[Count of Monte Cristo] Archon

...But I have to say, I've already lost my appetite with your current face. "

Edmund: "..."

It seems that he should really "communicate" with Ulysses.

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Although for some reason, Edmund was temporarily unable to restore his contracted body, he could still leave this body at any time and return to his original body.

Edmund told Ulysses this in person.After some cordial and in-depth exchanges, Ulysses, who had gradually eliminated his psychological resistance, lay contentedly in Edmond's arms, calming his breath.

Edmund stroked his long hair, enjoying the feeling of the soft and cool hair slipping from his fingers with a certain strange texture.He straightened out his thoughts, and told Ulysses that he had obtained two godheads from the God of Contract.But Ulysses obviously didn't listen much.His eyes were fixed on Edmund's face, and he stared at it almost in awe.

Edmund couldn't help but stop talking, and raised his eyebrows slightly.The mood swings from the other side of the contract surprised him a bit, because Ulysses had never felt such emotions towards him... emotions almost obsessed.

This was not caused by the contract, but Ulysses' own thoughts, so Edmond could feel it so clearly.On other occasions, Edmund might have teased Ulysses with this matter, but now, at this moment, Edmond, whose love IQ is almost zero, suddenly understood a truth.He didn't say this, but lowered his eyes, looking into Ulysses' eyes with a gentle expression.

The moment he and Ulysses looked at each other, Ulysses' face turned crimson at an astonishing speed.A blush quickly spread on the skin that was so white and flawless that it was almost crystal clear, from the corners of the brows and eyes to the shadows covered by the shirt under the neck, and even the lips were flushed with dryness, making people unable to help but be stupid. | move.

If it were any other time, Edmund would definitely not mind taking this opportunity to go further... However, at this moment, he unexpectedly suppressed the throbbing in his heart, just stared at Ulysses' eyes, raised his index finger A strand of long hair, put it on the lips and kissed gently: "...Why are you looking at me like this...?"

His voice was low and ambiguous, and his chest trembled.Ulysses stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly came back to his senses.He averted his gaze, and said in an unnatural way: "Look... look at you, don't you look good! I... I just didn't expect that your real face turned out to be like this."

The contract body that Edmond used before belonged to Dantès's appearance. Although due to the influence of soul power, that appearance was [-]-[-]% similar to him, but in terms of beauty, it was definitely not as good as Edmond himself. .He has the strangest and best genes of the abyss, and he is full of evil charm.That almost magical beauty once made countless princes who shouted that they would rather die than surrender willingly chase him into the abyss. How could Ulysses, who had never seen a person grow so long, resist this charm?

Obviously, he can rely on his face to make a living, but he prefers to use his strength - Edmund often feels that he is really the most low-key second generation ancestor of Ryan.

Edmund laughed with half satisfaction and half regret.But considering the strange emotion that suddenly passed through his heart, he intentionally controlled his laughter.On the contrary, Ulysses was so terrified of laughing because of this, he jumped up in embarrassment, and fled from his bedroom with his head held high.

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In terms of layout and strategy, Ulysses, who was single-handedly raised by his father as his heir, was quite talented.If he can master a powerful army, he will never be inferior to any politician and military commander in history.But in terms of juggling conspiracy, even after another 2000 years, he is absolutely inferior to Edmund.As a notorious abyssal demon, Edmund is definitely good at digging traps.Ulysses listened to his plan, but felt that it was a powerful and unconstrained style, and it was completely impossible to realize; Edmond was very sure of his plan, and asked Ulysses to implement it exactly according to his idea. .

Ulysses didn't know where his confidence came from, but since Edmund was so sure of his plan, Ulysses, who saw himself as a subordinate and a benefactor, certainly wouldn't say much .His current strength and glory were given by Edmund. If Edmund needed it, he would of course be obliged to go through fire and water for him.What does it matter if you lose your life?His career as a "human" was over the moment he was transformed into a god by Edmond. Ulysses regarded his own survival as a fluke, and naturally he would not think that losing his life was a big deal.

But he doesn't take his own life seriously, but he has to care about Haidee's safety.After seeking Edmond's consent, he asked Jacob to help escort Haidee to Naples, and made two-handed preparations.

It would of course be best if he came back and Edmund's plan worked out.If something happened, he and Edmund both died in the confrontation... Then he hoped that Haidee would be able to stay away from that dangerous magical world, reassert herself as a princess, and live an elegant and dignified life. go down.

His expectations for Haiide are undoubtedly good, but when he was parting, facing his brother's earnest and reluctant eyes, Haiide showed a puzzled expression, and said a word in a bad way: "Aren't you coming back? Oh , Ulysses, are you going on honeymoon with Lord Edmond? It’s okay, Teacher Lilith said that she will take me to the abyss after a while, if you don’t come back, I’ll go find you Already!"

Ulysses: "..." Why did my sister become so uncute! !No... wait, why did she say things like honeymoon! ?

"Oh, isn't that strange?" Haiidee asked in surprise, "Brother, you... didn't you fall in love with Lord Edmund on the way to escape? Lord Edmund really likes you too, obviously Possessing such a powerful power, but because she was worried that you would have fear and stay away, she had to hide her true identity..." She shook her head full of longing and held her hands as she spoke: "Oh, if I You can also meet such suitors..."

Ulysses: "..."

He can't understand a word of what my sister said now, so I ask for help, what should I do!

Edmund had known for a long time that his attempt to reform Haidee was futile, but he was happy to watch Ulysses fret over it.Haiide, who was young and innocent and ignorant of the world, had long been brainwashed by Lilith and the group of skeletons on the ship. Now she is the backbone of the "Worshiping Edmunds" and has been endowed with the "worship of God" by a group of skeletons who fear the world will not be chaotic. With the help of the "High Priest" Jacob, the title of "Holy Maiden" is gone forever...

Want to change Haidee back to her original form?If Edmund said that he wanted to see her ladylike side, Haidee would probably carry it out resolutely while shedding tears.It's just that if Ulysses really saw that scene... I don't know if the innocent and kind heart of the little prince will be broken into pieces.

Edmund thought gloatingly, watching Ulysses walk back with a dark face after sending Haiide aboard, took a step back very understandingly, and opened the space door: "We will be parting soon, Yuri Sith, please allow me to bid you a solemn farewell, and sincerely beg you, when you make plans later, please don't let me go because of the deep love you have in your heart..."

Ulysses's face was filled with murderous intent, he wrenched his wrists, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Then, please allow me to beg you with the same sincerity, but don't worry, I will never hold back!"

"...Then, I'll go ahead." Sensing the ominous aura, Edmond quickly finished speaking and stepped into the space door.He intended to provoke Ulysses so that his acting skills would appear more real, but he didn't intend to be caught by Ulysses to vent his anger before he set off!

After passing through the space gate, the desolate and desolate scene of rising black mist in the demiplane appeared in front of Edmond again.Due to the sudden increase in the population of the Seventh Territory, Lilith sent many people to stay in the demiplane. Edmund accidentally stepped on the skulls of several skeletons when he landed this time.Before they crawled out of the ground angrily, Edmund received a message from Lilith—headed by Laxialia, six high lords had already stood in Edmond's cave in the Seventh Territory, sending out a message. A signal for a meeting.

Originally, according to the plan, Edmund was supposed to go to the cave to meet them covered in wounds, but he suddenly had a new idea and asked Lilith to hold them back for a while, and returned to the palace by himself, facing the cave. Several space doors have been redecorated.He made a new door leading to the Seventh Territory, decorated as gorgeously as the door leading to the New World, almost identical except for the color; then he grabbed the door leading to the Covenant God Seat, Shrinking it as much as possible, and throwing a couple of disguised powerful spells into it, it looks dusty and inconspicuous in the least.Immediately afterwards, he placed the door side by side next to the space door leading to the new plane.After doing all this, he returned to his bruised and swollen body, and lazily returned to the gold coin mountain.

Lilith bowed and ushered in several lords.Edmund's Dragon Cave in the Seventh Territory was just a decoration, and all the slightly valuable things were moved to the demiplane. No matter how hard Lilith racked her brains, she couldn't delay the time without arousing any suspicion.

Except for Laxialia, the eyes of the other lords already showed obvious interest—obviously, they only believed part of what Laxialia said.But the content of this part is enough for them to make up their minds to take a risk.As for whether Laxialia is partnering with Edmond to cheat them, what does that matter?As long as the passage to the new plane is indeed in the hands of one of them, that's enough.

Edmund grew up in the Temple of Contract, and the temple built in the demiplane was also based on the structure of the Temple of Contract in his memory.It's just that the contract temple is full of sacredness, but his imitation is full of eerie and evil feelings.There are faint green torches hanging in the corridor, a few crystal-clear hell orchids hang limply in a gorgeous vase as tall as a person, and there are exquisite and vivid murals on the walls, but the content is in Shamelessly singing the praises of Edmond himself...

This is nothing, it can only be said to be a typical abyss style, but after the lords passed through the corridor and entered Edmond's bedroom, even the arrogant lord known for his extravagance couldn't help but twitch his lips.

How could there be such a weird and shoddy cottage in the world!

Even if the most knowledgeable scholar on the Ryan Continent came to Edmond's bedroom, he would be at a loss for words.Let’s take the most typical example. As we all know, Shustar, the God of Contract, owns the only “star chandelier” in the world. , it is said that when it lights up, as long as Shustar is willing, it can light up the entire Ryan world.

As for Edmond's palace, there is also a super luxurious chandelier hanging on the dome, which almost blinds people's eyes when it lights up.Its whole body is pure gold, and its shape is exactly the same as the legendary star chandelier, but it is inlaid with | magic crystals of various colors... When it lights up, the mountain of gold coins piled up in the middle of Edmond's bedroom reflects | brilliant Countless extremely finely minted gold coins, magic gold coins, amethyst coins, and mithril coins from various planes are like small mirrors, greeting the lords' eyes with the light from the top of their heads very attentively.

The lords frowned and turned around in unison, while casting a protective spell on their eyes.Only the greedy lord Evilisa rushed forward regardless of the soreness and pain in her eyes, buried her beautiful face in the gold coin in ecstasy, and let out a vague cheer.And almost in the next second, a black lightning fiercely split out from the gold coin, and hit Evelissa's head straight.A weird sound and a burnt smell appeared together, and Evelissa clutched her head angrily and jumped back, narrowly saving her smooth and beautiful long hair.

She looked like an ordinary human being of fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pure and childlike appearance and a somewhat thin figure.Just looking at the appearance, no one can believe that she is the legendary greedy lord; however, it is also because of this harmless appearance that Evelissa has cheated and swindled many people's property for thousands of years. The ability is simply outrageous, and it is said that the sky is three feet high.Even if the Protoss heard her name, they had to detour a few days in advance.In the abyss, Edmond, who is more famous for his miserliness than his greed, is not afraid of any lord, but he is afraid of Evelissa.

At other times, if Edmund knew that the greedy lord was coming, Edmond would never show his property carelessly like this.Even though the bait was specially displayed for fishing this time, Edmund still said angrily when he noticed the hundreds of gold coins that Evelissa had taken away, "Don't come near my bed, Evelissa! I I don’t want to change back to my original form later when I want to roll on the bed, only to find that there is only a thin piece of land underneath!”

"You're really getting more and more stingy, Edmond II." Everisha let out a series of laughter like silver bells, and said briskly: "It's just some gold, what is it to you? You have an entire plane—a new plane that contains tens of thousands of planets! You killed a monster, and we are not allowed to eat meat together, don’t you even share the magic crystals?”

It is almost self-evident which one is more valuable, magic crystal or monster meat.However, after hearing these words that confuse black and white, several lords nodded in agreement—not only the magic crystal, they even planned to take away all the meat, leaving Edmond with a few bones at most, as a thank you for his discovery of the new The credit of the plane.

With a bit of disbelief, Edmond said angrily: "Laxia, this is the ally you found for me!? The ally who ate the bones and drank the soup!?"