I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 131 Gene Potion

"Fighting Qi Slash!" A powerful fighting qi slash quickly slashed out from the tip of Alpha's sword and shot towards the enemy like white lightning.

"Kill!" Costanli did not dodge or evade, but directly blocked Alpha's fatal blow with his chest.

Screams resounded through the sky, and the knife left a huge wound on Costanli's chest, and black liquid sprayed all over the ground. But surprisingly, the wound healed quickly within a few seconds, and the bleeding stopped in a short time.

"Oh my god." Alpha looked at the enemy's defense and recovery ability and could only complain helplessly. His strongest attack could only cause such damage to the enemy.

"Then we can only engage in close combat." Now, Alpha can only hope to increase the power of his fighting spirit. To maximize the effect of fighting spirit on weapons would increase his threat factor.

"Kill!" Custanly, who had just stopped bleeding, launched another fierce attack with greater force, momentum and power. Alpha was instantly suppressed without any chance to counterattack. The space behind him was getting smaller and smaller, and the situation was getting more and more critical.

"Die!" Looking at the enemy's arms pressing down on him, Alpha suddenly swung his knife and hit the opponent's face directly.

With a loud bang, Alpha used the burst attack of the power of silence to directly knock Costanelli's arms away, but that was all.

Watching the enemy falling backwards, Alpha took advantage of the victory and immediately drank the fighting spirit potion. On the blade, white blade light attached to it, emitting a terrifying cold light.

"Ah!" This time, Costanelli was severely injured by Alpha's long knife, and a huge wound ran from the shoulder to the chest and then to the waist and abdomen.

"Oh my god, the bones are all black." Black blood sprayed all over Alpha, and the wound was so deep that the bones were visible.

"Kill." Custanly roared and grabbed directly with his claws. Alpha had no time to dodge, and his right arm was directly pierced by the enemy's claws.

The severe pain made Alpha burst out with unprecedented strength. His right arm broke through the enemy's blockade and punched Costanli in the chest.

"Puff." The severely injured Costanelli was instantly knocked out by a punch, and a gap was directly created in the solid city wall.

"Hahaha, you're the same as me." The seriously injured Stanley left a sentence and fell directly off the city wall.

Alpha tore off his clothes and bandaged the wound. What Costanelli said was right. Alpha's right arm had also mutated and the bones were black. In order to avoid trouble, Alpha chose to conceal it.

Darwin's magic detonated the gunpowder on the ice. Amid the violent explosion, a huge crack was torn in the hard ice surface.

The enemy cavalry rushed onto the ice, but a crack did not threaten them.

"Darwin, watch this and get ready to light it." Alpha said, and once again used brute force to throw the explosive pack onto the ice.

Darwin ignited it with magic, and with a loud bang, the fragile ice surface finally couldn't withstand the pressure and shattered.

The cavalry who did not have time to rush to the shore fell into the river instantly. The following cavalry could not stop their sprinting speed and rushed into the water one after another. Hundreds of knights fell into the icy river water.

"Woo! Woo." The horn representing retreat sounded again.

Reinforcements from the other three gates in the city arrived in time, and the broken glacier cut off the bandit reinforcements. Costanelli was seriously injured and unconscious. Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandit knights immediately retreated.

"We won, we won." On the city wall, everyone cheered.

In this battle, the enemy suffered heavy casualties, with at least several hundred people freezing to death or dying in battle. After two days of fierce fighting, the enemy has lost half of its troops, and should be quiet for a while.

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"Lord Gorbachev, only 1,200 of our soldiers returned from this battle. Including the sentries guarding the gates, we only have 1,400 cavalry left." A non-commissioned officer reported the casualties to the highest officer in front of him.

"This is all Kustanly's fault for poor command. It has nothing to do with you." Gorbachev is a captive knight of the Allison family. They are currently the largest bandit group on the grassland except for Kustanly. Now that Kustanly is seriously injured and unconscious, Gorbachev has successfully taken over.

"We will immediately retreat three kilometers, gather the remaining soldiers from various units, recount the casualties, and reanalyze the situation." Now that we have just retreated, the situation is unclear. I believe that the longer the time, the smaller the losses will be.

"Yes, my lord."

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"Lord Alpha, we won. We successfully defeated the enemy." Liad couldn't believe that it only took them three days to inflict heavy damage on most of the enemy. He became more confident about the next battle.

"Treat the wounded, repair the city walls, count the results of the battle, and clean up the battlefield." Alpha smiled victoriously, not having to worry about the rest of the work.

"Why don't you need my treatment?" Athena couldn't help but taunt Alpha as he ran into the room in disgrace. But when Athena heard that Alpha was injured, she immediately went forward to check on him.

"It's just a minor injury. It's been bandaged. It's okay." Athena is a member of the Holy See, and Alpha doesn't want her to see his wound.

"Your arm is pierced and you still say it's okay." Athena forcibly pulled Alpha over.

Under Athena's dominance, Alpha was pulled into the room without any chance to resist.

"Your situation is very special. The dark potion is actually absorbed directly through the skin, but it does not invade the body." Athena carefully examined Alpha's mutated arm. Athena was not angry or punished Alpha, the dark awakener.

"Will this mutation have any impact on the body?" Since Athena didn't react, Alpha didn't intend to worry about this issue.

"It hasn't appeared yet, but do you know the working principle of the dark potion?" Obviously Athena has done some research on the dark potion.

"I don't know." Alpha shook his head.

"There are three theories. The first one is generally accepted. The dark potion is made by refining human elements to obtain a special genetic factor that stimulates the user's potential, making him extremely powerful. This is also the reason why organ experiments suddenly emerged on the continent." Athena did not show any aversion to organ experiments and human extraction.

"What are the other two?" Alpha was very curious. Dark potions appeared, and genetic modification also appeared. Could it be possible to directly modify the gene sequence? These seemed to be knowledge levels that could not be accessed in this era.

"The other two are actually the same, namely retro tracing and future evolution. Retro tracing is to trace human genes back to the primitive period and stimulate ancient genetic memories. Future evolution is to evolve directly in an unknown direction to gain powerful strength." Athena seemed very calm.

"Which one do you think it is?" Alpha began to be curious about Athena's identity.

"I'm just a tracer, not a researcher. I don't have any opinions of my own. The pharmacology of the dark potion is too complicated, and there are too many factors involved." Athena had no interest in arguing about academic differences.

"I'm very curious, why does Lady Athena know so much about this, and you don't seem to be averse to dark potions?" Alpha finally asked the question in his mind.

"I thought you could keep your mouth shut." Athena seemed to have expected Alpha to ask.

"In fact, the Church itself is also researching genetic drugs, so you shouldn't be surprised. I came out this time to investigate dark drugs, so how could I not be familiar with them?" Athena's answer surprised Alpha. I didn't expect that the Church itself was also researching these drugs.

"If there is a tube of potion that can unleash powerful strength, who would be willing to spend ten years day after day to acquire the power of some commandments? The people in the Vatican are not fools, they know the reason, they just don't want this power to be mastered by outsiders, so they classify the potion outside as dark in nature." Athena knew that this was not the first time such a thing happened, nor would it be the last.

"Okay! What's the difference between the Vatican's research and external research?" Alpha asked casually.

"There is a difference, but it's not big. First of all, you have to understand the origin of the Vatican's genetic potion and the dark potion." Athena began to explain, "In fact, the mainland has been refining potions since BC, which is at least three thousand years ago. Due to the death of the pioneers who refined the dark potion on our continent, we can no longer know the evolution process of the dark potion. Finally, we got the information from the temple. The original name of the dark potion was the holy potion. In order to fight against the holy potion, the Vatican and the temple discovered another similar potion, the dark potion, through different means."

"The Holy Potion is too dangerous and has caused a large number of deaths on the continent, so the Church and the Temple have signed a ban to permanently prohibit the manufacture of Holy Potion."

"The temple? The holy potion is poisonous?" Alpha asked worriedly after listening to Athena's long speech. What about the temple that suddenly appeared? Alpha was confused.

"Regarding the temple and the holy temple, your identity is not enough to know these secrets. You will understand them naturally when you enter the upper echelons of the Holy See. The holy potion is the former name of the gene potion we are studying. It is not a poison. Among the twelve recessive gene chains in the human body, the holy potion stimulates the devouring gene, causing the user's gene mutation. This is also the reason why the holy potion is so powerful."

"Where is the dark potion?" Although he got a lot of information, it seemed insignificant compared to the answer Alpha wanted.

"Dark potion will also stimulate the devouring gene chain, but under the suppression of the original devouring gene, this gene is hidden in various parts of the human body and will suddenly erupt during special periods. Because it is uncontrollable and has a very high mortality rate, it is banned by the Vatican. However, because it can enable people to gain more powerful strength, it has become popular among the people." Athena explained the origin of the genetic potion and the dark potion.

"Later, the Church suspended the research on the sacred potion. In recent years, dark potions have emerged among the people. After the Church could no longer suppress it, it restarted the research on genetic potions.

The Vatican's research is aimed at the human body, and the genes extracted are also human genes. In fact, you and I are also test subjects in this regard." Athena gave an answer that Alpha could not believe.

As for the Vatican's suspension of research, it was because the power of the sacred potion was too strong. If a potion that could make people infinitely stronger after taking it was really developed, perhaps no one would be willing to believe in the Vatican anymore, and no one would be willing to practice asceticism day after day for ten years.

"In addition to humans, the Dark Potion also studies and extracts genes from almost all creatures, so special species such as werewolves and bearmen appear in the research." Athena hates these special species very much.

"From now on, you are not allowed to touch me with that arm."