Earl Uman breathed a sigh of relief, and Colin's attitude made him understand that he finally had a bargaining chip in his hand.
"Of course the will cannot be given to you now, and you should understand why."
Of course, Ke Lin understood that the other party was worried that he would go back on his word after getting the will, so he asked, "Then how do you prove the authenticity of this will? How do I know if you just made it up?"
"The will was shown to me by Steward Delinden. At that time, Knight Louis and I had just arrived in Lion's Roar Castle, and we hadn't confirmed Steward Delinden's position, so I purposely presented the will in front of him. Throw it into the fireplace and burn it.
But I didn't expect that the housekeeper Delinden not only didn't stop him, but looked happy to see it happen. Only then did I understand that this person also supported Master Joyce's succession to the throne. "
Ke Lin was speechless, and said angrily: "Since you have already thrown your will into the fireplace and burned it, why don't you tell me the fart."
"No!" Earl Uman shook his head quickly, "What I threw in was just a fake will, and the real one was already swapped when I turned around and walked towards the fireplace!"
Colin looked at Earl Uman suspiciously, obviously questioning whether the other party had such a trick that only magicians had.
"Believe me, it wasn't difficult to do. They were so focused on the fake will that they threw it in the fireplace, they didn't know that I was hiding the real thing."
Colin shrugged, not sure if he believed Earl Uman's nonsense, and then asked another question:
"Then, why did you hide the real will? Don't you want Joyce to inherit the duke position? Shouldn't you want to see this will that is beneficial to Vera burned?"
Earl Uman chuckled and said, "Colin, if it were you, would you burn such a wonderful handle?"
"Handle?" Colin suddenly understood.
The so-called handle, of course, is Joyce's handle.
If Joyce successfully inherits the title of Duke of the North in the future, then this will will be proof that the other party's position is not right. Earl Uman can control Joyce better by holding this will.
After thinking about this, Colin had to admire the earl's insidiousness, and he was on guard against anyone.
But it's normal. Judging from Earl Uman's behavior all the time, he was originally an ambitious man who had no sense of loyalty and only wanted to seek his own personal gain.
It is indeed possible to hide the real will.
"I'm sorry, Earl Uman, if I can't see the will you said with my own eyes, I won't believe it." Colin insisted.
Earl Uman sighed, and said helplessly: "That's good, I can give you the will, but you have to come up with something in exchange."
"what?"
"Command of the Golden Lion Legion!"
"Hehe, you really dare to think about it!" Colin sneered.
Earl Uman quickly explained: "With this will, Joyce has completely lost the qualification to compete with Vera for the inheritance, and the command of the Golden Lion Army is not important to you.
However, I need this army to ensure that I will not become an abandoned pawn!
How about it? Such conditions are not bad for you. "
Colin chuckled and mocked, "Count Uman, I think you might have made a mistake."
"What?" Earl Uman was a little stunned.
Colin slowly approached Count Uman, who collapsed on the ground, and his tone became extremely cold: "That will is actually not that important to me."
"What do you mean?" Earl Uman panicked, "Don't you want to see Vera inherit the title of Duke?"
"Think about it. However, I already have a solution. As for the will... Hehe, it can be regarded as icing on the cake at best, but you want to sell it at the price of giving it away.
Moreover, I have been waiting for almost two years for the revenge of the assassination!
It's been two years, do you think I'll let you go so easily? "
Earl Uman could no longer keep calm, and shouted in a hurry: "Colin, listen to me, keeping me alive is definitely more valuable than killing me! I can help..."
Click!
Colin twisted the other party's neck and said softly, "But I think it's more valuable when you're dead."
After speaking, he opened his mouth wide, showing his sharp fangs, and bit down on it.
"Gudu... Gudu..."
…
The rain stopped, the wind stopped, and even the moon showed a corner from the clouds, and sprinkled the cold brilliance on the earth.
In the abandoned warehouse, Colin raised his head from the body of Earl Uman.
call-
He let out a long breath of satisfaction, with a look of enjoyment on his face.
Earl Uman's body has been completely sucked dry, and it looks extremely terrifying.
Colin's whole body became hot again, fine blood and sweat continued to seep from his skin.
bang bang bang!
His heart was beating violently, as if it would break free from his chest in the next second.
The violent blood flow surged through his body, almost straining his blood vessels.
Fortunately, with the experience of the last promotion, Ke Lin is now mentally prepared for the drastic changes in his body, and even the bursts of severe pain seem to be a strange enjoyment.
Starting from the extraordinary level (fourth level), Colin found that the requirements and process of promotion are very different from before.
Before the fourth level, he only needed to drink about one or two liters of high-level knight's blood to be promoted. Moreover, the process of promotion was only a slight fever of the body, and there was no pain.
But starting from the fourth level, he found that he had to completely drain the blood of a high-level knight in order to complete the promotion conditions, and the promotion process became extremely intense and painful.
Boom!
The hideous-faced Colin punched the ground, and the spider web-like cracks instantly spread to the surroundings.
His body began to swell again, and countless fine blood beads formed mysterious patterns on the surface of his skin.
The berserk power filled Colin's body, and he couldn't help but want to vent it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
After hitting the ground several times in a row, the whole earth began to vibrate, as if an earthquake had occurred.
Countless cracks had appeared in the dilapidated warehouse, and finally it couldn't support it and collapsed.
…
"My lord, it was the vibration that came out from here just now. We heard the sound of thump, thud, and a few howls that didn't look like human beings. Then we came to take a look and found that the buildings here had collapsed."
A group of City Defense Army soldiers, led by several Winter City residents, appeared outside the abandoned warehouse.
Looking at the collapsed ruins in front of him, the captain felt a little heavy in his heart.
I just heard that the church collapsed and killed Mr. Thomas, and now it collapsed here again, this time it won't kill any important people...
"Where is this place? Does anyone live?"
"This is an old warehouse, filled with unwanted things, probably... no one lives in it."
"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up, clean up the ruins, and see if there is anyone below!"
"yes!"
The soldiers of the city defense army and the residents were busy until dawn. When the twilight of the morning light illuminated the ruins, they finally dug up two corpses.
More precisely, a corpse and a head.
"My lord, that head seems... to be Earl Uman!"
"What?" The captain looked shocked.
I'm really afraid of something. What happened in Winter City last night? Why did so many important people die
"Why only the head? What about the rest of the body?"
"I don't know, but we have searched through the ruins and found no other parts of the body."
The captain's expression was serious, which could only show that Earl Uman died before being buried in the collapsed ruins, and his head was cut off.
"Then there is another corpse, whose is it?"
"I don't know it, I can only see that it is the corpse of a dwarf."
"Dwarves?" The captain touched his chin and ordered, "Put all the corpses away, and we will report to Lion's Roar Castle."
"yes!"
(end of this chapter)