The second time Malbert met Kavala in his dream was when Leon had just gotten to Long River.

It was then that Malbert was again faced with the opportunity to become a 'Chosen One'.

"At that time, he told me that if I was willing to sign a soul contract with him, he would make me the king of the entire continent......"

Malbert said with some embarrassment, "But I still refused." ”

"Refused? Why? It's amazing that you can still resist the temptation of becoming the king of the continent......"

Leon really admired Malbert a little, he dreamed of Kavala twice, but he didn't cooperate with Kavala twice - you know, most people at that time saw Kavala as a hero who unified the continent and ended the troubled times, and was an undefeated knight god in his life, not a demon or monster.

"I don't have that much determination, I just know what it takes to be the Chosen One. The Knights of Dusk have been working on these things all along......"

Malbert shook his head and smiled: "I know that the Three Prophets are the Chosen One of Ereda, and I know that the Three Prophets were originally just a woman, but later in order to break free from God's control, she schizophrenia, became three personalities...... I don't want to be schizophrenic. Moreover, at that time, I thought that Kavala was just a ghostly former king, after all, he had only appeared in my dreams, and I thought that he was incapacitated, at most he could only give people a dream......"

Li Ang was dumbfounded, but still gave a thumbs up: "Even so, your concentration is already stronger than most people." ”

"yes, I'm still a little better than those fools in the Bacchus Empire...... They couldn't even resist the temptation of the serpent priestess. ”

Malbert sighed as he spoke: "You know most of the next thing, the Bacchus Empire is in chaos, the Red Death is spreading rapidly, and the Snake Cult is invading in a big way...... But I didn't realize at the time that the Serpent Cult was also related to Kavala......"

Leon nodded, but Leon didn't realize it either.

Malbert went on to talk about what happened next.

After rejecting Kavala for the second time, Malbert developed some inexplicable self-confidence - he felt that Kavala had approached him twice, which probably meant that he was the legendary child of prophecy......

It's no wonder that Malbert thinks so, for anyone who has been dreamed twice by a god to make him a king will probably feel that he is the chosen one.

Confident in the future, Malbert once again teamed up with the Three Prophets to try to overthrow the Lion Kingdom - to make Anna a princess and enter the House of Lords, which was Malbert's idea for the Three Prophets.

But this collaboration is actually a plan to drive away the tiger and the wolf, because Malbert knows that the House of Lords is the Forbidden Tower.

His original intention was for Anna to kill Ulrik, and then he would kill the Three Prophets in one fell swoop in the Forbidden Tower, and then inherit the throne logically.

For this plan to drive away the tiger, he also arranged for all the heirs of Ulrik to be around people, such as Prince Aranrik, Princess Danice, Lady Filina, as well as Filina's son Andrew, daughter Amy, and so on.

As soon as Ulrik died, he arranged for the men to either kill the heirs or frame them as heretics.

But what I didn't expect was that Anna didn't do anything in the House of Lords, but got pregnant, and threatened him as a princess!

Malbert knew that Anna must be a fake pregnancy, but the Three Prophets made him very passive, and of course he knew that Ulrique would definitely prefer the unborn biological child......

He had no choice but to delay while pretending to cooperate with the Three Prophets, while increasing his strength and looking for opportunities.

At that time, Brennus had been preserving his strength, and it was also for this reason.

At this time, Li Ang killed the army of the Snake Worshippers, found a solution to the Red Death, and returned to Changhe Town.

At this time, Malbert began to fight Leon's idea - Leon's strength did not seem too strong on the surface at that time, but Leon had defeated the Three Prophets, and Malbert felt that there was actually room for cooperation between him and Leon.

Besides, Leon has been inadvertently sabotaging his plans, and he has too good a relationship with Amy's family, and if Malbert wants to succeed to the throne, he must first win over Leon.

Yes, that's what Malbert thought at the time, he was a man who had always been confident in himself, and he did have a basis for cooperation with Leon at that time - all the casinos and entertainment venues in Craging Bay were transferred to him by Leon.

Moreover, the Malbert family did have the strength to suppress Leon - at that time, except for the eastern region of the Lion Kingdom, it can be said that most of the country's troops were from their family.

By then, Ulrik was largely bankrupt, and both the new recruits and the Dexia were defeated, but Crag Rock Bay had never suffered any losses, and had always stockpiled troops and money.

Plus Brennus controls the Lion Knights; Malbert was in control of the Knights of Dusk - with the strength of their family, most of the direct rebellions at that time would have been successful, but after all, he and his father were both vassals of Ulrique, and he didn't want to be infamous as a rebel, which was very troublesome.

If Leon can be controlled, Malbert and his son will be equivalent to controlling the entire Lion Kingdom, and no matter what King Ulrik and the Three Prophets will do, they will only be able to pass the throne to him in the end.

So while Leon was attacking Dexia, Malbert asked Alisthai to take the Knights of Dusk to attack, intending to capture Leon first.

It's a pity that Alisthai didn't succeed, and the arrest plan was almost successful, but it was disrupted by a small person who accidentally appeared - Adiz.

The capture was unsuccessful, but Leon used Alistey to cause a discord, causing problems in the cooperation between Malbert and the Three Prophets, and causing Malbert to be assigned to Fort Sava.

Later, Leon framed Malbert with the booty of Toba City, causing Malbert to lose Ulrique's trust......

Malbert knew Ulrik's temperament, so he had to prepare for both hands and start fighting the idea of the Bacchus Empire.

He went to the governor of Justes to try to marry Alina - he was a smart man after all, and after the auction in Singar, he learned that Emperor Marius's two sons were cooperating with Alina, so he immediately analyzed that Alina might be the heir in Marius's mind.

This kind of family skill can keep himself and make their family more powerful, which was originally a good countermeasure.

In fact, Malbert and Alina are indeed a good match - the duke's son and the governor's daughter, plus both are the monarch's sons, both in terms of family background and status.

And at that time, the two countries were in need of a bridge of armistice cooperation;

Plus one is a handsome talent, and the other is a beautiful talent - it's a match made in heaven, and it couldn't be more suitable.

Justes was certainly happy that in the eyes of any parent, Malbert was the most suitable person for the entire continent at the time.

But I didn't expect this matter to be messed up by Leon again - Alina was 'kidnapped' by Leon......

At this point, Malbert saw Leon as the biggest obstacle, and he sent someone to kill the unappreciated Prince Aranrique, framed Amy as a heretic, and had the Three Prophets convince Ulrique to issue a royal decree to Leon to crusade against Amy and Godric.

If nothing goes wrong with this plan, Leon will inevitably be in a dilemma - if he does not crusade against Amy, Leon will become a rebel; If he obeys the king's edict to crusade against Amy, Leon will be poked in the backbone and will lose the support of most of the people.

Whatever the outcome, Leon would inevitably see Ulrike and Princess Anna as enemies, and would take the initiative to cooperate with Malbert and Brennus - so at that time, Malbert was confident that he would let Leon take the initiative to join him.

Unexpectedly, this time, before Malbert could say anything, he was framed by Leon again - Leon did not accept the king's order at all, and framed Malbert to assassinate himself.

To be honest, the blow and lesson Malbert received at that time was unprecedented - as the person who is best at acting and planting, he was actually played by Li Ang, and he was planted by Li Ang many times...... In front of Leon, he has not won once!

Subsequently, he was handed over to Alina by Leon, and in order to confirm Malbert's guilt, Leon asked Alina to take Malbert to Siyuan City, and declared that Malbert had surrendered to treason.

It was impossible for Emperor Marius to let Alina marry a general, and the problem of marriage urging that Alina faced could be solved together - Alina followed Leon's suggestion and asked Brutus to castrate Malbert.

After all, the crime that Leon weaved for Malbert at that time was - Malbert, a handsome and amorous knight, assassinated Leon in order to save Alina, who was kidnapped by Leon, but unfortunately the assassination attempt was thrown into prison. He then managed to escape from prison with Alina, and chased the beauty all the way to the Bacchus Empire, and finally committed treason because of love......

In this context, if Alina doesn't castrate Malbert, I'm afraid that decent people like Justers will really let Alina marry him - this is the benefactor who rescued his daughter.

Alina set off from Changhe Town, and to get to Siyuan City, she had to pass through the area of Bozhi City first.

When she arrived near Erucidate, Alina went to tell Justus that she was safe, but she didn't take Malbert with her, so she took Malbert to a small town near Eruchi City, Ahuon.

This is the stronghold of the Viper's spies and the residence of her brother Ahres.

Bringing people here was originally just for a temporary stay of one night.

Ahlers was a gentle man, and he had no ill feelings towards Malbert - Malbert's masterful acting skills easily made Ahlers think he was a poor man who had been framed......

In Ahlers's view, Malbert was only framed by Leon, and he himself did nothing wrong—from the point of view of the Bacchus, Malbert really did nothing......

So, Ahlers kindly asked his wife, who had been a slave, to treat Malbert's injuries—his wife knew a little bit of healing, and usually treated minor injuries from the viper spies.

But this treatment went wrong......

Ahlers's slave wife from Singal knew Malbert.

Not only did she know her, but Malbert's Knights of Dusk were the enemies who led her to slavery - her hometown was looted by the Knights of Dusk and then sold into slavery.

At that time, the Knights of Dusk were to purge the Serpent Cultists, but under the orders of Malbert, they indiscriminately wiped out all the people of a village - at that time, the Knights of Dusk often used this way to raise military expenses, and unlike the Knights of Dawn, they were doing bad things in the light and did not find any excuses......

Of course, there are some villagers who are not wronged, just like the wife of Alers, who was indeed a snake worshipper before becoming a slave.

And she's not just a believer......

Malbert, of course, had long forgotten about this ordinary little slave.

"I was stunned by the Serpent's Heartstone, and when I woke up, I was in a secret room...... Or in an ice cellar. ”

Malbert said with a wry smile: "But Ahlers's wife did not kill me, but used me for a ritual......"

"What kind of ritual? Do you want to nail it to an altar? But that's not right...... Alina later brought you back to Long River, and you were still alive at the time! ”

Leon was puzzled.

"Bring it back to Long River? That shouldn't be me anymore...... Or rather, it's just my body......"

Malbert looked at Alina and then at Leon, "Actually, I was already dead in that ice cellar." ”

"How so?! At that time in front of Alistay, you had both breathing and heartbeat......"

Li Ang frowned: "But you really didn't speak at the time, I thought it was a little strange at the time." ”

"Because that's not me...... That's the slave woman. ”

Malbert shook his head and smiled sadly, "I've seen the Mad King save his soul with dragon tears in my dreams, and I've seen the Mad King's soul trying to take Ulrik's body, but I didn't expect me to go through the same thing......"

Malbert's ritual was simple, not being nailed to an altar, but being thrown in front of a statue.

There is a peculiar code of law on the statue.

It was a very simple spell cast, but it was not Ahres's wife who cast the spell, but the Codex on the statue.

Malbert felt as if he was being pulled by some force, the kind of tugging that came from the depths of his soul.

Malbert, who had learned a lot about soul spells, realized that it was probably to seal his soul into the Codex.

But Malbert, who had seen the mad king's operation, found a hidden gem from the underwear compartment at the most critical time - dragon tears!

As a result, Malbert's soul was indeed ripped out of his body, but instead of entering the Codex, it entered the Dragon's Tears.

At this time, the spell was not yet over, and as a result, the woman's soul was also pulled out by the Codex and entered Malbert's body.

It's a spellcasting accident.

—and Malbert became a lonely soul, sealed in the tears of the dragon; The woman's soul took possession of Malbert's body, but she herself became a corpse instead......

The woman's soul seemed to be particularly weak, because she couldn't move normally after occupying Malbert's body, and she looked a little stupid.

It was at this time that the peculiar statue spoke to Malbert.

"That statue is Kavala...... I could hear him. But this time, Kavala didn't say anything like a king, he gave me a promise directly, he said that as long as I served him from now on, he would really bring me back to life. ”

Malbert looked at Leon, "He wants to make a soul contract with me and let me enter that codex...... He wanted me to go to a small island, and he said I could get the power of God there—he said that as soon as my soul was in the Codex, I would know where the island was. ”

"You shouldn't have said yes?"

Leon frowned.

"No, I said yes this time."

Malbert sighed: "But I always seem to be unlucky, I just promised, and before I could do anything, Ares found the ice cellar to ......"

Wait a minute...... Malbert agreed?

Leon didn't speak, but he realized that Malbert was in a spirit state at the time, and Kavala should have been in the temple at the time, communicating with Malbert through the statue—that is, both were in spirit state.

In this case, as long as you agree, it means that the soul contract has been signed......

"And then, what did you do with Ahlers?"

Leon didn't show any emotion, but glanced at Wendy.

Wendy pressed her hand to Malbert's shoulder.

"I didn't do anything to him, after I became a spirit, I used soul spells to trick him, made him have a dream, and he has been stuck in the dream...... It allows me to share the same body with him. ”

Malbert did not resist, still answering, and there was still a little mockery on his face: "And this dream can make him forget the death of that woman, because what Ales wants most is actually to marry his sister...... Alina, that female slave is just an excuse for Ares to avoid such indecent thoughts, and it is you who he likes......"

Alina frowned and didn't speak.

Leon sighed and didn't say anything.

In fact, it is not very surprising that the elder brother likes the younger sister, especially for an aristocratic family. Besides, Ares avoided the matter under the pretext of being a female slave, and was already a very decent person.

"So...... Where is that codex now? ”

Li Ang has now determined that Malbert's words are true and false, and the actor is lying to himself.

And...... What Malbert said was a little wrong, it felt like Malbert had designed a very complete script, but the director temporarily changed the content in the middle of the play?

So Leon deliberately changed the subject.

"The Codex is still in the ice cellars of Ahlers."

Malbert looked at Leon, "Do you want to go and see?" ”

"Of course I'm going...... But there's certainly no code there, right? It's not like yours to go to such great lengths to trick me into an ice cellar...... Kavala, in fact, Malbert's deception skills are far better than yours, he originally designed a scenario that is sure to fool me, you really shouldn't just meddle in and control him—you are too anxious, Kavala. ”

Leon looked at Malbert and laughed: "Your soul contract can indeed completely control people, but you control two people that you shouldn't control...... Maltis and Malbert, each with their own powerful abilities, but neither of them can play their original abilities because of your control......"

(End of chapter)