Suncheon Fort, inside a completely dark room.

The flame of the pipe flickered and flickered, and the faint light of the fire reflected an old, emaciated face.

Looking at Nelson, who was leaning against the head of the bed and smoking a pipe, Delenn couldn't help but feel a sudden sour in his heart.

From the loss when he first arrived in China to the high spirits of the Bright Alliance at its peak, from the fall into the trough when the alliance collapsed to the rise of the Bright Paradise to stand at the head of the tide again, the defeat on the banks of the Muddy Waters River and the death of Elder Dylan once again overturned Nelson from the tide, and now all the burdens of the Illuminati are on Nelson alone.

In the last four years, there have been several ups and downs, great sorrows and joys, and no one knows to what extent this old man's state of mind has been tempered?

Nelson suddenly coughed violently, coughing so hard that he couldn't straighten up, and Delenn was about to step forward to help him.

Nelson sensed Delenn's movements, coughing and waving at Delenn, signaling him to leave it alone.

Nelson finally stopped coughing, and wiped the back of his hand with the tears that had been brought out of the corner of his eye, but the cigarette pouch in his other hand never let go.

"Elder, are you looking for me?" Delenn finally couldn't help but speak first.

Nelson squinted at Delenn for a moment, then suddenly let out a long sigh, "The young man still can't hold his breath!" I just want to see you a few more times before I die. ”

"You're worried about the future battle, don't worry, even in the end, I will protect you and kill you safely."

"Shouldn't you advise me that this battle will be able to turn defeat into victory? It seems that you have no hope for this war. ”

Nelson's rhetorical question left Deren speechless.

Nelson smiled slightly, and suddenly changed his words, "There is a task assigned by the organization in the early stage, which is related to a legend in Tibet. I've been busy fighting Dragon City and Phoenix City in the early stage, and now I want you to take Simon and Benson over to have a look. ”

Delenn was stunned. The final battle with Huaxia Dragon City and Phoenix City will break out at any time, as the only remaining second-order combat power of the Illuminati, what does Elder Nelson mean by letting himself leave at this time?

"Elder, I'm not leaving. I'm leaving, you're afraid you'll ......" Delenn was only halfway there.

"I'm afraid I'll die here?" Nelson continued with Delenn's words, "Actually, this ending has long been doomed, and dying on the battlefield like Dylan is my best destination." But you are still young, take this opportunity to leave, you still have a long way to go. ”

"Elder?" Delenn wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say the words behind his mouth when he opened his mouth.

"You don't have to say anything, I can see it. You are unwilling to fight with the armies of Dragon City and Phoenix City, you have not done your best on the battlefield at all, and you are definitely not weaker than Chi Hua and Ouyang Haotian in terms of combat talent, but you have not even exerted half of your combat power on the battlefield. Nelson's gaze looked straight into Delen's eyes, as if he could see through his eyes.

"I ......"

"You don't have to explain, I know it all in my heart. I also know that you have a problem with some of the organization's practices, but the organization has been operating according to this model for thousands of years, and you can never shake it alone. You're still young, and you're either slowly accepting and being assimilated as I did back then, or you're going to leave a little sooner. Live well, and something may happen in your generation, after all, the end times bring too many variables. ”

What else did Delenn want to say.

Nelson waved his hand, "Go ahead, pack up your things and take the people away immediately, this place will soon be the center of the storm." ”

Delenn froze in place for a few seconds, bowed deeply to Elder Nelson, and turned away without looking back.

Just as Delen tugged on the doorknob, there was a knock on the door.

Seeing that it was Delen who opened the door, the young man who knocked on the door was stunned. The look of astonishment flashed across the young man's face, and he immediately bowed his head deeply.

"Elder Nelson, Bishop Duke has sent me to invite you to have something important to counsel with the elders."

"Come in." The lights in the room came on.

The young man bowed his head and stepped aside respectfully, and Delen passed by the young man.

Delenn felt as if he had seen the young man somewhere, but he couldn't remember it anyway.

......

Duke. Bari's huge room of more than 200 square meters is extremely luxuriously decorated. The crystal chandelier overhead shone brightly, the pure wood floor was covered with a carpet made of ferocious furs, and the yellow rosewood dining table was laid with pure gold cutlery, and a bottle of Romanée-Conti red wine had been opened on the table.

The decoration style and taste of the whole room can not be associated with the pious and benevolent bishop of the Holy See, but more like a complete outbreak.

Duke. Barry squeezed out a smile on his vicious face, let Nelson to the table, picked up the wine glass and poured it for Nelson himself, "Romanée Conti, from the oldest wine vineyard in France, it is really not easy to find it in China. ”

Looking at the blood-colored red wine in the glass, Nelson couldn't help frowning, "Bishop Duke is really interested, I remember that there is an ancient Chinese poem called 'The warrior army is half dead and alive, and the beauty is still singing and dancing under the tent'"

Duke slapped his head, "Elder Nelson is right, how can such a good red wine not be accompanied by a beautiful woman?" Go and call Priest Cersie to accompany the elders. Duke ordered the young man who had accompanied Nelson in.

Nelson couldn't help but feel angry, and then realized that sarcasm had no effect at all for a mercenary-turned-scoundrel like Duke.

A blonde, blue-eyed, white-robed woman soon came to the living room, and Duke sat down next to Nelson with a slight smile and a hand on Nelson's lap.

Where is this bishop, who is clearly a pimp?

Nelson got up from his seat in anger, "If Bishop Duke doesn't have anything important to do but drink and talk, then I'll take my leave." ”

Duke hurriedly stopped: "Elder Nelson, don't be in a hurry to leave, this invitation to the elders to the banquet is indeed a strategy to defeat the combined forces of Dragon City and Phoenix City, and we need to discuss with the elders." ”

"Oh? Bishop, please. Seeing that Duke was about to get down to business, Nelson had to sit down patiently again.

"Although we were defeated in the battle on the banks of the Muddy Waters, we still retained most of our strength, and the remaining troops after this battle are all elite troops. In the past few days, the three of us have gathered troops with all their might, and now the number of troops gathered in Shuntian Fort has reached 80,000, and the number of troops is still above the combined forces of Dragon City and Phoenix City besieging the city, and it occupies the advantage of the terrain, if we can fight to the death, we will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory. ”

Nelson nodded, "Exactly, I don't know what the bishop's plan is?" ”

"Join forces! Our previous failures all stem from the fact that we are talking about joining forces, but we are really on the battlefield but fighting separately, and only the unified command of an army in the tripartite mixed city can give full play to the maximum combat power and fight hard with the opposing coalition army. ”

Nelson took a sip of the red wine in front of him, frowning and bowing his head in contemplation.

Nelson didn't know the advantages of joining forces, but he was really reorganized into an army, and once the command was lost, he was afraid that he would win the battle and be kicked out. Sworn enemies for thousands of years, the Illuminati and the Gates of Heaven have never had true trust.

"Will An Jiacheng agree?" Nelson suddenly looked up and asked.

Duke smiled, "Isn't that the purpose of my appointment with the elders alone?" If the two of us agree, Anjiacheng will have to agree if he doesn't agree, and if we deny it, we will withdraw to Europe and let him fight Dragon City and Phoenix City by himself. ”

"What about command?" Nelson finally asked the key question.

"Since this matter is proposed by me, naturally the final command will be handed over to me for the time being, and most of the evolutionaries of my Heavenly Gate are not afraid of death and have the strongest execution ability, so it is best for officers at all levels to be mainly the evolutionaries of my Heavenly Gate."

With a snap, Nelson slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table, most of the red wine in the glass spilled, and a lot of it splashed on his clothes, "Kill two birds with one stone, are you and I stupid with An Jiacheng?" ”

The blonde woman next to Nelson got up to find a wet towel to wipe the wine stains from his clothes, while the young man who had been waiting to serve him picked up the bottle and prepared to pour the wine for Nelson again.

Duke. Barry also stood up, staring at Nelson coldly, with a faint hint of murderous aura on his body, "So the elder would rather be defeated and die than let go of power?" ”

Nelson looked directly at Duke without fear and sneered, "I am more responsible for surrendering my military power and sending the Illuminati arms to Heaven's Gate than I am defeated and killed." Put away your murderous aura that scares children, do you dare to do it here? ”

The murderous aura on Duke's body suddenly retracted, and he sat back in his chair again, and said with a smile: "Why should Elder Nelson be angry? Isn't this young man the best example of my Heavenly Gate not taking the opportunity to annex the Illuminati forces, but only working closely together, and cooperation is more beneficial to both of us? Duke gestured to the young man who was pouring Nelson a drink.

Nelson was stunned.

The young man raised his face and grinned at Nelson, "Elder, you must not have any impression of me, right?" My name is Lin Feihong, the cousin of Lin Feiyu, the leader of the Light Alliance. ”

"Ahh You! Nelson pointed at Lin Feihong excitedly, "Could it be that you are the inner response of the Gate of Heaven in the alliance back then?" Why? ”

"Because ......" Lin Feihong slipped the red wine bottle in his hand as he spoke, and a delicate knife appeared in his hand like magic, and a cold light slashed at Nelson's throat.

Nelson didn't expect Lin Feihong to make a sudden move anyway, but the instinct of a second-order powerhouse still made him react immediately, and he was ready to lean back to dodge this knife.

But Nelson was horrified to find that his body was out of control at this moment.

The cold light flashed, and a line of blood spurted from Nelson's throat.

His throat was cut in half, but the strong vitality of the second-order powerhouse made Nelson not die immediately, he tried to lower his head, and the blonde woman's hand was wiping the wine stains on his clothes, but there was a faint white light flashing on his hand.

The blonde woman slowly raised her head, Nelson's pupils widened, and he saw that the woman had a face that was the same as his own......