"But there are no ominous reports from all over the world. By the way, there is no disloyalty to the rulers of the Empire. ”

"No, Your Majesty, you may not understand what the real power of darkness is. Karl said.

"Then you come and tell me, what is the real darkness, aren't you the Imperial Dark Demon Source Master?" said the little emperor with a displeased face.

"True darkness always lurks in the depths all year round, hiding in any corner we don't know. Moreover, those who support the dark in the hidden corners will not choose to appear when there is a little more hope, and rashly put themselves in a dangerous situation. After all, people always like light, don't they?" asked Carl.

The little emperor did not answer Karl's question, but after a few seconds of silence, he sighed and motioned for him to continue.

"I know that anyone who is asked whether they like light or not, will say that they like light. This is why we, as ordinary people, although there is darkness, we will always do our best to restrain it. Even when we reach the end of our lives, we will always choose to save ourselves in the form of light first, and if it is not for the extreme helplessness and pain, the darkness will not appear. So......" Karl said, deliberately leaving the second half of the sentence and not continuing, wanting to check the little emperor's face to see if he really had anything to do with the secret.

Fortunately, there was nothing in the little emperor's eyes that made Carl feel bad, and when he peeked out from the depths of his heart, Carl only found a flame, as hot as the Flame Empire.

"What do you want to say?" the little emperor looked a little impatient.

"If darkness can be seen everywhere in the empire, it means that the forces of darkness have taken over, and the empire will have no future. But now, although darkness has not appeared so crazy, the sporadic things in the empire are enough to show that darkness is coming. ”

"You talk about it carefully. The little emperor ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Since the beginning of the year, the climate in the empire has not been as hot and warm as usual, and in the north of the empire, the bitter cold breeze blows for five months before the scorching sun gradually stops. Although it is now in the hottest month of the empire, if Your Majesty thinks about it carefully, has the several heavy rains that have been indirectly in half a month also diluted some of such a fiery atmosphere?"

"What does that mean?"

"That's not enough. But has Your Majesty ever seen so many hungry refugees in the Empire since the dawn of the age of steam technology a hundred years ago?" Karl continued.

This time, the little emperor was startled at first, but then regained his previous composure, shook his head, and still insisted on his previous thoughts in his heart.

"Well, even if Your Majesty doesn't recognize that these represent the spread of darkness, the slight aura left on Your Majesty's body can clearly be seen to have been in contact with darkness. Among the ranked Dark Demon Source Masters in the Empire, except for me and Lin Gu, no one else will reach the Imperial Capital, so how did that bit of darkness on His Majesty's body be contaminated?" Karl smiled and stretched out his hand to grab the little emperor.

"What are you doing?" said the little emperor.

However, what made him even more different was not Carl's speculation, but the faint light that gradually faded around him.

In the second that Karl raised his hand to grab at him, even the kerosene lamp on the table lost all its color and turned black.

In a hurry, the little emperor quickly mobilized the demonic power of the flame to condense it in his right hand, and finally illuminated the faint place around him.

In the illusion created by man, under this boundless darkness, there are only two people, Karl and the emperor.

"Your Majesty, it is only in this illusion created by darkness that their figures will truly manifest, you see. Karl said, and took the pitch-black chain in his hand, which was still making ugly twists and wriggles, to the little emperor's side.

"This seems to be like the shadows around me after I finished talking to Long Zhi just now. The little emperor was surprised, and was about to reach out and touch it

However, Karl stopped him at the first time, this darkness could not be contacted by the slightest light in such an illusion.

"Your Majesty, don't touch him, just leave him in this illusion forever. As Karl spoke, he mobilized the dark source power of his whole body, and all of it was output to the dark chain, forming a black-purple magic source power covering that was slightly brighter than the darkness above.

The covering of this magical source force seems to build a protective film for it to prevent the energy in it from polluting the outside world.

"Why is it following me, I haven't found out yet?" the little emperor wondered.

"I don't know, maybe his power resonates with some of the objects in your hands, or maybe you're new to it and don't immediately notice it. But there is no doubt that if you allow its power to spread and corrode you, I am afraid that you will indeed become the Apostle of Darkness, or the carrier of the legendary Dark King. Carl reminded with a serious face.

The little emperor first let out a long sigh of relief, and then on his originally calm face, the emotion of fear and anger could no longer be concealed through cultivation, and was directly expressed.

"Who the hell wants to destroy my Longqing! I have been preparing for it for ten years, a whole ten years, since I first became the crown prince, why do you all have to fight with me, and even those who do not hesitate to take their lives to destroy Longqing. The little emperor said, and his face became distorted in the small illusion created by Carl.

The change in facial expression from fear to anger, and then from anger to distortion was enough to give Carl a certain visual experience, but his face became ugly along with the little emperor's ugly face.

If someone else was present, Karl would have used force to silence that person and then take him out of the illusion. But the person in front of him is the emperor of the empire, who belongs to the supreme ruler of the empire, and he does not dare and cannot directly use force.

As a last resort, while mobilizing the remaining dark demon source power, Karl advised the little emperor: "Your Majesty, although the dangerous dark power has been controlled now, you should not make any emotional fluctuations, you must know that the dark power likes people's fear and anger the most. At the very least, at least you shouldn't show it all. ”

"But can you answer my question, why, they all betray me!" said the little emperor, and walked up to Karl, looked at him angrily, and stretched out his gloved hands, and grabbed Karl by the collar.

At this moment, the dark chains that were temporarily bound by his demonic power seemed to have been summoned by some kind of power, changing from static to wriggling, and from wriggling to swinging quickly and sharply, as if they were about to break through the shackles and catch the angry train of the little emperor.

"Your Majesty, calm down, you should not forget your identity. Karl said, stretching out his hand to mobilize the surrounding magic power, trying to retract the illusion.

"Identity?, if I have the identity of a dragon, how can I endure this betrayal. It's a pity that you haven't seen the power of the dragons, and you don't understand anything. You haven't even seen the wonderful Dragon Realm!" The little emperor's voice became stronger and stronger the more he spoke, and the last half of his sentence was even shouted in a roaring tone.

However, Carl's focus was not on the words of the little emperor at all, his hands had been trying to retract the illusion, however, he was as powerless as Ringu had been in the city of Tanibama that time.

"This, is there still darkness that has begun to erode?" Karl thought, mobilizing a trace of dark demonic power into his eyes, staring at the forehead of the little emperor who was still talking.

Sure enough, the imperceptible little dark chain was now surrounded by the little emperor's jet-black hair.

As a standard human being of the Eastern Empire, the little emperor's black pupils and black hair are the easiest places to hide in the dark, and it is precisely because of this that Karl thinks in that direction.

After identifying the source of the little emperor's emotion, Karl stretched out his hands and struggled forward, breaking free of the little emperor's arm that grabbed him by the collar.

At the same time, he took advantage of the momentum to push forward and threw the little emperor to the ground.

"Karl, do you want to rebel?" the little emperor scolded angrily, and was about to rise up and resist.

However, after all, he was still a demon source master who had traveled to various countries, and Karl's skills were much more agile than the little emperor who had lived in the imperial capital for a long time, and when he easily grabbed it, another chain also appeared in his hand.

At the same time as the second chain was removed, the little emperor's mind seemed to be temporarily emptied, and he was stunned in place for a few seconds.

After that, his eyes slowly returned to normal.

Fearing an accident such as the little emperor using the power of the dragon's light, Carl quickly closed the illusion he had created after mobilizing the power of the dark demon source to bind the chains.

Rumble!

After a loud bang, the two of them, as if ejected by the blast of the explosion, fell heavily on the hard stone floor of the second floor of the Imperial Library.

After a few seconds of relief, the little emperor and Karl touched their slightly dazed heads and stood up again. However, this time was different from before, after confirming that he had returned to the Imperial Library, the little emperor sat down at the same time, and let Karl sit down with him.

"I, were you a little excited just now?" the little emperor asked with some shame.

Karl shook his head and replied, "Not really, Your Majesty. That's just the effect of darkness. Now you believe in the danger that your dragon is bringing. Even so, do you want to continue?"

Carl said, placing his right hand under the table, and using his left hand to suppress the slight blood that flowed out so that it didn't gush out too much.

In the scene just now, in addition to consuming almost all of his demonic power, his right hand felt extremely uncomfortable because of the collision of demonic power.

"It's not up to you to decide whether to continue or not, it's the future of the empire. Alright, today's events are enough to show your loyalty, as long as you want, after Long Qing is responsible for opening the Dragon Gate, you can become my exclusive Demon Source Master. The little emperor said, getting up from his seat and walking towards the stairs of the library.

"Also, the Imperial Capital Library is indeed a bit old and needs to be repaired, so you can choose any room in my palace as your personal residence. With his back to Karl, the little emperor hurried down the stairs.

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Flame Empire, Imperial Capital Province, Imperial Capital Business District.

After the airship and the little emperor's similar speeches about declaring war and mobilizing, the four of Ye Gu realized the urgency of time. Under the emergency planning of less than half a day, Ye Gu and the other three finally decided to advance the action to stop Long Qing.

"Brother Ye Gu, so you not only have to advance in advance, but also solve the problem in a radical way?"

As soon as he stepped into the business district, Lin Feng still asked with some unease.

At this moment, Ye Gu, as before, was still wearing the uniform of a soldier of the Fire Empire, and used that soldier's exclusive hat to cover half of his face.

"Assassination, however, is the quickest and most effective way to solve the problem. Ye Gu replied.