Not so long ago, on the outskirts of the royal capital.

Cones and Byron stood on the endless plains, staring at the western sky, as if waiting for something.

Cohen stood behind them boredly, and it occurred to him that it would be easy to sneak up on the two of them at this point.

Although he didn't know what Byron's cooperation with the monster was, after seeing the iron giant in the basement of the tower, he could more or less guess that Byron was more than just trying to compete for the throne.

And Cornes couldn't really cooperate with the humans, maybe when the plan was completed, he would kill Byron.

So, in order to save the king from the scourge of these two fellows, he unconsciously pressed his hand on the sword, ready to do it at any time.

However, he overlooked the fact that Elena had been staring behind him, and it was strange to say that this girl was treated like that by her father, but she still did not give up.

Cohen couldn't help but feel sympathy for her, but more than that, he was angry, because he had met such people before, and the end result was to hurt others and himself.

After a while, presumably seeing his intentions, Elena walked up to him.

"Mr. Cohen."

"What's the matter?" Cohen said, crossing his arms.

"Well, it's not too important, I still want to thank you for speaking for me before," Elena bowed her head and continued, "but I must remind you that I did it voluntarily and not under duress from my father. ”

“…… Hmph, of course I know, that's why I'm even angrier. ”

"Why?" Elena looked up and asked in surprise.

Because in her concept, everyone should be free, as long as they want to, no matter what they do or how much they suffer, it is none of the business of others.

Cohen stared into her eyes, but could only tell that she was confused, and her naivety and ignorance didn't seem to be fake.

"Well, forget it, I just want to advise you."

“…… What? ”

"Get out of here, stop dealing with Cornes, you're not a bad person, I'm afraid I'll hurt you by mistake then."

Hearing this, Elena was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

"Hehe, Mr. Cohen, you don't know anything."

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"I'm not as good as you think," Elena looked at her hands with a look of remorse, "my hands are already covered with blood, I can't turn back, if there is hell in this world, I will definitely go to hell when I die." ”

“……”

Cohen was speechless, and he looked at the confused girl in front of him with a sad expression.

Because Elena doesn't know that if she changes her ways in time, she has a chance to atone for her sins, although she may not be able to redeem it, but at least she can make her regrets meaningful.

If she continued to serve Cones, the way she was showing now would be nothing more than a show.

"Mr. Cohen, I ...... Is there a chance to turn back? Elena looked into the distance and whispered.

Cohen didn't know the answer to the question, but he thought about it and said softly.

"Yes, if you want, I can take you away now, don't worry, they can't stop me."

"Hehe, thank you for saying that," Elena smiled with relief, but changed her mind again, "but I have a more important mission, and it is worth sacrificing my life for it." ”

Cohen was not surprised by her final decision, because he had long seen through this girl's temperament, obsessive, and unassertive, always thinking that the wrong things were made by others, and the final result had nothing to do with him.

"Okay, it's enough to do what you think is right, then that's all you have to say, and I'm leaving."

Cohen said that he walked in the direction of the royal capital, and it was his turn to play tomorrow, so he still had to keep his spirits up.

“…… Wait a minute, Mr. Cohen. Elena suddenly stopped him.

"Oh? Changed your mind? ”

"It's not."

Elena immediately ran up to him and handed him an envelope sealed with wax.

"Uh, could it be a love letter to me? Haha, no, I'm just not used to it, so I'll just say a word or two for you. Cohen laughed uncontrollably.

But Elena didn't get angry at his joke, but smiled from the bottom of her heart.

"If I could, I'd love to be friends with you and more humans, but I don't have a chance, so please pass this letter to Emir...... You've heard of it, recently Wang is a genius forger who is very famous. ”

"Oh?" Cohen returned to his senses, "You know him?" ”

"No, it's just a meeting in Pingshui, but no matter what, please be sure to put this letter in his hands, this is my ...... The last request is here. ”

Elena's eyes became clearer at the end, as if that was the only thing she could atone for.

Cohen sensed her determination, nodded earnestly, and immediately hurried to the royal capital.

Elena watched him disappear from sight, and then subconsciously remembered Adele.

After receiving her father's assignment, she spends some time investigating Adele and also learns about her as a person from the people around her.

Empathetic, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, full of aristocratic demeanor, this is what most people say about her, of course, there are also some people who think she is cold and looks down on people because she has royal blood, so she has no friends worth befriending.

But Elena knows very well that people like Adele are just hard to trust, she can be kind to anyone, but she can't trust them.

At this time, Elena suddenly thought that what she did in the end should be able to gain Adele's trust.

However, just as she was in a state of thought, Cornes, who was standing not far away, spoke.

"He's coming."

……

Who is he? Who's coming?

Elena was full of doubts, but she walked over to her father and followed his line of sight.

In the western sky, a small black dot was moving towards them, and as the distance got closer, Elena finally saw that it was actually a huge dragon covered in pitch black.

It didn't take long for a majestic air flow to be generated above their heads, making it difficult to stand still.

Just when Elena thought it was an enemy, the black dragon folded its wings and fell to the ground with a "boom", suddenly raising a large cloud of dust, obscuring everyone's sight.

"Ahem, I said, do you dragons like to treat your friends like this?" Cornes waved his hand to dust off the dust and couldn't help but complain.

"Huh, friend? Weak monsters are not qualified to be friends with dragons. The black dragon's voice was rough and loud.

“…… Well, whatever you want, but we've got to work together, don't you think? ”

"Nonsense, so I'm not here?" The black dragon spoke disdainfully.

"Haha, that's very good," Cornes smiled and clapped his hands, "then without further ado, let's go to the royal capital now and completely destroy the human empire." ”

"Wait, Cornes," Byron said, "what does it mean to destroy the Empire?" ”

Only then did the black dragon notice that there was still a human here.

"Hehe, what kind of vision are you, Cornes, you are still cooperating with ant-like humans, if I knew you were like this, I wouldn't have come."

Cones ignored the black dragon's words and looked at Byron.

"Oh, Lord Byron, you misunderstood, I wasn't talking to this dragon, so my words were a little more extreme."

"Hmph, don't talk to me about those useless things, Cornes, you can think clearly, without me, you can't activate that ultimate weapon."

"Haha, of course, of course I know, you can rest assured." Cornes grinned and comforted him.

“…… I hope you won't lie to me. ”

Byron stepped aside, and in fact, he was nervous when Cornes told him he had a partner.

He knew very well that he was the only collaborator of Cones among the humans, so it was obvious that the other partners were either elves or dragons, and either one could act as a powerful combat force.

But he is different, except for some people who specialize in intelligence, there is only Cohen, he only knows that Cohen is a genius in combat, and he has not seen the true strength of this guy.

So far, he has been quite shabby as a collaborator of Cornes, and if he hadn't held the key to activating the ultimate weapon in his hands, he might have been like his brother a long time ago.

But with what he knew about Cornes, if the plan succeeded, he would definitely be disposed of like garbage.

Because of this, he would never let Cones's plan go smoothly.

In short, he was in the next big game, and Cones was only one of them, and now he just had to wait quietly.

Afterwards, Cornes continued to explain his plan to the black dragon, but looking at the black dragon's appearance, he didn't seem to directly agree.

"Cornes, you really didn't take me seriously, you should know how far the dragon's territory is from here, I flew all the way here, you have to entertain me first."

"Oh, I'm not pressed for time, when you help me complete the plan, I will definitely treat you warmly, of course, I will also give you the reward."

Hearing him say this, the black dragon couldn't help but laugh.

"Cornes, don't take me for a fool, when the plan is over, I'm afraid your next target will be me."

"How is that possible? Am I the kind of person who unloads the mill and kills the donkey? Cornes immediately shouted loudly.

"Anyway, don't talk nonsense, you haven't had time to get the hundred dragon scale monitor lizards you want, you can only wait for tomorrow, you can also get the good reward we said and hand it over to me at that time, and then we will completely clear the two, how about it? Hurry up and just give me a word. ”

“……”

Cornes stared at the black dragon calmly, but his heart was itching with hatred, he didn't expect that this was also a shrewd and capable guy.

"Hehe, there is no sincerity at all, and you are still talking to me about cooperation," the black dragon couldn't help but sneer, and then looked at Byron, "Human, if I cooperate with you, you should also understand Cornes's little abacus, why don't we deal with him together." ”

"No kidding," Cornes said quickly, "I'm an iron buddy with Byron, where is your room to sow discord, okay, okay, I promise you that it's okay." ”

"Haha, the dark knight of the demon clan is really refreshing," the black dragon suddenly smiled, "Then it's decided, let's meet here tomorrow." ”

“…… Wait, aren't you going to go with me? Cornes wondered.

"Fool, look behind me, I don't want to get involved in a needless struggle." The black dragon said, flapped his wings a few times and flew away.

Cones hurriedly looked back and found that a group of people were approaching about five hundred meters away, but he first sighed that the black dragon's magic perception range was so wide, obviously he didn't feel it at all.

He knew that it was the guards of the royal capital who had discovered the traces of the black dragon, so he sent someone to expel him, and it was estimated that it was a big man in the magic world.

Cones's strength is not bad, and he was originally the strongest existence in the human magic world, but now that he has experienced several battles in a short period of time, his strength has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible for him to escape from the siege of many magicians.

So at this time, I can only choose to flee in embarrassment.

"Lord Byron, what are you doing in a daze, run."

Byron, however, was still a good man, but laughed at his stupidity.

"Hehe, Cornes, you're really dizzy, I'm a candidate for the throne, what am I afraid of."

"Tsk, whatever you want, but you have to remember that we'll meet here tomorrow, don't be late."

“…… Got it, got it. ”

Byron replied impatiently, then waved his hand and watched Cornes leave.

In fact, he had already murderous intentions towards Cornes.