Chapter 281: A Visit to Gurado
"Is it really the right thing to do?"
"What's inappropriate, improvisation is king."
"But you just knocked him unconscious."
"There's no way around it, your charm doesn't work for him at all."
The three of them left Kas Bay without incident, and Gabriel, after leaving them with a dart, went back to take care of Ella and Belina, which was the best, and Claudia had no intention of taking him in the first place.
Re-enter the familiar holy place, see those ancient castles where they are located, and the mysterious atmosphere comes to your face.
If you think about it, how far away the people who created the Holy Land were to be able to carve out an eternal night for the people to live in, and the area is so large, the way to enter is so strange, and the entrance will move, it is like the unknowable place in the story.
Led by Claudia, the two traveled to Augustus' residence.
As soon as he entered the unpredictable door, he saw Augustus sitting on the sofa reading a book.
"Coming?"
As expected, Augustus was not surprised by the arrival of the two.
"Did you already know we were coming?" Felik asked.
Augustus nodded: "Naturally, you can't deal with this plague, maybe only I can deal with it in this world, come with me, I have prepared an antidote, and I can use it at any time, as long as you can find a suitable reason." β
"What kind of reason do you want?" Felik asked.
"You don't have any points in mind?" Augustus glanced at Felik coldly, and Felik was stunned.
A small ladder soon appeared in front of him, and every time he entered Augustus's residence, it was different, and from the structure, it should be something similar to some spatial magic, the door was the entrance and exit, and the internal items could be placed at will.
I don't know if it's because vampires are afraid of living too long and being too boring, so they often experience new things.
Ascending a small ladder to the second floor, what appears in front of me is a place that resembles a Chinese medicine pharmacy, surrounded by three walls clinging to cabinets, all of which are full of drawers, and on top of the drawers are posted notes to remind users of what is inside.
And on the table in the middle, there is a transparent potion.
"That's the antidote." Augustus pointed to the potion.
Felik approached and looked closely, but did not dare to touch it.
"So powerful, so quick to make an antidote?"
"If you know the recipe, you can make it very quickly." Augustus replied with a blank face.
Felik sighed and asked, "So you went through the same plague before, and you made the antidote at that time?" β
"That was before the unification of the empire, if I hadn't recorded the recipe, I'm afraid I would have forgotten it after so long, but I still remember the name of this plague, and this bottle of potion is enough to save everyone."
"Just kidding, just one bottle? That's not enough for one person to drink. β
"Plague can be contagious, but can't health be contagious?" Augustus said: "Now that the Emperor is back in the Empire, and you are favored by the Emperor, if you can speak for the Senate and resolve this crisis, then there is a good chance that the Blood Clan and the Empire will join forces." β
"Uncle Augustus, haven't you heard that the Demon King is trapped in the Forest of Elves? If everything goes well, maybe the demons will temporarily withdraw from this hegemony, is it really good to join forces with the empire at this time? Felik persuaded him that he actually wanted Augustus to postpone his plan to meet the emperor, and if this matter really had to be done, it would still be quite troublesome.
At the beginning, the blood clan wanted to form an alliance with the empire, but there was a behemoth called the demon clan, so the alliance between the two could be relatively strong. But now that Agnes seems to be about to be destroyed, even if the Bloods can reach a verbal alliance with the Empire, there will definitely be more actions in private, and that alliance is unstable.
For Felik, it doesn't matter if Agnes is destroyed, he put a ban on this annoying sister at the beginning, Agnes will not really die, but will only lose her strength.
Augustus was not surprised when he heard this, but casually told a piece of information that Felik did not know.
"The Demon King has successfully broken through the blockade of the coalition forces and fled back to the Demon Realm."
When the other party said this, Felik's expression was like eating a lump of unspeakable things, complex and ugly, and he needed to savor it for a while.
After a long time, Felik then asked, "What's the matter?" β
"According to the information we have received, there is also a plague similar to that on Kusiux's side in the coalition army, and the coalition army has suffered heavy losses, so you don't have to worry that the king will not be able to accept the bloodline, and now I am their only choice to stop the loss, and there is no other way but to choose me."
Augustus's words were full of unparalleled confidence, and could even be called conceited, but Felik couldn't detect the slightest bit of confidence in the other party's face, the other party should really think so, and he didn't even worry about the alliance and the empire turning their faces afterwards.
"Felik, our bloodline has not only lived in a corner for thousands of years, but now we are just a newly emerged race in their eyes, and they know nothing about us, let alone be wary. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I can just have a good relationship with the major forces. β
Augustus's attitude surprised Claudia a little, she knew that her father was dissatisfied with the way the Senate revived the bloodline, and supported him to open up the identity of the bloodline and integrate into the mainland power, but now her father's plan seems to have changed quickly.
"Father, isn't this too urgent?"
"It's not in a hurry, it's just that the timing is good, if you don't believe me, you ask Felik." Say, Augustus turned his gaze to Felik, who was frowning and thinking bitterly.
Augustus's idea is not impossible, now only Kaswan can be used as his bargaining chip, if the blood clan can successfully gain a foothold, then the blood clan can also be used as one of his bargaining chips, after all, as a person who draws people between the empire and the blood clan, he will not just be a pawn of the blood clan.
"Okay, that's it."
Augustus smiled, then waved his hand, and one of the nearby walls deformed again, revealing a deep tunnel.
"Come with me."
"Dry ...... Why? β
"Young people shouldn't talk so much nonsense, just follow along."
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Three days later.
Felik looked miserable as he drove the carriage across the open field.
Anyway, why did he want to deal with the princes, shouldn't this kind of thing be done by the patriarchs, why should he do it?
"Hey, you've been holding that stinky face for three days, are you holding a grudge like that? It's useless for you to show me this face, you promised my dad yourself, and no one forced you. β
Claudia's grumbling voice was heard in the carriage.
Felik pursed his mouth, Claudia was right, he promised the other party to deal with these difficult princes, the empire had already asked Gabriel to go to say hello first, it should have saved many people in three days, and the empire should have a good impression of the blood clan.
But if you want to promote an alliance between the two sides, the Senate will have to deal with some old stubbornness.
The old stubborn Augustus said that he would persuade him, and the prince, who was more difficult to deal with than the senators, asked Felik to settle it.
At first, after learning about the Prince's strength, Felik refused, because it was too dangerous.
But in the end he relented...... No way...... The conditions are too tempting.
"Do all of you Bloods like to live in such eerie places?"
Looking at the cloudy forest in front of him, Felik couldn't help but frown.
Obviously, the sky is still clear here, but over the forest thousands of kilometers away, there are dense dark clouds, and the trees in this forest also look black, revealing a gloomy feeling, just like the place where the old witch lives in a fairy tale, which makes people uncomfortable to see.
Suddenly, a foot reached out from the carriage and kicked Felik in the back.
"You're prejudiced, as long as there's no sunlight, it's gloomy, isn't it? You are a demon, is this the kind of thought when you live in the demon world, it's just like a human, move forward! Stopping here will be seen by Prince Gurado. β
"I can see from this distance, and my eyesight is good, but what about seeing?"
"It will make the other party feel that we are afraid of him." Claudia replied, "Don't let this guy think we're afraid of him. β
This answer pleased Felik, who liked Claudia's arrogant nature.
Raising the reins and slamming the horse on the buttocks, the horse spread its hooves and ran into the dark forest.
It was not long before they came straight to the edge of the forest, and here the horses refused to move forward, so Felik got out of the car with Claudia and went on foot.
"Prince Gurado lives in a really good place, this level of light can't hurt us, but you can detect the change of day and night from the subtle changes in light and dark, unlike the Holy Land, where even the moon doesn't move."
Claudia walked through the woodland covered with gray dead leaves with her skirt in her hand, observing her surroundings as if she had come to visit, commenting on the living environment of her master's family.
And Felik also found that this place is not as lifeless as imagined, although it is very dark, but there are still a lot of small animals, and the trees seem to adapt to the gloomy environment and survive tenaciously, but sometimes the unknown birds that suddenly spread their wings and fly in the bushes are a little scary.
"Claudia, there are two people five hundred meters ahead." Felik said after a sudden stop.
Claudia stared at Felik in surprise, surprised by the increase in his perception.
"I didn't expect to return a part of the magic power, you have such a powerful perception, you deserve to be the demon king!"
In the face of her compliment, Felik snorted coldly and complained: "Even if I am the Demon King, I am not called by you like a dead dog, I have no dignity at all, and this is not what I perceive, the other party deliberately exuded a rather strong aura, you are too weak, so I don't feel it." β
Claudia's face was furious: "You guy! What to say! β
"Don't be angry, just kidding, anyway, you bloodlines are all greeted in this way? Is this a greeting? Felik immediately changed the subject with his usual technique.
"Hmph, what I said just now will be settled later, now let's deal with the two people in front of us first, they often have this kind of 'welcome', you should have seen it, when the down-and-out nobles go to visit the minister's house, they will all receive such courtesy."
Felik understood, Hongmen feast.
Afraid of a hair, he who lifted the seal of Yicheng's magic power, now he has no pressure in his heart, and he is very inflated.
"Let's go! Let them see the strength of the previous Demon King! Felik said arrogantly.
Looking at the back of Felik swaggering and walking, Claudia's expression was very complicated, she was very curious to recover such a little magic, where did he get the confidence to be able to wrestle with the prince? Obviously, before he came, his father reminded him that if he couldn't settle it, he would go back and lift the seal a little more.
After walking a few hundred meters, I finally saw the two people who greeted me.
Seeing the two of them, Felik almost burst out laughing.
It's the first time he's seen such a distinctive blood clan, doesn't he say that all the good blood clans are very handsome?
No, these two people are indeed quite passable, but what's going on with this figure?
The tall man on the left was of normal stature, but the long legs took up two-thirds of his body proportions, and his legs were deformably long, while the one on the right was very, like a dwarf, and his proportions were the opposite of those of his companions, and his legs only occupied two-thirds of his height, but his hands were almost down to the ground.
"Welcome!!" The long-legged servant struck a rather exaggerated pose, and his expression was very joyful, the expression of joy like that of a madman, and he looked very happy.
"Coming!!" The same is true of the dwarf servant, with two long arms outstretched, extremely enthusiastic.
Long-legged servant: "You-"
Gnome servant: Good! β
"We areβ"
"Servant of Prince Gurado's family!!"
The two of them are like circus clowns, performing very awkward lines, and Felik frowned when he saw it, because this scene reminded him of the routine of a certain horror movie, and the two perverted villains in the movie spoke in this way.
"You two are so annoying, get out of here! I want to see your master. Felik unceremoniously criticized the two strange servants: "You guys look like this, let the guests be frightened to see it, just do the behind-the-scenes work of taking out the garbage in the kitchen, don't walk around and scary!" β
As expected, the expressions of these two second-class goods instantly changed from ecstasy to hideous horror.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!" The nasty dwarf let out a scream: "Brother, he, he, he, he!!" He laughed at us! β
"Yaaa!!" The long-legged man also screamed, "Impolite guestβ"
"To be expelled!!" The two of them suddenly said in unison, and then suddenly rushed towards Felik!
Claudia sprang up from behind Felik, her red skirt blooming like a lily, and a beautiful roundhouse kick kicked the dwarf servant neatly, and her other hand grabbed the long-legged servant by the neck with lightning speed, and the arm pressed the other face down into the dirt.
Both sides did not launch the blood power, and if the internal battles of the blood clan were not serious, they were all physical attacks, because generally speaking, the physical fitness of the blood clan was directly proportional to the blood power, and they couldn't be defeated in hand-to-hand combat, and they couldn't be defeated when they launched the blood power.
The dwarf servant, who was suppressed by one move, lay in the distance, raised his head and looked at Claudia in disbelief, screamed, hugged his head and shouted, "How-"
The long-legged servant with his face buried in the dirt: "The mouth is tender and tender." β
Claudia was expressionless, and said lightly: "I'm also the daughter of the patriarch, if I can't even beat the prince's servant, then why don't I come here to be a maid for Prince Gurado." β