In Tiklik's dim old eyes, the roses that walked into the room seemed to be covered with a light layer of smoke, making them look extraordinarily mysterious and beautiful. w w wq u a n b e nc o mHer slender and beautiful ears made the old man's blood surge all over his body, and his heart beat loudly, as if it was about to pop out of his chest.
The old man suddenly felt hot all over his body, and his gorgeous and straight dress made him feel restless. He reached for the collar button with his left hand, trying to loosen it. He suddenly remembered that he wanted her to take a portrait, and put his hand down again.
The old steward standing behind the Grand Duke served him a glass of ice water very considerately. The Grand Duke drank it all in one gulp and felt better.
Meilan sat down in front of the canvas and concentrated on adjusting the oil paint, without even raising her eyes to look at the dressed-up old man in front of her. The elf's keen sense allowed her to capture the Archduke's rapid breathing and violent heartbeat. Meilan sighed quietly, is this the human race? So naked and unabashed!
Under Meilan's gaze, the old man tried his best to assume the most dignified posture and suppressed his emotions. However, every slight twitch of the elf's ears made his desire a little more intense.
The elf's slender ears have always been the old man's favorite thing.
The flames quickly engulfed the old man's last shred of sanity. He suddenly dropped his scepter and jumped on Mei Lan with a low roar. Meilan exclaimed cooperatively and fell to the ground. The two entangled human bodies rolled several times on the ground. The old man finally grabbed Meilan's hands with difficulty and held her firmly under his body.
Seeing that the overall situation was decided, the boss quietly exited the room.
Meilan shed tears and kept screaming, yelling or begging for mercy. But her eyes were clear, without any emotion. She controlled the extent and intensity of her struggle so that it would not exceed what the frail old man could bear.
She closed her eyes and felt the old man kissing her face, neck and ears indiscriminately. She felt the old man tearing apart her clothes with difficulty and his dry hands caressing her skin. She felt that the old man kept kissing her face, neck and ears. The old man was so eager that he didn't even want to waste time taking off his shirt.
The faces of all her relatives flashed through Meilan's mind, and the last one was her lover. She murmured inaudibly: "Farewell, my love..."
Then she felt the old man's weak entrance...
The overly strong desire caused Tikrik to lose control almost as soon as he entered. He roared unwillingly and uncontrollably began to pour out his own fluid inside Meilan's body.
The magic symbol on Meilan's belly shone slightly, and the powerful curse entered the old man's body bit by bit.
Tiklik suddenly felt that the pouring gate collapsed completely, and torrents rushed out. In the midst of extreme pleasure, Tikrik suddenly felt uneasy. The torrent was getting bigger and bigger, showing no signs of stopping! After all the diarrhea, what flows out is blood; after all the blood has drained out, what flows out is the last bit of essence of life.
In Meilan's clear, mirror-like eyes, Tiklik saw with horror that his face was rapidly becoming withered, and the sparse whiteness was also falling off one by one. He only felt that breathing was getting harder and harder, and his eyes gradually became dark.
Before he died, he murmured: "Why? Elves... can also be... so insidious... "
Meilan pushed the archduke, who was almost a mummy, off her body and slowly stood up. A maid came in with wine and hot towels. The considerate old steward knew that the Grand Duke could not last long, so he calculated the time to let the maid in so that the Grand Duke could rest and take care of himself.
Seeing the horrific scene in the room, the maid immediately screamed.
Hearing the maid's exclamation, the old steward rushed into the house with the royal guards. He turned over the Grand Duke Tiklik, who had almost turned into a mummy, and tried to breathe, and then listened to his heartbeat. He suddenly let out a mournful cry, and cried loudly while holding the Grand Duke's body.
Meilan's heart was like a mirror. At this moment, her feelings were extremely sharp. Strangely, she knew that the manager didn't have any sadness in his heart, but he was crying with sorrow and sorrow, which made people sigh.
The old steward suddenly jumped up, grabbed the captain of the guard, and said in a low voice: "The Grand Duke is dead! This news must not be revealed. Go and inform His Highness Carlos, Master Rogge, and Lord Shilay! Also, The Grand Duke’s death is strange, and it’s probably related to this elf. Let’s lock her up first and see if we can find out anything through torture!”
Meilan calmly allowed the wolf-like guards to drag her out.
The Grand Duke's mansion has entered a state of emergency. All maids and servants must stay in the house and cannot go out. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed immediately. Several guards galloped to various parts of Dresden on horseback to inform the principal ministers and handle the affairs of the Grand Duke.
A guard was galloping down the long street on horseback. Suddenly a man in a black cloak appeared in front of him. The horseman stood up in shock and almost knocked him off his horse. The guard drew his saber and shouted angrily: "Get out of my way! If you miss something important, I will kill your whole family?"
The man didn't panic and asked calmly: "What's the big deal? Are you reporting to His Highness Dan Luo?"
The guard was startled and said unconsciously: "How do you know?"
The man lifted his hood and said with a smile: "Of course I know." It was Rogge!
"I will inform Dan Luo of this news later. You should have a good rest first!" A black flame pillar suddenly rose under the guard, engulfing him and his horse in the demonic flames.
Not long after, almost all the important officials of the principality gathered in the dungeon next to the Grand Duke's Mansion. No one cared about this dank, dirty and terrifying environment. Everyone's thoughts were on the elves being tortured in the torture chamber.
The palace guards fully demonstrated their skills in torture. In just two hours, Mei Lan was tortured to the point of losing her shape. After being doused with ice water again, she finally said weakly: "I said... the Lord made me curse... His Highness Dan Luo. Let me... die quickly... "
The ministers and nobles looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Carlos.
Carlos grabbed his head in pain and shouted: "This can't be true! Brother will never do such a thing! She is lying! Beat me hard again! Until she tells the truth!"
The captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, we can't fight anymore! She can't hold it anymore."
Xi Lai observed the words, coughed, and said slowly: "The evidence is solid now. I think it's better to invite His Highness Dan Luo over first and confront this elf woman. I'm afraid... His Highness Dan Luo will misunderstand and is unwilling to come forward. Come."
The son of Xi Lai stood up and invited His Highness Dan Luo! "
A group of powerful officials returned to the meeting hall of the Grand Duke's Mansion, waiting for Dan Luo's arrival with their own concerns.
The dungeon became quiet, and Meilan breathed a sigh of relief. A jailer with a fleshy body came in and said: "I have never seen an elf as beautiful as you in my life! Now that the adults have finished asking questions, you are of no use anymore. It's my turn to be happy. Yes! Haha!”
Before the jailer's torture was over, a blood arrow was already marked in his throat and he fell to the ground.
Rogge, dressed in black robes, appeared from behind the jailer like a ghost. He walked up to Mei Lan and looked at the strong and brave elf woman.
"My child, all suffering is over. The nightmare is over, Shiloh is waiting for you in front. The elves will always remember everything you have done." Rogge's words were kind and peaceful.
"It is my honor to devote myself to the elves and the envoys of God..." The luster in Meilan's eyes dimmed...
The powerful ministers of the Arei Principality were waiting anxiously in the meeting hall. There was a noise in the distance, and then it slowly became quiet again.
A gust of cold wind suddenly rushed into the meeting hall, and then the son of Shilai ran in with blood all over his body. Everyone was shocked and stood up.
"His Royal Highness Carlos! When I went to invite His Highness Dan Luo, he suddenly led his troops to resist! And killed many of the villain's men... The villain had no choice but to defend himself, and gave good words to His Highness Dan Luo, saying that His Highness Carlos had no ill intentions. I just wanted to discuss the Grand Duke’s funeral with His Highness Dan Luo. But I never expected that after His Highness Dan Luo saw that all his men were taken down by villains, he would... actually die!"
There was an uproar in the meeting hall.
"What?! Brother, he actually committed suicide? Did he say anything before he died?" Carlos shouted.
He said that he would never want to live a life of confinement in darkness every day in the future. Since great things cannot be accomplished, death is also a kind of relief. "
There was a lot of discussion in the hall. Except for a few people, these important ministers had never thought that so many things would happen this night! The Grand Duke and the eldest son of the Principality of Arei both died overnight. This was a big event not only in the Principality, but even in the entire Holy Alliance. Those present here were all people who had held power for many years, and all of them were thinking about the gains and losses of their own interests.
The son of Xi Lai said again: "Your Highness Carlos, I found these two things when I was handling the funeral affairs of His Highness Dan Luo. Please take a look."
When Carlos saw it, he was furious. It turned out that the two things he held up were a gold seal with the coat of arms of the Principality of Are and Dan Luo's name engraved on it, and the other was a magic book with a black cover. The cover of the magic book depicts a purgatory of blood and fire.
Carlos took the magic book and handed it to Rogge: "Master Rogge, your wisdom in magic is unparalleled. Please see what this evil magic book is used for?"
Rogge flipped through it for a while and then said: "There is no doubt that this book records the most insidious and evil curse magic. The curse magic in the Grand Duke of Tikrik is one of the records in this book."
Carlos gritted his teeth and said, "It seems obvious now! Brother... this bastard Luo not only wanted to assassinate me in order to fight for the throne, he also poisoned his father! Although he has committed suicide, his accomplices Don't let anyone go! Come here! Use my order to mobilize the Grand Duke's Guards and arrest all Dan Luo's family members and subordinates! Also, put all the Snow Bear Knights under my surveillance and remove them first. Arm yourself, wait until the overall situation is stable, and then investigate who is Dan Luo’s accomplice!”
Carlos gave orders one after another, excitement and cruelty appearing on his face involuntarily. The powerful officials in the hall were frightened for a while, but those who were not clearly on Carlos's side were secretly grateful in their hearts that they were lucky enough not to be included in Carlos' list of purges.
The son of Helai took the command and went. Not long after, another knight came in and reported, saying that all of Dan Luo's family members and men had prepared strong poisons and committed suicide by taking the poison.
Carlos was furious, and the powerful officials and nobles in the hall were all in danger. They never expected that Carlos, who was usually indecisive, would be so vicious when it came to matters. He was not prepared to let go of anyone who had anything to do with Dan Luo. Pass.
I'm afraid many people will die during this purge.
Rogge glanced at Xi Lai. The old Minister of State was an old man who slipped into the house. How could he not tell? He stood up immediately. Two such unfortunate things happened to Duke Lei overnight. I felt extremely sad in my heart. But now is not the time for us to be sad. Our Principality of Are is a small country. If such a big thing happens, we must be careful to prevent some people from taking advantage of it. In my opinion, we need to temporarily block all news at the moment, and at the same time let His Highness Carlos inherit the position of Grand Duke as soon as possible, so as to stabilize people's hearts. After all the overall situation is decided, the Holy Alliance countries will be notified. What do you think? "
Before anyone else could answer, the Deputy Minister of Justice, who had been standing by Carlos, stood up hurriedly and shouted impassionedly: "Master Shiley couldn't be more right! His Highness Carlos is already the heir designated by the Grand Duke. , now that the Grand Duke has been killed by Dan Luo, it is natural for His Highness Carlos to inherit the throne of the Grand Duke! The current situation is urgent, I don’t think we need to wait any longer, let’s arrange the succession ceremony for His Highness Carlos tonight!”
At this time, no one dared not agree with this proposal. The bloody methods Carlos just showed made all the officials feel worried. Dan Luo had just ended his ban. His great supporter Gnavara died in the hands of Rogge, and his control over the Snow Bear Knight was also lost. How could he have the strength and motivation to assassinate the Grand Duke? Everyone present had been fighting for power for many years, and they all knew in their hearts that the person who really attacked the Grand Duke must be Carlos. Not only did His Highness kill his father and brother, he also wanted to kill his entire family. The cruelty of his thoughts and the viciousness of his actions were truly unexpected. The ministers and nobles in the field were all afraid that Carlos's butcher knife would be directed at them next, and since the overall situation was decided, they all tried their best to show their loyalty.
With the enthusiastic support of everyone, Carlos ascended to the position of Grand Duke that night. At that time, it was only three hours before the Grand Duke of Tikrik was busy.
The night full of blood and killing finally passed, and more than a thousand people returned to the embrace of the Lord forever in this turbulent night. At dawn, the new Grand Duke of Are, Carlos, was already sitting on the throne that originally belonged to Tikrik.
The new Grand Duke and his ministers stayed up all night, and their eyes were bloodshot. Carlos sat in this seat for the first time, feeling extremely excited and a little uneasy. He felt happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw the officials' attitude towards him becoming more respectful and fearful.
"It seems that Master Rogge is right. As long as he is cruel enough, these nobles will obey me obediently! Haha!" Carlos was secretly proud.
What he didn't know was that what these powerful nobles feared was not his bloody methods, but Rogge who stood behind him. The great magicians with powerful magic powers, mysterious druids and elven guards are by no means something that the nobles of these small principalities can compete with.
On the first day, Carlos issued a series of decrees, the most important of which was to reform the military system and transfer the command of the Snow Bear Knights to Rogge. After last night's big purge, there were many more vacancies in various key departments. This time, the old Minister of State, Shilai, became the biggest winner. In addition to the original administrative power, the Ministry of Justice in charge of intelligence and public security fell into the hands of his faction.
Carlos felt that this arrangement was very good. He had begun to feel uneasy about Rogge's excessive force. Let him marry Adele as soon as possible, he thought to himself. However, Carlos then thought about it and realized that he had even killed his father and eldest brother. You can only imagine how guaranteed this kind of political marriage would be. Fortunately, there is now Hilley to check Rogge in the administrative aspect, and the great magician is well known to be not interested in worldly power, which makes Carlos feel more at ease.
That night, Shealey quietly handed a report to Carlos. This is a detailed genealogy of Dan Luo, which lists all the people who are related to Dan Luo, except of course the Carlos family. But even Adele and the third prince were included. The names of all Dan Luo's descendants and related people have been heavily crossed out with a red pen. Carlos read it over and over several times, pondered for a moment, marked a few more names, and made a vicious gesture towards Hilley. Xi Lai nodded and whispered: "Don't worry, Grand Duke, I will let them live until tomorrow."
At the same time, under the guard of the elf guardian warriors, Rogge also held a genealogy in his hand. The difference is that this genealogy is much more detailed, listing all members of the Tikrik family. After a night of cleaning, one-third of the names have been marked with a red cross. Rogge looked at it for a moment, and another secret letter was sent from Shilai.
The fat man made a gesture, and Fengdie reluctantly opened the secret message. The content of the letter was surprisingly simple, with only a few names. Feng Die found these names in the Tikrik family tree and marked them with shocking red crosses with a red pen. She suddenly felt dizzy and almost vomited.
Every red cross is a life! In order to add this red cross, I don’t know how many people will be involved!
After a few days of busy work, Roger was also a little tired. He closed his eyes slightly, and an elf guardian warrior began to massage his head gently.
"Feng Die, aren't you used to bleeding yet?"
"Lord Rogge," Fengdie thought for a while, and finally said: "It's just to seize power, is it necessary to kill so many people? The plan you made for Lord Carlos has sacrificed at least a thousand lives, right? I know that the elves We need to survive, we need to be strong... But do we have to step on the stairs stained with blood?"
Rogge smiled slightly, you have made some progress, at least you can calculate how many people my plan will sacrifice. But this is not enough. I need you to do more than this. Okay, let me just talk about it briefly. "
At Rogge's signal, Adjani hung the Tiklik family genealogy on the wall.
"Every elf will know that if there is a fire on the grassland, even if all the grass is burned to ashes, the grassland will still be green in the next spring. This is because no matter how ferocious the grassland fire is, it cannot burn it. Go to the roots of the grass.”
Rogge pointed to the position of Grand Duke Tikrik and his children in the genealogy. "This is the green grass that we can see." Then the fat man waved his hand down and said: "As you can see, these nearly a thousand names all have the blood of the Tikrik family to some extent. These names are of the green grass. Roots. If we want to clean up the grassland of the Principality of Are, these roots must also be cleaned up. If not, the dagger of revenge will appear in front of us at some point."
After that, Rogge looked at the elves and said softly: "What Carlos does is help us hoe the grass."
The faces of Feng Die and the elves turned pale. They had not thought of this at all. They had no idea that such a sinister purpose was hidden behind the seemingly simple and crude plan!
"Elves all love beauty and peace." Rogge's voice was still calm, and the elves' reaction had been expected by him. "In order for most elves to maintain their true nature and live happily, a small number of elves must sacrifice themselves, fall into darkness, and do things that other elves are unwilling to do. I hope you will be willing to become such elves."
Rogge's eyes swept across the faces of the six elves one by one, and all the elves, including Feng Die, nodded. However, their faces were extremely pale.
The fat man smiled slightly. With Meilan as a precedent, it would be much easier for him to persuade these elves to sacrifice themselves in the name of the elves' justice. Of course, this was far from the blind obedience he needed.
"Since you all have such determination, let's continue to talk about the situation in the Principality. Think about it, if you are nobles of the Principality of Are, according to the plan we have implemented, who do you think killed the Grand Duke?"
Elves don't like conspiracies, but they are definitely not stupid. An elf warrior replied: "Dan Luo was framed, it's too obvious. Mei Lan... Dan Luo will not have an elf like Mei Lan in his hands. Because of the relationship with the God Envoy, only Carlos can give it to him. An elf." The more she answered, the uglier her face became. Narrating the fact that elf women were given as gifts from a third party's perspective was still a bit too much for her to bear.
"Very good. Then let me ask you again, if you serve in the principality, will you be willing to be loyal to a person who even dares to kill your own father and eldest brother?"
The elves were silent, while Fengdie was thoughtful.
Rogge smiled, and this smile was unspeakably evil in the eyes of the elf: "Carlos has his advantages. He is ambitious but not capable. He hesitates and makes little decisions. He is originally at a disadvantage in the battle for the throne. He relies entirely on our strength. He has just taken the position of Grand Duke. If he wants to secure this position in the future, he will have to rely on us. Therefore, Grand Duke Carlos is actually still in our hands."
Rogge paused and then said: "He has killed so many people and put everyone in the principality in danger. In fact, the throne under him is no longer very stable. In order to secure this position, he has to rely on more bloody The method also suppresses the resisters, and even the possible resisters." As he spoke, Rogge pointed at the genealogy of the third prince, and slowly circled all the names related to the third prince.
"To rule a country, bloody methods can only succeed for a while, and cannot last long. If he becomes disobedient in the future and even wants to turn against us, it will be much easier for us to deal with him. At least no one will stand up and die. To defend a tyrant whose hands are stained with the blood of his kin.”
All the names in Carlos' genealogy are also colored red.
Now, at a glance, the entire Tiklik family tree only contains a few members of Adele's branch.
Rogge said clearly: "We came to the Principality of Are, not to be good people. Our goal is to eradicate the Tikrik family and seize the entire Principality of Are. Helping Carlos or others is all for the sake of It's just a means to achieve this goal. You are very smart and are the hope of the future of the elves. You must remember everything I tell you today. Maybe it won't be long before you go out to stand alone. To At that time, I don’t want the unique kind nature of the elves to affect your correct judgment.”
Fengdie suddenly asked: "If we want to occupy the Principality of Are, our elven army can do it. Why do we have to make it so complicated? Meilan's sacrifice is completely unnecessary. Assassinating Tikrik is a big deal for me." , it’s not that difficult!”
Rogge showed approval and said with a smile: "Feng Die, you are finally willing to use your brain to think about things. It is very easy to seize the Principality of Arei, but our vision cannot be limited to a small area like the Principality of Arei. We must consider the reaction of more than a dozen countries of the Holy Alliance. Maybe it only takes a few days for the elven army to occupy the entire principality, but it only takes a dozen days for the coalition forces of the Holy Alliance countries to conquer the elves. The elves rushed back to the mountains again. If the elves want to integrate with the human race into human society, they must have a top-down order from a high-ranking person. For example, if Grand Duke Tikrik gives an order, we can move freely in the Principality of Are. So This high-ranking person, if not me, must be under our control."
"As for Meilan's sacrifice," Rogge took a deep look at Feng Die, making her heart beat wildly, "I have deep meaning. Even if I tell you now, you won't understand."
Although bloody methods can only be successful for a while, in the early days of Carlos's rise to power, they were still very useful in stabilizing his throne. At least now no one dares to think of rebellion.
In addition to a thousand guards, Rogge has already taken the military power of the principality in his hands. The first thing he did was to announce the conscription of five thousand more troops in Carlos' name and formulate a harsh training plan. This almost doubled the military strength of the Principality of Are. As for how the neighboring countries of the Holy Alliance would evaluate the tyrannical and militaristic Carlos, that was not the scope of Rogge's consideration.
Already sporadic adventurers have begun to appear in Dresden. According to the information reported by Xi Lai's intelligence system, the most talked about topic among these adventurers is elves. Now, in addition to the eight hundred elves army of the Dark Side of the Moon, there are also a large number of elves who are preparing to settle in Dresden.
Seeing that the major events in the Principality of Arei had been settled, the worried Fatty decided to return to the City of Oracle. There is a formidable enemy outside, so no matter what, you must first settle your own backyard. If you let those priests hold you back, it will be a big deal. Now Fatty has overall military power over the elves. Every time an elf is killed or injured, the responsibility will be placed on him. Although Zhaoye's three priests would definitely not be as despicable as Fatty, Rogge always felt that it was better to guard against them because of his own reputation.
Fatty handed over the 'Dark Side of the Moon' to Adjani, and Feng Die and the guardian warriors also stayed. Now that there are so many adventurers in the city, and with highly skilled guardian warriors standing guard, Rogge can feel more at ease.
The fat man left as soon as he said so. In the early morning of the next day, Rogge set out on the road alone without any followers.
After two days of bumping on the back of a jungle spider, Fatty stood in front of the gate of the Oracle City. If you travel on horseback, it will be at least four days' journey.
The city of Oracle in front of us is already very different from when Fatty came out a month ago.
Three ancient elven trees rise into the sky. The huge canopy of trees almost obscures the entire city. Groups of light shisha smoke formed on the canopy of the trees and slowly fell down, shrouding the city of Oracle, making it extremely romantic and mysterious. The winter sunshine slants on the water mist, turning into rainbows of seven colors.
The part of the city above the lake was greatly extended. Under the steaming clouds and clouds, the Great Elf Temple, the Elder's House and the God's Envoy Hall look spectacular and exquisite. The newly extended part between the three buildings is a large green lawn, on which countless elf children are playing.
Roger watched all this speechlessly. The Oracle City is now as beautiful as a dream, no worse than the Green Sea. But this was not the result Rogge wanted. He clearly remembered that the order he gave was to strengthen the city's defenses. But Fatty looked around and saw that the city wall was thicker and taller, but the city wall on the lake had disappeared. Indeed, there are many more spikes on the city wall, and there are also several more ancient war trees. But no matter how you look at it, the number of rose branches climbing all over the city wall far outweighs these defensive measures. (QuanBen Novel Website www.QuanBen-XiaoShuo.com)