I'm also trying to survive today [Western Fantasy]

"Master Duke?" Poor Corey's expression was distorted when he saw the old Duke.

Cosmo is quite calm, but from his clenched hands it is not difficult to see that he is as shocked as Corey.

On the contrary, Julian, although he was a little surprised, was more relieved that he had finally come out.

It's like the boot that didn't fall off in the story, finally heard its movement.

"You are all wonderful children." The old prince was in good spirits, which was very different from the weak look that seemed to be on the verge of his last breath two days ago.

Although there was nothing wrong with his tone or attitude, neither Cosmo nor Corey let down their guard.

Obviously, no one who can get here is simple, and even Corey, whom Julian thinks is a fool, doesn't want to be as arrogant as he shows.

The old duke didn't seem to take their attitudes seriously, but instead smiled: "Your vigilance is very good, and this is also the key to your success. Now it's the last moment, no matter who it is, as long as you get the Tiger Roaring Sword will inherit my title and become the next Duke of Radcliffe."

The three people present still did not move, which was completely beyond the expectations of the old duke. Originally, he thought that these people would immediately fight to the death because of the Tiger Roaring Sword...

"Master Duke, do you think we are all fools?" Corey asked coldly, the previous arrogance had long since disappeared from his face.

The smile on the old Duke's face gradually became unbearable. He lowered his face and stared at Corey coldly.

Corey sneered: "That's right, this is in line with the style of your lord duke...the slaughterer on the battlefield, the withering knight who brought death, the cold-blooded and ruthless spreader of despair...you were on the battlefield back then. There are many nicknames for you. My father said that there are only wrong names and no wrong nicknames. When I first met you, your attitude towards me was so kind that I even doubted that you were so kind. Is the duke someone else in disguise?"

The old duke's expression was ferocious for a moment, as if he didn't expect to reveal his secrets so early.

He shifted his gaze to Cosmo and Julian. The former remained calm without speaking, while the latter... shrugged innocently.

His expression suddenly became extremely ferocious, and there was a hint of embarrassment turning into anger. Obviously, he was exposed by a junior as acting, which greatly stimulated his self-esteem.

Julian feels innocent, what can I do?I'm also in despair, you blame me for your bad acting skills?

"Hmph, so what if you know? You just stepped into my trap obediently." The old duke sneered and said, "If you want to blame, you should blame you for being too greedy for wanting things that don't belong to you!"

Corey sneered: "How dare an old man who is dying dare to talk nonsense? When you were healthy, I would turn around and run away when I met you. Now you are sick and dying, and your strength is not one in ten. I really thought I would Afraid of you?"

After finishing speaking, he seemed to have let go of some restriction, and his aura rose sharply. In the blink of an eye, he broke through the restriction of the first-level knight and successfully entered the second-level.

There were four people present. The old Duke was originally a level [-] great knight. Due to his serious illness, he now only has the strength of level [-] at most. Corey seemed to have used some kind of medicine to suppress his strength before, and now he has successfully broken through level [-].

Julian himself is a master of both magic and martial arts, and his strength is not weak, so he couldn't help but look at Cosmo, wondering if his cheap cousin had any cards hidden, if not, it would be no surprise, first He must be the first to be eliminated.

Cosmo still didn't speak, just watched quietly, as if he was just a pure bystander.

However, neither Corey nor Julian dared to regard him as a bystander. Being able to come here through hardships and obstacles is enough to prove his strength.

The atmosphere became very dignified. Although Corey showed his strength, he didn't make a move immediately. He was obviously worried that the mantis would catch the cicada and the oriole would be behind.

In the end, it was the old Duke who made the first move. After all, he was very confident in himself, and his body did not allow him to delay any longer.

The old duke shocked everyone as soon as he made a move. No one expected that the weak man who was only breathing two days ago would burst out with such great strength.

With just one move, Corey was seriously injured, and some dark flesh was mixed with the spurted blood.

"You're hiding your strength!" Corey couldn't help exclaiming.

The old duke smiled sinisterly: "A bunch of brats, you are too young!" After speaking, he went straight to Julian, and kidnapped Cosmo, obviously with the idea of ​​killing everyone.

Cosmo and Julian immediately launched a counterattack. Julian was surprised to find that Cosmo also hid his strength. Before that, he only showed the strength of a knight attendant, but at this time he had clearly activated his blood and stepped into the into the ranks of formal knights.

The power of Cosmo's bloodline is very strange. Apart from the normal strengthening of the body, Julian didn't find any special energy.

Unlike his Angel of Light, Cosmo does not seem to have any attributes, but after careful observation, Julian found that when the old duke attacked Cosmo, he always paused unnaturally, and every time he took advantage of With this opportunity, Cosmo can take the opportunity to escape.

"What are you waiting for, waiting for him to catch us all!" Julian couldn't help shouting to Corey who was still lying on the ground after dodging an attack.

Corey was indeed seriously injured, but that doesn't mean he didn't have any potions for treatment. Julian had already discovered that he had just secretly drank a bottle of potions, and now his complexion was much better, but he still pretended to be weak and fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Obviously, they intend to wait for their side to lose and then come to pick up the bargain.

Naturally, Julian couldn't let him do this. Besides, it was very difficult for the two of them to block the old Duke's attack. It took less than a minute, and both of them were injured. If it continued, even if he exposed the Warlock Occupation cannot escape a dead word...

Although Corey wanted to take advantage, he also saw that if he didn't do anything, the two of them really couldn't hold on.

No matter how much you covet the Duke's title, the premise is that you can live. Only the living can inherit the title. If a person dies, it will be settled.

After being treated with potions, Corey's strength recovered by half. Although he was still powerless against the fourth-level knights, with him as a new force, the dangers facing Julian and Cosmo suddenly decreased. many.

The two sides fell into a stalemate again, but everyone knew that this kind of stalemate could not last long. A big knight was not comparable to them, who had just been promoted to knights, in terms of combat experience and energy reserves. , not to mention... the old duke is still a real strong man who came out of the battlefield.

For other people, group fights might be a very effective tactic, but the old duke has long been used to facing several or more enemies. As long as the three of them slack off, the old duke will end up being defeated one by one.

The old duke obviously understood the essence of psychological tactics. While suppressing them to fight, he put psychological pressure on them.

From the beginning when he tortured and killed prisoners of war on the battlefield, until he was seriously injured and had no hope of breaking through. When he grew old, he felt that he was getting weaker and weaker. The unwillingness in his heart prompted him to embark on the path of using magic to extend his life.

Perhaps because he felt that he could kill them all here, the old duke perfectly fit the character of the villain, telling them all the nasty things he had done over the years.

From his mouth, Julian also learned the truth of the year.

Back then, people in the capital were rumored that the eldest son of the old duke killed his younger brother, but in fact it was because the old duke was seriously ill and had to use his own blood relatives to continue his life.Between his elder son who was old and promising to inherit the title, and his younger son who was favored by a dandy but had little strength, he naturally chose the latter.

The life of his youngest son helped him extend his life for nearly ten years. He once again felt the vitality that he had in his prime. He tried again to break through the Sky Knight, but unfortunately failed again. Every time he failed to break through, it took a lot of time to recover. Healing, it seems that ten years have passed without knowing it.

When he realized that his life was about to come to an end, he once again set his eyes on his eldest son.

He had thought very well at first, keeping his eldest son to inherit the title and using his younger son to continue his life. If he can break through the Sky Knight, he can continue to protect the entire family, but now the breakthrough has failed, but he feels that he is really only close You can succeed, just a little!

Just give him a little more time, just a little bit!

In this way, the eldest son of the old duke also 'died' on the battlefield, and the old duke was able to continue his life for another three years.

It's a pity that he still hasn't made a breakthrough in the past three years, and in order to get more blood relatives, he began to secretly favor women and use those newborn children to extend his life.

This method is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, and the life span of those newborns is getting shorter and shorter. From the first year to the next few days, until not long ago, he discovered to his horror that the magic was no longer effective. He has extended his life, and he found that every time the sorcery extends his life, some soul origin will be damaged. An incomplete soul will never be able to break through the sky knight, that is to say, from the first time he used his little From the moment his son came to continue his life, he was doomed to never break through again.

The old duke was not reconciled, he had sacrificed so much in order to survive, and almost slaughtered all his blood relatives, he was absolutely unwilling to die like this.

So, he used various means to follow the clues left by the forbidden book and found several other forbidden techniques, one of which could transfer his soul to another body. The more distant the relationship, the easier it is to fail.

Only then did the old Duke realize with horror that he had no adult blood relatives at all, and the only possible blood relative was that Julian who had gone somewhere.

Speaking of Julian, the old Duke was also very moved. He still had a bit of humanity back then, and he still had a bit of guilt for taking the life of his youngest son, so when the woman ran away, he deliberately pretended not to see it.

But now, he has completely given up on the so-called family affection. The old duke is now a demon in human skin. When he saw Julian for the first time, what he thought of was not 'he is my grandson' but It's 'this is a perfect shell'.

It was precisely because Julian's body made him very satisfied that he was so explicit that Julian noticed a little clue.

The labyrinth he built is actually a huge sacrificial magic circle. As long as Julian is controlled and placed in the center of the magic circle, his body can be occupied.

Those who died in the labyrinth will become the nourishment of the 'new duke' and create a more perfect body for him. In this way, the old duke will not only get a 'new life', but also continue to hold the power of the duke's mansion. It couldn't be more perfect!

It's a pity that the old prince planned well, but he didn't expect that three people would come to the center of the maze at the same time.

The old duke was worried that if they fought, Julian's body would be hurt, so he had to come forward, hoping to protect Julian in time when an accident happened, but he didn't expect that none of these three people was stupid, and Corey even It directly exposed him, making him so angry that he couldn't help but do it himself.

The old duke actually didn't want to do anything, he had to worry about himself, don't look at him at this time has gained the upper hand, but if the battle can't be ended as soon as possible, his body propped up by divine magic will soon show its dilapidated appearance .

Speaking of this point, perhaps the old duke was most proud of it. Who would have thought that he would hook up with the priest of the Holy Light Church?And made her fall in love with him deeply.

Thinking of that woman, the old duke couldn't help but sneer, how old is that stupid woman?What kind of love do you still believe in?She just said some sweet words and she believed it, so that she wasted her own life force to cast magic spells on him, she was so stupid!

However, thanks to that stupid woman, otherwise he would not have had the chance to be completely reborn!

Owen Diary:

Hua Lanni, the priest, actually wanted to die with me... Did she burn her brains out by releasing too many magic spells?

It's like a joke that a priest who specializes in healing spells wants to die with me, a great knight, by means of a 'sneak attack'.

Her self-destruction may be dangerous to me, but it is definitely not fatal, but I am very surprised who is so powerful that he can bewitch a priest of the priest level...

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I couldn't believe it, by reading the memory, I actually saw the priest Hua Lanni talking about love with the old duke? ?

For some reason, I suddenly felt a burning sensation in my eyes...

The old duke's behavior is obviously abnormal. I think it's time to forcibly terminate this selection!

I'm going to get Julian out!

Don't blame me for being merciless if old Harder disagrees again!

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The long-lost aunt is here again... back pain... _(:з」∠)_