The man's head and hair were messy, but his face was quite intact, but his eyes were very prominent, and he looked like he was dead.

Xu Nan recognized the identity of this person with just one glance.

He is the Grand Prince of the Eastern Kingdoms.

Because of the incident in Wildfire City before, this guy also sent a shadow demon to find out Xu Nan's details, and finally gave Xu Nan a successful meal......

And now, the head of the eldest prince lay so quietly on the floor of the room.

The room was silent.

"Little ......"

The first to speak was Howell himself, who still looked calm and calm, with a majestic expression:

"You have to trust me."

"I won't hurt you."

Evelyn took a half-step back, somewhat bewildered.

She looked into Howell's eyes for a long time before she said firmly:

"But you killed my brother......"

"You're still related to that demon!"

In this regard, Howell generously admitted:

"That's right. I did kill your brother, but don't forget, he is your enemy, he is the one who will kill you! ”

"As for the demon......

"I do have a collaboration with him, but so what?"

"As I said, I won't hurt you, no matter what you think."

His gaze turned to Xu Nan and Ah Kun, and his eyes narrowed slightly:

"Legendary warrior monk? Fourth-Order Warlock? It's a bit tricky. ”

"If it is not necessary, I really don't want to fight with you, it seems that you are all friends of Xiao Yi, it's a pity ......"

"Why don't you sit down first?"

He turned around generously, as if he was not afraid of Xu Nan and the others attacking him from behind.

Xu Nan looked at Ah Kun with a solemn face.

Evelyn's gaze was somewhat ambivalent.

On the way here, she told Xu Nan and Ah Kun that her relationship with Howell has always been very good, from childhood to adulthood, she was able to survive the difficult palace struggle, and Howell played a role more or less.

Although, these effects are very insignificant.

So much so that outsiders hardly know that Howell and Evelyn have a good relationship.

But at this point, Evelyn was clearly in doubt.

She saw the human head.

She heard the story of the evil spirit from Ah Kun and Xu Nan.

Howell also admitted that he knew Lynch.

Things get complicated.

"So ......"

Evelyn stood there, biting her lip, her eyes brightening:

"It's all just a hoax, right?"

Naturally, she was referring to ghost stories like the search for the Mithril Sword.

Everyone came to Welsh Castle, except for the inability to curb their greed for the throne, they trusted Howell to be a fair and strict military boss, not a guy who engaged in evil spirits.

The three people present almost simultaneously deduced a possibility-

The legend of the Mithril Sword in Welsh Castle may be a hoax!

"Sit down, it's too tiring to stand and talk."

Howell sat down in his place a little tiredly, and motioned for the other three to sit down on the couch.

Because he never made any aggressive movements, Ah Kun and Xu Nan also controlled the idea of doing it themselves and sat down with Evelyn.

Howell looked at Evelyn with a reminiscing smile on his face:

"When you were younger, you and your sister were really similar."

"It's a pity she chose the wrong person."

Evelyn bit her lip, not as surprised by the words.

Xu Nan smelled a lot of gossip.

He quietly opened the super-spiritual vision, and found that Howell's emotions towards Evelyn were actually "compassion" and "protectiveness" that had the absolute upper hand!

"This ......"

"What kind of script is this?"

At that moment, he suddenly made up several bloody dramas in his mind.

But in this case, Howell should not hurt Evelyn.

And what about this human head, and what about his confession of cooperation with the Evil Spirit Lord?

Xu Nan took a deep breath and did not lower his vigilance because of Howell's attitude towards Evelyn.

Because he always felt that there was a great danger lurking in this castle.

And the danger itself may not only come from the evil spirit lord Lynch, but also from something else!

……

"Where do you start?"

Howell took a cigar out of the drawer and lit it, and between the clouds, his eyes became drifting:

"Actually, you're only half right about all this."

"It's not a scam."

"It's a ......"

"Dead!"

Howell smiled faintly:

"All the people in this castle are going to die except you!"

"Including these two friends of yours...... I'm really sorry. ”

Ah Kun stood up suddenly:

"Is it an evil spirit sacrifice?"

"No!"

Howell said calmly: "It's another kind of sacrifice." ”

"A sacrifice that hasn't been seen on this continent for a long time......"

At that moment, Xu Nan and Evelyn said in unison:

"Blood Mage!"

Howell nodded without hesitation:

"I originally wanted more people to bleed, more people to die, so that you can successfully awaken the blood of the blood mage."

"But times are different, and I have to cooperate with the Evil Spirit Lord."

"These idiot princes, you really think I'm going to give them the throne."

"Of course, there are smart people among them, hehe......"

The smart man in his mouth is naturally worthy of being called a great prince who can't come when he is sick.

But he's now a cold human head.

So, from the very beginning, Howell had no intention of letting anyone else inherit the throne at all.

He wants to put Evelyn in the position of the Eastern Kingdom.

"I see, your purpose is ......"

Xu Nan let out a long breath:

"Rebuild Caesar's Empire!"

"Am I guessing right?"

Howell nodded:

"This is my sister's last wish."

"You're highly educated, you don't look like an ordinary warlock, it's a pity ......"

Xu Nan didn't speak quietly.

"You're destined to be sacrificed anyway, and it's okay to have something to tell you."

"Eastern Kingdom, Blue Cloak Sect...... I'm in control. ”

"It took me forty years to do it all."

"And after tonight."

Howell looked at Evelyn warmly:

"I will send you to godhood."

It's just that although the eyes were gentle, Evelyn shuddered!

……

It was a project that had been going on in secret for more than forty years.

It all started with Evelyn's mother, Ulrika.

Like Evelyn, as a pigback of Caesar's bloodline, Ulrica has shown unusual abilities from an early age.

She was targeted by some ill-intentioned people.

As with all biographies, someone stood up and made a heroic move to save beauty.

The man, now the old king, was nearly forty years old at the time, but still mighty and strong, and he single-handedly protected Ulrika and brought her back to the Eastern Kingdom.

And at that time, Howell was just an attendant by the old king's side.

Because of this, the young Howell was able to come into contact with Ulrika for a while.

An inexplicable feeling had been planted at that time.

Today's Howell can calmly pour out his nostalgia and love for Ulrika.

But at that time, he only dared to watch shyly and painfully as she finally fell under the attack of the old king......

Ulrika entered the palace.

She hid the secret of the blood mage and, under the inducement of the old king, gave him the imperial blood contract; And herself, she lost all her supernatural abilities.

She wanted to hide from her fate and live a quiet and peaceful life.

Of course, there are such days.

Otherwise, there would have been no Evelyn birth.

But soon, things took a turn for the worse.

Someone within the kingdom attacked the old king on the grounds of Ulrika's identity.

There is a rebellion in the Southern Territories.

Although the matter was suppressed, Howell clearly sensed that the old king was beginning to distance himself from Ulrika.

Although he was the king of the eastern kingdom.

But he is also only a checker and balancer of power, not to the point of absolute dictatorship.

He had to make concessions to the lords who had sworn to him.

Ulrika became depressed.

Many nights, when Howell, as a knight's squire, went in and out of the court, he could see her alone in the courtyard late at night counting the sad scene of falling leaves.

The two didn't actually communicate much.

But from that time on, Howell had begun to swear secretly in his heart.

He was to be the most powerful man in the Eastern Kingdoms.

He wants to protect the people he loves.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for that day.

Howell was vague about Ulrika's death.

He only made a clear mention of Ulrika's last wish when she died-

She hopes that Evelyn will not repeat her mistakes and give up or run away from the bloodline mission she has on her body for the sake of a certain man.

Everything is false, and only the power of the blood mage is real.

She told Howell the secrets of Caesar's empire and the blood mage.

Clearly, Ulrika was not unaware of the young man she was in love with.

She chose to believe him.

In fact, she can only entrust Evelyn to him.

And then it was just as Evelyn remembered.

Howell soon left the court and took charge of the army, and with the trust of the old king, controlled the vast majority of the army.

When Evelyn became an adult, the person who secretly arranged for Evelyn to go to the Ice Wind Collar was actually him.

Because, his original plan was to turn the Eastern Kingdom upside down.

He wants to use the origin of the Blue Cloak to stir up the contradiction between secular power and religious theocracy, and add the sudden death of the old king to the succession dispute, all of which is enough to bring the eastern kingdom into a bloody state under his control.

This is to pave the way for Evelyn's Blood Mage Awakening.

Because all of this is closely related to her.

And she herself doesn't need to do it herself.

She only needs to stay out of the matter to complete the awakening of the blood mage cleanly.

When the internal spring of the Eastern Kingdom begins, the civil war is almost all fought, and Howell comes to support Evelyn to succeed to the throne, then he can successfully accomplish his goal.

Unfortunately, things took a turn of events, forcing him to change his plans.

He couldn't wait for the civil war in the spring.

For in the northern part of the Eastern Kingdom, the drums of war were heard.

There is reliable information that the Eparian civilization is preparing a war aimed at conquering the entire northern continent!

And once this war starts, the entire Northern Continent will inevitably be swept in.

If the Eastern Kingdom were still in chaos, it would have been destroyed.

This is not in line with the purpose of Howell's years of painstaking layout.

And at this time, he contacted a person through the channel of the Blue Coat Sect.

The other party claimed that another means could be used to help him accomplish his goal.

That person was not the evil spirit lord Lynch that Xu Nan thought.

Rather, it was a woman who called herself Lorina.

Rollena acted as an intermediary and introduced Lynch to Howell, and the two sides worked out a detailed plan.

Howell decided to take a gamble.

It's in this Welsh castle.

He gathered all the members of the royal family who had a similar bloodline to Evelyn.

Use the lives of all of them to strengthen the strength of the Blood Mage's sacrifice!

He will personally send Evelyn to the throne and the throne of God!

Blood mage is a powerful profession inherited from the Arcane Empire.

Once the sacrifice is complete, Evelyn will go straight to the legend.

It is even possible to touch the realm of the gods!

But at the cost.

Everyone in the Welsh castle, including Xu Nan and Ah Kun, including the loyal soldiers, and even Howell himself, could die in this sacrifice!

……

"Aren't you afraid that the evil spirit lord is lying to you?"

Xu Nan stared at Howell with a calm face:

"Even if you're for Evelyn......"

"Have you considered her own feelings?"

Xu Nan had entered Evelyn's dream, and she refused the task of the Blood Mage!

Therefore, even if Xu Nan also accepted the task of the blood mage, he would also have a resistant attitude towards all this.

Evelyn even said directly:

"Uncle Howell, I don't want ......"

However, her words were directly interrupted.

"I'm just following your mother's wishes."

Howell snuffed out his cigar and said calmly:

"What you think, I don't care."

"I just have to do what I promised to do."

"What's more, you're still young, you don't understand anything, hehe, this warlock is so good-looking, you're just like Sister Ullica back then, you were all confused by these men!"

Xu Nan was confused, and couldn't help but squirt:

"No, aren't you also a man?"

Howell was stunned for a moment, and then smiled lightly:

"Played for so many years...... I forgot it myself. ”

"I'm actually a woman, too."

With that, he casually tore off the delicate middle-aged man's mask, revealing a clean and neutral face.

"Otherwise, do you think that old man would let me go in and out of the court so freely?"

"Do you think he'll be so comfortable putting me in charge of the army?"

"Because he has a secret about me, he just needs to point out that I am a woman, and under this worldly prejudice, I am very likely to lose everything I have......"

Howell sneered:

"But he still chose to believe me, because in terms of identity, I can be regarded as a princess of the kingdom, but I gave up this identity a long time ago."

"And I've been loyal to him for years, and he probably really thinks of me as the kind of knight who guards his knight who follows the ancient precepts......"

"As for why I disguised myself as a man, because what I liked since I was a child was women."

"That's the only way to avoid the disgusting worldly eyes, isn't it?"

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, the name Howell is real......"

"Because of my father, that old pervert...... He thought I was supposed to be a boy...... Hehehe......"

Her laughter grew colder and more eerie.

Xu Nan saw that the shadow behind her was stretched long, and a face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling appeared on the shadow.

Inside the castle, there was a sharp cry for help.

The sweet fishy smell began to permeate.

"Ritual ......"

"Here we go."

Howell licked his lips, and suddenly pointed at Evelyn and said:

"Treasure of the Lake!"

In the next second, she disappeared in place!

Ah Kun's eyes were quick, and he quickly restrained Howell, and even choked her neck, but he couldn't stop Evelyn from disappearing!

And the shadow behind her began to split, turning into pieces of tentacle-like things!

"You've finally fallen into my hands......"

A deep male voice rang out:

"Ms. Howell, the transaction between you and me is under the watchful eye of the Guardian of the Center of the Earth, so ......"

"Give me your body!"

That voice, naturally, was that of the evil spirit lord Lynch!

Howell didn't struggle.

Her eyes quickly became distorted, and then her eyes turned white, the corners of her mouth cracked, and a large number of tiny teeth popped out of them.

"It's kind of disgusting."

Xu Nan commented.

At the same time, the entire castle has changed.

"It's disgusting." Lynch's voice came from all directions:

"I'm going to give you more of a taste that you wouldn't normally enjoy."

"Welcome to ......"

"Evil Spirit World!"

Suddenly, it was as if the air had filtered through a thin membrane, and everything turned light green.

Not to mention Xu Nan, even Ah Kun's skin began to partially fester!

This is the erosion of negative energy from the evil spirit world.

Obviously, with Howell's help, Lynch has fused the projection of the evil world with the Welsh castle!

Now, every corner of the castle is corroded by evil spirits and evil forces!

"Any plans?"

Ah Kun turned around and asked Xu Nan.

The two are back-to-back to prevent Lynch from raiding.

"It's the same as when the Demon God Monastery."

Xu Nan's eyes were very firm:

"Just hit it out."

But when it came to this, he hesitated slightly:

"Or ......"

"I'll go shake a few people."

……