Demon Royal Family

Greencastle City is the main city of the Riverlands. The center is the "Greencastle" of the Duke of Hanton family. The urban area radiates outward. Two hundred years ago, the title of the Hanton family was still Earl. The people of the Riverlands surround the Greencastle. Spontaneously formed a city with a long history.

"Green Castle" specifically refers to the residence of the Hanton family. The castle is covered with vines and looks like it was built with green leaves. It is full of life. The citizens of Green Castle City start their day with the chirping of birds. This is a time-honored custom and tradition.

The Brotherhood's power is spread across five continents. Like the Goat Chamber of Commerce, there are different people in charge in different regions. The people in charge are usually members of the Blood Circle, strong figures who can hold the place. The leader of the Brotherhood in the Riverlands gathers members in Greencastle.

Ivo and his brotherhood liaison came from Summer City to Green Castle City, traveling day and night without saying a word to each other.

There is an abandoned manor on the outskirts of Green Castle City. Ivo, led by his liaison, came to the gate of the manor. A vague magic circle enveloped the manor, and there were tides of elements invisible to the naked eye everywhere. Hidden under the calm appearance There is a dangerous undercurrent. If ordinary people who are unaware step into it rashly, they will be reduced to a pile of ashes within three seconds.

"Your Excellency, this is it." The contact person bowed and said, "The badge is the voucher for entry."

"Do you need to be so careful?" Ivo muttered, took out the badge, and pressed it in the air. It seemed to trigger a series of changes, and the magic circle revealed a passage to enter.

"Secrecy is the purpose of our brotherhood. These are your masks and cloaks." The liaison handed Ivo a white mask and a black cloak, covered his chest and saluted: "Your Excellency, welcome to the party."

The origins of the members of the fraternity are complicated, and it is important to keep their identities secret.

Ivo put on a white mask and a pure black cloak, thought for a while, hung the dagger in a conspicuous place on his waist, and strode into the manor.

Following the path, we walked into the abandoned hall. It was empty. There were cobwebs and dust everywhere. There were dusty decorations on the table, some silverware, porcelain and wood carvings. Elk heads and wolf heads hung on the walls of the hall. , and a long bow with mottled marks. It seems that the original owner of the manor was a hunter.

Ivo looked around, his eyes flashed, he picked up a wooden sculpture and crushed it casually.

At this time, a wall slowly cracked open, revealing a stone staircase going downwards, with torches hung on it, and the light was dim and deep.

Ivo walked down calmly, walking up 800 steps, and finally stepped onto the ground. Two liaisons wearing black masks were waiting here. One of them smiled and said: "From the time you walked into the hall to the time you opened the passage, a total of It took thirteen seconds, which is the fastest record, how did you find out?"

Ivo smiled, "Hanging on the wall is a heavy longbow produced in Kepero. This kind of bow has a slow shooting speed, low durability, and high power consumption. Its only advantage is that it has strong penetrating power and can target large targets. Causes painful piercing bleeding damage. Basically only Odin's Northern Army will be equipped. The manor owner was once a member of the Northern Army and was a skilled archer. He shot many enemies and had an elk head hanging on the wall. and a giant wolf head, which proves that the owner of the manor likes to hunt large prey. I think a hunter who has served in the military and likes excitement and challenges would not put a wooden sculpture of the forest god Vida in his home."

The god of the forest, Vader, is the companion of beasts. His inscription is a slogan that was overused by Ivo in his previous life - the so-called "all living beings are equal". This is a god of peace. Belief in Vader means that one must eat vegetarian food. In the eyes of a hunter, It is a violation of law to have a statue of Vida in your home.

Kepero is an iron-smelting city in the Odin Empire and can be called one of the arms factories.

After nearly twenty years of study, Ivo understands the world better than most people.

"Very accurate reasoning." The two liaisons bowed slightly and opened the narrow door behind them, "The party is about to begin, please come in."

"My pleasure." Ivo said politely and walked into the narrow door.

After Ivo entered, the two liaisons closed the door, looked at each other, took out a form, and recorded the contents while talking in a low voice.

"The one hundred and eighty-third, in thirteen seconds, with a stable mood, chose the statue of Vader."

"Calm and calm, quick thinking, well-spoken, vigilant, an excellent rational candidate, with medium trust level, in line with the standards, currently ranked...third."

In fact, there is no specific way to open the passage. Vader is just one of many options. Some people even found the passage after being left hanging for ten minutes and smashing through the wall in anger.

There are actually many halls like this.

This is a test, a judgment of the members' character, and also a selection.

Ivo wasn't the first to choose the Vader statue, but he was the fastest.

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Behind the narrow door is a huge underground rotunda, with torches all around. In the center is a round table with eight seats. Outside the round table are hundreds of peripheral seats. Many people are already sitting there, all wearing cloaks and masks, and it is quiet. Silence, the atmosphere was silent and solemn, no one talked to each other.

Ivo understands very well that everyone here is an elite member of the Brotherhood, and they have a strong sense of confidentiality about their identities. For assassins, the more people they know, the greater the risk, even for colleagues... let alone a group of assassins. Colleagues who don’t understand each other.

Of course, with time, sooner or later, alienation will turn into familiarity, and maybe then it will be time to talk.

The eight seats in the center belong to the blood circles and cadres of the Riverland, and the outer edges are seats for elite members.

For this meeting, the lowest level of access is elite members. After security inspection, it is believed that the elites can be given initial trust. Ivo knows that this is still far from the true core of the Brotherhood, but this is the goodwill of the Brotherhood and it is also an investigation. , helps weed out the distrustful and kills two birds with one stone.

Elite members are bystanders and are not allowed to interrupt. All they have to do is watch the discussion between the blood ring and the cadres, know the final decision, and implement it.

Strict, cold, and hierarchical, but this is also the foundation of the Brotherhood's existence for more than seven hundred years.

Ivo randomly found a corner and closed his eyes to rest. The assassins around him looked at Ivo habitually, and their eyes turned on the dagger on his waist before taking it back.

Two hundred and forty-five breaths later, the outer seats were filled one after another.

At this time, eight people crossed the crowd and walked towards the round table.

Although there were eight people, the attention of all the elite members present was attracted by the first person. There was no other reason. Simply because although everyone could see the first person with their naked eyes, they could not detect it in their perception. human existence.

White masks hid the shocked expressions of hundreds of people.

What a terrifying atmosphere!

Ivo's heart moved, "As expected of the core strength of the Brotherhood, Blood Ring."

If an assassin of this level comes to assassinate him, Ivo feels that he has only two ways to deal with it, use the [Eternal Iceberg] or the Void Ring. In short, there is no way to dodge.

The eight people sat down at the central seat. The member of the Blood Circle on the main seat slowly said: "I am the person in charge of the Riverlands, Brotherhood of Blood Circle, you can call me 'Iris'."

The voice is a clear female voice, but most people don't think Iris is a woman. A truly superb assassin can even imitate her voice.

Iris knocked on the table and said calmly: "Everyone here, even if you are not in the Brotherhood, you must know the origin of the Brotherhood. In the dark night era, as the vanguard against the vampires, we are active in every battlefield shrouded by bats. But times have changed. The "Justice Pact" has changed everything. The iron-blooded secret party rules are no longer observed. The vampires can easily offload their sins with a line of beautiful floral signatures. Hmm, what an unfair world. ."

Everyone here listened quietly to Iris' speech.

"The Brotherhood no longer pursues the bloody history, but those hypocritical bats have betrayed their faith. Now, the hostility that has been extinguished for hundreds of years has been rekindled. The vampires have taken the lead in provoking a new war. The target is the Brotherhood. It is obviously revenge. . So I hate immortal species. The history we have inherited is just something that happened yesterday to them. The hatred is even more unforgettable. I hate meaningless revenge, but provocation is not allowed. It is time to regain the secret party code."

Iris paused slightly, "Okay, let's stop relaying the president's nonsense. Let's talk about how to implement his orders."