Crimson drew her dagger and Link's body slowly fell to the ground. Only a trace of blood oozed from the wound on the vest.

In a corner of the main hall, an elderly mage glanced at Link's corpse and hurried away. As he walked out of the main hall, Richard suddenly glanced at him.

A large-scale execution ceremony ended smoothly, but it surprised all the aristocratic audiences. But since Mai ** Jue did not make any trouble unexpectedly, those little nobles who were originally dissatisfied with Richard did not dare to do much. Link's corpse hadn't turned cold yet, and it was a constant reminder of Richard's attitude in the face of provocation and attack. In fact, Akmund's attitude has never changed, it is only a matter of whether he has the strength to execute.

The execution ended smoothly, and Richard could be said to have stepped on Link's corpse and Myron's dignity, showing everyone that Akmund now matched the position of the floating island.

In the mansion of the Myron family, the Duke is sitting in the study, facing the entire wall of philosophical and historical masterpieces in a daze. There was a soft knock on the door of the study, and the valet who was close to him came in and whispered, "Master Kirby has returned." ”

Mai **Jue was in good spirits and walked out of the study. The old magician who had slipped out of the Temple of Divine Punishment was waiting in the meeting room outside.

"How's it going?, has Link's soul been saved?" the Duke asked hurriedly.

The old mage smiled bitterly and took out a crystal ball and placed it on the coffee table. The crystal ball was full of ashes, and there was no soul flash at all.

"This ......" The Duke naturally knew the use of the crystal ball, and immediately knew that Link's soul had not been stolen back.

The old mage said: "The short knife that used to move the torture has the power to attack the soul, and in terms of attributes, it is a bit like the annihilation of the Schumpeter family back then. The moment Link died, his soul was torn to pieces, and I managed to collect a few fragments, but for some reason they became like this. Most of the time Richard or his followers were doing it in the shadows, but I'm ashamed that I don't know how or when they did it. ”

At this moment, Mai **Jue was speechless. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Forget it, I thought I could still get the secret of Richard's Fabrication Workshop from Link's soul, but now...... Alas!"

Then the duke's valet knocked on the door and walked in, saying, "My lord, Richard has sent all the ransom back. ”

The Duke walked to the window and looked out. Sure enough, I saw boxes of rare metals and magical materials being transported into the mansion. He looked at it for a moment, then suddenly sighed, and most of his desire to win with Akmund was suddenly extinguished. The Duke asked himself that if he got along with Richard in a different position, it would probably be difficult for him to give up such a heavy strategic material. Everything was in Richard's hands, and even if he wanted to detain it, the Duke would have nothing to do for a while. However, Richard sent the supplies back as they were. The heavy weight in this made the Duke feel a little breathless.

It turned out that the strategic materials that the Myron family valued so much were not put in Akmund's eyes.

When Richard returned to the floating island, he immediately met with Asiris in his study and asked, "What did you find?"

Arsireus pointed to a few places on the magic map and said, "I have traveled all over the places where the Wald's relatives are, and I have found one of Wald's former lovers. The woman bore Wald a child and was the only blood Walder had in the world. But just over a year ago, the child suddenly got a strange illness, this disease usually has no symptoms, as soon as it starts, it is crazy, and then it cannot be cured in any way, it is said that it can only be suppressed by taking the medicine powder prepared by a mysterious local witch doctor. In desperation, the woman had no choice but to tell Wald about the child and ask him to help figure out a way. At that time, Lord Gordon had already planned to march into the Loki plane, entrusting the Rock Heights to Wald to guard. As you know, the pressure on our Guard Plane is very high, and with only the ability to barely maintain the situation, Wald simply can't leave the Rock Heights. Once he is gone, the battle situation in the entire plane will immediately collapse. ”

Richard keenly grasped the point: "Are you saying that the reason behind Wald's eccentric behavior is actually his child's illness, and someone is threatening him with his only son?"

Arsireus sighed and said, "This is just my guess. Wald's combat skills are very special and powerful, but at the same time, the flaws are also extremely obvious. One of the biggest flaws is that when Wald enters the Sanctuary, he loses the ability to have offspring. So this child will be the only son of Wald in this life. If there was anything that could threaten him, it would be this kid. ”

"What about the kid?"

"When I arrived, the mysterious witch doctor had disappeared, and the child had just started his last seizure. Right in front of me, he turned into a monster on the spot and burned to death. Aceris's voice was thick with sadness. Gordon's former Thirteen Horsemen are gone, and his children can't be saved.

Richard was slightly surprised and asked, "Difficult."

Dao, you can't suppress his lesions?"

Aceris shook his head with a wry smile, and then recalled the scene, with a faint horror on his face, and said: "When I saw that child, the inside of his body had all changed, and he was simply a monster wearing human skin! I tried to suppress it, and I came into contact with a dark, deep, vast power, a power that was as vast as the sea, so vast that I couldn't shake it, and then it burned into a black fire!"

Speaking of this, Aceris's voice also became a little rapid, and his chest rose and fell violently, obviously the situation had a great impact on him at that time!

To be able to make the Dark Magician so out of shape, it is clear that that kind of power is far beyond the ordinary sense of legend.

Aceris calmed down a little and said, "However, I have not gained nothing. With all my might, the monster didn't burn out completely, and it left this one behind. ”

The Dark Sorcerer took out a small steel box, carefully opened it, and handed it to Richard. Inside the box was a broken claw, most of which had been burnt to a pulp, leaving only the tip of the claw at the very tip. The tips of the claws were dark and shiny, and the texture was extremely hard to the touch, and the material was completely different from the claws of ordinary creatures. The claw was no bigger than a finger, and Richard carefully picked it up, playing with it in his hand repeatedly, but there was a cold heart that gradually flickered. For some reason, when he saw this stump claw, he thought of the arthropod tip that the mother nest usually hides under her abdomen!

And at this moment, Aceris also said in time: "My lord, I always have a feeling that the breath I felt on that child at that time seems to be somewhat similar to your brood. ”

Richard said categorically: "The brood has never left Faro, and all its combat units are under my surveillance. And it doesn't have that right now......"

When he said this, Richard was suddenly stunned.

Aceris smiled wryly and said, "You understand, it's because your brood doesn't have the ability to do this that it's the real scary." ”

Richard stood up and knocked on the table unconsciously, his brows furrowed. Rarely would he have been as restless as he is now. Aceris is not an ordinary strong man, he is not only powerful, but also erudite and talented because of his profession, and he is directly following the legendary mage in terms of knowledge. Richard had understood what Aceris meant.

There's really no worse news than a more powerful brood.

"Any other clues?" asked Richard.

"I stayed in the local area for a few more days, but didn't find any valuable leads. So I rushed back. This time, the enemy is even stronger than I expected, and he is even more cautious and cunning, and he does things without leakage. ”

Richard's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said slowly, "This is really not good news. It seems that we have to take some risks, and we must speed up the pace of expanding our strength. ”

"Lord Richard, now ......"

Richard said categorically: "I'll go back to Faro tomorrow." Asiris, you go too. This time it will end in a god war, and you will be very crucial!"

In the middle of the night, Richard always felt restless. So he simply rushed to the Eternal Dragon Palace, wanting to ask to see the Great Priest of Fan Lin. It's not early, but time means nothing to Fanlin. So when Richard heard that the Great Priest of Fan Lin had quietly left, and now the entire Eternal Dragon Hall was waiting for the next Great Priest, he was very surprised.

Hearing that Richard was coming, Nolan hurried over. This great priest of beauty and wisdom was completely on Richard's side at the moment. At the same time, after Fan Lin suddenly disappeared, Nolan was already the most powerful priest in the entire Eternal Dragon Palace. But she has no extravagance for Fanlin's former position as a great priest.

"Richard, why are you ......" Nolan said hello halfway through and suddenly paused. She listened intently, and after a moment gave Richard a strange look, and said, "Come with me, Grand Priest Van Lin has something for you." ”

Richard followed Nolan to the apse. On the way, Nolan stopped talking and said, "Richard, you know His Royal Highness Van Lin......"

"What's wrong with Your Highness?" asked Richard inexplicably.

Nolan didn't say much, but said, "Nothing. Come with me, I'll get something later. ”

When Richard and Nolan arrived in front of Van Lin's main hall, the doors of the two halls opened automatically. The main hall is filled with a strong power of time, and there are bands of light everywhere that are east and west. Van Lin was floating in mid-air, her eyes closed, as if she was asleep. Countless bands of light with the power to destroy her sex swept across her body, but they had no effect on Van Lin.

Fan Lin in the air didn't move, but her voice resounded through the hall: "Richard, you're finally here." This is what I left for you. It was originally yours, but I stripped it of its outer shell. You can study it in the future. ”

Several bands of time light in the air gathered into a ball, condensed into a fist-sized transparent crystal ball, and flew towards Richard. Despite the drastic change, Richard still recognized it at a glance as a sign of doom.