nycdaug Chapter 450 The Exiled Knight Ronette
Chapter 450 The Exiled Knight Ronette
"There are teachers in the House of Hearth who teach the ancient language of Kanria. It is a required course so that we can discern useful information when we explore the ruins of Kanria."
Katarina answered matter-of-factly.
Xu Ning increasingly believed what Ningguang had said back then: whatever you learn will help you at some point in the future.
Unfortunately, I'm a lazy person. But now, I've finally met a top student.
"Could you try communicating with him? Or just ask him if he knows Halfdan or Dain?"
However, the other party seemed to have no intention of communicating with Xu Ning and Katarina at all. After saying a sentence, he raised his hand and launched an arrow of ice into the air. The arrow flew to a high point and then fell from the sky, landing right above Xu Ning and Katarina's heads.
Xu Ning had been keeping an eye on his opponent's movements, so he couldn't just stand there and wait for the arrow to fall. The two of them emerged from behind the rocks, one on the left and one on the right.
Katarina shouted something, which Xu Ning couldn't understand, but he guessed it was a greeting in ancient Canria.
However, the black serpent knight with the bow clearly did not react at all, but shot arrow after arrow faster and faster, and before long all the puddles around were frozen into solid ice.
Xu Ning felt the air around him grow colder. "Alright, if we can't communicate, we'll have to settle this with our hands."
Xu Ning touched his brow and instantly summoned a lightning elemental body. The two of them rushed towards the black snake archer from the left and right.
The best way to deal with archers is to keep them busy and unable to defend themselves.
Although the black serpent archer still fired an arrow at Xu Ning and the lightning elemental at extremely high speed, both Xu Nings, who had superb dodging skills, easily dodged the ice arrow, then raised their swords, threw punches, broke the bows, and took lives.
As the black mist dissipated from the Black Serpent Archer's body, it finally spoke again.
"...The punishment from the heavens, the nails of judgment, they linger...and cannot be removed..."
After hearing the Black Serpent Archer's last words from Katarina, Xu Ning put the two sentences together and thought about them.
"The nail of judgment he mentioned should be the blue pillar I saw before. But what is this holy blood he mentioned? Can it really purify things in the sky?"
Xu Ning thought for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he simply controlled his lightning elemental body to step forward and used his greatsword to search through the empty shell of armor for any possible relics.
However, it wasn't a complete loss; a purple bead fell out from among the scattered armor parts.
"What is this?"
Katarina curiously reached out to pick it up, but Xu Ning immediately stopped her.
“These kinds of things that monsters carry around might be dangerous. Your half-gloves can’t guarantee your safety. Let me handle it.”
Katarina obeyed Xu Ning's caution and allowed him to pick it up.
This purple pillar is transparent, filled with deep purple mist. As the mist swirls, one can vaguely see what kind of scene lies within.
"Such objects are generally only for display and have no other use. Even if they are used for evil, they are mostly used to confuse the mind of the owner. I think you should not investigate them too much."
Seeing that Xu Ning was focused on seeing what was inside the bead, Katarina couldn't help but remind him.
Xu Ning came to his senses. "You're right, I really shouldn't delve too deeply into things from the abyss. Hmm? There's another statue here."
Xu Ning also picked up the other item that had fallen out of the armor.
When Dain first explored the Upside-Down Ancient City, a similar statue had fallen from the body of the Black Serpent Knight who was killed.
However, the statues on those knights were simple and abstract. Although they were well preserved, the simple lines carved on the diamond-shaped wooden blocks only vaguely suggested that they were the work of a one-eyed old man.
However, perhaps due to the different ranks of these knights, the one-eyed engraving in Xu Ning's hand was not only heavy and of unknown material, but also seemed to be constantly emitting a strange energy.
The most obvious change is that the one-eyed old man on this carving has grown two demon-like horns on his head, and the blood-red color that is faintly visible in the whole carving immediately makes people associate it with the word "ominous".
“I recognize this engraving; it's Ilmin, the one-eyed king of the Black Sun Dynasty of Kanria. However, this image seems rather eerie, and staring at it feels like a strange voice is constantly echoing in my mind. You'd better throw it away…”
Katarina offered a brief explanation and then fell silent. She had a bad feeling about the carving and didn't want Xu Ning to keep it.
"It doesn't matter, they have no effect on me."
Xu Ning turned the carving over and pointed to the small characters carved on the back, asking, "What's carved on this?"
Katarina glanced at it and read aloud, "The banished knight, Ronete. Perhaps that's his name."
Xu Ning nodded and casually put the two items away. "You were right last night. I believe there are still demons lingering down there. As for you, do you still want to go looking for trouble with these guys?"
Katarina's expression turned cold. "Otherwise what? My Kolya was harmed by them, and they haven't paid the price. I will not leave here easily."
Xu Ning said helplessly, "You saw it just now. These guys are not someone you can handle. You would have a hard time defeating just those lance knights, let alone the special knights with bows and arrows. Going there would only be a pointless death for you."
Katarina stubbornly shook her head. "This is my business..."
Xu Ning sighed, "Alright, anyway, these guys will be a menace to the miners of Liyue sooner or later if they stay at the bottom of the Abyss. Since I'm going to go down there anyway, I might as well kill them all for you."
Place the Dust Concealing Gourd in place and let Shen He, Ying Lang Wan, and Zhi Qiong come out together.
"Although the team seems to have grown, its strength has actually decreased, and there are two more guys who might be looking to die at any moment. Tsk tsk..."
Xu Ning sighed inwardly, told Shen He to take good care of Zhiqiong, and said he would keep an eye on Katarina. He then called Yinglangmaru over.
Not daring to let it touch the strange purple orb, Xu Ning simply took out the imprint and let it sniff it.
After receiving confirmation from Shadow Wolf Maru, Xu Ning gently patted his straw hat as encouragement.
Kagerou turned around and started running north along the underground river.
"Oh, we can't go over there..."
Seeing that everyone was about to head in that direction, Katarina quickly called out to stop them.