In the palace that is not extravagant, but majestic, the Sand King stands on the steps in front of the throne. He is wearing a soul crown, shirtless, and the scales on his right arm show signs of unfolding. The most important thing is that he
One hand is holding the throat of a mummy. This mummy is the most trusted and valued subordinate of the Sand King, his right minister Kajia.
What outsiders don’t know is that when the King of Sand first came to the desert country and was powerless, Kajia followed the King of Sand. Until today, he has no two intentions. However, such a loyal subordinate was betrayed by the King of Sand.
Kill with your own hands.
In front of the door of the royal palace, the left imperial minister Pei Wen, who rushed here because he heard the right minister Kaga wailing, and dozens of guards were looking at what happened in the royal palace in amazement.
They didn't know what happened specifically. At the moment, they only saw that their king killed the right minister Kajia.
In fact, compared to the left imperial minister and dozens of guards, the King of Sand himself was also confused. His last memory was that he was tossing and turning in his bedroom last night, and then ordered his guards to get the crown, and he
After picking up the crown, the Sand King seemed to remember what happened after that, but it felt very vague.
But one thing cannot be lied, that is, the barrier that has prevented the King of Sand from making an inch forward for nearly a hundred years has broken through at this moment. He even has the confidence that if he takes two big steps forward, he can reach the strength of the betrayer.
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This made the Sand King think that if his strength can continue to move forward at the current speed, then it does not matter whether he maintains the power under his command. From the very beginning, the Sand King did not want to be a ruler, he wanted to
With the huge resources at the ruler's disposal, he will have the opportunity to attack the "most powerful".
According to the current speed of getting stronger, there is really no need to sacrifice the near and the distant. For example, continue to strengthen the Desert Legion, and then sow the relationship between the Alliance and the Northern Empire to start a war between the two. In the end, the fishermen will benefit and rule the desert, the Alliance, and the Winter Land.
A large territory, isn't it to complete all of this to move towards the strongest, now there is a faster way.
Although he had figured this out, the Sand King was not ready to give up his existing power immediately. He keenly discovered that the reason why his strength broke through the bottleneck that had blocked him for hundreds of years was because he absorbed the power of his confidant, the right minister Kaga.
Original vitality + original power, the combination of these two is called the source of life.
In fact, as long as the creatures are powerful enough to a certain extent, they have a source of life. However, once the source of life is extracted, it will quickly disperse. There is one exception. For example, the alien beasts on the Wind Sea Continent, which transcend their original world, have a certain amount of original life force.
It is so huge that it has reached an extremely exaggerated level. When these powerful beasts are killed, the huge amount of life source will float out and have a probability of crystallizing. This is the [life source] that can be preserved for a long time. Bai Niu needs this thing very much.
To suppress old wounds in the body.
Because of this, [Life Source] that can be preserved for a long time after crystallization is very rare and expensive.
The King of Sand naturally knew what the source of life was. He thought that it was this crown that gave him the ability to swallow and absorb the source of life of others. After roughly confirming this, his eyes became calmer.
As for the guilt caused by personally killing the confidant who had been following him for many years, the Sand King did feel it, but it was only for a short period of time, and he felt nothing. He even betrayed his life-saving mentor Marvin Waltz, and a man who followed him
He's just a subordinate for many years, and he doesn't even care.
Bang, bang~
The withered and brittle lower body of the right minister Kaga fell down and shattered into powder after falling to the ground. This scene even more stimulated the left minister and dozens of guards who were located in front of the palace door more than ten meters away.
Although everyone's hands are covered with blood, the one who dies right now is the right minister Kaga.
"Kaga, time can really change a lot of things."
The Sand King's tone is a bit lonely, and his eyes and expression make people feel his sadness and a bit of coldness in the past.
"Pewen," the King of Sand looked at the left minister. He placed the dead body of the right minister Kaga on the steps, with only half of it left in his hand, and continued: "Find a good place and bury Kaga.
Don't be buried near the royal capital, I don't want to see him again."
After saying that, the King of Sand walked towards the side door, his back looking a little lonely, the kind of loneliness that one feels betrayed by his most trusted person.
Seeing this scene, dozens of guards in the palace all guessed what was going on. It must be that the right minister Kaga secretly defected to the Alliance or the Northern Empire. Now that things were revealed, he was killed.
Inside the king's palace.
The guards did think so, but Pei Wen, the left minister, did not think so at all. She knew a lot of things. In her opinion, Kaga had no reason to betray him anyway, which was unreasonable.
Even if Kaga really betrays, then Fengshui City will never be as safe as it is now. There is only one possibility, that is, Kaga did not betray, but he followed the King of Sand for unknown reasons.
For some reason, he actually killed him, and it was precisely because of this that his wailing sound was so hoarse and unwilling.
The left imperial minister, Pei Wen, looked around. There was no trace of a battle in the palace. If Kaga was a traitor, he would at least jump over the wall after being discovered by the King of Sand. But there were no traces of battle in the palace at the moment.
There was no aura energy dispersed in it, which shows that life and death just now were decided in a very short time.
Suddenly, Pei Wen, the left minister, remembered yesterday evening, the King of Sand was furious when he saw the black crown, and ordered that the quartermaster who presented the crown be beheaded. However, the order was changed shortly after it was issued, and the quartermaster was imprisoned.
Go to the dungeon of Holy Sand Castle.
Just now, Pei Wen, the left minister, saw with his own eyes that the King of Sand was wearing the black crown presented by the quartermaster yesterday. This was so abnormal. No matter how you looked at it, it was not Kaga's betrayal, but Sha's obtaining the black crown.
King, something went wrong.
Minister Zuo Yu, who was wearing a silver metal mask, narrowed her eyes. She had decided on one thing, which was to leave the desert country immediately and go to the Alliance to find her best friend Silver Face from the Antlers organization to seek shelter for a period of time.
Minister Zuo Yu, who made this decision, walked out of the palace. She subconsciously glanced at the side hall door. With just one glance, she saw a tall and burly figure standing in the darkness in the dim corridor connected to the side hall door.
, those eyes that were completely dark, so dark that it made people stand on end, were staring at her, which made Minister Zuo's scalp numb instantly, and she subconsciously speeded up her pace.
"Pewen."
The King of Sand in the dark corridor spoke, which made the left minister Pei Wen, who was walking quickly, stop. Cold sweat had soaked her underwear, and death was blowing behind her like the breath of a giant beast.
Her silky hair.
"You guys step back first, Pei Wen and I have something important to discuss."
The King of Sand stood in the dark side corridor and spoke. After hearing this order, a group of guards quickly exited the palace. The leader of the guards, Sowa, slowly closed the double doors of the palace. When there was still a crack left in the door,
When it was very narrow, the guard captain Sowa saw the left imperial minister with his back to the King of Sand and his face, gradually closing his eyes under the silver mask.
The door to the royal palace slammed shut, Pei Wen closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She spread her arms to both sides, and two arm blades of the same style as the silver surface popped out from the upper side of the cuffs.
Pei Wen turned around to face the King of Sand, and suddenly realized that the King of Sand had changed so much after not seeing him for one night. He was at least 3.5 meters tall, and his originally brown pupils had turned into completely black eyes.
There was no trace of white under the eyes, and the burgundy short, sharp hair turned into long black hair scattered on the back. The long hair was so black that it seemed as if every strand was alive.
At this moment, the King of Sand is wearing the crown of soul. In addition to the previous sense of oppression, he also has a sense of evil, like a mad king whose mind has fallen into the abyss!
"King, I have worked hard for you for so long, and now I don't want anything in return. Please let me go."
The left imperial minister, Pei Wen, spoke in an almost pleading tone.
"Pei Wen, what are you talking about? You are my most beloved and trustworthy subordinate. If I didn't already have a woman I deeply love, you would definitely be my princess."
The King of Sand grinned as he spoke, revealing his white teeth, and his dark eyes seemed to be looking at the bait that had fallen into a trap.
The next second, the King of Sand appeared in front of the left minister Pei Wen.
Poof!
The arm blade of Pei Wen's right arm pierced the Sand King's chest, but she felt that the stabbing sensation was wrong and too strong. She looked closely and found that only the tip of the arm blade pierced the flesh and blood, and it was less than a full inch.
Centimeters deep, her full blow only caused skin trauma to the Sand King.
Pei Wen's arm blade failed to seriously injure the Sand King, but the Sand King's big hand had already grabbed Pei Wen's head from the side. The Sand King, who was over 3.5 meters tall, was as big as the palm of his hand and could easily hold the Sand King with one hand.
Wen's head and the silver mask she was wearing were all clattering in her hands. What was even more frightening was that she felt that her whole body had become extremely relaxed and was weakening rapidly.
"In this world, except for the shadow of the abyss, no one can kill me, not the glow, nor the abyss spawn who claims to be the leader of the abyss, named Silvis."
While the King of Sand was speaking, the left imperial minister, Pei Wen, had dried up and turned into gravel and fell to the ground. Only a silver mask was left, which was held by the King of Sand.
"Antlers silver face."
The King of Sand exerted force in his hand and flattened the silver mask in his hand. At the same time, the metal mask seemed to have been chewed and turned into a ball of debris.
At this moment, the King of Sand felt that he was a 100% match for this original sin object. He completely owned this original sin object called the Soul Crown. His will was not controlled by it, but he was using this original sin object.
"Sova."
The King of Sand spoke, and the guard captain Sowa who was waiting outside pushed the door in. Although the guard captain Sowa noticed the sand on the ground and the metal ball that seemed to have been chewed, he did not immediately think of this.
It is the remains of the left imperial minister Pei Wen.
"Go and find the man who presented the crown. His name is..."
"Caesar, sir, the quartermaster is called Caesar, and he has been serving as quartermaster under you for more than ten years."
Guard Captain Sowa respectfully reminds you.
"Well, go find him. Wait, raise your head and look at me. Has there been any change from before?"
The Sand King, who was sitting casually on the throne, spoke. After hearing this, the guard captain Sowa raised his head with fear.
The guard captain Sowa, who was kneeling on one knee, looked up at the King of Huisha carefully. His real thought was: 'King, you have even changed your hairstyle. Do you think there has been any change?'
"King, I don't notice any changes. I just feel that you are... stronger."
The captain of the personal guard, Sova, had long realized something was wrong, so he naturally followed the Sand King's wishes.
"Well, good, let's go down."
The King of Sand was quite satisfied. His subordinates' answers made him more certain that it was he who controlled the crown, not the crown controlling him. The memory blank period from last night to now is probably the period of adaptation between him and the Soul Crown.
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The Sand King's IQ dropped sharply? Of course not, the Sand King's current situation is normal. This is the scary thing about the Soul Crown. This crown never forcibly controls the holder, but makes the holder mistakenly believe that...
Once you control the crown, you will subconsciously rationalize some unreasonable things in your mind.
For example, the Sand King had a memory blank period from midnight last night to this morning. In the past, the Sand King would have been immediately alert, but now that he is wearing the Soul Crown, he naturally rationalizes the matter on his own.
"Here comes someone."
The King of Sand ordered a dozen personal guards to enter the royal palace and follow him to the more spacious training hall. This meant that his strength had improved and he was to be surrounded and killed by these personal guards to test the improvement in strength.
An hour later, when the guard captain Sowa and Caesar pushed open the door of the training hall, they saw that the ground was covered with gravel and empty armor, or weapons with traces of defects scattered on the ground.
Seeing this scene, the guard captain Sowa's heart froze, but he knelt down on one knee with a calm expression and said: "King, we have brought them."
"very good."
The King of Sand opened his dark eyes and looked at Caesar, who had a somewhat treacherous and vulgar temperament. For some reason, compared to the last time they met, this time he felt that Caesar was more pleasing to his eyes, especially when he thought of the soul crown that the other party brought him.
He was more pleased with Caesar.
"You are very good. From now on, you will assume the position of Zuoyu."
The King of Sand immediately promoted Caesar from quartermaster to minister of the imperial court.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Caesar smiled happily. The left minister of the desert country is in charge of finance, which is much better than the position of quartermaster.
"As for you, Sova."
The King of Sand looked at the personal guard captain Sowa, his gaze was like looking at a delicacy that had the effect of nourishing the whole body. The personal guard captain Sowa could hardly hold back the trembling of his legs.
"Don't let me down."
The King of Sand spoke meaningfully to the guard captain Sowa. Obviously, he was not planning to kill the guard captain, but was keeping him for the time being.
"Yes, yes, I will swear allegiance to the king to the death."
"Well, your family has been moved to a mansion in the back city area, where the living conditions are better."
Hearing this, the head of the guard captain Sowa almost exploded. His plan was to leave the palace this time and take his parents, wife, and a pair of children to escape from the desert country. At the moment, he did not dare to
After escaping, he was really not afraid of death, but he was extremely afraid of the misfortune that would happen to his family.
"Thank you King for your kindness."
Guard Captain Sowa changed from kneeling on one knee to kneeling on both knees, with his forehead pressed against the ground.
"Hahaha, hahahaha!"
The Sand King laughed uncharacteristically, and his long hair was crawling on the throne as if it were alive.
'Mad King!'
The guard captain Sowa, who was kneeling on the ground, gritted his teeth and thought of this word in his heart. At this time, using the word "Mad King" to describe the King of Sand is simply the most appropriate word.
"King, I know a few talents who are good at treasure hunting, and I want to recruit them."
Caesar smiled and rubbed his hands and spoke. After hearing this, the King of Sand was very interested. Caesar introduced these talents in detail and suddenly said at the end:
"By the way, look at my memory, I also have a healing talent, and I would like to introduce him to you."
"It's up to you."
The King of Sand spoke without raising his eyes. Caesar nodded repeatedly to thank the King of Sand for his trust. In fact, the talent in treasure hunting was just used to attract attention. The real purpose was the last sentence, to introduce a therapeutic talent.
While Caesar was talking to the King of Sand, in a farm manor more than ten kilometers away, a variety of freshly cooked food was placed on the banquet hall table, including Del Rey, Silver Noodles, Veronica, and the Red-Eyed Girl.
The four of them were enjoying their meal. Even the girl with red eyes, who always cared about etiquette and maintained a ladylike temperament, chewed extremely fast. Veronica, who was full of energy, had already taken advantage of it, and she was going crazy with hunger.
According to the coordinates received by Yin Mian, they came all the way from the North. Not to mention the lack of people on the road, they didn't even see a few animals. In addition, the high physical exertion of traveling at full speed made Veronica starve to this point.
"Look, you're hungry. Eat slowly. Also, where is the Beast Knight?"
When Baha opened his mouth, Veronica, who was holding a leg of lamb, looked at it suspiciously and asked: "What Beast Knight?"
Hearing this, Baja was confused, but he waved his wings and let Veronica continue to cook.
Su Xiao broke away from the meditative state and opened his eyes. He naturally heard the conversation just now, especially the sentence "What Beast Knight" said by Veronica, which was really suspicious.
At the moment, Bishop Platinum and the High Priest are away to investigate the situation at the Holy Sand Castle, while the Ghost Prophet seems to have heard nothing.
What's really puzzling is that after Veronica said "What Beast Rider", Dre and Silverface around the table all cast doubtful glances, as if they didn't know why Baha said Beast Rider. They were
I have never heard of this person before.
The red-eyed girl was equally confused. It felt like she didn't remember there ever being a Beast Rider.
The current situation is not that the Beast Knight was killed by the enemy, or something else, but that except for Su Xiao, Bubo Wang, Amu, and Baha, no one else remembers the existence of the Beast Knight at all.
Su Xiao thought that this should be a follow-up to the "Fire Land" mission, because he passed the Sun Trial, arrived at the Sun Temple, and saw the stone tablet, which led to this situation.
Su Xiao determined this because of the recording function of the shelter. When he and Psalm went deep into the Land of Fire and spent a day in the shelter, scorpions came outside and laid eggs outside the shelter.
A sun knight wearing heavy armor used his scepter to smash all the scorpion eggs climbing outside the shelter, and made a gesture of praising the sun before leaving. The tall figure in armor really looked like a beast knight.
Now the Beast Knight suddenly disappeared. Su Xiao couldn't figure out the specific reason. He didn't skip too many links in the mission related to the Land of Fire. He didn't accept the mission at all. The key item of the mission was the Temple Key.
They are all replaced by direct kicks.
Why didn't anyone else here remember the Beast Knight? Su Xiao himself, Bubo Wang, Ammu, and Baha all remembered it. Su Xiao was sure that this was because of the notarization of the Reincarnation Paradise, the kind of power level that made everyone forget about the Beast Knight.
It was very high, but not as high as the Notarization of Samsara Paradise, and there was also the Hymn notarized by Paradise. She had never acted with the team before, and she had never been impressed by the Beast Knight.
After weighing the pros and cons, Su Xiao decided not to meddle in other people's business. As long as he could be sure that Bishop Platinum was a credible collaborator, that would be enough. Don't delve into other aspects. Everyone has secrets. Keep getting to the bottom of it. The most likely possibility is that
break.
Su Xiao came to a conclusion in her mind, while Psalm who was sitting next to him was a little panicked because she had just received several reminders suddenly.
[Tip: You have joined the desert country camp.]
【You have been promoted to the healer of the Sand King.】
[Because the Alliance and the Desert Country are semi-hostile camps, you cannot be in both camps at the same time. You have been forced to withdraw from the Alliance camp and become a camp traitor. 】
[Warning: The enemy unit within 10 meters of you, Cuculin White Night, is the director of the Dusk Asylum of the Alliance (high-level alliance). This unit is highly hostile to you. After it is destroyed, you can gain a huge amount of camp reputation. 】
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Seeing these reminders, Psalm's eyes became more solemn. If she had other abilities, she could also sneak into the enemy and inflict heavy damage to the enemy at the critical moment. The problem is that she had just been promoted to the ninth level and her combat abilities were not up yet, so she could only heal.
Her system ability has reached the mid-to-upper level of the ninth level, allowing her to sneak behind enemy lines as a nanny. No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem to be part of the plan.
If it wasn't part of the plan, Psalm thought that she might have fallen into the enemy's trap, and it seemed that she couldn't defeat the hunter who was currently in the same room.
"Bai Ye, tell me, what if there is a traitor among us?"
"Kill him."
"What if that person becomes a traitor for no apparent reason?"
As the hymn was being spoken, his expression was already a bit exciting.
"..."
Su Xiao turned her head and looked at Psalm sitting next to her. After a moment of silence, she said, "Has Caesar allowed you to successfully join the desert country camp?"
"You...arranged it?"
"right."
"I'm a healer, why would I join the enemy's camp?!"
"When I fought to the death with the Sand King, you helped him heal."
"ah?!"
Psalm was confused, very confused. She tasted this sentence carefully, and after confirming that she heard it correctly, she looked at Su Xiao in confusion.
"You will know then that you are the protagonist of that deadly battle."
Baha spoke somewhat mysteriously, which made Psalm even more confused. At this moment, the ghost prophet who was lying on the bench and taking a nap sat up. He sat there and stared blankly ahead.
At the same time, on the top floor of the Holy Sand Castle, the King of Sand stood in front of an altar. On this altar was a trough bed that looked a bit like a coffin. Inside lay a desert beauty, but she was sleeping. This was the sand king.
The king's concubine, a powerful fortune teller.
The King of Sand cut his palm open and pressed the crystal ball on the front of the bed with his bleeding hand. For a moment, the light shone brightly. The beauty in the bed trembled slightly, and opened her eyes after a few seconds.
"I'm in some trouble and I need you to divine for me."
The King of Sand helped the princess sit up on the bed. When the princess got over the confusion of just waking up, she immediately noticed the great changes in the King of Sand and the crown on his head.
At the same time, on the outskirts of Fengshui City, in the farm manor.
The ghost prophet, who had been sitting on the bench for a moment, said: "Mie Fa, promise me again, you will kill the King of Sand."
"Either I die or he dies."
Su Xiao spoke in a calm tone. He did not make any strong promises, and his tone was even a bit bland. On the contrary, this plain tone made the ghost prophet feel credible. He had seen too many promises, and even made poisonous oaths, but in the end nothing happened.
people.
"Well, you are responsible for killing the Sand King, and I am responsible for getting rid of the strongest fortune teller in the world."
The ghost prophet spread his hand, space fluctuations appeared, and a ten centimeter-high crystal bottle fell down into his hand. This was a bottle of abyssal energy that was so rich that it appeared to be liquid.
The ghost prophet uncorked the bottle, raised his head and drank the liquid abyss energy in the bottle. Knowing that he didn't have much time, he immediately tore off his beard and pulled out a strand of hair. This is the desert country.
The princess's hair.
"King of Sand, this is exactly like when you took my wife away."
The ghost prophet smiled. His figure shriveled up to the point of skin and bones in a short period of time, and he looked like a fierce ghost. He intertwined the fingers of his hands and clamped the strand of hair tightly in his palms.
Snap!
The ghost prophet had blood splattered all over his body. In fact, he was not only a divination system, but also a very feared causal system. This is why the ghost prophet believed that Su Xiao could kill the King of Sand. As a ghost prophet of the causal system,
It has been realized that the causal ability is of no use to Su Xiao.
At the same time, on the top floor of the Holy Sand Castle, the newly awakened princess, after absorbing the original vitality of everyone within 1 kilometer around her except the Sand King, her eyes became alert and she immediately raised her hand to grab the Sand King's head.
The crown on.
Snap!
Blood and minced meat were splashed everywhere. The princess was shattered in front of the Sand King, and his body and face were covered with blood and minced meat. This scene, and the time when he casually used his power to smash the wife of the ghost tribe's prophet, splashed all over the ghost tribe.
The whole body of the prophet is extremely similar. I can only say that if it is not necessary, do not mess with the causal system.
Why doesn't the King of Sand eradicate the problem? In fact, it's not possible. The King of Sand doesn't even remember that there is such a nobody.
Even with the determination of the King of Sand, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. He wiped the scraps of flesh and blood on his face and looked at the blood on his hands. He soon calmed down. He could backstab his life-saving teacher.
The princess he loved so much could not touch his heart, not to mention that he was about to become a mad king.
The Sand King picked up a wet towel and wiped the blood on his face. He came to the window and overlooked the hundreds of personal guards in the back courtyard of the Holy Sand Castle. He no longer needed these minions who had done a lot of dirty work for him.
, in front of the window, with long black hair flying, the Sand King grinned, a smile that made people's hair stand on end.
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On the outskirts of Fengshui City, in a farm manor.
Tick tock, tick tock~
Black blood dripped down the ghost prophet's fingertips, and he had fallen into a drowsy state. Before he was dying, the ghost prophet's trembling hands took out an envelope from his arms, handed it to Su Xiao, and weakly
said:
"We must make that arrogant guy pay the price."
"Yeah, definitely."
After hearing Su Xiao's assurance, the look in the ghost prophet's eyes completely dimmed.
Su Xiao lit a cigarette and asked Eminem, Dere and Silver Face to bury the ghost prophet. There were many flower fields nearby, which could be considered a good place to rest.
[Tip: The hunting list has changed.]
After receiving this prompt, Su Xiao appeared on the "Hunting List·Blood Pact", and immediately saw that the original "Rebel (King of Sand)·Bounty 800 ounces of time and space power" on it had disappeared, and instead became
:
"Mad King·Bounty: 1300 ounces of time and space power."
