The Bloodmist Valley is located in the forest in the southern part of Chiyou's territory. The terrain is dangerous. It is a base that Zhuoqie spent many years building. May it be intended to contain and monitor Joseph's control of Mordor Town. After Joseph died and the lord was defeated in the battle, this base was used as a strategic buffer zone facing the dark moon, and Kanita was responsible for taking care of it.
After some trekking, the shadow knights who were already troubled by injuries and exhaustion were almost unsupportable. Fortunately, the new force on Chiyou's side played a role. Under the order of Carnita, they held each other and took out some stretchers Carrying the wounded forward without giving up any soldier, this greatly increased Nesta's favor for Carnita.
The group managed to pass through the forest and entered the base of Blood Mist Valley.
This is Carnita's home court, and he immediately ordered to bury the pot to make food, and arranged for the treatment of the wounded and rest. Those injured cavalry and horses were properly handled.
"Your Excellency Kanita, thanks to you this time." Since Kanita's identity is the heir of the Chiyou territory, Nesta's address is very polite, "I appreciate your talent very much. If I can With the forgiveness of His Royal Highness, I will recommend you in front of His Highness."
"Thank you, General! Please call me by my name..." Canita was overjoyed and bowed: "The General is a famous general of the empire. I have always admired the General and hope to have the opportunity to serve under the General in the future."
Nesta nodded, but sighed: "I don't know if I still have the qualifications to lead the Phantom Legion. This failure is a painful lesson. What I don't understand is that my attack this time was in the black Except for the legion members, only a few people knew about the dispatch at the first time ordered by His Highness, but An Yue seemed to have understood the raid early in the morning, and set a trap to lure me in."
"The 'minority' mentioned by the general includes me and my father." Carnita also sighed, showing a wry smile: "I understand what the general means, and I am now one of the suspects in the dark moon. , The action just now was to cover up my identity."
If there are people in the know around now, they will definitely despise Carnita's acting skills, it's too contrived! It's too superficial, and a good play of playing hard to get has turned into a superficial bitter drama.
"You misunderstood, you and the lord can rule it out," Nesta's impression of Carnita was greatly increased by this timely assistance, and he immediately shook his head and said, "Although all the members of the legion are selected and trained by me, But after all, there are 20,000 people, so it's hard to say whether there is an internal response. However, it is not ruled out that it is some people close to the lord."
Although this general of the imperial capital is well-mannered and courageous, he is not engaged in political struggle after all. In a sense, he is not ruthless enough. If he were a certain intelligence chief lady, everyone would Included in the scope of suspicion, I would rather kill by mistake than let it go.
"Actually, there is no need to speculate, because the answer is with us," Carnita suddenly thought of something. "The general should remember that we brought back a prisoner this time."
Nesta's eyes lit up: "You mean..."
"That guy is currently in the magic water prison in the Bloodmist Valley. Not to mention escaping, even suicidal tricks have been dispelled by me. By the way, the maid has prepared food. The general should eat something first to heal his injuries. , take a break, and then we will interrogate him together."
"good!"
A few hours later, Nesta followed Carnita to a prison converted from a cave. Considering the relationship of confidentiality, Nesta did not bring any legion members in, and Carnita also specially ordered the guards at the door not to allow anyone to enter.
The two walked into the prison, followed the stairs all the way down, and saw the captured demon Hardy in the water prison at the bottom.
The dim magic lamp in the water dungeon reflected the coldness in Nesta's eyes. This person was one of the main reasons for his failure. That terrible trap cost him three quarters of the army's strength. Every soldier was He trained them by himself, and seeing them buried in the flames of the rain of arrows and the magic crystal cannon, it was as painful as if three limbs had been severed.
However, now is not the time to vent our anger, we must dig out something more important from this prisoner.
Nesta didn't make a sound, but slowly opened up his momentum, forming a strong mental pressure on Hardy, and Carnita retreated to the door of the water prison cooperatively without disturbing him.
Seeing that Hardy seemed to be suffocated, Nesta slowly released the coercion, and said: "No matter what your real name is, I should praise you, you did a great job! Dark Moon's The ambush cost my army 15,000 elites, and you have contributed a lot to this."
"The general's 'indispensable contribution' should kill me." Feeling the pressure drop, Hardy panted for a while, showing a sneering smile.
"It seems like a hard bone." Nesta actually nodded appreciatively. "As long as you provide something of sufficient value, I can guarantee your life safety and even money and status."
Hardy sneered and said: "Your failure this time is equivalent to a loud slap in the face of Hei Yao. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, who became angry from embarrassment, for the prestige of the entire coalition army and for his own face, I am afraid that you, the scapegoat, cannot escape. Felony, what can I use to protect my life or interests?"
"It turns out that you are not only tough, but also a sensible person," Nesta's aura changed: "Tell me what I want to know, and I can give you a happy death. Otherwise... I think you should understand what will happen to you." What."
"If you can't live, you can't die?"
Hardy's composure was beyond Nesta's expectation. This humble figure who was only at the level of a demon king actually made Nesta faintly feel uneasy.
"General Nesta, before I say what you are interested in, there are a few words I need to say first. The regent King Obsidian is perverse and shameless, causing the entire empire to complain; on the other hand, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of the Dark Moon is outstanding. Knowing people and making good use of them, having served as the lord for less than ten years, Dark Moon has gotten rid of poverty and backwardness, and has become the most powerful territory in the empire. Who is the most suitable ruler of the empire, and who will lead the Fallen Angel Empire and the Lucifer family? Going further, as a famous general of the empire and the royal family of Lucifer, you should understand it in your heart. You were also a member of Emperor Baiye's army, why didn't you choose a master who is truly worthy of assistance?"
Nesta said without hesitation: "What you said is very similar, but unfortunately it's useless! I was able to grow from a small cavalry captain to today's legion commander, thanks to the promotion of His Royal Highness the Regent. The blood and the long sword swear allegiance to His Royal Highness Hei Yao, and will never betray, no matter what the situation is! It is impossible for me to be loyal to that little girl An Yue, even if she is the blood of Emperor Bai Ye!"
Hardy frowned and said: "The general's loyalty is admirable, but this kind of stupid loyalty may not be the general, the Lucifer royal family, the Fallen Angel Empire, or even Prince Obsidian himself..."
"Even if His Royal Highness Hei Yao is taking a road of no return, I, Nesta, and Lucifer will follow around!" Nesta coldly interrupted Hardy's persuasion, and the coldness in his eyes was even worse, "It's ridiculous, A captive turned me around to persuade me to surrender! Your time for nonsense has passed, now you have ten seconds to consider how to confess something of value, otherwise, I will make you regret not finding the opportunity to commit suicide earlier!"
"Understood," Hardy sighed indifferently: "It turns out that you are a diehard of Obsidian, what a pity, then there is only another way for you to contribute to Dark Moon. Counting, the time for that thing to activate is also It's almost here... Carnita, are you ready to die?"
Nesta was startled suddenly, glanced at Carnita guarding the door, and thought that Hardy had some secret technique to break through the magic confinement to kill Carnita, the power of the Demon Emperor immediately started to work, ready to stop him at any time.
However, with this power, Nesta's face suddenly changed, and the power that was still full just now disappeared, as if being emptied by something.
Carnita's calm voice sounded, as if to say something insignificant: "Get ready, my lord, my worth is over."
If Nesta was still surprised just now, he is shocked now: Master
And still face "death" so calmly
"When you were eating, I had already arranged this water prison a little bit. Even if it collapsed, people outside would not be able to see or hear it... Well, please forgive me, I asked Carnita to add a little extra to the food. The seasoning will only make your power temporarily disappear for ten minutes, but these ten minutes are enough to complete many things including deciding life and death."
The indifferent voice of "Hadi" sounded, and the water surface of the water prison spun rapidly, forming a reverse vortex under the action of some kind of force field, slowly pulling him out.
"So..." Nesta's hands trembled, not because of fear, but because of shock. At this moment, he already understood many things.
"Judging from the general's expression, I have already guessed something. In fact, the corpses in the Moonlight Fortress were arranged early in the morning, and those soldiers who were killed were actually death row prisoners..." "Hadi" looked desperately gathering strength Nesta shook his head and said: "Don't waste your efforts, even if you don't lose the power of the Demon Emperor in the middle, you are not my opponent."
As he said that, an extremely dazzling white light suddenly appeared on "Hadi". In Nesta's impression, even the double moon with the strongest light in the daytime is not as bright as this white light. The breath made the despair in Nesta's eyes stronger: this level has surpassed the realm of the Demon Emperor!
This man is right, even in his heyday, he is by no means an opponent.
In the white light, the figure of "Hadi" seems to have undergone a certain change. A strange and powerful armor covers the whole body, and a strange mask on the visor gradually stands out. This mask looks familiar, as if in some kind of Saw it in the guidebook.
At the same time, Nesta caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye, and Carnita, who was guarding the door, suddenly fell to the ground, seemingly lifeless, as he himself said before, dead.
suicide
Going to die indifferently and without hesitation is not like a contract between master and servant, but... like a puppet...
correct! that mask!
"Who the hell are you!" Nesta's expression suddenly became extremely horrified, and a terrible hypothesis rose in his mind.
The figure in the starlight didn't answer, but stretched out his hand slowly, and Nesta felt his body tense up, then the world spun, and he lost consciousness in a blink of an eye.