What is it that makes Agnes so loyal to the Duke?

The duke's personal strength is not strong, and he has nothing to do except conspiracy and power struggle, and Agnes, as a powerful fifth-order demonic beast, has no pursuit of wealth, why is he so wronged by himself?

For Chang Le's confusion, Agnes smiled:

"Your suspicion is legitimate, but would you still think it would be strange if I told you that Duke Stennis saved my life?"

"It's actually a repayment!" Chang Le was dumbfounded, "I've heard a lot of this kind of fairy tale, a kind boy saved a little snake, and many years later, the little snake turned into a beauty and promised to ...... But is the Duke such a kind man?"

Agnes smiled and shook her head:

"I didn't promise to do so, and it wasn't the current duke who saved me, it was his great-grandfather. Besides, I was a little snake, and I was very big, and it was scary, and it was very ...... Valuable. ”

"Worth the money?"

"Yes, it's worth the money. ”

Agnes said, touching the white gold snake-patterned belt around her waist, the snakeskin whip that had shown infinite power in the previous battle:

"The raw material of this leather whip is the skin ...... that I have shed myself."

Chang Le pursed his lips, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

Using your own skin as a weapon is terrifying when you hear it. Although she knew that Agnes was the Warcraft "Golden Silk Jade Python", she was a human beauty at the moment, and it was still unbearable to talk about her skin so lightly.

Agnes didn't care about Changle's reaction, and went on to explain:

"My skin has not been processed by any master, it is not enchanted, it can be made into a whip is a high-grade spiritual weapon, so you can imagine that my whole body is a treasure, as long as you kill me, pull my bones and skin it, and sell it for millions of gold coins is not a problem. ”

Chang Le not only stood on end, but also fought a few extra cold wars.

Adventurers slay demonic beasts in tandem and exchange the harvest for large sums of gold, which is a very common way for human cultivators to make money, and there is no moral problem at all.

Even when he himself first started cultivating, he was full of longing for going out to hunt demonic beasts on adventures, looking forward to making a fortune from now on and allowing his parents to live a good life.

But this act seems so cruel when it comes out of Agnes' mouth!

Agnes left the gloomy stable, strolling side by side with Changle in the sun, telling the original story.

This old incident from a hundred years ago has always been held in her heart, because her identity as a monster must be concealed, and today she finally found someone to confide in, of course she has no reservations.

The great-grandfather of the current Duke of Stennis was named Noah Stellnis, who was not a duke at the time, but a young viscount.

The original Agnes was a golden silk jade python hatchling that had just hatched for more than a hundred years.

She doesn't know where her parents are, although ordinary snakes don't take care of offspring, but high-level demonic beasts have a spiritual intelligence no less than that of humans, and if they have spiritual intelligence, they will have family affection, and they will not leave their children behind.

So Agnes could only guess that something had happened to her parents, but fortunately, her parents had stored the eggs in a safe cave room, the cave exit was hidden underwater, and there were many low-level monsters guarding her, so she was able to survive her wife peacefully for hundreds of years until she broke out of the shell.

The delay for so long is also because the temperature in the cave is too low, if you can receive warmth in the sun, the golden silk jade python can hatch in only ten years under normal circumstances.

These are all from her bloodline memories, and even "Agnes" is the name given to her by her parents as a cloudy snapping turtle who cares for her.

But as for the whereabouts of their parents, the low-level Warcraft didn't know anything.

Speaking of this, Chang Le couldn't help but interject:

"What if...... If you're with humans, uh...... Married, finally ...... Do you give birth to a baby, or do you lay eggs?"

Agnes laughed "poof":

"I'm sorry, I don't know the answer, ordinary human men are too weak in blood and have too short lifespans, I'm not interested in them, even if they are combined, they shouldn't be able to conceive. ”

"You've been humanoid for at least a few decades, haven't you? You've never tried it with humans?Why do people in the imperial capital say that you're ......" Chang Le's eyes widened with curiosity, but the last adjective was inconvenient to say.

"Say I'm, huh?" Agnes smiled wryly, "I love to flirt with men, just to see how they react is funny. You may not believe it, but there is no one who has actually been laid. ”

Chang Le pursed his lips and muttered:

"It turns out that you are still a pure girl. ”

"I can't be called a girl when I'm a few hundred years old, but I'm still a virgin. Agnes laughed.

But what appeared in Chang Le's head was the fragrant scene at the bottom of the cave, if it weren't for his concentration being strong enough, the two might be entangled in a fiery way, so the expression on his face was a hundred disbelief.

But Agnes then explained frankly that she didn't dare to get too close to human men, because her body was obviously different from humans, such as not having body hair, such as not sweating.

"For example, the tongue can stretch very long...... Chang Le silently added a sentence in his heart.

Under normal circumstances, these secrets will not be exposed, but once there is an intimate act with a person, it will be discovered by the other party immediately, even if the identity of the Warcraft is not revealed, there will be all kinds of rumors, maybe it will attract the attention of the master.

Fourth-order demonic beasts are very valuable, and fifth-order is even more valuable, and in the Julian Continent, it is not uncommon for people to recognize and kill fifth-order demonic beasts.

This made sense, Chang Le nodded, and he also began to doubt Agnes' identity from the moment at the bottom of the cave.

As if knowing what Chang Le was thinking, Agnes bowed her head and smiled slightly shyly:

"I admit that there is a strange temptation in your bloodline aura that has stimulated my Warcraft instincts, so it is my fault that it has lost control twice. But I've been trying to be a good human being, learning human ethics and ethics, and I'll pay attention to it in the future. ”

"Okay, I got it. ”

Chang Le nodded again and again, in fact, Agnes was more polite and gentle than most humans, but this topic was a little awkward, so he had to interrupt quickly:

"Let's continue your story. ”

At that time, Agnes, who was said to be a "juvenile", was actually more than 20 meters long, playing and playing in the southern swamp every day, because she had no parental discipline and did not cultivate diligently, she only grew up naturally with a strong bloodline, and gradually rose to the fourth order.

The high-level demonic beast can transform into a human form when it reaches the fourth order, and it can also speak human words, which all comes from bloodline memory, and there is no need to learn.

Bloodline memories tell her that the human form is the ultimate perfect form, but she doesn't understand the reason, so she is full of curiosity, and from time to time she transforms into a human form, struggling in the muddy water of the swamp, and does not understand this form that cannot swim and run fast.

But what the fourth-order demonic beast has changed is the "basic state of the human form", with empty skin and no combat power. Her friends who had known her since she had grown up warned her not to become human, or a normal swamp crocodile would tear her apart, not to mention a hostile beast.

So she finally gave up her human form and became a free snake.

Until one day, a group of adventurers came to the swamp and listened to their conversation about what they were looking for "ruins".

Agnes can speak human words and change human form, but it is the first time she has seen a human being, and of course she is curious about these uninvited guests, and she is also a little inexplicably close, and she wants to "talk to them".

It's a pity that the snake's vocal organs are very rudimentary, and in order to communicate with those people, it is necessary to use the "basic form of the human form" that has no combat effectiveness.

After a period of stalking and hesitation, she finally made up her mind, turned into a human form, emerged from the water, and timidly greeted the adventurers.

A naked little girl suddenly appeared behind her, and the seven humans were startled at first, and only after a while did they begin to talk to her cautiously.

At that time, Agnes was over 100 years old, but she was still a "juvenile" in the golden silk python, but her mind was only equivalent to that of a child, and her human form was also the appearance of a seven or eight-year-old girl, and she was innocent, answering whatever she asked.

"Are you really a Warcraft? You can change into a human form at the fourth order?"

"Hmm!" Agnes smirked, "I'm the Golden Silk Jade Python, the highest-ranking demonic beast, the most powerful!

The rest of the matter can be imagined, a group of people looked at each other, and suddenly attacked.

The seven of them were all warriors or magicians of different ranks, much weaker than the fourth-order demonic beasts. But the problem was that Agnes was not a snake at that time, but a human.

The "basic form of the human form" has no combat power at all, she is equivalent to an ordinary human girl, who was instantly subdued by seven cultivators, and she was also frozen by ice magic.

The snake's weakness was exposed, and even as she struggled to return to her original form and break free, her movements became sluggish as her body temperature dropped.

A fierce battle began unfairly, and while Agnes's strength was greatly reduced, the human race was complemented by many professions and skillful and tacit cooperation.

All kinds of attack and assassination attacks on her, magicians keep freezing her, and there is a guy in heavy armor, who is not fatal, but makes her extremely painful and angry, so that she has always prioritized attacking this "iron can".

Now of course Agnes understands, it is a defensive warmaster, who has mastered the taunt skill and is dedicated to taking attacks. The so-called "ridicule" is not a few swear words with her mouth, but a variety of harmful means that make her angry.

The most hateful thing is that these people shouted while fighting back:

"Cut off her head! Don't hurt her skin, it's very valuable!"

"Haha, there are such mentally retarded high-level demonic beasts, it is God who makes us rich!"

The sound of the fight soon attracted Agnes' allies, and a fierce battle ensued in the wider swamp.

However, those muddy water snapping turtles and the like are relatively low-level magical beasts, which were weak among the original servants of Agnes' parents, and they only stayed to take care of her until now because of their long lifespan.

Therefore, in front of the human cultivators who cooperated tacitly, the old turtles suffered heavy casualties.

Agnes is a snake, but she also cries, screaming and crying, telling her friends to run away and leave her alone.

The old turtle's thoughts before he died were only one sentence:

"We promised our master to protect you with our lives......"

The human cultivator laughed and provoked the old turtle corpse with a sword:

"This turtle shell is a shield, at least a thousand gold coins!hahaha!"

Agnes could do nothing about it, and fled crying, hoping that she would lead the enemy away so that she could save the few surviving companions.

The human adventurers did chase after her, and they were very strategic, forming a fan shape and driving her to the outskirts of the swamp, never allowing her to escape into the depths.

The ice mages among the humans are busy freezing the waters, freezing the muddy ground, and making paths through the swamps for their companions.

Even though they occasionally distanced themselves, the human cultivators always sensed Agnes' aura and chased after them unhurriedly.

Eventually, desperate, Agnes made it to the edge of the swamp, next to a boulder, where she met Noah Stannis.

That generation of Viscount Stennis was much stronger than his descendants, and he was already a junior war spirit.

However, the Viscount was not here to take an adventure at that time, but to take a few soldiers to survey the terrain and make a map.

Agnes could see that this man was very strong, weaker than when he was not injured.

She didn't immediately ask for help, because she had lost trust in humans, on the contrary, she was full of hatred, but there was no other way, the adventurer chased closer and closer, she had to gamble, transform into a human form again, crawl out of the water with difficulty, crying for help, hoping that this human would be different.

She was right, as a soldier, the viscount was extremely sensitive to the cry for help, and immediately concluded that it was the robbers who were chasing and killing the little girl, so he immediately took off his military uniform and put on the naked Agnes, and said softly and comfortingly:

"Don't be afraid, kid, uncle protects you!"

Then he ordered his men to draw their swords and line up:

"You protect the children!"

Then he greeted the adventurers.

Those people couldn't see the depth of the viscount, thinking that he was just an ordinary soldier, until he bloomed with a brilliant fighting spirit and showed the strength of the war spirit, they were all stupid.

However, the windfall that was about to be won flew away, and the adventurers were really unwilling, so they accused the viscount of taking advantage of the fire to rob and want to snatch such an expensive monster from them.

When the viscount heard that Agnes was a monster, he was taken aback and looked back at her, but still stood in the way and ordered the adventurers to retreat.

Those men gritted their teeth, and with the strength of the crowd, seven to one, launched an attack on the viscount.

Noah Stennis later became a famous player, but of course he was not a vegetarian.

He condensed the bright red fighting spirit and light blade, resisted everyone's attack, and issued three warnings in a row, each time more severe than the other, seeing that the other party was still obsessed, so he made a ruthless move.

All seven adventurers died, leaving no one alive, this is the principle of a generation of famous generals Noah, "Don't be full of words, things must be done."

Hearing this, Chang Le's heart moved:

"Before you killed Pistoria, you also issued three warnings in a row, could it be that you learned from this Noah?"

"Yes......" Agnes looked at the sky thoughtfully, "I still remember his appearance very clearly, it is because of him that the human race has not disappointed me, and I want to be like him!"

"What happened later? He knew you were a monster, why did he protect you?"

Agnes asked the same question at the time.

And Noah just smiled:

"I promised to protect you, of course I want to do it, no matter what your identity is, as soon as the oath is made, I will defend it with my life. ”

Then he told Agnes to go back to the swamp and hide a little deeper, so that the greedy adventurers would not see it again.

But Agnes was unwilling to leave, so she kept wearing Noah's military uniform, followed him, camped and ate together, and listened to him tell him anecdotes about human society, until the other party and his party completed the surveying and mapping, and the little girl watched the viscount go away with tears.

Since then, Agnes has always longed to go to the place where humans can go and see the imposing "Uncle Noah" again.

But her strength is insufficient, not to mention that the "basic state of human nature" has no combat effectiveness, and it is easy to be seen through by masters above the war spirit, so she can only study and practice hard from now on.

Only fifty years later, Agnes had crossed an entire realm and reached the fifth order, which was the Battle Sect.

But when she successfully transformed into a "humanoid combat state" and happily came to Noah, she found that Noah had been killed in the war with the South, and not on the battlefield, but by assassins sent by the enemy.

Agnes burst into tears, feeling that she had cultivated too slowly, and that if she had come to Noah's side earlier, her benefactor would not have been killed.

Since she couldn't repay Noah's kindness, she turned her feelings to Noah's children and grandchildren.

At that time, due to Noah's outstanding military achievements, the family title had been promoted from viscount to duke, and Agnes secretly made up her mind to protect Noah's descendants for at least three generations.

So, as a human war spirit, she went to Noah's son, the second Duke of Stennis to find a job. Since she was a woman, there were no taboos in dealing with her dependents, and the Duke was willing to leave the security of the castle to her.

Occasionally, when there was a difficult enemy outside, the Duke would send Agnes out.

In this way, almost fifty years later, Agnes is already one of the most important members of the Duke's Palace, and is deeply trusted and respected by the current Duke, after all, she has watched the latter grow up.

If you know these inside information, you can understand how ridiculous it is that "Agnes has a personal affair with the duke" circulated in the outside world.

"I see. Chang Le heard the end and sighed, "You swore to protect Noah's descendants, and you must defend the oath with your life, which is also the protection that Noah gave you at the beginning." ”

Agnes smiled, her eyes were pure, and she looked at Chang Le sincerely:

"So, I hope you don't make enemies of the Duke, or I'll become your enemy. ”

"Unfortunately, I can't swear by this, I can only try to avoid it. Chang Le shook his head helplessly, "If Duke Stennis was someone like his great-grandfather, I wouldn't go against him, but unfortunately he wasn't." ”

"On the duke's side, I will also speak for you, and my words will still have a great influence on him. ”

Agnes had just finished saying this when her eyes suddenly sharpened, and she suddenly looked up into the distance.

Chang Le also noticed it and looked in the same direction.

I saw a little girl crying and running along the street, followed by a group of strong men with knives and swords.

"Dead girl, you can't run away!

As if the old thing was repeating itself, Agnes witnessed this scene, and a flame burst into her eyes, and the human pupils contracted and instantly turned into snake pupils.

Chang Le knew that this scene evoked her childhood memories, so he hurriedly patted her on the shoulder to comfort her, and then rushed out lightly and picked up the little girl.

The girl was about ten years old, and probably regarded Changle as a bad person chasing her, crying and kicking and biting.

Chang Le smiled and stroked her hair:

"Don't be afraid, kid, uncle protects you!"