When Grand Duke Owen said these things, his tone was very indifferent, as if he was describing something that had nothing to do with him, but what he said made the listeners feel goosebumps.
The power of madness is taking his body.
Not only is it replaced physically, but it is also eroded at the soul level. He can even clearly feel this erosion process. This is simply appalling willpower—not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary people. How many warriors can be as indifferent as Grand Duke Owen when facing this situation
Hao Ren came to the bed and carefully observed the corruption of Grand Duke Owen's upper body. The data terminal flew off his shoulder and flew around the wound.
Grand Duke Owen and the silver-haired woman next to the bed were stunned at the same time when they saw the data terminal, with some puzzled and thoughtful expressions on their faces, but except for Leah, no one noticed this little detail.
"It is indeed the result of madness, but this person slowed down the erosion process with strong willpower and physical strength," the voice of the data terminal rang in Hao Ren's mind, "The sample has been extracted, let's start thinking about the treatment plan .”
"We want to know about the attack last night," Vivienne suddenly stepped forward and said, "if you can tell us."
Grand Duke Owen took a fixed look at all the people present, and after pondering for a moment, he first asked a question: "Why are you interested in these? How much do you... know about the changes that have taken place in me?"
"Knows a lot," Lia gently stretched out a finger, pointing to the wound on Grand Duke Owen's chest, and the squirming, corrupted flesh stopped instantly, "I can even heal you—but only if you can turn those into Tell us the details of the monster's Black Sword Knight."
Grand Duke Owen looked at the changes in his wound in astonishment, an inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, and then he laughed: "It seems that it is a wise move to call you here. There is nothing to hide what happened last night. I I think you've heard the rumors."
"It is said that a team of black sword knights took advantage of the night to touch the northern army's garrison, and then they were noticed by the broken sword knights who were watching the night," Hao Ren continued, "the power of the broken sword knights is far greater than that of the black sword. Knights, but that sneak attack team suddenly erupted with monster-like power..."
"It has completely turned into a monster," Grand Duke Owen nodded, "there were only a dozen or so attackers, and I suspect that they mutated in a completely controlled manner in the northern army garrison with a well-planned plan. Their armor melted like wax, and the metal and flesh grew while fusing, and a large number of asymmetrical limbs grew from the torso, and a large number of mouthparts and eyes were opened on their heads, which was simply shocking. The roar from their mouths will make people stunned, and looking directly into their eyes will drive the unsteady people crazy on the spot. Ordinary soldiers are no match for those guys at all-the wounds cut by swords will heal almost in the blink of an eye. , and mortal wounds by their limbs or their blades."
While speaking, Grand Duke Owen pointed to the wound on his chest: "After being injured by them, ordinary soldiers all turned into similar monsters in a short period of time, although the monsters transformed in this way can only move for a short period of time. But it was enough to cause disastrous consequences. And I was actually injured by those monsters, but I lasted longer than others."
As he said that, he put down his hand and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Originally, I planned to use myself as a sample. After returning to the castle, let the scholars and magisters here study what is between my flesh and blood, so as to find something that can The means to fight against that corruption, but in the end, all the treatment plans have no effect, and even Bachelor Holman can only prolong my life by one day. If you didn't show up, I would have already prepared to leave the castle."
The implication of Grand Duke Owen's words is very obvious: what he said about leaving the castle is by no means returning to the front line, but nine out of ten means exiling himself to the snow field or the Gorgon Abyss, or even killing himself, because like him Once such a powerful fighter is completely transformed...even if he can only survive for a short period of time after transformation, the damage he can cause will be devastating.
Hao Ren nodded slightly. Grand Duke Owen's description is very detailed and has sufficient reference value. The mutation of those black sword knights is undoubtedly caused by the power of madness, and according to the "controlled" and "purposeful" nature of their mutation "It can be concluded that behind them there should be a superior individual controlling everything.
After all, the cannon fodder units in the crazy minions have almost no thinking ability, only the derivatives of the superior or "brain" units have the ability to think and command, and in Laherien, this "brain" should be the dragon Soul Emperor.
"When were you attacked?" Lily asked from the side.
Grand Duke Owen thought for a while: "About half an hour after midnight."
"Then the time will match," Vivienne nodded, "that's when we sense the 'explosion'."
Charlemagne asked a little puzzled: "Outbreak? What outbreak?"
"Ah, you may not be able to feel that breath, or you may not be able to distinguish it if you feel it," Lily waved her hand indifferently, "It was when the blizzard was the worst last night, when an evil force erupted from the direction of the imperial capital, and The timing of the attack on Archduke Owen basically coincides."
Grand Duke Owen, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes wide when he heard Lily's words, and a strange look appeared on his face: "Sure enough... you can also perceive 'that thing'—you are indeed the inheritors?!"
The moment Hao Ren heard the word "inheritor", his eyelids trembled slightly: Sure enough, there is a clue here!
But he didn't show it completely, but nodded calmly: "We do know something, but before we talk about it in detail, let's cure you first. Leah, I'll leave it to you."
Leah nodded and stepped forward, standing next to Grand Duke Owen, but she didn't take any more actions, but just quietly watched the old man lying on the bed.
The others looked at her curiously, wanting to know how this "little girl" planned to heal the terrible corruption that had happened to the Grand Duke.
This strange silence lasted for a few seconds. Just as Grand Duke Owen was stared at by Leah and felt uncomfortable, Hao Ren suddenly noticed something strange on the bed next to the Grand Duke. Blurred shadows.
It looks like the shadow cast by the body, it looks normal at first glance, but it appears against the sunlight coming in from the window!
Everyone noticed the abnormal "shadow", and the latter was still motionless at first, but suddenly wriggled after a few seconds.
As if escaping from danger, the wriggling black shadow suddenly fluctuated, and quickly "swimmed" away from Leah's line of sight.
However, the shadow couldn't escape very far at all. Almost at the same time it left the Grand Duke's body, Liya had already flashed to the other side of the bed, and grabbed the wriggling thing with her hand.
The black shadow was directly grabbed from the two-dimensional plane to the three-dimensional space, it struggled violently, and shrunk into a disgusting, smoky soft substance in the air, but no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't get out of it. Leah escaped from that small palm, but in the process of contacting the latter, she kept making ear-piercing screams and creaks of flesh and blood ablation. In just half a minute, it was ablated and only A black ball no more than two centimeters in diameter.
"Okay, okay, if you burn it again, it will burn out," Hao Ren saw that even the ball started to smoke, and hurried forward to snatch it from Leah's hand, and threw it into the sample that had been prepared. In the storage container, "I have to save a sample for analysis."
Then he turned his head: "Grand Duke, what do you feel now... Uh, cough cough, Grand Duke Owen, Grand Duke Owen?"
After yelling several times, the old man lying on the bed woke up suddenly, with a strange look on his face: "This... Is this the end?"
"It's not a complicated thing at all," Liya waved her hands indifferently, "it's just a bit of pollutants after decay, and the people under me can handle it casually. But you are indeed impressive, a Ordinary people... it's the first time I've seen someone who can persist for such a long time."
"That's right, that's right, it is indeed the inheritor!" The expression on Grand Duke Owen's face became excited, "Whose inheritance are you? What era is the predecessor of the World Tree Temple? Such a powerful force...could it be the Tumen Empire? No, Tumen can't fight against Gorgon so easily... Could it be that you are Gorgon, or even before Gorgon... Cough, cough, cough... "
Maybe it was because of being too excited, or maybe the accumulated weakness of the body suddenly exploded after the force of madness was expelled. This unbelievably strong old man suddenly coughed violently. Hao Ren hurried forward and held him down: "Calm down, calm down, you've managed to get your life back now, don't throw it away so easily."
Leah also glanced at Grand Duke Owen indifferently: "I just expelled the corrupting power in your body, but your lost vitality and soul are not so easy to recover - especially the latter, your soul has been eaten away One third, that's irreversible damage, even I can't fix it perfectly, if you get too excited, your body and soul won't be able to bear it."
"Huh...huh..." Grand Duke Owen lay back in his original position while panting violently. In front of the miracle bestowed by the goddess himself, his chest injury was healing at an alarming speed, but he was suppressed by the force of madness before. What came down, the original defect of the body exploded all of a sudden, which made him look weaker than before, "I... understand. What will be the consequences of the loss of the soul?"
"You will still be alive, but to be honest, it is probably impossible to be a wise and mighty guardian of the north again," Liya said bluntly, "your thinking, will, memory, and even personality will be greatly weakened or destroyed. If you transform in a bad direction, your body will also be affected, because the mismatch between the soul and the body will make it difficult for you to control the original body, which will cause it to weaken until it is consistent with the soul. Of course, ordinary people In this case, you are basically useless, but your foundation is very good, and I have tried my best to protect and fill in your damaged parts, so you will not become a useless person, but you will not reach your full potential in all aspects half of the period."
"To me... it's no different from being abolished," Grand Duke Owen sighed, but then shook his head in relief, "but I should be content with saving one life."
"Now we can talk about the things you just said," Hao Ren immediately continued, "Those things about the Tumen Empire, the Gorgon, the Era, and the inheritors."
(Returning from the annual meeting, reaching the annual meeting will continue to make more achievements, but the manuscripts are exhausted, and there is nothing to love. JPG... )