Chapter 408 You Shouldn’t Control Him
The second time Malbert met Kavala in his dream was when Leon had just acquired Changhe Town.
At that time, Malbert once again faced the opportunity to become a 'chosen one'.
"At that time, he told me that if I was willing to sign a soul contract with him, he would make me the king of the entire continent..."
Malbert said with a sigh: "But I still refused."
"Rejected? Why? Facing the temptation of becoming the king of the continent, you can still resist. I really admire you..."
Leon really admired Malbert. He dreamed of Kavala twice, but he did not cooperate with Kavala both times. You know, in the eyes of most people at that time, Kavala was a hero who unified the continent and ended the chaos. He was an undefeated god of knights throughout his life, not a monster.
"I don't have that much self-control. I just know what it takes to become the Chosen One. The Dusk Knights have been researching these things..."
Malbert shook his head and smiled: "I know that the Three Prophets are the chosen ones of Erida, and I know that the Three Prophets were originally just a woman, but later in order to escape from the control of God, she became schizophrenic and became three personalities... I don't want to be schizophrenic. Moreover, at that time I thought that Kavala was just a lingering ghost of the former king. After all, he only appeared in my dreams. I thought he didn't have much ability at that time. At most, he could only send dreams to people..."
Li Ang was speechless, but still gave a thumbs up: "Even so, your concentration is stronger than most people."
"Yeah, at least I'm better than those fools in the Bacchus Empire... They can't even resist the temptation of worshiping the Snake Cult priestess."
Malbert sighed as he spoke: "You know most of what happened next. The Bacchus Empire fell into chaos, the Red Death spread rapidly, and the Snake Cult invaded on a large scale... But I didn't realize at that time that the Snake Cult was also related to Kavala..."
Li Ang nodded. At that time, Li Ang also didn't realize this.
Malbert went on to tell what happened next.
After rejecting Kavala for the second time, Malbert developed some inexplicable self-confidence - he felt that Kavala came to him twice, which probably meant that he was the son of prophecy in the legend...
It's no wonder that Malbert thought this way. If anyone was told twice in a dream by a god that he would become king, he would probably think that he was the chosen one.
So Malbert was full of confidence in the future. He once again cooperated with the Three Prophets to try to subvert the Kingdom of Sarleon - to let Anna become a princess and enter the House of Nobles. This was the idea Malbert gave to the Three Prophets.
But this cooperation is actually a plan to drive the tiger to devour the wolf, because Malbert knows that the House of Nobles is the Forbidden Magic Tower.
His original intention was to let Anna kill Ulrich, and then he would kill the three prophets in the Forbidden Magic Tower in one fell swoop, and then naturally inherit the throne.
In order to carry out this plan of driving the tiger to devour the wolf, he also arranged people around all of Ulrich's heirs, such as Prince Alanric, Princess Denise, Lady Philina, and Philina's son Andrew, daughter Amy, and so on.
As soon as Ulrich died, the people he arranged would either kill these heirs or frame them as heretics.
But what he didn't expect was that Anna didn't take any action in the House of Nobles, but instead got herself pregnant, and even threatened him with the identity of the princess!
Malbert knew at the time that Anna's pregnancy was definitely fake, but the three prophets' move put him in a passive position. He certainly knew that Ulrich would definitely prefer the unborn biological child...
He had no choice but to pretend to cooperate with the three prophets to delay the situation while strengthening his strength and looking for opportunities.
It was for this reason that Brennus had been conserving his strength at that time.
At this time, Li Ang defeated the Snake Cult army, found a solution to the Red Death, and returned to Changhe Town.
At this time, Malbert began to set his sights on Leon - at that time, Leon's strength did not seem to be very strong on the surface, but Leon had defeated the three prophets, and Malbert felt that there was actually room for cooperation between him and Leon.
Besides, Leon has been unintentionally sabotaging his plans, and he has a very good relationship with Amy's family. If Malbert wants to succeed to the throne, he must first win over Leon.
Yes, that's what Malbert really thought at the time. He was a man who was always confident in himself, and he and Leon did have a basis for cooperation at that time - the casinos and entertainment venues in Qiaoyan Bay were all transferred to him by Leon.
Moreover, Malbert's family did have the strength to suppress Leon - at that time, except for the eastern region of the Kingdom of Sarleon, it could be said that most of the country's military forces belonged to them.
By that time, Ulric was basically bankrupt, and both the newly recruited army and the Deshar people suffered heavy losses, but Cliff Bay had never suffered any losses and had always been stockpiling troops, money and food.
In addition, Brunus controlled the Order of the Lion; Malbert controlled the Order of the Dusk. With the strength of their families, a direct rebellion at that time would most likely succeed. However, after all, he and his father were vassals of Ulrich, and he did not want to bear the stigma of treason, which would be very troublesome.
If they could control Leon, Malbert and his son would control the entire Kingdom of Sarleon. No matter what King Ulric and the Three Prophets did, they would eventually have to pass the throne to him.
So while Leon was attacking Desha, Malbert asked Alistair to lead the Knights of Dusk to attack, intending to capture Leon first.
Unfortunately, Alistair failed. The capture plan was almost successful, but it was ruined by a small-time figure who showed up unexpectedly - Edith.
The arrest failed, but Leon used Alistair to sow discord between them, causing problems in the cooperation between Malbert and the three prophets, and leading to Malbert being exiled to the Sava River Castle.
Afterwards, Leon used the spoils of Toba City to frame Malbert, causing Malbert to lose Ulrich's trust...
Malbert knew Ulrich's character, so he had to make preparations for both situations and began to set his sights on the Bacchus Empire.
He went to ask for marriage from Governor Justus, trying to marry Arina - he was a smart man after all. After the auction in Singar, he learned that Emperor Marius's two sons were cooperating with Arina, so he immediately analyzed that Arina might be the heir in Emperor Marius' mind.
This kind of marriage could not only protect him but also increase their family's power. It was originally a very good strategy.
In fact, Malbert and Arina were indeed a perfect match - the son of a duke and the daughter of a governor, and both were adopted sons of the monarch, so they were equal in both family background and status.
Moreover, at that time, the two countries needed a bridge of truce and cooperation;
Plus, one is a handsome talented man, and the other is a beautiful talented woman - it's simply a match made in heaven, and couldn't be more suitable.
Justus was of course happy to do so. In the eyes of any parent, Malbert was the most suitable candidate on the entire continent at that time.
But unexpectedly, this plan was ruined by Li Ang again - Alina was "kidnapped" by Li Ang...
Now Malbert regarded Leon as the biggest obstacle. He sent people to kill the unappreciated Prince Alanric, framed Amy as a heretic, and let the three prophets persuade Ulrich to send a royal order to Leon, asking Leon to attack Amy and Godric.
If there is nothing wrong with this plan, Leon will inevitably be caught in a dilemma - if he does not attack Amy, Leon will become a rebel; if he obeys the king's order and really attacks Amy, Leon will be criticized and lose the support of most people.
No matter what the final result is, Leon will definitely regard Ulrich and Princess Anna as his enemies, and will take the initiative to cooperate with Malbert and Brennus - so Malbert said confidently at the time that he wanted Leon to take the initiative to join his team.
But unexpectedly, this time, Malbert was framed by Le Ang before he could say anything - Le Ang ignored the king's order and falsely accused Malbert of assassinating him.
To be honest, the blow and lesson Malbert suffered at that time were unprecedented - as a person who was best at acting and framing, he was actually acted by Le Ang and framed by Le Ang many times... He never won against Le Ang once!
Later, he was handed over to Alina by Leon. In order to prove Malbert's guilt, Leon asked Alina to take Malbert to Siyuan City and announced that Malbert had committed treason and surrendered.
It was impossible for Emperor Marius to let Arina marry a surrendered general, and the problem of Arina being forced to get married could also be solved at the same time - Arina followed Leon's advice and asked Brutus to castrate Malbert.
After all, the crime that Leon fabricated for Malbert at that time was that Malbert, a handsome and passionate knight, tried to assassinate Leon in order to save Alina, who was kidnapped by Leon, but unfortunately he was thrown into prison after the assassination attempt. Then he and Alina successfully escaped from prison, and chased the beauty all the way to the Bacchus Empire, and finally betrayed his country and surrendered to the enemy because of love...
In this story context, if Alina did not castrate Malbert, a decent man like Justus would probably really let Alina marry him - he was the benefactor who rescued her daughter.
Alina started from Changhe Town. To go to Siyuan City, she had to pass through the area around Boshi City first.
When they arrived near the city of Bozhi, Alina went to report her safety to Justus, but she did not take Malbert with her to avoid trouble caused by too many people talking. So Alina first took Malbert to Ahun, a small town near the city of Bozhi.
This is the base of the Viper spies and also the residence of her brother Ales.
The reason for bringing people here was just to stay for one night.
Alles was a gentle man, and he had no ill feelings towards Malbert - Malbert easily used his superb acting skills to make Alles think that he was a poor man who was framed...
In Alles's opinion, Malbert was framed by Leon, and he himself did nothing wrong. From the perspective of the Bacchus people, Malbert did nothing wrong...
So, Ales was kind enough to ask his wife, who was once a slave, to treat Malbert's injuries - his wife knew a little bit of medical skills and usually treated some minor injuries of the Viper spies.
But this treatment caused a problem...
The slave wife of Ales from Singar knew Malbert.
Not only did she know him, but Malbert's Twilight Knights were the enemies who caused her to become a slave - her hometown was looted by the Twilight Knights, and then she was sold into slavery.
At that time, the Dusk Knights were there to clean up the snake worshippers, but under Malbert's orders, they indiscriminately cleaned out all the people in a village - at that time, the Dusk Knights often used this method to raise military funds. Unlike the Dawn Knights, they were doing bad things openly and without any excuses...
Of course, some of the villagers were not wronged, like Ales’ wife. Before becoming a slave, she was indeed a snake worshipper.
Moreover, she is not just a believer...
Malbert had, of course, long forgotten this simple little slave.
"I was knocked unconscious by the Snake Heart Stone at that time. When I woke up, I was already in a secret room...or an ice cellar."
Malbert smiled bitterly and said, "But Ales's wife did not kill me. Instead, she used me to perform a ritual..."
"What kind of ritual? Nailing you to an altar? But that's not right... Alina later brought you back to Changhe Town, and you were still alive at that time!"
Li Ang was puzzled.
"Bring it back to Changhe Town? That shouldn't be me anymore... or rather, it's just my body..."
Malbert looked at Alina, then at Leon: "Actually, I was already dead in that ice cellar."
"How could it be?! In front of Alistair, you were breathing and your heart was beating..."
Li Ang frowned: "But you didn't say anything at that time. I thought it was a bit strange at that time."
"Because that wasn't me...that was the slave woman."
Malbert shook his head and smiled sadly: "In my dream, I saw the Mad King using dragon tears to preserve his soul, and I also saw the Mad King's soul trying to seize Ulric's body, but I didn't expect that I would experience the same thing..."
The ritual that Malbert underwent was quite simple. He was not nailed to an altar, but thrown in front of a statue.
There is a strange code on the statue.
It was a simple spell, but the spell was not cast on Alers' wife, but on the code .
Malbert felt as if he was being pulled by some force, a pulling feeling coming from the depths of his soul.
Malbert, who knew a lot about soul magic, realized that this was probably to seal his soul into the code.
But Malbert , took out a hidden gem from the inner layer of his underwear at the most critical moment - Dragon's Tear!
The result was that Malbert's soul was indeed torn from his body, but it did not enter the Code, but instead entered the Dragon's Tears.
But the spell had not yet ended, and as a result, the woman's soul was pulled out by the code and entered Malbert's body.
This was a spellcasting accident.
——So Malbert became a lonely soul, sealed in the dragon's tears; the woman's soul took over Malbert's body, but she herself became a corpse...
The woman's soul seemed to be particularly weak, because after she occupied Malbert's body, she was unable to move normally and seemed a little stupid.
It was at this time that the strange statue spoke to Malbert.
"That statue is Kavala... I can recognize his voice. But this time, Kavala didn't say anything about the king. He directly made me a promise. He said that as long as I serve him from now on, he can really bring me back to life."
Malbert looked at Leon: "He wants to sign a soul contract with me and let me enter the code... He wants me to go to a small island, and he said I can get the power of God there - he said as long as my soul enters the code, I will naturally know where the island is."
"You didn't promise him, did you?"
Li Ang frowned.
"No, I agree this time."
Malbert sighed: "But I always seem to be unlucky. I just agreed and before I could do anything, Alers found the ice cellar..."
Wait… Malbert agreed?
Leon didn't say anything, but he realized that Malbert was in spirit form at the time, and Kavala should have been in the temple, communicating with Malbert through the statue - in other words, both of them were in spirit form.
In this case, as long as you agree, it means that the soul contract has been signed...
"And what did you do to Ales?"
Leon showed no emotion, but gave Wendy a look.
Wendy put her hand on Malbert's shoulder.
"I didn't do anything to him. After I became a spirit, I used soul magic to trick him into having a dream and keeping him in the dream... This allowed me to share the same body with him."
Malbert did not resist and continued to answer with a hint of sarcasm on his face: " And this dream can make him forget the death of that woman, because what Alles wants most is to marry his sister... Alina, that female slave is just an excuse for Alles to avoid such indecent thoughts. He actually likes you..."
Alina frowned and said nothing.
Li Ang sighed and said nothing.
In fact, it is not strange for a brother to like his sister, especially for aristocratic families. Besides, Ales used a female slave as an excuse to avoid this matter, which was a very decent person.
"So... where is that code now?"
Li Ang is now certain that Malbert's words are nine out of ten true and one out of ten false, and that this movie star is deceiving him.
And... there was something wrong with what Malbert said. It felt like Malbert had designed a very complete script, but the director temporarily changed the content halfway through the performance?
So Li Ang deliberately changed the subject.
"The codex is still in the ice cellar at Arles."
Malbert looked at Leon and said, "Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Of course I'll go... but there won't be any codes there, right? You're not the type to go to so much trouble just to trick me into an ice cellar... Kavala, Malbert's deception skills are far better than yours. He designed a scenario that would definitely trick me. You really shouldn't have interfered with him - you're too impatient, Kavala."
Leon looked at Malbert and laughed: "Your soul contract can indeed completely control people, but you controlled two people you shouldn't control... Maltis and Malbert, they each have powerful abilities, but because of your control, they can't use their original abilities..."
