They soon arrived at the basement where the monsters were said to originate. Less than half an hour ago, a team of well-equipped paladins went in and killed all the monsters on the road. However, they soon discovered that the monsters gathered in the corridor were not trying to attack, but to escape.
A huge monster was stuck in the teleportation array. It seemed impossible to be summoned by the small teleportation array. The monster had huge bat wings, but its body had decayed into black bones. The moment it screamed hoarsely and spit out flames, a paladin in the front row decayed into bones in an instant.
Outside the basement, the knights of the Holy See were guarding with trepidation. Seeing that Wade was about to go in, they did not dare to stop him, but only said that they would report to Bishop Shelly. Wade just laughed sarcastically at this, but Lucian, in his arms, shrilled his voice and said softly, "So the bishop can decide where the emperor can reach in his territory?"
This was truly heartbreaking. The Paladin turned pale in an instant, and Vader smiled softly. He inserted his fingers into Lucian's silver-white silk, held him over the Paladin, and entered the basement.
The two walked up the long stone steps. The further they went, the more they could feel the burning heat. The air became more and more restless, and the breath of darkness invaded.
Lucian lay on Wade's body peacefully. He stared at the marks on the stone bricks and said, "This basement looks like it has been built for many years."
"I'm not proficient in summoning arrays." Vader said.
Lucian was an expert at magic arrays. Lucian said, "To establish a connection between the cracks in the Demon Realm Abyss and the human race's royal city, an extremely large array is needed. This requires a large amount of energy stones, a large and complex array that cannot have any mistakes, and the sacrifice of life. This teleportation array must be drawn by one person, who must have knowledge of arrays, a lot of time and financial resources, the ability to freely enter and exit the basement in the Houston mansion, and a close 'connection' with the mansion..."
"It sounds like the one who drew this formation is a parasite of the Houston family. I don't know whether it is irony or provocation to build a formation to summon monsters under the mansion of the devout Houston family." Wade sneered.
As the two of them went deeper, the ground gradually became hotter. Wade placed Lucien on the ground. His scarlet eyes turned silver-white, and long, sharp black bone spurs protruded from his arms, which he grasped in his hands like a spear.
"Follow me," Vader said.
When they reached the end of the long staircase and turned the last corner, the monster appeared in front of the two people accompanied by a long roar!
After seeing the monster, Lucian's pupils shrank slightly. After a long moment, he said uncertainly, "Is this a... dragon?"
The monster trapped in the teleportation array had a dark and rotten skeleton, which reminded Lucian of the black dragon Nidhoggr that gnawed the world tree in the myth he had read. Even if he only looked at it from a distance, he could understand its power.
Given the size of this teleportation array, it is impossible for it to summon such a terrifying monster!
"A fellow who attempted to evolve into a god. Unfortunately, he was unable to absorb the divine power in the blood droplets, and ultimately led to his own downfall." Wade said, "He sensed my presence and broke through the summons to come here."
If Lucian had not read the original novel, he would not know what Vader was talking about. But now he understood. The dragon swallowed the blood drop of the fallen god from the holy relic of the demon clan. When it gained powerful power, it could not control the blood drop and became out of control and decayed. When the teleportation array at the other end of the crack was opened, it was about to collapse and die. It felt the breath of another drop of divine blood (the divine blood from the holy relic of the undead clan) and the blood of the fallen god from the other end, so it tried its best to pass through the teleportation array and come here, trying to swallow Vader.
But it is obvious that the size of the teleportation array cannot support its passage.
The ground beneath his feet began to shake violently. The dragon roared, and the dark spells that filled the entire room were stretched and twisted. Lucian said, "It is trying to break free from the teleportation array. The teleportation array will soon break down."
Wade answered irrelevantly: "Are you afraid?"
Lucian lifted his calf and looked at the gemstone on his shoe: "My shoes are very expensive, but you insisted on bringing me here."
"Just stand here and don't move," said Wade.
As soon as he finished speaking, a dark mist emerged from his body, and the long and sharp bone spur was held in his hand like a spear. He cut into the dragon's suddenly excited roar like a sword!
Like a mighty army!
At that moment, Lucian thought of Vidoflnir, the eagle in Norse mythology that had a grudge against Nidhogg. Vidoflnir means the wind of withering. It rests on the top of the World Tree, and can bring a biting cold wind when its wings flap.
Vader is like a fierce and agile eagle!
This was a battle between two monsters, each possessing a drop of divine blood. Compared to the huge dragon, Vader's slender body looked small. But he was as black as night, his lips were as red as blood, and his pale face was filled with an excited and crazy smile like a madman.
He only struck once at a time, only hitting the weakest part of the dragon's skeleton. Even with the added strength of the fallen god's blood, the human's strength could not be compared with the naturally strong dragon, but his silver eyes seemed to be able to accurately see the weaknesses in the huge body, and only attacked the vital parts each time. The dragon gradually became manic, it kept roaring and spewing flames in all directions.
At that moment, Lucian's eyes suddenly blurred. This should have been something that would never happen. In the next moment, he watched Vader's figure being engulfed by the flames!
What happened
He suddenly remembered that the power of the blood drop that the demons had taken away was darkness and deception. Perhaps the direction of the flame had been twisted when he had not noticed it just now!
The dragon roared excitedly, and stretched its head toward the direction of the burning flames, hoping to obtain the drops of blood refined by the burning from Vader's corpse - until the next moment, a long, black bone spur shot out from the flames and hit its spine directly.
"You finally got your spine out."
There was a crazy laugh from the flames.
A faint blue flame burned in the dragon's black skull. It did not seem to understand the opponent's intentions. It stretched its neck, wanting to attack the now burning human body that exuded the breath it desired most.
Until the next moment.
thump.
It saw the shape of the human's mouth.
“Crack.”
“Crack.”
Starting from the spine, every important connection point of its body began to break. The dragon roared, and every part of its skeleton shattered and collapsed because the most important bearing points were broken. Large chunks of black bones fell to the ground, and it broke apart like a building block.
The young man, his body covered with a lot of black mist, crawled out of the flames. He supported his body with his bone spurs, staggered towards the head that finally fell, and reached out to grab something from it.
A blue stone.
He put the blue stone into his inner pocket and walked towards Lucian.
Lucian was still standing at the same position as before. His long silver hair fluttered in the wind, and his fair face was spotless. Vader seemed to see the moment when he came up the stairs and saw Lucian chatting with his friends at the coming-of-age ceremony many years ago.
At that moment, Lucian looked up at him, his green eyes sparkling, and smiled at him. He turned to his friend and said, "This is Wade, my..."
younger brother.
Lucian was also standing here at this time, as if watching his battle attentively.
"Can we go back now?" Faced with this hellish scene, Lucian actually yawned. He rubbed his eyes softly and said, "I'm tired. I want to go back to sleep..."
It was as if he didn't see Vader's body already burned to pieces.
Lucian quickly explained that he had seen it: "You don't have to carry me back later."
Then, he added: "There's so much blood on you, don't get it on me... Ugh!"
His body was in the air and was picked up by Wade.
Blood soaked his clothes, and Wade whispered in his ear: "Don't even think about it, Lucian."
Lucian really had the ability to irritate him. If someone else had dared to say such things in front of him, they would have been ripped open long ago.
Lucian said in his arms: "I can walk by myself."
"Then crush your ankle."
"I am concerned about you, Master Wade." Lucian said with a smile.
Vader: …
He held Lucian in his arms and was about to walk up the stairs. Lucian grabbed his clothes on his chest to maintain balance. He looked at Wade's chin and thought, if he wanted to kill Wade, now would be the best time.
Vader believed that he was in his power and seemed to hate him less - if he went beyond expectations and killed Vader at his weakest, would his hatred for him rise to its peak again
And can he gain the energy to leave this world
Lucian's right hand climbed on Wade's shoulder without leaving any trace. He went around Wade's body and put his right hand close to his back.
He knew that Vader had been injured here during the battle just now. If he started from here, it would be easy to attack his fragile heart...
But does he really want to do this
At one moment, he heard Vader's voice.
"… what you up to."
The moment Wade grabbed his wrist, Lucian realized that Wade had discovered his intention.
He found himself confirming the location of his heart... He found himself in his arms, thinking about how to kill him.
Lucian's wrist was pinched until it cracked, and the intense pain let him know that Wade really intended to pinch his wrist to death.
Wade stared at him with his scarlet eyes. The look in his eyes told Lucian that there was no need for him to quibble. But he just endured the pain in his wrist and tried to smile at him: "I... What can I do? I just... Ah!"
He heard the sound of his wrist nearly dislocating.
Wade didn't say anything, and the two of them stared at each other in silence on the steps. Suddenly, Wade burst into laughter.
"How could I not know what you wanted to do?" He pinched Lucian's chin. "Yes, that's right, this is what you would do. I knew you were just pretending. I knew it from the moment you pretended to be good in the castle... Did your meeting with Dalton make you feel that you had a way out? Or was it Elizabeth? You will never give up every opportunity, right?"
—Did Vader know about his meeting with Elizabeth in the hallway
"I should have killed you long ago, Lucian." Vader said in a low voice. Lucian had never heard such a cold and angry voice from him. "Maybe I should destroy your magic so that you won't do such bad things that will get you killed..."
“Ah… Yeah!”
"How about starting with this wrist? Crush this one first, then this one." Wade applied force little by little, "What do you think?"
Wade pinched Lucian's chin and tried to press him against the wall. At the same time, a cold light flashed in the dragon's skeleton.
The broken skull opened its mouth. I never thought it would still have the strength to strike back. However, this was only the last gasp of its life. The bone spur it spat out was moving towards them at a very fast speed, and was about to shoot into Lucian's body.
Lucian realized in that split second that this was an opportunity. He did not alert Wade, did not scream, and even moved closer without leaving a trace—waiting for the bone spur to pierce his body. Then he could pass out as a matter of course, and when he woke up again, he could cover up this mistake with a new topic.
The bone spur flew through the air, bringing with it a gust of wind. Wade, who was immersed in anger, realized from the corner of his eye that it was too late to knock out the bone spur. Anyone would subconsciously avoid it at this time.
"puff."
Lucian heard the sound of bone spurs sinking into flesh.
He leaned against the wall in a daze, his face splattered with blood. His wine-red eyes, which were always careless and a little lazy, were flashing violently at this moment. If the system was here, it would find that it had never seen Lucian with such a blank expression.
Just now, before the bone spurs hit him, when Lucian was ready to use this serious injury to broach the subject, and then find a way to escape from Wade—
The bone spur that came from the air pierced into Wade's body.
It was slightly deviated from the back, only two finger widths away from the position he had just tested with his fingers.
When the bone spur came, what Wade did was not to dodge.
Instead, he subconsciously moved over and used his body to block the bone spur that was supposed to hit Lucian's body.
The place where the bone spur pierced was the place where Lucian originally wanted to assassinate him.