest sympathy for those Silver Knights in a stance of silent mourning: "Brothers, your path has narrowed indeed."