Skeleton King

"Yes." General Arnold said: "At that time, there was still a lot of talk that this more perfect method of obtaining energy is the future of our human evolution. Obviously, as long as there are enough magic elements, they can live forever. If not The concept of a slave with a miniature magic circle engraved on his body is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people may walk on this road."

Alt knew that this incident would definitely not bring about a good result. There has never been a practice method that has been heard of in this millennium continent, or a method of refining people. It must have caused an extremely serious impact. The two empires and the magic island reached a consensus, making this not a small matter a secret,

General Arnold asked: "You know that there are large grasslands on the eastern plains of the Louisiana province?"

Alter nodded. After the matter of the Necromancer Knights, before the arrival of the Knights of the two empires, they went to the eastern plains of the Louisiana province several times, hoping that the land could be restored to its original state.

General Arnold said: "There are a lot of cattle, sheep and horses in the eastern plains of Louisiana, right? Do you know why people on the grasslands raise sheep but not goats?"

Alter is also a child of a farming family, and there are many livestock on the edge of Bad Soden Manor. He guessed: "Because goats can eat grass roots, other livestock can't."

The wildfire starts a prairie, and the grass will grow again next spring.Because the fire burns only the turf on the surface, as long as the roots are still there, the grass will always grow again.But goats have a special spirit of "specialized research". When they gnaw grass, they always gnaw the roots, so there are not too many goats in the countryside.

General Arnold said: "That's the reason. These slaves are engraved with miniature magic circles. All their energy comes from the magic elements in nature, but they will not excrete any impurities, and they will not die easily. The stolen magical elements are returned to nature. This fact was not discovered until more than 100 years later."

Art already understood, he asked: "Small plane?"

General Arnold said: "Yes. When I started to lead the army, the decline of magic elements in nature was the most severe years, but no kingdom would refuse to use these humanoid weapons. Because they don't use them, their enemies will use them. It's at stake At that time, no one would think of the future.

The Finger family has completely mastered the business of the slave market. We hand over the defeated captives to the Finger family. The apprentices of the Finger family will engrave them with miniature magic circles and release them to the small plane.This ensures that they survive without 'pollution' of our plane.When needed, we will go to the small plane to select suitable slaves and bring them to the battlefield. "

Alter closed his eyes. In this struggle for power and desire, who can be the real and long-term winner?

The production method similar to the astrology puppet must have flowed out from the hands of the astrologer.

At that time, the status of astrologers was extremely high, and every kingdom would enshrine astrologers, but they were not greedy enough.Perhaps to manipulate the fate of the entire continent, or perhaps just to demonstrate their omnipotence, they indirectly created a large number of astrological puppets.

How could the kings allow the astrologer to have a transcendent status and then control the army?

The astrologers were extinct, and the kingdoms were dispersed.

The Coothers, the Fingers, who would think they were the real winners after learning of their curse?

No one is a winner.

General Arnold thought of the small plane he saw at the beginning, and the small plane he learned from the holy steps of Magic Island later, "At that time, the small plane was not much different from the present world. In order for the Finger family to let them" happy' work, and also allows them to get a certain degree of freedom in the small plane. As of now, the original plane of the small plane is not as good as the world of the dead, even if they die, they will not want to die in the prison where they are imprisoned for life inner."

Alter said: "The Finger family has lost control of the small plane?"

General Arnold said: "Obviously yes. After I 'died', I don't know what happened to the small plane. But at that time, the Finger family had a close relationship with Magic Island, and the Finger family helped Magic Island People on the island purchase goods, the island owner of the magic island will also serve as the warden of the small plane, and other people on the island will act as jailers.

Obviously they were all people who were rejected by the mainstream society at that time, but seeing the people who fell into the quagmire below, they would feel that their life was not so difficult, and they even acted as the pushers of evil. "

Art was silent.

Who would have thought that the magic island would be dormant in the wars among the nations, and now it has become one of the most powerful forces in this plane, and the slaves of the small plane have broken through the shackles, and they may return to the world at any time? Their "homeland", what they want to do is not only return, but also revenge.

General Arnold looked at Alter, his favorite young man in the city that never sleeps, and said, "Alter, this is human nature. Human beings, whether they are civilians, nobles, or royals, they still obey human nature, and they will always be defeated by greed. , jealousy, anger, and arrogance, only if you overcome these can you advance to the holy rank."

……

Duke Green Mansion, cellar.

Ace told Angela, "Even if people from the small plane break through the seal of the plane, the first thing they look for is the magic island and the Finger Empire. If these forces can't stop them, this plane will be sucked up by them sooner or later. Can't live.

We can still go back to the world of death.

At this time, Magic Island wants to occupy the dead world again, and this is probably what it is asking for.They want to leave a way out for themselves.The miniature magic circle engraved on the people of the small plane is connected to the soul. After their death, even the fire of the soul cannot last for a long time.They definitely can't come to the dead world. "

Of course, this is the next best thing to do.The magic island still wants to drive back the people from the small plane, but they are also bound to win the dead world.

After hearing about the origins of the people from the small plane, Angela became more worried, "The magic island will definitely use a large number of troops to attack the twin cities at the fastest speed. After all, they have dominated the mainland for more than a thousand years. Can we hold it?"

Ace said: "As long as Art is here, the city that never sleeps can be defended."

Angela's eyes widened curiously, "His Royal Highness and General Arnold left behind on Alter?"

Angela felt more relieved. The sisters grew up with Alter in Bad Soden Manor, and they were familiar with her. She also comforted Ace, "Alter has been reliable since he was a child, so don't worry."

Ace nodded with a smile, watching Angela pass through the gate of the dead world and leave the cellar.

When Angela left, the faint smile on the corner of Ace's mouth disappeared.

Ace originally wanted General Arnold to represent Evernight City, and Alter to represent Evernight City.Needless to say, General Arnold, Alt was also the first knight to serve Ace, whether it was loyalty or strength, it was enough to make people feel at ease.

He also mentioned this idea to General Arnold.

General Arnold agreed with Alter's excellence, but he advised Ace to wait, at least until Alter advanced to the holy rank.Also give them some time so that they can observe Art.

There are more and more liches standing behind Ace in the dead world, and it is indeed difficult for Alt to become a holy rank.Ace accepted General Arnold's suggestion and did not tell Alt about their arrangement.

But no one thought that the war would come so early, and Ace was trapped here again.

Ace's hands are unconsciously picking weeds. Art has always been reassuring, but why is he feeling a little uneasy?Is he overlooking something?

If only he could go back to the Twin Cities now.

……

Pansy Palace.

Nothing can stop the Pansy Palace from holding a banquet, even if there is a lot of war outside, as long as the shells do not enter the imperial capital, in the eyes of the powerful, the war is far away from them.

It was like this when the Finger Empire declared war on the Pansy Empire, and it was like this when the Knights of the Pansy Empire rushed to the Territory of Chaos.

Countless banquets are the daily life of the nobles, and in their eyes, this is not even a merry-go-round.Gentlemen do not need to work, socializing is their daily life.

The banquet held by the Pansy Palace now can be called luxurious even in peaceful times.Aristocratic girls appeared in the ballroom dressed in silk softer than clouds. On the long table covered with snow-white tablecloths was champagne from the historic McLaren winery. Each glass was worth hundreds of gold coins. The champagne is more than a million gold coins.

Although Prince Nishimoto was a little ambitious and ambitious, he was not a wasteful person. For tonight's grand dinner, many people who worried about the country and the people couldn't help drumming in their hearts.In the early years, Prince Xiben pretended to be thrifty because he was concerned about His Majesty Ludwig IV. This is already a very optimistic guess.

But of course Prince Nishimoto had a reason to hold this banquet, and it will be his 26th birthday in a few days.The banquet was also held in the name of Prince Nishimoto's birthday.

"Do you know what the theme of today's banquet is?"

Noel stood alone by the side of the banquet, watching Princess Bernadette dancing in the middle of the banquet. Her sadness for several days seemed to be dispelled by the cheerful banquet.This made Nuo Ou feel that this banquet is not meaningless.However, Duke Green's arrogant and alienated expression still discouraged many famous ladies who wanted to strike up a conversation.

Of course, there will be people who want to face the difficulties.

Noel turned sideways and looked at Earl Marina Homer in a red dress. It was rare for her not to wear riding clothes, and the long skirt of the evening dress made her radiant and amazingly beautiful.Earl Marina Homer was holding champagne and smiling at Nou. Although they were at odds with each other on the matter of Ace, they were the only ones in the Pansy Empire who were unwilling to make a fuss when it came to dealing with the small plane. The one who sent troops.

It's just that Noel wants to keep the Territory of Chaos, but Earl Marina Homer is for those knights who never return.

Politics is like this, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends.

Nou replied to her previous words, "Isn't it to celebrate the 26th birthday of His Royal Highness Prince Nishimoto?"

Earl Marina Homer shook her head, "Cousin Xiben's birthday is still a few days away." She didn't make any excuses, and said directly: "Today is Angelica's 25th birthday, and it is a rare full day. Cousin Xiben Just wanted to do it well.”

Nuo Ou didn't understand, and said lightly: "What does this mean? The people who came to the banquet don't know this." Even the gift was given to Prince Xiben.

Count Marina Homer smiled mysteriously, "They will know, and the gifts will be made up."

Nou looked at the center of the dance floor, where Prince Xiben was dancing with Angelica.They danced today's opening dance.Prince Xiben's actions like this are simply telling the dignitaries of the imperial capital that he likes this woman.

But so what?No noble would think that Prince Xiben would marry Angelica, even if the entire empire knew that she was his lover, he would not do so.

In the imperial capital, some noble families are very famous, but unlike the Richter family and Green family in the eastern provinces, they are famous for the bravery of the knights, they are famous for the beauty of their lovers.A certain sentence of a certain duke who held real power was widely circulated in the upper class of the imperial capital, "I don't want to be the only duke in my family without a lover."

The nobles judged others by themselves, and they felt that Prince Nishimoto thought the same way.

Marry a well-matched wife, give her children of both bloodlines, and let her enjoy honor in the palace.If Prince Xiben meets a woman he likes, he will call her into the palace from time to time, and even give her the right to enter and leave the palace freely.

In their view, the future that Prince Nishimoto planned for Angelika is the latter.

Earl Marina Homer drank the champagne in the glass, her voice was not like a green girl in her early twenties, but as if she had experienced the vicissitudes of life and saw through the world, "Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty."

If it was someone else standing here today, they would definitely be laughing at Earl Marina Homer's remarks. A hero is no more than a beauty. Isn't it good for a beauty like her?

But Lord Marina Homer had always considered herself a hero, not a beauty.

The empty wine glass slipped from the hands of Count Marina Homer without making any sound, and just rolled around on the thick carpet.She turned and left the ball.

No one noticed that the most beautiful rose at the dinner party had left early.