Judgment

lead:

A quiet mountain forest, a lonely grave, a slope of loess, a ray of ghosts.

I don't know how long the old man sat by the grave, and he didn't know who he was waiting for, but no matter how long he sat here, his blind eyes couldn't see the dots of the sky above his head.

Lonely ghosts, wilderness, an indescribable desertion.

Of course, there was someone who came here not long ago, but it was not the one he was waiting for after all. The old man shook his head in disappointment, and continued to sit on the graveyard and wait.

At some point, another figure appeared in the forest.

The figure was blurred and barely visible, leaving only a faint shadow in the forest, but the old man immediately noticed him.Blindly looking over there, after all, he lowered his head in disappointment.

The visitor smiled, thinking that this lonely soul is also interesting, there is no end, no expectation, just waiting here for someone who will never come back.But such a persistent soul is exactly what he likes.

So he asked, "Would you like to come with me?"

Youhun shook his head, "No, don't go, I have to wait for someone. I have something to ask and something to say."

"Oh." The visitor responded, "But the person you're waiting for won't be here." He smiled lightly and said, "If you want to see him, follow me."

The ghost raised its head, "I can see you if I walk with you?"

The visitor nodded, and then effortlessly took the lonely soul into his hands.

This happens to be the last one.

Although this was a ghost that had died long ago, it happened to be the sixth soul he had collected.In this way, all the paranoia of human beings is gathered.Love, sorrow, bewilderment, greed, pity, hate.Hold such a strong and persistent soul in the palm of your hand, as if you can feel those strong emotions as if they will burst out of your palm in the next second.

He tightened his hands and looked up to the north.

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"Ah!"

Wang Chen rubbed his nose, wondering why he keeps sneezing lately?

Since coming to the imperial capital, everything seems to be going wrong.First, Zhang Sufen's soul was snatched away by an unknown monster, which was tantamount to a slap in the face of him and Ji Xuan; then, yesterday, when he was going to the outskirts of the imperial capital to investigate the mysterious ghost, he saw only a lonely grave when he arrived. There were no ghosts in the middle of the night.This made Wang Chen's mood gloomy just now.

He knew that it was the same monster that was in front of him twice, no, it should be said that it was the same candidate for the demon king.As for who it is, it is nothing more than one of the other two candidates with comparable strength to Ji Xuan.

"Your Highness." Behind him, William came over.But this time, he didn't put on Wang Chen's coat. He just said, "There are more than five candidates who have come to the imperial capital. And one of them wants to see you."

"Meet me?" Wang Chen was surprised, "I know him?" He has been busy recently, and he doesn't even remember which candidate he had contact with.Of course, except for Ji Xuan.

William secretly sighed for the other party, and said, "It's your ally."

"Allies? Allies..." Wang Chen's eyes lit up, "Is it Berman who beat up Ji Xuan's alliance?"

This alliance was established after Wang Chen had been darkly shadowed by Ji Xuan before, and the opposing candidate was forced by him to form an alliance.But Wang Chen completely forgot about him in the blink of an eye, and even now, he has also joined forces with Ji Xuan instead.

Where does this leave Berman?Even a thick-skinned person like Wang Chen still feels a little guilty.

"Say we want to meet, what about others? Make an appointment another day."

A chuckle came from outside the door, and then, a familiar but long-lost monster walked in.

"Before you think about the time, we have automatically delivered it to your door."

It was Jean who spoke, and the handsome monster standing next to him was Berman. JEAN first looked Wang Chen up and down, and sighed: "It's been a long time since I haven't seen you, you have changed a lot, Your Highness."

Wang Chen glanced at Berman standing beside him, and replied, "It's been a long time since you've seen each other, but you haven't changed at all."

Berman was lukewarm, "It's normal for us to remain unchanged. After all, we are not young. We are not larvae that are still in the growth stage. It is normal for young children to grow up quickly." His words were originally Insinuating that Wang Chen was young, unexpectedly, the person involved nodded in agreement.

"Compared to the youthful monsters with unlimited vitality, the two of you are indeed getting older, and you need to take a good rest."

"..." For a moment, Berman's smiling face could hardly hold back.He glanced at the side who was calm, but there was a little proud William in his eyes.Thinking to himself, as expected of being taught by this old ghost, Wang Chen's mouth became more and more poisonous.

"Let's put aside the topic of young and old." In the end, JEAN smoothed things over, "We came to find you this time, Your Highness, but we came here for business. One is to bring some news to share with allies, and the other is to have some I want to ask questions."

"Let's talk about the question first, and then talk about it after the news is released."

"Then I will ask directly." JEAN said: "Recently, there are rumors among monsters that you have an alliance with Ji Xuan. Is this true or false?"

"It's true, but it's not very good." Wang Chen thought for a while and said, "My alliance with him is temporary."

"I remember that not long ago you came to me and said you wanted to take down Ji Xuan together." Berman raised his eyebrows, "You are also the one who is allied with Ji Xuan now, the world is really fickle."

"So, the alliance is real." JEAN narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Chen, "So, do you want to take advantage of him, or do you have other plans?"

"Take advantage of the trend?"

William explained from the side: "Candidates who are not strong enough to compete for the throne will attach themselves to another strong candidate after knowing that they have no hope of winning the throne. A chicken and a dog ascend to heaven. In fact, in the recent contests for the throne, many weak candidates have done exactly that."

Wang Chen let out a long sigh and looked at William.

"Then you followed other people's advice back then, that's why you were not cleared, William?"

The former candidate, William, one of the current elders, did not meet Wang Chen's gaze, but avoided answering. "I think what JEAN cares about is not who I have been attached to, but who do you want to attach to? Your Highness."

JEAN glanced at William and said with a smile: "Yes, Your Highness. If you are going to attach to Ji Xuan, this is indeed a good choice. To tell you the truth, compared with the three of them, the strength of the other candidates is really inferior." It’s not worth mentioning. Recently, I’ve also been thinking about whether to let His Royal Highness Berman go down and attach to one of them? After all, life is the most important thing.”

"Attach me."

JEAN froze for a moment, then said again: "Sorry, I didn't hear clearly just now, I seem to have misheard..."

"I said, how about being attached to me?" This time, Wang Chen looked at Berman. "I'm bound to win the throne, and I don't intend to wipe out all the candidates after I win the throne. I don't care about other candidates except for a few who have old gaps. But for the monsters that helped me, I will definitely give the greatest reward.”

He looked at Berman with burning eyes.

"Do you want to think about it?"

"Considering becoming your subordinate?" Berman looked stiff, as if he had heard something incredible. "I..." He pointed to himself, and then to Wang Chen. "Attachment to you? No kidding?"

Wang Chen looked solemn, "You are the first monster I invite. In fact, isn't attachment a good way of mutual gain? I plan to ask Ji Xuan later, and ask him if he is willing to help I……"

Berman turned his dull gaze to William, as if he was asking the monster steward, is there anything wrong with Wang Chen's head?

Unexpectedly, William had an expression of approval. He simply ignored Berman's questioning gaze, and instead made suggestions for Wang Chen from the sidelines.

"As for Ji Xuan, I think your Highness, if you want to win him over, you shouldn't use soft tactics, but you can't force it either. Only let him know that if he can't beat you, cooperation between the two parties is a good choice. "

"Well, good advice, I will absorb it."

Seeing the master and the servant two people talking boastfully, discussing how to let Wang Chen, the youngest candidate in history, conquer Ji Xuan, one of the three most popular candidates in this year, Berman and JEAN who were listening, It all felt so unreal.

"Do you really think that Wang Chen has the hope of winning the throne, Elder William?" Berman still couldn't help asking.

"No." William shook his head, "Your Highness, you must win the throne."

When he said that, even Wang Chen looked sideways at him.

I only heard William continue: "Because only by seizing the throne can your highness survive. Only when your highness ascends the throne can I not have to betray your highness." The implication is that if Wang Chen did not win the throne, he would definitely choose another Live in wood.

Wang Chen smiled, "William, do you think I'll give you a chance to defect?"

Looking at the monster steward who has been standing by his side, although he still doesn't know the real purpose of William's choice of him.However, this did not prevent him from deciding to keep William.How could such an easy-to-use and obedient butler be casually thrown to Biemo?Of course, it has to be held firmly in the palm of your hand.

"You know, winning the throne is not just based on strength." Wang Chen pointed to his heart, "It's not just about superficial strength. At least in this point, I don't think I will lose to other monsters."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Nearly half an hour later, Berman and JEAN left Wang Chen's residence.

After going out, Berman sighed again and again.

"I didn't expect this kid to become so arrogant after not seeing him for a few months."

"Arrogance?" JEAN was thoughtful. "It is arrogance to only show off without power. It is just a kind of self-confidence to have power and show it to the outside world."

"Then you also think that Wang Chen has the hope of winning the throne?"

"Oh, who knows?" JEAN remembered the speech of the young candidate in the room just now, and said with a smile: "But if he succeeds, the life of monsters in the future will be much more interesting."

JEAN still remembers the appearance of Wang Chen putting his hand on his heart in the house just now.

Confident, but not arrogant.

He said: At this point, I am not inferior to any monsters.

What does this mean?

Last quote:

Monsters and candidates gathered in the imperial capital, preparing for their final carnival, and everything is ready to go.

The atmosphere in the imperial capital became more tense.

However, the monsters who only saw the last moment in their eyes did not notice that the human beings who were regarded as dust by them were secretly planning something.

Quietly, to the monsters, fired back the gunfire.

The Taotie in mid-air grew stronger every second than before, staring down at the world below.

The black abyss is like a giant peeping eye.

Smiling mockingly at everyone and monsters.