Chapter 695: The Death Knell of Sacredness and Justice
As he spoke, the Holy Emperor slowly retreated to the sacrificial table in front of the idol, and Antonio and Goethe looked at the table in unison, only to see that he had taken the complete holy artifact Archangel Staff in his hand, and looked at it with emotion and smiled: "It's really a twist and turn, isn't it? If the lone wolf is here now, I don't know how he will feel." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
He put the holy artifact back on the table, turned to Antonio and said, "I left the signature of the lone wolf and the corpse of the village chief in the fishing village, and secretly reported it to you in order to divert your attention to the lone wolf, but I did not expect that the lone wolf would arrive at the scene one step ahead of you. ”
He smiled and shook his head and sighed: "The involvement of the lone wolf has made everything very troublesome, my plan on the Ice and Snow Island was completely destroyed by him, and the failure to kill the Titan royal family left a big hidden danger to my future, but fortunately, the high priest did me a great favor in the Sun and Moon Forest, and successfully transferred the white jade staff rod from the dragon clan." ”
The Holy Emperor turned to Goethe and said with a smile: "It's a pity that your deputy Bach is too ignorant of the times, and actually ran into the Death Swamp with the holy weapon, I had to chase you into the swamp, and finally got the holy weapon and was ready to leave, but was attacked by the lone wolf and the damned Elizabeth, and finally was taken by the vampire princess to take advantage of the fisherman." ”
"After that, I learned that I didn't need to risk my life at all, I just needed to use you and the lone wolf to bring the Hallows back, so since then, I've been watching your movements in the palace, with Hunter and his Void Hunters tracking you and reporting back to me. ”
The Holy Emperor patted Hunter's shoulder approvingly, and Hunter bowed his head respectfully, hearing him continue: "After the white jade staff returned to the palace, I asked you to take a detour through the Savage Wilderness to the Shadow Fortress, and the reason why I let you take such a long detour is to deplete your troops, weaken the two regiments of the Empire, and prepare for today. ”
"If a few of you die under the attack of Beamon or the Black Dragon, and your men also suffer heavy casualties, then when the news of the Vampire King's rebirth on me comes out, my enemies will be reduced by a few, and the two regiments of the Empire will no longer be a threat to me, and I am glad that Antonio did my order and sacrificed all his knights under the claws of the Black Dragon......"
The Holy Emperor's words made Antonio sad and indignant, thinking of the knights he sacrificed along the way from the savage wilderness to the dark hills, the fresh lives, the excellent warriors who had been with him day and night, and their "sacrifice for the country" was deliberately arranged by the Holy Emperor, which made Antonio feel blood rushing to the top of his head.
He jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the Holy Emperor, but two Void Hunters suddenly flashed beside him, tripped him over the ground with a stumble, and then stepped on his back with both feet, stomping him to the ground and unable to move.
"Save your chivalry," the Holy Emperor waved his hand to signal the Void Hunter to let go of Antonio, waved his hand and lifted him into the air with his magic power, looked up at Antonio who was being played with by himself, and said, "You are just a chess piece, just like a knight in chess, you can't protect anyone!"
With that, he waved his hand and threw Antonio into the air, and Antonio's body slammed into the wall on the side of the hall, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and the man fell to the ground without moving.
Seeing Antonio lying in a pool of blood in a corner of the hall, High Priest Goethe realized that something was wrong, his eyes rolled, and he turned back to the Holy Emperor and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please listen to me, I am arrogant and arrogant, and may indeed have done something sorry for you, I am willing to apologize to you, and hand over everything I have, including my position and magic, and I only ask you to spare my life!"
The Holy Emperor glanced back at him contemptuously, walked up to him silently, squatted down and looked at his face of forgiveness, and said, "Do you know? Actually, from the bottom of my heart, I admire Antonio more, although he is stupid and loyal, but at least he has backbone, unlike you, who is bullying and flattering, greedy for life and afraid of death......"
He pressed a hand on Goethe's only remaining one-eye, shook his head and said, "The lone wolf blinded one of your eyes, this is his mistake, you dog eyes look at people low, you don't deserve long eyes, the lone wolf has no chance to make up for this mistake, let me do it for him!"
Before the words fell, the fingers he pressed on Goethe's eyes suddenly shone with black light, Goethe screamed, his eyes immediately flowed blood, and the person fell to the ground and wailed, the Holy Emperor let go of the hand that held his eyes, and cast a spell to suck all the magic power on his body, turning him into a blind man without a trace of magic power.
"I'm a very merciful person, since you asked me, I'll give you a dog's life, why don't you hurry up and thank you?" the Holy Emperor smirked and looked down at Goethe, who was covering his eyes and wailing, and his smile revealed a hint of resentment.
Suddenly, Hunter, who was standing beside him, exclaimed, "Your Majesty!"
The Holy Emperor looked up in surprise and looked at him pointing in the direction of the sacrificial table, and he looked back suspiciously, only to see Antonio, who was covered in blood, holding the sacrificial table with one hand and holding the staff of the holy archangel tightly in his hand with the other.
"What are you going to do, put that thing down!" the Holy Emperor's face turned gloomy, and he stood up and turned back to glare at Antonio, shouting sharply.
Antonio did not listen to him, but staggered against the statue of the main god, protected the staff of the archangel in front of him, and gritted his teeth and said: "These three holy weapons are protected by my knights with their lives, and I will never allow your plot to succeed!"
Seeing this, Hunter was about to order the Void Hunters to attack Antonio, but the Holy Emperor stopped him, he knew that the staff of the archangel in Antonio's hand could not withstand the attack of the Void Scythe, and the breaking of the white jade staff rod had already shown the problem, if the Void Hunter accidentally injured the holy weapon in the fight with Antonio, his efforts would be in vain.
He pondered for a moment and whispered something to Hunter beside him, and Hunter disappeared into the black fog, and the Holy Emperor turned his gaze at Antonio and said loudly, "Antonio, do you remember the purpose of your visit?"
Antonio panted and held the staff of the archangel and did not answer his inquiry, and the Holy Emperor continued to say: "You want to save your beloved mermaid girl, you want to take her away and fly high, I can fulfill your wish, as long as you put down the staff of the archangel." ”
Before the Holy Emperor finished speaking, Hunter's figure had reappeared beside the Holy Emperor, and in his arms was the haggard Tali, as soon as she saw Antonio covered in blood, Tali couldn't help but scream, she struggled to run to Antonio, but was grabbed by Hunter.
"Well, Antonio, as long as you give me something, I'll let you out of here," the Holy Emperor glanced at Tali with tears in her eyes beside her and said, "I didn't hurt her, the girl next to the lone wolf has been ordered to be executed by me, and if I really wanted to hurt her, she would have died a long time ago." ”
"The reason why I kept her was to control her to help me lobby the merfolk and not be my enemy after I gained the power of the vampire king, but now that you have found this place, I am willing to let you go, even without her, I have a way to solve the merfolk clan, so I am not worried. ”
Antonio stared at Tali intently, and Tali also looked at him with teary eyes, but there was no pleading in her tearful eyes, but a trace of determination was reflected in the tears, and she shook her head slightly to tell him that she could not agree to the Emperor's request.
"Tully, forgive me......" After a long silence, a bitter tear slipped from the corner of Antonio's eyes, washing the blood on his face and rolling down, he shook his head firmly to the Holy Emperor and said, "I won't do that, I won't trade with you with the lives of billions of people!"
"What a disappointing decision. The Holy Emperor's face was gloomy, and he glanced at Hunter beside him, and Hunter took out a sharp blade from his body and put it on Tali's neck, only to hear the Holy Emperor shout: "Give you five seconds, if you don't put down the holy weapon, her throat will be cut open forever!"
"Five, four, three......" The countdown of the Holy Emperor echoed in the hall, and Antonio's hand holding the holy weapon trembled violently, and there was an urge to hand over the holy weapon in exchange for Tali's life, but the sense of responsibility in his heart repeatedly prevented him from being driven by selfishness.
When the Holy Emperor counted the two, Antonio felt that his hand was no longer controllable, and his hand holding the holy weapon suddenly pressed on the sacrificial table, and at this moment, Tali, who was held hostage by Hunter, suddenly shouted: "I love you, Antonio!"
With this cry that resounded through the hall, Tali grazed her neck against the sharp blade in Hunter's hand, blood spurted from the wound on her neck, and the mermaid's beautiful sea-blue eyes lost one last look at Antonio, and her body collapsed to the ground weakly.
Everyone in the hall froze, and Antonio looked at Tali who was lying in a pool of blood, blood still flowing from the wound on her neck, flowing into a small red river, and at this time, the midnight bell rang over the imperial capital, like a sad death knell echoing between heaven and earth.
"No, no!" Antonio let out a heart-rending cry: "O gods, you can't do this to me, my life has been fighting for holiness and justice, but you have sent my most cherished people to hell, you can't do this to me, you can't!"
He grabbed the bottle of black dragon blood on the sacrificial table and poured it on the staff of the archangel in his hand, and a stream of black gas erupted from the staff of the archangel and enveloped Antonio, the Holy Emperor and Hunter rushed towards Antonio in surprise, but were knocked out by a huge dark energy.
The Holy Emperor, who struggled to get up from the ground, looked up in surprise at the place where Antonio was standing, only to see a beam of red light rising from the black mist, shattering the roof of the temple and reaching the sky, reflecting the sky above the imperial capital in a blood-red color.
"Fate played a little joke on me......" With this gloomy sneer, a red-haired man in a red gold-trimmed tuxedo and a blood-red cloak stepped out of the black mist, a chilling smile drawn on his pale face and blood-red lips.
"I've been asleep for a century, and now, it's time to pay for the blood debt!" With a roar, Antonio's blood-red eyes, who had turned into the Vampire King, flashed fiercely, and the twelve Silver Dragon Knights who had been killed by the Void Hunter stood up one after another, the armor on their bodies turned into black iron armor, and the black scimitar of the Death Knight flashed in their hands.
【Tips:】
Antonio's nickname "Son of the Dragon" in the story comes from the historical Duke Vlad III of Romania, whose father Tagul was a dragon knight of the Holy See of Rome, and Vlad III was also called "Dracula", that is, "son of the dragon" in Romanian.
Legend has it that when Vlad III led his army to resist the invasion of the Turks, the country suffered a coup d'état by the nobility, although the coup was quelled, but the remaining papacy personnel failed to protect his fiancée who ruled on his behalf, Vlad III returned victoriously and learned that his fiancée had been killed and was grief-stricken, thinking that he was on the march for the gods, but the gods did not protect his beloved, but connived at the vicious people to send her to hell, he cursed the gods in grief and anger, and made a deal with the devil to become the vampire count "Dracula" , and since then embarked on a path of enmity with the gods.
It is worth mentioning that the name of Vlad III's fiancée in history is Elizabeth, and interested friends recommend watching two movies about Vlad III that have been released in recent years, namely "The First Year of Dracula" and "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" , the former is more famous, most of my friends may have seen it, so I especially recommend the latter, it restores the death of Dracula's wife and the reason why he turned into a vampire in more detail, both movies tell a very human Dracula, rather than just portraying him as a demon who kills people without blinking.
Volume 6 is coming to an end, and Volume 7 is about to begin, how will Antonio in anger avenge Tali? In the face of Antonio, who has become the vampire king, what choice will Rogge make, and will humans and bloodlines be bloody again like a hundred years ago? Stay tuned!