The silence of Max's Mansion was terrifying, like the eerie atmosphere before the storm.

The wind is calm and the waves are calm, but this false light is just waiting for the night to finally swallow up.

When the sky is torn apart by lightning, that moment will burst into eternal night.

Li Laifu never dreamed that something strange would be hidden under the Mithril base of the statue of the first head of the Max clan.

Although the once mighty giants have fallen, the statue of Aurelius, a symbol of bloodline, still retains its most noble appearance, and daily sacred prayers, silent recitation of the protection of the gods, as well as cleaning and worship have become compulsory lessons for servants, but even after centuries of gossip from countless servants, no one has ever heard of words such as 'There is something interesting hidden at the feet of that once great man'.

When the old Viscount Goulet knelt at the foot of the statue of his ancestor with a sad face and pulled out this strange thing, Li Laifu admitted that at some point he was a little broken.

Hey, old viscount, what about your old hidden? What about your wise face that sees through everything? What about your chivalry and the Eight Rules? Why did the way you lay down remind me of the thieves in the Shadow Thieves' Guild?

Holding back a series of questions that were enough to make him laugh off his big teeth, Li Laifu helplessly looked at the thing that could be stuffed into his hand with two cautious attitudes: 'cautious' and 'left and right'

It was a pitch-black magic staff, a wand twisted like dead wood, and a gray stone inlaid on the top. Dead air' to summarize, although as a poor guy who can't feel any fluctuations in the magic element, but his perception of the magic scepter still stays at a relatively high angle, just like Li Laifu in the previous life, he can't recognize all a few words, but with that three-inch tongue that is not even too hot to eat hot pot in summer, he can still talk about philosophical issues such as pessimism and cynicism, which seem to be profound but meaningless, and the pursuit of luxury by the poor, no matter in which world this kind of human primitiveIt won't be exhausted.

Li Laifu weighed the wooden stick in his hand, but the doubts in his heart were more than a bitter smile and helplessness.

One of the immutable truths of the Eternal Continent.

The magic scepter is like the fangs of a viper, the giant horn of an adult mammoth, and is one of the important assets of a mage to become the spokesperson of 'destruction', for any mage who swims in the sea of ignorance, the value of the staff is equal to the chance of the mage surviving on the battlefield, and some boring people have made such a metaphor.

A beginner-level magic apprentice, holding a magic scepter carved from the dead wood of death in the depths of the Desperate Forest, is equivalent to the sudden death of a great magician behind the back, if there is still a crystal nucleus of a seventh-order high-level magical beast embedded in the wand, then the great magician behind him will definitely be resurrected under the drive of **, and then snatch the immortal staff in the hands of the poor apprentice.

This black humorous metaphor in the style of the ancient Hebrews is not an empty joke, on the contrary, it proves that the staff has a supreme position in the mind of every magician, the royal family pursues power, the merchant pursues gold, the knight pursues glory, and the wizard pursues the mystery of magic and the beacon of enlightenment in the sea of ignorance, the magic scepter that symbolizes wisdom, like a light boat in the ocean of mystical ignorance, whether it follows the current or swims against the current in the storm.

"Your Excellency the Old Viscount"

Li Laifu handed over the 'broken tree trunk' in his hand with a strange face, and frowned at Gowlett's cautious face that revealed a hint of fear.

He hoped that the old man with blond hair and arrogance like a lion would give him a legendary explanation.

That is, such as 'This is a terrifying staff lost in a holy war in myths and legends, and the former user was a magic saint who has been undefeated across the continent for thousands of years' or 'This staff is a treasure from the Desperate Forest, one of the eight forbidden places of the Eternal Continent, but it was only robbed by our great ancestor', which sounds like a terrifying comfort, even if it is a retreat, even if it is interpreted as' This staff is a toothpick used by the God of Light'It's not unacceptable, although it's a little darker, but maybe the teeth of the God of Light aren't too good?

But the old viscount was obviously an upright knight, and it was really difficult for him to make up a lie, so Li Laifu's longing gaze did not touch him at all, and he casually threw a storage ring glowing blue to Li Laifu, and after signaling him to put away the staff, the old viscount smiled with relief.

"I heard that little Emery's wish is to become a mage, may your ancestors protect you, and this staff of unknown origin will be yours from this day forward. ”

The old viscount's smiling eyes bloomed with strange colors, and he muttered softly: "Little Emery, please take good care of this pathetic soul, although the heroes of the Max family have not participated in the mystery of this staff, but I believe that it will not be ordinary, which is why it can always be hidden by the side of the first family master, in a sense, you are very suitable." ”

Li Laifu wanted to speak and stopped, he almost didn't cut off the old viscount's beard

Is this a noble nobleman? Mocking himself as a waste of wood, as ridiculous as this black and charred matchstick?

Li Laifu forced himself to fantasize that this was the original intention of the old viscount Goulet, but the encounters and experiences brought to him by the two lives made him very clear about the true thoughts of this old man who could be said to have entered his twilight years.

This was probably the last time he joked with himself like this.

The word 'Max' was once an epic in the kingdom of Tustin, even if this giant lost his legs, it was enough to make countless people afraid and sleep, only after destruction and death, let him turn into dust, can those big people who manipulate the rules behind them feel truly at ease.

The cyan storage ring was worn on his thumb, it was not heavy, but Li Laifu felt that there was a big mountain inside, and suddenly there was an inexplicable sadness, Li Laifu looked in the direction of the small attic, where the sun was very dazzling, no, the sun above the entire Max family seemed to have become extremely manic, not the so-called sacred and serene, but like a volcano about to erupt, it was full of destruction. For the first time, the Light has been so fond of this almost forgotten land.

Li Laifu suddenly wanted to laugh, he was not a fool, he understood what his departure meant, and he also understood what kind of horror the old man standing beside him was about to face.

"Little Emery, is your ** also fading as the night fades?"

The old viscount suddenly asked majestically, and the smile from the previous moment froze, like ice.

Such a huge contrast made Li Laifu also stunned, but at a certain moment, something forgotten seemed to sprout again in his heart.

"Human nature is evil, so there is never right or wrong between war and peace, the hymns of blood and slaughter and slaughter of flowers have all appeared, but now they are gone, but it does not mean that they are dead, while everyone draws strength to try to survive, the rules of the eternal continent have been eliminated, and will face the danger of overthrowing, new rules will come quietly, little Emery, that day, will not be too far away. ”

The old viscount's voice like a murmur clearly reached Li Laifu's ears, like the bell of Elder Cathedral, which made people feel an inexplicable sacredness.

The sun shone on the earth, and two more figures suddenly appeared behind Li Laifu, silently, as if they had crawled out of the cracks in the ground.

"If possible, little Emery, the old viscount wants you to keep an unyielding heart, and if you shed your ornate garb and use it in layman's terms, then your Excellency wants you to learn to be competitive at some level. ”

The old butler wearing a pair of white gloves slowly walked behind Li Laifu with Qin's small hand, his soft-spoken gentlemanly style seemed to never change, but the more mysterious smile made Li Laifu feel a trace of horror that was completely different from the past.

Black robes, white gloves, this is the funeral attire.

Qin trotted for a while and stood beside Li Laifu obediently, of course, the worn-out harp.

Li Laifu gently stroked Qin's little head, with a bitter expression.

When Viscount Goulet saw the old butler Troy, the expression on his face became more and more solemn, and he knew that the real storm was coming.

"Troy, everything is ready, there is no problem with Daisy. ”

"Old man, did the servants of the God of Light make you forget the taste of blood, you really like to joke. ”

Viscount Goulette smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Indeed, if you couldn't even solve those guys, the Max family's mansion should have become the toilet of the clergy in the Elder Cathedral. As for Ryan, that lad isn't too bad. ”

"I received a secret letter from snooker, with three white feathers in it, and now it should be about to tear under the pull of angels and demons. ”

As if feeling that something was wrong, Troy still smiled and added: "Maybe we are demons." ”

The old viscount smiled and said: "Confused by the declaration of God, there is darkness except light, hehe, our Max family has always been a glorious knight family, as for the real demons, they are now hiding in the golden castle to confide in the world about their greatness and selflessness." ”

Troy smiled, his wrinkled face like a crumpled piece of waste paper, the yellowed color of the paper bears witness to the invasion of the long years, and at an age when he may return to the earth at any time, he has already developed an unwavering resistance to the so-called fairness and justice, because darkness is not a derogatory term for him, and even that he can speak for darkness.

Max's Mansion has never been so quiet, all the ups and downs have stopped, and the servants can no longer be heard hiding behind their backs, because those spies who were sent by some big people in the Tustin Kingdom to hide beside Goulette were all solved by the old butler without accident, and in the past few decades or even hundreds of years, these spies who have incarnated as servants have not successfully probed any valuable information for their masters, perhaps it is precisely because of the violation of the black rules behind the kingdom that the Max Mansion will face the dark long night in advance when the next dawn comes。

The atmosphere is a little tragic, ridiculously tragic, Li Laifu lowered his head, and his black hair revealed a trace of mystery in the sunlight.

Because he doesn't have the strength, he needs to escape.

The old butler Troy felt something out of his black robe, which looked extremely sacred against the white glove.

A purple gold coin engraved with angel wings.

"Little Emery, please forgive me for being harsh to you before, the damned knight who appeared that night is from the Knights of the Kingdom's 'Three-Armed Giant', although his appearance is protected by a ring of broken copper and iron, those things are useless to me, his eyes, nose, ears, including the filthy breath on his body, I have all engraved in my mind, please rest assured, even if I leave this world, I will drag him to hell together, but before that, I hope you can accept this purple gold coin that represents repentance. ”

Li Laifu's eyes were a little moist, Qin seemed to feel something, and quietly grabbed Li Laifu's little thumb with his left hand.

Li Laifu smiled, and his intermittent words were because he was holding back some kind of emotion that was about to burst out.

Holding his head high, Li Laifu, no, Max Emery's dark eyes seemed to have been soaked in blood, and an emotion called 'unwillingness' spread in his heart.

"Old butler"

"You remember, I'm eight years old. ”

"I won't forget what shouldn't be forgotten, my ** is as deep as a barren canyon. ”

"I will be a legend on the Eternal Continent. ”

"I hope someday in many years. ”

"You're all alive. ”

Two tears.

Fell on the land of the Max family.

The sun was obscured by a dark cloud, and the night came early.

The weather in the Eternal Continent.

It's impermanent.