100. I'm your father!
"Your Highness, how did you know that we were captured by the Arcanists?"
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"Thank you so much, we really have to be here without you. β
"Should, should, the. β
"Have you seen Ellie? She's been away for the past few days, is she back to you?"
"Uh...... Ah......h
"Go back, then don't worry, I'm worried about her. β
"Thanks, thanks. β
"Elle's temperament is a bear child, and she is always worried that she will get into trouble, alas. β
"Humph!"
"What did you say?"
"Boom!"
Princess Catherine was in front of her, as if she was carrying a spider amulet, and even if she didn't get closer, the corpse spider retreated like a tide.
Richie hugged Finney and followed her, chatting as she went.
It was fine at first, but when it came to Ellie, Catherine ignored him anymore, leaving Litchie a little embarrassed and not knowing what was wrong.
The princess was obviously familiar with this place, and after taking him around a few times, she left the environment of Rose's corpse and entered the artificial underground building.
The strange circular passages, the spatial design of the right-angled folded lines, the peculiar statues in the hall, the text symbols completely different from the lingua franca, and the intricate details and strange beauty of the decoration, made Li Qi guess that this should be the Temple of Rose built by the dark elves.
After a long time, I entered a magnificent temple. In the center is a statue of God Rose tens of meters high, but in a humanoid state. The sneering and staring at the mortal girl stretched out countless spider legs behind her back, and the tips were strung with skulls of various races, or turned into various weapons.
Most of the statues have been mutilated, but under the dim light similar to the night pearl, the image still pierces the heart and looks extremely hideous.
The hall was circular, with several stone doors symmetrically distributed along the walls, several of which shimmered with pale blue waves, and with Li Qi's experience playing World of Beasts, he was sure that they should be portals.
Originally, Li Qi should have been happy, but the figure standing in front of a certain portal made his heart cold.
Even Catherine was shocked and then nervous. She stepped back and stood in front of Richie.
The tall and muscular body was wrapped in pitch-black armor, and the helmet in the shape of a lion's head was inlaid with a golden crown.
King of the Kingdom of Hadlang, Tragdi Hadlang!
"Catherine, you're still so childish......"
The king sighed, "I wanted to settle this matter before you met him, but I have not been here for a long time, and I have almost lost my way, so I have to wait for you here." β
He said to Richie, who was poking his head out from behind Catherine, "Viscount Prell, Catherine has won you another chance, you should understand what I'm talking about." β
Li Qi was very frank: "Your Majesty, I don't understand at all. β
He spat out a barrage of questions: "What do you want my territory to do? What do you want me to do? What do you want to do with the whole thing?"
"It was my mistake, and if I had known that you would have come this far, I should have spoken openly and honestly to you sooner," the king said quietly, "but it is still too late." β
The king's voice echoed through the hall, revealing the doubts that had been haunting Richie's heart for a long time.
"Underneath your castle, there's a magic well buried, and it's no ordinary magic well. β
"In the last era, when humans were besieging the dark elves entrenched in the misty swamp, they built three spatial passages to secretly connect with the teleportation circle of this Great Temple of Rose. Through these three spatial passages, humans secretly controlled the main matter plane barrier broken by the dark elves. When the time is right, he suddenly reinforces the barrier and kills Rose. β
"The magic well beneath your castle is the exit to one of the spatial passages. β
Richie suddenly realized that this was in line with Nabil's account of Rose's death. I really didn't expect that the magic well that Ida had discovered before would be so important.
He then asked, "What does Your Majesty want to do when you reactivate such a passage?"
"Do what?"
The king laughed, "Of course it's the destruction of the world, isn't that the most suitable explanation for the current atmosphere?"
He stretched out his arms, like an actor reciting lines exaggerated on the stage of a drama: "The evil king launched a plot to destroy the world, and the brave boy persuaded the benevolent princess to fight against the king together, and finally saved the world." Such stories have been told in the ears of mortals for several epochs. β
There seems to be something wrong with this majesty's mental condition......
Li Qi reluctantly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, your joke is not funny at all, I don't believe that Your Majesty, you are the embodiment of the devil." β
"The Devil ......"
The king's voice was obscured by the visor of the helmet, and it seemed hollow and mechanical: "In a sense, the Hadron family is indeed the devil. The God of Killing is the Demon King who defected from the Purgatory Abyss to the main plane, and then became a god. You are a godly pope, don't you know this secret?"
The God of Killing is the Demon King!?
Wait, it's not important, what matters is that the Hadron family is the god of killing......
Isn't it the Familia family that has the bloodline of the God of Killing?
Li Qi looked at Catherine in front of him in shock, and it was rumored in the market that Catherine had the divine power of the God of Killing. But Aurora said that the truth is that the Familia family has the blood of the god of killing, and Catherine is also from the Familia family, and she and Theresia are not twin sisters.
"The truth is torn to pieces and scattered between the nobility and the untouchables, covering up each other, so that no one can find out the truth. No, no one believes in the truth. β
The king's words carried with Richie's incomprehensible emotion: "It is a remarkable achievement that the Hadron family has been able to conceal this secret for thousands of years. β
The topic shifted from the destruction of the world to Hadlang's bloodline, and Li Qi did not feel that he had deviated from the topic, and the secret of the bloodline must be related to the king's conspiracy.
Although he somewhat understood why the king had not hidden anything from him, Richie still wanted to get to the bottom of the whole thing, and the situation was already like this anyway.
"How can a man with the blood of the god of killing be trusted by nobles and untouchables, and how can he rule the kingdom?"
The king was both mocking and sad: "That's why there is a shadow family like Famillia." β
Richie's focus turned to the princess: "In other words, Princess Theresia and Princess Catherine are actually real twin sisters?"
"Enough!"
Not knowing what switch had been triggered, the king lost patience to continue telling the secrets of the family: "With your intelligence, you should know what I want to do. Now you still have a choice, join me or die!"
It's three months late......
Li Qi tried to make his stiff face smile: "Your Majesty's great cause, how can I guess it thoroughly?
"What's not to understand about this? The other two passages have been opened, and with your passage, you will be able to regain control of the main plane barrier that is holding Rose's corpse. β
The king said coldly: "Open the barrier and push the corpse of Rose into the main plane, don't you think what will happen?"
Li Qi secretly said with a sigh, this is really going to destroy the world!
How huge is the corpse of Rose? All of them are crammed into the main plane, and the entire misty swamp can't hold it!
Such a terrifying source of corrupted divine power entered the main plane, and there was only one result, all of Finn's mortals would be wiped out!
"The carpet of corrupt gas paved by the undead scourge will make the corrupt qi pollute the souls of mortals at a sharp speed, and the first poor insects are the seeds. They will form a new army of the undead who are not afraid of divine power, and sweep through the entire main plane. Even if the good gods reacted, they had to face two problems. β
The king laughed and said, "What a perfect plan, what a shocking future!"
"It's not ......"
Li Qi swallowed his saliva and said, "This is unreasonable, Your Majesty, you don't hate the whole world just because you have the blood of the God of Killing in your body, right?"
He took a deep breath and calmed down a little, "I am indeed the Pope who revived the Lady Crimson, the goddess of love, and there are gods behind it." I also want to save my life, but if I go against my lord's will, my lord will also let my soul fly away, so ......"
Then the words were much smoother: "You should have a deeper motive, can you give your subordinates some more patience, and try to convince your subordinates that ......it is okay? So what about the little bit of commonality that might have led you to make this decision, and is there a workaround?"
"Convince you?"
The king snorted coldly: "Were all my words nonsense before?"
The dignity of the king is indeed against the scales, and it cannot be violated at all.
The king choked and drew his sword: "Now, I just want to use this to convince you." β
The king, of course, is not talking about the sword, but about his strength.
Despite being a remote part of the country, Hadran was a legend for each king, and this was an important source of security for the nobles and people of the kingdom.
Li Qi is a member of the kingdom, but such a sense of security has become a strong sense of crisis.
"I've shown enough sincerity and patience, you, and the weak goddess of love behind you, are not qualified to ask for more!"
The king snorted coldly: "Catherine, don't get out of the way!?"
Li Qi sweated like rain, and his forehead was as hot as a burn.
For the hero professional, he, a third-level priest, can still maneuver around, and in the face of the legend, he really has no power to resist.
The corrupt atmosphere in the hall is very weak, and there are no spiders, so don't think about it as a home field anymore, borrowing the enemy from the enemy.
Finney scratched his neck gently: "Richie......"
The king had woken her up, but she had not said anything.
Richie secretly pinched her ass, and it was even more complicated for the king to use Finney as a bargaining chip.
Finney obediently didn't move anymore and continued to maintain Alalin's state.
"Bastard, dare you call me weak! He's blaspheming!"
The light screen popped open, and the goddess screamed angrily.
Yo, why did you pop up again?
No wonder her forehead was hot just now, and the goddess was watching the live broadcast.
"What a shocking conspiracy! Richie, don't be afraid, let's figure it out together!"
The goddess is very bold this time, maybe it has something to do with the fact that the other party is not an arcane.
Li Qi was overjoyed: "Great, what about Plan A?"
"Isn't there a portal? You can switch talents again now, right? Switch to the death talent, take Fini, and teleport to the portal with lightning speed!"
I can't teleport yet! And in front of the legend, can you really rely on such a low-level trick to get out?
"Can you tell us about Plan B?"
"Grab Princess Catherine, put the sword to her neck, and threaten the king!"
Rich: "......"
He silently turned off the light screen, so don't mess with it.
Princess Catherine stepped forward and continued to protect Richie.
She said dryly, "Father, king." β
The king's sword shook and his body shook.
Catherine said, "Let them go." β
The king took a deep breath, the air rubbing against the steel visor, and a hissing mechanical sound: "Catherine, he is not worth it! Ten years ago he only told you two words, and now he has long forgotten!"
Yes?
Li Qi was stunned, he always thought that Princess Catherine favored him because of some evil fate engraved in his heart when he was a child. Unexpectedly, it was just a one-sided relationship, and he never found that scene in the memory of the original owner.
"Think about the sins we've suffered! Even if you and Irina don't want to follow me, we can't ruin our hard work!"
The king's sword pointed at Richie: "If he doesn't join us, he must die!"
"No, okay. β
Catherine shook her head and drew her sword.
The king took a step back, as if he had been hit hard: "Catherine!?"
He almost cried: "You, you actually drew a sword against me?"
"Put, them," Catherine repeated firmly.
"Didn't you listen to a word of what I said!?"
The king suddenly cried out, "I love you so much, I let you be with Irina, I gave you the freedom you wanted, and you disobeyed me!"
Red flames spilled from his armor, the heat distorting his figure faintly, and the sword spewed out scorching flames.
Like a wounded lion, the king roared sadly and deeply: "I am your father......"