Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 129 Evidence
"Has everyone been dispatched?"

"Yes, Lord Duke, I ordered three teams to take different routes to report to the secret library. If everything goes well, Sir Maxwell and the group of warlocks from the real sect should have been transferred by now, but"

"Are you saying that the people of His Highness Michaela have blocked all the underground roads in advance?"

"It stands to reason that no, only we know the terrain and route near the secret vault, and there are still those mountain demons controlled by the young master who are disrupting the situation. After all, the number of knights that His Royal Highness Mikaela can dispatch is limited-but just in case .”

Duoris put the bronze pipe in his hand on the table, exhaled a puff of smoke with a serious expression, and said after a moment of silence: "This is the end, if there is another accident, we will have to accept our fate."

The head of the duke's mansion standing beside him buried his head deeply, without saying a word, like a stiff sculpture.

Both master and servant understand that the real threat tonight lies not in the thousands of knights who are besieged outside the mansion, but in Lucia and Lataen who suddenly appeared at the battle ceremony—in any case, in the absence of substantial evidence of crime Under the premise, even the two majesties would not easily attack a duke, but the secret vault built deep underground is different.

The Holy Flame Emblem that controls the Iceborne Mountain Demon, the high-ranking flying dragon that was secretly purchased, the Dragon Feast Ceremony that is being prepared, and even the group of unknown mystics who are suspected to be believers of a false god. It is enough to be caught in the hands of anyone. A great crime to shake the entire Duoris family.

From the moment the three demigods left without warning, Calvin Duoris and Osarion Ofnier, who were originally sitting high at both ends of the gaming table, could only roll down immediately, trying their best to save themselves while scurrying around.

If Duoris can wipe out all the evidence before Mikaela's men break into the secret vault, then there is still room for change, otherwise after tonight, one of Rodel's rare duke families will probably be eliminated.

At the same time, in the secret room deep in the secret vault used for the Dragon Feast Ceremony, Priest Cassia had just finished aria-like worship and prayer, and took a sharp dagger that looked like blood clotted from his subordinate, with a touch of Smiling and walking towards Freya.

The First Blood Embrace - that's what they call the ritual.

Whether they are facing dragons, trolls, humans or any other powerful creatures, they will use a short dagger full of fine serrations to penetrate the opponent's heart veins before the alchemy operation begins. The dagger can not only fully mobilize the blood power in the living body, increase the effect of surgery, but also extract part of the life essence to feed back to the priests and warlocks who preside over the ceremony, so that they can have a long life and youth.

"Okay, my little cutie, today I want to tell you two good news." Cassia stroked the scales on Freya's cheek and said with a gentle smile.

"One of the good news is that you will soon be able to get rid of this dark life and end all the pain—" She stretched out her scarlet tongue and licked her lips, leaning into Freya's ear and said: "And the even better news Yes, your viscera, blood, muscles, bones, and scales will all be turned into nourishment for a powerful hero, and will become a new legend in the borderland, and your life and soul will be returned to the embrace of the great mother, and you will achieve eternity!"

Freya tried her best to raise her eyes. The pain caused by the enchanted spikes driven into her wings and spine had become numb. The huge amount of debilitating medicine and anesthetics still made her consciousness confused. Cassia's devilish words It echoed in her mind over and over again, but with her almost shattered consciousness, she couldn't comprehend the meaning. She couldn't even see the woman's face clearly. In a trance, many more illusory things kept flashing in front of her eyes. Pass.

It was the towering castle and tower of Stonewell, flying dragons from the Storm Dynasty flew past in groups between the tower and the bridge, and the heroic queen stood high under the banner of the Storm King, holding a long The sword inspected the prosperous army of the dynasty, and under her feet, the heavily armored knights galloped past like a torrent of steel.

She also saw the vast and fertile Ningmgfu Plain, the clear Valan Lake, and the rich Weeping Peninsula. Later, she even felt that she was flying above the clouds side by side with her father, and in the churning On the other side of the sea of ​​clouds is the city in the sky that only exists in dreams - Fam Yazra.

"So this is liberation?"

Freya closed her dragon eyes drowsily, her tense body relaxed after a long time, and said softly in her heart: "It seems to be pretty good."

Bang——The door of the secret room was kicked open. Cassia was stunned for a moment, and then turned her head angrily, only to see Sir Fichel rushing in, and said anxiously: "Stop the ceremony immediately!" , Priest, take your men and Maxwell to evacuate from the third passage, this area is now executing the destruction plan!"

"Destruction plan, this." Cassia's angry face froze immediately, "What's going on here?"

If Sir Fichel hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten the meaning of the "destruction plan". Backed by the big tree of Duke Duoris, she has been operating here as a permanent stronghold for the past few years, and she is now It is because of her achievements here that her status in the church has been steadily rising.

However, long before the duke decided to cooperate with the unknown "True Church", he had already set the regulations for removing suspicions in an emergency state, just like the current plan of destruction - after they evacuated, Sir Fisher would immediately blow up the church. In the area of ​​the secret vault on the entire floor, the specially constructed wall will immediately squeeze in, completely destroying all traces of the church and the dragon feast ceremony.

"Priest, if you don't want all of us to die here today, just shut up and act immediately!" Ficher explained cursingly as he rushed forward to cut off the restraint belt on Maxwell's body.

"I don't care if the 'mother' behind you is as mysterious as you say, but I'm sure she can't save anyone now—His Royal Highness Mikaela has led the army to surround the Duke's Palace, and His Royal Highness Lucia and his subordinates The ancient dragon knights are rushing here, and to put it a bit presumptuously, compared with you stepson and stepdaughter adopted by some wild god, those two are real sons of true gods!"

"You—" Cassia wanted to argue, but the current situation was stronger than others, so she could only swallow her anger and quickly ordered her men to start retreating.

On the other side, Sir Fichel also led his people to pile up explosive barrels around the secret room, preparing to blow up the space within a radius of [-] meters, together with the white dragon, into ashes.

But at the moment when the group was about to flee, the entire secret vault suddenly shook violently, and several relatively weak warlocks even staggered and fell to the ground.

After the earthquake that shook the ground, everyone heard a furious dragon howl.

Sir Fisher, who was carrying Maxwell, leaned on the wall and stood up with difficulty, his chapped lips moved silently a few times, and his face was ashen ashes: "He's here!"

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(End of this chapter)