I Am Louis XIV

The words of the vampire Amon made the Duke of La Rochefoucauld hesitate for a moment. He had already put on his coat, cloak, and hat at this time—he was a handsome and suave knight, but all of these were covered by his face. He is not a cowardly person. To be precise, most young men at this time are aggressive and good at fighting, especially the nobles, who are no strangers to war. Even kings and dukes, on the battlefield There are not a few people who died—even just for a sentence or two or a look, they started a duel to the death, just like a few days ago, two subordinates of Prince Condé were provoked by the Duke of Orleans. The duel resulted in the death of one of them.

If anything can make them hesitate, it's either God or the Devil, or their ambition.

The Duke of La Rochefoucauld was still a teenager when he met the Duchess of Chevouss. It is hard to say whether there is a sincere part in their contacts, but the Duke of La Rochefoucauld must have, otherwise he would He will not participate in the palace coup against Richelieu, but his subsequent exile has taught him a lot of lessons. He also met Amon at that time. Although the Duke didn't know Amon's true identity at first, to this young man, Amon was a somewhat gloomy, extreme but well-informed teacher. He opened the beautiful veil of the Duchess of Chevuss, allowing him to see the ugly true face below. It was Amon who made him break away from love and devote himself to a new career that would make him more excited and satisfied. go.

Amon's medicine (of course, the Duke didn't know it was Amon's blood at the time) made him appear in front of the Duchess of Longueville as handsome, elegant and energetic as a twenty-year-old young man. In front of the Prince of Condé, he can have a calm mind, sharp thinking, and amazing skills—otherwise, just being the lover of the Duchess of Longueville would not allow him to rise to the top and become a prince right-hand man.

Perhaps it was because Amon always acted as a gentle elder and guide, which gave the Duke of La Rochefoucauld a little unrealistic fantasy. Before the woods—the Duke still thought that Amon was no different from anyone around him, but he was wrong. The reason why a vampire is a vampire is that he no longer belongs to human beings, and he wants to combine human laws and morals, or It is impossible to put the shackles of emotion on their heads.

After he and the Prince of Condé left Paris, they were instructed by Amon several times to make the Duke say that he was willing to believe in Amon. Facts also proved that Amon’s prediction was quite correct. The problem is that compared with Why do you care about the soul of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld, the Prince of Condé is somewhat restrained in this regard. He thinks that maybe they can "use" vampires in some places, but they must get along with vampires as friends, and even treat them as friends. Being a teacher or a trustworthy object is completely impossible-in addition, maybe there is also his fear of vampires, the prince does not feel that he can control them.

In this regard, since the Duke of La Rochefoucauld has also seen it, Amon certainly can't fail to see it, but compared to the Duke's fear, Amon just smiled slightly, unexpectedly did not do anything terrible, he It can be said that he continued the previous transaction with the duke gently, and occasionally accepted the "hire" of the prince, but even the duke could feel that Amon had retracted the outstretched hand, and the prince also noticed it. Arrived, but Condé was not sorry, or rather, he was relieved.

Prince Kong Dai is a devout believer. He hates these dark creatures from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for Amon and his descendants having incomparably powerful and unimaginable means, their fate would not be worse than that of the prince dedicated to the king. Where are the wolf skins for human beings?

The Duke of La Rochefoucauld did not approve of the prince's attitude towards Amon. Apart from his deal with Amon, the power of another world that Amon showed him made him fear and long. Unfortunately, He is attached to the prince, not the prince attached to him. Prince Kong Dai has already severely warned him that he is not allowed to have a deeper relationship with Amon - he is now considered to be obedient, and he wants to increase Amon's weight in front of the prince Code is really impossible.

But if you want him to say, every word of Amon is worthy of attention-the last sentence he said to Prince Condé was to tell him not to go back to Paris, unless he was going back to be crowned as a king, otherwise he would be considered a proxy Neither can the title of king, and Prince Condé only got the title of Grand Marshal and happily left for Paris. Since then, Amon has stopped speaking, even if the Duke flatters him in every possible way.

Now he said to the Duke of La Rochefoucauld to see the situation clearly.

What kind of situation do you see clearly? The Duke couldn't ask, because the next moment, the vampire turned into a wisp of gray-black mist under the moonlight, and got out from the gap in the window.

The Duke was taken aback. After waiting for a few minutes, his attendants and the prince's officers urged him outside. He reluctantly picked up the glove that fell on the ground, hurried out the door, got on his horse, and galloped towards Paris. go.

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The vampire stretched his body recklessly in the air. When turning into smoke, he could move forward as quickly as a cloud with the help of the wind—at this time, the wind was blowing strongly from the Bois de Boulogne to Lou. floating palace.

A gray horned owl swooped down from above the clouds. Generally speaking, creatures like this would always be able to avoid such abnormalities with the vigilance endowed by instinct, but this horned owl didn't know it was because of starvation. Still overconfident, it rushed straight into the gray-black cloud—under the smoke was its prey—a fat mole.

Black smoke billowed.

The mole let out a sharp and loud cry. Something fell from the sky and hit it only a few feet away. While screaming menacingly, it flapped its claws frantically and went back to its burrow .

It was the shriveled carcass of a horned owl.

Amon doesn't like animal blood. Although vampires can live on animal blood when necessary, it's because he's in a bad mood tonight—no, no, to be precise, he should be in a good mood , the parents of the blood clan didn't feel so sorry to throw away Prince Kong Dai. Although Amon had made some attempts, although this man had a strong body, he had a cowardly heart. He was troubled by various concerns. Even though the throne is only one step away from him, he is still looking forward and backward, hesitating - Amon can see his future, clearer than a "name girl" in the Bois de Boulogne, he is destined to be forever You cannot be the master, you can only be mastered by others.

Amon sighed, maybe this is fate, even he can't break free.

his king.

He flew to the center of Paris, overlooking the city that had once again fallen into chaos—there were flames everywhere, houses that had not yet been repaired were set on fire again, and his clothes with light maroon shoulder straps and dark blue shoulder straps Soldiers are fighting each other, their blood adorns the dark streets with incomparable beauty, and in the deeper alleys, everyone is being robbed, insulted and killed-every war will inevitably produce a lot of despicable people Bandits, they are like moles hiding in caves, they come out one after another when they smell the smoke in the air, and act recklessly. After all, there are no judges, no police, and no adults who can uphold justice for people.

Even the poorest of the poor can hardly keep themselves safe, for the beasts enjoy the same joy that comes from killing.

There are also dark creatures hidden in this city, the vampires of Nofiler are different from other vampires who can deal with dignitaries, scholars and literati, or mingling in dance halls and theaters. The cursed family, their faces are distorted and ugly like a beaten wild boar, and their stature is short and rickety. Whenever they see them, people will scream, so they can only live in graves and sewers. Haunts the deepest nights, lives off the lowest runes and drunks.

Also, when the city is in riots or wars, it is also a rare good time for Nofiler.

Amon saw a few Nofelle waiting by the Seine, waiting for the soldiers who were alone or the citizens who wanted to escape. At the same time, he also saw a group of musketeers escorting the carriage from the Louvre. galloping out, the vampire sniffed the smell brought by the evening wind - the stench of the river, the rotten smell of Nofiler, and the smell of gunpowder, and... the king can almost be called a clean freak, in the When he was very young, he insisted on bathing at least once a day, but rarely used strong perfume, so his smell was always so plain, but it was extraordinarily special because of it.

Just when Amon wanted to "clean up" this small worry for the king, a group of huge black bats suddenly rushed towards the gray smoke with screams that humans could not hear, and their wings and teeth tore the smoke into pieces. There are countless small pieces, but the wisps of smoke did not dissipate because of this, but became more solidified. They turned into countless scattered ropes, tightly binding every big bat.

The chaotic black shadows entangled together, fell from the air on a raised roof, and rolled down from the sloping roof until they were blocked by a gargoyle.

The smoke and the bat instantly turned back into human form. Amon and Hierperik, Zmixi and Vanjo, the two important family heads of the blood race were entangled together in a panic. They chanted the spell at the same time, and the dripping water from the stone The mouth beast moved, and the opposite order made it confused. Fortunately, both Amon and Hierperik discovered this low-level mistake, and at the same time changed another spell. It howled silently, flapped its wings, and flew away. To those nofilers.

Amon laughed first and raised his hands. Hierperic cast a cold glance at him, jumped up from him lightly, and stood in the empty space of the gargoyle, watching the king's caravan with concern.

He stood next to Amon, and within a few minutes, the gargoyle had already torn apart two Nofilers and turned to the next prey. Seeing this, the other Nofilers fled immediately, but unfortunately, The direction they fled was exactly where the king's convoy must pass, and Amon immediately turned into hundreds of little bats—to say the least, he thought the bat he turned into was much cuter than Hilperik's big black bat .

Then he crashed into a cloud.

Before Amon, who had re-formed into a human form, could say anything, Hilperik returned from the leaden smoke to his original form, and made a gesture with a serious expression.

This is a common warning gesture among vampires, signifying great danger—often referring to priests and paladins of the Inquisition.

Amon looked down, and he saw that two knights came out on horseback before the Nofilers could approach a hundred feet in front of the convoy. There was an inhuman howl.

"Inquisition?" Amon pretended to be surprised.

Hilperik glanced at him indifferently, and he couldn't believe that Amon really knew nothing: "You can see it, but Eralio won't be able to see it."

"Of course," Amon said, "he is also a monster after all."

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