Some time ago, in the manor of Maple Leaf Village.
With a fake smile on his face, Crick pretended to be "calm" and dealt with the suitors.
The suitors made a lot of noise. Most of them wanted Miss Anna to come out and meet them. There was no politeness in their words at all. In their opinion, Crick Keane was already a dead tiger, and there was nothing to be afraid of. The Keane Territory had also become everyone's meal. All of them had their knives and forks in their hands, waiting for this delicious feast.
Crick tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart, so that he would not sneer and try to play Tai Chi with them. When he really couldn't, he coughed violently until blood came out.
Of course, those people would not be polite to him just because he coughed blood, but he couldn't speak when he coughed like this. No one could do anything to him.
In this mess, Connor, who had been looking on coldly, finally spoke.
"I know you're going to die, but before you die, you have to do the right thing first!"
With a casual push, he pushed a few suitors or their attendants to the side, causing them to stumble and lose their balance. One of the weaker ones even directly fell out, knocking over a table at the side and falling heavily to the ground.
"Ah?!"
"Jack! Jack, how are you? "
"Can't you see where you're going?!"
"This is outrageous!"
"Keep your voice down! He's the fierce beast Connor! "
"Ah?! Is it that wolf? "
For a moment, the crowd was in an uproar, but Connor didn't care. He swaggered toward Crick.
If there were some upright and brave people present, they might stand up for justice. But at this moment, those gathered here were those with relatively poor character. Even if they were slightly better, they were not much better. Most of them recognized Connor's identity and did not want to have a conflict with this notorious villain. A few did not recognize Connor's identity, but they could see the strength he had shown, so they would not speak for that unlucky guy.
In fact … at this moment, many people were secretly gloating.
Connor walked in front of Crick, and the people along the way made way for him. The scene was very majestic.
This tall man with werewolf blood looked down at Crick, who was sitting in a wheelchair. His eyes were full of contempt and disdain, and his body exuded a strong pressure.
"Don't play dead! Give me your sister, and then you may die however you wish, "he said coldly.
Crick didn't answer. He didn't even look at him. He calmly looked at the people attending the party.
In the eyes of these people, he couldn't see any kindness or friendship. He couldn't see any care or concern for Anna. He couldn't see any respect for the Keane clan either.
On the contrary, he saw greed, malice, contempt, impatience, and all kinds of ugly desires.
(Perhaps some of the people here don't deserve to die, but at least for me, they … all deserve to die!)
As he thought of this, he couldn't help but smile.
"Is this your idea, or the idea of everyone here?" After laughing, he still didn't look at Connor and asked the crowd.
Connor frowned and felt that he was being looked down upon by this sickly man who was about to die. He couldn't help but grab Crick, wanting to pull him out of the wheelchair and teach him a lesson.
At this moment, Duruk spoke.
"Connor Griffin, you think too highly of yourself!"
Connor immediately loosened his grip and turned around, glaring fiercely at Duruque.
"Fat pig! Who allowed you to speak to me in such a tone! "
Duruque had a nonchalant smile on his face. He didn't take Connor's anger seriously, nor was he angry because of the insulting name. He was still standing in the same place, not even interested in taking a step forward.
His eyes were full of contempt and disdain, as if the angry Connor Griffin wasn't a famous expert, not a "Griffin's Vicious Beast", but a puppy barking at him on the side of the road.
This contemptuous attitude made Connor particularly angry. He rushed toward Duruque with large strides, roaring as he walked, "I'm going to twist your fat head off!"
Before he finished speaking, Duruque raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
Several of his attendants took out heavy crossbows that were half the height of a person at the same time. Every heavy crossbow was fully drawn and loaded with arrows. The arrow tips were also dipped in poison that was used to hunt down huge magical beasts such as earth dragons.
Without the slightest hesitation, they pulled the crossbow's trigger at Connor together.
The sound of rushing wind joined together, and before the sound of the wind could be heard, the rapidly flying crossbow bolts had already crossed the distance between them and arrived in front of Connor.
Connor didn't expect Duruque to directly attack, and even use a killing move. Caught off guard, he had no time to dodge. He could only try his best to raise his qi, trying to use it to block the crossbow bolts while trying to jump into the air. He wanted to jump through the air, rush to Duruque's side, and launch the fiercest counterattack.
However, everything was in vain.
Duruque's subordinates were all experts in using heavy crossbows, and each of them had the strength to participate in the shooting competition and win prizes. Duruque wasn't prepared for such a sudden attack at such a close distance, so how could he miss? Only a series of muffled sounds could be heard. Connor's body had already been hit by more than a dozen crossbow bolts, and the poison seeped into his internal organs in the blink of an eye. His body, which was originally roaring and jumping in the air, lost its vitality and fell in front of Duruque.
Only then did Connor's subordinates react. They shouted in panic and hurriedly rushed over to protect their master.
However, it was too late.
As soon as Duruk's subordinates succeeded in their attack, they immediately threw away the heavy crossbows and pulled out their weapons one after another, facing Connor's subordinates. As for Duruque himself, he unhurriedly walked in front of Connor and stepped on his head, who was already powerless to resist. He then pulled out a sharp dagger from his boots.
He didn't waste any time and directly cut down. The magic dagger that was attached with Advanced Sharpness was astonishingly sharp, and it easily cut open half of Connor's neck. Black blood spurted out and splashed on the ground.
At this moment, the surrounding people had already fled, so the blood didn't splash on them. Otherwise, just being splashed by the poisonous blood would have poisoned them and they wouldn't have long to live.
After Duruque's dagger fell, he didn't stop. He followed up with a second, a third … In just a moment, Connor's head was separated from his body, and he couldn't be more dead.
This guy who had been tyrannical for decades probably never dreamed that he would die like this. His head was so easily cut off like a chicken or a sheep.
Connor's subordinates were alarmed, but none of them dared to escape. Instead, they attacked even more crazily, trying to break through the obstruction of Duruque's subordinates and kill Duruque.
The Griffin Grand Duke was extremely strict, and he almost completely used military law. These people didn't protect Connor well enough to let him die in front of them. They had already committed an irreparable capital crime. At this moment, unless they could kill Duruque and avenge Connor, they could only die here and not implicate their families.
At this point, they had no other choice.
For a moment, swords flashed, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. The scene was extremely tragic. The suitors and their attendants were horrified, but they didn't dare to leave. They could only hide in the corners of the hall, away from the battlefield, or retreat to the side of the door, wanting to escape immediately when the situation went wrong.
Duruque's somewhat fat face showed a peaceful smile. He didn't take the matter of just killing the Prince of the Duchy of Griffin to heart at all. He walked towards Crick with a smile.
"Hello, Your Excellency Baron Keane." He bowed slightly and greeted him. "I'm sorry to have let that uneducated bastard disturb you."
Crick smiled and nodded in return.
"No, I should thank you," he said. "As you can see, I have completely lost the ability to fight now. You can kill him for me and vent my anger. I want to thank you. "
Duruque's fat eyes narrowed for a moment. He didn't expect Crick to have such a reaction, but then he continued to smile and said, "So, Lord Crick, do you think I'm suitable to be Miss Anna's husband?"
Crick didn't answer, but looked at him with a smile.
"I admit that my appearance is a little ugly, but it's just because I'm too fat," Duruque said with a smile. "The culture of our Dhaka Business Alliance is to be fat as an honor. Fat represents wealth. After all, only rich people can become fat. I've been living there for a long time, so I'm so fat. But you can rest assured that as long as you give me a few months, with the power of magic, I'll be able to slim down quickly. When that time comes, I'll be quite handsome. "
Crick smiled and nodded. "I completely believe that."
"So you see, appearance is not a problem. As for my strength, you must have seen that others can't compare with me at all, "Duruque said confidently. "If I marry Miss Anna, not to mention the surrounding nobles, even the Grand Duke of Thunder won't be able to put his hands on the territory of Keane!"
Crick smiled again and didn't answer.
"As for feelings, I admit that I really don't have any feelings for Miss Anna. But for people at our level, are feelings important? Marriage is for mutual benefit. You're not the kind of naive young man who believes in feelings, are you? "
Crick nodded again and said, "What you said makes sense, but we can't completely exclude others because of that. How about this, I'll call Anna out, and we'll meet first, how about that? "
Duruque certainly wouldn't object, so Crick asked his wife to leave. He took the servants to help Anna, who was waiting in the back room, change her clothes, and dress up for the last time before meeting the guests.
However, Amelie, who had always been obedient to him, disobeyed his orders this time. She waved her hand and asked the servants to do their work, while she continued to hold the wheelchair, with no intention of leaving.
Crick frowned and looked up at her.
She smiled gently, just like when she took care of Crick when he had just woken up from his transmigration and was bedridden.
So he understood.
He sighed inwardly and didn't say anything. He gently patted the back of her hand and smiled at her.
"Sorry, my wife is a little worried about me … Then I may have to trouble you to wait a little longer. I'm afraid it'll be a little slow to rely on the servants to do things." He said with a wry smile.
At this moment, the hall was still full of fighting, and the suitors didn't have time to care about this! Although there were a few people who were a little worried when they saw the servants leaving, they were relieved when they saw Crick and his wife staying here.
Then, after a while, not only did Miss Anna not appear, but the servants also didn't return.
"What's going on?" Crick frowned and took out a pocket watch with some difficulty. He looked at the time and asked, "Why did it take so long?"
"Women always need time to put on makeup." Duruque said with a smile. Because he felt that victory was in his grasp, he was in a good mood.
"It shouldn't take so long! Is she throwing a tantrum? "Crick shook his head and looked at the pocket watch again, looking very dissatisfied.
"Don't worry, let's continue drinking." Duruque smiled and walked to the table with wine and dishes. He poured two glasses of wine, one in each hand, and returned to Crick's side. He handed one of the glasses to him, "Although this is a little hurtful, I think you don't mind drinking now, right?"
Crick smiled bitterly and motioned his wife to take the glass of wine. He coughed violently for a while and looked down at the pocket watch.
"Why is it so slow!" He muttered discontentedly, "Did something happen?"
"Do you need me to send a few people to have a look?" Duruque asked, "I … should be able to spare two or three more people."
Crick shook his head, "Wait a little longer, anyway … It's the last time …"
Hearing this, Duruque thought that he had completely surrendered and admitted defeat, and couldn't help but laugh even more happily.
At this moment, the ground under their feet suddenly exploded, and an unimaginably violent explosion engulfed the entire hall in an instant.
Whether it was the well-prepared Crick and Amelie, or the completely unprepared Duruque and the other suitors and attendants, all of them had no time to react in this violent explosion.
The next moment, a loud noise shook the heaven and earth. The violent explosion, accompanied by the shock wave, destroyed the entire manor, and the aftermath did not stop, turning more than half of Maple Leaf Village into ruins.
The ground shook violently like an earthquake. The vibration spread in all directions, and could be clearly felt even hundreds of miles away.
At this time, the servants in the manor and the villagers of Maple Leaf Village had been led away from the village by Knight Charles and the soldiers, and hid behind a forest.
Many of them were knocked to the ground, while even more of them stared dumbfoundedly at the huge flames rising from the manor, unable to say a word.
Charles quietly watched the flames, tears streaming down his face.
Among all the people present, he was the only one who knew what had happened.
"If we could be stronger … His Excellency wouldn't have to do this …"
Hearing the explosion and feeling the vibration, Romon, who had been smiling, also stopped smiling and sighed deeply.
"What's going on?" The people at the party asked in panic.
"Nothing." Romon waved his hand, motioning for everyone to calm down. "I can tell from the sound that it's still far away from us. No matter what happened, it won't affect us much. Everyone, don't worry. "
In order to prevent Anna from concealing her nervousness and worry, Crick did not tell her his plan, not even Rena, who was going to accompany her to the rescue.
Therefore, in the banquet hall, only Romon truly understood the meaning of the explosion.
At this time, beside the small teleportation portal of the Void Mask Temple, Wizard Damwade looked back at the direction of the explosion for the last time and sighed deeply. Then, without looking back, he walked into the teleportation portal and headed to the Void Mask Amusement Park.
If there were no accidents, he would spend the rest of his life there.
Archbishop Miloman was a little shocked. Although he had some understanding of Crick's plan, he did not expect Crick's means to be so unyielding and fierce. It was simply shocking!
"Even if it's a duel between two Legendary Masters, it's nothing more than this …" He could not help but mutter to himself, "The power of Mr. Crick's last move is really beyond imagination!"
In the study of the baron's mansion, Butler Leighton, who was sitting in a dark corner, wailed. His tears wet his white beard, but this old man, who had always paid attention to his appearance, did not care at all and cried regardless.
"Young Master! Young Master Crick! Why did you go too! My Lord! You asked me to take good care of the young masters, but I didn't do it. I couldn't take care of any of the three young masters! "
Knight Howard James, who was guarding the main road from Keane City to the outside world with his two sons and all the cavalry of the territory, suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the fire and the loud noise. His always strong body trembled, and his hands gradually could not even hold the reins.
"Why … the one who died was not me, this useless old thing …"
Rhett, who was patrolling the city with the soldiers, suddenly stopped and turned to look in the direction of the explosion.
His old friend, Pastor Morton, "Fire Hammer", was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "What happened over there?"
Rhett was silent for a moment and sighed deeply. "A great man has passed away."
Morton frowned and immediately understood what he meant. He looked a little surprised, but he did not say anything. He just sighed deeply.
Intelligence Officer Lafleur, who was standing on the watchtower at the top of the castle, also looked in the direction of the explosion. He usually did not drink, but today, he poured himself a glass of wine and was drinking with Warden Schieder, who also rarely left the prison.
"What happened over there?" Schieder asked.
Lafleur sighed and whispered a few words to him.
Schieder's face was instantly filled with horror. He suddenly stood up, but after a moment, he sat down again.
"That guy Fayze doesn't know, right?" he asked.
"Well, in the entire territory, there should not be more than ten people who know about this," Lafleur said in a low voice.
"If the lord is gone, what will happen to the territory?" Schieder asked worriedly.
"… There will always be a way!" Lafleur said seriously, "There will always be a way!"
He looked at the old warden, who was over 50 years old, and his eyes were brighter than they had ever been in his life.
In the sanctuary of the Holy Kingdom, which was shrouded in soft white light, Crick and Sui Xiong met.
Of course, what he saw was Sui Xiong, who had changed into a human form and looked exactly like him on Earth.
Without words, the soul communication allowed each other to instantly understand each other's thoughts. The souls, which were originally one, passed on real feelings and thoughts in a way that no one could understand.
"Is my life meaningful?" Crick asked.
"Your life is equivalent to my life," Sui Xiong replied. Sui Xiong replied, "You are neither a puppet nor an experiment subject, but another path of 'Sui Xiong' on a different path of life."
"I feel that I have not done well enough. I should have done better," Crick said.
"No, you have done very well, even better than me," Sui Xiong replied. Sui Xiong replied, "Your short life has given you incomparable enthusiasm, and the light you shine makes me, a god, feel ashamed of my inferiority."
"How … is Amelie?" Crick asked.
"If you wish, I can bring her back to life. But I think she may not like that result, "Sui Xiong said.
"… You are right. That would be too cruel for her!" Crick sighed deeply. "Can you help me erase her memory, change her appearance, and let her live a safe and happy life from then on?"
"Is this meaningful?" Sui Xiong asked.
"It may not be meaningful for her, but it is very meaningful for me." Crick smiled bitterly. "This is the only thing I can do for her."
"If you want, in fact, I can let you live together in my Holy Kingdom, and no one will know your identity," Sui Xiong suggested.
"No, that is not a suitable ending for me." Crick smiled and shook his head. "You walk the path of a god, and I walk the path of a mortal. Let me walk this path to the end and leave you complete information."
"I am sorry."
"No need to apologize. Even if you can only open up a path for this world in the right direction, it will be worth it! If it were you, wouldn't it be the same? "
"… I think, I am probably not as noble as you." Sui Xiong was a little ashamed.
"Haha, you are me. The choice I made, in a similar situation, is the same choice you would make. "Crick smiled." I don't have much time. In short, everything depends on you. "
"Your wish is my wish," Sui Xiong replied. "Don't worry, whether it is Amelie, Anna, the Territory of Keane, or your friends, I will take care of them. In other words, it is still you who will take care of them. It is just that you have changed your appearance."
Crick smiled, and his soul gradually dissipated, turning into countless light spots. One of the largest light spots didn't dissipate until Sui Xiong showed his real body. Then it floated to the forehead of the huge jellyfish and turned into countless messages.
At the end of these messages, there was a calm chuckle.
"I have no regrets in my life!"
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