Volume 1: The Sigh of the Sea King Chapter 73: The Duke's Death (I)

The sky was a chaotic gray, billowing black clouds weighed heavily over the city of Neptune, completely obscuring the bright starry sky, and the cold wind shuttled from the depths of the strange rocky mountains, rolling up the snow and pouring into every corner of the steel city, giving out a bitter and cold laugh. It is like a god on high who is mocking the dullness and insignificance of the world, and like a ghost lurking in the dark shadows waiting for an opportunity to laugh when it meets its prey.

Jamie's fast-moving body was like a black feathered arrow, silently tearing through the air and flying towards the center of Neptune, only to spread a circle of violently converging ripples in place after the figure disappeared for a second or two.

The loud bell suddenly rang in the night, one after the other, and the long rhythm with a heavy and suffocating sense of oppression echoed faintly in the sky above the Iron City, which was the order of the [Angel] Legion to be on guard.

Hearing the sudden undulating bells, the figure that was moving forward couldn't help but slow down, and looked back at the majestic city wall behind him.

Who gave such an order on that wall?

It's just that he can't care so much at the moment, and the most important thing at the moment is only the safety of the Duke.

Gammie's gaze fell back on the approaching burning palace, and he vaguely felt that things were far from being as simple as he had imagined, but at the moment all the mysteries were still hidden deep in the darkness, without the slightest clue, as if someone had already woven an invisible net for Neptune, waiting for the fish to burrow into it.

In the valley less than thirty miles from the city of Neptune, a huge warship was docked on the edge of a steep cliff, and the chaotic wind and snow perfectly hid it in the pale world, and at the top of the warship, an imperceptible light flickered slightly, which was the bedroom of Karthas, the rear general of the Bacda Empire.

The faint light of the fire illuminated the bedroom a little dazed, and the handsome young major general was still wearing a crisp black military uniform, standing quietly in front of the huge glass curtain wall and looking into the distance, in the distance was the chaotic wind and snow and the deep dark night, and the faint red fire in the distant sky.

"I'm in such a hurry to tell me that the plan has begun, isn't it?" Karthas's deep gaze was hidden in the shadow of his narrow eye sockets, and the ups and downs of emotion could not be heard in his lukewarm voice.

"Wow!" A suspicious exclamation suddenly came from behind the empty Major General, and then there was an inexplicable ripple behind the Major General, as if the air around him had turned into a liquid and rolled into a transparent whirlpool, and then a graceful girl slowly emerged from the center of the whirlpool, her hands like condensation jade gently wrapped around the Major General's neck from behind, her chest that had been slightly bulging was close to the back of the Major General, and the immature but charming face bypassed the Major General's broad shoulders, looking at his angular side face shyly.

"You're really getting more vigilant!?"

"It's over!" Karthas didn't show any expression on his face, just lightly put aside the pair of jade hands around his neck, and then said calmly, "If the major general of the empire can't even detect the threat lurking around him, how can he have the face to lead a million army to fight on the battlefield?"

"Threat?" The girl suddenly frowned when she heard the cold words of the major general, looking angry, but there was a meaningful smile hanging on the corner of her mouth, "We are like-minded allies!

"Allies?" Karthas sneered, slowly turned to look at the woman in front of him who had the characteristics of a girl and a mature woman at the same time, and there was some disapproval in his flickering eyes, "We only use each other because we have common interests for the time being, don't forget that in a sense, we still belong to the kind of relationship that contains each other, and it will always be safer to defend the embankment, right!?"

"Oh, it's a pity, people like you from the bottom of their hearts! You actually said such hurtful things to me......" Although the girl pouted, her face was dissatisfied, but she couldn't hear the slightest annoyance in her voice, "Hey, forget it, forget it, anyway, you're just a piece of rotten wood that doesn't understand the amorous feelings......"

"If you know, then please leave my warship as soon as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble!" Karthas's delicate face returned to his previous expressionless face and said lightly.

"Alright, well, I see, Your Excellency Major General!" the girl put on an innocent look, pouted a playful little mouth and raised a non-standard military salute, and then slowly became transparent in the air until it disappeared completely, "That's right! My mission has been properly completed, and the rest will be handed over to His Excellency the Major General......"

"Enjoy...... Revenge!"

The moment the girl's voice disappeared completely, the glass curtain wall that was almost as high as the bedroom suddenly opened a gap, and the crazy blizzard instantly filled the entire bedroom, and the vermilion gauze curtain hanging at the head of the bed was blown by the wind and rolled in front of the young major general, like a flame bursting in the blizzard, hideous and terrifying.

"Why are we running away, why are we running away?"

"Can't we go home?"

"Where's Dad, what about Mommy?"

"Tell me, brother?"

The childish and innocent voice seemed to reverberate through a long time and space in the blizzard rolling room, still as clear as it was in the howling cold wind. At the same time, there are also a pair of familiar and unfamiliar eyes, crystal tears caught in the tired eyes, the eyes that have lost color are still so stubborn and firm, hiding lingering hatred.

"I'll be back, when we bury those devils with our own hands......"

The young major general silently turned to face Neptune in the distance, his sharp eyes gradually turning scarlet, and suddenly a hint of hideousness flashed.

Jamie's light and agile figure continued to rise and fall from one rooftop to another, and the closer he got to the burning palace, the more clear and dense the uneasiness and anxiety in his heart became, and the slightest fear was like thick ink falling in the clear water, quickly smearing a heavy black on his heart.

While continuing to run forward without stopping, Jamie secretly mobilized the soul power around him, urging the surrounding water elements to gradually converge towards his hands, and from a distance, the water elements that gradually converged were like a shimmering tail feather dragged behind him.

"The water dragons roar!"

Jamie jumped up on the roof closest to the palace, and at the same time, his hands wrapped around countless water elements reached into the air, and the glittering tail feathers behind him instantly condensed into countless roaring water dragons, rushing into the sky, the trajectory of the water dragons flying up was not a straight line, but meandered into the sky like a real living dragon, and they circled around the entire palace in turn, aiming at the raging flame at the top of the palace.

After a series of thudding explosions, the scorching flames and icy water dragons finally turned into a thick cloud of white vapor, which filled the dark and miserable bedroom burned by the flames.

Jamie quietly landed in the corner of the bedroom, although the air was filled with a large amount of white water vapor, but he could still see what a tragic ruin this originally luxurious bedroom had become at the moment, and his eyes couldn't help but tremble.