A bustling city with crisscrossed streets and houses.

The lights that light up the city illuminate the whole city, making it impossible to distinguish between night and day.

It was a royal city, as illustrated by the castle in the middle of the city.

The towering castle seems to touch the sky, standing on the side of the earth, so that everyone who sees it can't help but marvel at its grandeur.

It is like a building that is on a par with the sky, and sometimes you can't help but wonder if you can reach out and pluck the stars hanging in the sky if you stand on the top of this castle.

Of course, this can only be an illusion, and the highest point of the castle is where the queen lives.

There was no one to go up except the Queen. Even the food delivery and cleaning attendants can only enter and exit within the specified time, and they are strictly inspected before entering and leaving.

The city was brightly lit and bustling, but at the top of the castle, there was only silence.

The windows of the highest room are ajar, and through the windows you can see the lights of the whole city, and the endless stars in the sky, this is definitely the most beautiful place in the whole city at night. Unfortunately, no one can appreciate it.

There was no sound by the window except the sound of the wind.

Bright lights illuminate every corner of the room, the floor is covered with sumptuous blankets, the chandelier at the top is hung with sparkling magic crystals, and the furniture made by the court craftsmen is beautiful and strong.

The room was spacious, so spacious that it could be said to be empty, except for all the delicate furnishings and utensils, and there was only one woman sitting in the room.

The woman wore a long dark blue dress with a small hem that wrapped her slender legs that were stacked on top of each other. She leaned slightly, leaning back on a couch that was extremely decorated.

She wore a red cloak over her shoulders, and the soft white fluff at the neckline of the cloak gently concealed her half-exposed shoulders and neck.

Long blonde hair, simply coiled behind his head, wears a golden crown carved with the most exquisite patterns of the country, and a bright red gem in the center.

Her name is Hillman, and she is the queen of the country, the youngest queen in history, and the most powerful holder of royal power in the country's history.

In her hands, the country became the most powerful of the four continents in just a few years, and her aggressive personality and overly tough political skills made her famous in various countries, so much so that some people began to call her kingship the Lionheart's kingship.

However, in her opinion, it was only because the rest of the people were too weak.

At this moment, the queen was lazily reclining in her chair, one hand leaning on the side of her face, her slender eyelashes lowered, and playing with a black stone in her hand.

A stone with a black body, polished very regularly, is a standard cube. There are some patterns carved on the stone, which are very fine, and it is difficult to see the pattern of the lines, and it is difficult to understand how they were carved.

Today, an old vassaler of the kingdom told her that her father had instructed her on his deathbed.

When she became a true queen, let her go to the last room of the kingdom's treasury, where there was a gift left to her by her father.

Perhaps the old minister felt that she had become a real king, so he told her this instruction and let her go to the last room of the kingdom's treasury.

Growing up, Hillman had only one impression of his father's harsh discipline, and in her memory, he had given her only one gift, the throne of the kingdom.

With mixed feelings, Hillman arrives in the last room of the Vault.

In the room, she saw a small box. After opening the box with the key given to her by the old minister, she found that there were only two things in the box.

A letter, and this one is an inconspicuous black stone.

The letter was not sealed, it contained only a few short sentences.

"Leave to my dear daughter:

Your presence here shows that you have become a king, and I am proud of you. Here is my last gift for you, use it when you need it, and it will bring you a loyal and powerful servant.

However, I also sincerely hope that you will never have to use it at a time.

Your father. ”

Hillman didn't know what to say, it was probably the first time her father had spoken to her in such a tone, but it was in this way.

She picked up the black stone in the box, and then a message popped into her mind.

I don't know where it came from, I don't know who left it, but the message that popped into her mind the moment she picked up the stone.

"Are you willing to call the apostles at the cost of your sins?"

The queen stood in the treasury with the stone in her hand for a long time, and then slowly put it away.

···

"Apostles?"

In the room, Hillman held the black stone in his hand and muttered to himself.

The voice came to her mind again through the black stone.

"Are you willing to call the apostles at the cost of your sins?"

Hillman twirled the black stone and chuckled.

"At the cost of sin, Father, what is this gift you have left me?"

However, she now seems to have met the requirements of this so-called calling, and she needs this calling.

As if predestined, she lifted the stone and spoke in front of her.

"Call, at the cost of this war. ”

Since it is said that summoning needs to come at the cost of a sin, the evil of war should be big enough.

Thinking as if self-deprecating, Hillman smiled indifferently.

As her words fell.

A voice rang out.

"When the contract is signed, you will have control of the apostle, who will complete the task you have entrusted until the end of the contract. ”

The stones turned into slag powder and suddenly scattered. At the same time, a thick black mist poured out of the original stone, condensing in front of her. Countless dark fogs converged and staggered in mid-air.

Hillman looked at the black mist in mid-air, the stone that really seemed to be able to summon something unknown to her, from an unknown dimension.

But there was no fear of the unknown in her eyes, but a little bit of anticipation.

Is this your gift to me?

Father.

As time passed, perhaps only a few breaths passed, and in the Queen's sight, the black fog gradually converged into a human figure.

The figure was dressed in a large black robe, and its entire body was wrapped in a layer of black substance, and only the outline of a human figure could be seen.

Until the convergence was complete, the figure fell from mid-air, stood in front of the queen, and slowly knelt down on one knee.

A dull, hoarse voice rang out.

"At the beginning of the apostles, they obeyed the call and were sent to be sent. ”

At the same time, Hillman could clearly feel that she had obtained a contract, through which she could control the other party's behavior and life and death at any time, that is, as long as she had a thought, the apostle in front of her could dissipate.

Moreover, the contract also allowed her to feel the apostle's heart, which made the apostle almost no secrets for her.

Incredible summoning. Looking at the "person" in front of him, who was shrouded in black, Hillman thought.

Simple information about the apostle came to her mind, and it briefly explained the abilities of some of the apostles.

Very powerful, this is her first evaluation of this apostle, if you want to evaluate it in her way, this apostle's ability is at least the level of a saint. You must know that her country, as the strongest country among the four countries of the continent, only has three sages.

However, in the information she received, the apostle seemed to have some special abilities.

It's a terrible existence, isn't it?

Hillman looked deeply at the black figure in front of him, but he had a smile on his lips.