Riding and Slashing

Chapter 408 Meet the old friend again
early morning.

Alina met her brother Alos in the study.

Arles was brought by Cassian, but Cassian left after taking him to the study. As the leader of secret agents, Cassian deeply understands a truth that he must not know some things. May be life threatening.

There seemed to be no one else in the study, only two siblings.

"Luciana, we haven't seen each other for several years..."

Ales was a very handsome young man with a sad stubble on his upper lip, and he looked a bit decadent.

The speaking voice was gentle and low, but with a rustling sound like metal friction.

"Yeah... dear brother, you look different from before... how is sister-in-law?"

Alena kept looking at Ales, she was sure that this person was indeed her own brother, but for some reason, she always felt a sense of strangeness.

This is not the alienation caused by not seeing each other for several years, but the subconscious reaction that only occurs when seeing a complete stranger.

"She's not well... she's sick, very sick."

Hearing Alena mentioning his lover, Alos suddenly became extremely depressed: "I came here to save her."

"Sister-in-law is sick, you should go to Boshi City to find the Knights of the Glorious Cross, right? What's wrong with her? Is there anyone in Dilingang who can save her?"

Alina asked with some incomprehension.

"Ordinary doctors can't cure her disease...it's a curse, to lift the curse, I must get your help..."

Arles looked left and right, then took two steps closer to Alina, and his voice became softer: "Luciana, I heard that His Majesty Marius appointed you to succeed the Emperor of the Empire before his death, but why didn't you wear the laurel crown?" Woolen cloth?"

"The funeral of His Majesty Marius has not yet been held, and the members of the Senate have not rushed here. I am only one of the candidates to be publicly elected by the Senate, and I am not qualified to wear the laurel crown...Ales, we are relatives , you should tell me directly, what kind of help do you want?"

Alina took a step back, with an uneasy smile on her face.

"...Then I'll just say it directly, I need the blood of the emperor..."

Alos looked at Alina quietly for a while, then nodded and said, "But I'm not sure if your blood will work..."

Alina's face suddenly turned pale.

She didn't expect that what happened to the Kailos family also happened to her own family members!
"...Ales, have you met people from the Snake Cult? You have information about the poisonous snakes. You should know what Kailos and Antonyus did... What is the blood of the emperor and the blood of the elves? A hoax! You should know!!"

Alina looked at Ales sadly, but found that no matter what she said, Ales had no expression, and still looked at her so quietly.

"Luciana, I know this is a hoax."

Arles nodded, with a helpless wry smile on his face: "I also know what the consequences of this will be...Kelos and Antonius became vampires, I know. I also know that this was provoked by the Snake Cult. The plot of war... But it is indeed the only way to save her. Even if she will drink blood to survive, even if she will have to eat the blood of the Noldor elves every day in the future to survive-but I must at least save her before I can talk Future!"

Indeed, regardless of whether the lover will become a vampire or not, it is still better than death...

"So, you planted spies by my side to take my blood?! But I am your sister, my own sister! We are relatives! You actually..."

Alina looked at Arles, her eyes became more and more sad.

In order to save his son and his family, Kailos took a pot of blood from Emperor Marius and triggered a war between humans and elves. This is understandable, because most fathers are likely to make such a choice when faced with the same situation.

But now, what Kailos and Antonius have done has been made public. The heads of their father and son are still hanging outside the Shieldwind Fortress. Many people already know this routine of the Snake Worship Cult.

And Alles himself is an insider, he has been distributing information in the Viper organization, and he knows it is a scam.

Moreover, Mario and Kailos had political disagreements, and they had no relationship. It was normal for Kailos to take Mario's blood medicine to save his son.

However, Alena and Alos are brothers and sisters...

"Sister, I did plant someone by your side, but it's not to take your blood... I'm not crazy enough to even hurt my own sister."

Arles shook his head lightly: "There is only one king in Dilingang now, I just want to arrange people to go to Li Ang's side..."

"Then what are you going to do?"

The sadness in Alena's eyes deepened, she looked at Alos, and asked a little weakly.

She knew that it was not because of family affection that Ah Les did not attack her, but because she was not yet an emperor...

If he had worn the golden crown intertwined with laurel and wheat ears of Emperor Marius, he would probably have lost too much blood and was bedridden to recuperate.

"Of course it's to get Li Ang's blood... You had an argument with him this afternoon, right? I know he made some rude demands on you..."

Alos took out a small bottle from his arms: "I can help you deal with him..."

"You probably don't know the current situation of the empire. If Li Ang dies here, the empire will not be able to sustain the revenge of the New Pendor Kingdom..."

Alina sighed, subconsciously glanced at the screen on the side of the study.

"My sister, I don't intend to kill Li Ang, I just need his blood."

Arles took another step closer to the girl, and handed the bottle to Alina: "That kind of lecher is actually easy to deal with...you just need to bring this bottle to him and let him drink it."

"What's in the bottle? Drug or snake heart stone? This kind of thing can't deal with Li Ang's people."

Alina didn't reach for the bottle.

"Neither, this is the treasure that all kings are looking for, and Li Ang will definitely be interested... This is the elixir of youth."

Arles shook his head, with a weird smile on his face: "Leon is a suspicious person, he never eats other people's food except for his guards and his wife...but he shouldn't treat you much Be on guard, doesn't he want to get you? With your beauty, you just need to wear less, pretend to cater to him, and let him have a drink with you, it should be easy, right?"

"You'd better tell me the truth, Ales, what is the effect of this so-called elixir? If it is really a treasure, why don't you use it to save your sister-in-law?"

Alina looked at the small bottle in Alles' hand and asked.

"...Well, let me tell the truth, sister. This is the water of the Styx River (Note), not poison. It can wash away the mortal parts of a person, making a person as powerful as a god..."

Arles gently put the bottle on the table: "But at the same time, it can also make people crazy and irritable. You should know that the mad king of the Sarleon Kingdom used to be? He drank this."

"You want to drive Leon crazy?"

Alina felt a little weird: "If it's just to take his blood, there's no need to make him go crazy, right?"

"Of course it's not just to make him crazy... Sister, he's bullying you, I plan to castrate him when he loses his mind! And, if he doesn't go crazy, do you think the current Bacchus Empire can deal with him? If you dare to persecute you like this, what about the future?"

Arles shook his head and smiled: "You don't really intend to succumb to that lecherous Leon, do you, and then use the entire Bacchus Empire as a dowry? Neither His Majesty Mario nor Father will be willing to see it. until the empire falls..."

Alina pondered and did not speak, but there was a strange look in her eyes, and she subconsciously glanced at the side screen again.

"The power of Bacchus is still there. If you can make Leon go crazy, the Bacchus Empire will eventually become the ruler of the whole continent, and you will also become the only queen in the whole continent... and you have a good friendship with that Queen Noldo, as long as Leon is out of control, and the Noldor elves will definitely submit to you... Luciana, I don't need power, I just want you to be the ruler of the entire continent—this way, no matter what your sister-in-law becomes, I can Let her live."

Arles took another step closer to Alina, with a sincere expression: "Luciana, don't mention the election of the Senate, you are indeed only one of the candidates nominated by the Senate, but I know that the Senate's The five speakers will only nominate you alone..."

"Let me think about..."

Alina sat down, looked at the bottle on the table and thought for a while.

Arles also sat on the chair, waiting for Arina to make a decision.

"Actually, you want me to be killed by Li Ang, right?"

Alina suddenly asked quietly.

"Ah? No...you are my sister...how could I..."

This sudden question probably surprised Ales, he stood up in a panic and shook his head.

"I've seen people who drank this stuff, he did become very powerful, but lost consciousness, and killed the person who drank it... You know from your men that I tried to fight with Xin Pan The Kingdom of Germany has ceased war and formed an alliance, and you know that Leon is taking this opportunity to coerce me. You think this is a good opportunity, so you plan to let me drink the water of the Styx for Leon—then I will be killed by the crazy Leon, and it may even happen Something even scarier."

Alina stood up, with obvious sarcasm on her face: "...if I die in the hands of Li Ang, who do you plan to make the emperor of the Bacchus Empire? Yourself?"

"No... what are you talking about, Luciana?"

Arles shook his head in a panic: "Don't think about it, you know, I'm not interested in power, and I don't have the ability to appoint the emperor of the empire at will..."

"Yeah, my brother really has no interest in power..."

Alina took another step back, leaning her back against the bookshelf: "But you're not Ales! Tell the truth, who are you?"

Arles was stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "Luciana, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Hmph... how can there be a brother who would let his own sister risk her life to seduce others?"

Alina pulled out a sword from the bookshelf behind her, pointed at Alos: "Who are you?"

"I didn't expect you to be on guard against your own brother. He is indeed the one who is about to become the empress... But do you think you can deal with me?"

Ales stopped pretending and said with a sneer, "You don't know anything about the power of the gods..."

His voice is quite different, it has become quite sharp, and just listening to it can make people feel like needles.

As soon as the words fell, Alina felt dizzy.

She saw herself in a huge library with shelves full of books she had never seen before.

Then, she came out of the library, her clothes turned into a cloud-like wedding dress; she saw a rain of flower petals falling, and she herself was sitting in an exquisite carriage and slowly moved towards the morning sun. The former is a knight in costume.

There are cheering people on both sides of the road. People are holding all kinds of food and wine, and everyone has a happy smile on their faces.

Alina fell into these dreamlike scenes almost instantly - everything she wanted... Li Ang's wedding was arranged by her alone, and of course she arranged it according to the perfect scene in her heart.

The knight in front of the carriage wore a gorgeous crown on his head and smiled back at her.

But it's a pity that before she could see the groom's face clearly, she was awakened from her dream by a cry of "Surrender!"

It was Wendy's voice, clear and sweet, but full of murderous intent.

When Alina opened her eyes again, Wendy had already put the sword on the neck of 'Ales'.

"Bullshit god, Kavala, right? You're using soul spells like Egrem now?! It looks like you've completely degenerated into an abyssal evil spirit..."

Wendy said mockingly, then turned her head to look: "Alina, are you alright?"

"fine……"

Alina was still reminiscing about the dream just now.

It's a pity that I just missed seeing that person's face...

But as soon as Wendy came out of the Forbidden Tower, all illusions disappeared...

"He is not Kavala... Kavala has no ability to occupy other people's bodies now. This is an evil spirit that has not entered the abyss. I probably guess who he is..."

The screen on the side of the study was lifted, and Li Ang came out slowly.

Afterwards, the bookshelf behind Alina was pulled away, and her guard captain Brutus also came out with a group of guards, and began to bind Arles.

"Li Ang! Luciana! You! You actually..."

Arles looked at Li Ang in shock, probably a little suspicious of life.

"We're cheating together, right? Alina and I have always been partners, for several years..."

Li Ang sneered: "Actually, I thought you would use those two maids to do something, but I didn't expect them to be honest, so I had to come to Alina and wait for you..."

"Leon, who is he?"

Wendy put away her sword and handed Arles to Brutus.

"Malbert...it should be you, right? Come on, tell me, how did you hook up with Kavala?"

Li Ang sat on Alina's chair—he was still injured and couldn't move very easily. He ran to Alina's side mainly for safety... I didn't expect that the enemy didn't go to him, but came first. Lina here.

Alina lowered her head, no longer looked at Ales, but retreated to the edge of the bookshelf and leaned weakly.

She is crying.

Only now has she been able to express the grief of losing a loved one.

Her brother didn't know when he died, but she and her father never knew...

Wendy sighed, stepped forward and hugged Alina, put her head on her shoulder, and let Alina's tears drip down on her chest.

　Akron elixir - Akron, both Acheron, refers to Huangquan or Styx.

　　The elixir of Akron is the water of the river Styx.

　　In Greek mythology, the water of the River Styx can wash away the mortal parts of the body, making people invulnerable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)