The study was quiet again.
Ke Lin stood alone in front of the fireplace, staring at the oil painting of "a knight slaughtering a white wolf" on the wall in a daze.
Although Bachelor Dawn's persuasion is very reasonable, and Colin himself knows that it's better to be on the safe side, but thinking of missing an opportunity to hunt paladins like this, he feels reconciled for a while.
This trip to Yulongcheng, which can be called a failure, gave Ke Lin a clear understanding of himself——
He is now considered an important nobleman, able to find his place on the core political stage of the Glorious Empire, but the problem is that he still can't squeeze into the center of the stage, let alone have the final influence.
It's as if Colin's current strength is invincible under the sanctuary, but when facing the sanctuary, Colin is powerless to deal with it.
If Ke Lin can break through the current bottleneck of strength, then his status in the Glory Empire will change drastically.
But the embarrassing thing is that Colin's vampire needs to suck the blood of a large number of high-ranking knights to help him advance.
There are only paladins higher than the sixth rank.
But the blood of a paladin is not so easy to obtain.
This is also the reason why Ke Lin knew that Bachelor Dawn's suggestion was more secure, but he was still unwilling.
For him, the temptation of a paladin is greater than that of the White Wolf Witch King or even the Troll Empire.
The blood of a paladin cannot promote Colin, but it can be transformed into a blood slave.
With a sanctuary blood slave, how difficult would it be for the blood of a paladin
Ke Lin stared at the blood-dripping long sword in the oil painting, his eyes gradually became sharp and even crazy.
Deploying 20,000 Blood Cavalry would probably scare away Paladin Otto, but what if only Blood Shadow Guards were dispatched
The Blood Shadow Guard currently only has 1,200 blood slaves, and this number is definitely not enough to scare off a paladin.
But the blood shadow guards are actually all made up of professionals, including three sixth-order blood slaves, which can be called an extremely terrifying and extraordinary force.
Perhaps the strength is not as good as that of the Knights Templar, but the Blood Slave is really fearless, and there are no fatal injuries. Unless the head is cut off, it cannot be killed at all.
If it was going to be a real fight, Colin thought that the current Blood Shadow Guard might not lose to the Knights Templar.
The Knights Templar were able to besiege and kill a paladin back then, so the Blood Shadow Guard might not have no hope of making that paladin hate the sky and ice field.
So, even if he told Maester Dawn that he would be cautious, in fact, Colin already planned to give it a go.
If you want to gain as much, you must take as much risk.
If the paladin Otto is successfully transformed into a blood slave this time, then Colin even dares to lead an army to attack Huanglong, storm the troll king city, dismember the troll empire, and completely eliminate the threat from the north.
Moreover, Colin no longer has to worry about the assassination of Mr. Qu or other paladins, and even plans to assassinate a paladin to obtain enough blood to successfully advance to the sanctuary.
Once it becomes a sanctuary, Colin's status in the Glorious Empire will be completely different.
It can be said that as long as this adventure is successful, the situation facing Colin will be completely improved.
Just take this one risk...
Boom!
A knock on the door interrupted Colin's meditation.
"Come in."
When Ke Lin turned his head, he saw Vera's little head poking in, her beautiful face was full of smiles, and he said:
"I didn't bother you, did I?"
"Of course not." Colin also laughed, and at the same time opened his arms in a welcoming gesture.
Accompanied by a gust of fragrant wind, a soft and warm body threw itself into Ke Lin's arms like a baby swallow returning to its nest.
Ke Lin embraced Vera's waist, buried his nose in the smooth hair and took a deep breath of the fragrance. The worries and calculations that had filled his mind just now disappeared in an instant.
The two hugged each other quietly for a while, neither of them said anything, they were all intoxicated in the warmth of this long-lost reunion.
After a long time, Colin tightened his arms around Vera's waist, and joked with a smile:
"During this period of time, you pretended to be sick in bed, and you seem to have gained a little weight."
Vera raised her head, rolled her cute eyes, and said angrily, "That's not fat!"
Colin smiled slightly, lowered his head and held Vera's delicate red lips, and said vaguely:
"Yes... it should be... called... plump."
After a while, the lips parted.
Panting slightly, Vera leaned on Colin's chest, with a seductive blush on her face, she shook her head and said, "No, I'm not fat, it's just the weight of one more person."
"That's right, not fat, not fat..." Ke Lin casually comforted his wife, but then he realized it.
Immediately, she stared at Vera without blinking, and then said after a while: "You...you mean..."
Vera smiled sweetly, nodded and said, "Yes, Colin, I'm pregnant!"
The soft and windy words exploded in Colin's mind like a thunderbolt.
For a moment, Ke Lin only felt an electric current rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and his whole body began to tremble with excitement.
"Really...really?" Colin grinned stupidly, hugged Vera tightly, but let go of it immediately in the next second, for fear that he would hurt the little life in her belly with too much force.
"Of course it's true." Wei La stretched out her lotus root-like arms, wrapped them around her husband's neck, tiptoed to kiss him lightly on the face, and said, "It should be a month ago that you woke me up from a deep sleep. The time after I was rescued... I was successfully conceived, and I only confirmed it a few days ago, but I knew you were coming back, so I kept it secret and didn't make it public, I wanted to wait for you to come back and give you a surprise."
"It's really a surprise!" Colin kissed Vera's delicate nose, and stretched out his hand to caress her flat belly, which was not yet pregnant, and said, "When are you going to make it public?"
Vera tilted her head and said with a smile, "How about announcing it at today's dinner?"
"Okay." Of course Colin would not refuse.
Now he can't wait to share this good news with everyone.
"Then I'll ask the housekeeper to prepare it." Vera immediately broke free from Colin's arms, and trotted out of the study.
Ke Lin looked at his wife's back with a happy smile on his face.
But immediately, his gaze returned to the oil painting on the wall, and his original determination was shaken again.
Want to continue the adventure
Colin struggled.
If he fails, will he not be able to see the birth of this child
What about Vera
And what about Aisha and Sylph from the Half-Elf Kingdom
Suddenly, Ke Lin realized that he already had a lot of worries.
A thing called a sense of responsibility weighed heavily on Colin's heart, which gradually calmed down his somewhat fanatical heart.
Does it have to be such a risk
Colin took a deep breath, and his mentality finally changed.
Even for a paladin, it's not worth the risk.
I have a blood relationship, so there is no need to rush for a while, forbearance for the time being, and steady development is the right way.
It would be safe to wait until the number of blood slaves exceeds 3,000, and then try to besiege a sanctuary.
As for this time, let's bring the Blood Cavalry.
If you scare off a paladin, just scare off, safety is the most important thing.
Colin nodded secretly, and finally made up his mind.
(end of this chapter)