In Tikrick's faint old eyes, the Meilan who walked into the room seemed to be covered with a faint layer of smoke, which seemed to be extremely mysterious and beautiful. Her slender and beautiful ears made the old man's blood surge, and his heart was beating as if he was about to jump out of his chest.

The old man suddenly felt that his whole body was hot, and a gorgeous and straight dress made his heart even more irritable. He reached for the collar with his left hand, wanting to loosen it, but suddenly remembered that he still wanted her to paint a portrait, and put his hand down again.

The old steward, who was standing behind the Grand Duke, was very understanding and brought a glass of ice water. The Grand Duke drank it all, and then he felt better.

Melan sat down in front of the canvas, intently adjusting the paint, without raising her eyes to look at the old man dressed in front of her. The elf's keen senses allowed her to catch the Grand Duke's rapid breathing and pounding heartbeat. Mei Lan sighed faintly, is this the human race?

Under Mei Lan's gaze, the old man tried his best to put on the most majestic posture, suppressing his own hopes. However, every slight flutter of the elf's ears made his horn even stronger.

Elven slender ears have always been the old man's favorite thing.

The flames quickly engulfed the last shred of the old man's sanity. He dropped his scepter abruptly and threw himself on Melan with a low roar. Melan exclaimed cooperatively and fell to the ground. The two entwined bodies rolled on the ground several times, and the old man finally grabbed Melan's hands with difficulty and pressed her firmly under him.

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, the old manager quietly withdrew from the room.

Melan's tears flowed down her eyes, screaming, scolding, or begging for mercy. But her eyes were clear, and there was no fluctuation of feelings. She controlled the intensity and intensity of her struggles so that they did not exceed what the frail old man could bear.

She closed her eyes and felt the old man kissing her face, neck and ears indiscriminately, felt the old man tearing her clothes with great difficulty, his dry hands caressing her skin, she felt that the old man was so eager that he did not want to waste time to take off his shirt.

The faces of all her relatives flashed in Melan's heart, and the last one was her lover. She murmured inaudibly, "Farewell, my love ......"

Then she felt the old man enter the ...... weakly

The exuberant lust caused Tikrick to lose control almost as soon as he entered. He roared unwillingly, and uncontrollably began to pour out his hope in Meilan's body.

The magic symbol on Meilan's lower abdomen glowed slightly, and the powerful curse entered the old man's body bit by bit.

Tikrick suddenly felt that the pouring floodgates had completely collapsed, and a torrent of hope rushed out. In the midst of extreme pleasure, Tikrick suddenly felt a pang of unease, and the torrent grew bigger and bigger, and there was no sign of stopping!

In Melan's mirror-clear eyes, Tikrick was shocked to see that his face was rapidly becoming withered, and his sparse white hair was falling out in strands. He only felt that his breathing was getting harder and harder, and his eyes gradually darkened.

On his deathbed, he muttered, "Why? Elf...... It will also ...... So insidious......"

Mei Lan pushed the archduke, who had almost turned into a dry corpse, off her body and slowly stood up. A maid walked in with wine and a hot towel. The considerate old steward knew that the Grand Duke could not last, so he calculated the time to let the maid in, so that the Grand Duke could rest and take care of it.

Seeing the terrifying scene in the room, the maid immediately screamed.

Hearing the maid's exclamation, the old manager rushed into the house with the Wang family guards. He turned over the almost dried Archduke Tikrick, tried his snort, listened to his heartbeat, and suddenly let out a wail, hugged the corpse of the archduke and began to cry.

Meilan's heart is like a mirror, her feelings at this moment are extremely keen, very strange, she knows that the boss is not a little sad in her heart, but she is crying miserably, which makes people sigh.

The old steward jumped up suddenly, pulled the captain of the guard, and said in a low voice: "The Grand Duke is dead! Hurry up and inform His Highness Carlos, Master Rogge, and Lord Helai!, and the Grand Duke's strange death is mostly related to this elf, lock her up first, and see if you can torture her!"

Melan calmly let the wolf-like guards drag her out.

A state of emergency entered the Grand Duke's palace, and all the maids and servants had to stay in the house and not go out, and those who violated it were immediately beheaded. Several guards galloped around Dresden on horseback to inform the principality and deal with the affairs of the Grand Duke.

One of the guards was galloping down the long street on horseback, when suddenly a man in a black cloak appeared in front of him, and the horseman stood up in astonishment, and almost threw him off his horse. The guard drew his saber and shouted angrily: "Dodge Lao Tzu!

The man was not alarmed, and asked unhurriedly, "What is the big deal?" Is it for His Highness Danluo?"

The guard was startled and said unconsciously, "How do you know?"

The man lifted his hood and smiled, "Of course I do. "It's Rogge!

"I'll let Dan Luo know about this later, so take a good rest first!" A pillar of black flame suddenly rose from beneath the guard, engulfing both him and his horse in the flames of the Demon Realm.

It didn't take long for almost all the important ministers of the principality to gather in the dungeon on the edge of the Grand Duke's mansion. No one cared about the damp, dirty, and horrible environment, and everyone's minds were on the elves who were tormented in the torture chamber.

The palace guards fully demonstrated their skills in torture, and in just two hours, Meilan had already been tortured to the point of insincerity. After being doused with ice water again, she finally said weakly, "I said...... The Lord has cursed me...... It's His Highness Danro. Let me...... Hurry up and die......"

The ministers and nobles looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Carlos.

Carlos grabbed his hair in pain and cried out, "This can't be true! Big brother would never do such a thing! She's lying! Beat me up again! Until she tells the truth!"

The captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, you can't fight anymore!" ”

Helai looked at his words, coughed, and said slowly, "The evidence is conclusive at the moment. I think it's better to invite His Royal Highness Danluo over first and confront this elf woman. I'm afraid...... His Royal Highness Dan Luo will misunderstand and is reluctant to come. ”

The son of Hirai stood up and said, "I'll go and invite His Highness Danluo!"

The ministers returned to the council chamber of the Grand Duke's Mansion, each waiting for Danluo's arrival.

The dungeon fell silent, and Melan breathed a sigh of relief. A jailer covered in flesh walked in, and Silver smiled and said, "I've never seen such a beautiful elf like you in my life! Now that the adults have finished asking questions, you are useless, it's my turn to be happy!"

Before the jailer's silver smile was over, a bloody arrow was marked in his throat and fell to the ground.

Rogge, dressed in black robes, ghostly appeared from behind the jailer, and he walked up to Melan and looked at the strong and brave elven woman.

"My child, all suffering is over. The nightmare is over, and Shiloh awaits you ahead. The elves will always remember what you have done. Rogge's words were serene and peaceful.

"It's my honor to be able to dedicate myself to the elves and the gods...... "The brilliance in Melan's eyes dimmed......

The ministers of the Duchy of Arley waited anxiously in the council chamber. There was a commotion in the distance, but it slowly fell silent again.

A cold wind suddenly slammed into the council chamber, and the son of Hila rushed in with a bloody stain. Everyone was startled and stood up.

"Your Highness Carlos! When I went to ask His Highness Danro, he suddenly led his troops to resist! and killed many of the villain's men...... The villain had no choice but to defend himself, and persuaded His Royal Highness Danluo with kind words, saying that His Royal Highness Carlos had no malicious intentions, but just wanted to discuss the future of the Grand Duke with His Royal Highness Danluo. But he never expected that His Royal Highness Danluo would ...... after seeing that his subordinates were all taken down by villains Actually * died!"

There was an uproar in the chamber.

"What?!, big brother, did he kill himself? Did he say anything before he died?" shouted Carlos.

He ...... He said that he was absolutely unwilling to live a dark and secluded life every day after tomorrow. Since the big thing can't be done, death is also a relief. ”

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, except for a very few people, these important ministers never thought that so many things would happen on this night! The death of the Grand Duke and the eldest son of the Principality of Arei overnight was a major event not only in the Principality, but also in the entire Holy Alliance. All of you here are people who have held great power for many years, and they have all considered the gains and losses of interests for a while.

The son of Hila said again: "Your Highness Carlos, the villain discovered these two things when he was dealing with the aftermath of His Highness Danro, please take a look." ”

When Carlos saw it, he was furious. It turned out that the two things he had brought were a gold seal with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Arei and the name of Danro, and the other was a magic book with a black cover. The cover of the spellbook depicts a picture of purgatory with blood and fire.

Carlos took the magic book and handed it to Rogge: "Master Rogge, your magic wisdom is unsurpassed, could you please see what this evil magic book is for?"

Rogge flipped through it for a moment before he said, "There is no doubt that this book is about the most insidious and evil curse magic. The cursed magic in the Archduke of Tikrick is one of the accounts in this book. ”

Carlos gritted his teeth and said, "Now it seems that things are obvious......! No! In order to compete for the throne, this bastard Danluo not only wanted to assassinate me, but he even poisoned his father! Although he had committed suicide, none of his comrades could be spared! Someone came! Use my orders to mobilize the guards of the Grand Duke's Mansion and arrest all Danluo's family members and men! Also, put all the Snow Bear Knights under surveillance, disarm them first, and then investigate who Dan Luo's comrades are when the overall situation is settled!"

Carlos gave orders one after another, and his face involuntarily showed excitement and cruelty. The powerful ministers in the hall were frightened, but everyone who did not clearly stand on Carlos's side secretly congratulated in their hearts that they were lucky enough to not be included in the list of purges by Carlos.

The son of Hilai took the command. After a short time, another knight came in and reported that all of Danro's family and men had prepared poison and had committed suicide by taking it.

Carlos was furious, and the nobles in the hall were also in danger, they never thought that the usually indecisive Carlos would be so vicious when he was about to do something, and he was not ready to let go of anyone who had something to do with Danro.

I'm afraid that many people will die in this purge.

Rogge glanced at Helai, the old state secretary is an old fritter who slipped home, how can he not see it? He immediately stood up and said: "I am extremely sad that two unfortunate things happened to the Duchy of Alei overnight. But now is not the time for us to be sad. Our Principality of Aray is a small country, and if such a big thing happens, we must prevent some people from taking advantage of the fire to rob it. In my opinion, we need to temporarily block all news for the time being, and at the same time, let His Royal Highness Carlos inherit the position of Grand Duke as soon as possible, so as to stabilize people's hearts. When everything is decided, inform the Holy Alliance countries. What do you think?"

Without waiting for the others to answer, the deputy director of the Ministry of Justice, who had been standing on Carlos's side, hurriedly stood up and shouted impassionedly: "Lord Xilai is not right! His Royal Highness Carlos has already been the heir designated by the Grand Duke, and now that the Grand Duke has been killed by Danro, His Royal Highness Carlos should inherit the position of Grand Duke! The current situation is urgent, I don't think there is any need to wait, let's arrange the succession ceremony of His Royal Highness Carlos tonight!"

At such a time, no one dared to disagree with this proposal. Carlos's bloody tricks he had just demonstrated made the courtiers feel uneasy. Danro had just finished his lockdown, and the big backer Gnavarra died at the hands of Rog, and he lost control of the Snow Bear Knight. How could he have the strength and motive to assassinate the Grand Duke? The people present had been wallowing in the power struggle for many years, and they all knew in their hearts that the person who really attacked the Grand Duke must be Carlos. In addition to killing his father and brother, His Royal Highness also had to destroy his brother's family, and the ruthlessness of his mind and the poison of his hands were really unexpected. The ministers and nobles in the field were afraid that Carlos's butcher's knife would be pointed at them next, and the overall situation in front of them had been decided, so they all hollowed out their hearts to show their loyalty.

With the enthusiasm of the people, Carlos ascended to the throne of Grand Duke that night. It was only three hours before the Grand Duke of Tikrick was busy.

The night of blood and carnage has finally passed, and more than a thousand have returned to the arms of the Lord forever in this tumultuous night. At dawn, the new Grand Duke of the Duchy of Are, Carlos, was already seated on the throne that had originally belonged to Tiklic.

The new Grand Duke and his courtiers had not slept all night, and their eyes were bloodshot. Carlos sat in this seat for the first time, extremely excited and a little uneasy. Seeing that the ministers' attitude towards him was much more respectful and fearful for a moment, he felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

"It seems that Master Rogge is right, as long as you are ruthless enough, these nobles will obediently obey me!"

What he didn't know was that it was not his bloody methods that these powerful nobles feared, but Rogge, who stood behind him. The powerful magical and mysterious druids and the great mages of the Elven Guard are by no means the nobles of these small principalities can compete with.

On the first day, Carlos issued a series of decrees, the most important of which was to reform the military system and place the command of the Snow Bear Knight in the hands of Rog. After last night's purge, there are many vacancies in various key departments. This time, the old state secretary Shilai became the biggest winner, and in addition to the original executive power, the Ministry of Justice, which was in charge of intelligence and law and order, fell into the hands of his faction.

Carlos felt that this arrangement was very good. He had begun to get upset about Rogge's overly powerful force. Let's let him marry Adele soon, he thought to himself. However, Carlos thought about it, and even killed his father and eldest brother, so you can imagine how much of a guarantee this kind of political marriage can have. Fortunately, there was now Hilley as a counterweight to Rogge in terms of administration, and the Grand Magician was notoriously uninterested in worldly power, which made Carlos feel a little more at ease.

That night, Healai quietly handed a report to Carlos. This is a detailed genealogy of Danro, listing all those who are related to Danro, except for Carlos's line. But even Adele and the third prince were listed. The names of all Danluo's descendants and related people have been heavily crossed with a red pen. Carlos looked at it several times, muttered for a moment, and then marked a few more names, and made a vicious gesture towards Helai. Xilai nodded and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the old minister let them not live until tomorrow." ”

At the same time, under the protection of the elven guardian warrior, Rogge also held a genealogy in his hand. The difference is that this genealogy is much more detailed, listing all the members of the Tikrik family. After a night of cleaning, a third of the names have been marked with red crosses. Rog looked at it for a moment, and another secret letter came from Helai.

The fat man made a gesture, and Wind Butterfly reluctantly opened the secret letter. The content of the letter was surprisingly simple, with only a few names. Wind Butterfly found these names on the Tikrick family tree, and marked them with a red pen with shocking red crosses. She suddenly felt a wave of dizziness and almost threw up.

Every red cross is a life! In order to add this red cross, I don't know how many people will be involved!

After a busy few days, Rogge was also a little tired. He closed his eyes slightly, and an elven guardian warrior began to gently massage his head.

"Wind Butterfly, aren't you used to bleeding yet?"

"Lord Rogge" Wind Butterfly thought for a moment, and finally said: "It's just a matter of seizing power, is it necessary to kill so many people? The plan you made for Lord Carlos has already sacrificed at least a thousand lives, right? I know that the elves need to survive and need to be strong....... but do you have to step on the stairs stained with blood?"

Rogge smiled slightly and said, "Wind Butterfly, you have made some progress, at least calculate how many people will be sacrificed in my plan." But that's not enough, I need you to do much more than that. Well, I'll just talk about it briefly. ”

At Rogge's motion, Adjani hung the Tikrick family tree on the wall.

"Every elf will know that if there is a fire in the grassland, even if all the grass is burned to ashes, the next spring the grassland will be green. This is because no matter how ferocious the grassland fires are, they can't burn the roots of the grass. ”

Rogge pointed to the location of Grand Duke Tikrick and his children on the pedigree. "It's grass we can see. Then the fat man waved his hand down, and said, "You see, these nearly a thousand names all have the blood of the Tikrik family in some way. These names are the roots of the grass. If you want to clean up the grasslands of the Principality of Are, you must also clean these roots. Otherwise, not necessarily, the dagger of vengeance will appear before us. ”

After that, Rogge looked at a few elves and said softly, "Carlos is helping us hoe the weeds. ”

The faces of the wind butterflies and the elves turned pale, they didn't expect this layer at all, they didn't expect that behind the seemingly simple and crude scheme, there was such a vicious purpose!

"The elves are lovers of beauty and peace. Rogge's voice was still calm, and the elves' reaction had long been expected by him. "In order for most elves to be able to keep their names and live happily, a small number of elves will have to sacrifice themselves and fall into darkness to do things that other elves are not willing to do. I hope you will be willing to be such elves. ”

Rogge's gaze swept over the faces of the six elves one by one, and all of them, including Wind Butterfly, nodded. Yet their faces were extremely pale.

The fat man smiled slightly, with a precedent like Meilan, it was much easier for him to persuade these elves to sacrifice themselves in the name of the righteousness of the elf clan. Of course, this is far from the blind obedience he needs.

"Since you all have such determination, let's move on to the situation in the principality. Think about it, if you are the nobles of the Duchy of Are, according to the plan we have carried out, who do you think killed the Grand Duke?"

Elves don't like conspiracy, but they're definitely not stupid. An elven warrior replied, "It's all too obvious that Danro is to blame. Melan ...... Dan Luo would not have an elf like Mei Lan in his hands. Because of the relationship between the gods and the adults, only Carlos can send the elves. The more she answered, the more ugly her face became, and from the perspective of a third party, she recounted the fact that the elf woman was sent as a gift, which was still a little beyond her ability to bear.

"Good. Then I ask you again, if you were in the principality, would you be willing to be loyal to a man who would dare to kill even your own father and brother?"

The elves were silent, but the wind butterflies were thoughtful.

Rogge smiled, this smile was indescribably evil in the eyes of the elves: "Carlos has his advantages, he is ambitious and incapable, he is hesitant to deal with things, and he is at a disadvantage in the battle for the throne. He relied entirely on our strength to sit on the throne of the Grand Duke, and if he wants to sit in this position in the future, he will have to rely on us. So, Grand Duke Carlos is actually still in our hands. ”

Rogge paused for a moment, and then said: "He killed so many people and put everyone in the principality in danger, in fact, the throne under his ass is no longer very stable." In order to secure this position, he also had to rely on even more bloody means to suppress the rebels, even the possible ones. As he spoke, Rogge stretched out his hand and pointed to the genealogy of the third prince, and slowly circled all the names related to the third prince.

"To rule a country, bloody methods can only succeed for a while, and there is no long-term effect at all. If he doesn't obey and even wants to deal with us in the other way, it will be much easier for us to clean him up. At least no one would stand up to defend a tyrant whose hands were stained with the blood of his kin. ”

All the names on the Carlos pedigree were also painted red.

At a glance now, there are only a few people left in the entire Tikric family lineage.

Rogge said word by word: "We didn't come to the Duchy of Aray to be a good person. Our goal is to eradicate the Tikrik family and seize the entire Duchy of Arley. Helping Carlos or others is just a means to that end. You are very smart, and you are the hope for the future of the elves. Everything I have told you today, you must remember well. Maybe it won't be long before you go out and stand alone. At that time, I don't want the unique Kind Celestial surname of the Elves to affect you to make a correct judgment. ”

Wind Butterfly suddenly asked, "If you want to occupy the Duchy of Alei, our elven army can do it. Why do you want to make it so complicated? Melan's sacrifice is completely unnecessary, and the assassination of Tikrik is not a very difficult task for me!"

Rogge showed an approving look and said with a smile: "Wind Butterfly, you are finally willing to think about things with a little brain." It would be easy to capture the Duchy of Are, but we can't just look at a small piece of territory like the Duchy of Arley. The reaction of the Holy Alliance's dozen or so nations is something we must consider. Maybe in just a few days, the elven army can occupy the entire territory of the principality, but in just ten days, the alliance of the Holy Alliance countries will drive the elves back to the mountains again. If the elves want to integrate with the human race, they must have a high-ranking person to issue orders from above. For example, Archduke Tikrik ordered us to move freely in the Duchy of Are. So this high-ranking person, if not me, has to be under our control. ”

"As for Melan's sacrifice," Rogge glanced deeply at Wind Butterfly, and saw her heart beat wildly, "I have a deep meaning. Now I'm telling you, and you won't understand. ”

Although the bloody methods can only be used for a while, they are still very useful in securing Carlos's throne in the early days of his reign. At least now, no one dares to rebel.

With the exception of a thousand guards, Rogge already had the military power of the principality in his hands. The first thing he did was announce another five thousand conscriptions in Carlos's name, and a harsh training plan was made. This almost doubled the military power of the Duchy of Arley. As for what the Holy Alliance's neighbors would say about the tyrannical and militaristic Carlos, that was not in Rogge's consideration.

Already sporadic adventurers have begun to haunt Dresden. According to Helai's intelligence system, the most talked about topic among these adventurers was elves. Now, in addition to the 800 elven army of the 'Dark Side of the Moon', a large number of elves are preparing to settle in Dresden.

Seeing that the major affairs of the Principality of Arei had been decided, the worried fat man decided to return to the City of Oracle once. The enemy outside is currently there, and no matter what, you have to settle your backyard first. If you let those sacrifices pull their hind legs again, it will be a big deal. Now the fat man has the military power of the elves, and for every elf killed or injured, the responsibility must be counted on his head. Although Zhaoye's three sacrifices would definitely not be as despicable as the fat man, Rogge thought that he had pushed people, and he always felt that it was better to guard against them.

The Fat Man handed over the Dark Side of the Moon to Adjani, and Windbutterfly and the Guardian Samurai stayed. Now that there are so many adventurers in the city, and there are highly skilled guardian warriors in charge, Rogge can feel a little more relieved.

The fat man said he would go. In the early morning of the next day, Rogge went on the road alone without a single entourage.

After two days of jolting on the back of a jungle spider, the fat man stood in front of the gates of the Oracle City. On horseback, it's at least four days' journey.

The oracle city in front of him is very different from when the fat man set off a month ago.

Three elven ancient trees rise to the sky. The huge canopy of trees obscured almost the entire city. Clouds of shisha are formed in the canopy of the trees, and then slowly fall, enveloping the city of oracles, which is extremely romantic and mysterious. The winter sun shone obliquely on the mist, creating a rainbow of seven colors.

The part of the Oracle City on the lake is greatly extended. The Great Temple of the Elves, the House of Elders, and the Temple of the Divine Envoys under the clouds are magnificent and exquisite. A new extension between the three buildings is a large green lawn on which countless elven children are playing.

Rogge watched all this wordlessly. The City of Oracles is now as dreamlike as beautiful, no worse than the Green Sea. But that's not what Rogge wanted. He clearly remembered that the order given was to strengthen the city's defenses. But the fat man looked at it, the city wall was much thicker and taller, but the city wall on the lake had disappeared. Indeed, there are many more spikes on the city walls, and there are several more ancient war trees. But no matter how you look at it, the number of rose branches that crawl all over the walls far exceeds these defenses.

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