Chapter 001: The Truth
Kaplan covered the wound on his chest with his hands, but he couldn't stop the blood from gushing out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhat's more, he has suffered more serious wounds than this, and it is not an exaggeration to describe his current body with thousands of wounds.
He was able to remain sober and was already strong-willed.
Leaning against the wooden wall of the hut and trying not to fall down, Kaplan's face was filled with anger and confusion: he could not understand the sudden situation at the moment, and his mind went blank.
"I really underestimated you. I didn't expect that the original wreck is now an intermediate magician, and has even mastered the magic of silent hair!If I hadn't taken me by surprise, it might have been difficult to keep you, right?" said a middle-aged man in armor guarding the door.
His appearance is somewhat similar to Kaplan, he looks older than Kaplan, but Kaplan's face looks thinner and more vicissitudes.
This man was Kaplan's eldest brother, Stoniel, a squad leader of the Knights Templar of the Cult of the Illuminati.
Originally, Kaplan came to him in private to discuss important matters, but he didn't expect Stonier to suddenly turn his face and kill him! Although Stonier was only an intermediate swordsman of the same level as the intermediate magician, the magician was unsuspecting and fought hand-to-hand combat with the swordsman, and everyone knew what would happen.
Even if Kaplan mastered the magic of the silent spell, it didn't work, it just didn't kill him instantly.
Holding back the dizziness in his head, Kaplan struggled and asked, "Why? We are the last bloodline of the Deduwa family, why did you kill me?"
Stonier pretended to sigh and said, "My dear brother, didn't I advise you not to look for the truth of the past?
"How could I not find out the truth of that year? Back then, I was inexplicably accused of blaspheming the Holy Daughter of the Cult of the Illuminati, and the entire Deduwa family was burned! If I gave up, wouldn't hundreds of lives of the Deduwa family, including my father, be in vain?" Even at the last moments, Kaplan's faith in his heart remained unshaken.
This was Kaplan's last insistence after almost losing everything, and it was also the motivation that kept him going on the run for ten years!
Stonier looked at Kaplan with pity and said, "Do you think that the demise of the Deduwa family is only the reason for the desecration of the Holy Maiden? ”
"Of course I know: the royal family of the Kalan Kingdom has long been jealous of the Deduwa family, and the other nobles are also jealous of our family's power and are eager to divide us. However, if it hadn't been for the blasphemy of the Holy Maiden and the intervention of the Cult of the Illuminati, how could the situation have reached the point of no return?" Kaplan's eyes suddenly darkened, but he was so excited from his serious injuries that he almost fell unconscious.
Stonier was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Do you want to know the truth so much?"
"Of course. Kaplan replied: "This time I have found out the whereabouts of Gussef, the traitor who reported our Deduwa family to the Illuminati God Cult, as long as you cooperate with me to arrest him, the truth of what happened back then will be revealed! As long as this charge is cleared, the Deduwa family will have hope of rising again!"
"It is I who blaspheme the Holy Maiden. Stonier said calmly.
The answer was so shocking that Kaplan didn't react for a moment, and asked stupidly, "What did you say? I heard you right?"
"You're going to die, so what about telling you: I said, it's me who blasphemed the Holy Maiden! How could I possibly let you find out the truth?" Stoner suddenly laughed, his smile extremely hideous: "Originally, I arranged this matter perfectly, and the Cult of Light would not know that I had captured the Holy Maiden! But I didn't expect that slut to take advantage of my carelessness to find an opportunity to burn my soul and get in touch with the outside world! Fortunately, the Cult of Light only roughly determined her location, otherwise I would have really finished." ”
No wonder the Church of Light God found the body of the Holy Maiden in the basement of my room! I have always wondered who could send the corpse in under the strict guard of the family back then! Kaplan figured out many things at once: "You arranged for Gusef to denounce the Deduwa family!"
"Gusev is just a fool, I just let him 'happen to' find out about the whereabouts of the Holy Maiden, and he went to the Temple of Light to report it without hesitation. I have to say that your reputation of bullying men and women on weekdays is too useful, and the Illuminati Sect has no suspicion that I actually did it. Stoneier said proudly.
Kaplan pointed at Stonier with a trembling left hand, but he didn't say anything for a long time: he didn't expect that the culprit who killed him and the whole family was actually the eldest brother who had always taken good care of him!
After coughing a few times and spitting out the blood in his throat, Kaplan said hoarsely, "You were the one who leaked the family's retreat plan to the Cult of Light, right? No wonder the Cult of Illuminati will let you go and let you enter the Templar Order! You didn't change your name and surname to join the Cult of Light at all!"
"How is this enough? The Knights Templar are very difficult to enter. The most crucial reason why I was able to enter the Knights Templar was because I poisoned my father's food! You must know that he is a great sword master, and he is already close to the strength of the Sword Saint, and if the Sect of Light is tough, it will also have a great loss. Perhaps thinking that Kaplan would not be spared, Stoner said without hesitation.
His eyes widened for a moment, and Kaplan didn't know where he got the strength, so he shouted, "You bastard! Do you know what you've done?"
At that time, the strength of the men sent by the Cult of Light was not very strong, but in the end, Kaplan's father Gleason was seriously injured. On the way to escape, Gleason not only did not have a chance to heal his wounds, but also had to resist the pursuers, and finally died of exhaustion.
Their father, Gleason, was the number one master of the Karan Kingdom ten years ago, and as long as he was safe and sound, except for the Cult of Light, others would still have scruples about dealing with the Deduwa family. If it weren't for the fact that the patriarch Gleason was injured by the people of the Cult of Light, the Deduwa family might not have ended up close to extinction.
"Of course I know what I've done! Who makes the old thing love you the most!" Stonier explained with a frantic face: "I am the eldest son and a genius in martial arts, who is not better than you, an illegitimate son who causes trouble everywhere and does not learn and has no skills? But the old thing has always protected you the most, and has never looked down on me! Back then, it was clear that as long as I handed you over to the Temple of Light, that crisis could have passed, but the old thing actually fought against the Cult of Light for you! How could the Deduwa family be the opponent of the Cult of Light? I don't want to be buried for you!In order for me to gain the trust of the Cult of Light, the old man has no choice but to die!"
Selfish, deranged bastard!Kaplan couldn't take it anymore, and took out a scroll from behind him with his right hand, and poured his mental power into it!
This is a scroll that seals the high-level magic "Fire Dragon". At the beginning, the Deduwa family, as the first family of the Karan Kingdom, had collected a lot of magic scrolls. When he began to flee, Kaplan had a lot of inventory with him. However, after nearly a decade of fugitives, this is the last high-level scroll on Kaplan's body.
As a high-level magic, the fire dragon technique is still very powerful: a hideous fiery red dragon appeared in an instant, directly bursting half of the wooden house! With a dragon groan, the fire dragon roared forward, and soon opened a burning path in the distant forest.
It's a pity that no matter how powerful the fire dragon technique is, it didn't get the results that Kaplan expected: Stoner, who was standing at the door, was already prepared, and the moment Kaplan made a move, he had already ducked to the side!
After the dragon was gone, Stoner stepped forward cautiously, a little farther away than before. He smirked and said, "I know that you magicians are troubles, and you like to keep a hand in everything! Dear brother, I know that you want to kill me now, but I will not give you the slightest chance! Why do you think I talk to you so much? I will slowly consume here with you to see how long you can last under such a serious injury." ”
It's a pity that this fire dragon technique was not issued by himself, and he couldn't adjust the direction of the fire dragon. Kaplan felt a little regretful in his heart: it was not a good time for him to launch a counterattack, but he couldn't bear it anymore.
Ten years ago, Kaplan was just a lawless kid, and in the case of "conclusive evidence", no one else believed in Kaplan's innocence. Only Kaplan's father, Gleason, insists that Kaplan was framed!
Not only did Gleason trust Kaplan completely, but under tremendous pressure, he would rather risk exterminating the clan than hand Kaplan over for his crimes!
For Kaplan, his father's trust in him was precious when the vast majority of people, including his loved ones, believed that he deserved to die.
It can be said that it is Gleason's sincere care that is the most important reason for the "newcomer" Kaplan to identify with his new identity.
He absolutely could not tolerate someone slandering his father! Not to mention that this person was the real murderer of his father!
Kaplan suddenly spat out blood and laughed, and said defiantly: "No wonder your father has always looked down on you, it turns out that he has seen you for what you are: how can a poisonous snake who only knows how to carry out intrigues in the dark inherit the great Deduwa family?"
As if to say what Stonier cared about, he retorted angrily: "I am the best heir of the Deduwa family! That old thing will only look at you for this piece of waste! I will definitely revitalize the Deduwa family in the future, but you can't see that day!"
Kaplan sarcastically said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to see that day yourself, right? It took you ten years to become a squad leader, and if you want to revitalize the family, you might as well wait for the next life! However, to say that your ability is actually not bad, but how are you the squad leader now? Is it not for a mad guy like you who can attack your own father, the Illuminati Sect does not dare to reuse it?"
Stoner's words can't be refuted: Kaplan really has to be right! The captain who led Stoneier was one of the few people who knew the truth, and he didn't like Stoner, who betrayed his father to seek glory.
He spends his days giving Stonier those thankless tasks. At the same time, Stonier did not have many opportunities to make meritorious contributions, and he did not have much time to cultivate his own strength. Otherwise, with Stoniel's qualifications, he would not have only been promoted from a junior swordsman to an intermediate swordsman in the past ten years.
Annoyed, Stonenir threw his sword at Kaplan, but was blocked by the magic shield that Kaplan had held up earlier.
Although he saw that the shield had become very dim and crumbling, Stonier hesitated for a moment, but still did not step forward. He just said with a gloomy face: "What if you can't revive the family? At least I'm still alive, and you're going to die soon!"
Half of Kaplan's wooden house did not collapse, but the fire spread rapidly under the heat of the dragon magic. Feeling the heat wave coming in, Kaplan's vision gradually blurred.
To his disappointment, Stonier still didn't come close until he was completely blind. In this way, he didn't even have the opportunity to blow himself up and pull the other party to accompany him to the funeral.
His body couldn't hold on anymore! Unable to support his weak hands any longer, Kaplan slowly slid down the wall.
I'm such a failed traverser. Kaplan was full of reluctance and finally lost consciousness.