Rein burst out of the dense forest, his body swelling to over two ters in height, with the chromium iron Knight armor looking like children's clothing on his fra.
What was originally a comical scene beca terrifying the mont it caught the eyes of the elite rebel forces!
This was Rein, who had released "Limit Break," activating the Transcendent attributes "Huge Strength" and "Strength Burst" to enter a "Triple-State"!
This ti, he employed a completely different strategy from the one he used in his previous clash with Salem.
Because his purpose was different.
Last ti, it was to gain experience in the Tokkal Hamr Technique, but this ti...
Rein only wanted to vent the rage in his heart!
Looking at the formidable Rein charging towards them with such speed made Andre, the leader of the rebel forces, his pupils shrink sharply!
He knew their target was tough, but he hadn't expected this level of difficulty.
Besides, just because you're a Peak Knight does that an I'm not one? Andre thought to himself.
Then Andre also let out a roar, his muscles bulging, transforming into a muscular man a shade shorter than Rein, and charged forward with his sword and shield raised.
Huh, a Strength-type Knight?
Indeed, in terms of strength, he seed to have never feared anyone within the sa rank.
"Earth-Splitting Hamr!"
Rein, using the montum of his sprint, leapt into the air and swung his dark, two-handed hamr from above, bringing it down with a dull humming noise towards the muscular giant charging at him,
"Ah!!!"
Facing Rein's earth-shattering strike, Andre let out a roar, his eyeballs bulging as if they were about to burst from their corners!
He mustered all his strength, lifting his heavy steel shield with his left arm to block the blow from Rein's hamr!
"Clang!"
A flurry of sparks and a piercing clang of tal on tal erupted between the hamr and the shield!
The next instant!
"Boom!"
The heavy steel shield shattered into pieces, flying like shrapnel in all directions! Several of Zaral's elite rebels were struck by the fragnts and fell silently to the ground.
As for Andre, the impact from Rein's hamr had sent him into the ground as if he had been slapped by a hill giant ten ters tall, with half of his body buried and his left shield arm grotesquely twisted!
If Salem were here, he would surely remark how, even among Peak Knights, the gap could sotis be unimaginably wide!
"Ah!!!"
At this point, Andre had lost all will to fight, screaming in agony as the injuries he sustained weren't limited to his broken left arm—the shock that ca from the shattered shield was the most lethal.
The force rippled through him, severely damaging almost all the cartilage and tendons at his joints, and this was despite his formidable Peak Knight's physique.
Had it been an ordinary Knight, their spine could have been shattered by the impact!
Seeing this scene, Andre's trusted lieutenant Magis let out a roar and, waving his greatsword, charged at Rein, trying to stop him from further harming Andre!
The other rebel elites hesitated for a mont before springing into action, clumsily rushing to rescue their leader from the ground.
At this mont, Rein's lips curved into a smile!
After one hamr blow sent Magis stumbling back several steps,
The next second, Rein raised his hamr high and used the "Earth-Splitting Hamr" again, slamming it heavily onto the ground in front of Andre.
All within an eight to nine-ter radius were enveloped in dust, and those coming to help—whether Knight, squire, or elite—were all flung up into the air, so bleeding from the mouth due to the distance, others spewing blood profusely.
Seconds later, as the dust settled, there appeared a crater in the middle of the road, resembling the aftermath of a 155mm howitzer shell with the deepest point reaching around one ter twenty, spanning a vast fan-shaped area and extending forwards.
Only after six or seven ters did the ground return to its normal slope.
Andre, who had narrowly escaped death by hamr, vomited blood while looking at Rein with fear in his eyes, his expression devoid of the confidence and spirit he had upon arrival!
"Is this what a Peak Knight is?"
"Damn, so this is all the strength of a Great Knight!" Andre roared in his heart and cursed the one who had sent the ssage to him rcilessly.
If that person had been here, Andre had half a mind to eat his heart alive!
In fact, this couldn't really be blad on 'Magis', the spy in the prison...
Rein, without hesitation, quickly switched his Pig Head Hamr to the Glimring Greatsword and, with the montum of a fierce tiger, charged into the midst of those disheveled and defeated soldiers, slashing wildly.
Soon, Rein left only five knight-level leaders, including Andre and Margen, alive as captives. After severing the tendons in their hands and feet, he dragged them into the nearby dense forest for interrogation.
With screams echoing one after another, a quarter of an hour later, Rein wiped the blood off his hands, his expression grim.
The group that had attacked him turned out to be people from the Zaral rebellion.
He imdiately rembered the ti in the forest near Rosby City when he had saved Hass, which had been supported secretly by the Zaral rebels. He didn't expect that at his doorstep, he would encounter the elite of the rebellion.
Why did they attack him?
The muscular leader said it was an order from above, and the specifics were unclear. After repeated interrogation, Rein confird that the n indeed seed to be unaware of the reason.
He learned so information about the Zaral rebels and sent all of these people to embrace the goddess.
These people turned out to be Zaral rebels stationed in ister County, and moreover, their base was in a nearby abandoned copper mine in the 'Wild Wolf Hills.' There were no longer any personnel as powerful as Peak Knights there.
The strongest was just a senior knight left behind to guard the place; the elite of the mine had been mostly taken out with them.
Initially, upon hearing this news, Rein couldn't help but feel puzzled. The strength of this Zaral rebel force stationed in ister County seed weak. Is this it? What could they do against the empire?
Rely on those few matchlock guns that seed to be imports from the Eagle Federation?
They might be okay for dealing with elite forces of ordinary humans, but against proper knights? Better save the effort!
Wait, was it possible that they had a master in their midst, and this was a ruse to lure him in?
After another round of interrogation, Rein ca to understand that it wasn't that the Zaral rebels lacked stronger people.
It was because the overall developnt of the rebellion was mainly along the coastal cities with developed mariti trade, and it was gradually spreading to the surrounding and inland areas.
For the Zaral rebels, although ister County had a part of its territory by the sea, like Fishing Port Town, it wasn't a mainstream comrcial port, so in the rebellion's plans, it was considered second-line.
This explained why the highest combat power of the rebels in ister County was just a Peak Knight.
Furthermore, their main mission wasn't to fight the empire or even to cause disturbances; their current orders were to win over nearby bandit gangs, gather supplies, build up strength, and wait for the next command.
Unfortunately, they didn't expect to be nearly wiped out by Rein in one fell swoop.
Rein quickly contemplated. If only a senior knight was left watching over their base, wasn't this the perfect opportunity to uproot them entirely?
Even if they wanted to rebuild, it would take a considerable amount of ti and effort.
Rein looked up at the position of the sun. It was almost noon, and the abandoned mine wasn't far from here. It should take him only half a day to get there and back.
Spending half a day to uproot Zaral rebels' base in ister County sounded good!
Having made up his mind, Rein imdiately hid his two horses in a secret spot, then quickly headed toward the abandoned mine he had learned about during the interrogation.
A quarter of an hour later, a small rchant caravan consisting of three wagons passed by the area. Seeing the huge pit on the ground, the coachman couldn't help but look surprised.
After reporting, a caravan leader wearing a thick waistcoat stepped down from the carriage, looked closely at the huge pit on the ground, and then looked up at the sky, muttering to himself:
"Strange, I didn't hear about any teorite falling recently!"
"How did such a big hole suddenly appear!"
"What a hassle!"
"Quick, get so people to fill in the hole a bit, we'll go around."
The middle-aged man gestured with his hand.
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