Female Knight and Male Princess

In the silent corridor, the slight sound of shoe soles falling on the ground can be clearly heard. Small wind lanterns hung on the walls on both sides, and the candlelight was faint, like a few ghost fires, faintly beating in the dark. Every time you walk ten meters, you will see a black guard standing in the corner. They were stiff and icy, their black robes poked their heads down, covering the guard's face tightly. From a distance, they looked like lifeless puppets, or corrupt and decayed undead.

Where is this place? Taylor guessed. It was Garcia who caught him and Lan Weiwei, but according to Garcia's words, there was another place higher than him who commanded the famous Dark Earl.

The Kingdom of Anruman, which governs the Murphy Continent, is not a tightly organized country. The people here are sturdy, and because the living environment is too difficult, most of the towns are in a situation of autonomy. As a vassal of the kingdom, Garcia, although nominally surrendered to the king, if he wants to support him, it is tantamount to idiotic dreams.

The one who can make Garcia admire will not be someone who surpasses him in status, but can only suppress him in strength. But looking around Sanriku, I'm afraid I can't find a person whose dark magic is stronger than Garcia. The only thing that can compete with Garcia is the drow queen who lives underground.

The more Taylor thought, the more confused and confused. Who is he going to face, and why does this person send someone specially to catch the brave who was summoned by him? This mysterious person who appeared suddenly disrupted all the plans, and before they reached Garlinburg, they fell into the hands of the enemy.

Going through the corridor, walking up the stairs to a tall tower, after about ten minutes, Hilde, who led the way in front, stopped. "Here." In front of him was a carved iron door, the dull color looked solemn and cold.

Hilde opened the door, and behind the barrier was an empty hall. On the high platform above, there was a figure wearing a black robe from the back. Only a few candles were lit in the hall, and the twisted firelight shone on the wall, like ghosts, which was really scary.

"My lord, I brought it." Hilde said respectfully.

The black-robed man nodded slightly and motioned to Hilde to retreat. When the iron door was gently closed, only Taylor and the mysterious "sir" were left in the hall.

"Heh..." The black robe man smiled lightly.

This laughter sounded in Tyler's ears, and there was a strange sense of familiarity. Not only that, but the figure from the back under the mopping robe looked very familiar. A vague thought flashed in Tyler's mind, and before he could catch the fragment for that moment, the black-robed man turned around.

"It's been a long time, Taylor." The young man with blond hair and blue eyes under the candlelight, with a beautiful and soft face, was actually Charles who broke up with them on the way to Lihaiburg.

"You don't seem to be surprised." Charles smiled, his smile is still as gentle and soft as before, but standing in this quiet dark lair will only make Taylor's heart cold.

Feeling horrified, Taylor tried to calm his voice: "...Your figure is very familiar."

"That's right, we have been together for a while after all. That was more than two months ago, but now that I think about it, it's like a lifetime."

Taylor obviously didn't share the old interest with Charles: "You want to kill me?"

The boy quickly figured it out. From the first time he was down by the Shire, the following three encounters were all carefully planned conspiracies. Not long after leaving Tanner City, Shire focused on them.

After being rescued by Charles's motorcade for the first time, Taylor had originally planned to thank Lan Weiwei and left. But by coincidence, Charles had to return to the manor in Constantine, which coincided with Taylor and the others.

After arriving at Mount Uta, Charles said that he could **** them into the mountain, but Taylor refused. The decision made out of jealousy now seems to be a step to disrupt Shire's plan.

But this didn't bother him. Soon, the second encounter appeared, and the thing that allowed Charles to accurately grasp their movements, I am afraid it was the string of pendants.

The pendant "inadvertently" left in the book given to Lan Weiwei should be a magic weapon with positioning magic applied. With the power to make Garcia willing to surrender, it is no wonder that Tyler could not detect the magic that Charles applied.

As for the special exhortation before leaving, I was probably afraid that Taylor would throw the pendant away. The silly girl Lan Weiwei thought that Shire was a good person, and she would not allow Taylor to throw the pendant representing Shire's heart into the corner.

The only deviation was that the pendant was originally given to Lan Weiwei, but it fell into Taylor's hands by accident.

After the subsequent encounter for the third time, everything went smoothly, and Shire even came to a bitter ploy to save his life and save Lan Weiwei. But Taylor didn't understand, why would he leave suddenly afterwards?

Thinking about it now, Char's series of actions were directed at Lan Weiwei, the saint he knew. Approaching her, moved her, and even made her feel guilty. All of this shows that Shire's goal is the saint, why did he name him to capture the brave alive?

I don't know if there is a chance to answer these kinds of questions. I want to understand that Charles' motives for approaching Lan Weiwei are impure, and Taylor's mood is complicated and difficult to distinguish. He was angry for the girl, but deep in his heart he had untimely triumph and ecstasy.

Putting down other feelings for the time being, Taylor saw that Charles did not answer, and could not help but sneered: "Or, what are you going to get with me?"

"You probably figured it out already." Charles slowly stepped off the platform and walked towards Taylor. "I approached you for a purpose, saying that I was using you, and that's right."

"The one you use the most is probably Weiwei." Taylor still couldn't help being angry at Lan Weiwei.

"Vivi..." Charles had a nostalgic expression on his face, "I didn't expect Garcia to violate my order and grab her too." He looked at Taylor, "Don't worry, I won't hurt her." of."

"Can I trust you?" Taylor sneered.

Charles sighed: "I know it's hard for you to trust me again. Let me tell you the truth, my purpose is not a saint. At first, I thought I needed the saint, but then I found out that I was wrong." His eyes were dark and gloomy, "What I need is you, Mr. Brave. The others have nothing to do with me, and I have no interest in paying attention."

"What do you need me to do?"

Charles smiled slightly: "Kill me."

"What?!" This answer was far beyond Taylor's expectation. He even suspected that he had heard it wrong, "Should I kill you?"

"It's weird, isn't it? Yes, even I think it's incredible. I'm afraid you don't know who I am standing in front of you." Charles lifted up his sleeves covering the back of his hands. "Look, Taylor ."

It was a white and slender hand, because the pampered and rich life seemed to be very well maintained. Other than that, there is nothing special. But something strange happened. Under Taylor's gaze, starting from his fingertips, the flesh on his hands started to peel off little by little.

Like confetti, after the flesh fell, there was not even a trace of blood, and it quickly decayed into ashes and dissipated in the air. In the blink of an eye, Shire's right hand was only left with bones.

He just raised a prismatic hand and smiled secretly at Taylor: "How?"

"This is the necromantic spell?"

"It's not, it's just because the power it possesses is too strong, this body can't bear it, so it's beginning to decay." Charles re-covered his sleeves on the back of his hand, "I can still use magic to cover up when I was with you before. , But now it's getting more and more powerless."

"Who the **** are you?" Taylor couldn't help but finally asked the question in his heart.

A stranger who suddenly appeared, Orville would not fail to check. Charles is the heir of the Constantine Sutcliffe family, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. This is why Taylor had never doubted Shire before.

"I am the son of darkness." Seeing Taylor puzzled, Charles raised his eyebrows, "Garcia called me Murphy's spokesperson in the world, the highest place born with the saint." He raised his head and looked at the stone chair on the high platform. , "You must have investigated me. There is no problem with my identity and background. Why did I become a child of darkness overnight? I didn't expect it..."

Charles's eyes became blank: "At first, everything was normal. Gradually, something began to change. I found a strange power in my body, and no one understood what it was until I used black magic. At that time, I was six years old. In order to conceal this incident, my father made up his mind to send me to my uncle's house in Lannu. However, before he could do anything, my father died unexpectedly."

"Next is my mother, and then my tutor...one by one, the people around me began to die gradually. That power is getting stronger and stronger. I can't use magic in front of people, no matter what the spell, from me If I read it in my mouth, it will turn into a deadly black air. I fired all the permanent servants of the manor and stayed in a simple place. There were only a few old servants who would not leave anyway. Of course, they also died one by one."

"And Lance, do you remember? He was rescued when I was out. In order to repay my kindness, he vowed to protect me." Charles lowered his eyes, "As you think, he is also dead. I used magic to control his corpse so that he could continue to guard me after death, which also defeated his wish."

"So, I have had enough of this kind of life. No relatives, no friends, anyone close to me can't escape the fate of death. All this is brought about by the power in my body. This darkness I don’t know where it comes from, or why it’s in my body. But I want to destroy it, even if it requires my life."

"So, you thought of the saint?"

"Yes, you are a smart guy, Tyler." Charles squinted his eyes slightly, "The power from Murphy, its nemesis must be the saint representing Moore. Although I don't know how to destroy the body through the saint But this cannot shake my determination. It is a pity that the saint never leaves the temple. I can only wait again and again until your carriage leaves Cayenne City."

"Don't be surprised, I have been watching you since I left the temple. In order not to miss any whereabouts of the saint, the wire report network I set up around the temple is stronger than the city patrol team. After that, I will create opportunities and You got acquainted. My plan is to find a way to control the saint, and then study how to destroy the power in the body."

"It sounds strange."

"Indeed." Charles smiled bitterly, "No matter what I lied to you, this is a fact. Then, there was an unexpected turn."

"Garcia?"

Charles showed an expression of approval: "Remember the string of pendants I gave to Weiwei? In order to track you down, I applied magic on it. Hilde once said that you have a strange aura."

"Could it be because of the pendant?"

"Yes." Charles nodded. "Hilde almost mistaken you for the son of darkness they had been looking for. But then, Garcia discovered that Constantine's breath was stronger. At that time, I happened to return to the manor. ."

"Is it the time you were injured? You left in a hurry, not because you were seriously injured and you need to recuperate?"

"That was another accident. I didn't expect my body to decay so fast. My strength is getting stronger and stronger, and it invades the body faster and faster. In order to prevent you from discovering the abnormality, I can only leave. Then I have to leave. , Garcia found me."

"Do you believe it? When he said that I was the son of darkness representing God Murphy, my first feeling was anger."

"Son of Darkness...what does this have to do with the saint?"

"The battle of the fire kite is essentially a war between the God of Light and the God of Darkness, between West and Murphy, and also between the Saintess and the Son of Darkness. They represent the gods behind themselves, on two continents. Compete against each other. People don’t know the existence of the Son of Darkness, and only think that the Abyssal Altar in Garlinburg is Murphy’s last fortress. However, this is true, because the source of the Dark Son’s power is the Altar of the Abyss."

"In the final moments of the Battle of Huo Kite, Margaret destroyed the Altar of the Abyss, and the forces of darkness were defeated. In fact, it was because she destroyed the source of power for the Son of Darkness, right?"

"These are all Garcia told me. I tried to kill myself, but failed. This body cannot be destroyed by any means. Even if it eventually decays, the power of the gods will make it reborn. Even if the soul is decayed." Charles stared at Taylor deeply, "It can also control its body to carry on the mission of the Son of Darkness."

"I'm just a container, Tyler. Using my container to open the dark forest and start the second battle of the fire kite is the will of Murphy. It is only these forces that Garcia fears."

"Then why do you need me to kill you? As you said, the children of darkness cannot be killed. The only way to destroy these experiences is to destroy the altar of the abyss."

"This is my purpose, Tyler, to destroy the Altar of the Abyss. This is something that only you can do."

"Isn't this something a saint can do?"

The expression on Charles's face is very subtle: "Just ten days ago, I was the same as you thought. Haven't you doubted it? I know you have read Greer's diary, that should be the first part of the incomplete ."

"Could it be..."

"The second part is in Garcia's hands. It was because he got the manuscript that he knew the existence of the Son of Darkness. The Son of Darkness was born with the saint. More than 20 years ago, after the temple announced the birth of the saint, Garcia Begin to search for the Son of Darkness. He once sneaked into the palace of the Principality of Tracy and peeked at the first part of the manuscript. But that part only contains ambiguous information. The most important content is in the third part."

"The third part is in your hands?"

"No, it has not been destroyed. But I know what is recorded on it. In this world, I am afraid that only three people know. Oh, no, the second person who knows is dead." The arc of Shire's mouth is strange. Ironically, "The third part of the manuscript is in his hands, and the person who killed him was the great priest of the temple, Daniel."

"Daniel?!" Taylor felt like thunder.

"Curious?" Charles smiled like a demon, "Come on, let me tell you. The truth about everything, and a way to kill me."

The author has something to say: BOSS feels bitter [wipe tears