Chapter 90 [Rejected "Deals"]
"I now understand why the Temple sent such a strong squad to hunt you down." Du Wei smiled bitterly.
Two of the strongest knights, a large number of high-ranking knights, and the chief judge...... With such a lineup, it can be called the strongest lineup in the temple in the past hundred years.
And the reason is that the secret of Hussein's discovery is too amazing!
Who in the Roland Empire does not respect the great founding emperors? Who does not respect the heroes who founded the country in history? Even now, in the palace of Dìdūdi, in the living room of His Majesty the Emperor, there is a portrait of Roland in Aragon, and there is a huge oil painting of the mysterious Knights of Saint Laurent.
Even, hundreds of years ago, when the Rollin family was the place where Du Wei was located, the Roland Empire suffered the biggest crisis since the founding of the country, and the empire was once in a desperate situation.
If you spread the word, you will learn that the temple is actually doing such a terrible thing behind the scenes: it has been secretly cursing the souls of His Majesty the Founding Emperor and those founding heroes for hundreds of years!
If such things are preached...... That would cause the wrath of the royal family and the wrath of the people of the empire, and I am afraid that in an instant, the prestige of the temple would be wiped out for hundreds of years!
Under such circumstances, how could Hussein not die? He must die! He must die! He must die!!!
"But now, I've told you the secret." Hussein sneered.
Du Wei Yu Sai.
He couldn't help but sigh: curiosity kills people.
Even the most talented knight who has been the pride of the Holy Knights and has placed high hopes on him for many years can bear to kill him and then ...... Isn't it just to cover up this secret? What about yourself? a small nobleman, even if the Rollin family is deeply entrenched in the empire...... Then the temple will definitely kill Du Wei and destroy the land!
Knowing this kind of secret is tantamount to looking for death.
"Now, do you want to listen to it?" Hussein's voice was mocking, and he could see the change in Du Wei's face.
Du Wei smiled bitterly: "Do I still have a chance to turn back? Please, I have been in this forest with you for so many days, if I let the temple know, I will definitely be the top three on the blacklist! You say it or not, the result is the same. Anyway, it's already started, so you might as well keep talking."
Hussein showed a hint of admiration on his face, but his tone was still indifferent: "You like to make trouble yourself, but it's not me who hurts you."
Hussein then sighed and looked up at the sky: "The coat of arms of the land of Aragon ......"
Aragorn was not only a powerful knight, but also a great magician.
Hussein entered the inner hall that night and saw the cursed badges, as well as a message from Aragorn himself.
How did the founding emperor of the Roland Empire die? Hussein could not answer this question, because Aragorn himself did not mention it in his message...... It's a very simple truth: when Aragorn himself left a message, he was, of course, still alive. How could a living man say how he died?
However, there is a very important message hinted in the message, that is, when the Founding Emperor was still on the throne, at that time, in fact, the relationship between His Majesty Aragon and the Temple was already very, very tense...... It's almost to the point where water and fire are incompatible!
It's easy to understand.
Aragorn was undoubtedly a man of great merit, a man of great power, who was usually extremely clever and powerful, and who was able to start from a nobleman who had not landed on the ground, and then fought in the north and south, unifying the continents and building a vast empire that had never been seen before in history.
When such a super-powerful figure has unified the continent and swept the world, when he is ready to take power, and he draws his sword and looks around, thinking that there is no opponent who can compete with him...... Suddenly, I found that there was a temple next to me!
How could a character like him allow such a thing?!
What is a temple? A temple is a religion and a kind of faith! It is the organization of the supreme god to speak on earth! It represents the will of the gods and the will of the great gods! It is equivalent to another ...... that has extensive influence and authority on the entire continent Emperor!
Moreover, such influence and authority is not abstract, but real! Aragorn received strong support from the temple in the war to unify the continent, and in order to win over the temple, he himself even joined the temple and became a holy knight
and sprinkle the glory of the divine land all over the continent!
Finally, according to the earliest agreement between the two parties, the temple not only has its own armed forces (the Holy Knights), but also has the right to levy taxes!
With force, with taxes, this is almost equivalent to establishing a state within a state within the Roland Empire! The entire people of the empire inevitably have a double doppelganger: on the one hand, they are subjects of the Roland Empire, and on the other hand, they are temple believers.
All of this makes the temple have enough capital to challenge the imperial power.
(On this point, Du Wei thought of the Roman emperor who was forced to cooperate with Christianity in order to integrate the empire in his previous life.
Aragorn was a clever man, he quickly saw the danger of this situation, or rather, he had expected this situation for a long time, but he had not endured it because he needed the help of the temple land in the war to unify the continent.
As a result, the contradiction between the royal family and the temple of the Roland Empire is about to erupt!
"On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly?!"
Du Wei thought about it, and the great founding emperor thought about it at that time.
What's more, Du Wei knew that His Majesty Aragorn was a demonic believer at all!
The process of the struggle must have been bloody, dark, and intense...... But now we don't know about it, and the only thing that can be known is that the great Aragorn has clearly failed.
Because the temple has existed to this day, and it is still faintly fighting against the imperial power.
Aragorn himself, on the other hand, was secretly punished by the temple and suffered from the secret curse of the temple for nearly a thousand years, and his soul could not rest in peace.
How did Aragon die? Du Wei did not know, but he guessed that most of the time he died a less honorable death, or a little bit of an unsightly death.
Such a powerful person, a strong man with the top strength in the mainland...... Even if the temple hated him, it would be extremely difficult to kill him.
Poisoning, assassination, murder?
God knows.
And...... Kill such a strong man......
Du Wei didn't think that anyone else in this world could do it! That was the strongest man under the stars! Who else could be stronger than him?
Unless it's ......
Du Wei shuddered!
Could it be that the gods struck Aragorn?!
There is nothing impossible about this. I have been to Alcatraz Island to Du Wei and think that this possibility is very, very big.
"The magic circle left by that person is about three important messages." Hussein said: "First, he told me that only people with the bloodline of the thirteen members of the Knights of Saint Laurent can cause this magic array to resonate and open, and I am a descendant of the bloodline of the members of the Knights of Saint Laurent."
This is yet another surprising piece of news.
Hussein, who has the blood of a member of the Knights of Saint Laurent, is a descendant of the Knights of Saint Laurent!
"I never knew that myself." Hussein smiled bitterly: "My ancestors are a nobility that has not landed, and it is said that they also had glory in the founding war of the empire...... You should understand how strict the temple is when selecting holy knights.In order to worry about the infiltration of the imperial power into the temple, the temple has always been different from any aristocratic family to select children to enter the Holy Knights in the temple.Only some children from poor families will be selected.And when I can remember, my family was very poor.I never thought of it...... My ancestors actually have such brilliant achievements...... Oh my God, the Knights of Saint Laurent...... You can't imagine how shocked I was when I watched the shadows of the Aragonese in the magic array tell me these lands that day!"
"I can imagine." Du Wei smiled bitterly, he interrupted the knight who was obsessed with memories, and asked cautiously, "Okay, this is the first message, and the next two, what are they?"
"The second one, it's about you now." Hussein smiled maliciously: "Do you remember the set of actions I taught you? I said that this is the basic part of cultivating a certain kind of magical fighting spirit, and this magical fighting spirit is the second message of the message in Aragon...... Back then, Aragorn himself swept through the powerhouses of the continent and became the strongest martial art in the king of knights: Starry Sky Fighting Qi!"
Du Wei swallowed fiercely: "He taught you?"
"It's the ground." Hussein blinked, "And now, you've learned all the basics, and when you've practiced to a certain extent, I can consider teaching you the rest of the part."
Du Wei was silent for a long time before digesting the news, and then he sighed: "What about the last message? What is the last message?"
"The last one...... It is to guide me to find my companions in the land."
Hussein said this, and suddenly showed a look of hatred: "Looking for the other heirs of the land of Aragon."
Other descendants?
As Du Wei can imagine, Aragorn left his powerful martial arts in the knight's badge and passed it on to Hussein, a descendant of the thirteen Saint Laurent knights.
So...... Don't forget, Aragorn also has an invincible magical prowess!
Du Wei opened his mouth: "Could it be ......?"
Just then, a sigh came from the woods.
Slowly bypassing a figure from behind the tree, he walked calmly on the snow, his feet on the soft snow, but he did not leave a trace.
His beard is gray, his hat is pointy, and his white mage robe is full of stains, and even some of the squares are faintly burnt.
Teacher Weiwei Andi, kidnapped the old magician Du Weidi all the way, and at this moment, walked out of the woods.I don't know how long he has been here.I don't know how much he listened.His face was calm, with a bitter thing in his eyes, and he smiled bitterly in a low voice while walking:"
"It's me, the heir to the power of some of Aragorn's magic, it's me."
"That's right, it's this old immortal." Hussein glanced at the old magician, as if he was not surprised by his sudden arrival, and said coldly: "He is my companion, but if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be so miserable!"
The old magician was a little haggard, and he quietly walked over to the two of them, and looked at Medusa, who was standing in the distance with his eyes closed and enjoying the sun, and shook his head: "You guys have gone too far, alas...... Queen Medusa! It's Queen Medusa! Everything is exactly as prophesied."
Du Wei immediately caught the old magician's words: "Prophecy?"
The old magician ignored Du Wei's question, he walked to Medusadi's side, looked carefully at the beautiful female snake for a while, and then bowed slightly: "Dear Queen Medusa, greetings to you."
There was no trace of waves on Medusa's calm expression: "You have been here for a long time, and you have been eavesdropping for a long time...... Do humans like to do this kind of thing? Or ...... This is also a kind of person?"
The old magician was stunned for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal: "Humans are much more complex than you think."
Du Wei frowned, "You don't seem surprised at all to see Queen Medusa, have you put some kind of magic on us, or have you been spying on us all along?"
"My dear little friend, I'm not as wicked as you say." The old magician smiled bitterly, "If it weren't for luck, I probably wouldn't have been able to come to see you alive.
Hussein didn't seem to have much patience for this kind of greeting, and he glared at the old magician: "Old immortal, you are too late.
The old magician didn't care about the knight's stinky face at all, and his tone was serious: "Yes, I almost won't be able to come back...... You should understand that the temple is yù kill you and then quickly.they ...... I met a few high-ranking knights and tried to lure them away, but soon, a few high-level mages of the Elder Regiment appeared, and if I hadn't hid well, they would have almost discovered my whereabouts and identity."
"The Elders are also dispatched......" Hussein sneered twice, but the muscles in the corners of his eyes were throbbing, and his laughter was not so natural.
"Your life is worth a lot of money right now." The old magician smiled: "I overheard their conversation, the temple has officially announced your identity as a traitor two days ago, on charges of attempting to assassinate the pope, and killing the two grand knights.
The knight snorted coldly.
"Hussein, I know you're a proud guy, you're not afraid of becoming the continent's most wanted criminal, but you also have to understand that those old immortal guys in the elder group are not easy to deal with!" the old magician said, shaking his mage robe slightly: "You see, I met three guys, and I was almost killed by them together."
"You cherish your feathers and don't dare to reveal your true identity." Hussein said coldly: "I don't believe it, just three elders can kill you, an old immortal, if you fight the enemy with all your might, even if you are defeated, you can escape."
"My identity is still useful to us, and I can't openly fight against the temple right now, otherwise I will be hunted down endlessly." The old magician shook his head, "You need a companion to hide in the shadows."
Du Wei was upset.
He suddenly coughed a few times, attracting everyone's attention.Du Wei looked unhappy, and then looked at the two guys in front of him:
"Okay! Both of you are the top powerhouses of the continent! One is the first knight of the continent! The other is the top magician! Both of you are descendants of the Aragonese land...... You will be enemies of the temple!
To carry on Aragorn's last wishes...... You're going to do a big thing!—but ......," Du Wei's eyes widened, "But what the does it have to do with me!!What do you want to do, just do it! I'm not a powerful knight, and I'm not a great magician! I'm just a little nobleman, a little nobleman who likes to mess around with little things! Why are you pulling me in? Especially you, don't ...... old man?"
Speaking of this, Du Wei suddenly remembered the scene where the old magician used that kind of magic to slap himself, and the original sentence "old immortal" came to his lips, and he quickly changed his words: "Old ...... Why did you kidnap me all the way to this ghost who doesn't lay eggs, this one that can freeze people's noses to the ground, and why do you want me to go all the way north...... What use am I to you?!"
Silent......
After a while, Hussein also coughed, and the knight looked at the old magician with a cold gaze: "This is also what I want to ask.
The old magician's eyes flickered, and he suddenly gently took off his pointed hat, revealing a messy white hair. He straightened his hair, then poured the snow from his hat and sighed, "Well, I think, it's time to answer the question."
As he spoke, the old magician looked at Hussein, and then at Du Wei: "Little friend, Hussein doesn't even know about this, and it's about where Aragorn's strength comes from. No one else knows, but you know, right? Because you've been to Alcatraz, you've seen that old guy from Chris, right?"
As he spoke, the old magician suddenly raised his hand, and a wind blade flew out of his palm, and the wind blade was extremely fast, and before Du Wei came back to his senses, he had already cut off the hat on Du Wei's head, and by the way, he also cut off the rope that tied his hair!
Du Wei snorted, his hair scattered, and the "devil's horn" that Chris had been hiding in his hair was exposed to everyone's eyes!
Hussein glanced at it and couldn't help but be moved: "What is this...... You've got horns on your head?! Aren't you human?"
Du Wei glared at the old magician fiercely, and then said angrily, "Of course I'm human......!" Well, it's just a thing that strengthens my magic senses, and I can use magic with it."
The old magician looked at Du Wei with a smile, not caring about his angry eyes, and smiled softly: "Okay, my little friend, now, tell Hussein what you heard about Aragonese on Alcatraz Island!
Alcatraz is really not too complicated, to put it simply, there is a demonic servant who is imprisoned, a powerful and terrifying old fellow, and is good at making deals with the people on the island.
And Aragorn is one of the traders, and Aragorn is so powerful that he can almost be regarded as trading with demonic servants.
Du Wei was originally very eloquent, and he had personal experience, so he naturally told that story extremely thrilling and exciting.
Hussein was almost stunned when he heard this! This was naturally a great shock to the knight!
The old magician had already guessed the knight's reaction, and after he waited for Du Wei to finish speaking, he immediately said: "Actually, I have also been to that island. I have seen old Chris ......"
"Wait!" Du Wei frowned, his eyes flashing with suspicion: "Old ...... When I met Chrisdi, he told me that before me, the last human to trade with him was Aragorn!
"That's right, he's not wrong at all." The old magician laughed, "I did go to that island and met that bastard old Chris...... He's a jerk, just a cute jerk, and I offered to make a deal with him...... But he refused."
"Why?" Du Wei asked in a deep voice, "He is even willing to make a deal with a lowly boy like me, why did he refuse you?
"Because ......," the old magician smiled, "I asked for something, and he refused to give it to me."
"What do you want?" Du Wei suddenly felt his heart beat faster!
He had guessed what the old magician had asked for!
"I ask him to ......," the old magician smiled, but his smile was eerie, and his voice was low and indescribably flavorful......
“...... I ask him to return the heart of His Majesty Aragon!