Volume 1: The Fall of Kingship Chapter 142: Eternal Life
Daun was dressed in black armor and a scarlet cloak draped over his shoulders, and his cold appearance at this time was far from the Dawn in Nikolai's memory.
Dawn sneered and said, "Grandfather, you must be surprised, right? The new general of the Night Sword turned out to be your grandson, and he also chased you all the way to this grassless place, just to bring you back to atone for your sins to the royal family!"
Nikolai stared at Daun in a daze, and reluctantly said, "Daun, my grandson, why are you on this battlefield?"
Daun looked directly at Nikolai and replied, "Since you have some doubts, I will solve all your doubts here!"
I don't know what kind of ambition you have betrayed the Empire, and I don't want to know the details of this matter, but I will tell you only one thing, that is, after your crimes were discovered by the Imperial Family, all the members of the Nikolai family were imprisoned, including me, the only grandchild of the guilty minister.
Originally, according to the laws of the Empire, such a serious crime of treason should be punished by the whole clan, but before the legion set out, the benevolent empress gave me a chance to lead the Night Sword, who was also a sinner, to join the legion. When necessary, it's up to us to capture you or bring your body back.
For the sake of the lives of the whole family, I agreed to the empress's request without the slightest hesitation, I don't know if you care about the lives of your clansmen, but I care about this!
I still don't understand why you betrayed the Empire and brought shame on our centuries-old family, when you have become the most powerful minister in the Empire!
You did successfully escape, but only your family members suffered, you are so ruthless, don't you have the slightest nostalgia for our family?
Grandfather, give up your resistance now, I have found the exit here, and I am here to bring you back to the Empress. ”
A self-deprecating smile appeared on Nikolai's face, and he sighed, "I really didn't think about it, as the head of the family, I didn't care about the feelings of the clan, to be honest, I had a hard time." ”
Dawn didn't believe his grandfather's family's words, he silently pulled out the sword at his waist, and said sharply: "I have been thinking about it for a long, long time in prison, and judging from your special behavior before you escaped, I understand that you have never considered our feelings at all, so don't continue to lie to me, no matter what nice excuses you find, it can't change your crime of abandoning your family and betraying the empire!"
Nikolai stepped back slightly, still unrelenting, and said: "My Daun, you can also take refuge in me, and I won't tell you, soon the allies of the tribe will release your unimaginable magic, this magic will destroy the Imperial Legion, even the Empress will be wiped out by magic, it's too late to regret it now, put down the sword in your hand!
Dawn ignored his grandfather's invitation, he had already been betrayed once, and the only thing he had on his mind now was to capture his grandfather alive and return to the empress and restore the glory of the family!
Daun saw Nikolai's intention to escape, he took a few steps forward, and persuaded loudly: "Grandfather, you just give up struggling, I have long found that here, running does not consume physical strength, your old body is not as fast as me as a young man, so you can't escape far before I will be captured alive, for the sake of your decency, I suggest you don't resist stubbornly!"
Nikolai smiled smugly and said coldly, "Is it? not necessarily, Gail, attack him!"
Only then did Dawn realize that something was wrong, and he hurriedly slashed backwards with his sword, but he was confronted by a tall body, who was none other than Gail who had disappeared for a long time.
He also heard the conversation between Nikolai and Daun from afar, and he knew that the exit was blocked by Daun, and now Gale could only hold back the anger in his heart that was betrayed by Nikolai and cooperate with him, so that he could get out of this place where there was no grass.
The rabbit boots he wore were just right to silence the footsteps, and while Daun's attention was all on Nikolai, he crept up behind him, waiting for him to strike if he was negligent.
However, Gail's saber lost its trace in the confusion just now, and he had to slam into Daun's back, trying to throw him to the ground, and then snatch the sword from his hand.
Daun was caught off guard and was suddenly attacked, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but because of the sturdy armor on his body, Daun didn't suffer much damage.
He quickly stabilized his body and turned to avoid Gail's next impact.
After Dawn calmed down, he swung his sword and slashed at Gail. Gale had no weapon on his body, so he could barely dodge Daun's slash, and relied on his arm armor to block the tricky attack.
Daun was not an idle aristocratic son, he had been taught by a master swordsman since he was a child, and when he saw that his enemies were not wearing weapons, he increased the force of his slashes, trying to crush them with a fierce attack.
Nikolai took advantage of the fact that Daun's attention was not on him, and hurriedly ran towards Daun's rear, he knew very well that there was the exit!
When Gale saw that Nikolai had taken the opportunity to escape, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, and then gave up the fight with Dawn and ran in the direction of Nikolai's escape.
Daun was able to spare the two men, and chased after him with the sword in his hand.
After a while, Nikolai finally saw the exit, which was a glowing irregular gap, and the scene of the battlefield could be vaguely seen from the gap, and he was very excited, and quickened his pace to get out of the exit.
However, close to the exit, he was blocked by Dawn, and Gail was cut in the thigh by Dawn and fell not far from the exit.
Cold sweat oozed from Nikolai's head, and he stared at the sword in Daun's hand and persuaded: "Daun, don't be impulsive, it's okay if I don't run away, can't I go back with you to ask for guilt?"
After saying that, Nikolai spread his hands and signaled that he would not resist.
Seeing that his grandfather was restrained, Dawn leaned over vigilantly, and after confirming that his grandfather had no weapon on him, he took out a rope from his body.
He tried to tie Nikolai's hands, but he didn't notice that Nikolai's lips showed a triumphant smile.
Daun walked to the exit with Nikolai, whose hands were tied, but Nikolai suddenly said to him, "Daun, look at me!"
Dawn subconsciously looked at him, but he saw a small black smoke fly from Nikolai's fingers, hitting him directly in the eyes.
Dawn immediately felt pain beyond words, and he clutched his eyes and fell uncontrollably to the ground.
"Haha!"
Nikolai picked up the sword and cut the rope on his wrist, "I just pretended to surrender in order to close the distance between the two of us, during this time I have carefully studied a lot of small tricks, it is enough to deal with you, my dear grandson, I can only blame you for being too young and careless!"
Dawn lay on the ground and endured the severe pain and asked, "Why are you doing this, why are you betraying the Empire, tell me!"
Nikolai stood beside him and replied with a hint of indifference: "When you become a powerful minister of the empire and hold the power second only to the royal family, you will find that all the money and rights in the world are extremely boring.
After all, a person's life is very short, and after a few decades, it will not become a billet of loess, so I want to live forever! The empire cannot fulfill my hopes, but the abyss can satisfy me! Why can't I choose a better future!"
Daun's eyes were constantly corroded by the corrosive magic, and his voice continued to fade, and he asked in a low voice, "Is it worth it?"
Nikolai threw the severed rope on the ground and said: "Compared to eternal life, you people who can be replaced are not so important, I have seen extraordinary power, which is not comparable to the so-called family affection. ”
Dawn didn't ask any more, perhaps because he had already asked all the questions, or maybe he was desperate for his grandfather's reply and didn't want to talk to him again.
Nikolai snorted, then turned to look at Gail, who had fallen to the ground, and ignored the two eyesores with a soft snort, and he quickly ran to the exit, stepping out of the exit with his left foot.