"Mr. Kane, my friend, I finally see you again after so many years!" Mr. Benduin seems to be a very well-maintained old man, although his dress still maintains the Kurast look.
His style of dress was somewhat incompatible with Caldeum's, but his status as a Caldeum noble could be felt from the old man's wrinkled, but still rosy complexion.
"Benduin, my old friend, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years." Deckard Cain hugged and greeted Mr. Benduin, but he soon started talking about business with a serious expression.
: "Although I really want to catch up with you, but now I have to get down to business first and bring you some very bad news."
Mr. Benduin seemed to have been prepared for Deckard Cain's attitude. He nodded and signaled the butler to remove all the servants, and then he invited Deckard Cain and Chen Mo to sit on the floor in the tent.
Then he personally poured a drink for Deckard Cain and then said: "I have already had a premonition, my friend, what happened to Caldeum recently reminded me of Kurast more than ten years ago. At that time
I have the same feeling.
Now your arrival has confirmed my premonition. I'm afraid things have reached a very bad point, right? Is the Demon King of Hatred back?"
"Although it's not the case, it's almost the same." Deckard Cain took a sip of the drink in the gold cup to moisten his throat and said: "The hero killed the resurrected Three Demon Kings of Hell, and then attacked Andari.
You and Duriel, among the seven demon kings of hell, only Belial, the King of Lies, and Azmodan, the King of Sin, are left.
Originally we thought that this world would no longer face the threat from the Demon King of Hell in a short period of time, but on Mount Arreat Tyrael destroyed the World Stone contaminated by Baal, the Lord of Destruction, causing the original barrier of Sanctuary to collapse.
After being weakened, the army of the Hell Demon King invaded our world in an almost straight-forward approach.
Now, the army of the King of Sin, Azmodan, has climbed out of the giant crater left after the explosion of Mount Arreat, and is aggressively attacking the Iron Wall Fortress.
And Belial, the King of Lies, has extended his claws to Kaldim. According to the intelligence and news I have obtained, that demon king has invaded the body of your king Hakan II, and his army has also infiltrated
Caldeum.
We are here to get information from you. We hope to understand the current situation of Kaldeum so that we can kill the King of Lies, and then gather an army to support the Iron Wall Fortress to stop Azmodan's influence on the world.
Massive invasion."
The news contained in what Deckard Cain said undoubtedly gave Mr. Benduin a huge blow. He originally thought that no matter how bad the situation was, it would not be worse than Kurast, but he did not expect that
The thing is, the situation is really worse than when Kurast was there.
"Is this true? Is Emperor Hakan really occupied by the King of Lies?" Mr. Pontuin's arms were shaking a little, and he still couldn't believe it.
Although Hakan II has perversely promulgated a large number of unreasonable laws during this period, driving all the nobles and ministers out of the palace, and having the palace guards blockade the palace area so that no one can be seen, even to protect him from ascending to the throne.
The Iron Wolf Guards were also squeezed out and mobilized to the desert to guard the outpost, but Mr. Benduin still did not believe that their king had turned into the Demon King of Hell.
"Although it is unbelievable, unfortunately my old friend, judging from the information we have obtained so far, the King of Lies has indeed invaded the body of Hakan II." Although this news was not shared by Deckard Cain.
Confirmed, but judging from the fact that an angel did not hesitate to fall into heaven to deliver the message, the accuracy of this message is almost certain.
Deckard Cain's conclusive words also shattered the last trace of luck in Mr. Pontuin's heart. He murmured with a lost expression: "No wonder His Majesty's behavior has been so weird recently. I wonder if someone is..."
His Majesty was placed under house arrest. Unexpectedly, it was His Majesty himself who had the problem!
What's so great about this, His Majesty Hakan I only has one heir, and His Majesty Hakan II is a child and has not yet reached the age to leave an heir, so will the Kegist Empire be extinct?"
Hearing what Mr. Pontuin said, Chen Mo, who had been silent until now, suddenly asked him: "Mr. Pontuin, are there no other members of the Kegist royal family?"
"Who is this?" Awakened from despair by Chen Mo's question, Pontuyin glanced at Chen Mo and then remembered that he had forgotten to ask Deckard Cain who Chen Mo was.
"This is a warrior who is willing to help us fight against the Demon King of Hell after knowing this. You can call him Mr. Chen Mo. He comes from Xiansai." Deckard Kane hurriedly introduced Chen Mo to Pontuin.
identity, and then pursued the question Chen Mo asked just now: "Speaking of this question, I also want to know, is the noble Transvikan royal family extinct?"
Hearing Deckard Cain mention the royal family of the Kegist Empire, Mr. Benduin showed a rather lonely expression on his face. He poured himself a drink and drank it in one gulp before saying in despair: "There are no more."
What about the Transvikan royal family? The throne of the Kejistan Empire has been vacant since the death of Emperor Hakan the Great. Even now Hakan II is the only heir found by the Iron Wolf Guard in the desert.
The once great Transvikan royal family has become extinct. Most of the members of the original royal family were murdered during the Kurast period. The members of the royal family who fled to Kaltim have also died of illness or mysterious circumstances in the past ten years.
Death, we originally thought it was the result of the palace struggle for the throne, but we didn't expect it to be the conspiracy of the Demon King of Hell!"
As he spoke, Mr. Benduin seemed to be angry and threw the wine glass in his hand, picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth.
However, at this time, Chen Mo asked: "I stayed in Tristram with Mr. Kane before. I heard that King Leoric of Tristram was also a member of the Transvican royal family more than ten years ago.
, do his descendants have the right to inherit the throne of Kejistan?"
"King Leoric? The former King of Light in Khanduras? Of course he is a member of the Transvikan royal family. If he still has direct descendants, he certainly enjoys the throne of the Kegist Empire.
Inheritance rights." Mr. Pontuin didn't understand why Chen Mo asked this, but he still said with regret: "It's a pity that King Leoric only had two sons. The younger son was possessed by the Dread Demon King and then beheaded by the older son.
, the eldest son later became the puppet of the Dread Lord, and this noble bloodline has also been extinct, even earlier than the Tranvikan royal family."
"I think you are wrong. King Leoric still has descendants still alive." Chen Mo showed a long-planned smile on his face.
