In the wee hours of the morning, in the Imperial Capital of Bahrain, the Sacred Syndicate Palace, the Wings of Light Priesthood Camp was shrouded in pre-dawn darkness, and only the residence of High Priest Goethe, which was located in the center, was still brightly lit. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The high priest still did not sleep, he sat on the sofa in the reception room in civilian clothes, and on the sofa beside him sat an old man in a red robe, with gray hair and a majestic appearance, and a pair of energetic eyes that not only did not look old, but gave the impression of being alert and calculating.

"Mozart," said Goethe, after a brief silence, looking up at the oldest of the priests in red clothes, "you must have heard about what happened at the palace tonight, right?"

"Of course, High Priest," the red-clothed priest Mozart replied slowly, caressing his white beard that hung straight down to his waist, "This is a sensational event in the imperial capital, the lone wolf was executed by His Majesty the Holy Emperor himself, his henchmen were eradicated, and Antonio was removed from office for harboring the lone wolf......"

He squinted at Goethe and said meaningfully: "It will not be long before the news will spread to every inch of the Empire, and it will make the criminals who wander around like rats and called rangers tremble, and henceforth they will be like rats crossing the streets." ”

"It will also make His Majesty's prestige ......far and wide," Goethe sneered and answered, Mozart silently glanced at the expression on Goethe's face, and asked with a faint smile: "Why, the high priest is worried that Valentine's little guy is full of wings and won't listen to you?"

"I think he's full-fledged," Goethe said to Mozart with a gloomy face, recalling the scene at the feast, "this time he executed the lone wolf and dismissed Antonio without giving me any notice, everything was so sudden, if ......"

"If his target is not Antonio, but you......" Mozart tacitly continued, with a similar sneer on the corner of his mouth, he leaned over to the silent Goethe, and whispered, "High Priest, do you know why he didn't extend his sword to you?"

Goethe squinted his eyes and stared up at the red-clothed priest, Mozart smiled mysteriously and said: "It's very simple, because the priesthood is loyal to you, and Antonio has lost his knights, only the twelve remnants of the defeated army are left, and the knights have survived in name only." ”

"In this case, Antonio has no use value for the Holy Emperor, he recruited Antonio to be the head of the knights, just so that he can compete with you, Antonio, a fool, buried all his forces in the battle with the dark wizard, destined to become a discarded pawn, abandoned by the Holy Emperor to curry favor with you. ”

"Do you really think so?" Goethe stared at Mozart suspiciously, shook his head in disagreement and said: "Even if what you say makes sense, I think that your fawning over Valentine to me is just a delaying tactic, so that he can have enough time to replace me!"

He stood up, turned to the window with his hands behind his back, opened the window and looked at the night, and said, "One day, he will deal with me as he did to Antonio, and I can already foresee that day coming." ”

"What are you going to do?" Mozart got up and walked behind him and asked, "Valentin is not at fault, you have no reason to depose him, not to mention that he has just executed the lone wolf. ”

'Of course I'm not going to go head-to-head with him at this point, we still have time. Goethe nodded slightly in agreement, only to hear Mozart walk up to the window and stand side by side with him, and whisper: "High priest, don't you think Antonio is still useful?"

"What do you mean?" Goethe's heart moved, and he looked at him with concern, and Mozart leaned in front of him and whispered: "I heard that His Majesty the Holy Emperor has captured the woman he likes, and that woman is a mermaid who will be guillotined and executed, isn't this a reason for Antonio to kill the king?"

Goethe silently stared at the scheming smile on Mozart's face, the only remaining eye turned a few times, the corners of his mouth hooked a wicked smile, and nodded slightly: "Ginger is still old and spicy!"

"With the sword of the enemy, behead the enemy, that's all. Mozart smiled slyly and smugly touched the white beard on his chest.

A few moments later, the High Priest Goethe and the Cardinal Priest Mozart parted at the door of the residence, and Goethe left the palace in his golden carriage and drove towards Antonio's quarters, surrounded by a group of priests.

No one noticed that in the early night, a small black owl quietly followed the carriage, remembered the conversation between the high priest and the priest in cardinal, and followed the convoy to the residence that Antonio had purchased for his parents.

Upon learning of the arrival of the High Priest, Antonio's parents hurriedly greeted them, and Goethe walked arrogantly past the two of them, and as he walked into the warm living room, he asked in a slow voice, "Where is Antonio?" and asked him to come out to me. ”

Antonio's mother hurriedly knocked on her son's door, but no matter how much she knocked on Antonio, there was no response, and just when she was at a loss, Goethe suddenly came to the door and shouted into the room: "Antonio, for the sake of that stupid mermaid, are you going to hide in it like a coward for the rest of your life?"

After five seconds of silence, the door was suddenly opened, and Antonio, who rushed out of the room, dressed as a civilian, threw his fist directly into the high priest's face, but he was knocked out by Goethe with a wave of his hand, and fell heavily on the bedroom floor.

"You are not the mighty knight leader you used to be, you know?" Goethe strode forward and stomped him to the ground, squatting down in front of him, looking at the resentful expression on his face contemptuously, and said, "I can crush you with just a finger, so you better respect me!"

"Goethe, if you want to avenge your personal vendetta, even if you kill me now, I am not afraid of death, but I will not allow you to insult Tully, otherwise I will not let you go!" Antonio gritted his teeth and grabbed Goethe's clothes and shouted angrily.

"Tut-tut," Goethe laughed when he heard this, but shook his head with a mocking smile and said, "Antonio, is this all you have to do?

Antonio, who was full of anger, heard his mocking voice, and wanted to struggle up from the ground to punch him, but suddenly heard a special meaning from his words, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in surprise: "What are you talking about? I'm afraid you're not here just to humiliate me, are you?"

"I knew you were a smart man. Goethe got up and let go of his foot, stretched out his hand to him, and said, "Instead of being sad and miserable at home, it is better to try and save your little lover from flying away, I can provide you with this condition, and whether you can do it or not is up to you." ”

"Why are you helping me?" Antonio looked up at his outstretched hand suspiciously, Goethe did not answer his question directly, but calmly asked, "Please, we have saved each other twice, don't we have this trust?"

Hearing this, Antonio bowed his head and was silent for a moment, gritted his teeth and took his hand and stood up, looking at Goethe's one-eyed with expectation and apprehension, and asked, "If you can really help me rescue Tully, I am willing to do anything to repay you, tell me, what should I do?"

Goethe silently glanced back behind him, and the two priests standing at the door immediately closed the door and drove Antonio's parents to the living room, and when the footsteps outside the door were far away, Goethe whispered to Antonio: "You should understand, you are a pawn discarded by the Holy Emperor, if I give you a chance to fight back, would you like to help me take the old master into the army?"

Antonio was shocked when he heard this, and he grabbed the chest of Goethe's golden robe in surprise and whispered, "Are you going to let me help you assassinate the Holy Emperor?"

"This is your only chance," Goethe whispered with a gloomy face, "Do you think that Valentine will not die, where can you and your little mermaid lover escape?

When Antonio heard him, he bowed his head silently, and after a long time he looked up and said to Goethe: "But if I kill Valentine, I will be guilty of murder, and then I will have nowhere to escape." ”

"If you're willing to gamble, you can trust me, you may be charged with murder, but you can also change your name, as long as no one is chasing you every day, no matter what your name is, you can sit back and relax. Goethe said as he put his face close to Antonio and stared at his hesitant face.

Antonio was silent for a long time, sighed and said, "I can't give you an answer right away, I need time to think, this is a decision that may change my life, and it is also a decision that may decide Tali's life and death, I can't deal with it lightly." ”

"Then you should think about it, I will give you a day, but you better not take too long, because the lone wolf's little lover has been executed, and your little fish will not last long, you better make a decision early!"

Goethe turned and strode to the door, and when he opened it, he turned back to Antonio and said, "Also, you better be smart, and don't try to betray me, or it won't be the stupid fish that will die, but your whole family!"

With that, he walked away without looking back, leaving Antonio's lonely figure slumped at the table, mired in contradiction and contemplation.

At the window not far behind Antonio, the little furball hiding there saw that the high priest had left, and after observing Antonio for a moment, she turned and flew away from Antonio's house, and she flew back to Rog's side in the first rays of dawn, just in time to see Catherine and Monica coming out of the dimensional gate of the god of lights.

"How is it?" asked Rogge, who was lying in the snow under the tree to recuperate after seeing them return.

Lilith told Rogge what she had heard, and Rogge was taken aback to learn that the High Priest was going to use Antonio to assassinate the Holy Emperor, but he was not worried about the Holy Emperor, but Antonio who was being used.

Goethe would not let Antonio go, and if he did succeed in the assassination, both Antonio and Tali would be executed by him. Rogge made a judgment without hesitation, he turned back to Catherine, who was standing aside, "How is the Marquis of Thunder?"

"The Marquis of Thunder has been helping the queen deal with the plague, and now the plague situation in Itali is very serious, and there have been casualties in some of the main cities, and the Marquis of Thunder has been running around day and night for this, and he has never been to the imperial capital at all, nor has he seen the Holy Emperor or his messengers. ”

After listening to Catherine's report, a dark cloud rose between Rogge's eyebrows, and the three people who knew his identity didn't seem to have revealed his secret to the Holy Emperor, so how did the Holy Emperor, who had never seen his real body, know his werewolf identity?