Imperial Crown

With a crash, a piece of rubble fell from the ceiling that was roasted crisp by the flames and hit Mark.

Mark took a step back in fear, swallowed his saliva and shouted: "Raven, Judra!"

"You have united together to plot to kill my father and usurp the title that should belong to me."

"I will definitely make this crime public. The Slater family and the Fox family will not tolerate your evil deeds!!"

"Just wait for the stake!"

As he spoke, he slowly moved back. After saying the last sentence, he had already walked out of the door backwards.

Mark clenched his fists tightly. The black gem on the ring on his right little finger shone and broke. Suddenly, a thick darkness like ink poured out, covering the entire hall.

This is a one-time second-level magic "Dark Sky Curtain" stored in the ring. Only the caster can see things normally in the environment.

A few minutes later, when the darkness dissipated, Mark was gone.

Judra spat a mouthful of bloody saliva fiercely.

As Mark escaped, the civil war in the Ironforge Corps was also quelled. No matter which side they were loyal to before, they were now only Judra's soldiers. They all laid down their weapons and saluted their new baron.

But Judra did not respond to these people's loyalty. He stared blankly at Barney lying on the ground, his mouth twitching unconsciously.

Barney was still so young, only eleven years old. He could have had a bright future, but now he has become a cold corpse, his eyes wide open in horror, and blood foam hanging from the corners of his mouth.

Seeing Barney's appearance, Judra really felt what it meant to be heartbroken - his heart really hurts!

This is his only son.

Taking a slightly shaky step, passing through the soldiers who saluted in silence, Judra walked to the corner of the hall, where many servants were huddled together.

Kicking over a slave who was blocking the way, Judra bent down, grabbed a maid's hair, and dragged her out of the crowd.

Her belly was bulging, and it was obvious that she had been pregnant for a long time - her name was Fenli, Mark's lover.

"Ah -"

Fenli grabbed Judra's hands with both hands, wailing to let him go, but it was no use. Her legs were dragged on the ground and cut by the scattered glass fragments.

Judra dragged Fenli to Barney's body and picked up a long sword from the ground.

The moment she saw the body in front of her, Fenli realized the fate she was about to face. The strong fear stimulated her nerves, making her feel a twitch in her lower abdomen, and her hands unconsciously pressed on it:

"Lord Judra, my child is about to be born. I am willing to do anything to me. Please let my child go. The child is innocent!"

But Judra turned a deaf ear to this. He pulled Fenli's hair and slashed the mother's throat with a long sword.

Blood gushed out.

Fenli fell to the ground, her feet were still twitching, her hands protected her belly, with fear and pain in her eyes - she was not dead yet.

But Judra was not ready to end it like this. He kicked Fenli's arm away, stepped across her hands, held the long sword upside down with both hands, raised it high, and stabbed it into Fenli's lower abdomen!

The light of despair froze in Fenli's eyes.

Even the Ironforge soldiers who were watching looked away.

Throwing the long sword on the ground, Judra stood up shakily, but his heart was not at ease at all.

Raven walked to Judra, and there was already a contract in his hand: "Sign it."

Seeing Raven's face, Judra wanted to slap his hand away, but when he thought of Raven's thundering blow before, Judra could only swallow all his emotions and stretched out his hand to take the contract.

The content above was very simple. Judra had to return the Eagle's Beak Mountain and Thousand Needles Jungle, which originally belonged to the Eagle Territory, and at the same time, he had to cede the Gray Mountain Mine to the Griffith Family permanently.

The format of the contract was very formal. Once submitted to the Council of Nobles for record, it would take effect immediately. Those who violated the contract would be severely punished by the royal family, and the lightest punishment would be the loss of noble titles and deprivation of fiefdoms.

If this contract was really signed, Judra's name would definitely leave a clear mark in the family history and be cursed by all the later members of the Wharton family.

But he had no right to refuse.

After signing his name on the contract and pressing his handprint with blood, Judra returned it to Raven.

Raven read the contents of the contract, nodded and left.

Watching Raven's back go away until he disappeared, Judra kicked Fenli's body on the ground and shouted: "Everyone, search the entire Ironforge, kill all the remnants of Mark!"

"Yes, Baron!" The Ironforge Corps retreated under the order, and the servants and maids also left in a hurry.

Judra was the only one left in the whole hall.

He picked up Barney's body and sat quietly on the steps, his eyes dull.

The entire hall was in a mess, more than half of it was engulfed in flames, the walls were smoked black, the overturned tables and chairs were full of feather arrows, and corpses of all kinds were lying on the ground, blood mixed together, indistinguishable.

They were all elite soldiers of Ironforge, but they died here in vain, at the funeral of the former baron of Ironforge.

Judra's eyes moved, first landing on Seberon, then Sari, Byram and Arden. These four were all knights of Ironforge, and now they were all turned into corpses.

In this funeral, nearly half of the Iron Forge Legion was lost. All four knights were killed in the battle. Judra was the only one left in the entire Iron Forge leader!

And this bloody funeral is destined to spread throughout the entire Nord province.

Whether in terms of force or reputation, the Wharton family has been weakened to the extreme at this moment.

And there is only one beneficiary - Raven!

"Damn Mark..." Judra punched the ground hatefully: "...damn Raven!!"

At the same moment, in the jungle outside Ironforge Territory, his brother was uttering the same curse:

"Damn Judra, damn Raven!!!"

Although he has temporarily lost his inheritance rights, he still has a chance!

Mark made meticulous preparations for the raid at the funeral, which naturally included an escape route after failure.

The previous talk of seeking help from Slater or the Fox family was purely to paralyze Raven and Judra, divert their possible pursuers, and hide their true purpose.

Next, Mark will go to the northeastern border of the Ironforge Territory, where there are prepared clothes, horses and gold coins.

He will then change his direction, passing through the territory of Baron Kate, heading to Savery County, and then crossing through the counties of Hippox, Wilt, Hodges, and Bili, and entering the adjacent province of Molinier.

When the time comes, he will find a way to go all the way to the capital to expose Judra and Raven's crimes to the world!

There will be many nobles in the royal capital who have noble titles but do not have fiefs yet. Mark originally thought that it would be difficult to seduce these big shots with the iron furnace collar alone.

But it's different now. Raven is involved in the matter. A viscounty is enough to make most nobles covetous!

In this way, Mark can not only get back the Iron Furnace Territory, but also potentially gain more territories!

Just when he was thinking about the future and cheering himself up, Mark suddenly felt something was wrong, as if someone was following him behind him!

"who!?"

Mark immediately drew out his sword and turned back suddenly.

But there were only shrubs, weeds and branches blown by the wind.

"Huh..." After a long breath, Mark patted his chest.

After taking a deep breath, Mark turned around and was about to continue escaping, but as soon as he turned around, he froze in place.

What filled his field of vision was a pair of huge nostrils!

"ah……!!!"

Mark's heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat. He sat down on it with a pop, crawled backwards using his hands and feet, and slowly saw the outline of the giant thing in front of him.

It was a gigantic monster. Its head alone was the size of a house. It was shaped like a lizard and covered with dark green scales. Its bloody mouth was slightly open, and each tooth was as sharp as a sword. Its thick forelimbs stood on On the ground, it supported the plump and round body, which made it look no longer so ferocious, but rather... cute.

What reassured Mark was that this monster didn't mean to eat him, at least not yet. It just stood... or rather sat in place.

There was no time to think about why such a behemoth appeared here, Mark only had one thought in his mind.

run! ! !

He struggled to stand up, chose another direction and started running, but before he could take two steps, the scene in front of him changed again.

The originally clear sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning was running through it like a python, strong winds were blowing, and vegetation was flying everywhere!

Just a dozen meters in front of him, streaks of dazzling blue light appeared out of thin air, converging, solidifying, and changing in mid-air, turning into profound and complicated magic runes, flickering like breathing.

Click——

With a crisp sound, a dark blue crack appeared between the blue runes. The cracks became more and more dense, and then suddenly shattered. No scenery could be seen anymore, only a deep void!

At this moment, Mark's soul was trembling, and he was not sure what would appear in the void.

Is it another monster, or a demon he has never seen before?

The first thing that appeared was a bright silver scepter.

Then, a figure slowly flew out from it.

Mark's expression froze because he didn't expect that the person who emerged from it would be so young and so--beautiful!

Her chestnut hair flew in the wind and slowly fell on her shoulders, as if it had no weight at all.

On her smooth forehead, she wore a heart-shaped crystal headband, and her slender eyebrows showed a bit of sharpness.

The skin is so delicate that not even the wind can stay on it, and the pink lips are so vivid.

She was wearing a long white dress like fringes, her shoulders were half exposed, showing her uneven collarbones, and she was wearing a pair of high heels that seemed to be outlined with silver threads.

Mark swallowed hard, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he wanted to pounce on her immediately, but as the young woman's eyes slowly opened, the restlessness in Mark's heart suddenly melted away.

They were a pair of amber eyes, with a brilliance as thick as the long river of time flowing in their depth. They were elegant, solemn, and majestic, giving people an awe-inspiring and inviolable impression.

It was the divine blood witch who once appeared in the Bloody Highlands——

Anno.

Whoosh.

The sound of wind sounded from the top of Mark's head, and the fat lizard like a hill landed lightly next to Annuo, and gently rubbed Annuo's arm with the head of his head as if to please, and his expression was even a bit intimate!

This monster is actually her magic pet!

"Dear lady!" Mark considered his words. Although the other party looked younger than him, he unconsciously used honorifics and even spoke in a panic:

"Excuse me, are you lost?"

Annuo did not answer his question: "Your name is Mark?"

Mark should have concealed his identity at this time, but for some reason, facing this woman, he didn't dare to lie: "Yes."

"Very good." Annuo nodded, and when he raised his finger, strands of dazzling purple light overflowed from his fingers and rushed toward Mark.

Mark's pupils suddenly tightened, and he instinctively sensed the danger.

Even though he realized the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, Mark still didn't give up. Brown earth fighting spirit surged around him, he turned around and started running wildly!

The dazzling purple light passed him by and disappeared into the air.

Mark had a look of astonishment on his face, and the next moment, the astonishment turned into horror.

There was a sound as dense as glass breaking, and the picture in front of Mark suddenly collapsed, turning into jagged blades with purple light, surrounding Mark!

The blade was like a mirror, each piece reflecting his face twisted with fear.

He looked around tremblingly, and all he could see was darkness and endless blades, as if the whole world had turned into a sea of ​​knives!

Snap.

A large amount of cold sweat slid down from his forehead and fell on a sharp blade, which was immediately cut into two even halves.

"I, I'll go with you!" Mark's voice was so messy that it lost its tone.

The sharp blades all over the sky disappeared quietly, as if they had never appeared before. Mark's knees became weak and he knelt on the ground with a thud.

A shadow appeared next to him, and on the back of the fat lizard, Annuo was sitting sideways.

Mark breathed a sigh of relief, and even felt a little lucky.

Since they want to arrest me, they must take me away. This way, I can ride with her once.

He began to imagine what he looked like when he was lying next to An Nuo.

"Xiao Mo!" An Nuo suddenly spoke.

Xiao Mo? But my name is Mark?

In this stunned moment, the fat lizard's eyes suddenly lit up, his tongue popped out, he wrapped Mark around the waist and took it into his mouth!

"No eating allowed." Annuo said again.

Xiao Mo's expression darkened (so hungry!).

"Let's go, I'll definitely have you full in a while." Annuo patted the lizard on the back of its head.

Xiao Mo nodded and shook the Mark in his mouth into confusion. Then he turned around, exerted all his limbs, jumped up with a cry, opened his front paws, and pulled out two sail-like wings to glide in the air. Soon after, It will fall again, and then jump up again.

After a few ups and downs, the figure disappeared into the sky.

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