The blade was only separated from Lucian's artery by a thin layer of skin. In such a disadvantageous situation with his arms restrained, it was difficult for Lucian to put up an effective resistance.
But he was not panicked. Although the man's voice was a little unfamiliar, Lucian had already made some assumptions about his identity.
The person who would send the others away and hold him hostage at this time must be Campbell.
In the past, when he was the Son of God, he had met Campbell, the prince of the demon tribe, from afar. But at that time, he was standing on a high platform on the battlefield, chanting scriptures and blessing the knights of the Holy See. Campbell was in the army on the other side. Later, the Pope received a letter from Campbell, inviting him to go to the demon tribe for a chat or exchange of ideas. Campbell seemed to fall in love with him at first sight, and wrote many letters to him. Of course, these letters were all dealt with by Bright.
However, Lucian did not expect that their first official meeting would be under such circumstances.
He was forced to stand up by the blade, and saw the shadow of the tall and thin man. The tall and thin man looked like a demon, standing behind him. The assassin who was holding him hostage said, "Lord Campbell, the man has been captured."
"Take him away." Campbell said grimly, "Since he has seized my throne, he should give something else in return. Let's go, we will leave through the teleportation array. If possible, I really want to see his expression after he finds out that his fiancé has been taken away and killed."
Lucian: Oh no.
He didn't struggle. But the assassin got a little anxious and said, "But Lord Campbell, Lord Clark is still over there... You said you wanted to take him with you."
"he?"
Lucian heard Campbell laugh contemptuously: "Clark? That lowly, stupid bastard... How can he be worthy of being my brother?"
As he spoke, he kicked Lucian's calf with the tip of his boot and said, "Take him with you and get going. I finally found the teleportation array leading to the giants' kingdom at the critical moment... the kingdom that has long fallen. And what a coincidence, it is right next to their camp. Let's go! Find that thing, and then come back to take what belongs to me..."
Campbell's tone twisted: "Tsk!"
The kingdom of giants
I didn't expect Campbell to find a way to enter the Giant Kingdom. This long-extinct race was buried by the wind and sand on the high mountains of the wasteland. Campbell escorted Lucian to the jungle. Before leaving, he laughed strangely and whispered in Lucian's ear: "Such a strong fragrance of 'nectar'... It seems that Witt really loves you. I want to see what the succubus that guy loves is like..."
As he spoke, he pulled Lucian's face and forced him to look at him. The moment he saw Lucian's face clearly, Campbell's pupils shrank.
"You...Lucian?!"
"Don't shout so loudly." Lucian smiled at him.
"W-Why are you here?!"
Campbell looked completely confused. Lucian grabbed his wrist and said, "You are too loud. Those people will be attracted here!"
Campbell: ?
Lucian: "Hurry up, there's no time to talk here, take me away."
"No, you and him..."
“In fact, I have been looking for a chance to escape.” Lucian lowered his eyes slightly and said, “But… now is the perfect time, take me away!”
Campbell was dazed and took Lucian on the road. He didn't seem to understand the question of "how Lucian could be Werther's lover in Werther's tent". On the way, Lucian made up his own experience for Werther.
This also included what he had told Bright about how he was framed by Wade. In his hesitant description, he was really a poor man who was extremely unlucky.
"... After escaping to the Demon Realm, I was captured by Witt while passing through the Abyss." Lucian said, "After that, things developed like this. I have been thinking about how to escape from him."
"I didn't expect things to turn out this way," said Campbell.
Campbell was skeptical about his other experiences. However, he temporarily believed that Lucian and Witt were "forced". At this time, the forest had reached the depths, and in the shade of the trees, Lucian saw a stone altar.
The magic teleportation array was engraved on the altar. The assassin said, "Your Highness, do we really have to take him with us..."
“Please take me with you!” Lucian said immediately, “I don’t want to be with that person again… He’s a pervert. And you know, with my current identity…”
He smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't it the same no matter who you follow?"
Perhaps it was because Lucian's scent was too strong. Campbell said to the assassin, "Take him with you."
The assassin reluctantly let go of the blade, but did not relax his vigilance against Lucian. Lucian then thanked Campbell and said, "Thank you."
The runes of the teleportation array were very complicated. It took Campbell and the others some time to unravel it. Just as the light of the teleportation array lit up, an ice cone suddenly pierced the assassin's heart from behind.
The assassin didn't realize when Lucian arrived behind him until he fell. His blood covered the grass, and at the same time, Campbell opened his mouth.
But before he could resist, he was hit by a horrible blow!
The spell nearly shattered his internal organs and bones. Campbell screamed, and dark flames burned all over his body. In his bloody vision, he only saw the man in black walking towards him with an expressionless face. Lucian turned around and looked at him.
Lucian threw the ice cone to the ground and smiled at Wade, "You're here...?"
He hadn't seen such a horrible look on Wade's face in a long time.
Countless dark lines climbed up his body, and Vader's eyes turned a terrifying red. He looked more like a devil than a human. All the places where the black flames swept were withering or dying. But his expression was even more terrifying than those black flames, and he looked like a twisted monster.
The dying assassin twisted and struggled, trying to climb down from the altar. At that moment, Vader raised his hand.
"ah!!"
An inhuman wailing sound echoed in the woods. The assassin's entire body seemed to be twisted into something like plaster and broke into pieces. The last thing Lucian saw was the assassin's blood-red pupils and his body that had completely turned to ashes in pain.
Wade finally stopped in front of Lucian and looked at him with bloodshot eyes.
"... You look unhappy, what are you angry about?" Lucian said, "You can't blame me for this, they kidnapped me, and I had to say something to prevent myself from being killed. Oh, by the way, I asked them to open the teleportation array for you, and inside is the blood drop of the giant you've been thinking about, it..."
Before he could finish his words, he was embraced by Wade.
It was an extremely rough hug, almost crushing all the bones in his body.
There was a faint sound behind Lucian, as if Campbell was crawling towards the altar. He looked like he was dying, his legs were broken, and finally, at the last moment before his death, he was teleported out!
"Vade, he..."
A kiss sealed his lips.
Wade clearly saw Campbell, who was about to die, escape, but he still hugged Lucian first.
Lucian blinked. Just as he was about to push him away, he heard Vader's anxious, gloomy, and suppressed angry voice.
“… I was so easily diverted by this tactic. I was so…” He said sinisterly, “How dare they do this to you… How dare they do this to you…!!”
Lucian was almost out of breath. He was pressed against the tree by Vader, and Vader's hands were anxiously confirming his existence. Later, Lucian even thought that the furious Vader was going to have sex with him here, but fortunately Vader restrained himself.
He always felt that Vader's movements were like he was going to kill him, and he struggled slightly. But in the end, when he was about to collapse from lack of oxygen, he heard Vader's whisper in his ear.
"Don't leave me, Lucian."
"Don't leave me."
It's not that you don't want to leave me, but...
Don't leave me.
His life was too entangled with him. Every time he died, he was watched and accompanied.
He would never let him leave him.
He hoped... he would never want to leave him.
But the sound disappeared too quickly, like an illusion. Finally, Susanna, Angel and others arrived here, panting. After seeing the altar and the tragic situation here, they all stared with wide eyes.
"here… "
"Everything will be over." Wade let go of Lucian and said to everyone, "After attacking my wife, Campbell escaped to the giant's ruins through the teleportation array. I will go there to kill the traitor."
As he said that, he dripped blood into the teleportation array and activated it again. Susanna and Angel stepped forward at the same time and said, "I'll go with you!"
"No need." Wade said.
He looked down at Lucian. Lucian looked a little dazed and asked, "Ah?"
Wade hugged him and took him into the teleportation array without saying a word!
Lucian:?!
"Help!" the system screamed in his mind, "He actually brought you in-"
Before Lucian could protest, Wade had already activated the teleportation array. He put his lips to Lucian's ear and whispered, "Trust me."
Lucian didn't say anything despite the system's screams.
A white light flashed. Lucian saw himself and Vader's body traveling through time and space, arriving at another royal city. Vader disappeared first, then him.
However, what Lucian, who was taken away by the teleportation array, didn't know was that after they disappeared, another figure used magic to push away Susanna who was about to stop him, and walked towards the teleportation array in the voice of Noah.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the City Lord." Burton said gently, "I may have something that I need to go into the teleportation array with you to deal with... perhaps to ensure their safety."
"Burton!" Noah yelled, "What do you want?"
Then he watched Burton also walk into the teleportation array!
Burton's figure was transported with them to the giant's ruins. In the last scene, Noah saw Burton's cold eyes and the gentle smile on his lips.
“… You are not.”
You are not Burton.
At that moment, Noah suddenly wanted to say this.
If he wasn't Burton... or more than Burton, then who was he
He followed those two people into the teleportation array. What exactly did he want to do