Scepter of Thorns

"You are hurt."

"But he's dead."

The stage will eventually shed blood. ——"Black Apocalypse"

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The sound of the chain being pulled awakened the light-sleeping woman. Serones opened his eyes, but his face was haggard.

Senna walked into the cell, and his every move and gesture carried traces of that person, not intentionally imitated, but innate.

Serones stared at him obsessively, "Kyle..."

"I'm Senna Daulsas." The man smiled, their smiles were so similar, "It's not Kylos Senna."

"What?" She looked at it carefully and finally realized that something was wrong, she was a little dazed, you are really not him, where is Kylos? "

"Let me remind you, Miss Seronius." He moved closer to her, with half of his face shrouded in the shadow of the prison, "If that person knows what you have done, do you think he will let you go? ?”

How did he know what she did? !

Serones' body began to tremble unconsciously, "You... who the hell are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. The important thing is that we all know someone. His name is Edward Daulsas, who is the former envoy and lover of Kyle Ross." Senna looked down at the shivering woman, "And I is his enemy."

Serunes raised her head sharply, "You want me to help you? Then tell me what is the relationship between you and Kairos!!"

"I am his twin brother in heaven." Senna's tone was as gentle as if he was deceiving, "Do you really think that he is the god of light? The daughter of the main god of mankind, the goddess of truth Serones. He just killed God of Light."

"Of course I know." Serones turned around pretending to be calm, "But why do you know everything about the God Realm?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you that."

"...Okay." She stood up, "If you want my help, then open the cell door first."

"The spar that suppressed the Protoss has been taken away, haven't you felt it yet?" Senna pulled out the chain on the latch, and stretched out his right hand like a well-mannered gentleman, "Please, Miss Serones."

The woman lifted her dusty skirt and walked out of the cell without touching his hand.

"By the way, I'm afraid you don't know yet." Senna reminded leisurely, "Your father is actually not worried about you coming alone, he sent a personal envoy, but that envoy is indifferent to your experience, and He has thrown himself into the camp of rebellion."

After finishing speaking, he turned his back, stopped looking at Serones' reaction, and left in another direction of the prison.

That was the passage to the basement, and Senna went down the long stairs until a ray of light appeared.

The dim fluorescent stone was dimly lit, half of the basement was flooded with water, and only half of the body could be exposed.Edmond Daulsas was imprisoned in it, his limbs were locked on the wall by thick black chains, and his blond hair was messy after being wet with water, losing its luster.

He half-closed his eyes and didn't even move.

"Someone is coming to see you, Your Majesty the Prince." He deliberately used a very sarcastic address, "He is someone I have known for a long time."

Edmund glanced at him, "Owen Cherry."

"It seems that you also understand." Senna lightly clapped his hands, "Do you know what the conditions of our cooperation are? His first request is to get you, but since you have already come, come and meet our prince Your Majesty, Joker."

A young man with a baby face came from the stairs, his fluffy golden hair was like a lion's fur.He wore an extremely fancy cloak, half a diamond mask covering his right eye, like a clown dressed up on stage.

He smiled and said, "See you again, dear Spade."

Edmund looked at him indifferently, and said something inexplicable, "I hate Rose."

"That's why I keep giving you roses." Owen Cheli walked all the way to the pool, not caring that his clothes got wet, his smile twisted a little bit, "Every time I see your disgusted expression... I get very excited. "

Senna laughed inexplicably, he glanced at Edmond, and then left the basement.

"Okay, the eye-obscuring person has finally disappeared." Owen Cheli approached the person, playing with the dagger inlaid with gemstones in his hand, "When you die, I will build a cemetery full of roses for you."

The exquisite knife pierced Edmond's arm, and he lowered his eyelashes without saying a word. The blood stained Owen Cherry's white gloves and flowed into the muddy pool.

"Does it hurt?" He smiled exaggeratedly like a clown, the blade was pulled out and stabbed into the shoulder again, "What about this knife?"

He deliberately stirred the flesh and blood a few times, and even cut off the tendons.Edmund's body twitched a few times reflexively because of the pain, and he looked at Owen Cherry expressionlessly, as if he wasn't the one who suffered.

The strong smell of blood and rust permeated, and red roses seemed to bloom in the pool.

Owencher picked up Edmund's jaw with the blade, and licked his Adam's apple, "Why don't you struggle and cry, why don't you show a painful expression? I like seeing you like that the most, dear Edel. "

One sword, two swords, three swords.

The ribs were severed, and the fine bone fragments pierced into the internal organs. The pain was already numb, and the temperature in the body was losing little by little.

"You planned everything long ago, didn't you? Because that's the kind of person you are." Owen Cheli asked, "You must have put yourself in the scope of abandonment, in order not to let your subordinates be restrained ——Then you must have a new heir, and you are useless now, you are just a plaything in my hands, Edel."

Edmund was covered in blood, but his eyes were frozen, like lifeless statues.

The tendons in the wrist were severed, and the wound was maliciously doused with water.

"Begging, screaming, □□! Edel!!" Owencelli laughed loudly, "You will always be like this, forever!!"

"When you take me in, when you betray me, when you are hostile to me, you always look indifferent. Do you care about everything!! You don't care about anything!!!" His emotions were almost hysterical, "Look at me , Edel, look at me!! Your eyes must be all about me!!”

The fluffy blond hair was half red with blood, and his mask fell into the water, revealing a crazy face with handsome features distorted like a demon from hell.

Four knives, five knives, six knives.

"That's right... that's it..." Owen Cherry held Edmund's face, stared at the other's slack pupils, but was as happy as a child, "You can only look at me when you are looking at me."

Edmund was in a trance due to excessive blood loss.He felt himself being held, but still cold.

He thought about everything in the chaos, but unfortunately he couldn't see his heir ascending the throne and the day when the theocracy was shattered.He thought of Alfonso, who would probably go crazy if he knew what his brother had done.

He thought of Edward.

The last secret is in the hands of the butler, he has already ordered that Edward should not be told until the right time.

Then it's nothing.Edmund thought, anyway, this world didn't make him miss it much.

The last cut.

The heart is pierced and crushed, and the blade is cold to the bone.

"When a person dies, the last person he saw will be reflected in his eyes." Owen Cheli hugged the person who lost his body temperature tightly, and giggled.

He unchained and carried Edmund across a pool of blood and up the stairs, with the person in his arms so submissive and quiet as never before.

"You just need to lie in the rose garden I built for you."

Bloodstains meandered all the way.

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Sitting opposite Edward, Olando frowned and said, "So are you leaving tonight?"

"Yes. The statement you made a few days ago made Mephisto start to doubt you, and now you must withdraw from the royal city. Several bishops of the Holy See belong to him, and you must bring the Light Arrow Knights with us .”

The little Pope hugged his shoulders, "We are allies now, aren't we?"

"of course."

There was a screaming sound, and the spotted shadow owl flew in from the window on the top of the tower, with purple light shining in its dilated pupils.Edward reached out his hand to make him stop, and said to Olando, "Excuse me."

He walked into a room in the back room and stroked the purple feathers of the spotted shadow owl, through which he could see what the spotted shadow owl had seen.

He sees blood.

Pool full of blood.

Clown with a knife.

scars.

……

edmond.

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Olando still remembers that day vividly.

He heard a thump, like metal being hammered into the ground, tiles cracking to reveal gray cement.

The tower is collapsing.

He rushed to the room and kicked open the closed door. The dark purple spotted owl screeched and circled the ceiling. Its owner was leaning against the wall with long blond hair covering his eyes. The wings hit the ground hard, again and again.

"What are you doing?!!" He grabbed Edward by the collar, "Are you crazy?!"

The blond-haired young man smiled softly, but it made Olando's hair stand on end. He had never seen Edward like this, so... twisted.

There was always something else in his smile.

"I'm fine." He tore off Olando's hand, his eyes darkened, as if he was preparing a storm, "How could I be crazy?"

Olando felt his hands shaking, as if trying to suppress something.

"What happened?" Olando asked worriedly, frowning, "Your condition is very bad."

Edward answered irrelevantly, "We are ahead of time. Owen Cheli has already entered the royal city and met with Senna. We will leave the city in an hour."

He pushed Olando out of the room, and there was the sound of objects being smashed and continuous crashes.The little Pope was not happy. He looked at the closed door with a rather ugly expression on his face.

"At least you should be honest with your allies!!" He yelled at the door, "You shouldn't keep me ignorant of the current situation, what happened, and whether it will affect future plans I have a right to know, Edward!!"

The door opened.

Edward stood behind the door, looking at him indifferently, "Edmond Daulsus is dead."

Olando fell silent for a moment, as if his throat was strangled.

"It shows that Senna is definitely going to make a big move, so we're going out of town early and that's it."

He's calm now like nothing happened.

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Da da, da da, da da.

The sound of horseshoes came from the deep alley, and a group of knights in black cloaks walked through the long night.All the troops leaving the city were scattered into small groups, and everyone was shrouded in cloaks, making it impossible to identify their identities.

The tallest building in the heavens is a tower named Babel [Note 1], which stands in the northern part of the royal city divided into two halves, and the southern part is Lord Edward's sphere of influence.

Senna and Serones stood on the top of the tower, and the woman glanced at him casually, "What do you want me to do?"

"Edward is a very cunning man." Senna did not answer directly, "He dispersed the troops leaving the city, uniformed their uniforms, and passed through three city gates at the same time. So no one knew which team he was in, but he It is still missing one point, that is the spar that suppresses the Protoss.

"Ostana's disappearance is definitely related to Edward. Joker is the one who chased her, so it's impossible, and I didn't attack her. The Pope doesn't care about this kind of thing, so the only suspect is him, and He must also hold the spar in his hand."

Serones couldn't help but said, "You mean he counter-hypnotized Ostana and got the spar in her hand?"

"How do you know that the crystal is in the hands of Serones, miss?" Sena smiled at her, "Or did you hypnotize her first and ask her to help you get the crystal?"

"So what?" She raised her head, "Don't you ask me now?"

"So, Miss Serones, please help me sense who this spar is on. I believe that the distance will not affect the powerful heir."

"Of course I can feel it." Serones looked at him provocatively, "but do you have the ability to kill him from the top of the tower who is in another sphere of influence? Although the Tower of Babel is very close to the south, you are just a Ordinary Celestial Clan."

Senna took out a golden longbow from the space ring, and the green branches and leaves meandered upwards, twisting into delicate textures.He drew another silver arrow from the ring and put it on the bowstring.

"The Qianye Bow of the elves!" Serones was extremely surprised. "This is only used by the royal family. Who are you?"

"My godfather was an elf, maybe a royal family. He taught me archery since I was a child, and I have always been good at it. Besides, I have wings, and I will fly as close as I can to shoot." He looked down at the three The direction of the city gate, "Now, please concentrate."

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Edward always had a sense of foreboding.

He is terribly sensitive in some ways, which is entirely out of predator instinct.The horses under him were still galloping, and the night behind them was scorching and dark, as if a fierce beast was chasing after it.

He couldn't help but clenched the thorny scepter in his hand.

The city gate is close in front of you, and the lights on the side of the road are flickering and flickering.The speed of the team accelerated, and Edward stared at the city gate that opened the gate, tightening the string in his heart. The distance of more than ten meters away from the city gate seemed to be suffering.

But at a certain moment, that foreboding almost reached its peak, he would be tense and stiff because of the flickering lights, and something-he was absolutely sure that something was going to happen-

"Whoosh-"

The arrow pierced the air, and the sound of wind, horseshoes, and heartbeat covered up its whistling.A slightly thick silver arrow nailed hard into Edward's back, and the specially made arrow hooked the muscle, tearing out a large piece of blood.He lost consciousness from the pain, and almost fell off the horse. A knight behind him immediately bent down from the side of the horse's back and hugged Edward into his arms. The silver arrow pierced deeper in the movement.The knight tore off the blood-stained clothes on Edward's back, and removed the arrow with a special skill.

"Master Jack of Spades!" Some of the knights behind started to panic, "Master Spades..."

"The team continues to move forward, don't get confused." The man wearing the silver mask ordered, "Everything will be discussed with the local army."

"Yes!"

----Chapter77. Red Knife & End----

The author has something to say:

[Note 1] The Tower of Babel is the Tower of Babel in the Bible. Humans built the tallest tower. God feared that humans would build the tower to the God Realm, so people spoke different languages ​​and had different skin colors. Humans finally gave up because of language barriers. A tower was built, and a long civil war began.It is cited here as an allusion, while alluding to the beginning of the Civil War.

If you can’t understand the opening dialogue, you can read the dialogue after reading the whole chapter, then you will understand, the opening dialogue is very important, very important! ! !

The author who killed Edmond: Indifference.jpg