- Ghirlandaeo David Buonaro.

Yes, Dmitry heard the name.

From the mouth of Mary.

That was a few years ago, shortly after Dmitry's accident......

In that bet against God, Dmitry, who lost the bet, was forced to lose his ability to produce offspring...... He also lost the power to inherit the Duchy of Winter.

Although this matter is strictly kept secret, the external statement is that he was cursed "because of the plot of the rotten man".

Of course, this is not a deception, even if it is an edict spell, it can only be judged that this is a truth. Because Dmitry will fail, it is indeed the plot of the rotten man - in the end, his "bet" was also taken by the rotten man.

Others may wonder why the Rotten Husband dares to directly attack the direct bloodline of the righteous gods.

But they can only hide this doubt in their hearts.

After all...... That's a rotten man!

Although everyone knows that it is necessary to be respectful to the gods. But even the gods obviously have a gap......

It's not surprising that the rotten man did anything.

They will only treat Dmitry as a poor man who has been attacked. No one knows what he did when he was young—

But he failed in the end.

As a result, the responsibility that was originally on his shoulders was forced to be handed over to his younger brother, who was still young.

Of course, he doesn't blame Annan.

Dmitry knew very well that Annan's plan was indeed correct and effective -

His ability is not as good as his father's.

Even the precocious Annan is not at all comparable to Ivan Rindong.

Despite the interference of [Winter Heart], he is still able to show compassion for others. He was able to exercise the power in his hands sensibly and prudently, but he never misjudged a single crime—a king with clear rewards and punishments, sympathy for the people, and always rational, and at the same time loved and trusted by the common people, and recognized and feared by the nobles. This is also the reason why only a third of the young people left when the Duchy of Winter fell into the winter year.

In the case that only one and a half legions can still participate in the battle, they can rely on the geographical advantage and command advantage to resist Noah's invasion many times...... Although Dmitry did not know why Noah's king wanted to invade Winter, and why he suddenly reconciled in the end.

In the end, except for the frozen water port, a peace treaty was signed without paying any price - and even this frozen water port made the Noah people a little uneasy...... Instead, a nail was driven in reverse.

There was almost no price to be paid on Winter's side, but the Noah Kingdom was tossed and unclear.

Even in the "Winter Year", when he took over the Duchy of Winter, Ivan did not complain at all. Even the country was governed in an orderly manner, creating the lowest mortality rate in the winter years in all generations, and even for the first time, there were even cases of immigrants returning home before the winter year ended.

But Ivan may have been so good that he was jealous......

He had a terminal illness that could not be treated.

The reason why it is said to be incurable is because the "disease" itself is because Ivan is too good...... It's more like a gift than a disease.

His innate ability, [Heart of Winter], has evolved to the final form of [Winter's Blood], which is at the same level as his old grandmother, early on.

This is the mystery of the core that remained at the beginning of the world.

It is the essence of truth carried in the blood of the old grandmother.

If Ivan were a Golden-tier transcendent, he might be able to use this power and transform himself into a dragon.

- But the problem is that Ivan is not even a transcendent.

Because he knows himself very well, he knows that he does not have such strong desires and obsessions at all, and he will definitely not be able to set foot in gold; Knowing that he could not reach his limits, Grand Duke Ivan did not embark on this path from the very beginning.

But it is not at all the strength that a mortal body can bear.

As a result, Ivan was riddled with illness and suddenly hypothermia in three days. This is still the relatively mild winter blood in Ivan's body...... If Ivan's blood is splashed on his body, he will immediately cause frostbite as severe as washing his face with liquid nitrogen.

The Winter Clan can take almost any type of damage, but only the damage of the "Frost" attribute can kill them.

…… However, as long as the old grandmother wakes up, Ivan may be saved.

The "dragon's sleep" of the old grandmother is a holy covenant made by him when he ascended, and it cannot be violated.

But every time the dragon sleeps, it can't be more than eighty years.

As long as Ivan lived another thirty years, he might be saved.

But apparently he couldn't bear it anymore.

Grand Duke Ivan's mobility became worse and worse, and he occasionally vomited blood and ice ballast in his blood; On average, he loses hypothermia once every two days – he becomes slurred, his body shakes violently, and his mind suddenly becomes confused, like Alzheimer's.

It is only by relying on the constant treatment of the accompanying ceremonial master that he can recover.

But the grand duke who was able to go to the front line to supervise the war with high spirits has not returned.

Annan judged that this was due to the fact that Ivan possessed the extraordinary power of the Truth Class, but only the mortal body could not contain it......

Among the gods, the cup-bearer is able to keep people's memories and degenerate back into newborn babies; The Pale Princess is capable of transforming people into sane ghosts; The Moth Mother can allow another person to inherit all of that person's memories; The Rotten Man is able to give mortals "immortality...... These are the solutions that can solve the problem.

The first target they chose was the rotten man.

This is also the most radical solution - as long as you can win the bet.

In order to officially complete his ritual, the rotten man must find seven sacrifices. He didn't dare to move the people of the Duchy of Winter, there was no king in the underground federation, and the "king" of the sect was the seven righteous popes.

Even if the rotten men complete the ritual in the United Kingdom and Noah's Kingdom, the number is far from enough.

Dmitry's bet, he had to take:

He uses his "royal blood" to summon the immortal and heirless god Rotger to make a bet against Him.

If Dmitry wins, then the rotten man will give the best winter duke "Ivan III" immortal power, and use the immortal power of the same truth level to dissolve this power;

And if Dmitry loses, then the rotten man will take away Dmitry's fertility.

If the bet is lost, it will only add one undead. This is equivalent to adding an immortal of the same rank as himself - the final step of the Rotten Husband Ascension Ritual is to kill all the immortals except himself, but for now, for each more immortal, his power will also increase by a part. So it's a win-win.

And as long as you win the bet, you can directly help the rotten man make up for a sublimation ceremony.

Neither is a loss.

It's just that Dmitry's own ability is insufficient, and he hesitated for a moment at the last moment...... Lost to the rotten man.

Originally, Dmitry had to think about other options.

Can you negotiate with other righteous gods in exchange for the power of this miracle?

Although he doesn't know how to do any rituals, his own brother Annan will.

Annan has always understood everything.

He just has to pay the price.

Whether it's fertility or longevity, it's kidneys, hair, or skin...... If you want to take it, feel free to do so.

Why is it so free?

It's just because Dmitry Rindon is never afraid of "giving".

He is not transcendent...... Nor is it a ceremonist.

- He is the bishop of the old grandmother. In the future, he will be a cardinal, and if the bishops believe him, he will also be the pope of the old grandmother.

From the time Dmitry was a child, he swore that he would give all his soul for the sake of all living beings.

His share of flesh and blood...... In the path that Dmitry was destined to take, there was no room for it.

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