The ancient nobles of human civilization always have some secrets of their own.
Countess Catalina revealed the secrets of the Presto family today. Their bodies are actually flowing with the blood of the black dragon. This is enough to become a talking point for the nobles in the entire kingdom, but to be honest, this is not big news.
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The well-known Trollbane family, the royal family of the Kingdom of Stromgard, has some troll blood flowing in the blood of every Trollbane. There are also rumors that the origin of the Trollbane family is related to some giants.
It has something to do with the evil god of demons, and the long-dead guardian Medivh. It is said that he has the blood of elves in his blood.
In short, in the current human civilization, this kind of adventure is not a shame. The only thing that is surprising is that Countess Catalina, who has always been charitable and has a high reputation among civilians, can actually command the black dragon to fight for her.
, which makes the image of the countess even more mysterious in the eyes of civilians.
The scene three days ago has been known to everyone, and rumors about it are everywhere in the streets of Stormwind City.
The civilians also knew about the threat of the undead. They knew the sad news that the noble Archbishop Benedictus died due to the assassination of the undead assassin. Faced with the threat of the undead, people were panicked when they suddenly heard that the kingdom would receive a powerful force.
The help of the giant dragon is definitely a stabilizing agent that goes directly into the hearts of ordinary people.
They don't care about Black Dragon's bad reputation, nor do they care about the evil things Black Dragon has done in the past. They only care about the present... they only care about their own lives.
The protagonist of the story is obviously not having a happy life these days.
"Katerina, wait for me."
The injured Duke Bolvar followed closely behind the Countess. He stretched out his hand to hold Caterina's wrist, but was coldly thrown away by the other party. The Countess looked back at her past "lover". In three days,
In the previous disaster, the relationship between the two people who were already close to each other began to drift apart.
"Stop apologizing to me, Bolvar."
There was a trace of ill-concealed pain in the countess's voice, and she said softly:
"I saw your eyes. That day, I saw that kind of disgust towards foreign races. Maybe in your eyes, I am just a miserable monster. I'm sorry, but this is not a choice I can make. I was born with a
With this blood flowing, I'm sorry...Bovar, I lied to you, I let you down."
"That's not what I want to say!"
The somewhat anxious Duke was like an enraged lion. He took a step forward and said:
"I want to say, I don't care what kind of blood is flowing in your body, I don't care!"
"But can you fool yourself? Bolvar..."
The Countess shook her head, took a step back, and boarded the carriage with the help of the maid. She looked at the Duke who was stunned and shook her head:
"Bovar, you deserve a better lover, not me... Presto's curse is spreading on me. Maybe it won't be long before I will be completely swallowed by the resurrected black dragon's blood in my body. My
My father is not missing. He chose to commit suicide when he was about to turn into a monster... Maybe that is my fate too. Don't come to me again, Bolvar. There is no future between us."
The carriage moved forward slowly and soon disappeared from the Duke's sight. The powerful paladin stood there blankly. He silently opened his uninjured hand and placed a ring in his palm. For a moment
After that, he gritted his teeth, turned around, boarded the carriage, and left the Presto family's mansion.
"call..."
In the carriage, the Countess let out a sigh of relief, and a trace of relief flashed in her eyes.
Everything has come to an end. Now, even if someone accuses her of actually being a black dragon, it doesn't matter. Anyway, most of the legends about dragonborn in this world are weird, and no one has ever seen a real dragonborn. As a giant dragon
The countess knew very well that dragonborn creatures did not exist in this world. It was difficult for dragons and humans to produce offspring because the dragon's bloodline was too overbearing and human bloodline could not coexist with it.
"But now, the legend of the Dragonborn has been confirmed... The Presto family can also integrate into humans naturally... No wonder my father always said that every danger is actually an opportunity, and only you can grasp it.
"
The countess casually took out a bottle of wine from the secret compartment of the carriage. While drinking, she looked at the silent priest opposite. She raised her beautiful eyes and handed the wine glass in her hand to the Chaldean priest, who took it.
In their hands, their eyes collided, and a moment later, their wine glasses also collided.
“A pleasure to work with!”
The two people said in unison, and then laughed like two villains working together.
"Hmm"
After drinking a glass of wine, Ms. Presto looked at the pastor in front of her with a strange look, and asked softly:
"The exposure of Mr. Benedictus was your fault, right?"
"Not me."
Chaldea shook his head, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said:
"That was a decision made by fate. I just gave him a gentle push."
"Xiao Er is a trouble! I feel that the things between us cannot be hidden from him."
Countess Caterina put down the wine glass in her hand and said to the Chaldean priest: "Do you want to find a way..."
"No!"
Chaldea's fingers slid on the dagger at his waist, he squinted his eyes and whispered:
"Someone wants to get rid of him more than us, we just need to wait... Speaking of which, you proposed that the Kingdom of Stormwind move north. This is not a joke, right? You already know some definite information, and now we are friends
, it’s time to tell me, right?”
"I can only say that this country cannot stop the undead, and it cannot stop Tyrion, that's all."
The countess seemed unwilling to discuss this issue too much. She leaned on the black velvet seat, closed her eyes and said softly:
"For now, my interests are consistent with those of the Kingdom of Stormwind. I will not ruin it, at least not now."
"Um."
The Chaldean priest nodded, and at the moment the carriage stopped, he said:
"Then it seems that we are indeed ready to evacuate the whole country. It is...what a disaster. But speaking of it, Duke Bolvar is really infatuated with you. Are you really not going to forgive him? Oh, no,
He did nothing wrong at all... How long are you going to play with his feelings?"
"Let's see and then talk."
Countess Catalina shrugged: "This is the first time I have experienced this feeling of being pursued. To be honest, the romance that humans always talk about, it feels really good."
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On the other side, while the frightened nobles were discussing the future of the country in the garden area, in the dark alleys of the old city, Mathias Shore was hiding in the shadows, slowly heading towards the Pig and Whistle Inn.
Three days ago, with the help of the black dragons, Stormwind City expelled Benedictus after a difficult battle. Note, it was not a killing! It was an expulsion. The power used by the archbishop was too weird. In the first time
When encountering such an opponent, it is difficult to really hurt him. After the Archbishop killed three black dragons, for unknown reasons, he chose to evacuate.
Allowing a cultist to control the kingdom's faith center for decades is undoubtedly a shame for MI7, but at the moment, the entire MI7 has more important things to do than avenge the humiliation.
The Countess, who is becoming more and more mysterious in Shore's eyes, previously revealed the news that the power of undead infiltration is hidden in the old city of Stormwind City. Although it is still unclear whether she and her black dragons are friends or foes.
But the black dragons did protect the nobles and the city during the Twilight Archbishop's attack, and they paid a sacrifice for it.
The remains of the three black dragons who died in the battle were restrained by the countess, and their sacrifice also made the nobles willing to try to contact the black dragons. As Tyrion often said...sacrifice is the basis of cooperation.
MI7 is located in the old city. Logically speaking, everything that happens in this city cannot be hidden from Xiao Er's eyes. But starting from three days ago, Xiao Er discovered that there are more and more secrets hidden in this city.
, the assassins he sent mysteriously disappeared into these dark alleys, and this city was like the mouth of a giant beast, ruthlessly devouring any life that dared to step into it.
There is a problem here!
This is also the reason why Shaw personally took action today. He had to find out what happened in this strange city.
But the moment Shore stepped into the dark alley around the Pig and Whistle Inn, the surrounding air suddenly became quiet. The strange quiet made the hairs on the Master Assassin's neck stand on end. It felt like it was his first time.
During an assassination mission, the Valley of Thorns was as quiet as hell late at night.
He was being targeted! There was no doubt that he was being targeted.
"call"
Xiaoer let his breathing become lighter, and two sharp daggers fell into his hands. He looked at the shadows around him vigilantly. He could feel that there was a pair of cold eyes hiding in a corner.
He looked at him like he was looking at prey.
For a master assassin, maintaining stealth is a basic ability. He is like a cat, walking silently in this dark alley. With Shore's strength, even if he stands behind the assassinated target,
The target may not be able to detect him. In the assassin profession, Shaw is the real genius. He was trained by his grandmother since he was a child. In the entire Stormwind Kingdom, Shaw dared to boast that he could not detect the hidden state.
he.
But now, Shore feels threatened.
"Whoosh"
While waiting quietly, the other party seemed to lose his composure. The moment Xiaoer turned his head, a cold flying knife stabbed his back accurately, but Xiaoer avoided it with a strange movement.
As he passed by, the sharp flying knife pierced the wall behind him, causing a spark to fly, but also revealing his opponent's position.
The next moment, Shaw's body disappeared from the spot. He passed through the shadow that enveloped his body and appeared directly behind the attacker. The two daggers staggered and slashed towards the opponent's neck.
"clang"
The collision of daggers made a crisp sound, and the two hidden assassins were exposed at the same time. At the moment of confrontation, Shore saw his opponent.
A guy who exists like a ghost. His whole body seems to have no entity. The pale mist wraps around his body, halfway between reality and reality. It looks very weird. But what surprised Xiao the most is that
That face.
Every day when he wakes up from a deep sleep, he can see that face in the mirror... It is his face, exactly the same, even the small scars at the corners of his eyes and the iconic mustache are exactly the same, except for that
The pair of eyes, those blood-red eyes, were filled with hatred and anger, and the twisted hatred was barely concealed.
"Pa"
Xiao's figure jumped back. He lowered his body, holding the weapon in his hand, and looked at the ghost opposite him with vigilance. The latter was very relaxed and played with the dagger in his hand. The sharp double-edged blades were like ice flakes, shining with an unknown touch.
.
"You have regressed... No, you have failed this body!"
The ghost said in a voice as cold as the wind: "It is resisting you, it is resisting a strange soul, because it does not belong to you, it has never belonged to you!"
The figure of the ghost slowly disappeared into the darkness. The next moment, the sharp sword light bloomed in front of Xiao Er's eyes again. The deep darkness wrapped around the ghost, making it almost merge with the shadow. Under it
The moment it appeared, behind Shaw and on both sides of his body, four phantoms appeared at the same time. With the same movement, they stabbed their weapons into Shaw's body.
"Give me my body...back!"
"Dang Dang Dang Dang"
The Master Assassin was very calm at this fatal moment. He quickly rotated his body, and during the rotation, he threw the flying knives on his belt in four directions, like a wave of waves in the darkness.
Like Blade Storm.
But this counterattack was not completely successful. When the ghost appeared again about 5 meters away from his eyes, Shore felt a stinging pain on his arm and he was cut.
The wound was frozen, and not a drop of blood flowed down, but Xiao Er could feel that a strange poison was flowing in his blood vessels, and the ice-flake-like blade was coated with poison!
"Your body?"
Xiao threw an antidote into his mouth. While he was recovering his energy, he looked at the strange ghost in front of him that was the same as him. He asked softly:
"How to say?"
The ghost didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill Xiao. He played with the dagger in his hand and asked with a twisted smile:
"May I have your name?"
This question made Xiaoer stunned for a moment. He narrowed his eyes and answered:
"Shor... Mathias Shore!"
"What a coincidence, the despicable thief stole my body."
The ghost assassin let out a burst of harsh laughter, and his illusory figure suddenly disappeared into the darkness. Xiao Er's scalp was numb. He subconsciously turned around and stabbed the dagger in his back to the back, but... the stab missed.
At the same moment, the cold voice of the ghost sounded behind him. In the pain of the sharp blade entering his body, he heard the ghost gnashing his teeth and saying:
