Skeleton King

Pansy Empire, Count Richter's Palace.

Sir Love and Mrs. Claudia, like most nobles in the Pansy Empire, slept in separate rooms.

Lady Claudia was lying in the middle of the big bed, her long silver hair hanging over her silk pajamas.Even in her sleep, she frowned, as if she was in a nightmare, muttering, "What are you doing here...the Richter family has no waste..."

A figure covered in black appeared in front of Mrs. Claudia's bed.Ace silently looked at this woman who was haunted by nightmares in her sleep. She was not completely mad, and only in the most fragile dream would she show a trace of remorse, because her hands were stained with her brother's blood.

The Bone Staff in Ace's hand trembled slightly.

Sir Claudia sat up slowly in bed.Her eyes stared blankly in Ace's direction, as if she had been completely controlled by undead magic.Although she has the blood of the Richter family flowing through her body, but because she is too obsessed with the struggle for power, Mrs. Claudia is only a level 3 swordsman, and it is normal for her to be controlled by a necromancer.

Ace's eyes were deep. He looked into the eyes of Sir Claudia and asked, "Did David Richter die because of you?"

Sir Claudia stiffened her body and replied blankly: "Yes. I married my husband Love because he promised to assist me to become the earl of the Richter family. Because he was worried that my brother would escape, he I personally went to wait outside the Warcraft Forest, waiting for my younger brother to rush back to the family overnight. On the way back to the family, he was about to reach Richter Castle. When he was the most tired, someone led him to the camp of several nobles, and he personally shot him with an arrow. .”

Ace murmured: "It seems that this is still a long-planned murder."

Mrs. Claudia thought that Ace was asking her. According to the mystery of undead magic, she replied truthfully, "Yes, I think he has been dead for a long time. It is obvious that the elder brother has given up inheriting the title, and it is obvious that I am the first father. The heir in line, he was about to be born and robbed me of my position. It would be fine if he was as good as the eldest brother, but he is stupid and timid..."

The ambition in her heart made her look hideous, and she looked a little hideous in the middle of the night, but those hysterical words never had a chance to be uttered.

Ace didn't make her die too painfully, it was like a long and comfortable dream, in which there was no restlessness, guilt, jealousy, desire... She will get real and eternal peace, she Will never wake up again.

No matter how skilled the doctor saw her, he would only think that she died a natural death.Maybe it was because her brother had just passed away, and she was too sad; or maybe it was because she was too happy to be the heir of the old Count Richter.

It was the last decency left by Ace to Sykes' aunt, David's sister.

After that, Ace went to the next room, and he asked Sir Love in the same way, confirming the identity of Sir Love's murderer, and his ambition to replace the Richter family.Ace put a small curse on him.

The curse would make him weaker and sicker, and die in ever-increasing pain.

After finishing his work, Ace returned to the Duke Green's mansion through the passage of the dead world.

After Ace returned to the bedroom, he immediately found that the door of his bedroom was not closed tightly, which was absolutely impossible to be his mistake.Ace walked to the door and slowly opened it.

It was very late at this time.There are no maids patrolling the corridors of the Duke Green’s mansion, only a dim magic lamp is on. Nou stands not far from the magic lamp, and the shallow light casts a beautiful halo on his head. .He was still dressed as he went out yesterday morning, with the Dragon King's dagger pinned to his waist.

Ace called subconsciously, "Nou."

Like thousands of times before, Nou heard Ace's call and turned around.This scene has happened countless times in their lives, but there is no time like this. Nou didn't have a warm smile in his eyes when he saw Ace, and he became colder and more tired.

It may be the long-term companionship, or it may be the intuition from the holy rank powerhouse. Ace immediately understood that Nuoou must know something.Thinking of the door he opened just now, he walked out of the originally empty room again, the smile on Ace's face disappeared, and he also became a little serious.

Ace didn't know how much Nou knew, but he just wanted to whitewash the peace. He said: "Nou, even if you are a level 9 swordsman, don't fight like this. You are the most important wealth of the Green family."

What would Nou say.

It could be, "Then you help me share some."

Or maybe, "No way, there's too much going on in the eastern plains of Louisiana."

……

But Nuo Ou didn't want to circle around with Ace anymore. He thought of what Ace said to him a long time ago, "If you ask, I'll tell you everything." Trust without suspicion.

He thought he could exercise the powers that Ace had already given him.

He asked, "Are you a necromancer?"

Different from Nuo's previous style, he is always like a cunning and patient hunter, carefully laying out the layout, making sure that the prey enters his net, and then puts away the hunting net.His eyes looked at Ace like sharp arrows, bright and burning.

At this moment, facing Nuoou.Ace is simply the dumbest and stupidest prey, or, he has pretended to be smart too many times.

The expression on Ace's face stiffened for a moment, and he said softly, "Yes."

Nou asked again: "Then you were the one who broke through on the outskirts of the imperial capital? There shouldn't be two necromancers in the Pansy Empire now? The Skeleton Knights that appeared on the eastern plains of the Louisiana province are also your subordinates, right? "

Ace replied quickly and curtly, "Yes. No. Yes."

He didn't dare to say too much, he was afraid that he couldn't help defending himself.After the Green family has suffered so many losses, no matter how reasonable their rebuttals, no matter how sincere their repentance, will appear pale and feeble, and will only add salt to Nuoou's wounds

Seeing Ace's firm and cold attitude, Ke Nuo felt a fire burning in his heart.When Ace sneaked away from the banquet and ran to the outskirts of the imperial capital to break through, he was the cover for Ace; when he knew that the undead wizard appeared in the Territory of Chaos, the first thing he cared about was Louisian The eastern plain of that province is the casualty of the city that never sleeps; when he assisted Prince Xiben in hunting down the necromancer, Ace stood by his side...

Obviously there were so many opportunities, but Ace never took the initiative to tell him.

Don't ask or tell?

Nou nodded, it was a good idea not to ask but not to tell.But today, he wants to give Ace all his questions.

Nou asked again: "His Majesty Ludwig IV is your biological father? Have you awakened pansy fighting spirit?"

Ace didn't know when and how Nou knew about it, so he could only answer, "Yes."

Even when he knew that Ace was a necromancer, Nou was not as unfamiliar with Ace as he was at this moment.Ace clearly knows what kind of person Prince Xiben is, and obviously they cannot coexist, but when he was in Port of Nice, Ace watched Prince Xiben recruit him; when he was in the camp, Ace watched him swear allegiance to Prince Xiben ...

Ace never thought that one day they would stand in completely hostile camps?

Didn't Ace ever think that as long as he told him everything, he would stand by his side?

Or is it that Ace never thought of being with him for a long time, and he doesn't need to talk to people who will part ways sooner or later?Those who concentrate on learning and want to become a scholar; accompany him back to Green Castle, drink and hunt together every day, and when he has children, he will be their teacher like a Mellon scholar... All these words are just for him A real attempted cover-up?

Ace is the illegitimate son of His Majesty Ludwig IV, with pansy blood flowing through his body, how could he really be a scholar?He is a necromancer and the owner of the city that never sleeps, so how could he stay at Green Castle with peace of mind?

Those blueprints drawn by Nuo Ou countless days and nights are just his imagination, and they are just what Ace said casually.

It's just that he took it seriously.

Nuoou asked again: "What did you do just now?"

Ace let out a long breath and said, "Sir Claudia, I will go to Earl Richter's mansion and kill her."

Nou said: "Why? She shouldn't have offended you, right?" The civilians on the eastern plains of the Louisiana province didn't offend you either, right?Nou really wanted to knock on Ace's brain and see what he was thinking.

Too bad he can't.

Ace said: "She was the mastermind behind the murder of David Richter. Killing for life is justified."

Nuoou finally asked: "Then what are your plans now? I won't hide my identity for you. Are you going back to your dead world, Eternal Night City?" Going to Eternal Night City, we will be separated by two planes in the future. See you again?

Or beg me to forgive you?

Ace said slowly: "Yes. Go back to Eternal Night City."

This is what worries Ace the most.Prince Xiben is still looking for him. If he stays in the Duke Green's mansion, it will bring trouble to Nou and Princess Bernadette.His return to Eternal Night City can not only assist Bill in developing magic potions, develop new types of magic potions as soon as possible, and send the soul fire they collected back to the eastern plains of Louisiana Province, but also avoid direct conflicts with Nou.

If he stays in Duke Green's mansion any longer, he doesn't know what will happen to them.

Nou looked at Ace with a haughty expression, and his tone was unprecedentedly alienated. His voice was slightly cool, "Ace, how many more people do you want to kill?" He walked slowly to Ace, and they So close, so close that you can hear each other's breathing, and they are so far away, even farther than when they were separated by the Prin Mountains and the distance between the two empires, "In the imperial capital of the Finger Empire, you summoned How many skeleton soldiers?"

What?Ace felt his mouth full of bitterness. He still didn't understand the meaning of Nou's words, but felt a dull pain in his chest.

Ace looked down.

The Dragon King's dagger has been unsheathed silently, its hilt is being held in Noou's hand, and the blade is completely sunk into Ace's chest.Ace slowly raised his head, his red lips parted slightly, and he looked at Nuoou in disbelief.

Noou looked at the pair of green eyes, which were as clear as before, clearly reflecting his figure.He sees himself saying to Ace, "I'm sorry, Ace."