Thick smoke billowed, flames shot into the sky, and everyone roared.
"I curse you! I will curse you to be trapped in this night forever, and curse your family to never have peace!"
Following the Dragon King's curse, the Maned Wolf Count's belly was set on fire.
"I'll chop you!" Kempins was also completely crazy.
"No, Kempins! Don't kill anymore!" A roar made the count wake up a little, and he was suddenly blocked by a person in front of the throne and the count.
This woman is so vague and familiar. There is a wolf head-shaped gemstone badge on her fiery red dress.
That. . . That is. . . Ariana?
The blurry face became clearer and clearer, and countless roars and murmurs tore at the earl, "Ah, Ali?"
"Cabins! No!" A scream made the count stop completely.
"Where am I? Where is this? Why is this happening?"
When Count Maned Wolf woke up, he found himself holding his wife, Ariana Red Dragon, and saw the hot blood dripping from his hands to the ground.
A dozen steps away, Arnold Red Dragon, the current king of the Dragon Kingdom, fell to the ground.
"No!" Kebbins finally remembered that he was the one who tried to assassinate the king, and his wife stood in front of Arnold Red Dragon.
"Kebbins... Don't do this again... You have been deceived by those promises... Wake up quickly... My Kebbins... We don't want to stay in the capital anymore. . . . Let’s go home.” The countess used her last strength to comfort the count.
"My dear, don't close your eyes, let's go home, back to our wolf den, and ignore the affairs of these dragons," the earl sobbed.
The fire suddenly went out, and light poured into the hall from outside the door.
"The Prime Minister of the Empire has arrived. All personnel must stop. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" The loud voice echoed over the palace, but the count could no longer listen.
. . . . . .
"No!" In an instant, the count woke up.
Tears blurred the eyes of Count Caspian Maned Wolf, but he still recognized the ceiling of his room in Blue Magpie Castle.
Every month, he would go back to that night nine years ago more than once. From the initial fear to the subsequent humiliation, now at the moment when the dream ended, it was actually the count's warmest moment, because at this moment, his Ah Liana was so clear.
"How are the vassals?" This was the first thing the count said after waking up.
"My Lord Earl, are you awake?" The waiter on the side noticed that the Earl was awake and hurried over, "Hurry and invite the eldest son!"
"I'm asking you how your vassals are doing!" the count roared angrily, so loudly that Fernando, who was rushing towards him from the door, was startled.
"They are all fine, father!" Fernando ran to the count's bedside, constantly comforting him and telling him the latest situation.
"The dragonborn lady Guleia Blue Dragon took action to disperse the barbarian cavalry. The vassals have all returned. The injury on your abdomen was also suppressed by Ms. Guleia!"
"I understand," the Earl breathed a sigh of relief, "How long have I been asleep?"
"In less than a day." Fernando looked at the count, hesitated and said, "Father?"
"Tell me, who's coming?"
"His Excellency McLaren Blue Dragon"
"snort"
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"The Earl must have been cursed by the Dragon Flame." In a guest room in the castle, the dragonborn girl Gulea Blue Dragon said to Antreqi and two middle-aged men.
"I have helped him stabilize the curse, but it has only stabilized it. I am afraid that the count's body will continue to deteriorate."
"I'm afraid it has something to do with what happened nine years ago. The curse that can set the Silver Knight on fire is probably planted by His Majesty Arnold Red Dragon back then." The person who spoke was one of the three pillars of the Dragon Kingdom, the legendary knight McLaren Blue Dragon.
"I didn't expect that such a curse could last to this day." Another middle-aged man is the Magister of the Kingdom's Academy of Magic and the highest-level magician in the Maned Wolf family, Cohen Maned Wolf.
"Arnold was able to place the curse on Kebbins on the throne. The throne carries the faith of the entire kingdom and can make the curse break through from the level of a magister to the level of a legend."
"As far as I know, after that incident 9 years ago, both the Tower of Purity and the Temple Alliance participated in the aftermath and exiled a group of knights who participated in the coup. It is said that the curse of the Maned Wolf Earl also relied on the legend of the Temple Alliance to alleviate it. of."
"I didn't expect that these barbarians could actually know the secrets of the past!"
"I'm afraid this is not something that a group of barbarians who dig salt in salt mines every day can come up with."
. . . . . . .
In the lord's room of Blue Magpie Castle, Count Maned Wolf forced himself to meet with McLaren Blue Dragon and Cohen Maned Wolf.
"Kebbins, like I said, we are here just to see if there is anyone who can help you. We have no other intention, let alone any family who wants to seize the northwest territory. Don't worry too much."
In order to take care of the physical condition of the old Maned Wolf, the legendary knight suppressed his fighting spirit and allowed the count to look at him. Even so, only the Count of the Maned Wolf in the room could barely look into his eyes.
"Yes, His Majesty and all your lords sent the Dragon Knights to the Northwest Territory in the name of escort just to protect the integrity of the Northwest Territory."
Although Cohen Maned Wolf is the leader of the Maned Wolf family, he does not belong to the same clan as the Earl. His long stay in the magic tower in the royal capital has allowed him to hear many rumors related to the Earl and the Northwest Territory.
Now that Cohen Maned Wolf has been appointed, he is more of a messenger specially chosen by the kingdom's senior officials to reduce Count Maned Wolf's resistance. No matter what Cohen thinks of Kempins and the current Northwest Territories, there are some things he must say. Said.
"Nine years ago you asked me to persuade Arnold to abdicate, and I did it." The count said calmly, but McLaren could hear the anger in it.
"He abdicated, and Du Sen, whom you all recognized, came up, but what about the marriage you promised?
You promised to make my family a magister family." The Earl became more and more excited as he spoke, "But look at me now, what do I have left? "
"Kebbins, stop talking. We can't do anything about what happened back then. Prime Minister Metroya personally arranged the following events." McLaren felt a little guilty when he spoke. In any case, he did not fulfill his promise and broke his promise. Promises are a huge stain on any level of nobility.
"But you are not at a disadvantage. No legendary priest can suppress the curse on you.
Even this relapse was suppressed by the younger generations of our family. "Legend knew he was in the wrong, so he frantically sought compensation.
"Yes, Your Excellency, but for whom did I suffer the curse back then? Who betrayed me now, causing me to fail at the last moment of killing the barbarian?"
"Who else could it be? Of course it's those bugs from the Dianqian Division. Who else but them would dare to collude with foreign races so blatantly?"
The room fell silent again, and Count Maned Wolf still looked at the legendary knight.
"So, our northwest county should be sacrificed?"
"I can help you delay for a while and prevent other forces from intervening." McLaren finally relented, "But now that the barbarians are in power, your body is unable to launch a second round of decisive battle. You must think about what to do next." end."
The earl nodded and finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the legendary knight and the magister of the same sect leave.
The family's territory was still preserved by him, although it was only temporary.
