Tome of Blood

After hearing what Charlotte said, the surrounding nobles and royal knights were stunned.

They followed Charlotte's gaze, and saw that the "Count of Castel", who looked exactly like Charlotte just now, had completely turned into a strange-looking mercenary at some point.

Reminiscent of the "Count Castel"'s way of entering the arena in the royal carriage of the Falling Star, the expressions of the elders of the Roman family who were in charge of the ceremony suddenly changed.

They looked at each other, thought of a lot in an instant, and quickly came back to it.

"Guards! Obey the order! Capture this mercenary pretending to be Lord Castel!"

The leader, Elder Roman, sternly said.

The mercenary mage's expression changed, and he turned around and fled, but with Eudocia's dragon transformation, the royal knights gathered here are already elite, and the leading knight is also Chi Yang.

With the magic energy array unfolding, the blazing sun mercenary mage, whose magic power was disordered by Eudocia's attack, had no time to make an effective resistance, and was controlled by the royal knights.

"Your Excellency Earl Castel, Your Excellency the Elder, this...what is going on?"

The nobles looked at the royal knight who shot in surprise.

Charlotte glanced at the silent mercenary mage, chuckled lightly, and said:

"what happened?"

"This...you have to ask this mercenary lady, or Prince Henry and the Duke of Conte."

"I also really want to know. I was only invited by the Fallen Star Kingdom to attend the ceremony, but why did I receive the abduction by the Roman family?"

Prince Henry and the Duke of Conte?

hijack?

The nobles looked at each other.

The leading nobleman coughed lightly, with a sad expression on his face, and reminded him a little bit heavily:

"Your Excellency, His Highness the Prince has been brutally murdered in the ceremony just now..."

After finishing speaking, his expression became a little gossip again:

"Well, what about the hijacking you mentioned...?"

"Prince Henry was murdered?"

Charlotte was surprised and looked ignorant.

She squinted her eyes, and her eyes fell on several elders of the Roman clan:

"The Roman royal family... is this silenced?"

The elders of the Roman clan presiding over the ceremony all changed their colors:

"Your Excellency, please be careful!"

Of course Charlotte knew that the one who had just killed Prince Henry was not a member of the Roman royal family.

She "saw" clearly from the ground that the magic that burned Prince Henry to death was the dark fire, a kind of black magic that was not uncommon, and at the same time... it was also the innate magic of the blood race.

Combined with the familiar aura she sensed, Charlotte knew that the one who made the shot should also be a legendary descendant, and it might be related to the Ness clan.

As the "True Ancestor", she can detect these things, but the elders of the Roman clan in front of her don't know.

However, although these elders didn't know who killed Prince Henry, judging from their reactions, Charlotte reckoned that they should have already guessed how Prince Henry activated the book of contract.

Here she puts all the responsibility on the Roman royal family, just to prevent the Roman royal family from pouring the dirty water of Prince Henry's death on her.

This is very possible, after all, no one knows how many members of the Luoxing royal family participated in her kidnapping.

And this kind of hijacking was definitely a huge scandal for the Fallen Star royal family.

Prince Henry is dead, and the death is too sudden, and many things may be exposed if he is caught off guard.

Charlotte must guard against this move.

For the sake of reputation and stability, the Roman royal family who dared to hijack her might indeed beat her up and attribute everything to her.

Charlotte thought clearly.

Anyway, there are many things that cannot be hidden. In order to avoid becoming a scapegoat, it is better to tell some things directly in front of these nobles.

"Careful words? Hehe, you sound nice. The Luoxing royal family invited me to watch the ceremony, but ambushed mercenaries and hijacked me halfway. If it weren't for my Castel family's cards, I'm afraid I'm still under control at this time." .”

Charlotte sneered.

Seeing Charlotte with a dissatisfied expression and the nobles around him pricking up their ears, several elders of the Roman clan grew up.

"Hey, Your Excellency Count Castel, there may be some misunderstanding here... We will definitely investigate what happened, and the Roman family... will definitely give you an explanation."

The leading elder apologized.

"Forget it, I don't want to be hijacked again, even Prince Henry can be silenced, who knows if I will be next?"

Charlotte shook her head.

After speaking, she glanced at Eudocia:

"Eodocia, let's go!"

Charlotte left the square under the awkward eyes of several Roman clan elders.

The nobles who had not yet left in the square fell into discussion again:

"Hijacked? The royal family hijacked the Earl of Castel?"

"That mercenary...could it be a substitute?"

"Castel... Cass... hiss—could it be possible that Prince Henry activated the book of contract with the blood of Earl Castel?!"

"This... no way? Does the Earl of Castel have Roman's blood?!"

"Then... who was the one who killed His Royal Highness?"

"I didn't see it clearly, but being able to assassinate in front of Roman's sword... I'm afraid it is at least a legend."

"Could it be... the people from Red Lilac's side?"

"But His Royal Highness was denied by Roman's sword, the ceremony has failed, is there any point in their action? And... Judging from the meaning of Roman's sword, it seems that the person who really activates the book of contract is more in line with the requirements of the divine weapon."

"His Royal Highness was about to say Castel's name, but he was silenced. Could it be... that's why His Royal Highness was killed?"

"But... this doesn't make sense, after all, Earl Castel is safe and sound..."

Nobles are not stupid.

After some whispering, the guy with a keen mind quickly noticed the truth, but some people had more doubts.

However, regarding the real contract person, the nobles already have the answer in their hearts...

"Speaking of it... I have heard a rumor that the countess married to the previous count of the Castel family is a member of the royal family of the Fallen Star Kingdom."

There are nobles who are not sure about their authenticity.

"A member of the royal family of the Fallen Star Kingdom?"

Others are thoughtful.

"Go back and find out who the wife of the previous Earl of Castel is."

Some of the sharper nobles ordered in a low voice to the attendants beside them.

On the other side, the elders of the Roman family who watched Charlotte leave also slowly looked away.

With a long sigh, he ordered the knights beside him:

"Report what happened today, as well as the sad news of His Royal Highness... through the Mage Tower to the capital, what to do, everything... Your Majesty will decide."

...

Charlotte returns to the hotel with Eudocia.

When she came back, Yurst was already waiting here.

"Really...Your Excellency Castel..."

He quickly saluted respectfully.

Charlotte noticed that his expression was a little heavy.

With a move in her heart, she asked:

"It was your people who killed Prince Henry?"

Yurst hesitated for a moment, then nodded:

"Look at the breath... it seems to be, it seems to be Elder Alek from the Luna Island faction..."

As he spoke, he seemed worried that Charlotte might misunderstand, and Yurst hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty the True Ancestor! This is not in our plan. The Ness clan did not intend to kill Prince Henry... Even if he said that you are the real contracted person, the Ness clan did not intend to be an enemy of you."

"This... is either Elder Alek's own actions, or the decision of the Luna Island faction, and has nothing to do with the Luoxing faction!"

After hearing what Yurst said, Charlotte was a little surprised.

She gave Yurst a strange look:

"It seems that the inside of the Ness clan... seems to be unstable."

Yurst was speechless for a moment, which was an admission.

The Ness clan is divided into two factions, the Falling Star and the Luna Island, which is also a well-known fact among blood descendants.

Closing her eyes and perceiving Albrecht's state, Charlotte said:

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to swim in these muddy waters. I have some things to deal with, so don't let anyone disturb you."

Yurst should be respectful, salute and leave.

Charlotte ordered Eudocia to lock the door and guard outside, then entered her room, and communicated with the holy scripture of blood to sink into consciousness.

The ancestral ceremony was suspended, but the purpose of her trip had not been achieved.

She wants to see what's going on with Albrecht, and also wants to see if she can get the fully awakened Roman's sword into her hands.

If it was just an ordinary artifact, she might fulfill the agreement with the Ness clan and sit back and watch the other party take back the Roman's sword, but if the Roman's sword itself is made of a faceless idol... that's another matter.

...

In the northern part of the Principality of Roman, in a secret stronghold of the Ness clan.

A blood descendant of Ness wearing a black robe gathered here, ready to fight.

Accompanied by a burst of space fluctuations, a red circular magic circle slowly emerged, and a tall figure fell out of it, appearing in front of the blood descendants.

It was an ice elf with silver-blue hair.

However, unlike other ice elves, his eyes were scarlet, and he could still see two sharp teeth under his slight panting.

This is a blood elf.

At this moment, the elf looked quite embarrassed.

There were many sword wounds on his body, and there seemed to be some kind of powerful force remaining in the wounds. No matter how his body repaired itself, the wriggling granulation could not heal the wounds.

However, the blood elves didn't seem to care about the injuries.

His eyes were bright, looking at the blood race around him, eager to try:

"You guys... how are you getting ready?"

"Master Alek, everything is ready, and the sealing circle can be activated at any time!"

The vampires replied respectfully.

"Very good! Get ready to do it, it's about to catch up."

The blood elf said.

As soon as he finished speaking, another red magic circle slowly emerged in the void.

The expressions of the vampires quickly became tense and solemn, and they were all ready to attack.

But the next moment, a slender voice came from the circle:

"Alec! You madman! Why did you kill Prince Henry!"

The magic circle shone brightly, and the figure of Duke Yorok slowly emerged.

Seeing Duke Yorok clearly, the blood clans were all stunned:

"Master Yorok?"

Yorok didn't look at the blood-born, but stared at the blood-born elves who were fooling around:

"Alec, I need an explanation!"

"Explanation? Your Excellency Yorok, I still want to ask you, you let Castel participate in the ancestor recognition ceremony, is it because you want Ness to be infiltrated by the myth behind the Northland?"

The blood elf chuckled and asked back.

Duke Yorok's expression sank:

"The cooperation with Beidi is a decision passed by the elders, but you, why do you act without authorization?"

"Do you know that your actions may ruin our plan to return to the stars!"

The blood elf chuckled lightly:

"So what? At the very least, it's better than being infiltrated unknowingly. Cauchy is in a deep sleep. The Ness clan doesn't have the capital to fight against other myths."

"you……!"

"Okay, lord Yorok, calm down, Roman's sword will catch up soon, although it can't cast teleportation magic like us, but I have already been marked, the artifact is an artifact after all, Recycling work still needs to be carefully prepared.”

Duke Yorok looked at the blood descendants around him, and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Are you going to use force?"

"Hehe, it is angry now, persuasion may not be effective, it is better to be fully prepared."

"Alek, I want to tell you that something is wrong with today's ceremony, and its power may not be as easy to control as you imagined."

"Are you trying to say that it has recovered its strength? Hehe, Lord Yorok, it has not been able to recover its strength by relying on the offerings of Roman descendants for so many years. A ritual can't change anything. You know...you can help it recover ,there's only us."

The blood elf said with a smile.

Duke Yorok frowned, and wanted to say something, when a silver radiance chased from afar with a violent coercion, accompanied by an angry roar:

"Nice! Stop!"

Looking at the sharp silver light that almost split the entire sky in half, and feeling the vast coercion that was many times more terrifying than the ceremony scene just now, Duke Yorok's eyes suddenly widened.

He faintly made a comparison in his heart, and suddenly felt that he might not be able to last a few rounds in front of this furious artifact...

After chasing all this way, the aura of Roman's sword... seems to be getting stronger and stronger!

Duke Yorok swallowed subconsciously:

"Alec...it looks like this, are you sure you can control it successfully?"

However, the blood elf behind him did not answer.

Yorok looked back suspiciously, but saw that the figure of the blood-born elf had disappeared, only the black shadow desperately fleeing to the distance, and the blood-born who were left in place with blank faces.

Duke Yorok: ...

"Alec! You bastard!"

he growled angrily.

"Master Yorok, do we... have to set up an formation?"

The blood descendants asked bravely.

"Crap! Don't run away!"

Feeling the faint lock of Roman's sword, Duke Yorok's scalp was numb, and he fled to the distance without hesitation...