Chapter 31: Strange Dark Arts

Maybe many people make mistakes irrationally, and when they understand, they want to make amends, but some things always backfire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Maybe Grand's intentions are good, but he also proves it.

Queen Hurri glanced at the surprised Geno and said, "I didn't believe it at first, but all kinds of circumstances later showed that it had something to do with him. According to the report of the North Shore Village, Gran and his subordinates went to the North Shore Village in person, and asked to be entrusted to protect the Purple Spirit Crystal to go to Tree Heart City for purification, don't you think this is very strange? ”

Geno was shocked: "How is this possible, how could he do such a stupid thing?"

The queen sighed and said, "At first, I thought it was just everyone's speculation, but not long after, when the report from the North Shore Village arrived, everyone's suspicions were confirmed. ”

"Your Majesty," replied, "but I saw with my own eyes that Grand and his men had gone to the Swamp of Dreams, and indeed to Castlevania. ”

The queen said: "I know you will not believe this reality, and the most important thing now is to hunt down Grand, and after the matter is clear, we will convict him of his crimes." You can rest assured that his business will never involve you. ”

Geno replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for what I am afraid of is not this, but that Grand will do something dangerous, and that he and his men are not to be underestimated." ”

The queen said calmly: "You can rest assured, because this matter was touched by that guy, I think with his strength, Grand should not hurt him, on the contrary, he should be more worried about Grand himself." ”

"Who is your majesty talking about?" asked Genot.

The queen replied, "Didn't you just ask about the rumors about him?"

Geno said, "Is what Your Majesty said about Ryan?"

"Yes, that's him. He sent me news. The queen said, "This time he came back, it seems that he has changed a lot, and he has offered to be responsible for guiding a few 'little ghosts' who have just graduated from school." ”

"Is there such a thing?" Geno was also puzzled, because the former Ryan was a prodigal son who completely ignored state affairs.

The queen said: "People change, especially after five or six years. I got the news from the rookie instructor Guruns, the situation of the three rookie 'little ghosts' that Ryan came back to guide this time are all from Windmill Town, judging from their graduation results, one has excellent grades, the other is off the back of the car, and there is a little girl who practices magicians and has good analytical skills. ”

Geno said uncertainly, "Why does Your Majesty want to know about the newcomers under the guidance of Lane?"

The queen replied slowly, "To be honest, I didn't know Ryan as a person, although I did appreciate him. If you want to understand a person, you don't have to get to know him face-to-face, you have to understand him from the people around him. I had always wanted to get to know Jenny from him, but Jenny was no longer there. ”

"Know Ryan?" asked Geenow, "is he really that interesting?"

The queen glanced at Geno and said, "Don't speculate. I learned about my subordinates in order to better grasp some information, which will be more helpful for me to govern the country. At the same time, as you know, there have always been several forces in the human kingdom, but they have not yet surfaced. ”

Gnobi said respectfully: "I understand Your Majesty's intentions. ”

While they were talking, a guard came in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a subordinate who claims to be Mr. Grand, and says he must see you, and that there is an emergency to report. ”

"What's going on?"

The queen returned to the palace and said, "Bring him in." ”

At that moment, a warrior helped a wounded man in. The warrior immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, when I was practicing in the Lost Dream Swamp with my group mates, I met him who was wounded, and he said that his name was Qibu, and he asked us for help, so we brought him back, and he did not go directly to heal his wounds, but insisted that he would come to see His Majesty, so we brought him. ”

Chibu, who was badly injured, had no strength to support his body, and he fell to his knees. The guards helped him up, and he said intermittently: "Your Majesty, I am a subordinate of Count Grand, and we went to Castlevania together, but on the way we were ambushed by the demon army, and many of our friends and comrades were killed one after another. Count Grand led us to withdraw our troops from Castlevania, only to be attacked by another force, and to our disbelief, the same people who attacked us were our comrades who had entered Castlevania with us and died in battle. ”

When the queen heard this, she was shocked, and she did not speak, forcing the uneasiness in her heart.

Geno asked, "Chib, what's going on?"

"At first we thought that our companions were not dead, and escaped and caught up with us, but after they killed several of our companions, we reacted. Together with Count Grand, we fought back against them, and when they were killed, a puff of black smoke came into play, and then the corpse quickly turned into a skeleton. ”

"Darkarts?" Guenau blurted out.

Dark art is a magic practiced by demon necromancers that can manipulate people who have just died. It is said that it is possible to blacken the soul of a person who has just died, control it, and use it by it. That's the horror of dark arts.

"Sure enough," said Chib, "Count Grand said the same thing to me at the time. In order to cover the escape of several of us, he came back to report the news, and died in the final battle with the demon army. ”

"What?" said Guerno, standing there dumbfounded.

The queen thought calmly and said, "Chibu, when did this happen?"

Kibu replied, "Based on the time we entered Castlevania, it should have been ten days ago. ”

The queen said, "So, on the twenty-ninth of February, the man who went to seal the strange well was prevented, and that man was not Grand. And what appeared in the North Shore Village was not their own consciousness, but their bodies were manipulated by dark magic. Geno listened to orders. ”

Geno bowed and said, "Your Majesty is here, please give your Majesty's order." ”

The queen said: "Go and see your brother for the last time, now this time Ryan and they should be in Tree Heart City, it is said that the purple spirit crystal cannot exert his powerful divine power in the swamp area, so I guess those demons will also use Grand and his men to seize the purple spirit crystal on the way back to Ryan." If that's the case, bring back your brother's corpse and bury it. If your brother and they are not being manipulated by the dark arts, but have gone astray, then there is no need to tolerate it. ”

Gueno replied, "Yes." Then he walked out.

The queen said to the guards, "Take Chibu down to heal." Then I will go and gather the princes and ministers, and I will inform them of this. ”

"Yes!" the guards helped Kibu down.