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Chapter 225: Skyler's Madness

"Idiot!" Alessia snorted coldly, knowing what Skyler was planning to do.

"Miss Alessia, why does someone like him exist among royal knights?" Li Wei questioned with a frown, thinking it was too much for such a person to exist in an official post.

After all, there were contracts that could prevent people from misusing their power. Not to mention there was a good person test.

Alessia knew what he was thinking, so she explained.

"The royal knights are arrogant because they have permission to deal with criminals, which means if they want to release someone, they can do it even if a good person test proves that he was the wrong one."

"Also, not every person is willing to sign the contract; because of this, the kingdom had no choice but to directly recruit people without a contract."

"Of course, they weren't allowed in important positions and were only allowed to do some small tasks, such as sending a letter or clearing unusual monsters in low-level areas," she clarified with a cold tone.

Honestly, she didn't think it was the right thing to do, but when the royals thought of how big their army would be, they were delighted to do it, as it can scare many people.

As for controlling them, they just let some trusted high-level people manage them, so there wasn't any problem except for some of them misusing their power.

But what? Didn't the royals and nobles do the same, using their power for their own benefit? So, unless it was some serious issue, they would only give light punishment, which was why the royal knights were arrogant.

Thinking of this, she sighed deeply and looked at Li Wei, who was frowning harder.

"Mr. Li, don't worry about them doing extreme things because there are many powerful people who are holding them down. Also, the church will not just sit by and watch," she assured him with confidence.

Hearing her, Li Wei nodded with a relieved expression, but he felt a crisis in his heart, as there was no way the royals and nobles would ignore his existence.

'I am still too weak,' he thought, feeling dejected, and turned towards the screen where Skyler was fighting with Diablo.

Fortunately, he had learned the 'Multi-Thinking' skill from Irene. If not, it will be very hard for him to talk with Alessia and fight with Skyler at the same time.

"Miss Alessia, is it really okay to let them fight like this?" he asked as he saw the onlookers running away hurriedly as their swords clashed.

Fortunately, there was someone who casted Arcane Shield to protect them from battle.

"Mr. Li, don't worry too much about it because your friend Li Wei is there to save everyone," Alessia replied with deep look, clearly knowing who casted Arcane Sheild.

Hearing her, Li Wei was speechless as she didn't care about fight because someone was cleaning up mess; nevertheless, he hoped that the fight would continue; after all, he wanted to crush Skyler's third leg.

Not to mention he was getting famous because his second clone, 'Li Wei', saved everyone with Arcane Shield.

So, he quite liked the current situation.

But of course, this wouldn't last for long as the city lord, guild master, and old foggy sealed the city to catch Diablo's main body.

Even if Diablo wasn't in the city, they were confident in catching him; it's just that they needed certain things to be prepared. That's why they haven't intervened yet.

Of course, there was another reason, and that is they were happy to see the Royal Knights getting thrashed.

Li Wei knew all of this because Alessia informed him, thinking he should know as a hero.

No one doubted that he might be Diablo; even Alessia, who had doubts about it, gave up when she saw his second clone, 'Li Wei', barely defending against aftermath attacks.

"Mr. Li, we should go and stop Skyler from killing Diablo's clone; if not, all the preparation to catch the main body will be useless," Alessia suggested after watching Diablo at a disadvantage.

The reason was Diablo trying to move Skyler away from onlookers, but how could Skyler let him do this when he saw Diablo not dodging his attacks to protect those behind him?

But what he does not know is that Diablo was showing weakness on purpose; if not, he would've smashed his third leg a lot of times with how much MP he had.

Everything here was under Li Wei's control, even the suggestion of Alessia, so he didn't feel surprised and nodded at her.

"Let's go," he said after wearing the mask of Lucifer.

Alessia didn't hesitate anymore and directly headed out with him in stealth.

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*Clang!*

A metical sound reverberated in front of the church residence as the two swords clashed with each other.

Both swords were strong, made from the same material and looked exactly same because Diablo stole it from the fainted Denver.

"You crook, let go the sword of royal knights; it's not something a heinous criminal like you can have," Skyler roared with a black face as he thought how easy it would've been to kill him if not for this sword.

"Mr. Knight, If I am a heinous criminal, then what are you who is trying to harm innocents behind me?" Diablo replied coldly, seeing through his every trick.

But how could Skyler admit it?

"Don't twist the truth, Diablo. I am not someone who will harm innocents, and will try to kill a hero like you," Skyler retorted loudly as he attacked with an anxious expression because the crowd was retreating rapidly.

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If they all retreated to a safe place, he wouldn't be able to suppress Diablo anymore and would have to request help from the city lord and others.

Which means his merits for killing Diablo would be lost.

'No, I can't let it happen!' he thought with a panicked look as a hint of greed flashed in his eyes and his attacks became more aggressive.

Diablo noticed this, but he remained calm as he knew there was a hefty bounty on his head.

However, Skyler wasn't after this but the merits that the kingdom will give him, such as a noble title, promotion, money, and such things if he managed to kill someone like Diablo in the city of church.

Of course, he won't say no to reward, as that is also a lot for low-level people like him, and he might even gain the favour of some nobles.

This could all be obtained by just killing Diablo, because he tried to kill a hero once and was now the enemy of every kingdom.

Li Wei knew this, but he didn't worry because other kingdoms would not send people this far just to kill Diablo.

As for the Elmoral kingdom, they wouldn't send someone too powerful, as the city would be destroyed if they fought here.

Not to mention, many people knew that Diablo was just a clone, so fighting with him was futile unless they could track down his real body.

Also, there was old foggy Lucius in the city, so how could someone dare to fight in the city unless they are an idiot like Skyler, who doesn't even know that he was just fighting a clone?

"Mr. Knight, you are making a very grave mistake," Diablo said with a chuckle as he defended against his attack.

"Humph! Diablo, don't think you can distract me and escape; I am not an idiot," Skyler retorted with a cold snort, making Diablo amazed.

'You are an idiot,' he corrected him in his heart as he once again defended.

Meanwhile, Skyler became impatient as the crowd behind him had already retreated a distance away.

'No, it can't go on like this,' he thought with a panicked expression, and soon his eyes flashed with viciousness.

"Diablo, you forced me to do this," he roared in anger as he gathered all the MP in his body to activate a special scroll that he got from dungeon.

However, Diablo didn't care about this and let out a laugh.

"Mr. Knight, it seems you are hell bent on killing me," he replied with an easy-going smile.

Watching him like this, Skyler's face twitched with anger.

"Well, smile as much as you want, because this will be the last smile for you." Skyler responded with a cold tone as he focused on the scroll which was hidden inside armour.

'This scroll is engraved with special skill that also has area effect; let's see how you will defend now,' he thought with a vicious look as Diablo had to consider protecting people behind him, even if they were far away.

If Diablo didn't protect them, then it would be a little hard to kill him with this skill, but that's it; he was very confident in killing him with the help of the skill.

As for the people behind Diablo, the city lord and others would have no choice but to protect them.

This was the reason why he dared to use this scroll.

However, the cost of using this scroll was great, especially since the skill on the scroll was rare and could save his life at an important time.

Thinking of this, Skyler's heart bled in pain as he looked at Diablo with hatred; if not for him, he wouldn't have to use his only lifesaving scroll.