The gurgling stream suddenly froze.
Only then did the arcane runes hidden at the bottom of the stream come to light, exuding dazzling brilliance, reflecting the low-hanging silver moon.
Bathed in the moonlight, Emperor Saruman opened his mouth wide and roared silently.
It's a trap!
Emperor Saruman struggled desperately, but at this moment he was at his weakest moment, and even though he tried his best, he still couldn't break free from the shackles of the magic circle.
Streaks of black light emanated from Emperor Saruman's body, and sharp roars could be faintly heard from it.
Emperor Saruman's pupils cracked a gap again, golden light spots densely covered the originally dark pupils, and also covered the light of reason and emotion.
At this critical moment of life and death, Emperor Saruman once again chose to go berserk.
It's just that two consecutive berserk attacks in a short period of time are also a great burden for such a sanctuary skull crusher.
The golden blood was gurgling out from the facial features of Emperor Saruman impressively.
But his aura is also rising sharply, and the moonlight chains have begun to vibrate continuously, as if they are about to disintegrate in the next moment.
However, at this moment, Mr. Zhe came to Saruman the Great like a ghost, the dagger in his hand was shining with purple light, and it pierced into Saruman the Great's chest like lightning.
Roar! ! !
The roar of Emperor Saruman was like a hurricane, sweeping across the entire forest.
For a moment, sand and rocks flew, the stream flowed backwards, and the arcane magic circle hidden at the bottom of the stream also dimmed. .
The chains of moonlight scattered in midair like quicksand.
But at the moment when Emperor Saruman finally broke free from the shackles, Mr. Xi had already cut open his chest, and stretched out his hand to take out the still beating heart!
The golden light in Emperor Saruman's eyes dimmed instantly, the madness that did not belong to living beings gradually subsided, and the light of reason reappeared.
After losing his heart, Emperor Saruman did not die immediately, but recovered from his mad state.
He stared blankly at Mr. Ji in front of him, and the heart that was supposed to be beating in his chest, as if he couldn't believe his eyes at all.
"Saruman, you are no longer able to complete your mission, so I can only take back the teacher's gift." Mr. Yu said flatly, the heart in his hand gradually stopped beating, and slowly changed from a mass of flesh and blood to a Some kind of jade-like existence.
Emperor Saruman's consciousness gradually blurred, but at the last moment of his life, the image of Mr. Zhe in his eyes gradually overlapped with the image of another person.
And a memory that has been dusty for a long time can't help but come to my heart——
"Saruman, do you want to become stronger?"
"think!"
"But getting stronger comes at a price..."
"I'm willing to pay any price!"
"It's going to be a lot of pain..."
"No amount of pain can stop my belief in revenge!"
"You might even die..."
"I have no fear of death!"
"Very good! Saruman, then go and kill the chief shaman of the Warsong tribe now and take out his heart!"
"But... but, the chief shaman of the Warsong tribe is my father..."
"Didn't you say you were willing to pay any price?"
"I..." The young Saruman looked at the man in front of him, the hesitation in his eyes was finally replaced by firmness.
There was even a touch of imperceptible madness.
"good!"
The immature voice was drowned by the wind and sand all over the sky, but it seemed to have heralded a bloody future.
…
"Master Earl!"
"Have you found any trace of Saruman?"
"No, we found Lord Saint Grian."
"Take me there."
Colin followed the sentinel for a while, and saw Duke St. Grian leaning against an elm tree.
Her complexion was extremely defeated, and her body was covered with large and small wounds, which was shocking to watch.
Colin got off his horse and quickly handed over a water bag filled with deer blood.
Duke St. Grian took the water bag and gulped it down, before his face regained some blood.
Colin looked at the scarred paladin, and couldn't help feeling a little guilty, and then sincerely thanked:
"Thanks for your hard work!"
The Duke of St. Grian gave Colin a white look, and said with a smile:
"I should thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to fight Saruman so heartily. It's just a pity that I still couldn't kill him."
"He can't run away." Colin comforted, then looked around, wondering, "Where is Prince Lexi?"
"I lost too much blood before, so I couldn't move anymore, so Prince Lexi chased after him." Then she raised her finger and pointed to the southwest direction, "He finally went to that direction..."
As soon as the words fell, a beam of light erupted strangely from the low-hanging moon in the sky, which happened to shine in the direction Duke St. Grian was pointing at.
Colin got up immediately and said:
"You rest for a while, I will chase..."
"I'm much better now, let's go together."
After speaking, without waiting for Colin to refuse, he jumped up and jumped onto Colin's horse.
Colin had no choice but to get on his horse, put his arms around the slender waist of Duke St. Grian, and galloped towards the direction where the moonlight burst out.
…
However, Emperor Saruman, whose heart had been pulled out, was finally so soft that he fell to the ground without making a sound.
It's just that his eyes are still wide open, revealing infinite annoyance and unwillingness.
Do not rest in peace.
Mr. Ji on the side was carefully putting the heart into a wooden box, but then he seemed to sense something and turned around immediately.
After seeing the person's face clearly, Mr. Ji relaxed his vigilance a little, and said with a smile:
"Prince Lexie, you came just in time. There is a great merit here, waiting for you to claim it."
Prince Laixi glanced at the corpse of Emperor Saruman, but then his eyes stayed on the wooden box in Mr. Xi's hand, and asked in a deep voice:
"Mr. Yu, aren't you going to explain all this to me?"
Mr. Xi chuckled and asked:
"Why should I explain it to you?"
Prince Lexi approached slowly, with a gloomy face: "I thought that you are also a human being, even a descendant of the paladin family, even if you are dissatisfied with the past, even if you have resentment against the royal family, you will never betray the Glorious Empire !
But I didn't expect that you actually colluded with foreigners..."
"Collusion?" Mr. Ji shook his head and interrupted, "No, no, no. It's not collusion, it's just taking advantage. Just like when I used trolls to invade the North.
These aliens are just pawns and have never been regarded as partners by me.
Only human beings are truly qualified to be regarded as partners by me. "
Speaking of this, Mr. Ji showed sarcasm: "You were also regarded as a partner by me. But unfortunately, in the Loire Valley, when you ignored my advice and rashly intervened in this war, you also lost your continued follow-up. My qualifications to cooperate."
Prince Leahy smiled disdainfully and said:
"You have never been regarded as a partner by me, and you are not qualified to teach me how to do things!"
Mr. Xi didn't care about Prince Laixi's rudeness, he just pointed to the body of Saruman the Great, and said with a smile:
"As a former partner, I will give you the last gift - the head of the orc emperor, which is enough for you to wash away your previous notoriety and become a hero of the Glory Empire again."
After saying this, Mr. Ji stopped talking, and disappeared into the depths of the forest a few times.
Prince Lexi wanted to catch up, but when he heard the sound of horseshoes approaching behind him, he stopped again.
Immediately, he strode to the body of Saruman the Great, drew his sword and cut off the head.
(end of this chapter)