I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 521 Identity Speculation Fran's Incident

In the end, Zhang Hong did not join the Rebirth Sect, nor did he offer his soul to accept the "blessing" of the Mother of Rebirth.

Leonard expressed regret about this.

But then he said it was okay, and if he changed his mind in the future, he could still come to the church to find him, and he was welcome to join at any time.

In response, Zhang Hong did not comment and just left the church quietly.

Zhang Hong sensed a familiar feeling from the reborn mother Rosalia - the Fire Keeper also gave Zhang Hong a similar feeling.

Rosaria's power is similar to that of the Fire Keeper, who can use her soul to reshape the bodies of others (reshaping power is essentially the same thing).

Zhang Hong couldn't help but guess that Rosalia might have been a fire keeper.

At least there is some close connection with the Fire Keeper lineage.

As for the piece of human flesh next to her, Zhang Hong guessed that he was most likely Rosalia's fire bearer...if Rosalia was really the fire keeper.

This also explains why she is so gentle and loyal to a piece of rotten meat.

After all, the bond between the Fire Keeper and the Firebringer goes beyond ordinary feelings.

Since Aldridge was not in the Deep Church, Zhang Hong had to go to another nearby target first.

Fortress of Flanders.

The Fran Undead Squad guarding inside is also one of the Fire Kings.

Speaking of which, the Fran Undead Squad is also a tragedy.

He is a hero who has been fighting on the front lines to protect humanity, battling demons and the abyss for hundreds of years.

However, in order to continue the survival of the entire world, he had to sacrifice himself and sit on the throne of the King of Fire.

Sacrificed himself.

Now that he has died once, he is being dragged out to pass on the fire.

I'm afraid it won't stop until it's burned to slag like the ashes.

Zhang Hong learned all this from the wandering knight Hawkwood who was hiding in the sacrificial site.

He was wearing armor with the emblem of the Fran Fortress and seemed to be someone who had escaped from there.

According to what everyone said about the Fran Undead Squad, these guys should not refuse to pass on the fire.

But now he has not returned to the throne at the sacrificial site, I am afraid that something major has happened in the Fran Fortress.

Zhang Hong asked Hawkwood, but the guy remained tight-lipped and refused to say anything.

All that was said was that the Fran Fortress had been destroyed, and there was no going back there.

After coming out of the Deep Church and arriving at the Fran Fortress, Zhang Hong finally understood what this guy meant by "ruined".

Before people even enter the fortress, they can smell a strong stench, as if hundreds of corpses have been fermenting in a septic tank for more than ten years.

Zhang Hong almost vomited just by smelling the odor.

Only the undead with dull sense of smell can tolerate this stench.

Zhang Hong couldn't stand it for even a second. But in order to continue the fire transmission mission, he had to enter the Fran Fortress.

He had no choice but to go back and make a fully enclosed gas mask by himself, which filtered out most of the smells. Only then did he dare to step into the fortress.

The so-called Fran Fortress was actually a forest area surrounded by high walls. In the forest, there was an entrance to the ancient kingdom cemetery leading to the demon ruins. From time to time, abyss monsters would emerge from it. That’s why the Kingdom of Lothric built the Fran Fortress to suppress this abyss exit.

And arrange a team of elite undead knights to guard here.

This team of heroic knights later became the Fran Undead Squad.

They were blessed by an old wolf with special magical powers in the forest, established a covenant, and obtained the blessing of wolf blood, thereby gaining power much stronger than that of ordinary people.

Equivalent to mutants among the undead.

The knights of Lothric all yearn for Fran and are proud to become members of the Undead Corps.

Because only the strongest and most determined warriors are qualified to join this heroic army.

Zhang Hong entered the wall. The forest here had withered and the ground had turned into a foul-smelling swamp covered with feces-yellow sediment.

Tall, withered and broken trees stand in the swamp, vaguely revealing the forest's former vitality.

But now it has become a disgusting existence like a cesspool.

All kinds of strange beasts, deformed corpses, and demonic aliens roam in the swamp, hunting all living people who break in.

Zhang Hong suppressed his nausea and lay down across the stinking swamp, finally arriving at the Fran Fortress Castle deep in the swamp.

All the Lothric soldiers originally stationed here have turned into wandering souls. When they saw Zhang Hong, they attacked without any explanation. Zhang Hong could only save them.

The so-called wandering souls can actually be understood as undead people who have died too many times and gone crazy. They still have some memories and certain obsessions left, and continue to execute their obsessions in their previous lives like robots.

For example, the soldiers who blocked Zhang Hong from entering the Fran Fortress.

In their consciousness, they are still fighting with their enemies from life, but they just can't distinguish between living people and demons. It's really sad.

The hero is old.

Zhang Hong couldn't bear it, so he prayed for the souls of these respectable soldiers one by one and collected their souls.

The undead whose souls were taken away by the ashes cannot be resurrected.

Rest in peace, indomitable warriors.

Zhang Hong broke into the Fran Fortress.

The soldiers and servants who have turned into wandering souls are still maintaining everything in the fortress as they did when they were alive, so the place is not in serious ruin.

There are a large number of deformed humanoid creatures wandering in the fortress. They seem to be humans with demonic characteristics. Zhang Hong guessed that they are forces infected by the abyss.

——In fact, the locals don’t know what the so-called abyss is.

Zhang Hong roughly deduced from the existing information that this was some kind of "chaotic" force.

It can cause humans to become deformed, turning them into inhuman monsters, causing them to lose their minds and actively attack and devour other creatures.

The reason why the Faran Undead Team cannot return to pass on the flames may be because they are affected by the Abyss...

Sure enough, Zhang Hong’s inference was correct.

In the deepest part of the Fran Fortress, leading to the catacombs of the ancient kingdom of Kassas, where the demon ruins are located, the only entrance and exit is blocked by a heavy stone door.

In the hall in front of the stone gate, there were sounds of fighting.

The swords collided violently, making a loud clashing sound.

Zhang Hong walked into the hall and saw a tragic scene. The hall was filled with corpses, all wearing identical armor, and they were obviously from the same unit.

Among the corpses, there were two knights dressed in the same manner, fighting for their lives. Their moves were crazy and deadly, and they showed no mercy.

When Zhang Hong came in, one of them was stabbed in the chest by another man with a long sword, and a drama of colleagues killing each other was staged.

The knight also noticed Zhang Hong's arrival. He turned around, locked his eyes on Zhang Hong with murderous intent, and assumed a fighting stance.

This feeling... Zhang Hong could feel that the guy in front of him was stronger than any other knight he had met before.

Plus a special and very stylish outfit.

Those dead people here should be the Fran Undead Squad.

I didn't expect them to play a game of killing each other here. Why is this?

Zhang Hong didn't have time to find an answer to his question, because the surviving member of the Fran Undead Squad rushed over like the wind.

With just one step, he crossed a distance of more than ten meters and moved in front of Zhang Hong like a flash.

A sword swept out, carrying with it an invisible sword energy.

So fast!

Zhang Hong raised his hand and swung his knife, accurately blocking the opponent's sword attack.

The two of them spun quickly like dancing, and the swords in their hands clinked against each other.

"Hey, are you still sane? What happened here? Why are you guys killing each other?"

Zhang Hong held back a bit and didn't kill the man.

Although the opponent's strength and speed were greater than his, he was not able to crush him.

Zhang Hong was able to control the battle situation with his superb skills. He was able to resist the attacks while still having the energy to speak.

The knight did not answer, but attacked more fiercely.

Zhang Hong saw this and no longer held back, using all his killing moves. It seemed that the opponent would not respond unless he defeated him.

As soon as Zhang Hong got serious, the knight immediately fell into a disadvantage and was hit by several swords and injured one after another.

It’s just that he seemed to have some special power, and he didn’t die instantly like an ordinary immortal. Perhaps it was the magic of the legendary wolf’s blood.

The two fought for more than a dozen rounds in a short time.

Just as Zhang Hong was about to kill the knight, two people suddenly crawled up from the corpses of the Fran Undead Squad on the ground and rushed over to besiege Zhang Hong.

Fuck! These guys have no moral principles!

Zhang Hong cursed inwardly and switched from offense to defense, carefully dealing with the three people while looking for opportunities to attack.

After more than ten rounds, another corpse crawled up from the ground, but the difference was that the resurrected member of the Fran Undead Squad had red eyes.

As soon as he was resurrected, he went straight to his former companions, attacking the other members of the Fran Undead Squad who were resurrected earlier like a mad dog.

There was a layer of black aura covering his body, his movements were extremely violent, and his strength and speed were obviously much stronger than those of others.

With just a few short attacks, he killed two members of the Undead Squad.

Only the original knight was left.

[Is this the result of having your mind corroded by the abyss...]

Zhang Hong was secretly surprised and stood aside to watch the fun.

Seeing that the Knight was no match for the blackened member, Zhang Hong stepped in and helped him kill the powerful enemy.

Zhang Hong's action seemed to be beyond the man's expectation. He was stunned for a moment and the battlefield stopped briefly.

A deep voice came from under the mask, finally willing to communicate with Zhang Hong, "The abyss has arrived, and Fran is dead. Unknown ashes, let us measure whether you are qualified to pass on the fire..."

After saying this, the knight raised his sword high, and an inexplicable aura surged through his body.

Affected by this energy, the bodies of the Fran Undead Squad members in the hall began to vibrate one after another. Red mist emerged from the bodies and gathered onto the knight.

After absorbing all the red mist, a dark red flame ignited on the knight's body - Zhang Hong recognized that it was the residual fire, the proof that the undead had once burned in the original fire.

Then, the Fran Knight, with his momentum increased several times, rushed towards Zhang Hong, waving his flaming sword.