Lord of War

23. Awakened Bloodline

Black Swan Castle has been in decline for too long.

Since the outbreak of the war four and a half years ago, Black Swan Castle has become a forgotten place like the gods who fell into a deep sleep due to the dusk of the gods. This forgotten place has been silent for three years in the Angloda Mountains. In people's memory, the five famous castles in the south of the Miracle Continent have gradually become the top four. For the Black Swan Castle to be excluded from this ranking, No one seemed to find anything amiss.

After countless days of sun and rain, the Black Swan Castle finally became like the old man who couldn't bear the washing of the years and became more and more dilapidated.

If this continues, the castle will eventually become a ruin.

The Miracle Continent in reality is nothing like a game. The game is protected by a program. No matter how dilapidated the castle is, it cannot really become a ruin. As long as the player completes the system's unblocking requirements, the castle will naturally fall into the player's hands; but in reality, If an ancient castle is really in ruins, then the cost of rebuilding it will increase geometrically. Now this ancient castle has not yet become ruins, but it needs more than 4,000 stones for a comprehensive repair. If it is to be completely restored, more stones will be needed.

To completely restore a semi-dilapidated castle, the cost is a bit high.

But Sean still invested in all aspects of this castle without hesitation.

Of course, no one knows how many factors are involved in this because of the sacrificial platform on the second basement floor. But Sean's plan. He is planning to wait for this battle to come to an end before hatching the Crypt Ice Spider Queen. As the Crypt Ice Spider Queen's lair, it is naturally the spacious basement floor. When the Ice Spider Queen is hatched, Sean is planning to expand the underground of the castle. If possible, he even plans to build an underground network underground in his territory.

But this kind of thing is relatively long-term, so Xiao En didn't think much about it for the time being.

But no matter how you say it, Black Swan Castle welcomes Sean, the new owner. It has indeed been greatly improved.

Now in the Black Swan Castle, there are a total of 200 guards, all of whom are barbarians from the north. However, these two hundred northern barbarians are different from other northern barbarians. They are the real elite of the tribe. In addition to half-body shields and iron spears, each of them also has a refined longbow, which is proficient in real long-range and close combat. Moreover, they fought all the way with Alfred, and the only seven veterans who were in charge of commanding them. The fighting power of this small force is enough to easily defeat the combined militia group of Hongye Town and Baige Town.

Sean left this force in Black Swan Castle, which shows how much he attaches importance to Black Swan Castle.

But everyone knows. This is because there is a big man in Black Swan Castle who seems to be in some kind of deep sleep.

The lord's younger sister, Miss Cecilia.

Although many people actually think that Miss Cecilia is not like the lord at all—although the lord looks good-looking, if you look at Miss Cecilia's excellent bloodline, Sean It really can only be regarded as horrible. But for Miss Cecilia, no one would dislike her, especially those veterans who followed Cecilia and Alfred from Tinders Collar all the way, especially for the lord's younger sister. It is love and respect from the heart.

To be able to protect Cecilia in this castle, these veterans who have experienced several life and death fights.

are very satisfied. Of course, they also know that a large part of this is actually taken care of by the lord. Otherwise, with their rich experience as veterans, how could it be possible for William to waste their abilities in vain, especially when the territory needs to be developed so much? .

"Oh, it's been almost half a year. Miss Cecilia has been going on like this. I don't know if there is anything wrong." A veteran looked at Cecilia's closed door and sighed helplessly, "It hasn't happened in the past six months. Eating and drinking, how can normal people bear it."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Another older veteran frowned slightly. With a light drink, "Can Miss Cecilia be an ordinary person?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, the veteran also showed worry on his face.

Any normal person, let alone half a year, will fall into a weakened state if he does not eat for three days, and his body will start to fail after four days, and if he does not drink a sip of water for seven days, he will basically be thirsty die. But Cecilia has locked herself in the room for nearly half a year. If it weren't for these veterans who could vaguely hear the faint but unusually melodious breathing, and the powerful magic that could be felt as soon as they approached the door, They would all think Cecilia was dead.

But even so, both veterans and northern barbarians are still worried about Cecilia's situation.

"I heard that war is going to start again." Seeing that the veteran also had a look of worry on his face, the veteran who spoke first changed the subject a little bluntly.

"Yes." The slightly older veteran nodded, "It is said that this time it is a war with the nobles of the Dabiang Kingdom. When I went to Hongye Town to purchase some time ago, I heard that the mobilization and arrangement of all the troops in the territory have been arranged It's done, wait for Lord Alfred to come back, and then we will start the war."

"Is Lord Alfred not in the territory?"

"Not here." The veteran shook his head, "I heard that he was looking for that elf named Neil, who was the one that the lord wanted to hire as a staff member but the other party didn't buy it.... Hehe, I heard that this Lord William issued a death order this time, "Baidu ★Xiangxiang★Text" If the elf doesn't know what to do again, Lord Alfred is allowed to tie him back. "

"Haha, this is very satisfying." The younger veteran laughed loudly, "But I hope to be able to participate in this war. Fighting on the battlefield with Lord Alfred, what a joyous thing it is It’s a dripping thing. I don’t know how many times I can have this kind of opportunity in this life...Don’t tell me, I used to think about eating and waiting to die, but I only found out after the thousands of miles of fighting. It turns out that death in battle is also A joy."

"Don't say something unlucky." The old veteran shouted.

The young veteran seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, the entire castle seemed to shake.

There was a trace of doubt in the eyes of the two veterans, because the shock came very suddenly, but it disappeared very quickly. They just felt that the castle seemed to shake for a while, but before they could feel it again , the vibration disappeared without a trace. But after all, these two veterans are also people who have experienced countless battles on the battlefield, and their reactions are also very fast. The older veterans immediately went downstairs to check the situation. And the young one drew out his long sword and guarded the door to prevent any surprise attack.

But just as the two veterans made a move, the whole castle vibrated suddenly. This time the momentum was much stronger than the sudden vibration at that moment just now, and it no longer just stopped for a moment, but It started to last for a long time. Inside the castle, a large amount of sand and dust began to fall from above, and some placed dishes were also shaken and fell to the ground at this moment, turning into piles of debris. And as the vibration became louder and louder, there were even signs of rocks collapsing. Even the floorboards were starting to crack.

"Could it be an earthquake!?" The veteran who wanted to go downstairs to check the situation didn't dare to go downstairs at this time, and shrank aside and shouted loudly.

As soon as the sound sounded, the earthquake in the castle stopped instantly.

Everything came very strangely and suddenly.

It's just that in the current uncertain situation, the two veterans didn't dare to make any moves for a while. After hiding in place for more than ten seconds, they dared to stand up and looked at each other. And at this moment, an ear-piercing sharp sound suddenly erupted from Cecilia's room, as if countless glass shards fell. In the end, it converged into an extremely ear-piercing scream, and then the magic that spread like an eggshell around Cecilia's room immediately became boiling like boiling water, and crazily moved towards the room in the next second Cecilia rushed forward, as if collapsing.

When all the magic power collapsed and condensed into Cecilia's body, the entire castle instantly gave the illusion of time and space stagnation, whether it was the sound of wind, human voice, or any other sound. It's all gone now.

Then the next moment, a roaring explosion sounded suddenly, followed by a burst of flames from Cecilia's body, burning through the entire roof. Form a straight pillar of fire directly into the sky.

Soon, a crimson energy fire cloud quickly condensed over the entire castle.

At this moment, anyone can see that the pillar of fire rising into the sky is the source of power for the fire cloud to condense and spread, and the fire cloud, which was originally less than one foot in the beginning, also quickly disappeared in just a few dozen seconds. It expanded into a huge fire cloud covering the entire castle with a radius of tens of feet, as if this pillar of fire would never end. The entire castle and the surrounding land were illuminated red by the fire cloud, and the strange thing was that anyone could feel the rage of the fire cloud, even those powerless servants could feel it. Terrible energy, but no one will feel stuffy, not even the lake on the castle has been evaporated.

When the pillar of fire lasted for more than ten seconds, it finally stopped rising into the sky.

But at this time, the fire cloud in the sky had spread to a width of a hundred feet, and the tumbling fire wave looked like a sea of ​​flames floating in the sky. But soon, the edge of the sea of ​​flames began to change color, from the initial crimson to bright yellow, orange, and finally a deep red that was as rich as blood. It also began to shrink, and when the color turned into a blood-like crimson, the edge of the fire cloud in the sky was less than twenty feet away, but the thickness was obviously thicker.

In the next second, as if punished by heaven, a beam of light like a pillar of blood rushed down from the fire cloud from top to bottom, hitting Cecilia's body directly.

When the flames that were almost enough to incinerate everything fell on Cecilia's body, they didn't hurt her at all, and even her clothes didn't burn, but were all absorbed by her skin. It's just that at this moment, Cecilia's originally white and delicate skin has countless blood-red veins, and the final flow of these veins is Cecilia's heart, and as more and more of these flames flow to Cecilia's heart, her heartbeat also began to become louder and louder.

Later, almost every time the heart beats, the bell-like sound can be heard for miles around the castle.

At this moment, this vision can be seen from the fascist kingdom in the east, the wild land in the south, the Millennium Covenant Empire in the west, and the trading capital in the north. And those who have a little knowledge about this are very clear that this means that someone has awakened the sleeping ancient blood in the body!

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