Chapter 2318 - 1639: Too Late! Join Me in Conversion to the Demon!

"When I bring back a ship full of gold... Let's see if my deadbeat father will still underestimate me? And my penny-pinching brother, who threw me out to be a mercenary for those dilapidated houses! I'll slap him in the face with gold, Ducat by Ducat! Make him grin along... Huh? What's wrong with you guys? Laugh! Why aren't you laughing anymore?"

"Boss! You... You should turn around and look behind you, look around!"

"?!"

Reinhardt, with blurry eyes, looked around confused, paused, and then rubbed his eyes hard. Then, he clearly saw the barbarians wielding Spears and Axes, surrounding the mercenaries, their cold and fierce faces... Reinhardt trembled all over, shivering.

"Oh Almighty! Damn, what is happening!"

He immediately reached for his weapon at his waist, but the Great Sword was long lost, and he didn't know where he put the Short Sword. Before he could continue looking for a weapon, several sharp Bronze Spears were already touching his back.

"Knight Reinhardt, what are you searching for?"

Reinhardt stiffly turned his head and saw Priest Martin in a Black Robe, looking at him with a smirk. Five grassland barbarians held their Spears horizontally, completely surrounding him. Warrior Captain Kepili silently raised his two-handed Battleaxe, watching this Shenluo Warrior Captain, bare-handed and unable to unleash his bravery. Seeing the current situation, the Warrior Captain's face quickly changed in anger. After a pause, he finally controlled his expression, forcing a smile, trying to flatter Priest Martin.

"Mr. Martin! Respected Mr. Martin! We are fellow townsmen from Bavaria... If you have any request, you can just say it! Why resort to swords and guns..."

"Ah! The Almighty bear witness! I understand, you think we've taken too many spoils, too much gold? Otherwise, should I return thirty percent to you? Half? Seventy percent! I can't offer more!"

Reinhardt gritted his teeth, swore with his left hand raised, but his face was full of anguish. Yet Priest Martin remained unmoved, merely smiling at this "townsman." Seeing Martin's expression, Reinhardt felt a chill down his back. He cursed internally, labeling the nobleman as "deceitful nobleman!" Then, he despairingly cried out with a lion-like face.

"All for you! Mr. Martin! All this gold returned to you! We mercenaries are willing to serve you, serve the great Kingdom of Portugal, just for a chance to live!"

"No, Reinhardt, you misunderstood us! We don't want your gold! I just want to talk to you about another business, a real big deal!... But before discussing the real deal, we should be honest and lay everything out!"

Smiling, Priest Adin pressed the "Devil Hummingbird" on his forehead and took out an employment document from his bosom, showing it briefly to Reinhardt. Then, right in front of Reinhardt, he tore the document apart and threw it into the nearby bonfire.

"Ah?! Mr. Martin?! This is the Kingdom of Portugal's employment document, what does this mean?!"

"My meaning? My meaning is clear, honesty! I have no Kingdom of Portugal behind me, so naturally, this document is fake, merely useless waste paper!"

Priest Martin smiled, pointing at the Chief Divine Hummingbird on his forehead, calmly and eerily said.

"Look! See it? Reinhardt, do you know what this is?"

"...Mr. Martin, this... What is it?"

"Ahaha! This is the witness to the contract with the Demon! I long ago stopped believing in the Almighty, and instead devoted myself to the powerful Great Demon from the Kingdom of the Lake in the Indian Islands! Ahaha! I am no longer a citizen protected by the Almighty and Holy Mother, but a follower of the Demon, even a shepherd of the Demon!!"

The flickering bonfire illuminated Priest Martin's somewhat maniacal Shenluo face, sending chills down Reinhardt's spine. The maniacal Noble Scholar laughed for a long time before reaching out to touch Reinhardt's forehead, eerily murmured.

"Demon's witness! Let's reintroduce, indeed, I was the navigation advisor of the Portuguese Court, a Noble Scholar from Nuremberg... but those identities are gone, unreturnable past! And now, I am the Devil Priest of the Kingdom of the Lake, a worshiper of the Huitzilopo Great Demon, and one of the shepherds ordained by Morning Star Lucifer Devil's Apostle!"

"Haha! Knight Reinhardt, as a fellow townsman from Bavaria, I sincerely invite you to join the Kingdom of the Lake! I also sincerely invite you to devote yourself to the supreme Great Demon, devote yourself to the all-seeing Apostle Lucifer! And I can easily perform the ritual of devotion to the Demon for you, helping you sign a soul contract with the Demon using blood, flesh, and spirit!"

"!!!"

At this moment, hearing such shocking words, Mercenary Captain Reinhardt shook all over, as if a hundred mighty hammers had smashed him, his eyes bulging in terrifying shock and fear! No matter what, he did not expect this unfolding, did not expect this ending!

The Kingdom of Portugal's employment document turned out to be fake? And his fellow Shenluo Noble was terrifying, a Devil Worshipper, and even joined some Native Kingdom of the Lake, becoming the priest who represented the Demon? This turned out to be a trap set by the Demon, targeting their souls from the very beginning!

"This! This!! Respected Mr. Martin, you're surely joking, right?"

"You think I'm joking?"

"Oh Almighty! I'm willing to give up all the gold, return it to you entirely! I beg you, spare me! Spare my soul!!"

"Haha! Almighty? Now you call the Almighty? Too late! This is the land of the East shrouded by the Great Demon, inhabited by living Demon's Apostles! You fools, just like Bruno's group of fools, you don't know what you've discovered, what kind of Pandora's box you've opened! And I, I was ruined by fools like you, leading to my current plight..."

Priest Adin coldly laughed, his smile growing increasingly grotesque and sinister, while the Hummingbird on his forehead danced lively. Like appreciating beauty, he savored the terror, shock, despair, and fear on Reinhardt and the mercenaries' faces!

"Ahaha! Truly wonderful! No, this isn't downfall, but a brand-new start! A marvelous new world never imagined!"

Martin's excited and thrilling laughter echoed in the dark night, resembling the terrifying Wizards in Germanic countryside legends. Even though Reinhardt was physically stronger than this Noble Scholar, concerning the fate of his soul, he shivered in fear!

"No! Martin, spare us! Spare us! I don't want to sign a contract with the Demon! That's a sin even an Absolution Coupon cannot redeem!"

"Too late! It's not up to you anymore!"

Soon, the Priest Apprentice accompanying the ship had already ignited the Sacred Fire, preparing the ritual tools. The captive Sacrifices, Captain Lorres were stripped bare, laid upon the erected blood-stained Altar. Priest Adin then walked toward the blood-stained Altar, sneering at Reinhardt, taking out the Obsidian Dagger from his bosom! Then, under Captain Lorres' eyes of extreme terror, he fiercely stabbed the Dagger down!

"Ah!!"

Shrill screams echoed across the beach, blood from the heart flowed into the prepared Blood Wine. Warrior Captain Kepili personally pushed the bound Reinhardt forward, a thud, pressing him in front of the Altar! Then, Priest Adin personally sliced off the mercenary captain's golden locks, tossed them into the blazing Sacred Fire, then fiercely forced open his mouth, poured in the pungent Blood Wine. Finally, with Reinhardt's pale face, trembling all over, Adin slowly raised the Dagger, carved it onto this Bavarian fellow townsman's forehead!

"Come! My fellow townsman, sign the contract, devote yourself to the powerful Huitzilopo Great Demon!"

"From now on, you are the first Church Knight under my command! The Devil's Church Knight!"

"Huitzilopo Great Demon bless! Morning Star Lucifer bless! Muhahaha!!"