Early the next morning after the Demon Princess left, the First Demon General sent Weisha to the palace in a carriage. As soon as he received the person, the Prime Minister immediately ordered several great elves to check Weisha's physical condition in detail, for fear that there would be another incident in the palace.
There is one more cursed girl.
Fortunately, although this little girl has been under house arrest for such a period of time, her health is still okay. There are no signs of being tortured or cursed. After she woke up, she kept complaining that she was hungry and lay on the bed.
Had lunch for three people.
On the other hand, the situation on Princess Berni's side is even worse. Although the elders of the Dragon Clan and the Great Elves tried their best, her breathing became increasingly rapid and weak, and she stopped vomiting blood when she met the little princess of the God Clan.
It also appeared again at dawn, with a layer of strange and ferocious blue markings appearing on the paper-pale face, which tended to gradually deepen over time...
Cohen knew very well that Princess Berni had less than three days. If he refused to bow his head, the Demonic Princess would never come to her rescue; and the direct result of his bowing his head would be to lose all self-thinking and become
If he is a puppet, then after this, his family, friends, and subordinates may not even have a good ending. Assuming that it is a situation where others can be saved, Cohen may give in, but in front of him
This situation leaves no room for negotiation.
After the decision was made, Cohen's eyes became a little more sad and angry, and his face became a little colder. Although his hands and feet would tremble slightly when he thought about it, compared to the last time when he was crazy, his mood this time was much more stable.
The imperial concubines who were directly responsible for the political affairs of the empire took separate actions. First, through the minister of state, they reported to the temple the attack on the palace by the demon eldest princess and the demon general last night. Then, Princess Feline took advantage of the lunch opportunity to ask His Majesty Cohen
Look at the maids following him.
Seeing several maids who were very similar to Princess Berni in height, appearance and demeanor, Cohen felt enlightened and understood the meaning of the Prime Minister and several princesses: Princess Berni cannot die, and the Liva Empire cannot be abandoned. So,
I sighed, and after looking at it for a long time, I selected the one with the most similar demeanor - the appearance can slowly change, but the demeanor is the most difficult to imitate.
Seeing that her husband had accepted this fact, Princess Feline began to follow Cohen closely, while the other princesses handed over all political affairs to the Prime Minister and began to prepare for Princess Berni's funeral - the first
The order is to go to the gathering place of the elves in the Dark Province and ask for the same type, quantity, and quality of magic crystals as last time.
It is true that these orders were issued in secret, but compared to the gods and demons, the so-called human secrets are just something that is easily accessible.
The little princess of the God Clan and the eldest princess of the Demon Clan got copies of these orders almost at the same time, but after reading them, the reactions of the two princesses were very different: Her Highness the little princess of the God Clan frowned and raised her eyebrows.
With just one hand, he destroyed a group of flower arrangements next to him, and half of the temple garden was also wiped out.
After reading these orders, the demon princess first smiled faintly, then stood up, took the hand of the first demon general beside her and said softly: "I was not very satisfied with your actions in the Sbia Empire before, but now I see
Come on, the Sibia Empire is indeed a human empire with strong autonomy, and you are still able to manage it without causing trouble, which shows your level of care. I have no doubts about leaving this place to you two sisters for full management.
Feel free to go back."
"Your Highness the Princess, you are very flattered." The First Demon General was flattered, "But how should we deal with this matter now?"
"We don't need to deal with this matter right now. We are just watching with cold eyes. What Cohen Keda hates is just the Gods. In the final analysis, what does the life and death of the human woman have to do with our Demon Clan?" The Princess of the Demon Clan chuckled and said: "Besides,
, things have to develop like this to be fun! I want to see how long the eldest princess of the God Clan can endure when the little princess of the God Clan is so mischievous. "
Just when the little princess of the God Clan went berserk and the eldest princess of the Demon Clan was giving instructions to the Demon General, a small group of light cavalry who were tired of the journey followed the trade route and gradually arrived at the foot of the Holy Capital City.
Different from the past, this light cavalry did not dismount after entering the city. Instead, they continued to move forward under the escort of a group of Guards cavalry. They also used the royal road that usually only the emperor himself could use, and galloped all the way into the city.
At the side entrance of the palace, they turned around and stopped in an open space in the harem. The soldiers gathered the packages they were carrying together and then exited. Only the leading general was left in the open space.
"Do you have any clues?" Not long after he knelt down to wait for orders, His Majesty Cohen's majestic voice came from the left aisle. The general looked up and saw that His Majesty was striding over, "Stand up! What exactly have you found?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" This general has been hanging around the emperor all year round. Knowing that it was not a formal moment, he immediately stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, according to the approximate release time of the curse magic, we will follow Princess Berni's advance route in detail.
After some investigation, we finally found the place where the magicians cast a curse on Princess Berni!"
"Are you sure it's those magicians?" His Majesty Cohen's eyes crossed, "What evidence do you have?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have thought about it. So many people will die immediately after they release the magic. There will be traces of corpse disposal not far from the scene, so we dug three feet at the suspected location and finally found it.
The dragon clan elders who went with me to the big pit where they cremated the corpses confirmed from the various traces that we had found the right place." The general carefully thought about the words in his mind, "The matter is urgent, we will immediately analyze the clues left in the pit.
After intercepting the road, a group of light cavalry led by the last general intercepted a caravan at the seaside and found more than 70 ashes from their goods, which further confirmed our judgment..."
"Where are their people?" Upon hearing this, His Majesty Cohen's eyes lit up and he grabbed the general's collar, "Where are their people?"
"In the end, we had to capture more than thirty people... but they were all poisoned. Fortunately, the elders of the Dragon Clan made a prompt decision and used ancient magic to forcefully separate their souls..." The general was almost out of breath and handed over a scroll, "Because
The dragon clan elder was unable to move forward with the team due to excessive use of magic. The great elves escorted the dragon clan elder back. This is a letter written by the elder to His Majesty..."
Cohen loosened the general's collar, grabbed the scroll, opened it and read it. After reading for a long time, he asked: "Where are the other things?"
The general hurriedly took Cohen to the pile of packages and said, "Your Majesty, they are all here!"
"I've worked tirelessly to come to the Holy Capital. Thank you for your hard work. Go down and rest!" After reading the scroll in his hand, His Majesty Cohen's brows could not relax. He ordered several guards who were following him, "Pick up these things.
Come with me."
After His Majesty Cohen left with the guards, the general who brought back the scroll did not leave the palace. Instead, he made a slight circle and came to the main palace. He handed his badge to the officer on duty and asked to see the first internal affairs supervisor.
Princess Feline.
Princess Feilin immediately received him, and the general had nothing else to report. He just presented another scroll that the elder of the Dragon Clan had given him.
Princess Feilin just briefly read the content on the scroll, and her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. She closed her eyes to calm herself down. After thinking about it, she strictly ordered the general not to reveal the matter to anyone, and asked him to retreat.
It turns out that the elders of the dragon clan did not hesitate to use magic to extract the souls of the captives. One of the most important information they got is that there is really no way to save the curse magic. In other words, the people who researched and invented this curse magic did not even think about matching it properly.
The rescue method has only one purpose - to use such an extremely cruel curse to completely destroy the target person, destruction without leaving any room for maneuver.
While carefully combing through the memory fragments, the Dragon Clan elder unexpectedly discovered a lot of previously unrecorded magic information in the messy memory fragments of the prisoners, and even some other vicious curse magic. With his rich magic experience,
Based on these curse magics, the dragon elders and great elves came up with an extremely bold rescue idea: Curse Princess Berni again!
Curse magic was abandoned by human magicians more than a thousand years ago. The main reason is that the release of this kind of magic is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive, and a large part of the cost of releasing curses is based on hurting the releaser himself first. Even if
The releaser is willing to pay such a price. This type of magic also puts forward extremely precise and rigorous requirements for the release process, but it cannot guarantee the final effect.
Facts have proved that these curse magicians who hide their whereabouts in normal times have only one research direction for thousands of years, which is to ensure the magic effect at an increased cost. The curse on Princess Berni is one of their research results, and the name
It's called "Life Burning", and as the name suggests, it ignites the princess's body from the inside, draining her life force.
According to common sense, more than seventy curse magicians are a huge wealth and power that cannot be sacrificed by just any organization. Since this organization is willing to pay such a huge price to release the curse, it is definitely very important.
Regarding this matter, before releasing the curse, they will strictly follow the requirements of the curse magic and conduct a very detailed investigation of Princess Berni in advance; when releasing the curse, they will also meticulously follow the established process in order to fully achieve their goals.
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Precisely because they released such a fine curse magic on Princess Berni, the curse magic component attached to Princess Berni's body is definitely maintained at a very accurate dose, not one point more, nor one point less.
More than seventy magicians paid the price of their lives to evenly distribute these cursed magic ingredients into every bone, every muscle, and even every hair of the princess, allowing this quantitative curse to accelerate at a constant speed.
Burn the life of Princess Berni.
Therefore, in the same period of time, the vitality that the great elves instilled into the princess's body was far less than the amount that was burned. Under such circumstances, the only possibility of treatment can only be to pursue one goal, which is to overtake the life of the princess.
The speed of burning.
But the crux of the problem is here - even though people in the entire Sbia Empire have the ability to transmit life force, Princess Berni can only receive a certain amount of life force at the same time, and this input amount happens to be released by the curse
people are taken into account, therefore, the infusion of general methods can never exceed the burning speed of life.
After understanding the working principle of curse magic, the dragon elders changed their thinking mode: Since the amount of vitality infusion cannot be increased, they can instead increase the interface for receiving vitality infusion, turning one Princess Berni into two Princess Berni.
In other words, if you use some method to spread the cursed magic component in Princess Berni's body into another person's body, when only half of the cursed magic component is left, the burning speed of life will slow down or even decrease.
to one-fifth of the original value.
In this way, the injection of life force can completely offset the burning speed, and Princess Berni will not die. But the other body that shares half of the curse will also have its own life force burned. Although it will not die, it will
It will also be more miserable - why not spread the components of the curse magic equally among ten people, a hundred people, or even a thousand people? The reason is actually very simple, because the entire Sbia Empire does not have enough ability to cast such a curse magic.
.
There were several elite curse magicians in the caravan that was intercepted at the seaside. The elders of the Dragon Clan found many records about curse magic from the notes collected from these people. After careful selection, they found that there was a curse that could achieve the above effects.
, but the name is the same as the curse on the princess called "Life Burning", which is very unpleasant, called "Evil Spirit Road".
General magic requires borrowing power from gods, demons or various elemental spirits, but curse magic does not. Curse magic is a process of achieving a goal at a cost. In essence, it is similar to buying raw meat at the wet market and handing over the dirty meat with your left hand.
Money, you can get back bloody meat with your right hand, cash-for-cash transactions, there is no other type of magic that relies on previous faith, and all the troublesome procedures of repaying afterwards...
Seeing this, His Majesty Cohen put down the scroll in his hand, picked up the red wine at hand, drank it down in one gulp, took a deep breath, and continued reading - His Majesty's character is already very impatient, and it is very important to see this calmly.
It’s not easy anymore. This is thanks to his in-depth study of the advanced magic of the elves in his early years. Although his magic is not very good, his knowledge of magic principles and applications is not comparable to that of many people. The Elder of the Dragon Clan involves a lot of magic principles.
The scroll may seem unfamiliar to others, but His Majesty seems to be able to understand it quickly.
After years of secret development, curse magic has developed into two branches. "Life Burning" is one of the top magics in the traditional branch of curse magic. The characteristic of this branch is that it costs the caster's own life.
The biggest feature of another branch of curse magic is that it sacrifices the lives of others - "Evil Spirit Path" is one of the top magics of this branch.
Using the blood and life of the victim as a medium, it gathers and controls the soul of the victim, builds a path between the caster and the target, and instantly devours and possesses half of the target's abilities! Whether it is voluntary or not, self-life burning is also
It is a type of ability. On the contrary, for example, singing well, dancing well, writing novels well, etc. are acquired skills that cannot be swallowed up and possessed...
In fact, this curse is not half as kind as "Life Burning", on the contrary, it is more vicious and cruel. The more powerful the target, the more third parties need to be sacrificed. In theory, it can be used against any powerful target - as long as the spell caster
Have enough third parties to sacrifice!
If this theory is applied to Princess Berni, the caster will seize and possess half of the princess's "self-life burning" ability, half of the advanced magician ability, and some miscellaneous abilities that may cause a lot of trouble...
These situations are problems that are unpredictable in advance and unsolvable afterwards. They may not be fatal, but they may also make the interpreter very uncomfortable. But in any case, one possibility can be completely confirmed, that is, Princess Berni will
Be saved!
In His Majesty's opinion, as long as such an effect can be achieved, it is worth the effort, no matter how high the price is.
The theoretical foundation has been established and there should be no problems. The remaining problem is to implement the details step by step and advance bit by bit. His Majesty Cohen made up his mind and started to implement it immediately. At this critical juncture, Sibia
The emperor's ingenuity was fully brought into play. From the messy magician's notes piled up around him, he calculated most of the external conditions required for curse magic...Other questions will naturally be answered by the dragon elders who are about to arrive.
Give the answer.
More than fifty great elves stationed themselves on the island in the middle of the lake in the royal garden of the palace. The island was then designated as a restricted area and no one, including members of the royal family, was allowed to enter. All prisons around the Holy City received orders from the chief judge at the same time.
, requiring all condemned prisoners to be taken out of their cells and secretly escorted to the Holy Capital within one day. The garrison troops outside the Holy Capital entered a state of high combat readiness one by one, preparing to deal with emergencies. The security system in the Holy Capital was also in full operation to ensure
Eliminating all interfering factors... It can be said that at this time, the Sbia Empire was using its entire nation to save the life of a human girl.
The depressed little princess of the God Clan and the leisurely and comfortable eldest princess of the Demon Clan are also paying attention to the development of the situation. It is obvious that when His Majesty Cohen's actions appeared one by one, they knew what Cohen wanted to do and how to do it.
At the same time, they also concluded that Cohen would not succeed...because Cohen obviously did not meet the most critical condition.
But watching Cohen flip up and down like this is a very enjoyable thing.
The next morning, the dragon elders, escorted by a group of great elves, finally arrived at the Holy Capital. (To be continued)