The grand and somewhat empty hall is filled with rich dark colors.
Weak light swayed in every corner, and darkness was like the main theme, bringing out strong shadows one after another in the hall. The tall walls and pillars around were carved with dark-style reliefs, which looked like a shadow in the dim light.
Extraordinarily gloomy and strange.
At the end of the hall is a platform with steps piled up. The platform is not very big, but it is high enough. The platform is facing the door. The scarlet-blood carpet extends all the way along the steps of the platform and directly outside the door.
Every ten meters on both sides of the carpet, there are ancient and formidable armors, swords, and spears. They are majestic, like a noble guard, guarding the hall silently and resolutely.
Amidst the sound of slight and cautious footsteps, he lowered his head and walked into the door of the hall with some fear but without hesitation.
A dim light shone on him, and the white suit on his body was illuminated into a faint blood color against the carpet. The handsome face that was completely tense due to nervousness seemed a little distorted in the dim light.
He bowed his head and bent down, holding a box respectfully with both hands, passing by armor after armor, and finally stopped in front of the steps covered with scarlet carpet.
He hesitated and did not choose to step onto the steps. Instead, he bent down deeply in front of the steps and raised the square box that was not too big with both hands.
A cold female voice sounded from the platform above the steps: "Come up."
The lights in the hall were dim, but the top platform was completely dark without any light, as if it could swallow everything.
He held the box, his body trembled slightly, gritted his teeth, and carefully stepped onto the steps.
Thirteen steps.
What an unlucky number.
He thought silently, staring closely at the steps and carpet under his feet from beginning to end, without raising his head.
The female voice did not ring out in the darkness.
So she bravely walked forward.
Stepping onto the steps and walking about ten meters forward, she saw an extremely ancient long bronze table.
The patterns on the long metal table looked blurry due to the lack of light. Behind the long table, a woman sat quietly on a black bench.
I can't see clearly my figure, face, expression, and age.
Can't see anything clearly.
She is like the deepest darkness, quietly and soundlessly.
He still lowered his head. From his perspective, he could only vaguely see a pair of beautiful legs that looked extremely white and slender in the darkness.
She just glanced at it inadvertently, then lowered her head in fear, kept her bent posture, and raised the box in her hand forward again.
"what?"
The emotionless female voice sounded in the darkness.
"This is my gift to you."
He maintained a posture where he could crawl on the carpet at any time, extremely humble.
The box was placed on the long bronze table.
The hand that had always been slender and soft but too pale in the darkness stretched out and opened the box casually.
He lowered his head and said nothing.
There was sudden silence in the darkness for a few seconds.
"Milos?"
Without any surprised reaction, the female voice sounded a bit surprised.
Milos Pon Edward.
Codenamed Death Penalty, the top half-step invincible, the chief executioner of the Chiang Family in South America.
This is the person who is closest to the true invincibility in the dark world, just like Dijiang before the breakthrough, the saints before the breakthrough, like the sky of the Wang family in Beihai now, and the strategist of the East Palace.
Milos's power is extremely powerful. When he explodes with all his strength, he can almost defeat ordinary invincible masters in a short period of time.
This state will not last very long, probably about twenty seconds, but it is enough to make him one of the most dangerous people in the dark world in the invincible state.
And now, Milos, the chief executioner of the Chiang clan in South America, code-named Death Penalty, the right-hand man of the Crown Prince Chiang, and responsible for all the affairs of the Chiang clan in South America in Europe, is now in the box.
Some blood has accumulated in the box, and Milos's face has been treated and looks clean and clear.
This is a human head.
The head of Milos.
"Yes, I heard that he was verbally offensive to you some time ago, so... I think you will like this gift."
"Milos is currently planning a big operation against the Dark Knights. What he said is not clear, but it should be against all the peripheral forces of the Dark Knights in Europe. He also invited me, so he is here now.
"
The woman in the dark was silent for a while.
"very good."
She said calmly: "I like this gift very much. What is your name?"
"Landa. Her Royal Highness, my name is Landa, and I have a second gift to present to you, which is myself and more than 70% of the assassin's power."
Assassin.
This sounds like a shabby little organization.
But in fact, this is nothing in the dark world
The enemy forces, which can even be said to be the youngest invincible forces in the dark world today, are much younger than the Eastern Palace.
They have only been developing for about a few years, and many things have just taken shape. They don't even have the prototype. When it comes to the foundation, of course they don't have it. In terms of scale, they can't be considered a super force. Everything is still there.
develop.
But now, they have no chance to continue to develop.
The most important reason is that the leader of the Assassin's Invincible Realm died a few days ago.
In Zhongzhou, in Huating, he was instantly killed by Donghuang with one move.
The assassins are Jue's force. If Jue is still alive, they should still be joining forces with the Chiang clan in South America, the Sanctuary, Dongdao and His Majesty to prepare for the next decisive battle in the North Sea.
But with Zetsu's death, the entire atmosphere within the assassins suddenly changed completely.
Their power has only just begun and will never end. Not to mention participating in a game at the level of Donghuang and His Majesty, it will be difficult for them to even protect themselves in the future.
No matter how young the assassin is, he is still a force with an invincible realm. When they lose their invincible realm master and their foothold is not stable, there are too many people who are eager to devour them completely.
Even in the eyes of superpowers, the assassin's seemingly dry structure with no background is not worthless, which also means huge power.
decisive battle?
As soon as the news of Jue's death reached the Assassins, all the senior leaders within the Assassins gave up the idea almost at the same time.
They didn't even consider the issue of revenge for Jue, and they didn't even discuss it at all.
Revenge for Jue?
This is a complete joke among the assassins. Don't talk about it, don't even think about it.
What they want to do most now is to protect themselves.
So they refused without hesitation some of the action requests put forward by the South American Chiang Kai-shek. When Milos, the chief executioner of the South American Chiang Kai-shek, came to order them in person, there was little hesitation, and the assassin turned into a real assassin on the spot.
, more than ten senior assassins used various means to besiege him at all costs, entangled him for more than an hour, and finally killed Milos, codenamed Death Penalty.
Then Randa, currently the strongest among the assassins, carried Milos' head and went directly to the headquarters of the Dark Knights, where he met the Dark Queen of the Dark Knights.
The Dark Queen is the new master of the Dark Knights.
After the chaos in the Snow Country, Rafal, the leader of the Dark Knights, has not been able to recover from his injury for more than two years. The Queen of Darkness naturally took over the supreme power of the Dark Knights from Rafal as soon as she appeared on the European continent.
.
To this day, there are still many forces in the dark world who do not know the origin of the Queen of Darkness. If she had not shown a strength that was very close to the peak invincibility, many forces would even regard her as the new invincible in the dark world.
But the identity of the Queen of Darkness is no longer a secret in front of the real super power.
The Palace of Reincarnation has the vaguest position and is the lover of the most powerful King of Heaven, Rafael, the leader of the Dark Knights.
Sometimes she is the master of Samsara Palace, and most of the time she is Qin Weibai's personal bodyguard.
Reincarnation Palace, burning fire.
The Palace of Reincarnation has now been destroyed.
With the last and most important subject, the Shengshi Fund, being merged into the Eastern Palace, there is no trace of the existence of the Samsara Palace in the dark world.
Burning Fire became the Queen of Darkness and took control of the Dark Knights.
She became more gloomy, more closed, and more indifferent than in the Palace of Reincarnation. She had only officially controlled the Dark Knights for a little over a year, but in such a short period of time, she personally controlled the continent that seemed calm but actually had turbulent undercurrents.
Countless eye-catching marks have been carved.
At least in the land of Europe, her reputation has almost completely overshadowed the Shadow Queen Golden Eyes in her heyday.
The Queen of Darkness was silent and seemed to be thinking.
Landa, codenamed Dark Blade among the assassins, is a master who is very close to the half-step invincibility. But at such a close distance, with the queen's silence, he could not feel the other party's presence in the darkness at all.
Dark Blade's heart felt a little cold, and his body was bent even more obviously.
He is not only a master who is close to the semi-invincible realm.
He is still an assassin who is good at restraining himself, good at hiding, good at sensing, and is close to being half-step invincible.
But now, across a long bronze table, if he didn't look at those beautiful long legs in the dark, he wouldn't be able to feel the other person's presence at all.
Like clouds and mist, it is the ultimate sense of illusion.
This feeling made Randa tremble from the bottom of his heart. This sense of illusion seemed to fully illustrate one thing. If the other party was no longer in control of the Dark Knights, but an assassin, he could definitely become the most terrifying invincible assassin in this era.
"You mean, the assassin is willing to surrender to the Dark Knights?"
I don't know how long the silence lasted, but the queen's light and emotionless voice sounded again.
"No, it is not to surrender to the Dark Knights, but to you. The assassin is willing to become a sharp blade and a loyal dog in your hands. If your will is for us to join the Dark Knights, we have no objection, but we still
I hope there will be one that belongs to
My own preparation."
Landa's voice was respectful and humble.
"Tell me your reasons."
There seemed to be a hint of curiosity in the Queen's voice.
Landa hesitated and finally decided to tell the truth: "Jue lifted the assassin to a very high position, but he himself fell down... If the assassin wants to survive, he can only seek refuge with the truly strong."
"You have many choices."
The Queen said calmly: "The Dark Knights are not the best."
"Actually, we don't have many choices..."
Landa smiled bitterly: "In this case, whether we seek refuge in the Holy Land, the Chiang Kai-shek in South America, or the East Island, the other side will regard us as cannon fodder in the decisive battle in the North Sea, and our deaths will even be worthless, because from the beginning to the end
In the end, there are quite a few people within the Assassins who feel that the decisive battle in Beihai is meaningless to the Assassins. Now that Jue has fallen, we have no reason to fight in Beihai."
"We don't want to join the now empty Beihai. The interior of Beihai is too chaotic now. And even if we are willing to join Beihai, Wang Shengxiao probably won't believe us easily."
"Donggong Palace is a good choice, but His Majesty Donghuang just killed Jue, and we dare not think about his attitude towards the assassin."
"Kunlun City is already crumbling, and it is also not our choice."
Landa's smile was extremely bitter: "So... the Dark Knights are our best, or even our only choice. Likewise, you were once the King of Reincarnation Palace. We surrender to you, even if His Majesty the Eastern Emperor will be defeated because of despair.
If you are angry with us, we should not be able to see the light of His Majesty Donghuang's sword while we are under your command."
"The Eastern Emperor...His Majesty the Eastern Emperor..."
The queen laughed.
Her emotions gradually became stronger and she became extremely sarcastic: "What does Donghuang have to do with me? Just because I was once the king of reincarnation palace? Once!"
Landa lowered his head and said nothing.
Why Ranhuo turned into the Queen of Darkness has always been a strange thing in the dark world.
It seems that the Queen has no contact with the Eastern Palace, but the cooperation between the two parties in Ulan Country has never been interrupted. If the Shengshi Fund is not included, the interests of Ulan Country can now be said to be the main source of income for the Eastern Palace.
, after the chaos in the Snow Kingdom, the Eastern Palace almost did whatever it wanted in the Ulan Kingdom, occupying the greatest interests.
After the Eastern Palace, the one with the greatest interests in Ulan is the Dark Knights.
The cooperation between the two parties in this area is extremely close. Even if the Dark Knights took away the interests that should have belonged to the East Palace several times in the past two years, the East Palace did not say anything. After the East Emperor returned to Tiannan, he also did not say anything about it.
What is your opinion?
Naturally, the outside world cannot figure out the relationship between the Queen and the Eastern Palace, but one thing is certain. Landa firmly believes that joining the Dark Knights is the best choice and the best way to avoid being angered by the Eastern Palace in the future.
His potential is limited and there is no hope of breakthrough, but he knows how to be a subordinate.
Many times when listening to a leader's speech, you don't actually need to listen to what he said at all. The most important thing is to listen to what she didn't say.
What the Queen didn't say was what made him feel that he made the right choice.
The queen in the darkness seemed to be thinking about something quietly. After a few minutes, she slowly said: "How many assassins are there now?"
"There are currently three Thunder Realm masters. In addition to me, there is one who is at the peak of the Thunder Realm and one who is at the Thunder Realm. There are sixty people in the Burning Fire Realm, and twenty of them are at the peak of the Burning Fire Realm. They are fighting in various places.
There are approximately 6,000 personnel, and the detailed assets have not yet been calculated."
Landa said seriously.
"You took refuge in me because you didn't want to participate in the decisive battle in Beihai."
The queen's eyes fell on him from the darkness: "Then if you surrender to me, what can you do for me?"
"No."
Landa shook his head and said respectfully: "We just don't want to participate in the decisive battle in the North Sea as cannon fodder. For the assassins, what we need most now is to develop slowly and accumulate strength, so we think the decisive battle in the North Sea is meaningless to us, but
If the Queen asks us to participate, we will not hesitate. Your meaning is our meaning."
"Ah..."
The queen laughed softly.
"Go find Annie."
She slowly said: "He will arrange your positions."
Anne was her personal bodyguard, and strictly speaking she did not belong to the Dark Knights. Since the assassin relied on her, the assassin's arrangements were naturally left to Anne, not to the top brass of the Dark Knights.
Randa nodded, bowed deeply to the Queen of Darkness, walked backwards down the steps, and slowly walked out of the dark hall of the Dark Knights.
The queen sat on the platform without light, watching his figure slowly disappear and completely leave the hall.
She took a deep breath and suddenly coughed violently.
"puff!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out from her mouth and fell on the long bronze table and bright red carpet in front of her.
Her breathing was rapid, her body curled up slightly, and she looked extremely painful.