Cards are born to be king

The skeleton subordinate sent to investigate came back, holding a black crystal on the bone claw.Kula took it and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it intoxicatedly, and let out a long sigh after the aftertaste.

"Pure dark power is indeed a black diamond, and its grade is not low."

"Hey, what is this?"

The sharp-eyed golden skull lord Kura was excited, and noticed that there was a glint of silvery light in the twelve jet-black crystal pillars that could be hugged by a hundred people.He was about to bend down to take a closer look curiously, but suddenly there was a rumbling sound like thunder above his head, and even the entire vast underground cave that was nearly a thousand miles away was continuously shaken, and broken stones fell from the dome one after another, piercing through the mist and falling into the lake. Like a sudden shower.

"what happened?!"

Kura was not affected by the shock, and stood firmly in place.He looked up at the top of his head, his face was hideous and ugly, and at the same time, the man in black robe standing in the corner also looked up, his pale hands wrapped in the wide sleeves of his robe, and his voice was calm:

"People from the Eastern Continent have also come in. This time, all climbers have entered the castle. The space teleportation array is closed, and no one can leave unless a winner is determined."

"Tch, I wondered what happened. It turned out to be the group of timid and fragile survivors."

Kura knocked his chin in disdain, opened his arms vigorously facing the front, and sneered condescendingly:

"Come on, I can't wait to see their stunned stupid faces."

The man in black didn't move at all, he turned his head and said coldly:

"Your Excellency, please implement the agreement between you and me first. Otherwise, I may not have enough authority to open the barrier."

"Hahaha, old friend An Luosi, we have known each other for hundreds of years, don't you believe me?"

Kura smiled cunningly, he raised his bone to indicate, and the skeleton knight behind him bowed silently and brought up a roll of parchment.

"Sign it, and you will have everything you want."

"Oh?"

However, the man in black seemed to have not seen the skeleton army that was faintly surrounding him. He stood there calmly and did not pick up the roll of parchment. His hoarse voice was calm and unwavering:

"Slave Association, Kula, do you want to break the contract?"

"How can this be called breaking the contract?"

Kulaha laughed wildly, and the gold pendants adorning the cloak on his body collided with each other and jingled.The corner of his mouth split into a ferocious arc, finally revealing the fangs hidden in the darkness.

"It's called the jungle, old man. Thanks for bringing me here, you've done enough, now it's time to rest, huh?"

Hundreds of the most powerful skeleton warriors surrounded it layer by layer, even a lord of the level of a dracolich could not escape.Kura did not take it lightly because of this seemingly inevitable situation.He pulled out the pitch-black bone sickle from his ribs, the sickle was composed of three bones, the whole body was as black as a piece of jade, but its hidden momentum was not weaker than the Whisperer's Blade in the state of extinguishing the soul fire.

Seeing the butcher's knife getting closer, the man in black didn't move at all.He stood calmly on the spot, and suddenly, a deep and low laugh came out from under the robe accompanied by coughing, and gradually rose, turning into a crazy hoarse laugh.The black-robed man coughed while laughing, and his movements were so violent that he seemed to be about to die. This crazy and strange momentum did not frighten the experienced Kura, and the bone scythe mercilessly hooked towards his head.But the sharp sickle was blocked by a pale bone claw within an inch.

No, that's not a boneclaw, just a fingernail.Dark blue finger bones as thick as stone pillars are hidden behind, huge bone claws suddenly protrude from the underground lake, and the knuckles are as high as undulating mountains!Half a head rose faintly from the boiling and tumbling underground lake, with staggered sharp teeth bared from its mouth, and the dark blue bones were deeper than the ocean.

Even such a wide lake is too narrow for this suddenly rising giant skeleton.The intuition honed by countless escapes from the dead caused Kura to back away suddenly, and most of the mountain wall in front of him was dug away in the next moment.Even with the skeleton warriors who couldn't dodge.The extremely small body in comparison is not enough for a giant to squeeze between its teeth.The man in black was swallowed by the giant without dodging. The huge boulder was chewed by sharp teeth, and the stone chips fell like a flame.

Suddenly, a very thin trace of soul fire burned in the giant's empty eye sockets, and it was on the verge of falling. It seemed that it could be blown out with just a little cold wind.But when the Dao Soul Fire appeared, the aura of the giant's skeleton suddenly increased, as if the originally unconscious puppet suddenly had a soul.Kura's disdainful expression has finally changed. He looked at the skeleton in amazement, and suddenly realized something, and screamed unbelievably sharply:

"Angus, you are crazy, you actually..."

"Ho ho."

A muffled low laugh emanated from the skeleton's chest, and a dim black fire could be vaguely seen burning there.

"Kula, old friend, you still know me."

"The weak eat the strong, none of the people in the castle can escape today!"

……

"Where should we go now?"

"Who knows, it's pitch black here, and you can't even see a ghost."

"Silence."

The warning glance of the elder in front made the team following behind suddenly quiet, and they were walking through the dilapidated corridor at this time.It seems that some battles have taken place here, and the smell of blood and gunpowder is lingering.Drenched the half-destroyed walls on both sides.Although he hasn't seen half of the enemies since entering, Swift is not at all relaxed.

There seemed to be countless eyes lurking in the darkness on both sides, watching the team quietly and silently.The majestic malice is looming, stirring people's nerves all the time.If he had to choose, Swift would not bring Carmenro and the others into the castle.However, it is well known that Kailan Star Academy once faced the Void Castle. Under pressure, he had to set an example.Fortunately, Her Royal Highness Princess Castori is temporarily on their side, and those greedy hyenas have no chance to use dirty tricks.

bang.

The sound of something being tripped came from the empty rear, especially harsh in the silent space.The tense people formed a battle formation in an instant, looking vigilantly at the empty corridor.There was no sound of footsteps, and no breath of life.It's just that there is a faint light gradually spreading, and along with the light, a gentle and sweet female voice sounded softly:

"I lost my candlestick, can someone pick it up for me?"

The voice was as gentle as water, with a hint of fragility and hope, and it was completely unbearable to refuse.But in this case, there can be no other associations except ghost movies at all!Some students with weaker hearts were almost bombarded by the cards.However, thinking about the content of this assessment, Swift's thoughts turned like lightning.Stopping the agitated students with his eyes, he pushed the wheelchair forward with a serious face, bent over to pick up the copper candlestick on the ground, and calmly said to the depths of the corner:

"Excuse me, is this the candlestick?"

However, the ray of light did not move, as if hesitating in surprise, after a while, the female voice spoke again and said weakly:

"Yes, it's it. Just... just put it on the ground."

Swift frowned indistinctly when he heard the words, why did he hear a bit of guilt and uneasiness from this voice?It may be an illusion.After thinking about it, he continued to speak:

"Is there anything else we can do for you?"

"No... no, yes, yes."

"Please go to the third floor and help me fetch the fangs of the Shadow Demon Leopard. I will wait for you here."

Shadow magic leopard?The sixth-order Warcraft with dual systems of space and darkness is a bit tricky, but it can still be dealt with.Swift nodded slightly and didn't say much.Turn around and take Carmenro and others away.After completely walking out of this corridor, everyone who was afraid to speak up before finally breathed a sigh of relief, and some boldly asked, and got Swift's impatient glance:

"What is the task of this assessment?"

"This...conquer the castle."

"Hmph, castles are dead things, what do you use to conquer them?"

"This……"

The students looked at each other in blank dismay, all stuck.Swift narrowed his eyes before expressing his guess:

"This castle has already born its own consciousness, with a core soul. But this consciousness should still be nascent, otherwise according to the characteristics of this castle, it should have hidden itself in the void space long ago. The content of this assessment. If you want to conquer the castle, you need to start with this consciousness. I originally thought that according to the content of the Tower of Eternity test, this assessment should be to kill the castle consciousness, or sign a slave contract with it. It can be counted as a complete conquest."

"But now it seems that the strength of the tower climbers has been screened in the first round of the test. It is understandable that the second stage of the test tests other aspects of the content."

After all, he took out a badge, which was the one given by the Tower of Eternity to the top ten who passed the first stage.There are twenty dots on the badge, ten black and ten gold, representing the ten forces that entered the castle from the eastern and western continents.Whenever a faction's members in the castle die, the dot representing it will disappear.At this time, a half-line of gold characters faintly appeared below the dot:

[Mission 2: Please help Ms. Ellie get back the fangs of the shadow leopard, the time limit is one star. 】

"This assessment is a task for us to do?"

"Could that be the castle consciousness just now?"

Only then did the students understand, and they all speculated.Excitement and doubt coexist.Until Swift spoke again:

"Let's go, three to ten minutes is not too long, and it's not easy to kill the Shadow Demon Leopard."

They hurried towards the third floor of the castle, but Swift remained silent on the way.Although according to the words displayed on the badge, such speculation is logical.But he always felt that something was wrong.

'Ellie... the name seems familiar. '

Swift pondered and searched in his mind, frowning for a while and shaking his head.

This name is too popular in Andeste, there are seven or eight Ellie in the School of Pharmacy alone.The name alone really can't be used as a clue.

What is wrong?

"Why, how could I just meet Dean Swift, hey, hey, Brother Fei Lian, do you think he has recognized me?"

Faced with Ellie's begging for help with a sad face, Jiang Yong scratched his head at a loss, and calmed him dryly:

"It's okay, there are a lot of people named Ellie in the world. You know that the dean's name and face never match. He will definitely not find you."

"I was really scared to death just now qaq, I almost became mentally unstable and was about to be tied back to the Eros tree. There are more than ten meetings like this, how can I endure it?"

How to boil, hard to boil.Jiang Yong had no choice but to comfort the cowardly ball of light Ellie in a good voice, and revisited the previous plan to give her confidence.

Jiang Yong thought carefully about the assessment of the Tower of Eternity in the cemetery before, and combined with the information Ellie knew, an idea came to his mind strangely.The void castle is far stronger than Jiang Yong imagined.With the protection of the will of the Tower of Eternity, he can no longer shoot through the castle with an arrow like before and take Ellie away openly.In this way, it will also become a target for all eyes.

What's more, the souls of Ellie and Mr. Angus have been compatible for too long, and they have a special blood relationship as a fetter. It is indeed a difficult problem to separate them exactly.The Whisperer's Blade is only good at devouring souls. If it is used as a scalpel, it may directly pocket the 'patient', who cares whether you divide it or not.

In this case, Jiang Yong's subtle way of thinking and Professor Swift came together.Since conquering the castle consciousness can be regarded as completing the task, there are many ways to conquer. The key is whether Ellie and Angus count as two or one person.

After her father's consciousness fell asleep in the back of her head, Ellie's consciousness gradually returned during this period of sobriety, and as one of the cores of the castle, she also partially came into contact with the Tower of Eternity, and had a limited understanding that the core of this assessment has various forms .Killing is just the easiest way. She issued tasks to the tower climbers in the identity of the castle consciousness before, which is also recognized by the Tower of Eternity.

"You said that on a certain day, Angus suddenly yelled wildly, and then began to fall asleep most of the time."

Jiang Yong pondered, and slowly expressed his guess:

"I can feel the soul. Although the black part belonging to him is still entwined with your soul, it is already very faint. Is it possible that Angus has actually left temporarily, otherwise, for my contact with you, There is also the connection of the blood contract, it is impossible for him not to feel it at all."

"If he can freely leave the shackles of the Eros tree, what is the purpose of leaving half a black soul on your body? It can only serve as an anchor point at most, so that his soul can return to you at any time But other than that, this stock of soul can't do anything, even the role of monitoring is close to nothing."

Hearing this, Ellie was silent. After a long time, she hesitated and said:

"Maybe, it's because of the blood flowing through us."

"Oh?"

"You know, when people in the Eastern Continent degenerate into dark manipulators, their blood will be completely replaced by the spirit of the undead. In fact, this is considered to be out of human identity. It is even more impossible to preserve their own blood. And Ange Angus' bloodline is very important for inheriting this castle. Only Angus with the purest blood has a chance to be recognized by the castle."

Speaking of which, Ellie tilted her head, depressed:

"Father...that man, he has always had an almost fanatical pursuit of blood. I didn't know it when I was a child. After inheriting the will of the castle, some pictures of the past gradually appeared in my mind. He once performed an operation on my brother here. The refinement of purified blood, at that time... At that time, my brother was only three years old. Later, in order to obtain more pure blood, he went to the family cemetery in a frenzy, collected the remains of the ancestors, ground them into powder, and painted He built a huge alchemy circle and tied my mother who was pregnant with me in the center of the circle."

"And then...then Mother died and I was born."

Speaking of this, Ellie shuddered, unconsciously tugged on Jiang Yong's sleeves, and murmured:

"He won't let me go..."

"That's easy."

Jiang Yong snapped his fingers, and his thoughts suddenly brightened.

"Ellie, listen to me."

"This assessment of the castle is actually controllable. We just need to do this..."

The author has something to say: The advance payment has finally broken through [-]!Added a new chapter today xd, still writing ~ I will post it later!

Hey hey hey, stupid Ji locked himself in the small dark room and almost couldn't get out qaq.This codeword software is so smart, I locked it for two hours, played with the phone for a while, and then found that the time bar would not be reduced without codewords!And typing indiscriminately does not count as time, you must work hard from the beginning to the end!

Wang cried out.