Skeleton King

The Grimace Mountain is not far from the Finger Empire. It is three adjacent mountains. They surround each other and form a circle. The valley in the middle is full of Grimace flowers.

Under the shining starlight, the white petals are like the wings of a butterfly, as if they are about to fly up the mountain.

Ace and Princess Muse walked on the mountain road in silence. When they were about to reach the top of the mountain, a gust of wind blew gently, and white petals floated to Princess Muse, and Princess Muse took it in her hand.

The pure white petals have a little bit of purple and yellow on them. Princess Muse looked at the petals in her hand and said suddenly, "Phil, do you know why these three mountains are called Grimace Mountains?"

Ace didn't speak.

Princess Muse didn't care, and said to herself: "Ghostface Mountain has a very long history, and most of the people who have lived in the imperial capital of the Finger Empire for generations don't know whether it was the Grimace Flower that covered the mountain first, or This mountain was first called Grimace Mountain."

Ace suddenly said: "The Finger royal family spent hundreds of years cultivating grimace flowers, right?"

Princess Muse looked at Ace quietly.

Ace said again: "When I first started learning necromancer magic, some undead told me to be careful of large ghost face flowers. Hundreds of years ago, the Finger Empire used ghost face flowers as bait to seduce necromancers here Practice, and then take them away. If I go to the valley now, I may still see the foundation of the magic tower."

"In fact, thousands of years ago, necromancers were not as rare as they are now, and there are even legends of liches in many places." Ace and Princess Muse strolled in a large flower field, "but now liches dare not come to the world, they I’m afraid that even if you use a knight order to bury them with you, you will kill them.”

A long time ago, the Lich Ingersoll told Ace that they would not easily go to the world unless necessary.

The wind blows through the valley, and countless petals swirl in the air.This scene is beautiful and romantic, but the topics discussed by the people in the sea of ​​flowers are very bloody and dark.

Ace said quietly: "I originally thought it was just the prejudice of the world, thinking that necromancers are evil and dark, that's why the Finger Empire is so jealous. But when I really set foot on this land, I discovered that this It is not the narrow nation I imagined, and many people are even full of awe of the other side. Only you, the royal family of the Finger Empire, are stained with blood and darkness."

Princess Muse asked, "When did you find out?"

"After seeing the magic tower of Finger Palace." Ace said, "When I was just learning undead magic, I read this magic handbook, which talked about the magic tower of the Skeleton King. I once wanted to find that magic tower. But because I was still young and the Magic Tower was in the Finger Empire, I had no choice but to give up.

I know that there is an altar on top of that magic tower.

I hadn't thought about it until Bill happened to approach the magic tower one time and told me that the order of the magic elements of the dark attribute he felt there was very similar to that of a small sea of ​​undead.I just realized that even the magic tower left by the Skeleton King, after thousands of years, the concentration of magic elements cannot be so solid. "

"Unless there are liches practicing there all year round." Ace stopped suddenly and didn't continue. After a while, he said lightly: "Or you use necromancers or liches to sacrifice there."

Princess Muse did not refute, she said calmly: "We also want to live. We have tried many methods, but apart from the purest magic elements of the dark attribute, there is no way to suspend the soul of the male heir of the Finger family. injury."

"If someone's life has to be built on the pain of other people, then they shouldn't exist," Ess said.

"Perhaps. The real bloodline of the Finger family has been cut off. Although I am the daughter of the king, the girls of the Finger family will never verify the astrologer's prophecy. It may be because the daughter of the Finger family cannot become the king of the empire." The ruler of the empire, and that prophecy, only the king of this empire is really cursed." Princess Muse said: "That's why, when my father was still alive, he once told me that no matter how talented I am, Bartholomew No matter how unfit for this position, he will not make me crown prince. He doesn't want me to suffer like that."

Princess Muse looked at Ace full of remorse, "It would be great if I knew that you were a necromancer at that time, then I shouldn't watch my father and Bartholomew drink the enchanting wine with my own eyes. .”

But in that case, what Ace will face is self-evident.

"But Ms. Muse, that's all in the past." Ace didn't show any anger, and changed back to the usual address for Princess Muse.

Princess Muse was wondering when she saw the end of the sea of ​​flowers. Under the starlight in the sky, Jacob was wearing a black magic robe with gorgeous patterns embroidered with gold thread and a pocket magic circle engraved with mithril. , his long gray hair fluttered behind his head, his eyes were as unpredictable as stars, and carried the dead silence of the dead world.

The astrolabe in Jacob's hand kept flickering, as if it was shining with the stars in the sky. He was already waiting for them on the top of Grimace Mountain.

……

Even if the use of magic elements is bound by the star stone, Ace can feel the strangeness of the surrounding magic elements. The sky blue is the water element, which gathers from the clouds and the lake to their left; the orange red is the water element. Fire elementals, which burst from the ore, burned to their right.

The blue ones are wind elementals, they come from all directions, hovering over them; the brown ones are earth elementals, they come from the ground under their feet, endlessly.

Most of these elements are magic elements of the light attribute, but because there are a large number of grimace flowers planted here, there are also many magic elements of the dark attribute mixed in.

This is rare. The magic elements of the dark and light attributes have reached a balance, just like the Lord's Mansion of Eternal Night, the backyard jointly built by Ace, General Arnold and the Lich Ingersoll, is the same as the current Grimace Mountain. The magic elements are sorted similarly.

The quaint astrolabe in Jacob's hand glowed with gray light, and ancient magic words poured out continuously from the astrolabe, and one golden character after another appeared around Ace, Jacob and Princess Muse , They are suspended in the air, constantly turning in circles, looking extremely spiritual.

When all the ancient magic words appeared, Jacob suddenly raised his head and smiled mysteriously in the direction of Ace and Princess Muse.

Before Princess Muse could react, Ace suddenly looked at the sky.

In the endless night, no matter how many billions of light-years away the stars emit soft light, they stay quietly where they belong, but when the astrolabe rotates in Jacob's hands, these stars The stars also rotated with the astrolabe!

In an instant, the stars moved.

Wonders of heaven and earth.

"Under the witness of the stars, I will sign a contract with Phil Finger of the Finger Empire in the name of Tsval, the owner of the Magic Island. The Magic Island will do its best to protect the Finger Empire until the fall of the Prin Mountains. The magic island is submerged in the sea."

Jacob spoke the contract slowly in the ancient magic language, and made a mysterious gesture with his hand, and then a drop of red blood flew out from between his eyebrows, and dripped onto the astrolabe.

The originally gray astrolabe was stained with blood, and the astrolabe seemed to have its own consciousness, and slowly turned to Ace's front. At the same time, those golden ancient magic words became huge, and they spun in circles Ace is surrounded.

Neither Jacob nor Princess Muse could see Ace clearly.

Princess Muse tried her best to look at the looming figure of Ace in the golden characters. Jacob thought she was worried about Ace's safety. Although he never did anything to comfort others, he still tried his best to say: "Don't worry, Phil's The body is a little weak, so the time of this contract will be longer."

Princess Muse's eyelashes drooped slowly, and she said, "I know, but I still can't avoid worrying."

Before Jacob could speak, he suddenly felt abnormal fluctuations of magic elements at the bottom of Grimace Mountain, and the magic elements of the dark attribute suddenly flourished. Although it was unbelievable, there seemed to be something breaking the light attribute and dark attribute magic here. The balance of the elements.

Jacob frowned slightly, because he was worried that someone would interfere with the signing of the contract. Apart from him, Ace, and Princess Muse, there was no one else on the top of the mountain.

Jacob said: "Stay here, don't move, and don't disturb Phil." After he finished speaking, he disappeared in place like a puff of smoke, and then quickly appeared halfway up the mountain. After that, Muse The princess lost sight of him.

Jacob's movements completely violated people's perception of magicians, and his speed was so fast that even many knights could not compare.

Princess Muse did not show the slightest novelty. After Jacob left, she walked straight into the illusory light curtain built by golden ancient magic words.

……

The golden ancient magic words circled around Ace and the astrolabe.

After Princess Muse walked in, the first scene she saw was Ace holding an astrolabe in his hand, and he seemed to be studying the characters on it.

Princess Muse asked, "What are you doing?"

Ace said: "The history of this astrolabe is longer than I imagined, and it is longer than the time recorded in the existing magic notes. I did a little research and got some insights."

Princess Muse said: "That is really a great harvest."

In fact, magicians and knights are far less powerful than thousands of years ago. The main reason is that the inheritance of magicians and knights has been interrupted in the long river of time, especially when the Pansy Empire was founded thousands of years ago. , the fall of many sword masters and wizards caused many precious spells and martial arts to disappear.

Now, if any ancient magician or ancient knight's handwriting is discovered, it will cause a bloodbath.

What's more, Ace is holding an astrolabe that was extremely extraordinary in ancient times. Princess Muse also understands Ace. Ace is not a person who is aimless.

Princess Muse walked to Ace, and Ace automatically moved away.

Ace knew that Princess Muse wanted her to sign the contract.

Ace asked, "Jacob was dismissed by you?"

"Hmm." Princess Muse looked at the astrolabe in her hand, and her eyes were fascinated. This time, she will sign a contract for the Finger Empire as the ruler of the empire.

This is the first time, but it won't be the last time.

Her father hoped that she could become a carefree little princess, but the old king didn't know that ambition is a desire rooted in the hearts of all human beings, and no man or woman can escape the name The devil's claws of power.

Ace slowly left the golden halo surrounded by ancient magic words, even though these characters seemed to be reluctant to part with him, they pulled the corners of his clothes, trying to block his steps, but they finally surrounded the astrolabe.

……

Ace carefully avoided the grimacing flowers, and half-lyed on the grass. He sometimes looked up at the starry sky, and sometimes turned to look at those golden ancient magic words.The breeze was coming, and Ace felt that the mountain was unprecedentedly peaceful.

Until that figure like light smoke left the bottom of the valley and struck towards the mountain.

It's Jacob.

Ace looked back at the golden characters. Princess Muse didn't mean to sign the contract at all. Although Ace didn't know what Princess Muse used to hold Jacob back, it was obvious that her plan was not completely successful. .

Oh, hapless princess, Ace thought silently.