In the narrow passage, pure light suddenly burst out.
Annan, who raised two wings of light high and glowed with brilliance all over his body, plunged forward into the gloomy field like a shooting star.
"As expected, it's you, Vladimir."
Holding a three-color scepter, a shining winged human figure floats in the air, emitting sounds with overlapping echoes.
Vladimir only narrowed the scope of influence of the sublime false body and protected him by his side.
"oh?"
He made a low and cold voice: "When did you discover me... Your Majesty?"
"——Of course, at the beginning."
Annan replied: "I saw you when you came here."
Shortly after Selicia was sent to the dungeon by him.
Annan's curse suddenly caused a faint burning sensation in [Angel's left eye].
He saw very clearly that a very shiny red human figure suddenly lit up underground.
This was proof that the [Betrayer] appeared beside him - and that was the moment Vladimir appeared.
As soon as he sensed the other party, Annan immediately felt a huge sense of threat.
In addition, Selicia has just been sent down...
No reasoning required at all.
Annan could directly guess that Vladimir probably used some special method to appear directly underground in the Grand Duke's Palace.
Vladimir is a gold-level transcendent, and he is also one of the stronger ones among the gold-level.
Originally, Zoya and the others could not defeat Vladimir, and even more so after he advanced. In addition, the red light shining on Vladimir's body had already proved his position.
So Annan directly stopped Zhuo Ya and others from going down to check, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties. He directly sent the most powerful Victor to attack, delaying time... and began to summon players to let them fight against the Grand Duke.
They gathered in the house, took off their clothes, and used the "ritual spell: Trace of the Sky Car" again.
He had just returned from the Black Rock Curse Cellar not long ago.
The new dawn has not yet ushered in, so his remaining order magic power is not much... and there is not much time left to fight.
- But he must fight.
Players are not soldiers, and they cannot enforce orders and prohibitions. Even if Annan initiates an emergency call, they will not respond immediately... This is determined by their own characteristics.
Since Annan wants to use their enthusiasm for the world to simply maintain their "interest", then he can no longer impose discipline on them.
And even if the players are gathered by Annan and directly confront Vladimir at their current level...the chances of winning are still worrying.
But Annan couldn't escape, and he didn't want to escape either.
There is no room for loss in the Grand Duke's Mansion, which is closely related to the stability of the Principality of Winter. The dungeon and the frost beast cannot be destroyed - that will only cause a second domestic turmoil.
During the spare time while waiting for support, Annan himself took over the task.
He doesn't need to defeat the enemy...just delay.
I turned on the "Trail of the Sky Train" just to prevent myself from being suddenly killed instantly.
"...from the very beginning."
Do not know why.
After hearing Annan's words, Vladimir was silent for a moment.
He narrowed his eyes slightly: "I see... I understand."
Wait a moment.
...what do you understand again?
Seeing Vladimir's reaction, Annan was a little confused.
But in short, the players are still gathering - they can delay as long as they can.
Naturally, Annan would not question Vladimir in return to expose his misunderstanding. Instead, he followed Vladimir's words and continued:
"Now, the truth is self-evident. What did you think and plan when you left me? I already know it without asking Selicia. Only when I know very little about things, [Ask
】 itself is meaningful... just like the act of destroying evidence itself can be used as evidence.
"After you saw Victor, you decided not to hide it anymore - you must have realized that 'after his actions to get here were discovered, Annan was enough to deduce all the remaining truth'.
"Vladimir. Is there anything else you want to say?"
——In fact, these are words without any meaning.
Probably after the other party said a lot of things, Annan nodded slowly, "Yes, you said exactly what I thought."
But the amazing thing is that Vladimir really does this.
The old man with scars on his face was silent for a long time and sighed:
"...I have indeed thought about whether His Highness Annan knew everything a long time ago and would have let me go.
"Now it seems that it is true. This is the 'fishing' technique that your Majesty is good at. But the fish caught are not just those who are fighting for power, but also those short-sighted and ignorant nobles... and myself.
"
...and indeed it is.
Vladimir has been a worm believer from the very beginning. At that time, I chose Vladimir to carry out this task. On the one hand, he wanted to seduce the rebellious Hands of Winter and local nobles, and on the other hand, he
On the one hand, it is also to "exile" Vladimir, an unstable element, to a distant place.
So as not to be misled or deceived when you enter the second week.
——As expected of me.
Vladimir's rebellion was actually expected by me... I even made an inference without any evidence.
How did I do it?
Vladimir just leaned on his cane and looked back at Selicia.
He said solemnly: "Although this operation failed, it also exposed my weaknesses.
"If it were thirty years ago, I would have killed Solonik directly before he saw me and left. You couldn't catch me and you couldn't see me.
"But before I do it... I think maybe I should give him a chance to say goodbye. I should let him know why he died, so as to satisfy his little wish - to die for me.
"I clearly know that people will change, but I still imagine the puppy's former appearance. I heard people say that people tend to become indecisive when they get older. It seems that I am really old."
...Wait a minute, are you really not going to fight?
If you keep nagging me for a while, my transformation time is almost up, right?
Annan was a little hesitant.
If he had known that he could chat with Vladimir for such a long time, he would not have transformed and rushed down... Just chatting to delay time would have been able to achieve his goal.
But now as we were chatting, the holy light covering our body suddenly disappeared.
Yes, would it be bad...?
But after Vladimir sighed, he still did not attack Annan.
Instead, he put away the noble disguise, took half a step back, and took a deep look at Annan: "Fortunately, this mistake came early enough, so it was not serious enough..."
Vladimir hasn't finished speaking yet.
Without giving Annan and Victor a chance to react, the whole person suddenly disappeared without warning - like a burned photo, the body was broken into ashes.
Only one phalanx was left in place.
"……Ran away?"
Annan was stunned for a moment: "But...why?"
Why is he running?
He is the one who obviously has the advantage...
"This is dreamland stealth, Your Majesty."
Victor recognized Vladimir's method at a glance: "That is not his own body, it is just a projection of the dream world. Or... he may have abandoned the body of this world and transformed himself into
Dream creatures.”
"...dream creatures."
Annan squinted his eyes and released his transformation effect: "It's not so strange anymore."
Not long ago, he used the secret of the creation of "Winter" to kill a big spider in the dream world.
Moreover, the bodies used by players are also a type of dream projection.
I don't know if it's an illusion.
Annan always felt that... Vladimir seemed to be afraid of him.
But why?
He can already sneak into the dream world at will, so he shouldn't be afraid of the intimidation of the old grandmother. What's more, the old grandmother has not woken up yet... And Annan, as a Silver Ranker, does not have the Philosopher's Stone in hand, so it is impossible to defeat him no matter what.
Vladimir.
On the contrary, Vladimir had many ways to cause trouble for Annan.
But not only did he not attack Annan, but he never took action again after Annan appeared. When Annan showed signs of becoming stronger, he immediately chose to retreat.