Death Benefit

"No, the eternal land has not been unlocked." After the man woke up, he asked a question and quickly answered it himself.

"I am Grand Duke Qiangwei. So, tell me the current situation in the outside world." The other party had the aura of a superior, and he stood here and issued orders to Lu Mei without hesitation.

“Use deep sleep to fight against mental failure, avoid becoming a living corpse, and at the same time wait for the changes in the eternal land.” Lu Mei also directly analyzed and said, completely ignoring the order of the so-called Grand Duke Rose.

The other party should be a noble being. He had joined forces with the academic Dutchr to seize the holy relic.

Because his body was seriously injured and polluted by the worm of time, he could not leave this eternal place, so he could only take the thorn ring away and come here to sleep.

"It's just that by using this method to force the Ring of Thorns to stay with you, your behavior cannot be called a lord." Lu Mei's words broke Grand Duke Rose's guard.

"I can't be called a Grand Duke?! It was I who organized everyone to rob the holy relics. It was my army who paid the most and was at the forefront. It was also I who provided the key elements of the Exorcism Lamp. I am even more here for this. Things were killed once.”

“But what did Hollander do? He released those despicable people from the eternal land, but let us stay here forever.”

 “It’s Hollander who failed us, it’s his fault!”

The wrath of the Archduke Rose turned into a large number of thorns.

These spiked things instantly filled the entire main room.

People with acute phobia may be frightened to death in an instant in this room.

There are sharp thorns everywhere, and these sharp thorns are constantly changing, like long caterpillars that can wrap around them at any time. Their fine and sharp burrs will pierce into your body. Stir your flesh.

Lu Mei looked at all this, but her heart was not touched in any way by Grand Duke Qiangwei's words.

 She has traveled to many regions and kingdoms over the years and knows the true face of these so-called nobles.

There may not be a shortage of good people among them, but nobles with high status must only be good people according to the rules.

 The so-called good people according to the rules are the good people according to their definition.

For example, a knight broke into the back of the neighboring territory and hunted down many civilians. Eventually, the morale of the army in the neighboring territory was broken, because their relatives were all killed by the knights in the process.

The knight successfully helped his own territory win victory, so in the eyes of the nobles in his own territory, the knight was the embodiment of bravery and strategy.

 In the rules of the aristocracy, no matter how disgusting your personal ethics are, no matter what bad things you have done, as long as you maintain the dignity of the aristocratic rules, you are a good person.

 This point is taken for granted by the nobles and considered to be the truth.

 It can only be said that power is the thing that is most likely to corrode people's hearts. Even if the underworld has only been opened for a few decades, within a few decades, there has been a group of power creatures parasitic on the upper levels, forming their own set of rules.

Grand Duke Qiangwei is so aggrieved now, because he really feels that he is aggrieved.

 However, if you look at his grievances from the perspective of the general public, you will find that his behavior is really disgusting.

For example, what Grand Duke Qiangwei said before - my army has paid the most and is at the forefront.

In the eyes of Grand Duke Qiangwei, the army is his private property and his property, so the sacrifice of the army is his sacrifice.

In fact, even if it is not a time of chaos, the army will not completely obey a grand duke. The sacrifices of the army are most likely because the army is paying for the people, or it may be that the people in the army are fighting for their own lives and glory.

 However, in the process, Grand Duke Rose took all the credit for himself by saying "my army."

 This is aristocratic justice.

 The same goes for most other things.

For example, he organized the robbery of the holy relics. The information Lu Mei has received so far is basically from Holland Del. Grand Duke Rose may have had a hand in it because of his identity, but he will definitely not be the most critical figure. .

This point is actually obvious. Of course, Lu Mei was completely mistaken. Grand Duke Qiangwei was really the best nobleman in the world. He gave everything and was deceived by Hollander.

"Isn't it because you can't get out because you have been contaminated by the Worm of Time?" Lu Mei waved her blade and cut off the spreading thorns.

　　While Grand Duke Qiangwei breaks the defense, he plans to get more information from him.

“No, it was Hollander who set the small portal to repel the insects of time!”

 “It was he who betrayed us, it was he…”

"What will happen if the insect of that time leaves the Eternal Land?" Lu Mei forcibly interrupted Grand Duke Qiangwei's words, and she keenly discovered the problem inside.

 “Let the Eternal Land expand, or cause greater Time Worm pollution?”

"..." Grand Duke Qiangwei stopped talking, and the attack became more fierce at this moment. Countless thorns turned into vine whips and whipped towards Lu Mei.

 Obviously, Lu Mei got the truth right.

Perhaps the small portal was originally designed to allow everyone to pass through, but it was indeed Hollander who set up that the polluted would be excluded.

But the other party’s purpose may be noble, and they don’t want the polluted people to pollute more places, so they let those who are not polluted go out, and some polluted people are imprisoned in the eternal land.

In the eyes of Hollander, it is better for the polluted people to stay in the Eternal Land forever.

 In the eyes of Grand Duke Qiangwei, this is a naked betrayal.

 In order to rob the holy relics, he sacrificed what he thought was important. In the end, he was not responsible for the escape, so he was naturally aggrieved and angry. However, among the nobles, they may have a common topic about this kind of thing, saying that if the untouchables die, they will die, and if the pollution expands, it will expand. The nobles can ensure their own safety so that they can better govern the world. Discourse.

 But now, the woman who broke into her sleeping place looked like a lowly commoner. In this case, there was no need to waste words with this kind of guy.

 Kill her and then explore the outside world.

 When nothing can be done, come back and continue sleeping. If there are other changes, use this change to regain freedom.

However, Grand Duke Qiangwei soon discovered one thing, that is, even with the help of the Thorn Ring, he was still no match for Lu Mei.

When the opponent takes action, everything will seem to lose its support or be suddenly frozen.

What's even more terrible is that although his thorns are powerful, they never hit Lu Mei from the beginning to the end.

 In this case, it will always be difficult for the opponent to be completely infected by the insect of time.

 For Grand Duke Qiangwei, only after being infected can he have the possibility of becoming one of his own.

 Otherwise, he is just another traitor.

The other party can completely go to the small portal directly during this process and continue to leave him in this eternal place.

 Only when the other party is contaminated by the Worm of Time and the two sides have a basis for cooperation, will Grand Duke Rose give the possibility of preliminary cooperation.

“We don’t need to be in this mess, we can actually cooperate.”

 Although it was Grand Duke Qiangwei who launched the attack first, when he needed it, it was the other party who caused the trouble.

If the other party is unwilling to give in, then the fault at this time is the other party.

And if the other party follows your own suggestion, then the rhythm will return to your own, and at the same time, you will admit that he was the one who caused the trouble before.

This kind of skill is called the skill of the superior.

 Stand upwind and attack the target.

 It can also be used in love and work.

 Similarly, it is the technique of PUA for the superior person in love and workplace relationships to the subordinate person.

 The key to this technique is to frame the problem on the other side.

Seeking cooperation at the same time is also a skill. When your original goal cannot be achieved, give it up, seek another goal that you cannot achieve temporarily, and speak out about it.

 This is also a kind of guidance.

For example now, Grand Duke Qiangwei originally planned to kill Lu Mei, but after he couldn't do it, he directly said that he could cooperate.

 But in fact, cooperation is something that Grand Duke Qiangwei cannot do.

Whether Lu Mei wants to cooperate or not, she will consider the possibility of cooperation at this time.

 Once you think about it, you will put down what you are doing now, and things will turn around.

For example, before, Grand Duke Qiangwei wanted to completely control his territorial army, but the leaders of the army had their own ideas, and he was unable to truly control the entire army.

 At this time, he formed a confrontational relationship with the army, which was unfavorable to him.

 So, he introduced another goal that he could not achieve but that the army could try—occupying the territory next door.

 Once they complete it, he will give them knighthoods.

 Transfer conflicts in this way.

However, both of these techniques have only one requirement, which is that they must be in a superior position, whether it is an emotional superiority, a workplace superiority, or even a moral superiority.

 But once you are not at the top, the effectiveness of this technique will be infinitely weakened.

For example, now, Lu Mei has enough confidence to support her. She doesn't care about the right or wrong of Grand Duke Qiangwei's definition, and she doesn't want to cooperate with him at all.

 Of course you don’t have to worry about this technique.

However, Lu Mei still followed the other party's words and asked: "Okay, if you say you can cooperate, then you must be sincere."

“What is the key you used to make the Driving Lamp? You said you provided the corresponding key elements. It’s impossible that you don’t know this at all.”

"…" If you want me to show sincerity, you should at least stop your current behavior of cutting through thorns and trying to wipe me out with a single blow.

Duke Qiangwei saw Lu Mei holding the blade getting closer and closer, and when the thorns he created and controlled became more and more difficult to stop Lu Mei's pace, he became more and more hating Hollander and Lu Mei.

 But he could only say quickly: "Stop it first, I am the only one who can bring you the key to the exorcism lamp!" (End of this chapter)