Late at night, Nadeseken stood at the window and looked at the lights in the east, shaking the goblet in his hand, with a slight smile on his lips, the moonlight shining through the dark clouds in front of his brow, and his eyes reflected the shadow of the entire capital in front of him.

Nadeseken was standing on the top floor of the tower of the mansion at this time, this building was the tallest building in the city of Lan'er, except for the crown tower in the royal palace, and the imperial capital stipulated that no building in the capital should be higher than the crown tower, the tallest building in the royal palace, except for the Holy See of Light, and this tower in his mansion was no exception. At this time, the crown tower was standing on the north side of the flickering lights, and in the moonlight, it looked like a lonely emperor looking at the prostrate building at his feet.

Nadeseken stared at the lonely tower, the smile on his lips turned into a harsh silence, he held the wine glass in his hand tightly, raised his head to drink the remnants of the wine in the glass, and then, he rolled his eyes coldly, and continued to look at the brightly lit east of the capital.

Suddenly, the candlelight in the room flickered, and the originally static drape swayed lightly with the candlelight, and another shadow appeared in the rather dark floor, dull in the faint candlelight.

Nadeseken stared at the flickering firelight under the long night sky, and asked in a serious, low tone, "How's it going?"

The man in black armor stood in the candlelight, the upper half of his face was hidden in a black mask, he was a killer hidden in the night, a cold blade. He bent over and whispered in a hoarse voice, "All the best." ”

A smile tugged at the corners of Nadeseken's mouth, and he glanced at the Crown Tower in the distance and asked, "Where's the thing?"

"As you wish. ”

With a flip of his palm, the man took out a metal box the size of a bowl with a fine pattern from the storage ring, opened the box, and presented it to Nadeseken with both hands.

Nadeseken turned around and looked at the contents of the box, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Close it!"

The man complied, and immediately closed the box and held it in his hand.

Nadeseken smiled and walked to the round table next to him, he picked up the glass and poured a glass of wine for the glass in his hand, and said with a smile on his eyebrows as he poured, "Today is really a day to celebrate, we have been fighting for it for many years, and finally, our plan has taken a big step forward tonight." ”

Nader Seken threw his head back and drank the wine from his glass, and he let out a long sigh of relief as he watched the remnants of the upside-down glass slide down the walls of the glass and drip onto the floor.

"It's delicious, the crystal rosé wine of Sinholger's specialty, a rare aging, I love this wine to death~" Nader Seken said and poured himself another glass.

After drinking it all, he turned to look at the black-armored man and said, "I am so happy, Caikus, that you have brought me the hope I have always dreamed of, just like the candle flame in that long night, even if it is faint, but it is the fire that can illuminate the long night sooner or later!"

"Don't dare to ......," Kekus bowed his head and said respectfully, "everything is under the control of His Royal Highness, we are just pawns on the prince's chessboard, and the quality of the chess is only up to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Don't be so humble, Caikus," Nader Seken said, picking up another glass, and pouring wine into each of the two glasses on the table, "You've been with me for so many years, and I've always wanted to find the right opportunity to thank you, and tonight is the perfect opportunity." ”

Nadeseken walked up to Caikus with two glasses of wine, handed him one of them, and said, "Come, have a drink with me." ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" Kekus lowered his head in fear, "The subordinates have a low status, how dare they raise a glass with His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Nadeseken shook his head and said: "There is no one left, Caikus, look around me, there is no one anymore, many years ago I was the only one by my side, many years later, you are still the only one, on this memorable night, no one can drink this glass of wine with me except you, do you want to leave me alone to enjoy this hard-won joy?"

Caikus didn't speak, just looked up at a lonely Nader Seken, who brought the glass to his hand. Caikus handed him the box in his hand and took the glass of wine.

Nader Seken smiled at the corner of his mouth as he drank the wine from his glass. Seeing this, Caikus immediately raised his glass and drank the wine in one gulp.

Nader Seken smiled contentedly as Caikus drained his glass, then walked over to the round table, placed the glass on the table, and gently opened the box in his hand.

"Oh~ what a beautiful, fascinating little thing, it's simply the crystallization of power!" Nadeseken sighed sincerely.

Kekus coughed softly twice, and he leaned over to Nadeseken and saluted, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness, one step closer to achieving your goal." ”

"Haha, of course Caikus, I'll make it, I will, it's mine......" Nadeseken satisfied, closing the lid of the box and tucking it into his storage ring.

Then he turned to look at Caikus and said, "It's just...... There's one more thing I'm worried about. ”

"Ahem...... What does Your Highness mean?" asked Kekus, puzzled.

"No one else knows about this operation, does it?" asked Nader Seken, staring at Caikus.

"Of course not!" ahem...... Caquas coughed twice, "this operation is a top-secret order from the Prince, and only one of his subordinates can complete it alone, ahem...... There can never be a third person who knows about ......"

"I'm naturally relieved that you do things. Nadeseken nodded, his eyes glinting in the candlelight.

"Ahem, ahem......" Caucus coughed uncontrollably.

"But there are still people who know about it......" Nader Seken said worriedly.

"Who?" asked Kekus, startled.

Nader Seken looked into the eyes of Kekus and said seriously, "You. ”

Caikus was so shocked that he fell to his knees in a hurry, kowtowing and coughing, "Your Highness, ahem, ahem...... subordinates for so many years...... Ahem...... I have been loyal to His Highness for so many years!"

He coughed harder and harder, and before long, blood began to cough up in his throat, and the crimson blood dripped down the corner of his mouth and fell to the floor, and he kept kowtowing, and his forehead was red and swollen.

"Oh don't, don't do that......" Nadeseken bent down to support Caikus, "Stand up, I didn't say anything......"

Nader Seken lifted Caikus up from the ground, and he looked at the visible scar on Caikus's vicissitudes of life and said, "I know your loyalty, Caikus, and will you keep it a secret for me all the time?"

Kekus pursed his lips and coughed, he looked at Nader Seken's candlelit eyes, nodding his head incessantly, blood running down the corners of his mouth and onto his neck.

His pupils constricted, and he opened his mouth slightly to look down in disbelief at the short sword stuck in his chest, blood gushing out like water. Nadeseken was holding the hilt of his sword, his wrist turning the hilt, leaving an incurable wound and pain deep into the bone marrow on Kekus's body.

"You...... You're so ruthless...... Poison!" Kekus gripped Nadeseken's shoulders tightly, and as the life in his eyes dissipated, his palm released and he fell backwards with a bloody stain scattered all over his body.

"Vicious, no ......," Nadsaiken poured out the crimson liquor from the bottle and rinsed the blood-stained dagger in his hand.

He grinned and said, "I'm just the basic cultivation of the Royal Family of Denos. ”

The bottle slipped from his hand and shattered to the floor, and a gust of wind blew through the night sky outside the window, and a fire burned in his eyes.

Under the east gate of the Lan'er Imperial Capital, a group of people surrounded the city gate, including members of the Cretan family, members of the royal family, and soldiers of the Guards......

Nasha stood in the middle of the crowd with red and swollen eyes, looking at the severed arm on the ground in front of her on the white cloth, she walked to the severed arm tremblingly, and covered her lips silently.

"My ...... Kid ......"

Nasha's voice was extremely weak and trembling, she forced the grief in her heart, not wanting to let herself cry, but she choked with tears like rain, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably. She slowly leaned down and stretched out her hands to pick up the severed arm, but her movements froze in mid-air and did not fall.

Wayne half-crouched in front of the severed arm, looking at Nasha in a gloomy voice, silent. Finally, Nasha couldn't suppress the pain in her heart, and sat down on the ground and began to cry bitterly. Her mournful cries were heart-wrenching to hear, and grief overwhelmed everyone present like a torrent.

Leah lay on Natis's arms and wailed, Natis half-squatted on the ground and hugged Leah, her eyes were red and swollen and wiped her tears, Ryan next to her also held Natis's shoulders with red eyes and a sad face, and the Sophie sisters and brothers beside him also cried mournfully.

Today's weather is very gloomy, although it is close to morning, but the sky is still as dark as night, and from time to time a cool breeze blows out of the dense forest, which makes people feel a deep sadness in their hearts.

"It's all because of you! it's all because of you!" Nasha shouted at Wayne in a hoarse voice, and she slammed her fist into Wayne's chest, and Wayne kept her pounding, grim and silent.

"He was such an optimistic and sensible child, and he never let his family worry about him since he recovered from his dementia...... Why?! Why do you still demand so much from him? Why can't you still be satisfied after God has blessed him physically and mentally sound? Are you so greedy and utilitarian?! He wants to learn magic so much, and he is so talented, why do you have to force him to learn vindictiveness? Why can't you let him learn what interests him the most? Is it wrong for him to pursue his own life?! He has never made any unreasonable demands on us, his sensibility and well-behaved make everyone envy us, and the happiness he has brought us is not enough?! Why?!Why do you force him?!It's all because of you! It's all because of your ......."

She cried out hoarsely, her grief striking everyone.

Standing not far away, Iselly was in tears, she refused the comfort of the other royals around her, and stood alone crying.

She was awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of a search, and the Imperial City Guards searched the palace for the people who had broken into the palace and kidnapped her brother, and later heard that Jeno had also been kidnapped, and she never slept again. Before dawn, she shouted that she wanted to leave the palace, and the queen couldn't resist her, so she sent a strong man supported by the royal family to protect her out of the palace. As soon as she arrived at the city gate, she heard the bad news, her brother Vitok's whereabouts were unknown, and her fiancé Jeno had only been brought back with a broken arm by his father. Overnight, she lost two of her loved ones in her life.

Her mind kept recalling Jeno's last conversation with her.

"In the future, I must be a good princess who is beautiful, intelligent, smart, strong, responsible, and loved. ”

That was what he expected of her, I really didn't expect that after that time, it would be the farewell of the two. From then on, the boy named Jeno in her life was gone forever. But she will probably remember the appearance of such a boy in her life, the impact he brought her, the words he said to her, and the expectations he had for her...... Iselly stood there, wiping tears from her cheeks, looking up at the gray sky in the distance.

Wayne hugged Nasha, who was exhausted from crying, into his arms, and he said "I'm sorry" to her with red eyes and a low voice.

Nassa leaned over and stroked the cold severed arm, and she kept muttering, "I didn't give you enough, I didn't give you enough......"

A figure slowly descended from the sky, and Wayne looked at Quinn, who was standing firmly in front of him on tiptoe, his heart sank, and he hugged Nasha and called out "Ancestor" weakly.

Quinn's arrival drew a murmur from everyone around them, and after a moment everyone watched the scene in front of them and fell silent.

Quinn looked at the severed arm in front of him on a white cloth toil, and on the young white arm was a storage ring engraved with the Cretan family crest, which was a birthday present from his mother on Jeno's ninth birthday, and he happily showed it off to himself, saying that it was the best gift he had ever received......

There was a deep desolation in Quinn's eyes. After a while, he raised his eyes to look at Wayne, who was full of despair, and said to him in a solemn voice: "After all, you still can't save this tragedy?"

"Ancestor, I'...... Wrong......" Wayne lowered his head, his voice low and weak.

"You've always been in pursuit of power, is this the result of your pursuit of half your life?" Quinn asked expressionlessly, "Did I tell you that no matter how different fighting spirit and magic are, the two will end up cultivating in the same way, have you listened?"

Wayne lowered his head and was silent, Nasha in his arms still leaned over and stroked the pale and cold severed arm on the ground, whispering.

"The name of the Sword Saint is really confusing to your heart, Admiral Wayne......" Quinn looked at Wayne who bowed his head and continued to speak, "Proud of his talents, proud of his achievements...... Is this the way you've always been in the sword? You've disappointed me so much......"

Quinn turned around and said with his back to Wayne, who was half-kneeling on the ground, "From now on, you will not be allowed to set foot in the inner courtyard without my permission." Quinn's solemn voice reached everyone's ears, and Wayne put his arm around Nasha and sighed silently.

Vangellis watched Quinn float away from here, and he looked up at the lush forest in the distance and let out a long sigh.

"You just left?, there's another interesting soul missing from this world......