Chapter 38: The Heart of a King
Chapter 38 [The Heart of a King]
"Aragorn•Roland, that guy came here with a broken ship, but it's a pity that it's ...... The boat really shouldn't have been moored on this island, and as a result, the whole ship was swallowed...... The guy in Aragorn, on the other hand, was brought here by me, and it was here that I made some dealings with him. Chris was a little vague.
But this level of hinting is enough!
In fact, in the first few years of his arrival in this world, the Earl of Raymond had taught him a lot of things, and he had read the biographies of the founding emperors of the empire...... He reads that stuff as if it were a novel.
Aragon•Roland. Founder of the great Roland Empire...... His life, in Du Wei's opinion, can almost be said to be a kind of YY legendary novel that he had read in his previous life!
This Aragorn has the same kind of luck and bizarre encounters as many of the main characters of the novels. To use a very fashionable phrase in his previous life: his luck is almost against the sky!
The biography describes the experiences of the founding emperor of the empire in great detail. Born into a declining aristocratic family, he was not even the eldest son of that family, but the third son of his father, who had no title to inherit and was adventurous from an early age.
At the age of sixteen, he left home and went out on adventure alone. Aragorn had participated in some adventurous mercenary teams, and he was a young man full of adventurist fantasies.
And that era was also the most adventurous time of the continent! Unlike now, the entire continent only has a Roland Empire thorn flower flag flying.
At that time, the Roland Continent was a Warring States era when large and small countries were divided. There are constant local wars on the mainland, and large and small countries annex each other, wars, intrigues, and tricks...... It can be said that it was an era of heroes and legends.
Sixteen-year-old Aragorn became obsessed with maritime adventures after years of working in a mercenary organization.
At that time, Aragorn was twenty-one years old, already a good swordsman, and had some savings during his years as a mercenary. So he invested all his fortune in a merchant ship and went on an adventure of maritime trade.
And the first experience of going to sea made Aragon suffer a blow. His ship was shipwrecked, the whole ship was finished, and he was the only one who miraculously escaped and ascended to heaven and saved his life!
All historians agree that ...... Had it not been for such a shipwreck, the great founding emperor of the empire would probably have become a successful merchant at sea...... And not the emperor!
However, because of this, after the dream of maritime trade was shattered, Aragon returned to his homeland, where his father died and all his fortune was divided among his sons...... Aragorn received the least part......
His father was originally a low-level nobleman with only a small title, and naturally he would not leave much inheritance. Aragorn, on the other hand, made a move that seemed to others to be a loser at the time...... He sold all his possessions and organized a small private army.
This bankruptcy was ridiculed by everyone, because at that time, Aragorn's hometown was a peaceful country on the edge of the continent, far away from war, and there was no need for a private army to protect it.
And then, Aragon got it right! In less than half a year, war broke out, and the small country was embroiled in a war between the great powers, annexed within a month, and then fought back and forth between the two great powers.
Both of Aragorn's older brothers died in the war, and the estates and farms were burned and plundered by the rebels.
Aragorn, on the other hand, joined the army of one of the great powers with his private army, and was given a high rank.
After that, Aragorn began to show his extraordinary strength!
He showed great force, and even killed the enemy general in one fell swoop, a high-ranking knight who was famous on the continent at that time, and then accumulated countless merits in the war......
At the end of the war, he was given a knighthood and a fiefdom...... A piece of land countless times larger than his father's domain!
Aragorn, on the other hand, surprisingly rejected the call of the great power and withdrew from the army, instead throwing himself into the arms of the Wizards' Guild...... In less than a year, he actually obtained the qualification of a magician!
Three years later, the war broke out again, and by that time Aragorn was already a high-level magician!
Throughout history, no one has ever been able to do this!
Someone once asked why Aragorn became a magician...... At that time, the young nobleman replied: My army needs to be coordinated by magicians...... Unfortunately, there are too few magicians to recruit them, so I have to learn magic on my own.
When the war broke out again, the country where Aragon was in danger for a while, and the capital was besieged by the enemy for three months. At that time, the king issued an order for all the nobles in the country to lead their private armies to the king...... And the private army led by Aragon was the last to arrive.
Until then, the enemy country and its own army had fought to the point of exhaustion.
There is no doubt that the addition of Aragon came at the most delicate time.
In the last battle, Aragorn himself once again killed the opponent's commander Lin, a great knight! And then at the level of magicians, Aragorn actually cast a forbidden spell-level magic and killed the chief magician of the enemy country's court on the spot!
The war situation has taken a turn for the worse...... After that, the war ended, and the power of the weakened state was almost taken over by Aragon, and at that time, the king had to make Aragonese duke.
A year later...... The death of the king (on this issue, historians have been arguing, most people privately believe that the timing of the king's death is too 'coincidence', but just when Aragon's prestige reached its peak, the old king's death, and left no direct descendants, so that the country's supreme leadership fell into an embarrassing situation of no one to inherit, although there is no clear record in various historical sources, but the text implicitly hints that this incident may be inextricably linked with the great founding emperor. )
The last beneficiary, without a doubt, was Aragon.
He married the old king's side niece as his wife, and then enshrined his wife as queen!
Three years later, the queen died of illness and Aragon was officially crowned His Majesty!
In the history that followed.
Aragon•Roland, who was fashioned as an invincible commander, led his army to be invincible, destroyed countless countries, and unified the entire continent in less than fifteen years, planting the banner of the Thorn Flower in all parts of the continent!
All of this is like a story from a standard saga, isn't it?
Du Wei desperately recalled in his mind all he could remember about the life of the founding emperor......
Obviously, according to Chris...... It was during the failure of his first maritime adventure that Aragon encountered the servant of this demon......
Then, Aragorn suddenly sprang up like a meteor on the war-torn continent...... That is, after that sea adventure!
Obviously, the founding emperor must have received some kind of benefit from the deal with this demonic servant!
Think of Aragon's almost miraculous life, and his great achievements......
And now, when the devil's servant came up with the word "deal" to Dewey......
Du Wei suddenly felt that his heart, which had been calm for more than ten years, began to beat!
"Lovely little nobleman, your heart is beating. Chris smiled appropriately.
Du Wei took a deep breath: "Dear Mr. Chris...... My heart is beating...... That's because I'm being tempted by demons!"
The weird smile on Chris's face was even worse, and he suddenly waved his hand lightly, and the two women behind him, Vivian and Joanna, snorted at the same time, and then fainted softly.
"We don't let anyone know about our deals. Chris laughs, "When they wake up, they forget what happened here, and they even forget me." ”j
The opportunity is here!
Du Wei's breathing began to be short: "Deal...... Tell me, what can you give me...... And what are you going to take from me?"
Chris didn't answer Du Wei's question directly, he said slowly, "Don't you want to ask me what I gave to Aragon in the first place?"
"I think I can guess a little. Du Wei pondered for a moment and replied slowly.
What did Chris give to Aragorn?
The first thing that Du Wei thought of was Aragorn's earth-shattering strength, the powerful martial arts of the paladin, and the powerful magic of the high-level magician!
Both of these make Aragorn a strong man at the top of the continent! He can kill the strongest warriors on the battlefield and defeat the opponent's magicians! and successfully create the image of an invincible commander, so that thousands of soldiers will follow him almost like worship!
And at the same time...... Du Wei also suspected one more thing.
It is...... Historically documented...... Aragorn seems to have fought countless battles in his life, but it seems that he had not been wounded, and even in his old age, he was not sick or painless, but died one night, in his sleep.
His life is almost perfect.
"In addition to his powerful martial arts and magic, you also gave him a nearly immortal body?" Du Wei said tentatively.
"Not immortality, but a body without an Achilles heel. Chris smiled: "Just as Aragorn was leaving here, I dug out his heart. His people left here, but their hearts remained in this place forever. Therefore, it is very difficult for him to be hurt again, because no fatal wound, no fatal poison, can hurt his heart...... His heart stays with me. ”
The corners of Du Wei's mouth and eyes twitched at the same time!
Heart?
"You don't want my heart too, do you?" Du Wei looked at Chris with some malice: "What are you doing with your heart? Do you make it and eat it? fried or barbecued?"
"Neither. Chris didn't seem to care about the mockery in Du Wei's words, but replied very calmly: "I left his heart by my side, just as a souvenir." A true king's heart...... A king's heart...... What could be more interesting than that?"
Du Wei sighed...... Although he felt that this matter was definitely not as simple as Chris said, since the other party was not prepared to tell the truth, he couldn't help it.
"So, you only have Aragorn's heart left?" Du Wei frowned: "There are no other conditions?"
Chris's answer was simple: "No, just a heart." ”
Looking at Du Wei's bewildered eyes, Chris added with a smile: "Create a king with your own hands, and hold his heart in your hands...... Such a thing, the pleasure of which you cannot imagine, my dear little nobleman!"
Du Wei sighed.
"Well, what are you going to take from me?" Du Wei laughed, "If you want my heart, then I can't guarantee that I will agree to you." ”
"No, no, no, a king's heart is enough as a collectible, and I don't like to do repetitive things. Chris laughed, "Besides...... It's been so much time, and my abilities are fading and waning. I'm afraid I won't be able to give you as much power as Aragorn. When Aragorn left here, he took half of my magic with him!Otherwise, do you think that a knight can become a magician so easily?"
No wonder...... Du Wei whistled.
"Moreover, that guy from Aragorn also broke our agreement in the end, and there are some final terms in our deal that he has not completed. Chris shook his head: "So I found that this kind of one-time transaction was really risky for me." If you get out of here and don't do what I agreed, there's nothing I can do, because I'm a prisoner here, and I can't leave this island. So...... After that deal in Aragon, I've come up with a solution...... That is, I will divide the future transaction into several parts to complete, instead of giving you all the benefits at once. ”
"For example?"
"For example...... I can give you a little sweetness first, my dear little nobleman. Then, you have to do something as I ask, and when you're done, you come back here to me, and I'll pay you a new one!" Chris smiled slyly. bqycfbbh]pqk0p3
"Sweet, will you give me sweetness?"
"You can have anything you want. Chris's smile, it's really evil at this moment!
There was also an inexplicable temptation in his voice!
"I can give you everything! It's not too powerful, but it's enough to make anyone tempted! If you like women, I can give you a pair of 'seductive eyes'! Then when you stare at any woman, they will definitely fall in love with you! For example, these two female magicians, if you like them, as long as you look at them, they are even willing to strip naked and dance in front of you! Even if the woman you like is a saint who is dedicated to the gods...... As long as you look at her, she can take off her divine robe and show her beautiful body in front of your eyes and do ......whatever you want."
Belch...... It seems a little tempting......
Du Wei sighed...... This is indeed a good condition, but it does not seem to be enough to make Du Wei nod.
"You know, I'm a nobleman, and I don't think I'll be short of women. Du Wei tactfully expressed his meaning: "Moreover, I am not the kind of man who is very good. ”
"Okay...... If you don't need a woman so desperately, I can replace you with a dragon's heart......! Well, then after replacing with a dragon's heart, your body will quickly become stronger! You will have the power of a dragon! You can become an invincible warrior on the battlefield! or even ...... I can give you a little extra gift...... For example, allowing you to use a small portion of dragon magic. ”
Du Wei imagined in his mind that he would become a strong muscular man......
Uh, forget it......
"I'm sorry, but I don't really have much interest in war. Strong force doesn't make me feel safe...... In fact, historically, the vast majority of powerful warriors, for real figures of power, have only played the role of thugs. "r'bb's fb6awh]rxb
"Then I'll give you power. Chris thought for a moment: "If you like power, I can give you the ability to see through the hearts of others, so that your eyes can see through all the disguises of your opponents, and your ears can directly listen to the voices of the other people......'s hearts! With your brilliant mind, then you will become a powerful person in the shortest possible time!"
"I am the eldest son of the Vice President of the Imperial High Command. Du Wei pursed his lips: "The first heir of the Rollin family, do you think I will worry about my status and power in the future? My father will become the military commander of the empire in the near future, and he can even become the prime minister of the empire." And I, very likely, inherit everything from him!So, I'm sorry, your offer doesn't touch my heart either. ”
In fact, Du Wei was lying.
However, Chris has been trapped on the island, and naturally he doesn't know that Du Wei has long been deprived of the position of heir in the family! Even if it is a thousand-year-old monster like Chris who is powerful and wise, he can't help but be a little annoyed.
"Little nobleman, what the hell do you want!"