Chapter 191: Chapter 186: The Backbone of the Human Race Chapter 191: Chapter 186: The Backbone of the Human Race The emergence of the demon hunting knights ended the dark age of the human race, they were like the sun, dispersing the shadows enveloping the human race, granting humans the qualification to become world dominators.

Under the protection of the demon hunting knights, human territory expanded across all continents of Elasia, one country after another was continuously established, and the human race truly began to flourish.

As the human race expanded, the population increased dramatically, and those few weak deities of the human race who were powerless to protect them during the dark age, their divine power rapidly increased. The divine power they wielded also grew, their positions in the Temple of All Gods changed and rose repeatedly.

At the same time, among the human race, those who upheld the divine throne and became immortal deities were growing more and more. The deities of the human race began to become a significant force in the Temple of All Gods.

From then on, the human race truly laid the foundation for eternal inheritance. They no longer need to worry about the danger of extinction.

Therefore, after the dark age of the human race, it is called the Demon-hunting Era among many ancient races that record history. However, for the human race itself, they called it the Age of Gods, and some people do not recognize the term Demon-hunting Era.

In the Demon-Hunting Era, demon hunting knights patrolled human territories, suppressing and exterminating all creatures harmful to humans – demons, devils, evil dragons, spirit-absorbing monsters. All Dark Races, under the pressure of three thousand demon hunting knights, were like rats in the ditch, hiding in the darkness, trembling, and praying not to be found by the demon hunting knights.

Also, during this time, human resources stopped leaning towards the Demon-hunting Plan. Many rulers believed there was no need to develop the tenth generation demon hunting armor, the ninth generation was enough.

The number of demon hunting knights stopped growing during that era. When this news spread, countless Dark Races rejoiced and gathered to celebrate.

At the same time, the demon hunting knights also began to pass down their legacy. Humans are a short-lived species, even with incessant cultivation, they can only extend their lives by a few hundred years, they cannot live for thousands of years like giant dragons and elves.

The demon hunting knights have the power surpassing the giant dragons, but they do not have a lifespan that matches the giant dragons. Fortunately, when the knights grow old, new knights will put on the demon hunting armor, continue to fight, protect the human race, carrying on the torch.

In this way, the demon hunting armor continues to be passed down with the development of humans. With the passage of time, due to the unique status of demon hunting knights among humans, the demon hunting armor began to undergo very special changes.

They manifested their own will, brought about by true knights who possessed the eight virtues, and therefore the consciousness born had the conviction to protect the human race.

The armors that manifested will did not cause any troubles, they became even stronger. The enhancement for the knights who wore them became more terrifying. Moreover, this enhancement, continued to grow as time passed.

In the secretive observation of many dark races and monsters, they, in despair, found that although the number of demon hunting knights has stopped growing, each one of them, not only showed no signs of decay with time, but became increasingly stronger.

Just when they planned to honestly hole up and never provoke humans again, the greatest rebellion in the history of mankind occurred.

Humans are a short-lived species, even the exalted kings have the limitation of lifespan, they can’t escape the fate of becoming a pile of bones if they can’t become a deity.

Therefore, in pursuit of eternal life, human rulers began to covet the bloodlines of eternal life beings – giant dragons, elves, blood clan, undead, demons, all became their experimental subjects.

In pursuit of immortality, some kings whose lifespan had depleted made astonishing moves.

Bloodline Warlocks were born from dirty and bloody experiments. They are humans with non-human bloodlines, or you can say, they are monsters with human bloodlines.

Bloodline Warlocks have a lifespan surpassing purebred species and a strength crushing ordinary humans. In the eyes of some, this is a perfect existence, comparable to the emergence of Demon Hunting Knights.

Even if there are downsides after fusing with the bloodline, they are not considered anything in the eyes of rulers who desire to live longer. All drawbacks are ignored.

At the zenith of the Demon-hunting Era, the rulers who were secretly conducting bloodline experiments in the dark corners discovered that among all the Eternal Life Beings’ bloodlines, the bloodline of Dark Races was the easiest to merge. Next were the Demonic Bloodline of the Abyss and the Devils of Hell’s bloodline.

Thus, in many human kingdoms, an elderly king nearing the end of his lifespan chose bloodline transplantation. The donor was a prince from the Blood Clan.

The Blood Clan and human bloodline were highly compatible, making the bloodline transplant a success, an immense success. The old king, on the verge of death, with pale hair, and withering muscles, had his vitality restored in an instant. He returned to his youthful appearance, robust, and lively.

He became a vampire. Then, unable to control his bloodlust, he drained the blood of all his servants in the palace. After that, he successfully caught the attention of a Demon Hunter Knight roaming in his vicinity.

In the end, the king, who thought he had gained eternal life and could enjoy everlasting wealth and glory, was killed by the Demon Hunter Knight not long after his transformation… Chaos and betrayal then ensued.

Former rulers of the Dark Age, fearing that the Demon Hunter Knights were becoming too powerful and bearing undesirable intentions, had once requested the addition of limitations. At this moment, these limitations proved to be effective.

Demon Hunter Knights could not wield their swords against their kind!

This restriction directly led to the downfall of the Demon Hunter Knights who once led the Human Race to glory.

Rulers who felt that the Demon Hunter Knights were obstructing their path to eternal life launched an attack on the Demon Hunter Knights. They sent their hidden minions to hunt down the Demon Hunter Knights in droves.

Poisoning, ambushes, kidnapping relatives for coercion… Every despicable method was used to the maximum. As other races watched in bewilderment, human rulers personally broke the spine of the Human Race. They bid farewell to the glorious Demon-hunting Era, thus ending the expansion path of the Human Race.

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“The Demon Hunter Knight!” Muria, recalling the historical records she saw in the Golden Dragon Mother’s library, let out a long sigh. “What a pity. If not for that rebellion, and if the three thousand Demon Hunter Knights of the Human Race were still here, who knows what stage mankind would be in now.”

“Baby brother Muria, it seems you don’t know much.”

“What? Is there more to the story?” Muria looked puzzledly at Golden Dragon Sister Caslana.

“The end of the Demon-hunting Era and the downfall of Demon Hunter Knights was inevitable. Even without the persecution by the rulers of the Human Race in that era, some other human power would appear, leading to the disappearance of Demon Hunter Knights.”

“How do you mean?”

“You should know that in those days, the armor of a Demon Hunter Knight got stronger by the day. Can you guess why?”

“Don’t keep us hanging, Sister Caslana.”

“Well, I’ll tell you. Because of faith!

Back then, many humans worshipped the Demon Hunter Knights as deities due to their powerful abilities and integrity.

Therefore, about half of the human faith was concentrated on the demon-hunting armor. The actual human deities only received less than half of the power of faith.

Now do you understand?”

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