Imperial Crown

In Raven's hand was a leather belt that was three fingers wide and about one meter and three meters long.

It was a dull black color, absorbing all the light around it. It was weightless in his hand and looked ordinary.

But in Raven's eyes at this moment, it was wonderful.

Under the gaze of the Eye of Truth, the belt exuded a blue glow, with complex magic patterns engraved on it. The dense parts were like turbulent water, and the wide parts were dotted with star-like light.

At that time, the belt was pressed under the enchanted plate armor, so Raven's Eye of Truth did not discover it.

This special magic equipment can only be activated by fighting spirit or magic power, and Eric taught Raven a special way so that ordinary people can use it.

Raven held a magic core and pressed it on his belt. The scarlet energy contained in the core seeped into it, and the belt emitted a layer of light white light like mist. An empty and regular space was reflected in Raven's mind.

Space equipment.

Anderson used it to catch Raven off guard and almost killed him!

This space is about one meter long and two meters high. Most of it is still empty, with only a bag of gold coins piled in the corner.

"Be careful, calm!" Raven swallowed his saliva, put his free hand on the belt, imagined himself grabbing the purse, and then suddenly lifted it up!

The next moment, he felt his hand sink, and the purse full of gold coins fell on the table with a thud.

It's done!

Although his two lives added up to fifty years old, Raven was like a child who had found a new toy. He grasped the mysterious feeling and put the purse in and out, put it in and out, and did not stop until he had done it more than a dozen times.

"It's amazing!" Without bothering to count the number of gold coins in the bag, Raven had already begun to imagine the function of the belt.

In his opinion, Anderson's method of hiding gold coins in it was really unimaginative!

One meter by two meters, that is, two cubic meters of space, if arranged properly, is enough to hold at least twenty crossbows with strings on!

At that time, these crossbows will be equipped with enchanted crossbows. Under the continuous shooting, even if Eric is now, Raven has the confidence to shoot him into a hedgehog!

What is a human turret! ?

"It's a pity that this space equipment can't hold living people." Raven sighed regretfully: "Otherwise, if Eric is put in it and released at the critical moment, it will definitely scare people!"

After thinking about it, Raven roughly counted the number of gold coins. There were a total of 127. Considering Anderson's strength and the size of the team, this number was not a lot.

However, considering the cost of his equipment, Raven was relieved.

"The crossbow matter must be put on the agenda as soon as possible. It's just right to use these gold coins. Let Eric do it..." Raven muttered, tied the belt around his waist, and suddenly froze when looking at the magic core on the table.

In the magic core, the scarlet light that was originally as thick as a finger was reduced by about one third.

Raven nodded: "So, I just consumed the energy in the magic core as the energy consumption of this space belt."

Suddenly, an inspiration broke into Raven's mind.

The use of the Eye of Truth in the previous battle would cause a significant decrease in physical strength and energy, which is also a manifestation of energy consumption.

He remembered that when he killed Donald, it was a kind of power that flowed to his brows and activated the Eye of Truth.

At that time, Donald had actually become a monster after the ritual transformation, and the source of his power should be the magic core.

"Did I accidentally break his magic core, so I awakened the Eye of Truth? In this case..."

Holding the magic core in his hand, Raven did not hesitate and smashed it against the windowsill!

The magic core hit the windowsill and suddenly collapsed into a crystal-like diamond dust. Through the Eye of Truth, Raven clearly saw the scarlet energy in it burst out and turned into mist.

"This is..." Raven lowered his head and gently stroked his brows.

At this moment, his brows were beating like a heart, revealing an almost instinctive desire!

"Come, come, come..."

Raven's mind gradually calmed down, and the scarlet mist in the air seemed to be attracted by something, and suddenly moved, rushing to Raven's brows.

At the moment when the mist invaded his skin, Raven had an extremely contradictory feeling.

There was a refreshing breeze on his face, and an indescribable heat!

The heat spread from the center of his eyebrows, making Raven's scalp itchy, and then spread along the blood vessels and skin.

He approached the bronze mirror and saw that the blood vessels on his skin were exposed, looking hideous and terrifying, and even quite similar to Donald after breaking out of the cocoon.

But soon, as the heat subsided, these blood vessels were hidden again, and there was no change.

"Strange..." Raven didn't know what happened to his body. He shook his head, and suddenly there was a sound like popping beans.

He was stunned for a moment, and then began to move his body constantly. He felt that the blood circulation in his body was much smoother, as if he had just experienced a massage from inside to outside!

"Could it be that the energy in this magic core can strengthen my body?" Raven clenched his fists, feeling that he had never been so strong.

He took out his crossbow, loaded it with arrows, hooked his four fingers on the crossbow string, and began to string it.

With a creaking sound, the crossbow string changed from a straight line to a V shape, and Raven's eyes burst into surprise.

The crossbow arrow that originally needed to be quickly strung with the knee now only needed four fingers - this speed was certainly not fast, but it was also something that Raven could never do before!

"Try again?" Raven licked his lips and smashed the second magic core without hesitation.

Just like before, the dark red mist was drawn into the center of his eyebrows by Raven, but this time, the feeling of heat was so strong that Raven felt as if a fire was burning on his head!

He leaned in front of the mirror and saw that under the originally white skin, blood vessels, even the smallest capillaries, had burst out one after another, like the roots of an old tree entrenched in the soil, and like a wriggling worm.

Beads of sweat gathered from his forehead and slid down his skin. At this moment, Raven could even feel the sweat flowing through his skin.

Fearing that his blood vessels would burst, Raven stood in front of the mirror and dared not move. It was not until half an hour later that the feeling of heat completely disappeared.

"Huh... Too much is as bad as too little." Raven shook his head: "I can't do this again in the short term."

He stretched his body and then froze.

Through the mirror, he could clearly see that his muscles had formed a perfect outline on his coat.

"Huh? The effect is so obvious?" Raven took off his clothes and was stunned by the scene in front of him.

To be honest, Raven was definitely not a thin dog before, but he was considered strong among ordinary people, but now he is completely different.

His chest muscles are tight, but not too strong like those who are addicted to fitness. Instead, he looks like a long-distance runner, with well-proportioned muscles, slender and powerful lines, and eight clear abdominal muscles, enough to fascinate any woman.

He drew out the rapier from his waist, and with a flick of his wrist, he raised the tip of the sword upwards. Then, with two fingers, he gently pinched the three-pound rapier like a stick.

"Does the magic core have such an effect?" Raven put away the rapier and shook his head slowly: "No, this should be the effect of the Eye of Truth."

He only absorbed two first-level magic cores, one of which was damaged, and his strength increased by at least 50%. Now he is not extraordinary, but he can have such an improvement; once he becomes a knight or a mage, he can absorb more and better magic cores...

The future is bright!

You know, magic cores are much cheaper than enchanted equipment and potions!

With a smile on his lips, Raven grabbed the purse, and the purse that was a little heavy became light at this time.

Just as he was about to put the purse away, Raven touched the bottom of it with his palm and suddenly felt a rather strange touch.

When he opened it, a treacherous smile appeared on Raven's face: "Hehe, Hyde Slater, I wanted to go to you in two days, but I didn't expect that you would give me such a great gift."

Time passed by little by little, the sun withdrew its brilliance, and the silver moonlight sprinkled on the earth. A carriage pulled by a blood-eyed warhorse drove out of the Eagle Castle and came to the door of the Eagle Wing Inn in Shining Gold Town.

Raven shook his collar, got off the car with a wooden box, and said to Eric who was driving: "Wait for me here."

"I will follow your orders, sir!"

Raven nodded and pushed open the door of the tavern. It was still as quiet as last time, but the bald boss's face was much uglier than last time.

"I came here this time for the good of Master Hyde." Raven said calmly: "If you don't want to see your master being expelled from the sequence of heirs, you'd better not annoy me."

A man in a brown cloak heard this and pressed his half-sheathed sword back.

"Take me to see him."

The brown cloak walked in front of Raven without saying a word.

It was still the same room, still the same layout. Raven pushed the door open and sat directly on the bench, only a shoulder away from Hyde.

Hyde's face darkened, and he brushed his middle-parted hair with his fingers: "Baron Raven, is this your attitude of surrendering to me?!"

"Surrender?" Raven raised his eyebrows and threw the box on the table: "Hyde, Mr. Hyde Slater, you seem to have misjudged the current situation."

"I'm here to negotiate terms."

Hyde sneered, and his slender fingers pressed the sword at his waist: "You are a small baron, why do you want to negotiate terms with me?"

"Just for this." Raven opened the wooden box with a snap and turned it towards Hyde.

The strong smell of blood and a hint of rottenness spread instantly.

"Bold!"

"Protect the Lord!"

Two enchanted swords were placed on Raven's neck. He sneered, reached out and picked up an apple from the fruit bowl on the table, and took a bite: "Mr. Hyde, can't you even manage your own men?"

Hyde's eyebrows twitched slightly. He turned his head and saw Raven chewing the apple in big mouthfuls. The red peel mixed with the white flesh stuck to his teeth and tongue, as if a monster was chewing a vigorous heart!

"Back off." Hyde's lips twitched slightly.

The two guards were stunned for a moment: "But the Lord..."

"I said back off!" Hyde roared angrily from his throat.

The two guards put away their swords, turned around and disappeared into the shadows.

Hyde's chest was heaving violently. He didn't want to look, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on the wooden box.

What's there is Anderson's head!

His hair was as dry and disheveled as weeds, and the blood from his seven orifices and facial features stuck to his pale face, like a cruel and ferocious painting. His bloodshot eyes were wide and round, and there was a bloody hole on his forehead as thick as a chopstick. You can even see the brains spilling out of it!

A human head would not frighten Hyde. What really frightened him was a letter next to the head, a letter stained with blood, with his paint seal on it!

"What do you want...?" Hyde asked gloomily.

"Then it depends on your sincerity, Lord Hyde." Raven said with a smile: "It is really sad to collude with the bandits from Bloody Highlands to attack the territory of an imperial baron."

"I feel like I need something golden to fill my wounded heart!"

"After all, we just want money, right." Hyde sneered: "Three thousand gold coins, is enough to buy you to shut up, right?"

Raven stretched out his hand to twist the letter in the wooden box: "Lord Hyde, I think you have not realized the seriousness of the matter. This is your own handwritten letter, and it also uses your own private seal. If it appears in Minsk What will happen to Mr.’s desk?”

Minsk Slater, the first heir to the Slater family, the current centurion of the [Iron Legion], a fourth-order Iron Knight, and Hyde's eldest brother, has always been known for his selflessness.

This is not a problem. The problem is that the relationship between Hyde and Minsk is notoriously bad. Once this is grasped, he will be excluded from the successor team without leaving any room.

"...How dare you!" Hyde's stern eyes fell on Raven's face: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you here?"

"You don't have the courage, otherwise why wouldn't the commission ask for my head?" Raven said with a smile: "And this letter is just a temporary copy I copied, and the original is ready to go to Men'en City at any time. "

Hyde took a deep breath and felt a strong sense of frustration.

This damn Anderson, a rising star in the Bloody Highlands, two first-level extraordinarys, sixteen battle-hardened bandits, how could he have no choice but to have only thirty or so serf army Ravens!

Fortunately, he actually left his own letter, making himself unable to hold his head high in front of this damn pariah, this little bee!

Hyde rubbed his fingers: "What do you want!?"

"Eight thousand gold coins." Raven said calmly: "Besides, I want you to cooperate with me and help me get back Gold Gold Town."

Hyde's hair stood up and he screamed without any manners: "You are blackmailing!"

"Oh oh oh, calm down, calm down!" Raven took out a bottle of red wine from the table and poured it into the glass in front of Hyde: "This is not blackmail, but the beginning of our great friendship, a mutually beneficial cooperation. beginning."

"You also know that my background is not good. Territory, power, etc. are not important to me. What I value is always money!" Raven put an arm around Hyde's shoulders and said to him His ears were tempting: "But a few thousand gold coins are too little for me to give up my territory."

"You are still young, and I am a member of the Griffith family."

"You also know that the Griffith family has a blood curse, and all members cannot live past the age of forty; and I am now twenty years old, and I need money, a lot of money, to untie this lingering... shadow."

The corner of Hyde's mouth twitched, and he believed Raven's words a little bit: "What does this have to do with taking back Goldshire?"

Raven said: "Of course it does matter. Goldsmith Town is a chicken that can lay golden eggs. I have at least twenty years to live. In these twenty years, Goldsmith Town can contribute more than 10,000 gold coins."

"You pay to help me take back Goldshire, and I will write a document. When I am forty years old, regardless of whether I have passed away or not, I will hand over the title of Baron of Eagle Territory to you."

Pouring himself another glass of red wine, Raven concluded: "I got the gold coins I wanted, and you can get a complete eagle collar in your prime. Isn't this a good thing for mutual benefit?"

Hyde was moved.

His goal is indeed a territory, but he is reluctant to part with the luxurious life in Men'en City. Now Raven's proposal has really hit his pain point.

"Eight thousand gold coins is too much, I can't take it out." Hyde said, "Six thousand gold coins is my limit."

Raven smiled and patted Hyde on the shoulder: "I'm not a hard-to-talk person. Since Lord Hyde said this, of course I have to appreciate it."

He picked up the wine glass and touched the glass in front of Hyde: "Six thousand gold coins are just six thousand. In addition, I need you to do me a favor!"

Hyde's anger was still lingering, so he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp: "Don't have high hopes. The resources I can mobilize in the family are quite limited."

"Of course, I just need a little cooperation from you."

Ten minutes later, Raven returned to the carriage carrying a huge box. When the box was put on the carriage, the wheels of the carriage were obviously a few inches shorter.

When he got to the car, he let out a long sigh of relief: "Children are children, they are so easy to deal with."

"Lord Raven, should we go back to Eagle Castle directly, or should we wander around Goldshire for a while?" Eric asked.

"Neither of them will go." Raven twisted his neck: "Go east to Snow Maple Castle. I have something to do to meet Viscount John."

Eric was stunned for a moment: "But... visiting without an appointment, isn't it too abrupt?"

Raven said: "This is the effect I want. No need to ask more questions, let's go!"

After a short pause, the carriage wheels began to turn.

Raven leaned against the carriage and sighed:

"I just acted like a master for a while, and now I have to act like a grandson!"

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