Blood tax

Chapter 477 Assimilation - Completion

The aura of the giant dragon, which was still connected with flesh and blood just a moment ago, suddenly disappeared without a trace, and replaced by an extremely ominous will, which is penetrating in.

"Terminate connection!"

Iseus immediately took action to break the connection with the fire dragon.The loss is inevitable, now the most urgent task is to give up the psionic nodes that reside in the dragon's body, and let his consciousness return to a safe area.

but……

"Level 5 unknown spiritual energy signal detected..."

"Escape, fail..."

Iseus's heart constricted suddenly.He clearly sensed that his consciousness was trapped in the dragon's body, and he couldn't connect with the main body left in the rear camp!

To make matters worse, at this moment, a cloud of fog surged.

A terrible will came.Iseus couldn't see its figure clearly, but he could hear the heavy horse's hooves and the neighing of Xi Lili. The powerful sense of oppression that made it impossible to look directly was approaching, making him breathless.

It comes from a distant world, following the veins of flesh and blood, nerves and consciousness, every sound and every breath hints at disaster.

In the shadows and mist, a living creature slowly appeared riding a pale green bone horse.

He was wearing heavy plate armor and a black robe, with blood gleaming under the hideous and sharp helmet.The horse's hoof crushed on the soul, making a miserable twisting sound, which made people tremble from the bottom of their hearts.

"Death, death knight..."

Iseus was terrified.Just seeing the vague figure and hearing the sound of horseshoes, he was already terrified and wanted to run away.

However, his will can still resist, mobilizing all his strength and roaring:

"I hold the mystery of magic and the protection of immortality. It's just a matter of thought to come and go between containers! Don't try to stop me!"

Before he finished speaking, the death knight raised his finger, and a cloud of dark green substance between liquid and gas suddenly hit Iseus.

Death Coil!

Isius, who was caught between flesh and blood and consciousness, was hit before he could defend himself.

Suddenly, there were two sounds of the dice falling to the ground.Iseus suddenly felt as if a seam had been torn open in his brain, and he was falling into an endless abyss, his whole body was out of control, and his remaining rationality was boiling.

ok, so sad...

Me, who am I?where am I……

Iseus couldn't see, touch, smell, or even struggle and didn't know how to move.The only thing that can be touched is a whisper that lingers in the ear:
"Shh... soon, everything will be over."

……

It was gray outside the window, as if someone had covered the secluded castle with an opaque blanket in the sky.

Iseus woke up from his stupor and found himself curled up in a comfortable recliner.The blanket under his body is warm and soft, with a magical power that makes people sink into a swamp and cannot break free.He vaguely felt that he had an extremely important thing to finish urgently, but he couldn't remember it, so he murmured to himself with a little doubt:

"I'm asleep?"

"Don't sleep for a while?"

Miss Lilia de Crozier was sitting opposite, holding a cup of coffee in her hand, stirring the sugar with a silver spoon leisurely, and asked casually.

"Ding ding dong dong..."

"Lilia? Why are you here?" Iseus felt that something was wrong and wanted to stand up from the recliner, but the severe headache made him fall back down with his forehead pressed.

"Shouldn't I be here?" the girl asked softly, "Why?"

"Uh, I have a headache, please don't answer questions with questions," Iseus tapped his forehead, trying to pull himself together, "Please let me stay by myself for a while."

The girl stood up, nodded politely, and seemed to be leaving.

Iseus let out a long breath and finally relaxed a little.

He felt more relaxed than ever before—like a person who has just taken a moment of respite from extreme danger, feeling relaxed from the inside out.

Suddenly, he found that Murat was also in the room, greeting Lilia briskly, and then came to the tea cabinet beside him, ready to make tea familiarly.

"Mura, why are you here?"

"Should I not be here?" Murat asked. "Why?"

Ah, this... Iseus felt his head hurt even more, as if he was going to faint at any moment.

His future brother-in-law, Shutoral, Murat, took out a teacup out of nowhere, poured a bag of sugar into it, then sprinkled a few drops of coffee, and stirred it with a silver spoon.

Iseus felt that something was wrong, and looked at his sister and Murat in confusion, watching the two holding small teacups, stirring the candy with the same rhythm, while looking at himself with a smile.

"Mura, give me a drink too!"

Iseus suddenly heard a familiar voice again.At some point there was a fourth person in the room.

Nona, who was wearing a light cavalry uniform, appeared out of nowhere, took the teacup from Murat, raised her eyebrows at Iseus, and asked, "Hey, guys, how much time is left?"

What time?ask me?Iseus was puzzled.

"It's coming soon, don't rush, okay~" Kulala pulled open a large bag of sugar cubes, and the white cubes fell on the carpet with a ding ding dong dong.She hurriedly bent down and grabbed two handfuls, and stuffed them into Nona's and her own teacups, "Someone give us more coffee!"

Bang!

Iseus jumped up from the couch, backed up again and again, knocking over the couch.

This startled the people in the room, and Lilia, Murat, Nona, and Kulala Qiqi turned their heads.At the same time, the door was opened, and Dedius walked in with a few acquaintances, looking at Iseus together.

There were smiles at the corners of their mouths, and then, they took out teacups from nowhere, filled them with sugar cubes, mixed some coffee, and slowly stirred them with small spoons...

"what--!"

Iseus screamed, turned around and opened the window, trying to jump out.

The cry disturbed the servants downstairs.They all raised their heads, each holding a small teacup, looking upstairs.

"Get out of my room!" Iseus screamed.

"Can it be over?" Murat asked.

"Get out of my room, Iseus de Crozier! You monsters!" the Viscount yelled, tearing his face with his nails.

"Your answer is wrong." Dedius shrugged.

"Then it's embarrassing for us," Kulala also shook his head, "This is not Iseus' room~"

"I didn't see Iseus either," Nona said, "never...

"There is no Iseus."

"Huh? What? What are you talking about?"

Iseus felt like he was having a chaotic nightmare, he seemed to understand something, and he seemed to understand nothing.

He was about to faint, and he staggered back a few steps, leaning against the window sill, and keeping himself away from the guys who were stirring the sugar cubes with spoons.

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of himself in the glass——

Dressed in the hard-wearing civilian clothes of a Southern expedition and a round cap, he was dark-skinned, with carefully groomed hair and beard, and was in his early 35s.

"what!"

Iseus rushed out of the room and ran wildly down the corridor.There always seemed to be someone chasing him.

Finally, he fled to a corner, where there was no one else, and he could stop to catch his breath, wipe his sweat and say to himself:

"What, what happened?"

"Are you asking me?"

Suddenly a figure asked from above.

Iseus raised his head in embarrassment, and saw an oil painting hanging on the wall.In the painting is a calm and resolute man, wearing a round cap, with dark skin, about 35 years old.

Below the portrait, the nameplate reads:
"Count Wesker de Crozier, [-]-[-]."

Iseus was at a loss for words.He could hear his teeth chattering, and saw the Earl in the painting holding a teacup and slowly stirring it.Finally, the earl picked up his teacup, took a sip, seemed satisfied with the ratio of sugar and coffee, and said with a slight smile:
"assimilation--

"Finish."

(End of this chapter)