Pirate Kingship-Chapter 567 - 415: Iron Wall: Sun Knight, Oath Regalia
The billowing dust and blinding sunlight gradually dispersed.
A towering knight clad in silver-white armor and donning a full helmet emerged, his scarlet cloak billowing fiercely.
In his hand, he held a "Sun Holy Sword" that shimmered brilliantly like the sun itself, rendering its shape indistinct. He stood firmly in front of Byron like an Iron Wall forged from molten iron.
He pointed the tip of his sword fearlessly at Xinji Roca, the Fourth Order Mythical Creature known as the "Child of the Sun," and rebuked, "Impudent fool, stand down!"
The newcomer was Byron’s Guardian Knight, Ironwall Bruh.
Having arrived at the port on the Golden Deer the night before, they had journeyed up the mountain overnight, only to find the core palace already closed. Consequently, they were lodged on the outskirts of the palace.
They planned on joining their captain first thing in the morning.
As soon as Bruh reached the garden gate, he immediately sensed a conflict involving his lord through their Oath Anchoring and burst onto the scene without hesitation.
He also quickly grasped the crux of the dispute—helping his lord snatch a woman!
What haven’t they, the Pioneer Guiding Colonial Trading Company, plundered before? Snatching a woman is hardly a significant issue.
He had always unconditionally supported all of his lord’s decisions.
It wouldn’t matter if it were just a princess; even if Byron ordered him to seize a queen mother still in her prime, he wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
WHIZZ! WHIZZ! WHIZZ! WHIZZ!...
The sound of rushing air followed as a band of Third Order pirate officers and the elite Guardsmen, the Wings of Death, swooped in.
Uncle Andrew, the Death Knight from the port, along with a few other personnel who had stayed behind, also received the news.
They immediately activated the First-Class Holy Relic, the Colonial Warrant, which employed its National Border Lock to conceal the Golden Deer, ready to help their captain escape at any moment.
No matter how many titles these people claimed, at their core, they were all pirates, and the one quality they all highlighted was... professionalism!
Gus, the Phantom Blade, asked, "Captain, are we only snatching the woman? Are we not taking the Royal Palace? I scoped out the layout just last night. I know where the treasure vault is and where the city’s public treasury is. There’s a fissure in the Volcanic Lake; we could just take the treasure and float down with the current."
Wayne Dote, the Gunnery Chief, reported, "Captain, I have secured the high ground and can provide long-range support at any time with the Holy Relic."
Death Knight Andrew added, "Byron, Uncle Andrew has already loaded the Golden Deer with ammunition. Just give the order, and I’ll bombard the port to create chaos..."
In the communication channel composed of The King’s Right Hand, a bunch of troublemakers swiftly devised a meticulous plan to raid Hot Spring City Kahamaka.
Byron was somewhat exasperated with these seasoned pirates.
"Nonsense! What we, the Pioneer Guiding Colonial Trading Company, engage in has always been legitimate business. All of our clients are completely satisfied! If I ever get a bad reputation, it will definitely be your fault, you scoundrels!"
However, now that he had ample manpower at his disposal, Byron temporarily set aside the idea of entering the fray himself.
Xinji Roca on the opposite side was even more straightforward. He held reservations about confronting Byron due to his identity but had no such concerns with Byron’s subordinates.
He immediately signaled his deputy in the guard with a glance.
The Third Order Molten Giant snorted coldly, hefting a bronze cudgel as thick as a man’s arm, adorned with glowing hot runes, and charged towards Bruh with large strides.
With each step, a flame-burnt footprint marked his path, his body rapidly swelling. In just a few steps, he morphed into a towering Molten Giant more than three meters tall.
The fierce Blaze turned the nearby garden to scorched earth.
The buildings constructed of Basalt remained unscathed; evidently, the craftsmen’s primary consideration when building the palace was its fire resistance.
"HA! Take this blow from me!"
The giant’s gold-gleaming bronze cudgel exploded with intense flames, slamming down with the terrifying force of a volcanic eruption.
Bruh, eyes wide with anger, chanted his oath without dodging or flinching, lifting the "Sun Holy Sword" above his head with both hands.
BOOM—!
A burst of light and a wave of scorching heat turned the garden within a ten-meter radius into scorched earth; even the stone path beneath their feet was blown away.
Yet the towering figure in heavy armor remained immovable like an Iron Wall, providing an impregnable Sheltered Harbor for Byron.
Underneath the heavy armor, the scaled form of a Red Dragon Lizard Warrior emerged, its mouth opening to absorb the opponent’s flames and, in turn, bolster its own strength.
The Molten Giant’s initial strike having failed, he scowled, whirling his bronze cudgel like a windmill and relentlessly pounding Bruh’s "Sun Holy Sword."
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!...
All who practiced the Solar Codex were experts in wielding fire.
Crafts related to fire posed no challenge to them, and the weapons they used were far superior to those of the Aztec and Taya Empires.
It is well-known that the differences in materials used for human tools throughout the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages boil down to differences in smelting temperatures.
Gold was merely the rarest metal in volcanic lava, constituting only 20% of the molten metal content; other metals like Silver, iron, and copper were also abundant.
However, they regarded Gold as the sweat of the Sun God Inti and therefore the most precious metal, reserved for crafting ceremonial vessels.
The remaining ores, even refined copper and iron, piled up in the Empire’s storehouses.
However, the noble Divine Descendants’ first choice was always to become warriors who could expand the Empire’s territory; very few opted to become craftsmen.
Even those who became craftsmen pursued exquisite, magical items for Transcendents, disdaining mundane weapons for ordinary people.
Their manpower and workshop capacity were far from sufficient to process so much raw material.
The Ring of Fire Mountain Range is a treasure trove, but the Sun Empire fails to develop it properly, merely picking out Gold for offerings. What a gross underutilization of significant resources! The Sun Empire and their Ring of Fire Mountain Range would perfectly complement our Industrial Empire, serving as the ideal source of bulk raw materials. If I were to let such a treasure slip by, I would surely be smitten by heavenly lightning.
Byron, quietly observing the battle, harbored no worry for Ironwall Bruh, who stood before him.
On the contrary, he found the direct confrontation between the "Sun Knight" and the Descendant of the Sun God quite fascinating.
Ironwall Bruh was the second to receive his "First Embrace." The combination of a fire-aspected Red Dragon Lizard Warrior and the Oathsworn Spirit "Sun Knight" Gawain was an excellent match.
Even when facing those Fire Element monsters like the Molten Giants, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage.
Especially since Byron, during his own promotion, had used the Blood of Transformation concocted by Balboa the "Infinite Evolver," thereby inheriting a portion of Balboa’s "evolutionary power."
Not only did he possess monstrous regenerative abilities, but as long as he wasn’t killed, he could adaptively evolve.
An enemy would never know, if they failed to kill him in one attempt, what astonishing form he might evolve into next.
As his Bloodline, Ironwall Bruh had inherited a part of this trait.
Fewer and fewer people could now beat Byron to near death, but this trait truly shone in Bruh.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...
The bronze cudgel, wreathed in flames and dust, roared incessantly, yet it was like a hammer on an anvil, continuously forging Ironwall Bruh’s physique, Spirituality, and will.
It also allowed this Guardian Knight, while fulfilling his own motto, to finally begin the Third Order Promotion Ceremony.
Although his body was already swaying and blood was seeping from beneath his feet, the Divine Light emanating from him grew ever brighter, as if another sun were slowly rising, even exerting suppressive pressure on the Molten Giants on the same Path.
Captain of the Guard Xinji Roca’s expression changed. "Advance! Attack again!"
Another deputy captain nearby, also incarnated as a Molten Giant, heard the command and immediately charged with a bronze spear.
"Two versus one is shameless! No one bullies us honest folks!"
The Bayfolk Berserker, Honest Eight Fingers, wielding his battle axe, stepped out from the crowd, ready to intercept this opponent for his first mate.
But at that moment, Bruh’s Divine Light blazed, and he bellowed, "Oath Regalia, summon forth!"
NEIGH—!
Accompanied by a shrill neigh, the Silver Law manifested in his mind.
A towering knight, radiant as the sun, rode his steed from the depths of the Law, leaping down and merging into his body.
Ironwall Bruh’s form began to expand dramatically.
His core profession was Oath Knight, and he had acquired the Oathsworn Spirit "Sun Knight" Gawain at Second Order.
Furthermore, by the bond of Fate, he had married the "Fairy" Rigel.
Now, ascending to Third Order, his resonance with the Oathsworn Spirit "Sun Knight" Gawain increased further.
Not only did he fully summon the Heroic Spirit’s descent, but he also summoned projections of the Holy Relics the spirit possessed in life, forming a complete set of Oath Regalia—the "Sun Knight."
Within the blazing white light, a heavily armored knight, over three meters tall and resembling an iron-armored War Chariot, leaped out. He launched his first counterattack, a sword swing empowered by his steed’s momentum.
BOOM—!
The two Molten Giants that converged before him were sent flying back, crashing through half of a squarish stone pavilion.
The "Sun Knight," the "Half-Night Devil," the "Red Dragon Lizard Warrior," plus the unifying power of "Flow State," allowed Bruh to unleash a ferocious power far exceeding his Class.
At the same time, his regalia was revealed to the stunned onlookers.
[Knight Armor·Sun Protection Holy Wall]: The golden armor shone like the sun. For three hours from 9 a.m. to noon, and for three hours from 3 p.m. to sunset, its Power would be tripled.
At that moment, it was exactly 9 a.m.
Ironwall Bruh’s Power received a threefold boost.
[Belt·Bai Xilei]: Greatly enhanced willpower. Complete immunity to mental attacks of the same rank, weakening High Order attacks.
[Fairy Horse Glingrett]: Possessed inexhaustible stamina. It could carry a knight in full armor into battle non-stop for three days and three nights without rest.
In that instant, Bruh was like a Heavenly God descended to earth; he was Gawain the "Sun Knight," and the "Sun Knight" was Bruh.
And their common creed was: "Always support and endorse all of the king’s decisions!"
That is to say, depending on the nature of the lord they served, they would transform accordingly.
Thus, when this legendary hero knight of the Old Continent, the "Sun Knight," reappeared in this foreign land, the first words he uttered were, "HA! Conquest is better than hard toil! Not just this one—hand over all the prime princesses... to His Majesty!"
