The distant warmth outside
|The birth of the devil|恶魔的降生
Canterbury Castle was in chaos. Their mistress would bring them a new young master and young miss. Today or tomorrow, a new noble life would be born. They would do their best to protect the safety of their wives and children.
Cesare was walking slowly in the corridor of the castle in casual clothes. The maids and servants ran past him, but they didn't have time to care about the three-year-old young master. The hot water in the basin occasionally spilled a few drops, but it never splashed on Cesare's body. They condensed into ice shards ten centimeters away from him and shattered on the ground.
Cesare walked to the end of the corridor, to the duke's study. He pushed open the expensive carved nanmu door and squeezed in.
His father was sitting in the seat where he often approved documents. The documents were thrown on the ground in a mess. There were two bottles of liquor on the table. He held a big glass and drank it one mouthful at a time. He would stop from time to time to look at the sunlight and the shadows under the green trees outside the window. His eyes were lost. The musket that had been locked in the wooden cabinet was taken out and wiped clean. It was then placed against the table.
Everyone was busy. The ones who should be anxious were just sitting at the table drinking wine.
"Father." Cesare walked in. The duke turned his head. Cesare's pupils were black and clear. A three-year-old child would not insist on doing anything willfully. He was just used to lying on another chair in the study and watching the birds fly by outside the window. He was so quiet that he did not seem like a person of his age.
He was a man of few words, but he could express himself very clearly. He grew up very quickly, and the maids often suspected that he was at least five or six years old. After all, they had not seen Cesare's birth with their own eyes.
He was a very obedient child, but no one liked him. They felt that looking into his pitch-black eyes was like the devil clutching their souls. They privately called him the " child of the devil."
But what was wrong with being quiet?
"I'm scared." It was still a very short word, but the meaning was very clear. Cesare carefully stepped over the documents on the ground, grabbed the edge of the duke's robe, and looked up at the duke. The Duke was the only person close to him besides his mother.
"You don't know anything. What are you afraid of?”The duke said softly," I have to be prepared for what might happen next. I know what kind of ending it will lead to, but I still have to persevere.”
"How sad." The duke turned his head and called for the butler." Only leave the important people behind. It's best if there are no more than five of them. All the other maids and servants will leave this place and go to the auxiliary castle, including you.”
This butler had only been with them for about three years, but he was very loyal. He would complete the Duke's orders flawlessly. There was a commotion in the corridor outside. After a few minutes, the corridor became as quiet as the bottom of the sea.
The butler came in and reported," There are five people left. Two of them are doctors, and the rest have all left…" He suddenly saw Cesare beside the duke's feet, and his expression changed slightly. He hurriedly bowed and said," Sorry, I missed out on the young master…"
"No, let him stay here. You should leave too. Don't come back before tomorrow.”The duke waved his hand and said firmly.
"Yes." The butler retreated. As the footsteps faded away, only the sound of the wind could be heard in the room. Cesare curled up at the duke's feet, shivering. "I'm scared." He repeated.
Madam's bedroom was at the other end of the long corridor. He didn't know why it was designed like this. He heard that many rooms had changed their functions after Canterbury Castle was renovated three years ago. For example, this study room was originally prepared for Cesare. It had a large window and he could hear the birds chirping. However, his real bedroom was on the top floor of Fort Canterbury. There were no trees around that height, and he could only see the sapphire sky and the spire of the church in the distance. Very few people went there, and it was so quiet all year round that it did not seem like anyone lived there. Cesare and his mother were rarely together.
The movements from the temporary delivery room were almost inaudible. The duke's eyelids suddenly twitched. He took a big gulp of liquor, stood up, picked up the musket, and pulled Cesare with his other hand." Follow me."”
Cesare followed the duke slowly to the other end of the corridor. The duke's footsteps were extremely slow, so Cesare could keep up with his father.
The closer he got to the room, the faster Cesare's heart beat. He even felt nauseous, but there was an inexplicable gravitational force pulling him there. The duke stood straight in front of the closed door and slowly raised his musket.
Cesare panted heavily. He leaned close to the door and pressed his ear against it. He could vaguely hear the sound of conversation and his mother's painful moans. Cesare quickly left the room and looked up at his father. Large drops of sweat formed a stream and dripped down his forehead.
There was a moment of silence.
All of a sudden, a series of screams rang out in the room, piercing through the door and piercing Cesare's eardrums. It was like the screams of a devil in a sulfur spring in hell, twisting the air in pain. Cesare covered his ears tightly. He stared at the door with his eyes wide open. A doctor-like man rushed out with his hands covered in blood. The Duke calmly shot him in the heart. The loud noise stunned Cesare. Hot blood gushed out from his chest and splashed on Cesare's face. The duke walked in and fired a few more shots. One shot, two shots…four shots.
He had killed five people.
Cesare seemed to be scared out of his wits. He squatted down and covered his ears. The duke held a gun in one hand and a small human figure covered in blood in the other. Cesare felt his stomach churn. The blood that splashed on his face was like sulfuric acid that began to corrode his face and thoughts. He finally screamed," What is this?”
The baby-like thing was curled up in the Duke's arms, dripping with black blood. Its body was covered in snake-like scales. Its eyes were wide open, and its golden pupils were staring down at Cesare.
"This is your sister." The duke suddenly laughed strangely.
"Impossible! I, I don't know it!" Cesare screamed and trembled. If it were a normal child, he would have fainted long ago, but Cesare was still conscious.
The duke licked his lips." That's right. She's the same thing as you."
"For you, I locked the castle gate, blocked all the passages, and hunted down everyone in the castle with a musket. In the end, only one servant survived. He hid in the cellar for a month and starved to death. The whole castle was covered in blood. I had to hire a craftsman to repaint it and then kill the craftsman.”
"Look at how many people I killed for you, child of the devil.”The duke's black eyes were shining strangely.
On the battlefield, the duke and his horse were invincible. He walked through the enemy like a ghost, his spear piercing the throat of the enemy marshal. A man as hard as iron. The lives of the enemies were not worth cherishing. The more people they killed, the greater the honor. However, most of the people in the castle at that time were just ordinary people. They knelt and begged for mercy, saying that their wives were waiting for them at home. They promised not to tell anyone. However, the duke had always been vicious. He only believed that the dead would not leak secrets.
He had hesitated in front of the weak, but he could imagine how those who knew the truth would look at his child when they walked through the castle in the future. Even if it was the child of the devil, he still loved him.
He also loved his daughter who was about to be born.
The Duke squatted down in front of Cesare and used his blood-covered hand to pull Cesare's hand over to his sister. Cesare screamed but could not break free. Water poured down from nowhere and slowly washed away the black blood covering the baby's body. The scales retracted into the skin, and the baby in the duke's arms was quickly washed clean. It looked no different from an ordinary baby.
Cesare slowly stopped struggling. He looked at the soft and white baby in the Duke's arms and was mesmerized. If it wasn't for the Duke holding his hands tightly, he would have touched her.
The baby suddenly smiled. His gentle and clear smile rippled. Cesare stared at the baby as if he had been electrocuted. He was suddenly captured. It was as if the two of them were the only ones left in the pure white world.
The Duke smiled gently." I told you that you would fall in love with her. After you were born, someone poured a basin of boiling water on you to burn you to death, but not only were you fine, you were washed clean. You smiled at me then."
"It's the feeling of being the only one left in the world.”
Cesare looked up at the Duke. The Duke stroked his head and sighed." You won't be lonely in the future, will you? You have to love her."
|Guardian|守护
"They are the children of demons! I want to sacrifice them to the devil to save this world! Why don't you believe me!" Her mother was wearing an expensive silk dress, her hair disheveled. She knelt on the ground and shouted, her face twisted with malevolence. The knights with iron masks tied up the mother with shackles and took her away. Another group of people untied the two children who were firmly tied to the wooden cross by iron chains.
After all, Adele was only a five-year-old girl. She had already fainted and was carried away by the knight. Cesare slowly touched the obvious purple marks on his arm. Suddenly, he turned around and took the torch from the wall beside him and threw it at the cross.
The cross had been doused with oil, and the fire blazed all of a sudden, rushing straight to the roof of the black stone. The fire seeped through the window, illuminating the cemetery outside through the stone castle.
The knights who had nothing to do turned to the burning wooden crosses. Low chants came from under their iron masks. They were reading the Bible. The Pope in the corner of the stone castle looked at Cesare in the fire with a gloomy expression.
"Take Adele to the ball." A letter from the Pope, written in flamboyant Italian style, with ink marks that were neither deep nor shallow.
Ever since his father became the Pope, he had changed a lot. The father who was brave enough to kill on the battlefield had disappeared, and in place was a cautious face. The father who said he loved them had disappeared without a trace. Now, they were just tools used for communication.
Cesare, sixteen years old, Adele, thirteen years old.
The masquerade party was obviously to use Adele again. Adele had long been talked about by the local nobles of Florence because of her angelic appearance, but none of them dared to take action because they all knew that this pair of precious children would be involved in political marriage sooner or later and become a stepping stone for the pope to expand his power.
Cesare slowly approached his sister's room, where their mother used to live. Adele was curled up on the bed, staring blankly at the crackling flames in the fireplace. Cesare sat by the bed and held Adele's hand tightly.
"Why is there fire?" Adele asked suddenly.
"Why is there water?" Cesare asked with a smile. His cold face was only displayed in front of outsiders and the Pope. To be precise,
He only smiled in front of Adele.
In this lonely world, his sister was the only warmth he had left. She was all he could rely on.
Adele silently stretched out her hand, and the air suddenly condensed into large snowflakes, which densely covered the fire. The snowflakes melted into water and evaporated, and the fire was only slightly smaller.
Useless. Cesare smiled and shook his head. He suddenly froze for a moment, not knowing why she would have such a useless thought. He shook his head and reached out casually. Water poured down from an unknown source, like a miniature cumulonimbus cloud suddenly appearing in the house. The flame struggled in the pouring rain for a few seconds before it was extinguished.
"As expected, you're still not as good as brother.”whispered Adele. She lay down and looked at the ceiling quietly. Her face was as pale as an angel. Actually, her body had not been in good condition since she was five years old. She could not even fly a kite, so she was so slender and pale that it made people's hearts ache.
Cesare scratched his head." Get ready," he said." There's a ball tonight."”
Adele suddenly shivered and curled up into a small ball." Can I not attend?”
For some reason, Cesare pitied her. Although he knew that she was a tool for diplomacy, she shouldn't have started to deal with countries at the age of thirteen.
The last ball was when the Pope's father officially brought the only daughter of the Borgia family to appear in front of the envoys of various countries. At that time, the two of them thought it was just an ordinary ball. He didn't expect that seven or eight envoys from different countries would come to propose marriage within a month.
A week later, the Pope decided on a son-in-law.
Three days later, the old man came along the streets of Florence with half a street full of people and carriages carrying betrothal gifts to propose marriage. Cesare hid aside and watched the emaciated old hand shake hands with the pope and respectfully call the pope, who was dozens of years younger than him," father "... How could he not feel disgusted?
How could a twelve-year-old girl get married? He roared and wanted to rush into the church. He did not care if the muskets were pointed at him. He knew that the knights would not kill the heir of the Pope. Of course, it would be another matter if the Pope allowed it. In the end, he was knocked unconscious by someone and carried away, unconscious for three days.
She still couldn't stop the wedding. Adele married into another country.
It was at that time…He could not remember what happened in between. He only remembered that when he woke up, his eyes were filled with ice blue and red. He had always been afraid of blood and curled up nervously. Adele hugged him, her big eyes full of tears.
What kind of tears?
"You don't like it here, right?" Cesare caressed her face.
"Yes."
"I'm here to take you home." Cesare stood up.
There were no living people in the entire castle.
Cesare still did not know where his strength came from. He carried Adele all the way out of the castle. Ice thorns were exposed under the exploded black stone bricks. Blood seeped into the ice. The sharp sword of ice nailed the old man to the iron emblem hanging on the wall. The blood flowed along the emblem and formed a stream on the ground. Cesare stepped on it, and the blood instantly froze.
"I will kill anyone for you.”He lowered his head.
" Darling, it's okay." Cesare lowered his head and kissed Adele's hand." This time, it's a masquerade. No one can see your face.”
"Then I won't go…no one can see my face, they won't know I'm not here.”
"The Pope will know. After all, he is our father.”Cesare wore a stiff smile on his face.
Adele raised her head and looked at Cesare. Her eyes were so pure that they did not contain a trace of impurity." When did you stop blocking my way?”
Cesare froze.
Little sister, oh little sister, you're so weak and don't know anything. You don't know how much I've paid to get you back this year. I have never shown you the scars I left behind after the battlefield. You can stay in the garden and read books and drink afternoon tea quietly because you are weak.
I'm a little jealous of you.
" Just this once..." Adele said softly," I also want to use my strength to help my brother."”
Cesare stood up and stroked Adele's soft blonde hair, but he smiled bitterly." No need.”
There weren't many invitations from the Pope, but at least half of the people had come. After receiving the guests, Borgia wrote to the Pope," This will make some of the distinguished male guests unable to dance.”The Pope received the letter with the guest list attached. He smiled, did not comment, and threw himself into the flames of the fireplace.
He didn't need to care about any imbalance. In fact, in his opinion, he only needed male guests.
This was originally a grand event to find someone to entrust to his only daughter.
|out of control|失控
Cesare was dressed in a knight's attire and a silver mask that only covered his eyes. He took a glass of red wine from the waiter and slowly walked to the Pope.
The Pope sat in his own chair in the hall, holding a goblet that had no liquid in it. The guards beside him immediately raised their guns when they saw Cesare approaching. The Pope raised his hand with several power rings. The guards put down their guns and quietly took a step back.
"A masquerade party organized by the Pope is rare. No wonder so many people came." Cesare said lightly.
" I wonder how many sins this extravagant ball will cause." Cesare narrowed his eyes." Father, you don't have ulterior motives, do you? If you ask me, my sister's physique is so poor that she can easily faint. She can't stand the noise here at all. How about letting her leave first?”
The Pope did not answer, only holding an empty wine glass, staring intently at the petite figure in the middle of the dance floor.
Adele was wearing a bright red mask with silver inlaying and a beige dress that was as bright as the sun, revealing her snow-white chest. Her pale face was reflected better. Like the other female guests, she spun on the dance floor, forcing herself to hold those oily or dry but restless hands.
This kind of person... could be considered a noble? Adele's sweat slid down the back of her neck, but she had to persist. She had to do something for her brother. Since her brother said that if everything went well, her brother would suffer less, then it would not be a pity for her to suffer more.
Another song was played, and the people in the pool rotated and changed their dance partners. The person who had just grabbed it seemed reluctant to let go. Adele slowly pulled her hand out, closed her eyes, and extended her hand to the next person.
"Hey, hey, hey? Adele was stunned and opened her eyes. A man wearing a pure gold mask forced the noble who was supposed to dance with Adele to the side. The noble was a little angry, but the man whispered something in his ear. His expression suddenly changed and he immediately retreated submissively.
Adele looked at it and found it funny.
"My princess." The man took Adele's hand and said in a strange voice. Adele trembled. She could only see how old the man was at a close distance. Her hand was held by the man through the glove, but she couldn't help but want to break free. Her palm was covered in a thin layer of sweat.
At the end of the song, there were more than ten seconds to change partners. Adele quickly tried to break free, but the man held Adele's slender waist tightly and reached out to take off her mask.
"Darling, this broken mask is stopping me from kissing you.”
Adele's mind went blank. Why were those old men staring at her?
"My brother is beside me." She said softly," He's the vice-commander of the Crusaders. He carries a gun with him at all times. As long as I call out to him, he will shoot without hesitation.”
" Deputy Commander of the Crusaders?" The man was not moved." You are Adele? Borgia? The Pope's daughter?"
Adele's blue eyes stared at him through the mask, full of disgust.
"I heard that Brother Ling has a sister fetish…but…I'll come to propose marriage within a month, my princess.”Adele's face suddenly turned pale.
He knew that tonight would not go so smoothly…
Cesare sat next to the Pope. He took out his gun and placed it on the table. Under the table, his hands were clenched into fists and trembling slightly, but his face was still calm. The Pope said lightly," You can't take care of her forever. I have to find a good home for her.”
"Is the good in your eyes money and power? Why didn't he let her be with the person she loved?”Cesare turned his face away from the crowd on the dance floor. Those people made him feel annoyed.
In his opinion, there was no need for diplomacy. As long as they were strong enough, those countries would definitely bow down to them. If they were not convinced, they could just destroy them.
"Who is it?" The Pope asked casually, but his sharp eyes were fixed on Cesare.
There was a sudden commotion on the dance floor. Everyone stopped and looked in that direction. The band also stopped and looked around blankly. Cesare turned his head and saw the beautiful figure standing in the center of his line of sight. She raised her hand high and her mask fell to the ground. Her dance partner was covering her face a few steps away from her.
"What's wrong? Did you hit him?" Cesare suddenly stood up and instinctively picked up his gun to go over. The nobles had a lot of strange tempers, and it was hard to guarantee that the trash would not do something to Adele out of humiliation.
The Pope pressed Cesare's hand down. He suddenly became very strong. Cesare struggled but failed to break free. He looked at the half of the man's face under the mask and the golden badge on his clothes…He suddenly remembered that this man was the earliest to arrive. He didn't stay in Canterbury Castle for long before saying that he wanted to go around. Cesare even asked a maid to go with him. When they came back, Cesare asked the maid where they had gone, but she was so scared that she couldn't answer…That man had a pair of cunning green eyes like a wolf, and it was obvious that he wasn't a good person!
Cesare turned his head abruptly and met the Pope's deep eyes.
The man didn't do anything to Adele. He just smiled and turned to walk towards the Pope. The guards didn't even move. It seemed that the Pope had already instructed them. The man slowly walked to Cesare's side and looked at him with disdain. He then looked at the Pope and bowed deeply."Your Holiness the Pope."
He raised his head and said clearly," I am King Illini of Gaoli Kingdom. I am here to offer my regards to your precious daughter, Adele. Borgia proposed marriage."
In an instant, the entire hall fell silent. His words were beyond their expectations.
Cesare knew how rich and powerful the Gaoli Kingdom was. He stared at the Pope with his eyes wide open and nodded slowly without asking any questions.
We've already discussed this!
The hall began to ring with sparse applause. In the end, everyone applauded. Although many of them also coveted Princess Adele, the power of the Pope's new son-in-law made them have no choice but to bless this ugly marriage.
Pitiful people.
Cesare subconsciously raised his gun and was about to pull the trigger. The guards immediately pounced on Cesare like ghosts and dragged him out of the hall. Cesare struggled. He was dragged to Adele's side. He saw that Adele's face was even paler and her tears were falling.
The hall was filled with jubilation. Everyone squeezed up to congratulate him. He and his sister did not seem to belong to this world. He was getting further and further away from his sister. He knew that he was wrong. He could not protect the person he loved just because he had the power. What he needed was the power to overturn the world!
The pitch-black cell door slammed shut.
Cesare stayed inside for two months. When he came out, the wedding had already been held.
Cesare continued to be his crusader commander, and he wondered how Adele was doing in another country.
It was as if the Borgia children were destined to be tools to serve the Papal State. They could not even have their own feelings.
The old memories knocked against his brain. Cesare suddenly woke up, drenched in sweat. These days, he had been wearing armor even when he slept, fighting everywhere, just to numb the only soft spot in his heart. If he couldn't bear to throw it away, he could only let it torture him.
"A…Dale?" Cesare noticed the blurry figure beside the bed and was stunned for a moment. With his alertness, no one should be able to get close to him without making a sound. However, that shadow was so familiar that ecstasy surged in an instant, leaving him no time to think about anything else.
He turned and jumped down, but Adele did not move. Cesare hugged Adele tightly and breathed in the familiar fragrance on her body. To feel that familiar…temperature…
Adele's body was cold.
"Younger sister?" Cesare slowly loosened his grip and took a step back. He placed his hand on Adele's cold shoulder and carefully looked into Adele's eyes that were as pure as ice.
"Adele?" Fear exploded in his heart.
|awakened|苏醒
Adele was like a block of ice, constantly emitting cold air. Cesare's arm was instantly numb, and he subconsciously let go of her.
Adele sighed." Brother, I haven't seen you for a year. Don't you know your sister?"”
"Adele?" Cesare carefully touched Adele's hand. The chill seeped into his bones, and Cesare shivered. "There seems to be something…different about you.”
"Is it different?" Adele looked at herself and suddenly smiled." Maybe, brother." I'm awake."
" Adele..." Cesare looked at his younger sister who had obviously lost a lot of weight. He couldn't help but feel sorry for her. However, he didn't know what had happened to his sister. He tried to find out what had changed.
Her body temperature had dropped a lot, but this was definitely not the reason why I felt strange. Her eyes…were different. It was as if she had hidden the vicissitudes of life for thousands of years. Where had that girl who was as pure as crystal gone?
"Big brother…why didn't you save me? It's really painful there." Adele sighed.
Cesare took a few steps back and looked at Adele blankly. "I'm…I'm sorry." He squeezed out a few words from between his teeth. He had thought of taking Adele away again, but the Pope had planted spies around him. He had been caught and punished three times, even though Cesare had never given up. He could no longer feel the power that swept through everything that had erupted that time. Even the mysterious power that he had previously possessed to control a portion of the water had slowly faded.
The destruction of the last country was done for him by the Pope. Outsiders would not be able to notice what had happened in the castle, so the Crusaders were given a night to clean up the scene.
The door of the hall slowly opened. Cesare was covered in blood. He carried Adele, who was shivering, and walked in with the moonlight. The black stone bricks that he walked past silently froze into thin ice. The crusaders in iron armor divided into two rows and followed behind him. The scene at that time was not so much to protect the pope, but more like welcoming the return of the king. He glanced at the Pope who was sitting alone on the throne in the darkness and said in a contemptuous tone," You've made a mistake this time.”
"If you can't even protect yourself, how can you protect Adele? I will destroy that country."
After Cesare finished speaking, he turned around and left. The ice spread to the feet of the Pope and stopped abruptly. The Pope looked at Cesare's lonely back in the cold moonlight, lit the candlestick, and wrote down the order.
That night, the Crusaders of the Papal State sneaked into the castle of the neighboring country and quietly cleaned up the scene. When dawn came, it looked as if everyone had suddenly disappeared without a trace. The Pope sat in the black iron carriage and watched the Crusaders come out of the castle and follow behind the carriage. The Pope lowered the window and said lightly," Return to the country.”
After that, the Papal State annexed the neighboring country, and the matter was left unsettled.
The Pope still subconsciously protected his children, even though the people at that time knew that the only way to kill so many people was through black magic. Such heretics must be tied to the stake and burned to death. The crusaders that were sent out that time were all absolutely loyal soldiers. As long as the Pope gave an order, they would be able to make the scene at that time rot in their hearts forever.
What gave him a headache was…Cesare, could you behave yourself? Can't you just let me marry my daughter off in peace? You can even have afternoon tea together when you're free, and you can find her a sister-in-law. Everyone will be peaceful and happy. How can I have grandchildren like this?
However, Cesare's terrifying power made him wary.
"I borrowed a little of your strength…but it's still not enough.”Adele seemed to be talking to herself. She raised her hand to push Cesare's soft hair away and slowly pressed her cold palm on Cesare's forehead." I hate that place. Brother, can you help me destroy that place? Brother, it's time for you to wake up."
It was bone-piercing…cold.
A chill ran through Cesare's bones and nerves. Cesare froze on the spot, unable to move. He stared blankly at his sister's clear, ice-blue eyes.
Are you here to kill me?
I'm here to wake you up, brother. Wasn't it a kind of sorrow to not remember all the things in the past? Even if you remember that you hate me, I don't want to sit alone on this cold throne.
In the cold world, we snuggled up to each other for warmth.
If there were only the two of us left in the world…would you still raise your sword? Brother. The little girl was covered in injuries. She knelt on the ground and looked up at the handsome youth holding the sword in his hand.
Weaklings were ultimately useless. How can you be my sister? The young man said lightly and raised his sword without hesitation.
No matter how many times he repeated it…it would be the same.
We've been through life and death, why do you always hate me in the end? Adele's face was pale. Am I not your only warmth in this world? Is it because I'm weak?
Cesare slowly stood up from his half-kneeling position. He raised his head, and his gaze was completely different. Cold, his pupils were pure black, like a deep black hole.
"It's been thousands of years, but you're still so weak? When will you improve?" " What?" Cesare sounded impatient." If this goes on, when will we be able to complete our mission?”
Adele smiled with difficulty." It's good that you're here.”she said softly.
"Get lost." Cesare turned around. "I'll take care of you."
Adele was stunned for a moment and wanted to say something. She looked at the faint figure under the window and finally sighed and left.
Cesare heard the sound of the door closing behind him. It was like water droplets falling into the water and splashing. His expression suddenly relaxed, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.
"When will you…learn to take care of yourself?”
"I love you, but you're so weak that I have no choice but to do my best to protect you. I can't accompany you until the end.”
"I will die in your hands in the end. This is my fate. What are you going to do when I'm not around? My dear Aijil."
|fate|宿命
In the open-air garden behind the castle.
" Chirp, chirp…" A few birds occasionally flew across the garden. Pope Saint Gregory II leaned against the rattan chair with an exquisite porcelain teacup in his hand, waiting for Cesare to return.
When Cesare left the castle, the Pope knew that the matter was set in stone. His son-in-law would not be able to escape the scythe of the Grim Reaper. No one could escape the revenge of the devil.
"Father?" As Cesare slowly approached from the low bushes, the Pope shuddered and immediately returned to normal. He picked up the glass teapot, poured another cup of tea, and pushed it to the other side of the rattan table.
Cesare walked past the Pope and took out the handkerchief the Pope stuffed in his pocket to wipe his hands.
The Pope looked at Cesare's hand and frowned. Cesare noticed the Pope's gaze and smiled." What's there to see? It's just a hand full of blood."”
"After fighting for you for so many years, have I not shed enough blood on my hands?”
"Is it the same as last time?" The Pope said faintly.
"The crusaders that you asked me to bring over were quickly cleaned up. Thanks, you can annex the Gaoli Kingdom that no longer has a ruler at any time.”Cesare sat down on another rattan chair and said casually. His eyes were still calm and pure black, as if killing so many people was a trivial matter to him.
"I'm going to build my own army.”Cesare suddenly said.
The Pope raised his head and stared straight into Cesare's eyes. Cesare was drinking his tea without a care in the world. A mocking smile appeared on his face as if he was saying,"Old fox, I won't go against you."
"I will not go against the Papal Empire. This army can still be under your jurisdiction, but I want to take them to do my own things.”
" Let's call them the Southern Crusade." Cesare's tone was completely commanding, without any hint of negotiation.
"Actually, I can handle it myself without an army. Isn't it more convenient?”Cesare got up and sniffed the handkerchief with a frown." Dirty blood. I'll go wash my hands. If you don't mind…I'll throw the handkerchief away for you.”
The Pope gave him a cold glance, and Cesare turned to leave.
The garden was silent. After a long time, the Pope sighed." A demon that escaped from the shackles.”
Cesare sat in a black iron carriage hidden in the darkness. He dipped some ink in it and wrote on a piece of paper," Please don't worry…"
Cesare smiled bitterly, crumpled the paper into a ball, and threw it into the corner. He sat for the whole night, and the result was that he carefully wrote the name " Adele " on the envelope. He thought for a moment, and then signed " Duke Valentine " on the other side of the envelope.
On the day the Southern Crusade was formed, the Pope officially named him Duke Valentine. Cesare maintained his expressionless face, but he was sneering in his heart. A person who thought that a title could earn eternal loyalty was as stupid as a pig.
Although Cesare had no intention of betraying the Pope, he was not too keen on doing everything for God. He had been raised as a Christian since he was young, but the moment his bloodline awakened, he knew that he was not a son of God. The dragons were only loyal to the great Dark Dragon King, Nidhogg.
His and his sister's way of survival was different from any other species. They had the lifespan of humans and it seemed easy to kill them, but humans could never kill them. They drew power from their blood and reincarnated. The only flaw was that they had to spend time waiting for them to wake up again and again…but what was this compared to the mission they carried?
He didn't mind throwing away that stupid code name. He liked the name " Cesare." It was more like a mark that could prove their existence.
Cesare changed the envelope, wrote " Adele ", and signed " Cesare " on the back.
He hadn't seen her for a few years. He wondered if she had become prettier. They had always been contacting each other through letters. Every time, she would write a long paragraph. She was really free. It seems that she can live well without me.
If only I could free her from this endless fate…as long as I bear everything by myself.
"We might succeed tomorrow.”Cesare carefully wrote in the language of the Hebrews, folded it, and put it in the envelope, handing it to the knight waiting outside.
Cesare wasn't worried about tomorrow's battle. He got out of the carriage and quietly walked to a campfire that was almost extinguished. He sat down and looked up.
The night sky had long been covered by smoke, but Cesare's pupils glowed coldly, as if he had fallen into the stars.
Tomorrow, if nothing unexpected happened, they would find the hidden dragon…Tomorrow, the Wheel of Fate would turn again.
He was confident in himself. After so many years of blood baptism, his strength had been gathering. Tomorrow, he only needed to release the Spirit of Words and he could completely sweep away everything. And that person would naturally appear.
His mission in this life could be considered completed.
"If you decide to do that, all the humans on the battlefield will die, and the Southern Crusade that you painstakingly built will also be destroyed.”A knight silently appeared behind Cesare. He lifted his black iron mask and revealed a young Asian face.
" So what if it's destroyed? I can make them think that I died on the battlefield too. Then, I can take Aiji far away and wait for you to overturn the world.”Cesare smiled and spoke in a pure oriental language.
He and his sister had been to various parts of the world several times. After their bloodline awakened, they could speak almost all the languages of the world. This made it very convenient for them to find those dragons.
"Besides, don't you want to find your brother as soon as possible? Constantine."
"Thank you for your hard work." The knight sat on the ground and smiled.
The darkness slowly faded, and the morning light tried its best to break through the gray fog. The day of the decisive battle.
Not all soldiers could equip themselves with guns. On the battlefield, spears and swords were their only protection, but today, they were useless. He only needed to leave one person behind. However, that person had disappeared after they found him for the first time.
To be able to disappear from Duke Valentine's sight, to either become a savage or be destroyed after death, he was confident in the intelligence network he had laid out. Therefore, if the person who was found with great difficulty did not deliberately hide, it was simply unbelievable that he disappeared.
Previously, they had received accurate news that the person had been conscripted, but he was not in the army of the city he was in. Cesare had to attack from city to city. If it was Norton, Constantine, who was following him, would have sensed it when the egg was about to die.
This was the last unconquered city in Italy. If there was nothing else here, his target would be the entire world. It didn't matter if the entire world died. He was the Duke of Poison.
Their only mission was to find and awaken their own kind at all costs.
Cesare carefully wiped his spear. In such a battlefield, cold weapons were more useful than guns. He pulled out Sothor and patted the horse's shiny black fur. A faint smile appeared in his eyes." See you in the next life, buddy."”
The warhorse raised its head and let out a loud neigh from behind its iron-black mask, like the roar of the autumn wind when the last leaf was blown away.
Cesare mounted his horse and slowly rode past the warriors who were fighting. No one could get within five meters of him. The water vapor in the air froze everything that tried to enter the domain.
Are you looking at me like I'm a demon?
"Foolish humans." Cesare stopped in the middle of the battlefield. He was wearing a pure black battle robe with silver edges. He was riding on a warhorse that would bring death wherever he went. He looked down at everyone like a god of death who announced everything. His pupils were not focused. Would there be any trace of mortals in the eyes of a god?
"I will eventually rule the world."
I will die on the battlefield of the world.
Yan Ling? Winter of Fimble.
Silence engulfed everything. In a trance, Cesare felt that he had returned to the silent and cold underwater palace. From the beginning to the end, there was only a little warmth…
The corpses on the ground exploded into ice flowers that blotted out the sky. All the creatures were frozen in their positions before they died. Cesare rolled down from the hard warhorse. No creature could withstand a temperature of-273 ° C, unless it was a first-generation species or higher.
Dragons were supposed to be at the top of the evolutionary tree, but they were chased off the stage of history by tiny but cunning humans. How ironic. Didn't strength represent everything? In the face of absolute power, what was the use of stratagems?
Such a world-destroying spirit would freeze the entire city, right? The power I absorbed from the blood of the despicable human who stole the power of the dragon race was instantly drained. Wouldn't it be easy for the two brothers to kill me? Cesare laughed at himself. The mission to overturn the world belonged to the other three dragon kings anyway. It was not a pity for him to die, but Adele…
"Is there?" Cesare lowered his head slightly and asked Constantine. He was probably the only one here who could withstand the extreme cold.
"..." Constantine took off his mask and revealed a puzzled expression." Yes, but there's a very strange feeling..." he whispered.
Cesare stood where he was, holding his spear and looking in the direction of the city gate.
The city gate was slowly pushed open from the inside. A thin layer of ice fell from the gate. The inner side of the stone gate was crushed into pieces, and black stone powder flew up.
"How…how is this possible?" Cesare's pupils dilated.
Only then did he notice that there were actually very few people who came out to fight today. If they did not use their full strength despite knowing that they would lose the entire city if they lost, then the only explanation was...
"A trap!" Constantine whispered.
Cesare could only watch as three men rode their horses out of the darkness of the city gate and rushed towards him. And he really didn't have the strength to activate any more Spirit Words. "Constantine!" Cesare's voice was hoarse.
Yan Ling? Liu Yan!
Yan Ling? Dustless Land!
A huge wind pressure instantly attacked! It tore apart Constantine's streamlined flames, and the flames gathered once again on the surface of the domain, roaring and colliding with the transparent domain again and again.
Constantine couldn't kill them immediately, and they couldn't move forward because of the flames. The two groups were less than ten meters apart, and they were in a deadlock.
The two people on the left and right released the spirits of the Dustless Land at the same time to resist the attacks of the Bronze and Fire Kings who were not in dragon form. It seemed that their bloodlines were very high and they were related by blood. The person in the middle was calm. He held the reins and followed the domain without moving.
The person in the middle suddenly began to chant the dragon language loudly. The two people beside him gritted their teeth and focused their attention, trying their best to raise their domain. It seemed that the person in the middle was their only hope.
The fire dragon suddenly weakened. Constantine shook his head, his expression still uncertain." Brother?”
The domain suddenly lit up, as if a blurry outline could be seen in the air. They coughed out blood at the same time, and thin blood flowed from the corners of their eyes. Those people were risking their lives.
Why?
The flames suddenly soared! Constantine suddenly released his Spirit of Speech like a madman. Thin scales were faintly visible under Constantine's skin. Now, Constantine was seriously dealing with them.
The domain suddenly exploded. The two humans couldn't withstand the high temperature and the collapse of the spirit, so they were directly knocked far away. The flames cleverly avoided the person in the middle and scattered in the air.
"Brother?" Constantine stood in front of Cesare and reached out his hand.
Cesare finally understood…This guy was Norton! Must they fight when they meet? Prove your brotherhood? He wanted to see how his brother had been cultivating for the past few centuries. You didn't smoke, right?
Mission…completed. Cesare heaved a sigh of relief, but he was also a little disappointed.
The man sat on his horse and looked down at them quietly.
"We will never compromise with God, even at the last moment. We fight for courage, for humanity!”the man said in a deep voice.
He jumped down abruptly.
Yan Ling? Torch Dragon!
A…Dale…
It didn't seem as hot anymore…It had cooled down.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and his blurry vision was instantly pierced by the dazzling light. He narrowed his eyes in discomfort.
"Who let you in?" He felt the hand holding the wet towel on his head and asked sharply.
" You have a fever…Brother…" A timid voice sounded.
"Get lost." He brushed her hand away impatiently." Get out. Remember to turn off the lights."”The light footsteps faded away, followed by the sound of the door closing. Everything in front of him instantly turned into pure darkness. It took a while before he could see the blurry outline of the light.
What kind of dream did I have just now…I can't remember at all. Who cares? I have to report for duty tomorrow.
|Thea|西娅
The gate of the submarine was slowly opened, and the huge water pressure pushed the seawater mixed with large pieces of ice in, quickly filling the small diving cabin. The man in the diving suit staggered from the water and quickly grabbed the gate.
The man took a deep breath and opened his eyes. Nothing could be seen in the dark water, but he could feel solid objects being carried by the water and hitting his mask from time to time. He turned on the searchlight on his helmet, slipped through the gate like a fish, and disappeared into the icy water with his flippers.
Henkel tapped on the screen and frowned. The searchlight that could illuminate a depth of more than ten meters underwater was less than one meter in this place. The screen looked dark, and only a warm yellow light at the bottom allowed him to confirm that the camera was not broken.
In that little bit of light, there were faint transparent ice threads everywhere.
When the ice threads were too dense, the man had no choice but to use his hands to push them away. Gray diving gloves appeared in the camera from time to time. Other than that, there was nothing unusual.
"I can't see anything. Will I miss the 'door'?”Henkel frowned and whispered into the microphone.
"With the key, the chances are quite small." The man smiled silently and looked down at the oxygen level. He could only use it for two hours at most. Eight hours was the time for him to find the body and enter the submarine to leave the sea.
The man's left hand was holding a thin and short rope. At the end of the rope was a waterproof sealed bag. Inside the bag was a large silver cross key. There was only a small amount of air in the sealed bag, and it was actually floating in the water. The end of the cross was pointing in one direction.
The man swam towards the direction of the key.
" If this continues..." Xia Mi struggled to raise his head from the water, but he immediately lost control of his balance and sank. Chu Zihang grabbed her hand tightly, and Xia Mi's head surfaced with difficulty."... You'll suffocate."”
They did not know how long they had been floating in this underground river. The water was too fast for them to stay for a moment. Their feet could not reach the bottom, so they were in a half-floating state. Their physical strength was almost exhausted. The most abnormal thing was that the ceiling of the cave was at least three to four meters away from them, but it slowly tilted down as if it was deliberately making things difficult for them. Now, it was almost above their heads. As long as they poked their heads out of the water, they would hit it. The rocks at the top of the cave had been washed by water all year round and were very smooth. They could not hold on to them at all. Otherwise, the two of them could still take a breather. However, he couldn't blame society for his bad luck…
" The water... is so cold..." Xia Mi took a big gulp of water and quickly spat it out. He lay on Chu Zihang's strong arm and said weakly.
Chu Zihang was stunned for a moment. He did not pay much attention to the change in the water temperature. His body temperature had reached more than 40 degrees Celsius due to his high concentration, so he was not afraid of ice water. Xia Mi was actually a little unable to hold on any longer.
"How many hours can a hybrid stay in sub-zero temperatures?”Xia Mi suddenly asked.
Chu Zihang lowered his head and saw Xia Mi's lips that were purple from the cold. His heart trembled." Don't talk nonsense."”
"We've been…floating for more than ten hours now?”Xia Mi suddenly seemed to have regained his energy and looked around. He hugged Chu Zihang's arm and smiled tiredly." It's so cold... Let's sleep for a while..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Chu Zihang growled.
"Light?" Xia Mi suddenly perked up and looked in the direction of the water.
Chu Zihang turned his head and hit the ceiling of the cave.”Xia Mi's terrified voice became shrill.
At this point, the entire cave was finally submerged in water. In other words, there was no more oxygen in the cave.
"…Who repaired it! Do you think we're fish?" The sound of shrimps was drowned out by the sound of water.
The two of them were pushed into the dead silent underwater world by the rapid water.
The gate of the palace was open, as if welcoming its owner home.
Lu Mingfei's eyes hurt from the sunlight reflected off the silver-white door. He mumbled as he ran in. It was indeed much warmer inside…
Lu Mingfei relaxed as he walked along the corridor. The pure white walls felt cold to the touch. There were no decorations on them. After walking for a long time, they were lightly carved. After walking for a while, they suddenly became very exquisite embossed with all kinds of patterns that extended to the top of his head. Lu Mingfei was surprised." So picky? What kind of material is this? The Dragon King is so rich!”
The picture at the back was very exquisite. A dragon roared in the sky, a mountain range covered in white bones, a huge World Tree... and it grew upside down. The branches seemed to be growing out of the wall. It was unknown what kind of person or dragon could carve such an exquisite pattern. The front part was so rough that there wasn't even any because he hadn't had the time to carve it, right?
Lu Mingfei touched the embossed a few times and suddenly felt that it felt a little familiar…It was a little similar to the mouse that had become very slippery because of his long-term use of instant noodle soup…
"Damn…such a big piece of jade!”Lu Mingfei raised his head abruptly and estimated the width and height. The length was impossible to estimate. The material of the wall should have not changed since he entered. Money, money…Lu Mingfei turned his head to take a look.
"Eh?" He was stunned. This corridor was actually curved. He didn't pay much attention to it as he walked over. In short, he couldn't see the door and there was no one there. But something was wrong…
"Zero!" Lu Mingfei shouted.
Silence.
F * ck! I didn't expect that Iceberg Queen, who looks like a hero in the forest, would run away in the face of battle! Lu Mingfei was anxious. How was he supposed to walk out of this maze-like palace! The equipment was all on the little queen! What would he do if he met the Dragon King? Use the smile killer move?
Lu Mingfei encouraged himself to stay calm and walked inside.
It wasn't a bunch of messy signs like " turn left here,"" turn right here,"" this is a dead end, my dear." It was simply a straight road that was a little late. There were no forks, and Lu Mingfei quickly reached the end of the corridor.
A…hall.
The room was almost transparent, and the walls were made of large pieces of pure crystal. It had a huge dome, and there was only a table and two sofas in the middle…The decorations were very similar to the pictures of the church that Lu Mingze had found on the Internet when he was preparing to travel last year. Dragons…believe in God?
Lu Mingfei laughed dryly and took a few steps back, wanting to turn around and run. He already felt that something was wrong. The temperature had been dropping ever since he came in. Now, it was even lower than the temperature on the mountain. Wasn't this the precursor to the appearance of the BOSS in the manga?
"Come here." A slightly familiar voice sounded.
" Please take a rest. I won't disturb you any longer. All the fighters are in front of you, Amitabha…" Lu Mingfei continued to retreat. He did not have any information about the King of Ocean and Water at all. It was so cold on the plane that he could not care less. He did not know if it was a human or a small dragon. Under such circumstances, it was more reliable to find Zero first.
"Are you waiting for Nono to die? You can leave now." After a while, the voice suddenly rang out. Lu Mingfei was stunned. Damn, the Dragon King was involved in the Nuonuo family's friendship?
A person stood up from the sofa with her back facing him. She was still wearing Cassel's school uniform. The girl turned around and smiled at Lu Mingfei." I've been waiting for you, Senior Brother."”
This girl…Sia? Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded. Wasn't Xia Mi enough? Was there a problem with the bloodline test at Kassel Academy?
|Bureau|局
"It's still early. Why don't you sit down and wait for everyone to arrive?”Sia was smiling, but Lu Mingfei didn't think she had good intentions.
"Sit, sit. I'm not afraid of you." Lu Mingfei slowly moved over and sat on the sofa opposite him. He wasn't sure if Sia was the Dragon King. After all, he thought about how Constantine was burning with flames. If Sia was the Dragon King, she would be frozen and slow down. Moreover, she was wearing a weak school uniform and didn't have the aura of a BOSS at all. Perhaps she was a secret team from the academy.
"It looks urgent." Sia looked at Lu Mingfei coldly. Lu Mingfei just sat there and didn't know whether to laugh or leave. He replied casually," The academy's lousy mission…"
"Mission? What content?"
Lu Mingfei choked. He only knew how to come up to the Dragon King. What would he do after he found him? Kill him? Don't tell me that the academy knows about the little devil's deal and is counting on me to sacrifice myself to save the world. What else? Investigate the enemy's situation and escape? F * ck, I didn't even draw a map. I have to find the study and the toilet. Is this considered completing the mission? There was no reason for the academy to send him to the frontlines so mindlessly. They must be with Zero! This was the price of recklessness!
After Lu Mingfei understood this, he was so regretful that he wanted to find Doraemon to go back in time.
He would temporarily seek help from this person. "Senior Brother's mission shouldn't be spread out, why don't you tell me about your mission?”Lu Mingfei asked tentatively.
"Me?" Sia crossed her arms in front of her chest." Wait for everyone to arrive.”
"Who would come, Zero?" It seemed like this girl had no intention of sharing her experience with him. Lu Mingfei was impatient, but he also felt that the atmosphere was a little strange. He stood up and wanted to return the way he came. Anyway, it wasn't difficult to find the way, so he would definitely meet Zero.
"One of them has already arrived, but his situation is not good.”Sia said softly.
Lu Mingfei raised his head in confusion, and his pupils dilated. The crystal wall behind Sia slowly showed a figure tied to a cross. Lu Mingfei suddenly saw it clearly. The pale and bloodless face was Nono.
She was still wearing a black mountaineering suit, and her dark red hair was disheveled, like a dark red flame burning quietly. There was an ice-blue sword in her chest.
Nono's entire body was tightly bound by the ice thorns and trapped on the huge ice cross behind him. His eyes were tightly closed, and he looked as quiet and beautiful as a frozen angel. Blood flowed from the wound on his chest along the ice sword and gathered on the ground. It was unknown where it flowed to. The ice on her body bloomed like a rose, and it was soaked in blood and turned into a faint scarlet.
Rose Thorns quietly welcomed death.
Lu Mingfei stood rooted to the ground in a daze. The blood in his entire body seemed to have frozen. His head exploded with a buzz, and his mind went blank.
It wasn't like he hadn't experienced this kind of situation where Nono was about to die, but this kind of thing couldn't be slowly gotten used to. Seeing it again still made him feel…uncomfortable.
Lu Mingfei suddenly didn't know how to react to the situation. He glanced at Sia and slowly walked to the wall. He reached out to Nono, but he touched the cold crystal wall. He hammered it twice in a daze, but there was no effect. Nono seemed to be right in front of him, but he couldn't touch her.
What the hell…What's going on…
If he couldn't touch her…how could he save her?
"If I can't hurt him anywhere else…I can only pierce the wounds left by the bronze and the King of Fire. This way, there won't be any scars. I'm quite considerate, right?”Sia's voice came slowly.
Lu Mingfei suddenly turned around. His eyes were terrifyingly vicious.
"It's useless even if you kill her. Besides, can you kill the King of Ocean and Water?”The little devil quietly appeared beside Lu Mingfei and said softly.
"Who cares? I'll kill her first!”Lu Mingfei clenched his fists. No matter who it was, even the Dragon King, he would never forgive Nono for hurting him!
Lu Mingfei didn't consider his own strength at all. He couldn't even pass the combat class exam, and he was like a newborn kitten roaring at a leopard in front of the Dragon King. Lu Mingfei didn't care about this. His heart was completely filled with Nono's figure.
Seeing that Lu Mingfei was getting closer and closer, Sia's eyes were filled with impatience." Everyone is as impulsive as you. How am I supposed to play this game?"”
Sia raised her hand, and a cluster of ice thorns appeared out of thin air and pierced Lu Mingfei's left shoulder. Lu Mingfei felt a tearing pain before he was knocked over by the huge impact and nailed to the crystal wall. Lu Mingfei could clearly hear the sound of a few parts of his body breaking. All of a sudden, the ice shattered into powder. Lu Mingfei fell to the ground with a bloody hole on his left shoulder, which was gurgling with blood.
"I told you, brother, the price of recklessness.”Lu Mingze walked over quietly and squatted in front of him. Lu Mingfei was sprawled on the ground, his hand covering his wound as he tried to get up. He gritted his teeth." Give me the knife! Seven Deadly Sins! Aren't you capable of conjuring anything?”The little devil sounded helpless." What do you expect me to conjure for you?"”
He glared at Lu Mingze, stunned.
Every time the little devil appeared, she looked elegant as if she was going to attend a banquet. This time, it seemed like she had just finished a fight. The little suit outside was gone, and the shirt inside was tattered and a little dirty. There were blood stains on her face, and only her dark eyes were still glowing.
" You…" Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He suddenly wanted to pat Lu Mingze's head and ask him what was wrong. Lu Mingze smiled and made a " shh " gesture. He tilted his head and looked at Lu Mingfei." Brother, as long as you don't abandon me, I'll be on your side."”
The light in front of Lu Mingfei was suddenly blocked. Sia slowly walked over and stood there with her legs together, as if she couldn't see Lu Mingze. She only looked down at Lu Mingfei, her eyes full of mockery." The Crown Prince I haven't seen before is just a good-for-nothing."”
The Crown Prince? What the f * ck, do you think this is Gong 3! Lu Mingfei didn't know what Sia was up to. He lay on the ground and didn't dare to get up. Sia suddenly sighed and reached out her hand." Get up."”
"How about a game of chess? "I'll kill some time. If you win, I can let Senior Sister Nuonuo go." Sia looked at Lu Mingfei.
Although he couldn't see anything, the man clearly knew that there was something huge in front of him. If nothing went wrong, he had reached his destination.
The man raised his head and tried to let the probe light shine further. He looked at the oxygen meter. According to the oxygen he inhaled every minute, he could still hold on for an hour and thirteen minutes. He had to leave enough oxygen for himself to return.
In fact, as long as they could find the team members from back then, they weren't too worried about oxygen. The lunatics from the equipment department in Cassel wouldn't let the oxygen tank leak so easily. They should all have it on them, and one of them would definitely be enough.
The man fumbled around on the silver door and tried to push it open, but he couldn't. As expected, he still needed to use the key? The man said.
The man took the key out of the bag and held it in his left hand. He took out the strap he had prepared in advance and tied it tightly around the base of his left index finger. The man took out a folding knife and carefully cut his index finger. The diving glove was cut. The man stared at the blood that was flowing out of the wound. With a tsk, he handed the key to his right hand and wiped the blood on the cross-shaped groove of the key.
" You need blood to open the door…" The man's face under the diving mask was half-smiling." You're indeed worthy of being called the 'King of Blood and Ice'.”
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