A cold greenness spread around Aurelion's body, covering her whole body, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn.
The audience was like statues frozen in place, with astonishment in their eyes.
Even August couldn't avoid the accumulation of an unspeakable shock in his eyes.
Necromancer?
This idea emerged in the minds of many nobles.
August frowned, and there was a wave of confusion in his heart.
"How can it be?"
Aurelion had only arrived in the kingdom a few days ago. In just a few days, she had mastered the magic of necromancy?
Could it be that...she has learned necromancy before?
is it possible?
Grand Duke Barlow has never left the kingdom, and she has never had the opportunity to come into contact with him before...
However, although people have endless doubts about this, the facts before them are irrefutable——
Aurelion did use necromancy.
Yet no one cheered or marveled.
In their emotional depression, all they can find is sadness.
The only way to get rid of August's control turned out to be to become an undead.
Seeing Earl Cody's body burned out and turned into a skeleton, there was only haze in their hearts.
Moreover, even more despair is yet to come.
"Your Royal Highness, please forgive me."
August looked at Aurelion and persuaded Aurelion with a slightly calm tone:
"As the princess of the empire, is it inappropriate for you to interfere in the affairs of our kingdom?"
Yes, this is August's confidence.
As members of the empire, why should you interfere in the affairs of our Kingdom of Kanter?
Even if the kingdom carries out drastic reforms and the entire high-level power circle undergoes a major shake-up.
As the princess of the empire, you have no right to interfere.
The noble Lords know this very well.
Because Aurelion is not their savior.
She couldn't save everyone present.
But Aurelion didn't want to give up because of this. She looked at August and her voice was elegant and firm, as if coming from another space:
"But you want to kill everyone here."
"kill?"
August chuckled lightly, tapping his fingertips on the arms crossed on his chest:
"They will not die, they will just transform and become my loyal subordinates, correctly obeying my orders."
Aurelion's eyes froze slightly, but August suddenly hugged herself.
It’s like sighing:
"The Strigoi will accept them all."
"At that time, we who have completed the blood sacrifice will abandon our fragile human bodies."
"We! Will be—"
Before he finished speaking, August opened his arms and turned his back to the scarlet full moon, revealing a deep dark shadow in the mid-air.
It was like a mysterious rune, conveying his mysterious thoughts:
"immortal."
Finally, August's bloody eyes were completely filled with madness.
The thousands of blood slaves were reflected in his eyes, performing their own mechanical dance under the bloody moon.
Aurelion looked at August, who was completely crazy, and completely lost the idea of persuasion.
The August in front of him turned into a demon who fell into madness.
The surrounding nobles looked even more desperate.
They wanted to resist, but no matter what, the people around them were all August's elite soldiers.
These elite soldiers will only protect August absolutely.
They didn't care whether August would become a vampire or whether he would become a blood slave after death.
Even if they ignore these dead soldiers who are not afraid of death.
The thousands of blood slaves who fell into madness were definitely not something they could handle.
What is even more despairing is the terrifying monster that will be summoned by this ritual.
At this time, Aurelion also risked her life, but the soul flame on her body began to waver, and the green light became even more dazzling.
Dark green smoke curled up from her feet and spread outward.
Trying to save every dead soul who became a blood slave.
but……
She suddenly felt an unusual weakness, like a strong wind passing through her body and stealing her magic power.
The connection between the surrounding magic and the realm of the dead completely dissipated at this moment.
The soul flame in Aurelion was looming and wavering, and there was a risk of extinguishing in the next second.
At the same time, the spiritual fire on the head of the dead Earl Cody became weaker and weaker.
The flame seemed to dissipate at any moment.
Aurelion tried to absorb the magic around her to keep the spirit fire burning.
But the magic power slowly dissipated like water in a lake, and she felt like she was standing in a dead quagmire with nowhere to return.
In the next second, the link between magic and Aurelion was completely broken, and the swaying soul flame on her body also completely dissipated.
Then, the connection between her and the magic power was completely broken, and the green body swallowed by the flames gradually returned to its normal state.
There was no more burning flame in the blood-colored eyes.
After Count Cody lost the support of the soul flame, only a pile of bones remained in his body, scattered messily on the ground.
Seeing all this happening, Aurelion felt completely confused.
Why was her magic power cut off?
When she saw that August was not surprised, but rather expected, she suddenly realized something.
"Do you know why there are so few mages in the kingdom?"
"Although it is related to the fact that few people learn magic, the most fundamental reason is still because of this."
He clapped his hands, and a burst of chaotic footsteps suddenly enveloped the entire courtyard.
The cold elite soldiers surrounded the entire courtyard with expressionless faces.
In their hands, each of them held a seemingly inconspicuous dark stone.
Aurelion's eyes widened when she saw these stones.
"This is a specialty of our kingdom, the forbidden magic stone."
August said calmly:
"Although they are rare in number and extremely difficult to mine, as long as there is this thing, there will basically be no mages in the kingdom."
The soldiers took the forbidden magic stone back to their waists. August looked at Aurelion and said slowly:
"As I said, Your Highness, we don't want to have any trouble with the empire."
"So, your safety will definitely be guaranteed."
He turned around again and faced the miserable red blood moon.
"Next, please watch from the sidelines——"
"This grand banquet."
As soon as he finished speaking, countless blood slaves, as if they had received some order, knelt down and began to worship the blood moon.
Their heads kept colliding with the earth.
Even if blood splattered and bones shattered, they had no intention of stopping.
Blood stains dripped onto the ground covered by ancient runes. Those lines seemed to be alive, quickly absorbed, and the fluorescence became brighter.
The blood slaves were as dry as dead trees, as if their life had been sucked out by invisible hands.
The blood moon hanging in the sky seemed to have sensed the strengthening of magic, and its red light became even brighter.
It illuminates almost every corner of the courtyard.
The eyes of many nobles were full of fear and despair, as if an even more terrifying beast was devouring them.
Hilda stood in the courtyard holding Joanna, her two thin bodies looking particularly weak under the blood moon.
Joanna raised her head expressionlessly, looked at Hilda's solemn face, and asked:
"Sister, are we all going to die here?"
Hilda lowered her head, gently touched Joanna's forehead, and comforted softly:
"No, none of us will die."
After saying that, she looked at August again.
That was the person she was most familiar with.
At this moment, she only felt deeply unfamiliar.
In a moment of dead silence, there was a huge commotion from the huge mansion in the distance.
And in the huge mansion in the distance, there was suddenly a shocking movement.
The roof of the house was broken by red light, and a huge figure soared straight into the blood moon.
Everyone looked up and their eyes widened in shock.
It was a woman with bat wings.
But her wild beast-like fangs and her pale skin under the light of the blood moon looked particularly eye-catching.
She slowly fell from the sky, her huge bat wings almost covering half of the scarlet moon.
At this moment, August’s eyes were hot, as if he saw what his heart wanted:
"It's you, my queen."
"It's my destiny..."
Suddenly, his voice stopped.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, as the sound of footsteps knocking on the stairs came clearly, causing a silence.
At this moment, everyone's eyes couldn't help but look towards the source of the sound.
Even Aurelion couldn't help but widen her eyes, and her eyes seemed to light up with hope.
It was a man wearing a black trench coat.
He put his hands in his pockets, and everyone consciously made way for him.
Until he walked into the crowd and came to August.
Victor's eyes first looked at the bloody figure floating in the sky, and then took in the creepy scarlet scene on the ground.
Finally, he set his sights on August.
August also looked at Victor, his eyes slightly raised, and he showed a very confident smile:
"Congressman Cravenna..."
"Your Majesty August."
Victor's voice sounded faintly, interrupting August's words.
"You want to say that we Imperial people should not interfere in the affairs of your kingdom, right?"
These words are exactly what August said to Aurelion just now.
And now, Victor repeated these words again.
Although he didn't know what Victor meant, August still nodded.
"That's right, Mr. Congressman."
"Even you have no right to interfere with our kingdom."
Victor stood in front of the court, closed his eyes slightly, and said thoughtfully:
"I see."
Suddenly, a blue bird with vivid feathers slowly flew down from the sky.
It entered everyone's sight and brought with it a steady stream of magic.
August's pupils shrank slightly, extremely surprised.
"...Magic? This shouldn't be the case."
The Forbidden Magic Stone has blocked all magic power present, which is also August's confidence when facing Victor.
But now, why does a bird made of magic appear?
"This is a natural bird, a special magic created by our Council of Mages Councilor Rachel Azure."
After Victor answered August's question succinctly, he stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.
Above the sky, the blue bird suddenly appeared on an illusory screen.
"Hello? Well, can you hear me over there?"
In the picture, a smartly dressed black-haired woman occupies the center of the screen.
At this moment, she was standing in the palace, surrounded by countless imperial ministers.
The unfolding of this moment made everyone present feel extremely confused.
What on earth happened?
"It looks like it's almost done."
The woman slightly adjusted the angle of the screen and then left the camera.
After she left, the figure sitting on the throne appeared in the camera.
He looked like an old man dressed luxuriously, with white temples and a kind smile.
But the moment the nobles present saw the kind old man, they froze as if they had been struck by lightning.
Because, the old man in the shot, everyone present knew his identity.
'The most powerful emperor in the empire - Oberly Saul VIII. '
Even Aurelion almost blurted out:
"Father!?"
The kind old man seemed to have heard Aurelion's voice, and he sat in his seat and smiled.
Even August was stunned. He didn't understand what Victor was going to do.
But suddenly, his eyes were fixed on the picture, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Between the palaces, there was a tied-up warrior.
The other nobles also noticed this.
That warrior was wearing the kingdom's standard armor.
However, in this shot, it seems that the woman at the beginning is the protagonist.
She reappeared on the side of the screen and introduced with a smile to everyone present:
"This man's name is Qiul. After identification, he has been confirmed to be a warrior of your Kingdom of Kantor."
"He, before, he sneaked into our family's territory and attempted to assassinate me. Now he was arrested and has been tortured to extract a confession."
Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other.
The Empire would hardly lie on such matters, and there was no need to lie in this matter.
As long as you are willing to check, the identity of the soldier on the screen can definitely be found out.
And on that screen, even the emperor of the empire has appeared.
Obviously, with the emperor's endorsement, this matter cannot be faked.
But what made them even more curious was the woman who claimed to have been assassinated by him.
Who is she?
"Sorry, I almost forgot to introduce myself."
Suddenly, a woman's voice sounded.
A charming smile appeared on her pretty face.
But it made everyone present silent:
"I am Leah Cravenna, I am Victor Cravenna's..."
"family."
beep——
The picture shrunk instantly and the sound stopped abruptly.
Everything around him seemed to be frozen by these cold words, and a cold chill climbed up the back of every noble lord.
Likewise, even August turned his head with difficulty and looked at the expressionless man.
Victor's voice was heard, like the death knell, being slowly tolled:
"Now."
"It's time for us to settle old scores."
