Glamorgan, Earls Court.

The curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows are drawn to both sides, and the moonlight shines on the swaying branches outside the windows, casting the shadows of the branches and branches that sway in with the night breeze. The ghosts in the courtyard were moving quietly, not with one or two muffled exclamations, but faintly with the cooing of owls.

Aree lit two candlesticks, crouched over his desk, and used a quill dipped in ink to scribble across the pages, listing a bunch of numbers, and then quickly crossed them out again.

He is trying to calculate how much it will cost to arm the Forces nouvelles to the teeth, and after more than an hour of intense effort, our protagonist finally decides to pay a few mathematicians to be his staff.

Bang dang!

The fence door of the courtyard is opened by the ghost maids, and the aquatic horse Grubi carries a carriage into the courtyard, and the carriage pulls out until the moment they turn to the stable, Charlene jumps out of the carriage with a box in her arms.

Wrapped in a white scarf, she glanced up at the second floor, and when she found that the office lights were still on, she ran into the mansion as fast as she could.

"Honey!"

The green-haired girl slammed open the compound door with a sweet and greasy tail note and burst into the office.

"I'm so happy to come back so late, what's going on?" the black-haired knight quickly crumpled his white paper into a paper ball and quietly threw it into the wastepaper basket on the side.

"Absolutely great!"

Charlene instantly rushed to him, put a metal box on the table, her eyes flashed with golden light, and she looked at him expectantly:

"This is the result of our research, the first generation of enhancement agents. ”

"Booster!?"

As if he had been electrocuted, Aree quickly grabbed the metal box and lifted its lid open.

Whew!

A stream of cold air erupted from the inside of the metal box, in the white cold mist. Three glass tubes of different colors are embedded in the bottom of the box, reflecting the sparkling brilliance under the light of the candle flame.

"The light yellow is a weak model, the red is a medium model, and the purple is a strong model. The green-haired girl smiled and pointed to the glass tube at the bottom of the box, introducing them one by one.

"Weak Model ......"

Yalei picked up the pale yellow glass tube in his left hand and shone it in the candlelight. In the other hand, he picked up a purple glass tube:

"Strong Model ......"

"Is it just a difference in efficacy?" he asked, surprised and delighted.

"It's not. ”

Charlene put her hands behind her back, jumped up to his side, shook her head and said:

"The weak model can strengthen the physique to a certain extent, at the cost of becoming irritable and irritable, and the strong model is an all-round increase in the physique, with a physical abnormality, plus a complete loss of reason. ”

"Sure enough, there are quite a few flaws. ”

The black-haired knight's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he raised two glass pipes and strode to the windowsill: "But it's still priceless." I believe that once this drug appears on the market, there will definitely be people who will go crazy to grab it. ”

"It's a pity that the side effects of this drug are too great to be sold as a booster. ”

The green-haired girl looked discouraged, shook her head helplessly, and then narrowed her eyes slyly: "However, as long as the name and usage are changed, it should still have a little market." ”

"Looks like you've got the whole idea. Aree put down the booster in his hand. Turned around and walked across from her:

"Let's talk about it. ”

"Animal Rage Elixir. ”

An excited smile appeared on Charlene's face, and then she said:

"It's an experiment, anyway. I also just want to sell a little bit back to the capital, the price is set a little higher, 30,000 soles for the weak model, 100,000 soles for the medium model, and 300,000 soles for the strong model. ”

"Genius idea. ”

The black-haired knight put the potion back in the box and closed the lid again:

"Don't forget to note that it should only be used on animals. Otherwise, if an idiot injects himself, Soundnest and even us will be criticized verbally and penually. ”

"Of course I'll pay attention to this kind of thing, don't worry. ”

The green-haired girl nodded vigorously, then sat down in his place, and lowered her voice suddenly. Mysteriously said, "I saw a magical thing tonight!"

"Oh?"

Yalei walked up to Charlene, reached out and picked her up, sat back in the chair, and then put the other party on his lap: "It can actually make you feel amazing, I can't help but want to hear it." ”

"A half-dead vampire. ”

Charlene leaned back, raised her pretty face, pillowed the back of her head on his shoulder, and gestured with both hands:

"You can't believe that the vampire's chest has been pierced, but when the moonlight shines, it looks like it's alive, and it has a certain degree of regenerative ability. ”

The black-haired knight turned his head sideways and asked in a daze:

"Vampires?The legend of Wallachia?"

"I always thought it was just a legend. ”

The green-haired girl whispered mischievously in his ear as she said, "But that corpse is real, if you don't believe it, I can take you to see it." ”

"Interesting, I'll go to the base tomorrow night, and you'll be waiting for me there. He was also curious about the legendary creature of vampires, and seeing was believing when he had the chance.

"By the way, the person in charge of the Fortification Potion Project said that if a live vampire is caught, it can speed up the progress of research. Seeing that her breath was ineffective, Charlene spit out her fragrant tongue and licked his earlobe.

"Don't make a fuss. ”

Yalei tilted his head and tightened his eyebrows: "Where are you going to catch live vampires?"

"Hmm!"

The green-haired girl stroked his neck with her soft hand and said expectantly:

"So I'd like to take this opportunity to assemble a capture department attached to the base and let them capture live vampires, you won't disagree, Lord Governor. ”

"It's called the Sound Nest Mercenary Group...... Isn't that what you originally planned? The black-haired knight smirked, piercing her intentions very mercilessly.

"That's also for the base! Those mercenary groups are very unreliable, and the base has its own private armed forces to facilitate operations. Charlene continued to pester.

"Approved. Yalei simply agreed.

The green-haired girl happily kissed the fragrant kiss, her eyes rolled slightly, and she immediately said excitedly:

"I have an idea!"

"You've always had a lot of ideas. ”

Yare marveled at her bizarre ideas.

"I've decided to call the leader of the Sound Nest Clan's armed forces - zero! because this number means beginning and beginning. Charlene proudly announced.

"Zero? to refer to a position by numbers? That's a novel idea...... It's Charlene. ”

The black-haired knight touched the other's small head with his own head, trying to exchange information by touching it, figuring out what was inside.

......

North Celtic. Kingdom of the Highlands.

The night, as silent as the backwater, and in the depths of the night, a huge church stood at the foot of the mountain, as if it were completely integrated into the night, and there was no light in sight.

This is King Gary in order to please His Majesty the Pope. Not only that, but he also gave all thirty miles of his estate to the Pope's state.

As a result, there was no sound around, no light in the same darkness, and the vague outline of the church was the thickest touch of the dark night.

There was no sound in the hall, and all the doors and windows were covered with black shadows, as if they were linked to a cold alien space, and only the two candles in the middle of the main hall lonely sprinkled yellow and clear light.

Under the gray candlelight. The shaking walls and dark halls make people feel eerie and dead.

In the gloomy space, a series of footsteps suddenly sounded, and a slender figure carrying a kerosene lamp stepped into the darkness and went straight to the altar of the church.

"The church is closed, but if you repent, let's come tomorrow. As the figure entered, the hall suddenly resounded with the old voice of Bishop Yusef.

"I have not come to confess, but to discuss something very important with you. His Highness the Cardinal. The slender figure walked up to the cross with the lamp and slowly raised the lamp in front of him. A handsome and flirtatious face was revealed.

"It turned out to be Prince Wallace......"

Bishop Joseph stepped out of the darkness and walked to the front of the altar, staring at each other with cloudy eyes: "I entered the church late at night, not for repentance, but for what?"

"I'm going to make a deal with you, and His Majesty the Pope behind you. His Royal Highness the Second Prince said expressionlessly.

"The only person in this country who is qualified to trade with us is your father. Dear Prince. The bishop narrowed his eyes and said faintly.

"Let's hear about the chips first. ”

Wallace put down the kerosene lamp in his hand and said indifferently:

"My bargaining chip is that all the borderlands of the Highlands will become the property of the Papal States, allowing His Majesty's troops to be stationed, and all the Celts will be baptized. Become a part of the Catholic Church. ”

“......”

Bishop Yussef's face showed a look of emotion for a moment, but he quickly carefully disguised it, and replied slowly: "Although you are the second heir of this country...... But not enough to provide these chips. ”

"Then let me be king!

He raised his voice suddenly, his handsome face contorted with excitement, and said coldly: "As long as I become king, everything promised to you will be fulfilled." ”

"The Highland Kingdom and the Papal State are close allies. ”

The Bishop sighed slowly and heavily, and said lightly: "Therefore, we can't interfere with the normal succession to the throne of the Highland Kingdom, Your Highness the Prince, you better go back." ”

"Allies ......"

Wallace sneered and sneered, "My brother Kenneth has become a waste, do you think my father will still go on the offensive against the Southern Celts as he did before?"

"......" the other party fell silent.

"Moreover, both my brother and my father, they and you are only in a relationship of mutual use, and it is difficult for them to be controlled by the Papal State. ”

When the second prince said this, he suddenly changed his words, pointed at himself, and slowly exhaled: "I am different, I can completely surrender to the Pope's state." ”

That is to say...... You want to kill your own brother?" Bishop Yusuf looked at him quietly, already calculating the gains and losses.

"No! I don't want to kill him!"

Prince Wallace actually shook his head, his face gradually showed a hideous color, and said fiercely:

"I will let him shrink into the shadows and watch me be crowned king, watch me take everything from him, and give him back all the pain I have endured all these years!"

"May the Lord bless you, lost lamb. ”

The bishop closed his eyes and groaned softly, then reopened his eyes and said softly, "I see, you want to become king as soon as possible, don't you, I may have a way to convince King Gary." ”

"Are you sure?"

He twisted his neck lightly and snorted softly, "Father is extremely unpleasant to me now, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for His Excellency the Bishop to make him change his mind." ”

"Not necessarily. ”

Bishop Yusuf smiled, suddenly took a few steps back, and his shriveled lips twitched twice:

"Put your hands in the altar and feel the gift of the Lord and everything will no longer be a dream. ”

“......”

Wallace stared at the other with a suspicious gaze at first, but under the cardinal's affirmative gaze, he approached the altar at the top of the stairs step by step, and then put his hands into the altar:

"Is this a test or a blessing?"

At the moment when he put his hands on the altar, the milky white flame enveloped it with a snort, and with the second prince as the center, a huge silver wave rolled up, in the shape of a whirlpool, and spun wildly.

Hoohoo!

The storm of flames, centered on Wallace, intensified, tearing out dust from the cracks in the walls and floors.

At the same time, a faint silver stigma slowly emerged from his spine with the light, and then quickly climbed all over his body, and the light of the holy flame above and below his body converged and thinned, like a mysterious imprint, bending and covering his body.

Suddenly, a large number of short and dazzling streamers began to flash on Wallace's body surface, and in an instant, the already weakened Holy Flame Storm suddenly intensified, bringing countless high-frequency, piercing sounds that pierced the man's eardrums and pierced into his brain along the nerves, as if a fire-like pain appeared in the depths of his mind.

"Ahhh

The second prince couldn't help but let out a terrible howl, struggling to pull out the altar with both hands, but was frozen in place by an invisible force field, completely unable to break free.

"It's the power of fate, and when you get it, you get everything. ”

Yusuf looked at each other with satisfaction with the shepherd's staff in one hand, his white robe blown in all directions by the storm created by the swirling of the holy light.

Whoosh!

The storm stopped abruptly, and a dazzling light appeared behind Wallace, gradually spinning and shrinking into a palm-sized spiral pattern, the silvery white light of the strange pattern flickering and dimming, and the shining light of the stigma on the surface of his body was intertwined.

"This force...... What a great power. ”

The second prince felt the power of his whole body, closed his eyes in intoxication, and suddenly pulled his hands out of the altar, holding a spiral short spear that seemed to be wooden in his hand.

"Spear of Fate!" his eyes lit up with a spiral of flames. (To be continued.) )