Gavin realized something was wrong as soon as he spoke. The son of a duke turned his head and saw the terrifying look on his sister's face.
"You...you said you found clues to the legend of Frostleaf Castle." Danlfien took a step back, "Take me to find the Scroll of Oath."
"Listen to me explain Danfion——"
"We were chased by the undead and fled desperately to the third floor. But the necromancer still chased us to my mother's bedroom." She screamed while avoiding Gavin who wanted to hold her hand. "Oh my god, what is going on? You are going to kill me. Do you hate me, brother?"
"No, no, I love your sister, don't listen to that mercenary's nonsense..."
Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Four Leaf Territory has never felt betrayal. She interrupted Gavin sadly: "You still want to lie to me until now! Why do you hate me so much? What did I do wrong? Gavin, I am Your biological sister! How could you do this to me?"
She covered her face and cried.
"I guessed this after seeing the Scroll of Oath!" Gavin roared, "Cunning adventurers, you are really good at framing you! Who asked you to say these lines? Messettoli's food Rotten beasts, or those high-ranking magicians from the Tower of Sky? What benefits did they give you, fiefdom or wealth?"
"I am not anyone's lackey, not even an adventurer. I am only here to end this disaster. This is both the rule of the mysterious world of Knox and the will of Gaia."
Uriel responded coldly.
"At this point, what else do you have to say? The Necromancer is just an outsider, and he cannot find the legendary records any easier than the master who lives in Frostleaf Castle."
"I don't care about what's going on between you. I just want to know what deal you made with the Necromancer - what does he want to do with the Scroll of Oath?"
Gavin was silent. He looked at Danelfien. The girl's golden braid was undulating behind her, jumping up and down as her shoulders shook.
"Of course it's to fulfill the wish." The young noble no longer needed to pretend to be confused, he stopped defending. If Four Leaf City really comes to an end because of the Necromancer, then he will be the sinner of the entire Four Leaf Territory.
Gavin never imagined that things would get out of hand like this. He clenched his fists with a sinister look on his face: "Newell is my escort. He was originally the mysterious man I brought back from Winnie Watts."
"What? ! 』The audience Soren almost made a typo.
"He is the Necromancer of Knox, a survivor of the Wenivales Massacre fifteen years ago." Gavin looked at Dandelphin, who felt that this look was extremely strange.
"The Massacre at Winnie Watts?"
Uriel was stunned. He wondered if something big had happened to that city of ice and snow, but he didn't see any relevant reports in newspapers in the outside world.
In other words, this is a big event that only happens in Knox, and it's mostly mysterious.
The apprentice had little knowledge of the county on the southern border of the kingdom. He knew that every frost moon was a long, lightless land, and skin exposed to the air would quickly suffer from frostbite. Even in the hottest month, the frost in the sun will not melt.
This severe cold has not changed in Knox. What is different are the ancient songs and stories: some people always think that it is connected to the border of hell, and Surte, the god who symbolizes wisdom and fire, has a torch-like gaze. When the abyss invaded Knox's future, he and Lucia took away the light and heat of the Ice Territory; there were also legends that the shadow of Winnie Watts was the lair of the ice demons, and the extremely dark night was their carnival. festival.
It was also because of the Cloud Train incident that Uriel read the newspapers of the Eastman Kingdom in the other world in the past two days and had some impression of Winnie Watts.
The recent collapse of the Angmar Tunnel has brought the Morris Mountains near Whinneys into the spotlight once again. The Geological Survey claimed they had discovered ancient ruins, but that was just a rumor.
"Now I believe you are not a mercenary."
The Duke's son sarcastically said.
He only thought that the apprentice was lying. The Venetian Massacre was the most significant massacre in the kingdom in the past twenty years, and even an illiterate dock coolie could tell it clearly.
Sauron knew that Uriel's situation was special, so he explained: "This is related to the demon hunting movement twenty years ago, and also involves the dispute between the Glorious Council and the Silent School... In the end, the Templar Knights crossed the Knights Bay. and the Four-Leaf Forest, where the massacre was carried out at Whinneyworth. In the final period, two thousand people were executed in a single day, and rivers of blood flowed under the glaciers. 』
"The demon-hunting movement ended with the massacre at Venevoise and lasted for five years."
"According to incomplete statistics, the number of casualties in the Ice Territory is nearly 200,000, accounting for one-third of the total population."
"Vinewaltz became a veritable city of death. 』
"...!!"
Uriel's eyes widened and he couldn't say a word. The concept of two hundred thousand was swirling in his mind, but he could never imagine how much it was. The apprentice had seen the dense sea of flowers on the hillside during the Flower Moon. Perhaps each one of them represented one in 200,000.
If he had to give an example, Uriel could only think of the suffering Yotsuba Castle.
The disaster at Clover was a repeat of Venetian.
"Is that Necromancer here for revenge?" He felt depressed, but it was far from his original mood. "The Glorious Council massacred the people of Veniworth. The kingdom had no intention of revenge, and the nobles were indifferent... He personally took revenge on the executioner who caused the tragedy and the ruler who looked on with cold eyes?"
Gavin retorted angrily: "What does this have to do with us! If Croita hadn't ignored the kingdom, would the Radiant Parliament be able to fly across the Northland to Weniworth? They wouldn't have the guts to cross the Sky Tower's airspace. , I can only reluctantly cross the land that those magicians don't care about."
"We are victims too!"
He was indifferent to the fact that the kingdom could not protect his city-state and caused suffering to his people, but he was deeply humiliated when the Knights Templar invaded the country.
Gavin represents the common view of the nobles headed by the Wiggins family - that is not my responsibility, and whoever cares about that damn place in Winniworth is in charge. So much so that when Newell sought revenge for the victims of Veniworth, he was unaware of it.
These people saw themselves as victims of a tarnished reputation at heart, and they believed that they were on the side of Winnie Watts. In fact, they stand for no one and only cherish themselves.
Uriel didn't know what kind of incredible logic the son of a duke had in his mind. He used to think that the other party was a truly responsible nobleman, but now the apprentice felt that Chief Shunuo, who never confessed to Gavin until his death, still had some qualities like loyalty.
You'll be damned if Newell doesn't betray you.
"No, you are worse than trash." He commented, then resisted the urge to go up and give him a blow and asked: "What was your original plan?"
"Newell kills Delphine, and I will reward him with the Scroll of Oath. I always have to be more generous with this kind of brain-destroying work." Gavin revealed the truth unwillingly. Although he relied on his identity and believed that Uriel would not kill him, the disaster in Clover City was enough for him to die several times after Tracy returned. There is no benefit in keeping secrets now.
The premise is that Gavin can survive until Duke Tracy returns to Frostleaf Castle instead of dying at the hands of the Necromancer.
Uriel believed that this was just a way of putting money on his face, because Gavin only gave out clues about the Book of Oaths, but did not find the actual object at all.
"Did you pick a time when the Duke was attending the Kingdom meeting?"
"In fact, it could have been any time. But Tracy holds the Spell Wing Scepter, which can give people extraordinary power. I don't dare to joke about my future."
"What does Newell want to achieve with the Scroll of Oath?"
"It's impossible to end the history class. It's already been two hours, right? It seems like our teacher is not very lucky, and there won't be one tomorrow."
"You have no tomorrow."
"Yeah, who made me unable to control him well." Gavin replied. "I can also tell you why I want to kill my dear sister. She was born so well that Tracy allowed her to own the entire Ice Territory without doing anything. As long as she comes of age, she will be the new Earl of Ice Territory. .”
"And what about me? Yotsuba City belongs to Fritz. My brother is supported by Tracy, and I have nothing. Whenever I think of my eldest brother who was sent to the royal capital by my mother to eat and wait to die, she still The euphemistic name is assisting the eldest son of the king, and I can predict who I will be in the future."
He smiled with great irony: "I know that the nobles in the royal capital gave him the nickname 'Barrel Minister Batchelor', because Flavia was so powerful that he had nothing to do every day but drink to survive; when Flevia When Ritz becomes the Grand Duke of the Four-Leaf Territory, what do you think people will call me?"
"But I am your sister. I grew up with you, and we are connected by blood." Danlfion sobbed, "I love you, and you know that I don't want to be a Earl of Ice Land at all."
Gavin watched her cry silently. "Berti's Norn, it's useless if you don't want to. Those idiots believe that you are their savior. They think that a little baby who happened to be born on the day when the massacre ended is an angel sent by Berti. They regard you as Winnie Watts. mascot. They would rather not accept the rule of any lord but you."
He was filled with hatred and jealousy, but his expression was complicated: "But you are not worthy of being the Earl of Ice Land, you are too stupid."
The little princess with a four-leaf collar cried loudly, her voice mixed with the rapid banging sound.
A wall of ice and snow stretches across the center of the room, with swords and shadows on one side and plots and hidden arrows on the other.
"You never regarded me as a relative, right?" Delphine asked.
Gavin was silent. Still with a sarcastic expression, he replied: "When I didn't know that I would become the next jester, I was glad that there was someone in this castle to accompany me in my classes, even the most annoying history classes."
"I thought... I was more important to you than the Ice Territory." The girl sobbed and knelt on the ground weakly. "Gaia says to love your brothers and sisters, and I watched you get baptized in church and vowed to follow His guidance."
"Many nobles in the kingdom believe in Gaia, but since Peyton Forest began to participate in the kingdom meeting, more and more people believe in religion. Gaia has left with the gods, and we can only discern the lies ourselves."
"But it doesn't matter. Newell destroyed Four Leaf City, and I won't miss your Winnie Watts anymore." He moved closer and stretched out his hand to wipe away his sister's tears. "Ever since I was born, I haven't been as lucky as you."
Dandelfion the future lord of Whinney Watts?
Uriel finally knew why the Necromancer came to them. Perhaps the uninformed civilians would be grateful to the Wiggins family for speaking out in protest for them, but Newell, who followed Tracy's eldest son Gavin, must know the cause and effect.
When you realize that the benefactor you are working for is actually an accomplice who is indifferent and even helps others to do evil, it is not difficult to understand that you try to kill your enemy with your own hands.
However, Newell has been blinded by hatred, and he actually wants to destroy Four Leaf City in retaliation - if you let Veniworth suffer, I will massacre the residents of Four Leaf City.
Gavin's plan plays into his hands, and Danlfion, a naive future lord who is not only worthy of his name, but also a member of the Wiggins family, happens to send them on their way.
To the apprentice, this is simply unreasonable.
The people of Venevas are human beings, but the people of Clover Territory are not? Who will avenge the innocent people who died for Newell's revenge?
The truth was so painful that Uriel didn't want to think about it anymore.
"You have no future now." He said every word. "The undead have occupied the city-state, and the Four Leaf Territory and the Ice Land Territory have no chance with you. You also have to pay the price for what you have done, the price of your life."
"Gavin Wiggins, neither you nor Newell can escape. Today is the day of your beheading."
However, Gavin pulled Danelfein over - they were already so close at some point; the aristocratic young man strangled her neck hard, and the southern daughter's scream was choked in her throat: "I have a different opinion."
"!!"
Uriel never dreamed that Gavin's previous actions were actually to get close to Danelfion. Anger suddenly rushed to his forehead, and he took a step forward: "You bastard!"
Dandelphin grabbed his brother's arm, his eyes full of sorrow.
"Good sister." Gavin whispered in her ear, "I told you to identify lies for yourself."
"This is the future Earl of Ice. If she dies, none of you will be able to live well!" Gavin shouted, "Croita promised to protect the lords of Veniworth. This was the agreement after the massacre!"
Even if he didn't say this, the apprentice couldn't ignore the safety of this innocent southern princess. At this moment, he only regretted that he didn't use prophecy magic to see through the other party's true face.
"Let's make a deal." Gavin sneered, "One life for another, fair and just."
Uriel was about to speak when suddenly cracks appeared under his feet, and then the ground on this level began to collapse!
