Chapter 104: The Ambition of the Rich Lord
Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of mankind held torches high in the dark, cut and burn to open up the land of life and reproduction, and then developed a wise civilization, drawing an end to the age of barbarism. The prosperity and development of human civilization has put an end to the age of barbarism on the earth, but this does not mean that they have conquered the barbarism on the land. From the recorded records of human history to the present, human exploration and exploration of the wild black forest region has never stopped, but so far, there is still no unified territory.
Legend has it that the endless sea can be seen in Northrend in the south, and the great snowfields in the north of Carneillas are just as much a story among the bards. Between the two largest areas of human civilization, the Black Forest, which still runs thousands of kilometers apart, is also known as the "Black Sea" because it is shrouded in fog. Only the great caravans of the national level and the most powerful brave men dared to cross the Black Sea, and even then, the survival rate in official statistics was still outrageously low.
The unconquered wilderness seems to be endless, but while human civilization is highly developed, the rich material life is also breeding slackness. I don't know when it began, the nobles forgot the glory and courage of their ancestors, indulged in the ** life of flowers, wine, and intrigues. The pioneer knights, who were once regarded as glorious statuses, have become the joke of ignorant descendants.
The Dimients regarded Casseros as a legendary hero, as he built new cities in this wild land, gave shelter to the helpless homeless, and truly carried out the meaning of the identity of "pioneer knight". But there are a few people who know what kind of responsibility is behind the hero's fame, and how many people have been coldly spoken and looked down upon......
When Caseros founded Dimiente, it was in the midst of the First War of Religion, in which the cults of the gods fought for years, and the flames of war burned to every corner of the territory of civilization. At that time, Dimient escaped because it was not fully developed and was considered a barren land. In order to prevent his territory from being torn apart from war, Caseros refused to join the Oakland Kingdom under pressure, and even built Dimient into a neutral city-state under the banner of the Temple of the Dark Moon.
Decades have passed, the wars of religion have largely ceased, and the Dimients are still remembering the wise decisions of Casserus, and his grandson Lucius is back on the throne of lordship. Lucius had been expected too much from birth, and he had been questioned and reproached in equal measure. Compared to his maternal grandfather, Lucius was more powerful before adversity and good, but also more ambitious because of it. (For the latest chapter reading, please visit)
Lucius never saw the council as his real enemy, because the city-state council system that his grandfather had cited had not been digested by Dimient, and the councillors had come together to achieve more than anything. Nor did he ever regard Dimiente's dominion as his life's pursuit, because in his heart, this lordship was his rightful status.
Lucius considered himself the heir to the Casseros lineage, so he also made his dream his own goal - that is, to restore the family's historical glory. This goal is easy to say, but it is not easy to achieve, so much so that Caseros himself can only put this goal in his heart as a dream, and then pass it on to his descendants from generation to generation.
For those ancient families that have been passed down from ancient times to the present, their heritage is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. The territory that Casselos had carved out was, in the eyes of the real old families, at best, a game of trials for underage children.
Even if Lucius is confident, he is not unaware of the gap. Although the so-called knights under his command can be regarded as a fierce soldier in Dimient, they may not be able to get on the stage if they want to take it out. The territory of the Oakland Kingdom is small, but the current kings are wise and powerful, and there are many talents under them, and the combat effectiveness of the Kingdom Knights who have experienced the baptism of religious wars should not be underestimated.
Dimient has abundant mineral resources, as long as it is operated attentively, it will accumulate a strong foundation over time. But Lucius didn't have the patience, and Caseros spent his life running the city, and he didn't want to spend his life paving the way for future generations.
If you don't have hole cards and want to squeeze into the table, it is naturally impossible to have a happy ending. Lucius had no choice but to choose a path outside the rules of the game - such as the Demon Order.
Everyone knows that the Demon Order is a group of perverted madmen, and no human has ever been able to fully control the chaotic power of demons. But there is also a kind of person in this world who is crazier than a pervert called a gambler. As long as there is a 1 percent, or even 1 in 10,000 hope, they will make a desperate bet and be confident that they will win.
With Adrian's experience, there is certainly no lack of understanding of this kind of gambler psychology. With just a few words from Lucius, he had basically pieced together the truth of the facts in his mind, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "I don't care how you collude with the Demon Order, it's all a trivial matter in the world, and there has never been a record of success in history, and you will be no exception." But you should not move the seal of the center of the earth, your actions will affect the stability of the whole world, and may even destroy Dimient. Doing so won't do you any good. ”
"Everyone must consider the gains and losses before doing things, and don't do things that are unfavorable to themselves, such a selfish social atmosphere is the result that you, a person with a sense of justice, want to see?" Lucius raised the corners of his mouth, sneered twice, raised his head and said: "I'm really sorry, I'm actually a very noble person." Why should we be able to do things with benefits? This society is really declining and morally degraded ......."
"I beg your pardon, I didn't even see it, it turns out that you are also a psychopath, no wonder you will take refuge in the side of the Demon Order. To be honest, I think you made a pretty wise decision. Apparently the Demon Order's madhouse is a better fit for you than the troublesome position of Lord Dimient. ”
Before Adrian could finish speaking, Lucius had already pounced on him with the flame in his hand. Flames streaked through the air and shot out as a spear.
"Kemal, do it!" Lucius did not forget to remind his allies as he attacked. Although he was silent on the surface just now, his fear of Adrian in his heart had reached its peak. A person who can sense the effects of the law of chaos and follow behind him silently cannot be a simple character no matter how you think about it.
So he had been accumulating his strength for a long time, and suddenly he burst out, and as soon as he came up, he used the strongest strength he could control, and at the same time, with the assistance of Kemal on the side, he was bound to kill Adrian directly.
Kemal nodded, raised the staff in his hand and fell to the ground, only to hear a muffled sound of hitting the ground, more like knocking on a thick blanket, the demon corpses piled up beside him disintegrated, turning into countless pieces of flesh and blood, and for a time the ground was full of blood.
"In this world, there are always problems that cannot be solved by force, such as...... When the other party is stronger. Adrian sighed softly, and his body moved slightly, passing past Lucius' flame spear. His reaction didn't exceed Lucius's expectations, and the flame spear exploded in mid-air, but the scattered flames did not hinder Adrian.
Adrian walked calmly through the flames, or to put it another way, he didn't dodge anything at all except for the first step, but the flames made a detour in front of him, as if they were completely ignoring him.
Before Lucius could react, Adrian's figure had ghostly appeared behind him, reaching out and holding the back of his neck. A thin blood-red thread as thin as a hair was silently wound around Lucius's neck, and the remaining ends were held between the thumb and little finger of Adrian's right hand.
Lucius was also a silver-rank powerhouse who had experienced a hundred battles, and he did not panic at this time, one hand was under his throat, and the other hand had already drawn his long sword and stabbed it out from under his side.
In desperation, although he made the right response, he may have forgotten that his sword had long been broken. But even if the tip of the sword was intact, it was meaningless, his blade only popped out of his back halfway before it came to an abrupt halt, Adrian jerked the thin line of his fingertips, and Lucius's head flew into the sky, and the blood in the cranial cavity gushed out with a thud, and it was out of control.
Over the past few decades, Lucius has endured numerous assassinations by Parliament, all of which have been spared. It was only to this day that he finally experienced what it was like to die, and three times in a row. If he could do a time jump to reset his state a few times before, this last time was undoubtedly his destined ending.
Lucius's headless body was wobbly and had not yet fallen, and Adrian had already appeared in front of Kemal. But this time he didn't do it right away, because Kemal had already done his job.
He kept saying that there was no time, but that was for the time required to control the demons, and the real preparation was already operational, but there was a lack of a hub for control at the moment.
If it were only to die together, he would be able to do it by now.
The demon's flesh and blood seeped into the magic array at his feet, and unlike the magic array that dealt with the errand and fooling the speaker before, this time with the real demon flesh, the effect was naturally twice the result with half the effort.
"I don't think you're a madman, why are you doing this?" Adrian didn't destroy the magic circle, because he knew it was too late, but he still wanted a satisfactory answer from Kemal.
"Come with me to hell!" Kemal touched his bald head and laughed, (go read om) (Jiangsu.com)