Apocalypse understands that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and since the effect of giving blood is so good, it cannot be harmless, and in order to reap the benefits it brings, one must pay a sufficient price.

Kazan and Vivi looked at each other again, but this time no one wanted to speak first, and finally Kazan stood up slowly: "Reason, that pattern that does not belong to this world will cut the sanity of the bloodgiver while dividing the power, and if it is done too many times, he will eventually become a puppet who only knows how to destroy and kill." ”

Apocalypse chuckled in his heart, he had already performed a blood dove, and he didn't feel anything unusual at the moment, but he wasn't sure if there would be any follow-up effects.

As if seeing Apocalypse's thoughts, Vivi continued, "But don't worry, by settling accounts and observing the behavior patterns of the Blood Servants, we speculate that it will take about ten cumulative blood grants before sanity will be significantly affected. ”

"So, how do you know?Can the effect of a pattern be calculated with a formula?" Apocalypse still had a lot of alchemical knowledge of unknown origin in his mind, and he understood what could be calculated and what could not.

"This ......," Kazan looked at Vivi for the third time, "Vivi said she had some vague memories of seeing that pattern when she was a child. ”

"That's right, I vaguely remember seeing it in my father's notes once, but before I could see it clearly, my father snatched it, he said that it would drive people crazy, and he just tore off the page and burned it......" Vivi's face was a little pale, I don't know if it was caused by the light, "and then he seemed to be muttering something like 'not of humans', 'not of this world', 'of the devil's tricks' and so on. ”

Apocalypse thought for a moment, and he remembered what Duden had written in his diary: Why did that guy appear in my dreams, and it was so real that I still remember the array it showed me.

"You've all seen Duden's diary, who is 'that guy'?" Apocalypse seemed to ask, as if talking to himself.

The two looked at each other, Duden was an ancient person hundreds of years ago to them, and if they didn't even know the apocalypse from ancient times, the two of them couldn't tell it clearly.

"Well, now isn't the time to look into that, but you're not going to deduce the role of that pattern based on Vivi's vague memories, right?"

"Of course not!" Wei Wei glared at the Apocalypse, I am afraid that she is the only one in the human race who dares to do this, "You think about the rank of the blood servant, the lowest ordinary blood servant, the ten-captain, the centurion all the way to the ten thousand-captain, what is the rule?"

"Heh, so you say the upper limit of blood giving is ten times?"

"That's right. Kazan took over again, and the two of them always sang and harmonized like this, like a pair of comedians, "Your Excellency Apocalypse, I believe that with your wisdom, you must have discovered that the higher the blood servant, the more impulsive, murderous, and even like Ember, Lords like Gustavo often go paranoid to carry out some crazy behaviors because of some small thoughts, such as Ember's obsession with hunting, Gustavo is actually hungry and wants to cut blood, I think this is all because of the effect of blood giving, and the target group of blood servants with higher ranks to give blood is larger, like ordinary low-level blood servants, their strength is not enough to complete blood giving, so their temperament is actually the same as ordinary people, almost just the power of dragon blood makes their emotions more irritable. ”

The more Apocalypse listened, the more it made sense, and gradually accepted the reasoning of the two young men, and the three of them chatted for a while, and Apocalypse suddenly asked a new question: "Do any of you know what the 'Defender' mentioned in the diary is?"

Without hesitation, Kazan replied, "I know, I read it in Gustavo's library." The Guardians were a force in the Human Empire six hundred years ago, no, an institution to be precise, they were directly at the command of the Emperor and were the most loyal guardians of the Human Empire. ”

"You mean to say...... Duke Duden was targeted by the emperor?" "The apocalypse bites the word 'duke' very hard, the meaning is obvious, how can a nobleman with such a prominent title be chased by the emperor's minions?

"I don't know. Kazan smiled awkwardly, "I don't know anything about politics. ”

Vivi, who was not interested in this topic at all, had simply fiddled with a bunch of gun cores on the side, although Isaac also sent a group of trained alchemists, but she was still the core figure in transforming equipment with her superb skills.

Apocalypse didn't get an answer, and left the place with a few casual words, but his thoughts never shifted.

"The Defenders are the Emperor's loyal guards, and from the diary, Du Deng is obviously avoiding them, is it true that there is no unity of opinion within the ancient empire on the dragon blood experiment?

For some reason, Tianqi, who thought of this, felt a faint depression in his heart, but he couldn't find the reason, with this mood, he unconsciously walked to the gate of the guard, and a fast horse galloped all the way to the dust.

"Here they are!"

......

Everyone in Burn Town is in a hurry, and the inhabitants have left their long-lived homes with their belongings organized by the rebels, and they have to flee in the direction of Bellows Mountain to escape the coming battle.

The warriors lined up in the camp, a group of more than a thousand people silent, each with determination in their eyes, while Izal and the other commanders discussed strategy.

"According to the reports of the follow-up scouts, there are at least 3,000 of them, and they have reached a place of fifty kilometers due east, and the number of high-ranking blood servants is not yet known. "Someone summed up the results of reconnaissance ahead.

"Is Ember coming?" Apocalypse cares about this the most.

"My lord, I didn't see the lord's banner. ”

This was good news, but Apocalypse wasn't getting easy, Ember's style was unpredictable, and perhaps the cunning lord had already been sneaking up on the enemy army.

"We'll have to ask Tarun for help. Someone suggested.

Izal frowned: "I have already sent people, but I don't expect many reinforcements to come, Tarun has been baptized by the fire of war, and is still recuperating, many soldiers still need to go to farming and producing prisms, and the border also needs to be strictly guarded, I'm afraid there will be no more people." ”

At this time, another soldier came to report at the door.

"Deputy Chief Izar, Lord Apocalypse, the latest news, the enemy has erected a three-pole Wanfu flag, and ...... There is also a banner of lords. ”