Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 120 The Destined Covenant

"I know who he is!" At this moment, the thin man named Sacco suddenly said: "I remember who he is."

"His name is Brian. He is a master swordsman and monster hunter. He is also good at breaking spells. The princess of the Kingdom of West was healed by him." Sacco looked at the calm and calm Brian, and suddenly said: "A month ago , He also cast a spell on the King's Road outside Golden Feather City, killing a manticore cleanly."

Others cast surprised glances one after another, but they were only surprised.

Brian sat casually in the chair, silent.

"Brian of Tigrila is another half-elf prince, plus a duke of Dragonshead Harbor and the Storm Islands. Oh, sorry, I forgot, there is also a wizard identity."

The head of the mercenary group tapped on the table lightly, and said with a smile: "I have to admit, your identity is really 'luxury'. No wonder you dare to break into my territory unscrupulously. Is this your reliance, Dragon?" The Duke of Capital Harbor?"

"Half-elf prince? Why do I feel more like a frog prince who wants to climb up to Princess West." Saco narrowed his vicissitudes of life eyes and muttered.

"Oh, I remembered too." The bald man 'Thirteen' beside him said with a smile, his eyes lit up:

"The little princess of the West Kingdom is indeed looking for a political marriage partner. Well, the Duke of Longshou Port, the Frog Prince of Tigrila, if you are really successful, remember to invite us to the wedding.

Your people can't wait to drink your wedding wine, when the time comes, I will especially recommend you to hold a wedding in the customs of the Kingdom of Breland, especially the bridal chamber, hehe...haha..."

Before the bald man finished speaking, he suddenly felt a pair of deep black eyes staring at him, which was as cold as a pool of cold, which made him shiver, and was so frightened that he instinctively kept silent.

However, he was wrong.

"Clang!"

The moment he retracted his neck, a sharp sword with a cold light came out of its sheath like lightning, and passed away from his ugly face.

In an instant, he first felt a razor-sharp coolness floating over his cheeks, followed by hot and humid liquid flowing down, until a tearing pain spread from his face to his whole body, making him unable to bear it. He covered his ugly face and wailed.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense.

The braided man 'Fourteen' who was guarding the door tensed all his muscles, and he held the Niluskan-style machete across his chest.

"Be careful, take another step, and you will see your hands fall to the ground." Brian lifted the blood-oozing sword upside down and reminded him kindly.

The wailing scarred man 'Thirteen' resisted the pain of his wound, and instinctively jumped back, keeping a distance from Brian, his burly body leaning against the wall for self-protection.

The mercenary captain sat motionless on the chair, Saco's vigilant eyes were fixed on Brian's every move, and the wrist with the dagger had already turned to the ready position.

The fifth person hiding in the shadows was silent and lifeless.

In the end, the braided man 'Fourteen' put down the scimitar across his chest and retreated to the door.

Under the vigilant gaze, Brian shook the edge of the sword lightly, blood splashed, and the sharp blade shone coldly and shone brightly.

He unhurriedly put it back into the scabbard and sat back on the chair.

The coherent movements were completed in one go, without any sloppiness, which made people gasp in shock.

"Thirteen, I told you to keep calm, but you just didn't listen." The mercenary leader Kapas looked at the blood-stained bald man and said slowly:

"But that's good too. The scars on your face are symmetrical on one side. In this way, it won't look so awkward. After you look in the mirror, believe me, you will thank this man from Taigri Ra's master swordsman."

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your mercy." The bald man Shisan broke out in a cold sweat. He ignored the blood bubbling on his face, and thanked Brian who was sitting on the chair.

Looking at the head's indifferent appearance, he finally understood that this conversation, if one word was careless, could lead to bloodshed.

Brian ignored the flexible mercenary, but looked at the mercenary leader Kapas, and said with a smile:

"Don't you know? Jinyu City is very unsafe recently. In fact, I am very unfamiliar with this street. I came here alone like today. To be honest, I almost didn't dare to come. After all, the law The thugs are rampant everywhere, the swords in their hands are showing their sharpness, and the people's hearts are even more ruthless. To tell you the truth, my heart is also panicked."

He is threatening me!
The mercenary leader Karpas was very calm on the surface, but inside he was panicked as the other party said.

Because he could hear the meaning of Brian's words: No matter how scary you are and how many people there are, I still dare to come here alone. I'm not afraid of you at all. What can you do to me?

But he couldn't tell whether the other party was bluffing or really so confident.

Captain Karpas didn't dare to take it too seriously. After all, he had heard about the name of this master swordsman, let alone a wizard.

Even the most unimaginative warriors and most brazen thieves know: the power of magic must never be underestimated, or their adventures will end in spectacular fashion!
"Very well." The mercenary leader organized his words, showed a polite smile again, and praised sincerely: "We pay tribute to our brave and fearless Duke of Longshougang."

"We don't want to be courteous in these virtual ceremonies." Brian waved his hand casually, and continued:

"To be honest, I was lucky enough to have been to Longshou Port before, and what impressed me the most was the dragon relief carved on the city gate tower, especially those eyes, which were really lifelike, as if I was being watched from Walk through the gate one step at a time. It's a pity..."

Brian paused deliberately, then sighed regretfully while everyone was listening, and continued:
"It's a pity that these beautiful eyes are all different colors, what yellow, green, and 'white'! It looks dazzling, and I, a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder, can't help but want to pick them all out , to the exact same color.

In this case, the most prosperous port city in the Asno continent will be named for its neat and orderly order.After all, the city gate represents the face of a city. You think, am I right? "

"My lord duke, to be honest, I haven't really paid attention to this matter in Longshou Port for so many years." The mercenary captain Karpas and Sako looked at each other and replied: "Since you said so, wait for us When we go back, we must go there specially to observe carefully.”

After speaking, he was thinking while shaking his wine glass.

He doesn't care about bullshit carvings, let alone Longshougang's face.

The mercenary leader is very clear about the meaning of the new Duke's words:
There are too many forces in Longshou Port. Everyone who walks through the city gate is being closely monitored. The newly appointed Duke doesn't like the feeling that his movements are being monitored all the time. All he needs to do is, Like picking out the eyeballs on a relief, uproot all forces, and only allow one voice and one pair of eyes.

But what puzzled him was that the other party blurted out so confidently, what exactly was he relying on?
The identity of the prince?

What a joke, if the king of Tigrila really cared about him, he wouldn't give him Dragon's Head Harbor and the Storm Islands.

To marry the little princess of the Kingdom of West?
Will the shrewd old king agree to betroth the princess to the frog prince?

Karpas can't guarantee it, so what he said just now means: After everything is over, we will carefully consider the matter of loyalty and surrender.

He believed that the wise prince could understand what he meant.

If he really married the princess, he wouldn't mind at all taking all the members of the White Crow Mercenary Corps to swear allegiance to her.

But now... just a shabby frog prince.

"Really?" Brian smiled and said meaningfully:
"That's such a pity. I'm afraid that by the time you plan to go back, you won't have the opportunity to see such dazzling and lifelike scenery."

The mercenary leader Capas glanced at Brian calmly.

I couldn't help thinking: He saw my intentional delay. His words seemed to be threatening me that if I dare not agree, I would never get out of Jinyu City, and he was forcing me to express my opinion immediately.

This is a big gamble. If you win the gamble, you will follow the new duke to the sky. If you lose, you will be completely forgotten like a longan that has been plucked from the city gate.

The head of the mercenary group, Kapas, raised his glass, took a sip of the wine, and quickly exchanged opinions with his assistant Sacco while drinking, then put down the glass and said with a smile on his face:
"What the Duke said is reasonable, but there is an annoying problem, which is very realistic for our free mercenaries.

You know, when one war ends, another begins, and luckily, there are always some people who attack other people in some places. Maybe while we are drinking here, a certain regiment leader's head has fallen into another war. In the hands of a group leader, freemen and slave owners will also be unwilling to be lonely and examine the neck of the head of the chamber of commerce, sharpening their knives.

Even the island owner of the Storm Islands stood on a luxurious battleship, waiting for the storm to come, and took the opportunity to dispatch.So, you have to understand that no matter who rules Longshougang, only one thing is certain: they must use the sword in the hands of the mercenaries. "

"Of course I know, I also need these swords." Brian smiled slightly, his eyes shining like obsidian blocks condensed, and said coldly: "However, I will not pay you any rewards."

As soon as the words fell, the whole room fell into an eerie silence.

Immediately afterwards, the bald man 'Thirteen' who bandaged the wound giggled so much that the wound was involved, and he grinned in pain.

Shaco whistled, and his eyes were full of mockery.

'Fourteen', the braided man guarding the door, looked at Brian like an idiot.

The head of the mercenary group, Kapas, was stunned, took a deep breath, and looked at the calm Brian with a half-smile, "Little prince, even frogs know that you have to pay for work, you don't understand That makes sense."

"Don't you naively think that as long as you go to Longshou Port, everyone will kneel down and swear allegiance?" Saco couldn't help but answer.

"He must have thought that the little princess of the Kingdom of West, who was skinny and tender, would willingly take off her clothes and lie on his bed, and then blushed, waiting for him to be pampered by the deer."

The bald man 'Thirteen' grinned and said, "Frog Prince, I said, when you came in, you didn't hit your head, did you?"

"Haven't you guys heard a story?" Brian ignored everyone's mocking gazes, and said calmly, "Teaching people how to fish is worse than giving them fish."

The mercenary leader Kapas frowned, and he stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Looking at the other party's calm and calm expression, he knew that the new Duke was definitely not as simple as having his head smashed.

"I give you power in exchange for your surrender, it's that simple." Brian looked around indifferently and asked, "Don't you all desire power?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he keenly noticed that the fifth person hiding in the corner obviously moved.

Blaine pretended to be nonchalant and looked at the others.

"What power?" The mercenary leader Karpas asked solemnly.

"What power?"

Brian met the gaze of the mercenary captain, smiled coldly, and stood up from the chair suddenly,
——"One-ring spell: thunder wave!"

A powerful force field energy, like a thunderbolt, suddenly spread out centered on Brian.

Facing Bryan's violent attack, the expressions of the four closest to him changed, and they were about to dodge.

Terrible energy hit them without warning, and then slid off the wall and fell to the ground like a broken doll, spurting a mouthful of blood one after another, leaning against the corner of the wall listlessly, unable to get up for a long time.

——"Natural Blessing!"

Brian didn't relax because of the successful casting of this divine-like spell, he immediately activated the "Nature's Blessing" feature, gaining 4 points of agility enhancement.

Then he drew out his sharp sword again without hesitation, and with intensive and magnificent sword skills, enveloped the charging fifth person like a violent storm.

In a small space, in a dense confrontation, it takes only a moment...
This young man with superb swordsmanship was no match for his great strength and agility, and he was defeated as the sword reached his throat.

"This is power." Brian looked around coldly, and once again cast his eyes on this young man with detailed facial features and dark eyes, and sincerely praised: "Not bad swordsmanship."

He didn't lie, if he hadn't taken the initiative, he would have also blessed "Nature's Blessing", as well as an ogre power bracer and an increase of all attributes of god-like power +1.It is impossible for him to get cheap from this swordsman who is conservative and has reached the extraordinary level.

"What does this mean?" Kapas, the mercenary leader who came over first, pressed his painful chest with one hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the other, asking with a heavy expression.

"You didn't ask me about power." Brian withdrew the sharp sword on the fifth man's neck, leaving him with a defenseless back, and said to the mercenary leader: "This is power, let me ask, if You have great power, will you still be short of money and land?"

"Can you give us power?" Karpas and Sacco looked at each other, then looked at Thirteen and Fourteen, and after seeing that everyone was fine, he relaxed and said, "Wizards are not strong enough to grant them at will. The point of strength."

As soon as the words fell, everyone noticed that Brian's body suddenly burst into fiery flames, spreading across every corner of the room.

Immediately afterwards, a tall devil covered in crimson scales spread out its blood-red wings and appeared in the room.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

Accompanied by blood-chilling laughter, the huge hellish fiend roared angrily, and the 12 angel heads tied on his belt followed suit with mournful wailing.

"Fallen ones! I smell the painful smell of decay and death from your body. Your future will be a painful death due to the ravages of war. Aren't you eager to gain powerful strength to get out of the predicament?"

The fiend of the deep hell waved the flaming giant sword in his hand, and let out a roar that shocked the soul:

"Tell me! Do you need strength? Stand up bravely! Surrender to your Zilong Duke Brian, and I will give you everything you desire in your heart!"

"Strong power? Unrivaled power?"

The five people looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief, their subconsciousness kept driving them to agree to this condition, as long as they nodded and agreed, and pledged their allegiance to the new Duke, they could gain the power to crush everything.

"I need this power!" The bald-headed man 'Thirteen' knelt at the feet of the deep hell demon and responded first.

"I need this power!" the braided man 'Fourteen' responded second.

"I need this power!" Sako responded third.

The mercenary leader Karpas struggled for a long time, and said with difficulty: "I also need this power!"

The fifth young man with superb swordsmanship raised his head stubbornly, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and struggled to stand up from the ground.

"Bryan, this little guy is a bit tricky, I can't handle it, please help me." The deep-hell refiner secretly communicated with Brian.

"Forget it, let him go." Brian looked at him thoughtfully and replied.

"What a wise choice! Fallen ones, sign this contract with your blood, and you will gain great power!"

The pit fiend once again let out a roar that frightened the soul.

Immediately afterwards, four leather-bound and gold-rimmed "Destined Covenants" were placed in front of the four.

The mercenary captain, who maintained a trace of clarity, looked at the contract and it said: As long as you are loyal to Duke Brian of the Purple Dragon in Longshou Port, you can gain powerful power.

He hesitated, immediately bit off his fingertips, and wrote his name with scarlet blood.

The other three followed suit.

When the ceremony was signed, the Abyss Alchemist withdrew the contract, and swung the flaming giant sword at the four of them.

A surge of hell aura enveloped all four of them.

The moment the Hell Fiend exerted his power, he seemed to collapse and turned into a sluggish little devil, which was put into the pocket of Brian's demon pet.

The whole conversion process didn't last long....
Brian noticed the Nine Prisons brand on the palms of the four people, and the pained and distorted expressions, which caused the eyes to become dark with a faint red light.

Immediately recalling the game world, after signing a contract with the devil, the player obtained the two most basic magic dyeing specialties.

[Devil's Grace (Magic Dyeing Specialty): You have sworn allegiance to a certain hell lord, signed a "destined covenant" with him, and promised to follow the path of lawful evil in exchange for the promised benefits.Gain strength +2, constitution +1, charisma +1. 】

[Devil's Aura (Magic Dyeing Specialty): There is a mark belonging to the Nine Hells hidden in your body. This mysterious mark of the devil allows you to successfully master how to mobilize the power of evil.Once per day, you gain the ability to cast a fear aura. All creatures within 1 feet must succeed on a Will saving throw or become shaken. 】

……

These are just the two most basic skills. If you maintain the lawful and evil camp to improve your strength, this magic dye speciality will also increase accordingly, and you can even advance to a black guard.

It is this powerful ability that makes many players sign a seemingly equal "destined covenant" with the devil without thinking.

"Now you have obtained this power." Brian looked at the four mercenaries who were feeling the changes in their bodies, "Then, you know what to do in the future, right?"

The mercenary leader Karpas felt the changes brought about by his body and the powerful power in his body. He no longer hesitated, and knelt down in front of Brian cleanly, and said respectfully:

"White Crow Mercenary Group, a total of 513 people are willing to swear allegiance to Duke Zilong."

"I will swear allegiance to Duke Zilong to the death!" The other three followed suit.

Only the young master swordsman stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

"Very well, let's all get up." Brian nodded in satisfaction, and looked at the other person, "What's your name?"

"Tistan, Your Excellency the Duke." The young man replied respectfully after being signaled by Karpas' eyes.

"It can be seen that your swordsmanship has hit a bottleneck, right?" Brian looked at the master swordsman named Tistan.

"Indeed." Tistan said with care.

"Do you want to know what is the real way of swordsmanship?" Brian continued to ask.

The real way of swordsmanship?
The young man stared blankly, looking at Brian's calm face, instinctively telling himself that a new door was slowly opening to him.

"Think!" Tistan said with a firm expression.

"A real master of swordsmanship will never blindly pursue the most extreme swordsmanship skills." Brian said slowly:

"They specialize in the cultivation of mind, skill, body and will, and they dedicate their strength and life to a master, or an ideal existence that he recognizes and transcends himself.

Only to pursue the most extreme kendo, because for them, the moment when they let their lives hang on the shining blade is the most perfect. "

"Heart, skill, body, will...the moment when life hangs on the shining blade is the most perfect way of swordsmanship."

Holding his sheathed sword in his arms, Tistan muttered to himself, as if he had realized something.

Looking at the pensive Tistan, the other mercenaries wisely kept silent.

"There is no shortage of people who pursue fighting and challenge the strong in any world." Brian recalled his knowledge and said:

"Barbarians crush their enemies with their raging rage, rangers are masters of the hunt, and warriors master intricate moves and attacks to defeat the monsters and villains they encounter.

But the ultimate skill among combatants is the Way—the secret knowledge that teaches a swordsman apprentice how to harness the energy of chi, blending inner strength, training, and discipline into the perfect weapon. "

"The supreme way? Qi?" There was a frenzy in Tistan's bright eyes.

"Young man, if you are willing to swear allegiance to me, I will teach you the truth about swordsmanship and let you embark on the path of a sword master." Brian said his ultimate goal.

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(End of this chapter)