Kordak woke up in a daze. The hard and cold temperature of the stone bed on his back made him tremble slightly. The stone bed was covered with thin straw. The sweat sticks to the body, and in winter it can only provide poor warmth, and there is no way to isolate the cold touch.
But no matter what, the feeling of sleeping on a hard bed with straw mattresses still awakened Kordak's past memories. This made him feel a little dazed.
After taking a few seconds to retrieve his memory, Kordak unexpectedly found that he had no injuries on his body, and even the injuries from the previous battle with Joffrey were almost healed. This is a very strange thing, because what kind of person Joffrey is he is clear in his mind. A guy like this would definitely repay every penny he spent, and he tore off one of Joffrey's legs, how could he still let himself live well
After thinking of this, Kordak recalled the dark middle-aged man he saw before he fell into coma. That appearance, coupled with the ability to take an all-out blow from a high-level warrior like myself...
Kordak soon understood what was going on. It seems that the Wandering Holy Spear saved Joffrey's life, and also temporarily saved his own life. But if possible, Kordak wanted to kill the ghost prince who killed his brother even if he risked his life.
He sat up with difficulty and tried to make sense of the situation. Kordak has been in a coma since Kevin took him away. Of course, this was because Kordak was too seriously injured, but on the other hand, it was also Kevin who had done some tricks secretly. After all, it is much easier to carry a person who cannot move or run than a person who is jumping around and trying to escape.
"Are you awake?" A steady and low voice sounded.
Kordak turned his head following the sound, and then discovered that there was a stool placed outside his cell, and a person was sitting on the stool. Because of the darkness of the dungeon, the weak torch could only vaguely illuminate the outline of the man, but could not clearly see his face.
But Kordak knew who he was, because since meeting him for the first time, Kordak had this man's voice firmly engraved in his heart. This person can be said to have changed his life. He destroyed Kordak's original life and forced Kordak to continue to struggle and finally reach where he is today. From this perspective, he also made Kordak a success.
He is the prime minister of the Hawke Empire, the old fox who is difficult for all courtiers to fathom and figure out—Alfred Rollin.
Kordak quickly calmed down after realizing who the person in front of him was. He was not angry or crazy, but calmly looked at the prime minister who was looming in the light of the torch. Then he said: "If you can appear in front of me, then this is Merinder's dungeon?"
"You are very smart and capable." Alfred sighed: "So I really don't understand..."
"Don't understand?"
"Yes, I don't understand why they didn't see your talent at the beginning and just treated you as an ordinary groom." Alfred sighed: "If it could have attracted attention at that time, at least Now I don’t have to go to so much trouble to figure out how to deal with you, and I hate trouble.”
"So, you know who I am?" Kordak's face still didn't change much. If Alfred really knew his identity, then he would have sufficient motives to deal with him, and In this way, Vera is more than 90% sure that it is in his hands.
"Smith Chamber of Commerce." Alfred said the name of a chamber of commerce that had long been forgotten.
That chamber of commerce was a large-scale weapons supplier to the Hawke Empire more than ten years ago, but due to certain issues, it had a conflict of interest with Alfred, who was once the Minister of Military Affairs. So Alfred used some tricks to bring down the chamber of commerce. Most of the chamber of commerce members were either imprisoned and died in accidents in prison soon after, or were exiled to coastal areas where the environment was even worse than the northern ice and snow plateaus. Finally died in a natural disaster.
It can be said that Alfred basically cleaned up all the members of that huge chamber of commerce. But he missed one person, a young man who had a close relationship with the Chamber of Commerce. His name is Kohler Smith, and he is the son of the president of the Smith Chamber of Commerce. That Kohler Smith was actually the later Silenos. In order to avoid Alfred's possible pursuit, he could only hide his name and change his name to Silenus. Silenus, in the common language, has the meaning of silence and caution. He hopes the name will remind him of the dangers of the world and the hatreds of the past.
Silenus has always been silent because he still carries family hatred in his heart. It’s just that the reality is so cruel. Before Silenus even grew up enough to avenge his family, he was inexplicably killed by a group of orcs who suddenly broke in.
As for Kordak... he was actually from the Smith Chamber of Commerce, but because he was just a dirty boy in charge of cleaning the stables at the time, Alfred did not persecute him too much.
On the day of the incident, he happened to sneak out with Silenos to play outside. Thus they escaped the Imperial officers and soldiers. But then the whole Merinder manhunt made the two teenagers very nervous. So they left there and looked for an opportunity to sneak into the continent of Lance.
After that, the two little guys started to become mercenaries based on the superficial skills they learned in the chamber of commerce. Because they met a good team leader, the two little guys were able to survive the journey without any danger. Later, they grew up, met Vera, and met Regnar, but Silenos unfortunately failed to survive the last few years.
This is the truth about the relationship between Kordak and Silenos. At the beginning, Silenos was the high-ranking young master of the Great Chamber of Commerce, while Kordak was a dirty and lowly groom.
At that time, Silenus had a very good relationship with Kordak. The young Silenus was optimistic and cheerful, and he did not have the slightest air of a young man. His favorite thing is to run out and play with the tall Kordak, because every time Kordak is found, he will top the cylinder for Silenus without hesitation and bear all the faults.
Later, changes in the family caused Silenus to lose his identity as young master, and the two began to treat each other as brothers. And because Kordak was smarter and more flexible, after they formed the mercenary team, Kordak became the captain. Silenos was not dissatisfied with this. He knew that he had no talent in that area, and he also knew at that time that Kordak was responsible for most of the credit for his survival to this day.
But in the end, Silenus died...
Kordak shook his head and waved away these past events, none of which mattered now. He considered his situation for a while, and finally felt that since he had reached the point where he had nothing, it would be better to show off his cards. He said to Alfred: "In that case, how about we have a frank talk?"
"This is exactly what I came here for, and I also want to talk to you." Alfred nodded, stood up, and walked to the edge of the cell. Because the cells here are all made of special materials, Alfred is not afraid that Kordak will suddenly burst out and hurt people at this time. Moreover, all the prisoners here have been blocked by the Palace Mage Association using secret methods to seal their fighting spirit or magic. Strictly speaking, Kordak is now just an ordinary strong man.
"Then I'll ask first." Kordak also walked from the bed to the edge of the cell. At this time, he finally saw Alfred's face clearly. The strong man lowered his head and stared into Alfred's gray eyes and then asked: "Is Vera in your hand?"
"That's right." Alfred nodded: "I have been looking for an opportunity to get some say from you, and that woman acted alone and appeared too timely. So I asked someone to invite her over."
"Where is she?!" Kordak grabbed the iron bars of the cell hard.
"Do you think I will tell you?" Alfred said expressionlessly: "If you really want to talk, it's better to ask some realistic questions."
"She's still alive?"
"She has no use value if she dies, so there is no doubt that she is still alive and doing well. We have specialized people to take care of her. No matter if she wants to go on a hunger strike or commit suicide, it is impossible. You can rest assured about this. "
"As if I want to thank you for this!" Kordak gritted his teeth. He thought for a moment, and then asked: "Where is Balor? Has he been to your place?"
"Who is Balor?" Alfred tilted his head.
"Don't pretend to be stupid with me! You must have investigated us people!"
"Okay, I admit that I have investigated some of the identity backgrounds of you and the people around you, and I also know that Balor is Vera's younger brother." Alfred looked elsewhere as if absentmindedly and said: "But according to As far as I know, didn’t he die in the duel with Lord Dark Elegy a long time ago? How could he have anything to do with this matter?”
"..." Kordak was thinking, had Alfred lied
If someone wants to judge whether this old fox is lying from his expression, he will fail nine times out of ten.
Therefore, Kordak watched for a long time, but couldn't guess the truth. And Balor is indeed a shadow creature. As he said, shadow creatures are difficult to kill. Light does cause pain to shadow creatures, but it is impossible to kill shadow creatures simply by sunlight.
Unless it is some powerful light spell, but according to Kordak's investigation, the strongest mage supported by Alfred's family is only the intermediate peak of Bree Barns' level. He wants to kill Balor. It's absolutely impossible.
Did you accidentally meet a powerful high-level priest? Or maybe there is something else hidden in it? Where is Balor now? Kordak was confused for a moment.