Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 10: Blade of Annihilation
The lake of entropy symbolizes the end of all things in self-devourment towards heat death, so silence is the only theme here.
Corruption is silent.
However, at this moment, a joyful and laughing voice appeared above the lake of entropy.
"Can I really kill him with just the Little Eclipse? I highly doubt it."
"He is injured and is completely defenseless against the combined efforts of you and me. He is also extremely anxious at the moment, so it is possible."
The female voice from before answered.
The surface of the lake began to ripple as her voice sounded. The ripples grew bigger and bigger, until the entire surface of the water seemed to be boiling, with bubbles bubbling out of it.
Then, with a "plop" sound, a pure white bone blade emerged from the bottom of the lake, floating in the air at a height of one person. Dark green veins clung to the entire bone blade like blood vessels, making it look like it had life.
Then, a thin and skinny woman's arm suddenly appeared above the bone blade. At the fingertips of the hand, a drop of blood was trembling slightly.
"A drop of blood of disaster and a blade of annihilation. This is indeed a weapon that can kill him."
As the happy voice rang out again, the drop of blood from the woman's fingertips dripped onto the bone blade.
In an instant, the drop of blood disappeared on the bone blade as if absorbed by a sponge. The terrifying aura that was originally overflowing from the entire bone blade was restrained in an instant, and the green lines on it gradually disappeared. After a while, it turned into an ordinary bone-white knife.
"Connect the fate of the disaster with the annihilation of all things. As long as you stab this dagger into the opponent's body, you can completely kill the opponent at the level of body and soul... But how do you plan to do this?"
"If you come here today just to make sarcastic remarks, then our cooperation ends here, Valk."
The woman's voice replied.
Earlier, after Camilla injured Disaster in Black Crow Watch, her weapon was stained with the opponent's blood. After that, she used the drop of Disaster's blood as a medium and used her authority to forge this sharp blade that could completely kill the opponent.
But no matter how deadly a weapon is, it is meaningless if it misses the target.
With the opponent's power in the world, Camilla had no hope of being able to pierce the blade into the opponent's body unless her own incarnation was born.
"Just kidding, hahaha..."
With a burst of laughter, a crudely made, funny-shaped paper crown fell from the sky and landed right on the head of the demon general Shijin.
The human figure that was originally made up of flying decayed debris began to change instantly. Layers of phantoms appeared around it, and then these shadows overlapped together to form a solid person.
"This unfortunate child seems more worthy of the crown than his forgotten father."
The eclipse disappeared, and in its place stood a fat young man in a pleated robe embroidered with a pattern of gold roses, standing on the lake .
Valk's voice echoed again:
"It's a pity that the guy named Vincent has not been crowned yet. Otherwise, if your little Eclipse were to switch identities with him, I think this matter would be a sure thing."
The "man" on the lake walked up to the Blade of Annihilation without saying a word and put the bone-white knife into his sleeve. He then began to become transparent and eventually disappeared on the lake.
After a while, Camilla's voice once again echoed across the lake.
"If I had asked you to help me last time in Black Crow, the disaster wouldn't have come back alive. So what changed your mind now , making you willing to help kill him?"
"Whether it's helping him or killing him, my purpose has never changed."
"So your purpose is just to have fun?"
Valk laughed a few times after hearing this, and then replied:
"I have to admit that this is also one of the purposes."
"What's the more important reason?"
"In the past, Scourge would not have been cursed with corruption from your cut."
Valk did not directly answer Camilla's question, but started talking about another thing.
"What's the meaning?"
"What I mean is that the last battle in Black Crow Watch made me feel that this Moon Realm Disaster, who had been missing for a thousand and eight years, seemed to have lost something after returning. Does this make him no longer as difficult as he was in the past?"
"To be able to escape from the siege of four kings is already difficult enough for a mortal."
"No, no, no, I'm not talking about strength. He has always been the weaker party in terms of strength, but this does not affect his ability to win, so this has nothing to do with strength."
"So what exactly do you mean?"
"I'm not sure, maybe it's a kind of calmness? Or some kind of strange luck? In short, it's the ability to find your own victory from countless future failures."
Valk said calmly, and then she continued:
"It's too boring for him to always win. And since there is this possibility, the play "The Downfall of the Judgment Seat" may be able to find a more dramatic ending. And even if it fails...hahahahaha, don't you have a backup plan?"
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Thorn City, Rose Palace, a secret basement somewhere.
It's still such a cold place...
Lai Dun, sitting on the stone bench, wrapped his clothes tightly and thought.
After the restorationists had completed their arrangements in the Rose Palace, they notified them to come here first through the secret passage that connected to the sewers of Thorn City.
It must be said that this was a very torturous thing. Walking through the narrow, damp and smelly sewers was one thing, but what made him even more unbearable was the future Duke beside him. The other party's complaints never stopped along the way, and Lai Dun not only couldn't give him a [Thunderbolt] on the forehead, but also had to constantly rack his brains to say something comforting to calm the other party's emotions.
Fortunately, this torturous journey did not last long, and they soon arrived at the underground throne room.
"Welcome, Your Excellency the Duke; welcome, Sir Laiton. I am sorry for the trouble you have endured along the way."
They were greeted by the Rose Palace's spy minister and the deputy captain of the Thorn Black Guard. They stood at the entrance of the secret passage holding magic crystal lamps and helped the fat Duke in.
"It's terrible, it's terrible. It's hard to believe that in less than three months, I have to return to my own palace from the sewer."
Jesse Wald said as he pulled his hand away from both of theirs, then smelled the clothes with a look of disgust on his face.
"And the stench was everywhere."
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Duke. Half of the normal guards in the Rose Palace have been replaced by summoned creatures by the usurper. This is the only way to enter the palace undetected."
The deputy captain of the Thorn Black Guard said this and waved his hand behind him. Two guards in black armor came over holding two velvet boxes.
One box contained a clean robe embroidered with roses inlaid with gold, and the other contained a crown of thorns made of elemental silver.
Jesse's eyes were immediately attracted by the crown.
"A crown of thorns? But how could it be in..."
As the son of the Duke, Jesse could tell at a glance that the crown was genuine. Then he began to wonder why this thing, which should theoretically have been carefully kept by the usurper, appeared here so easily.
"The usurper had kept this crown in the cabinet in the old duke's room and never moved it, so I asked my shadow guard to quietly bring it here."
The spy minister bowed his head.
"Good, very good, very good!"
Jesse nodded with satisfaction, then took the crown directly out of the box and kept looking at it.
"When I sit on the throne, what do you want? A title? Or wealth? How about I grant you the land of Ebony Territory?"
He said as he stroked the spikes on the crown of thorns.
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Spy lowered his head slightly and said:
"Thank you, Your Excellency. It is my greatest honor to witness the real Duke of Thorns wearing this crown."
Upon hearing this, the deputy captain of the guard also lowered his head slightly and said:
"Your Excellency the Duke, I also have a gift for you."
"oh?"
Jesse's eyes slightly shifted away from the crown, glanced at the man, and then asked:
"What?"
The deputy captain of the Thorn Black Guards coughed lightly and said:
"Bring it up here."
The sound of chains was heard, and a girl with short hair was brought up by two black-armored guards.
"Liliana von Bergmann, adopted daughter of the usurper Vincent."
Jesse's attention was instantly drawn to the beautiful girl with handcuffed hands and empty eyes.
"With her as a hostage, I believe the usurper will not choose to make unwise resistance."
"good……"
Jesse didn't listen to what the captain of the guard said next because his eyes were completely attracted by the girl.
No one present noticed, or rather, they saw it but somehow ignored it - the pendant worn on the chest of this "Liliana" was an iron plate with a horn pattern printed on it and a layer of source silver on the surface.
At this moment, this iron plate is manipulating the faint light in the environment.
