"Is it this kind of inheritance?"

Ian wasn't stupid, he could hear that Grand Duke Thorin meant it very clearly - Adbert was 'Inaga II's legacy'.

He gave Adbert to himself.

Let's not talk about whether Adalbert is willing to follow himself and be a big living person...... Uh, the Dead King should be considered a living person, right? In short, it is not said whether he has the right to give Adbert to himself.

The Grand Duke is really right.

Ian looked at the wide-eyed, almost stunned researcher of the Dead King on his side with a little strange look - yes, the Dead King and the Revenant are here, and the developers of the core technology are also here, although Adalbert himself may not know, but the knowledge in his brain, the techniques that Grand Duke Thorin unknowingly let him learn, are obviously almost the entire inheritance of Inaga.

Not only that, but Adbert is also a big living person and can continue to develop technology. This guy is young, in his early twenties, and the future is very promising!

[This?! 】

Where did Adbert come up with the idea that it would be this unfolding? And he was actually fired? No, that's not the point......

Is it true that he has only been expelled now?!

What was the original plan of Grand Duke Thorin to do with himself?

He thought he was going to die!

Apparently not. If Ian had to guess, Grand Duke Thorin wanted to cultivate a 'successor' whose personality was diametrically opposed to his own, but who also had the inheritance of Inaga in his hands. He is very pessimistic about his fate and his view of the world, so no matter what he does, he wants to leave a 'trace'.

Or 'tombstones'.

The Dead King and Adalbert are his tombstones.

[Knight of the Vale, do you really want to reappear as the Dead King? Or even the Dead River?! 】

And Adbert was honest in this place - although he had the courage to question Archduke Thorin just now, but when Archduke Thorin said that he should follow Ian and expel him, he actually turned his head and sincerely asked Ian's opinion, and admonished him: [Once this technique is born and started to be used, it will definitely go in an evil direction! 】

[In the past, I didn't think technology was evil or good, but now I don't think so...... All techniques that involve playing with the soul and essence of life are taboo! 】

"Morally, Adalbert, you're right."

Ian calmly glanced at the Dead Lord beside him, and he lowered his voice and said, "But I've never been moral. I just want to fulfill my wishes. ”

"For me, the technology of the Dead King and the Dead River is a must...... Adbert, you are a very nice person and an exceptionally good researcher. ”

"But you're not one to climb to the top of a mountain, let alone above the vault."

Ian sheathed the heavy abyss iron sword in his hand, and he knew that there was no point in fighting next: "But what Archduke Thorin said is right. After leaving the lab, his side will also be inspected by the Imperial side, and he has no energy to protect you...... It's a bit of a hassle for you to keep up as a dead king. ”

"I can just help you a little."

Raising his head, the knight looked at the Dead River Armament in mid-air.

Even if he wanted to beat up Grand Duke Thorin, the other party would not fight back, just remove the projection.

At this moment, after being suppressed by Grand Duke Thorin, the Dead River Armament, which was originally only a dark cyan color, actually began to slowly bloom with a silver light - during the period when Archduke Thorin's projection possession, through the fine-tuning and re-construction of this fourth-level powerhouse, the Dead River Armament has now undergone a metamorphosis.

A metamorphosis that Ian attaches great importance to.

[What's the problem?] 】

At this moment, Grand Duke Thorin is still patient.

I have to say that because he knew about the existence of Ian, or the Knight of the Valley, he was in a very happy mood, and even brought a hint of a smile: [Outside, King Tianhong and Mikael are still fighting, Mo Ze was thrown into the void by me, and now it's almost time to come back]

[If you want to leave, it's best to take advantage of the recent time]

Truth be told, Ian didn't have much more to ask, thank you Adbert, he's done with all the questions he had to ask.

Archduke Thorin is a Terra Ascendant of the Canon - even if he is a nobleman who values his people, he is still an Ascendant in the end, and he will do everything in his power to build souls for his people in order to protect them, and then kill them all and turn them into tombstones.

You can't say that Grand Duke Thorin doesn't care about his people and doesn't love his people...... He was simple, a madman.

It's not a disease that can't be cured, but it's a pity that the patient is too strong.

When Ian has the strength in the future, he will definitely find Grand Duke Thorin to treat him well.

As for the Dead River and the Dead King – Ian wasn't lying.

In his opinion, this technology is definitely not just such a thing as fire and artificial hell, it has more mysteries and more uses.

It could even be part of the core of his future territory......

Grand Duke Thorin saw that Ian had nothing to say to him, so he nodded slightly: "Then, everything will be witnessed by time - although I don't know who you really are, but the inheritor of Hilliard, I look forward to the day when you succeed]

[But if you also give up...... Don't be too disappointed. Because it's really not a problem that we can solve.]

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I'm dead."

Ian said lightly, he didn't feel that there was such a day: "Compared to this, the Empire already knows that you are going to be independent, don't expect the Flying Flame Land to help you, because the fortress group on the other side of the Far Flame Land has also been rebelled by the Empire - the war will be postponed, and your worries will become a reality." ”

"When the Empire and the Flamelands are ready to start an all-out war again...... The Grand Duchy of Thorin will be destroyed. ”

"And you don't really think Flameland will keep its promise, do you? The destruction of the Avak Central Laboratory and the loss of the Dead River Forces, they don't care about your excuses, they will definitely betray you. ”

He knew very well that Grand Duke Thorin was right in his worries - if it weren't for himself, the Empire and the Flamelands would definitely start a full-scale war, and at that time, it was good for the Grand Duchy of Thorin to become a war wasteland, I am afraid that it would be a biochemical wasteland, a gunpowder wasteland and a natural disaster wasteland.

Nanling couldn't stay out of the way, and his farming plans would be disrupted.

In that case, it is better to let the Grand Duke be a little wary of this...... Even if Grand Duke Thorin still wants to continue the Death Monarch Project, then the little power he has left behind can cause some harassment to the Flying Flame Land, at least know a little bit in advance.

Then again...... What about Gnostic?

Ian suddenly thought of something.

The Dead River Armament of the Flying Flame Land, regards the souls of other people as the driver's fuel, and uses these fuels to continuously strengthen the pilot, as long as the pilot can resist this passive 'unification and completion', then his soul essence will be rapidly improved, with the Dead River Armament, there is basically no difficulty in quickly reaching the third energy level, and the fourth energy level is not impossible.

Of course, the driver's potential must also be good, otherwise, he will be like Viscount Avak, who was resurrected several times and was disturbed by the soul that was used as fuel, and turned into an almost demonic monster mentality, completely chaotic.

It was a successful study – and needless to say, Ian himself experienced it himself, and felt it was very successful.

The plan of the Gnostic...... Could it be that the 'savior of the nameless' did not succeed?

Ian wasn't surprised by this, after all, the Gnostic Academy's research was the most difficult, and they didn't plan to succeed themselves, but they just planned to gain a little more related psionic technology in the process of trying to solve this impossible puzzle.

Compared to this savior, the 'Nightmare Demon King''s plan to summon the Void Breed may have more destructive power than the Dead River and the Dead Lord combined—once successful, I am afraid that a fifth-level powerhouse will need to come to the rescue.

But Ian felt something wasn't quite right.

He suddenly felt that something was not right.

Based on what Ian had seen and heard in the Imperial Capital, it was clear to him that the Gnostic House was the most loyal department of the empire to the Emperor...... So so many of their misdeeds were not liquidated either.

Emperor Axel almost acquiesced, allowing the Gnostic Institute to 'steal' the precious books in the Imperial Capital's Grand Library to Adalbert and Avak's Laboratories to complete their respective technical ...... Just as Flying Flame agreed to come up with its own technology to cooperate, all three parties have a need for each other's technology.

The needs of Grand Duke Thorin are now obvious, and the Flamelands have the experience of making the ultimate 'bio-aether armament' like the Dead River Armament.

And what about Gnostic?

The Gnostic Academy's plan is to be psionically generated, resurrected, artificial human bodies, and the 'savior of the nameless' who explores the limits of psionic energy......

"Wait." Ian suddenly figured it out, "Isn't this still an echo?" ”

There is no doubt that this is all related to psionic energy, resurrection, and even 'echoes'!

Be. In fact, when Ian saw the essence of the Dead King, which was to imprint the 'soul' in his body and wait for it to be reproduced and 'resurrected' in the future, the first thing he thought to himself was, 'Isn't this an echo?' ’。

If you add the soul transfer, then it's almost a 'mirror image'!

"I see......"

Ian suddenly said, "It seems that the true purpose of the Gnostic Academy has already been accomplished!" The research they conducted next was all about the type that could be successful, or it didn't matter if it didn't work! ”

"No wonder...... No wonder! ”

The ambition of the Grand Duke of Thorin may have been seen through by the Protector Axel from the beginning.

Of course, they haven't seen through a little yet.

That is, Grand Duke Thorin was so bold that he dared to use the 'laboratory accident', that is, the event of 'Adalbert unleashing the soul and killing everyone in the Avak realm', to destroy and cover up the ultimate purpose of his research!

As long as Adbot is intact, the Dead River Armament in the hands of Viscount Avak can still be used, and the 'souls of all the inhabitants of the Avak Realm' are still there...... For Archduke Thorin, it is basically equivalent to the end of a great victory of 'no one dies, all plans are completed, Flying Flame steals chickens and rice, loses arms and loses people, and the empire will think that his plan has failed, so it will let its guard down'.

Ian believes that the reason why the Empire did not expect the independence of the Grand Guild of Thorin was precisely because of the apparent 'failure' of the Avak Territory - they did not expect that the Grand Duke of Thorin, who had theoretically burned all the research results, would really be able to carry out the plan of the Dead King and take most of the people to the center of the earth!

[Huh? 】

When Grand Duke Thorin heard Ian's admonition, he became serious - most of his energy and mind were focused on Avak's plans, and he didn't know much about the other side of the Flamelands.

It's better that this is a top secret, and Ian himself knows about it by relying on the Prophet, and Flying Flame Land himself doesn't know.

[Thank you for the information] He nodded seriously, and then glanced at Adalbert: [Knight, the Dead River Armament is left to you]

[I want to take all the souls in the arms. They are still my people, but the souls of the two of you are lodged in them...... Already your people]

Don't let them down. I won't say I'm sorry]

After speaking, with a little flash of silver light, the silver moon directly above the box garden disappeared, and the Dead River Armament with glowing eyes fell diagonally from mid-air and fell to the ground as if it had lost its controller.

Fell right in front of Ian.

“…… He's gone. ”

Ian looked around, and he seemed to be speaking to Adalbert as well as to himself.

Sighing, the young man stepped forward with a somewhat complicated expression, he raised his hand and pressed it on the Dead River armament in front of him, which was no longer scarlet, but pitch-black: "Leave it to me...... Hmph, it's not distressing to send out a completely successful experiment, right? But it doesn't matter, I'm just going to make a reference anyway. ”

"It's time for me to prepare my Aether armament...... Well? ”

At the moment of touching the Dead River Armament, Ian's face suddenly changed.

He felt that above the Dead River armament, it condensed into an endless 'emotion' like a mountain roaring tsunami!

Oops—forgot, even though the soul has been taken away, there are still millions of soul-level hatred and despair left on this weapon!

Adbert on the side was also in an extremely complicated mood, the last battle with Viscount Avak, and the appearance of Grand Duke Thorin were beyond his expectations in every aspect.

Although the result was not the worst outcome, it was still impossible for him to accept and understand it so simply.

He turned his head, intending to have an awkward conversation with Ian, trying to find out what kind of person this fellow deceased monarch might be a colleague in the future.

But Adbert was stunned to notice that the eyes of the Knight of the Valley lit up with an incomparably bright, water-colored glow like a blue sun.

Time is like water, layer by layer. In the swirl-like eyes, a golden light was reflected.

- Because I know too much of the truth...... The Prophetic Vision has ushered in a new evolution!

Before he began to foresee, Ian saw, saw a golden path that shone in the midst of endless black resentment and despair......

That's the way.

It is also a prophecy.

Once again, it can never be more classic, and it can never be clearer...... Prophetic signs.