01.
The basement floor of the Dark Holy See.
White phantoms, overlapping magic circles, the time trajectory running like a compass, and the silver pentagram releasing a faint luster, rustling down like fireflies.
Looking at this dreamlike scene, Hill felt that he should be emotional, but found that he had seen many more magnificent things during this year, so this level can even be said to be commonplace.
He wore a light gray woolen jacket with ivy embroidered on the hem, and a large hat with heron feathers on top of his head, which made him look like a suave and down-and-out aristocrat. This body doesn't match the surrounding environment, but with Hill's identity, he can appear anywhere in the Dark Vatican, including their Pope's bed (?), not to mention it's just a basement.
Behind Hill, a necromancer in a black robe said in an admiring tone: "Birth and death are both mysterious."
Hill looked at the magic circle, estimated the magic spar consumption needed to maintain the magic circle, and then said casually, "That's because you know too little."
The necromancer choked, "a lump of flesh, conceived into a child in a woman's belly, that water with mysterious power..."
"If you're talking about amniotic fluid," Hill said calmly, still turning his back to him, "I can tell you that amniotic fluid is the dialysate of the mother's serum in the early stage, the main component of the amniotic fluid is the urine of the fetus in the middle stage, and the fetus itself in the late stage." secretions."
The necromancer choked for a second time: "This, why is this so disgusting..."
"Why don't you have to vivisection pregnant women to be disgusting." Hill finally turned to look at the necromancer, "And that's how you grew up, buddy."
"I don't believe that I, as great as I am, have ever been soaked in urine... or when I was peeing myself!" The necromancer raised his voice, and from his suddenly raised tone, he could hear the fact that he was a little confused at this moment.
"If you don't reflect on it, I don't mind letting you soak that thing now." Hill said bluntly, "What I said is all the truth. There is a problem with your research direction, wizard."
"I just, I just want to see what is the mystery of life, can I use this to develop new spells..."
Hill rolled his eyes, he remembered that a female friend complained to him before that her mother-in-law forced her to eat the placenta... Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth drooped, "How come there are all kinds of weird people in the Holy See, there must be a limit to getting close to the villain, okay? " He complained, and glanced at the necromancer who was devastated by "I once soaked in my own urine", "I suggest you change your research direction, you don't have to accept my suggestion, but you will bear the consequences .Besides, there will be a lich coming to give you advice after a while." After speaking, Hill took off his hat as farewell, turned and left.
"Okay..." came the distraught voice of the necromancer behind him.
This persuasion should be quite successful, but Hill felt as if he had destroyed a wizard's pride.
During this time, Monroe was rectifying the interior of the Dark Holy See individually to regulate the behavior of the priests.
There are many necromancers who can perform vivisection like this in the Dark Vatican. Neither Monroe nor Hill can accept that his subordinates have been doing this kind of thing, but it would be too young and romantic for the Dark Holy See to completely give up this power. Hill couldn't help but think of "The Family Teacher" Vongola in the...
It's not a problem to continue like this. The Lord Demon King is doing image building, and the people of the dark church here are holding back. Isn't this looking for death
How to correct their behavior is still tricky. Monroe mentioned it to Hill once in a while, and Hill immediately took it to heart. He summoned the Lich Alighieri and the ghost Binns to discuss it. The ghost Binns said that the human body does contain certain magical powers, such as The archmage's hair and nails contain the essence of magic—that's why Leona was able to forge her master's ashes into a staff.
But if it's an ordinary person, the body is really worthless, so it's better to use Warcraft directly for experiments.
From this point of view, some people in the Dark Holy See have indeed gone astray. After pondering for a while, Hill assigned Ali Gaili and Phantom Binns a new task, asking them to set up the Ministry of Education, and Ali Gaili served as the minister. After all, Phantom Bins still has the scientific research department to manage. Then Ali Gaili presided over the compilation of necromancy training textbooks from entry to mastery, and Phantom Bins sneaked some textbooks from the Magnolia Academy of Magic - he is now a professor there, and then let the people under his hands jointly compile orthodox magicians And knight training materials.
Hill intends to establish a comprehensive education system in the Dark Vatican, which will greatly help improve the image of the Dark Vatican, and will also attract many people who seek power.
So there was another stack of papers on the task wall in the study.
Hill himself occasionally goes to the Dark Vatican to help "persuade" those people. Sometimes he uses his mouth to persuade, and sometimes he uses [physical persuasion]. What is more frightening is that the former is often more powerful than the latter—more You can refer to the proud Necromancer who was destroyed just now.
Hill was about to gear up to persuade the next dark wizard, and then he got news from Theodore.
02.
one day ago.
It was a very ordinary night, and Theodore was working at the magazine. He is used to spending most of the day on the magazine. Before that, he had some other time for himself, but since Hill asked him to start cultivating the successor of the magazine, Theodore spent the rest of his poor time. It's all spent on the heirs. Hill thinks Theodore is very similar to the protagonist of the old male video. His ideas are really upright, smart enough, and hard enough to meet all the demanding requirements of the "readers".
He was reading the manuscript, next to the candlelight, the candlelight was jumping, and the wax tears flowed on the candlestick like a small waterfall, and then solidified, full of dynamic beauty.
Then the king's soldiers broke in violently. They killed a guard who was blocking him, and then said outrageously, "Your Majesty has orders", and tied Theodore up and down.
Moreover, these soldiers also habitually plundered when arresting people. When Theodore saw the manuscripts that were randomly thrown on the ground and the overturned candlesticks, his heart was bleeding. The dark elf who was in charge of protecting him asked in his ear if he needed to take action, but Theodore refused. He knew that the relationship between the demons and humans was ambiguous now, and if he acted rashly now, it would bring trouble to Mr. Greenwald, so he might as well Take a look first.
He let the dark elves put out the fire first, and then let the soldiers capture him.
Lydia's former personal maid Vera is currently in charge of a small department of the magazine, and she went to find Princess Lydia immediately after the soldiers stormed the magazine. Princess Lydia panicked immediately. She didn't know whether Emperor Yulan angered Theodore because of the demons, or angered Theodore because of her affairs. She didn't mess herself up, but let Vera go to the Jackson family. Princess Lydia, she knows that old Jackson and His Royal Highness Greenwald can be contacted.
Then, Princess Lydia herself ran to find Emperor Yulan.
But what awaited her was the wrath of Emperor Yulan.
Emperor Yulan scolded him directly, and then locked her up. Princess Lydia cried all night in the room. Early the next morning, she had adjusted her state. She went to see Emperor Yulan and said calmly: "I like him, father, but this does not conflict with my duty as a princess. Isn't it?"
Emperor Yulan frowned and stared at her, Princess Lydia said calmly: "I will marry the right person, Theodore will only be my lover, and I will abandon him when I get tired of him, father. Don't you Do you think I, a princess, really intend to marry myself to a commoner?"
What Princess Lydia said is very reasonable, so it is completely feasible in theory. However, Emperor Yulan couldn't help but feel a little strange to such Princess Lydia. Has his daughter matured to such a degree unknowingly? He thought for a while, ah, it's natural to grow old and mature. He thought so. But he didn't know how many times he, as a father, had lost the opportunity to grow up with his daughter by his side.
Emperor Yulan said: "But you can't make everyone know, otherwise the royal family will feel ashamed."
Even he himself became one of the reasons why his daughter was forced to grow up.
Princess Lydia clenched her hands tightly, her nails digging into her palms, but she still looked docile on the surface: "Yes, I understand, Dad." Hold on to Emperor Yulan first, she told herself, hold on to him first.
"And it's really not appropriate for you to kill the Bolai family this time," Emperor Yulan shook his head, "This will give you a bad reputation, affect your image, and not help you get married."
"But Dad, this is what you promised me..."
"Don't you know how to measure yourself?" Emperor Yulan said impatiently: "Go down, go down, and let me finish it for you. By the way, since you like civilians so much, then change your likes, the one you like now Civilians must die."
Princess Lydia almost lost control: "Why?"
"I arrested him with great fanfare, wouldn't it be shameless to let him go like this?" Emperor Yulan said.
"But he, but he is a man of Lord Greenwald..."
"It's just a commoner. Greenwald is a demon, and he doesn't value human life. Besides, commoners are not important." Emperor Yulan waved his hand, "That's it."
"...Okay, Dad." Princess Lydia lowered her head and said, she hid the hatred in her eyes.
After returning to the bedroom, Princess Lydia immediately asked her trustworthy men to go to the dungeon and tell Theodore about Emperor Yulan's plan to kill him. No killing. But Theodore knew that he would not forget the guard who died tragically.
That afternoon, the dark elves escorted Theodore directly out of Magnolia City, and Joan Baker placed him in his own manor outside Magnolia City.
At the same time, Hill learned the news in the Dark Vatican.
03.
What kind of person is Emperor Yulan
He's an emperor, he's a man who's a little below average, and the combination of the two can have pretty bad consequences for the country as a whole.
If he is a tyrant—here is different from the East, the nobles have not been brainwashed by the idea of monarchs and ministers. After he kills a few nobles indiscriminately, the nobles will unite to overthrow him, and then make his offspring the king. Then, the Yulan Empire may be better than the current situation.
If he is a Mingjun, it goes without saying that the Yulan Empire must be better than it is now.
But he was just an incompetent ordinary person. He made people of insight feel angry, but he was not angry enough to overthrow him. He satisfied families like Bolai, so they would also maintain his rule from the side.
In addition, Emperor Yulan's father created a good situation for Emperor Yulan: he let Emperor Yulan grow up with old Jackson who was involved in politics and Cecil who was engaged in military affairs, and then intermarried with the Bo Lai family who was playing with money. The position of Emperor Yulan is impregnable.
At present, it seems that this is indeed the case. No matter how desolate the Yulan Empire is, at least the position of the Yulan Emperor is very firm.
The premise is that he didn't provoke anyone he shouldn't.
Not long after Theodore fled to Yulan City, Hill had someone take him to the Demon Realm. It wouldn't be interesting if Joan Baker was involved at this point.
Theodore finally showed a terrified expression after seeing Hill. After all, he was still young and had never experienced such a thing of being hunted down by the king, and he was afraid that he would cause trouble for Hill.
Hill comforted Theodore, "Don't worry about these problems, you can just live in the devil world, you are doing very well."
"But Your Highness Greenwald, will I give the demons and humans..."
"It's good that you take that into account and then do what you're supposed to do," Hill said.
"Okay..." Theodore was still worried, "The magazine..."
"You don't understand what I mean." Hill put the bloody cloak on his body, raised his chin, "Knowing the fate of all people, I am the destiny."
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