Volume 13: The Son of Darkness, the Lord of the Netherworld, the Happy One Chapter 35 Division
"No, the Land of Eternity has not been unlocked." After waking up, the man asked a question and quickly answered it himself.
"I am the Grand Duke of Rose. So, tell me what the current situation is in the outside world." The other party had the aura of a superior. Standing here, he gave orders to Lu Mei without hesitation.
"Use hibernation to fight against mental exhaustion and avoid becoming a zombie, while waiting for changes in the Eternal Land." Lu Mei also spoke directly to analyze, not paying any attention to the orders of the so-called Grand Duke of Rose.
The other party should be a noble. He joined forces with the academician Hollander to seize the holy relic.
Because his body was severely injured and contaminated by the Time Worm, he was unable to leave this eternal place. He could only take the Ring of Thorns with him and come here to sleep.
"However, you used this method to force the Ring of Thorns to stay with you. Your behavior is not worthy of being a lord or duke." Lu Mei's words broke down Grand Duke Qiangwei's defense.
"I can't be called a Grand Duke?! It was me who organized everyone to snatch the holy relics. It was my army that paid the most and stood at the forefront. It was also me who provided the key element of the Lamp of Expulsion. I was even killed once for this matter."
"But what did Hollander do? He released those vile people from the Eternal Land, but left us here forever."
"It was Hollander who failed us. It was his fault!"
The wrath of the Rose Duke transformed into a large amount of thorns.
These spiky objects instantly filled the entire main room.
People with a fear of sharp objects would probably be frightened to death in an instant in this room.
There are spikes everywhere, and these spikes are constantly changing, like long caterpillars that can entangle you at any time. Their fine and sharp spikes will pierce into your body and stir your flesh.
Lu Mei watched all this, but her heart was not moved at all by Grand Duke Rose's words.
She has traveled to many regions and kingdoms over the years and knows the true face of these so-called nobles.
There may be no shortage of good people among them, but nobles of high status must be good people only within the rules.
The so-called good people within the rules are the good people as defined by them.
For example, a knight broke into the back of the neighboring territory, hunted down many civilians, and eventually broke the morale of the neighboring army because their relatives were killed by the knight in the process.
If a knight successfully helps his own territory to gain victory, then in the eyes of the nobles of his own territory, the knight is the embodiment of bravery and strategy.
According to the rules of the nobility, no matter how disgusting your personal morality is, no matter what bad things you have done, as long as you maintain the decency of the aristocratic rules, you are a good person.
The nobles were accustomed to this and believed it to be the truth.
It can only be said that power is the thing that is most likely to corrupt people's hearts. Even though the underworld has only been opened up for a few decades, within a few decades, there has been a group of powerful creatures parasitic on the upper class and they have formed their own set of rules.
Grand Duke Rose feels so aggrieved now, he really feels aggrieved.
However, if one looks at his grievances from the perspective of the general public, one will find that his behavior is truly disgusting.
For example, what Grand Duke Rose said before - my army paid the most and stood at the forefront.
In the eyes of Grand Duke Rose, the army is his private property, his wealth, so the army’s sacrifice is his sacrifice.
In fact, even if it is not a time of chaos, the army will not completely obey a grand duke. The sacrifice of the army may be because the army is paying for the people, or it may be that the people in the army are fighting for their own lives and honor.
However, during this process, Grand Duke Rose took all the credit for himself with just one sentence: "My army."
This is aristocratic justice.
The same is true for most other things.
For example, regarding the organization of the robbery of the holy relics, the information Lu Mei has received so far is basically that Hollander is the main person involved. Grand Duke Rose may have also been involved because of his status, but he is definitely not the most critical figure.
This is actually obvious. Of course, there is also the possibility that Lu Mei completely misjudged it. Grand Duke Rose is really the best noble in the world, a kind-hearted person who gave everything and was then cheated by Hollander.
"You can't get out, isn't it because you've been contaminated by the Time Worm?" Lu Mei swung the blade and cut off the spreading thorns.
Taking advantage of the fact that Grand Duke Rose's defense was broken, he planned to extract more information from him.
"No, it was Hollander who set up the small portal to repel the Time Bug!"
"It was he who betrayed us. It was he..."
"What would happen if the Worm of That Time left the Land of Eternity?" Lu Mei forcibly interrupted Grand Duke Rose's words, as she keenly discovered the problem.
"Will it expand the Eternal Land, or cause greater Time Worm contamination?"
"..." Duke Rose stopped talking, and his attack became more ferocious at this moment. Countless thorns turned into whips and lashed towards Lu Mei.
Obviously, Lu Mei was right.
Perhaps the small portal was originally meant to allow everyone to pass through, but it was indeed Hollander who set it up so that the contaminated would be excluded.
But the other party's purpose may be noble. They don't want the polluted people to pollute more places, so they let those who are not polluted go out, and some of the polluted people are imprisoned in the eternal land.
In Hollander's eyes, it is better for the polluted to remain in the eternal land forever.
In the eyes of Grand Duke Rose, this was blatant betrayal.
In order to seize the holy relic, he paid for what he considered important, but in the end, he was not included in the escape, so he was naturally aggrieved and angry.
However, among the nobles, they might have a common topic about such things, saying things like the untouchables are dead if they die, the pollution is expanding if it expands, and they, the nobles, can better govern the world only if they ensure their own safety.
But now, the woman who broke into his sleeping place was obviously a lowly commoner. In that case, there was no need to waste words with such a person.
Kill her and then explore the situation outside.
If nothing can be done, come back and continue to sleep. If there are other changes, use this change to regain your freedom.
However, Grand Duke Rose soon discovered one thing, that even with the help of the Thorn Ring, he was still no match for Lu Mei.
When the opponent makes a move , everything will seem to lose its support, or will be suddenly frozen.
What’s even more terrible is that although his thorns are strong, they didn’t hit Lu Mei at all from beginning to end.
In this way, it will always be difficult for the opponent to be completely infected by the Time Worm.
For the Rose Duke, only after being infected can there be a possibility of becoming one of his own.
Otherwise, he is just another betrayer.
The other party was completely capable of going directly to the small portal during this process and continuing to leave him in this eternal place.
Only when the other party is contaminated by the Time Worm and both parties have a basis for cooperation, will the Duke of Rose give the possibility of initial cooperation.
"There's no need for us to get into this mess. We can actually work together."
Although it was the Grand Duke of Rose who launched the attack first, when he needed something, he would cause trouble for the other party.
If the other party refuses to give in, then it is the other party who is at fault.
And if the other party follows his advice, then the rhythm will return to him, and he will admit that he was the one who made the trouble before.
This skill is called the skill of the superior.
Stand in the upwind position and attack the target.
This can also be used in love and work.
The same goes for the superiors in love or workplace relationships, who use PUA techniques on the subordinates.
The key to this technique is to define the problem as the other party's.
At the same time, seeking cooperation is also a skill. When your original goal cannot be achieved, give it up, seek another goal that you cannot achieve for the time being, and speak it out.
This is also a kind of guidance.
For example, now, Grand Duke Rose originally planned to kill Lu Mei, but after failing to do so, he simply said that he could cooperate.
But actually, cooperation is something that Grand Duke Rose cannot do.
Regardless of whether Lu Mei wants to cooperate or not, she will consider the possibility of cooperation at this time.
Once you start thinking, you will put down what you are doing now and things will turn around.
For example, before, Grand Duke Rose wanted to completely control his territorial army, but the leaders of the army had their own ideas, and he could not truly control the entire army.
At this time, he formed a confrontational relationship with the army, which was disadvantageous to him.
So he introduced another goal that he himself could not do but the army could try - occupying the neighboring territory.
Once they complete it, I will confer the title of knight upon them.
In this way, the conflict is diverted.
However, both of these techniques have only one requirement, which is that you must be in a superior position, whether it is emotional superiority, workplace superiority, or even moral superiority.
But once you are no longer in a superior position, the effectiveness of this technique will be infinitely weakened.
For example, now, Lu Mei has enough confidence to support her. She doesn't care about the right or wrong defined by Grand Duke Rose, and she doesn't want to cooperate with the other party at all.
Of course, you don't have to worry about this technique.
However, Lu Mei still followed the other party's words and asked: "Okay, you said you can cooperate, so you must be sincere."
"What is the key you used to make the Exorcist Lamp? You said you provided the corresponding key elements. It's impossible that you don't know this."
"..." If you want me to be sincere, you should at least stop your current behavior of cutting through thorns and trying to wipe me out with one blow.
As Grand Duke Rose watched Lu Mei approaching with a blade in hand, and the thorns he created and controlled became increasingly difficult to stop Lu Mei's steps, he became more and more hateful of Hollander and Lu Mei.
But he could only quickly say: "Stop first, I am the only one who can give you the key to the Lamp of Expulsion!"
