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Chapter 252 Succession to the Crystal Duke (for subscription)

Chapter 252

The Duke of Brandon's mansion is guarded by two bone kings at the gate.

This is an undead creature as high as LV70. Using this level of undead creature to guard the gate is too extravagant even for the Duke, so this just shows that the situation of the Brandon family is not very good, so that they need to use the Bone King to guard the house. .

"Please inform the Duke of Brandon, and tell me that I have come to recognize my relatives."

Li Mu walked up to the Bone King and said calmly.

The King of Bones looked at Li Mu, seemingly motionless, but actually communicated inwardly.

But for a moment, the Bone King in front of Li Mu grabbed his shoulder.

In the next instant, he had already appeared in the magnificent main hall of the castle in the Duke's Mansion.

Not space teleportation, but a pure burst of speed.

Li Mu's eyes blurred, and a one-eyed old man appeared in front of him. The one-eyed old man grabbed his hand, and the blood in his body immediately began to boil, and soon a bloody aura condensed in his heart.

The moment the halo condensed, the one-eyed old man embraced Li Mu with tears in his eyes.

However, the next moment, the one-eyed old man let go of Li Mu and looked at him with one eye.

In just an instant, Li Mu's spiritual consciousness has been controlled.

His brain thinking and memory were also clearly seen by the one-eyed old man.

Li Mu had expected this situation to happen.

So before entering the door, he had forged all his memories, completely deleted the part that he was Li Mu, and modified Belloc's memory. He was very experienced in this area, and he was sure enough that he would not be found out.

According to the falsified memory, Bello was targeted by Vivienne in Gunshan City.

Vivian passed on the manuscript of the Bloodborne Grimoire to Belloc, and told Belloc that his blood was very powerful.

Belloc, who got the manuscript of the Bloodborne Grimoire, returned to the capital after being transferred to a bloodborne wizard in Gunshan City. He accidentally discovered that his mentor Joseph paid him abnormal attention, and at the same time, he also discovered that the tall and thin man in the dormitory next door was paying attention to him. monitor.

With the help of the Bloodborne Scarecrow, Belloc controlled the lanky man until he was being watched by William.

Recalling that Vivienne said that his bloodline was very strong, she immediately used the Blood Source Tracking Curse, and succeeded in discovering the possible blood relationship between herself and William, and then speculated that she was unintentionally involved in the struggle for the succession of the great nobles.

At this time, Belloc hadn't thought about admitting his relatives.

After all, he was abandoned, and he didn't know whether the only two remaining relatives recognized him or not.

However, unexpectedly, when he returned to the dormitory, he sensed William's killing intent.

I planned to control the tall and thin man to investigate the situation of the nobles behind William, but unexpectedly, the tall and thin man was arranged by William to deliver the letter, and he got the token with the help of the blood scarecrow. It turned out that the token was related to the Twilight Church.

At the same time, manipulating the information bought by the tall and thin man, he also discovered that it was the Twilight Church that caused the Brandon family to suffer.

From this, it was analyzed that William was a puppet of the Twilight Church. Out of the subconscious of orphans longing for relatives, coupled with the threat posed by the Twilight Church, Belloc decided to come to recognize his relatives without hesitation, and then he was killed by the old man as soon as they met. The Duke activated the bloodline spell to control the reading mind.

Throughout this memory, there is no flaw in the nine truths and one falsehood.

There was no way for the old Duke Brandon to know about the Bloodborne Grimoire, because that was the only way to explain why Belloc knew his own background. As for the further identity doubts caused by the Bloodborne Grimoire, he still had the talent for disguise as a cover.

"Give me the manuscript of the Bloodborne Grimoire."

The one-eyed Duke Brandon ordered Li Mu.

Li Mu handed over the manuscript of the Bloodborne Grimoire with blank eyes. The old Duke Brandon opened the manuscript and looked at the several inheritances on it thoughtfully.

He has lived for thousands of years, has experienced countless plots and tricks, and it is hard to trust a stranger.

Especially when his most valued heir caused the family to suffer, this made him even more cautious and suspicious.

Not only Belloc, he also read William's thoughts and memories.

There was also nothing suspicious, and he sent someone to monitor William only out of caution and suspicion.

If it weren't for the bad relationship between the Pure White Tower and the Duke's Mansion, the monitoring of William would have extended to the interior of the Pure White Tower.

After such a long time, he has recently relaxed his doubts about William.

After all, he personally checked that William's memory was fine, but now it seems that if it wasn't that the Belloc in front of him had a memory problem, or the Church of Twilight helped William to deceive him, since William has problems, the Belloc who suddenly appeared also has a problem. very suspicious.

The manuscript of the Bloodborne Grimoire is not a fake, and only Vivienne, the ancestor of the sealed blood race, must be able to produce it.

Belloc is indeed a blood-born wizard, but judging from the spells recorded in the Bloodborne Grimoire, Belloc may also be the son of the blood god who was artificially refined, so he needs to determine whether Belloc is a blood-born wizard or a blood-born wizard. Son of Blood?

Then he needs to determine whether Belloc has falsified his memory by some means like William?

According to his suspicion, Belloc is very likely to be controlled by the Twilight Church or Vivian.

Only when there is nothing suspicious in all the checks, will he truly recognize the child who was abandoned by his youngest son.

The old Duke Brandon quietly left the Duke's mansion and went to the palace to stay for a long time before returning.

Back at the Duke's mansion, the old Duke Brandon took out a scarlet goblet.

This is the semi-divine feast wine glass of Vivienne, the ancestor of the blood family in charge of the royal family. With the power of this semi-divine weapon, it is enough to restrain the lives of all blood races except Vivienne, including blood wizards. Under the power of the feast wine glass, If Belloc is the son of the blood god, he will definitely appear.

The old Duke Brandon was very happy to see Li Mu who was having a hard time maintaining his human form.

If Belloc was the son of the blood god, he would turn into a mass of blood at this time.

It's just uncomfortable, which shows that he is not wrong to be a blood-born wizard who was transferred from Belloc.

Now it is necessary to determine whether it is secretly controlled by Vivian. Thinking of the old Duke Brandon completely activating the power of the feast wine glass here, if Belloc has the means left by Vivian in his body, it is impossible for Vivian to have it in his current weak state. How secretive.

Seeing that no abnormalities were found, the old Duke Brandon was even happier.

Now he can be sure that Belloc is not controlled by Vivienne.

Vivienne chose Belloc because she was desperate and prepared a way out.

Now it is only necessary to confirm that Belloc is not controlled by other forces.

When investigating William's memory, he was busy taking care of Lucy, but simply checked William's memory. To a certain extent, he also deceived himself and did not want to use stronger detection methods, because once Lucy was really gone, William, the grandson, would have already died. Is the only descendant of the Brandon family.

But this time when his grandson was involved, he couldn't take any chances anyway.

The old Duke Brandon took out the red [relic] he borrowed from the royal family. This [relic] called the Mirror of Reality can see the deepest and most real memory of a life soul memory, unless there is a god who personally modifies Belloc's memory, otherwise none can deceive the mirror of truth.

A few minutes later, the old Duke Brandon put away the Mirror of Reality and hugged Li Mu again tremblingly.

Confirmed, this is his grandson.

In the mirror world lunatic asylum, Li Mu's demon god clone heaved a sigh of relief.

The scarlet wine glass almost made the clone of the Bloodborne Wizard reveal his real body. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the disguise talent of the Bloodborne Wizard successfully disguised himself as Belloc. Talent can not be lost to the Blood Transformation Curse.

As for the [relic]'s exploration of memory, he also blocked it.

Although the [relic] is likely to be of red quality, it is ineffective against him who is essentially a demon god. He just fused his own power with the blood wizard avatar and successfully deceived that relic. It seems that his good luck is still there. will continue to continue.

Now that all the tests have passed, judging from the performance of the old Duke Brandon, his status as the heir is stable.

When Li Mu woke up, he was already lying on the bed and changed into luxurious clothes.

There were more than a dozen maids kneeling beside the bed, some pure, some coquettish, some mature and plump, some delicate and soft, all of them were blushing and secretly looking at Li Mu, which made Li Mu feel very bad.

He immediately knew what happened from the demon god larva clone through the connection between the Golden Crow secondary souls.

After the old Duke of Brandon confirmed his authenticity, he immediately summoned all the maids in the Duke's mansion, and selected them to become his personal maids. Their only task was to find a way to conceive his child to strengthen the Brandon family. population.

Knowing this, Li Mu almost couldn't control his emotions and his face turned black on the spot.

He didn't care about what happened to these maids, but he would never do it while pretending to be Belloc, because the Blood Transfiguration Curse disguised Belloc from the genetic level, and finally gave birth to Belloc's offspring not his.

He didn't want to raise a son for someone else, especially if Belloc died at his hands.

It seems that these beautiful maids are destined to have no fate with him.

"Why am I here?"

Li Mu sat up and asked nervously.

"Lord Belloc, you passed out while activating the bloodline spell."

The head maid who was the closest and the prettiest said respectfully.

"Bloodline curse, so I am really a member of the Brandon family."

Li Mu murmured to himself a little sadly amidst joy.

"Master Brandon is waiting for you next door."

The head maid reminded.

"I'm going right now."

Li Mu put on his shoes under the service of the head maid, and strode towards the next door.

The walls of the next room are all pink, and the room is full of dolls. On the bed lies a girl who can't even feel her breathing. The old Duke Brandon is sitting on the stool beside the bed, watching his most beloved granddaughter full of tears. sad face.

"She is your cousin Lucy."

Old Duke Brandon whispered.

"Who is your heir, me or her?"

Li Mu asked indifferently.

He was deliberately stimulating the old Duke of Brandon, with the purpose of forcing the old Duke of Brandon to take a stand.

Judging by the old Duke Brandon's appearance, it will not be a problem to live for hundreds of years.

He had to test whether the old Duke of Brandon meant to pass on the title of duke in a short time.

The old Duke Brandon was burned by Belloc's indifference, but looking at Lucy lying on the bed, thinking about the current situation of the Brandon family, and thinking about Belloc being abandoned and orphaned since childhood, these Like a pot of cold water to quench his anger.

"You are now the number one heir."

The old Duke Brandon said mockingly, "Do you want to know what happened to the Brandon family?"

"miss you!"

Li Mu nodded.

The old Duke Brandon smiled wryly, telling the story of how the Brandon family became what it is now.

The cause of the problem is that the old Duke Brandon has been a Duke for thousands of years.

He had three sons, the second son died very early, the eldest son was the heir for 1000 years, and the youngest son was spoiled at the latest, only eating, drinking and having fun.

The old Duke of Brandon is a qualified duke, but he is not a very good father.

It's not that it's bad for children, but that it's doing a poor job of educating children.

So he never noticed that his eldest son Otto gradually became more and more dissatisfied with his status as the duke's heir.

A few months ago, Otto stole the red [relic] Altar of the Dead inherited from the Brandon family. Using the Altar of the Dead as a bargaining chip, he secretly contacted the Church of Twilight to attack and kill the old Duke of Brandon. What the Church of Light wants is the entire Brandon family.

Otto, who was being used, secretly released Ashes of Twilight at a family dinner in the Duke's mansion.

The Twilight Church lied to Otto, saying it was just a drug that would stun people.

As a result, the ashes of Twilight, which contained the curse, cursed and killed almost all the tens of generations of direct and thousands of members of the Brandon family. Even Otto himself did not survive, only Lucy survived by luck, and still had the strength The tyrannical old Duke Brandon has survived the curse.

The furious old Duke Brandon broke out a two-month war with the Church of Twilight.

In the end, he had to stop because the Church of the Sun intervened.

The Twilight Church finally returned the [Relic] Altar of the Dead, and at the same time converted the losses of the Brandon family into monetary compensation, and even threw out an archbishop as a scapegoat. This was why the war had to be ceased under the mediation of the Church of the Sun.

Until now, the old Duke Brandon didn't know why the Twilight Church did this?

Moreover, the royal family of the Mayan Empire and the remaining six major dukes also behaved abnormally in this incident. Generally speaking, if the Church of the Evil God almost wiped out a ducal family, it would definitely cause the royal family and other dukes to jointly retaliate.

But this time, the royal family and the six Dukes remained silent.

The Church of Twilight obviously didn't have this strength, so the old Duke Brandon suspected that the real mastermind behind the scenes was the Church of the Sun.

The Twilight Church is just a knife, only in this way can the royal family and the other six Dukes bow their heads.

But why the Church of the Sun stabbed this knife, no matter how much the old Duke Brandon thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.

"The Church of the Sun, the opportunity to deliver it to your door is not so easy to get..."

Li Mu thought secretly.

"Do you still want to be the heir now?"

The old Duke Brandon looked at Li Mu and asked.

"Why not?"

Li Mu asked back.

"Tomorrow morning, I will submit the application for title change to the noble council."

Old Duke Brandon sighed.

"So fast."

Li Mu was slightly taken aback.

"I hope you will marry your cousin."

The old Duke Brandon looked at Lucy who was dying and said coldly.

Li Mu understood that the old Duke Brandon wanted to snatch something from the Church of Twilight that could cure Lucy of the curse of Twilight Ashes.

His actions will undoubtedly slap the Church of the Sun in the face, so he will not go to the Church of Twilight until the title of duke is passed on to him.

Even in the worst case, only the old duke died.

For him, this is both good news and bad news.

Fortunately, he will be the Duke of the Mayan Empire tomorrow, but the bad thing is that he has lost the backing of the old Duke Brandon, and offended the Church of the Sun, as well as a deadly enemy like the Church of Twilight. will be fine.

Li Mu stood aside, watching the old Duke Brandon staring blankly at Lucy.

When it was noon, the old Duke Brandon got up and left.

Li Mu wanted to follow, but the old Duke Brandon shook his head at him and told him to stay and take care of Lucy.

Sitting by the window, Li Mu reached out to grab Lucy's stiff hand.

According to the old duke, Lucy was able to survive entirely because she was a follower of the Lord of the Red Moon, and had even been blessed by the Pope of the Red Moon Church, so she survived after eating the ashes of Twilight .

But over time, she would lose her life in a few months at most.

"wrong……"

Li Mu's heart trembled suddenly.

His judgment just now was wrong, Lucy is not going to die in a few months.

On the surface, she looks like her blood is withered and her soul is exhausted, but in fact, deep in her soul and heart, there is a tiny bit of vitality that is gradually growing, and at this growth rate, she will be alive and kicking in a few months .

Whether the old Duke of Brandon knew about this, there is a high probability that he did not know.

The reason is very simple. He can discover the vitality hidden in Lucy's body. That's because he is a blood wizard, and his perception of life is extremely strong. In addition, he has the power of fire, which is the highest manifestation of life in all known things. The perception of life is powerful and terrifying.

So he could find the vitality in Lucy's body, but it was difficult for the LV80 old Duke Brandon to find out.

Li Mu didn't sit for a while, and the maid of the Duke's mansion had come to inform him of the meal.

After lunch, Li Mu continued to look after Lucy until dinner.

After dinner, he babysat from evening until morning.

The old Duke Brandon, who had been away for almost a day, finally came back. Hearing from the butler that Belloc had been looking after Lucy all night, his tired face finally smiled. Maliciousness is enough.

As for the rest, the housekeeper will take good care of Lucy for him.

"follow me."

The old Duke Brandon said to Li Mu.

Li Mu followed the old Duke Brandon to a door deep underground in the Duke's mansion. He watched him take out a skull ring and press it on the door. The door filled with countless magic circles opened immediately. It is a mountain of wealth and treasures.

The ancient family that has existed for more than 2 years has an unusually rich family background.

The old Duke Brandon led Li Mu to the deepest part of the treasure house, and finally picked up a crystal skull from a stone platform.

Unlike ordinary skeletons, there is also an eye socket between the eyebrows of the skull, and there is also a crystal-like eyeball inside.

"This is the inheritance of the Brandon family and must not be lost..."

The old Duke Brandon introduced, "If you master this, you can master all the magic circles in the entire Duke's mansion, master one-seventh of the magic circles in the capital, and master the ancient bone dragon in your main campus in the pure white tower. Master it and you will be the new patriarch of the Brandon family."

"how should I do?"

Li Mu asked excitedly.

"Use your blood and soul to refine the inheritance."

The old Duke Brandon said as he handed the crystal skull to Li Mu.

Li Mu took over the Crystal Skull, cut his wrist to let the blood infect the Crystal Skull, and at the same time his soul came out of the body and wrapped the Crystal Skull. With the refinement of the inheritance, his spiritual power also spread to the world. The entire duke's mansion even spread to one seventh of the royal capital.

Qiqi, the current six dukes of the remaining six dukes' mansions in the capital, sighed helplessly at this moment.

They knew that the old Brandon still made the wrong choice after all.

When Li Mu completely refined the crystal skull, the old Duke Brandon had already left without a sound.

The butler appeared next to Li Mu, holding a tray in his hand, on which were the keys to the treasury, the hereditary scepter of the duke title, and even a crown. Enough to legalize the new Duke of Brandon.

After refining the crystal skull, Li Mu picked up the treasure house key from the tray and put it on his hand.

He took the scepter again, but he put the crown on the head of the crystal skull.

The seven dukes of the Mayan Empire were once the seven most powerful kingdoms of the Mayan civilization. The ancestors of the kingdom were subdued by the ancestor of the royal family and the son of God who was also the Lord of the Sun. They gave up their respective thrones and established the Mayan Empire under the leadership of the Son of Sun God.

Since then, the hereditary crown has not been allowed to be worn on the head.

But the scepter was left by charter as a symbol of the rights of the hereditary duke.

"I want to be quiet."

Li Mu said to the old housekeeper.

The old butler nodded and left the treasure house, and went to look after Lucy as the old duke ordered.

Only himself was left in the treasure house, and Li Mu looked at the crystal skull thoughtfully.

After activating the mind perception, he immediately observed the crystal skull from a higher dimension, which made him feel a little bit wrong. When the soul was refining just now, the eyeballs between the eyebrows of the crystal skull resisted refining, which shows that he has not completely refined the crystal. skull.

The Brandon family's inheritance is stored inside the crystal skull, and he looked at the past patriarchs who have not refined their eyes.

They also know that there are secrets in the eyeballs, but they have never dug out the secrets.

In the perception of the heart, Li Mu looked at the crystal skull in disbelief.

The eyes between the eyebrows are the eyes of the gods, the eyes of the Lord of Death in the first era, and the crystal skull is a seal, which seals all the power of this eye of God. This secret was not passed on to the first head of the Brandon family. offspring.

Because those who have the ability to decipher the secrets of eyeballs can know the secrets of eyeballs without knowing the truth.

Those who are unable to crack it know that it will be a disaster rather than a blessing in the future.

Li Mu was about to study the Crystal Skull more carefully. With his spiritual power integrated into it, he suddenly used his control over all the magic circles in the Duke's Mansion to perceive the Holy Glory Knights constantly appearing outside the Duke's Mansion and surrounding the entire Duke's Mansion.

This is the trump card force of the Church of the Sun, and the sudden siege of the Duke's mansion at this moment is very obvious.

Li Mu looked at the crystal skull in his hand, and suddenly had a guess.

He may know why the Twilight Church is dead against the Brandon family, and why the royal family and other dukes stand idly by.

It is very likely that the Church of the Sun wanted to obtain the Eye of God sealed by the Crystal Skull, so when William failed to ascend to the throne, the Church of the Sun immediately tore the last face.

If he surrenders the Crystal Skull now, maybe he can continue to be his Duke of Brandon.

But if he refuses to hand it over, the Knight of Holy Glory will flatten the Duke of Brandon's mansion.

Li Mu looked around at the treasures in the treasury, unfolded the Mirror Void, and began to collect all the treasures. At the same time, clones walked out of the Mirror World Madhouse, and began to collect whatever they saw in the entire Duke's Mansion, even people and things that could be taken away.

The housekeeper who heard the news, knew that the Duke's mansion was surrounded, and immediately brought Lucy into the mirror void with the clone.

In less than 5 minutes, there was only an empty shell left in the entire Duke's Mansion.

The space outside the Duke's Mansion has been blocked. Li Mu finally closed the gate of the treasury, and went to the deepest part of the treasury to activate an ancient teleportation array that had been prepared for 2 years. This is the last retreat of the Brandon family. No one can stop the teleportation.

The moment Li Mu disappeared in the teleportation array, the Pope in the temple of the Church of the Sun smiled coldly.

The Brandon family would have a secret means of final escape, which he had expected.

It's just that I didn't expect that it turned out to be an ancient teleportation array that could break through the magical blockade. Because of the magical blockade, the transmission of the teleportation array was not smooth. The spatial fluctuations that should have been covered up were not covered up. This was enough for him Chase up and capture the little duke alive.

When he used the Twilight Church to deal with the Brandon family, he knew that the old duke would not hand over the inherited treasure.

Unexpectedly, the little duke's bones were so hard, wasting the pleas of the other six dukes in vain.

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