"Blood Demon Cult! Zachli! You actually joined the Blood Demon Cult!"
Looking at the iconic devil's eye mask, Count Ulster was shocked and angry.
The blood-born captain looked away unnaturally, and stepped aside with the other crew members to make way.
In the sky, the majestic black dragon slowly descended onto the deck, its body shrinking continuously.
The blood demon cultist in black robes jumped down from the dragon's back, walked slowly to the completely exhausted Earl of Yust, and looked down at him.
The scarlet eyes were full of teasing, and the voice under the mask was slightly hoarse:
"Urst Ness, one of the fourth generation bloodline of the Ness clan, with the rank of earl."
"He is a close confidant of Duke Yorok, one of the ten dukes of the Ness clan, and the person directly responsible for the Return to the Star Project. However... because he is obsessed with the study of magic inscriptions, he often acts as a hands-off manager, so that the descendants who are implementing the Return to the Star Project fight on their own, and their efficiency is touching..."
Listening to the other party revealing all his past, Yust's face turned pale and blue.
He gritted his teeth and said angrily:
"You bastard from Shedit! Are you trying to start a war by interfering in my Ness's affairs?!"
The Blood Demon Cultist chuckled and said:
"Start a war? Oh, of course not."
"To be more precise, my dear Earl, we Shedit... are also Ness's allies!"
As he spoke, he licked his lips under the mask, and a layer of heat appeared in his eyes:
"I have never had a blood servant of the Earl level. Today... maybe I can give it a try."
After he finished speaking, the Blood Demon Cultist gently raised his right hand and held up a black scepter. A dark red light gradually condensed on the scepter.
Feeling the pressure coming from his blood, Earl Yust's expression changed slightly.
However, just as the Blood Demon Cultist was about to cast a spell, Bloodline Captain Zachli stepped forward and stood in front of Yust:
"My Lord Special Envoy, the Duke has ordered that how to deal with the conservatives is an internal matter of the Ness bloodline. Even if we cooperate, Shedit cannot interfere, and he must not use the Blood-Profaned Staff on me, Ness!"
The Blood Demon Cultist stopped moving, stared at him with scarlet eyes, and chuckled after a moment:
"Since it is the order of the Duke, I will naturally obey it. The Earl... let the Duke try out the new holy staff."
After saying this, he slowly retracted the scepter and looked at Yust with some regret.
Duke... Your Excellency
Yust was stunned.
A light flashed in his mind, and a familiar figure vaguely emerged.
Yust's expression changed slightly.
He wanted to say something, but the side effects of the damage to his mental force field made him more dizzy, and even the phantom poison in his body erupted completely as his strength weakened.
Finally, he fainted...
…
Yulster didn't know how long he had been unconscious.
When he woke up, his mental suffering had ended and the phantom poison in his body had disappeared.
Remembering the attack he had suffered before he fell unconscious, Yulster quickly sat up and found himself in a dim room.
"you're awake."
An old and gentle voice sounded, attracting Yulster's attention.
He looked up and saw an old man in aristocratic robe sitting behind a desk not far away in the candlelight, flipping through the parchment scroll in his hand.
The shadow obscured the old man's appearance, and Yulster could not see his face clearly, but in the candlelight, he could see the parchment scroll on the desk clearly.
It was none other than the half-written letter he had written while on the boat!
Yurst's expression started to frighten him, and he quickly reached into his arms.
And sure enough, the handwritten letter in his arms, the communication crystal used for daily contact with Duke Yorok, and the storage equipment for daily necessities and magical equipment were all gone.
"No need to look for it anymore. I have put away all your things. Of course, if you cooperate, I will return them to you soon."
The old man slowly put down the parchment scroll and spoke calmly.
The candlelight flickered slightly, illuminating his appearance behind the parchment scroll.
After seeing his appearance clearly, Earl Eustace's expression suddenly changed.
Because that was none other than Maxim Ness, one of the executive elders of the Elder Council of the Ness clan, and another older third-generation blood-duke who did not get along well with Duke Yorok on a daily basis.
"Elder Maxim?! It's you!"
"You... really haven't given up on cooperating with the Blood Demon Cult!"
"What on earth do you want to do? You kidnapped me... Are you going to break up with Lord Yorok once and for all?!"
Lord Ulster said angrily.
Elder Maxim glanced at him calmly and chuckled:
"Haha, break up? My relationship with Yorok has never been good, so how can there be a break up?"
"Then why did you attack me? You joined forces with the Blood Demon Cult to attack your own bloodline. Aren't you afraid of arousing the wrath of the Great Elder? You are sabotaging the negotiation plan between the Duke and Castel. Are you going to ruin the Return to the Star Plan?"
' continued the Earl of Eustace angrily.
Elder Maxim chuckled and said:
"Urst, you don't have to try to trick me. I've been lifting the coffin lid for longer than you've been sleeping. Put away your little thoughts of testing me. The title of Great Elder can't suppress me."
"As for ruining the Return to Star Project... Haha, it's Yorok who will ruin the Return to Star Project and Nice. As for me... I am the one who is seriously considering Nice's future."
"Humph, negotiating with Castel, how could he think of that! He is really going backwards as he grows older. He actually placed his hopes on a vague 'god' who is not sure whether it is real or fake!"
Yust's eyes widened:
"Are you... crazy? All of Lord Yorok's actions have been approved by the Council of Elders and reviewed by the Great Elder!"
"Are you... questioning the Council of Elders, questioning the Chief Elder?!"
Elder Maxim glanced at him calmly and said meaningfully:
"Oh? The Great Elder's divination?"
"Urst, let me tell you a secret that even your Lord the Duke doesn't know."
"Your Excellency the Great Elder, it has been nearly five hundred years since we last heard the voice of the gods."
"The Divine Scroll made him successful, and the Divine Scroll also made him fail. As a member of the Divine Scroll... he actually no longer has the power of divination."
The Great Elder... no longer has the power of divination
No! Wait... The Great Elder hasn't heard the voice of the gods for hundreds of years?!
Yust's eyes widened.
As if he had thought of something, his face gradually turned pale.
Seeing his expression, Elder Maxim said meaningfully:
"It seems that you have already thought of it."
"That's right... The gods we serve may have fallen into a true 'eternal sleep'."