Roy did not say anything and only looked up and down at Giovanni, making Giovanni very nervous.
To be honest, the battle between Arantir and Roy had frightened Giovanni a little.
The kingdom of Heresh was actually composed of several death lords of various sizes and their territories. As a vampire count, Giovanni also had a territory, but his territory was relatively small. In layman's terms, Giovanni was actually a rural lord, and all he could lead was a group of vampires and some low-level undead.
There were many rural lords like Giovanni in the kingdom of Heresh, and Heresh was more like an alliance than a kingdom. The necromancers came together because of the persecution of the mages of Bracada and their common faith in Asha to protect themselves. This also caused the kingdom of Heresh to have no so-called king, and each lord had their own thoughts. They were not united and only maintained a superficial harmony.
And Arantir was one of the most powerful death lords in Heresh. This person who claimed to have obtained the Asha Mandate received the attention of the other death lords. Many small lords like Giovanni thought that Arantir would be the candidate to unify the kingdom of Heresh, so they all submitted to him.
Giovanni had followed Arantir like this back then. But after following Arantir for a while, Giovanni felt that he had followed the wrong person!
Arantir did not show much ambition. He did not take the initiative to attack and integrate the territories of other death lords. Arantir spent most of his time reading books and fighting demons. In Giovanni's opinion, Arantir was like a nerd, no different from the mages in the ivory tower of Bracada.
When he gradually saw through the person he originally admired, Giovanni gradually had the thought of 'Arantir is nothing more than this' in his heart, so his ambition gradually grew and he wanted to replace Arantir.
However, the enemies that Arantir had encountered in the past were too weak, and he could easily defeat them with his undead army. As a result, Giovanni had never seen the Death Incarnation that Arantir summoned, and it could be said that he knew nothing about the existence of that spectral dragon!
It was not until today, when Arantir met Roy and summoned the Death Incarnation to fight Roy that Giovanni realized that this damn nerd Arantir had actually guarded against him …
The status of a vampire count was indeed not low among the vampires. But if he had to make a comparison, Giovanni's combat strength was at most equivalent to that of an upper-middle-rank demon. Before this, Giovanni was quite confident in his strength. But after seeing Arantir's Death Incarnation and the strength he displayed in the battle with Roy, he was terrified. Fortunately, he had not had time to challenge Arantir's position. Otherwise, he would probably have died.
Giovanni still had some eyesight. He could tell that whether it was this demon in front of him or Arantir's Death Incarnation, they both displayed extraordinary power. Especially this demon in front of him, he could actually fight one against two and suppress Arantir and the spectral dragon he summoned until they were helpless. This was definitely not something an ordinary high-rank demon could do.
Even a powerful death lord like Arantir could not gain an advantage in the hands of this demon, so Giovanni easily made a comparison.
Even if he wanted to rely on the strong, he had to rely on the strongest, right?
Therefore, Giovanni did not hesitate to make a decision to cooperate with this demon!
He knew very well that cooperating with a demon might have a better result than a necromancer like Arantir because demons were absolutely not interested in ruling a kingdom of the undead. As long as he did it properly, he, Giovanni, might be able to use the power of this demon to become the king of all of Heresh!
Of course, Giovanni made this decision after observing that this demon in front of him might be a smart demon. If Roy were a hot-tempered demon, Giovanni would not have thought of this move, and he was afraid that Roy would tear him apart …
Giovanni waited nervously for Roy's response, and Roy looked at Giovanni with interest.
Speaking of which, Giovanni was the second vampire count that Roy had encountered!
The first vampire count was naturally Dracula of the Van Helsing world. But that Count Dracula was just an undeserved reputation. Not only was he only three to four hundred years old, but he was also extremely weak and did not even know how to use normal magic. But now, this Count Giovanni felt much stronger.
"Okay, Your Excellency Vampire Count Giovanni!" Roy's tall body stood in front of Giovanni and looked down at him with a sinister smile. "Although I'm very curious about why you betrayed Arantir, now doesn't seem to be the time to ask about this. What I'm more curious about is why you, Arantir, and this undead army appeared in this Desert of Death. Don't tell me that you came specially to find me!"
"That's not the case!" Hearing Roy speak, Giovanni secretly heaved a sigh of relief and shook his head. "In fact, Arantir led the army to find the tomb of ancient warriors in this desert. He was planning to gather a large army and head to Erathia. Encountering you was just a coincidence …"
"I see …" Roy was relieved. I knew it. How could there be such a coincidence? He nodded and asked, "Since you were Arantir's … collaborator, do you know what's going on with his spectral dragon? Under normal circumstances, can a necromancer summon such a powerful bone dragon? "
"I don't know …" Giovanni's eyes were a little confused. "In fact, this is the first time I've seen him summon such an undead creature …"
"Let me put it another way …" Roy stared at him intently. "Does Asha's power really still exist in this world?"
"Impossible!" Hearing this question, Giovanni shook his head without hesitation. "If anyone can really obtain Asha's power, they might become a new dragon! Just like Sar-Elam, but that was nearly a thousand years ago. It's impossible for Arantir's spectral dragon to be the power bestowed upon him by Asha. I'm more willing to believe that it's just a powerful undead creature that transcends common sense … Even if Arantir claims to be Asha's Chosen, it's just what he claims to be. In fact, the death lords of the entire kingdom of Heresh have never received any revelations from it! "
"In other words, you chose to cooperate with him previously just to use his declaration, right?" Roy saw through the essence of the matter at a glance.
"That's right!" Giovanni nodded. "If he were really the Chosen, then under the divine revelation, all the death lords of Heresh would have long gathered under him, and we would all worship him as king. But as you can see, Heresh is still in a fragmented state … I can only say that with this declaration, he's just a candidate who might compete for the throne."
"In that case, he's actually just a mortal and can still be killed …" Roy rubbed his chin and pondered.
The reason why he could not forget it was not because Arantir had led his army to attack Roy and the others. Roy wanted to kill Arantir because of what happened when Roy flashed to Arantir's side to slash at him and was blocked by Arantir.
During that brief exchange, Roy clearly felt a desire coming from Frostmourne in his hand!
At that time, Roy did not realize what was going on at all. Only after the incident did he understand that the desire Frostmourne conveyed was actually that it wanted Arantir's soul!
In the Darksiders world, after Ulthane remodeled Frostmourne, it had an additional special attribute: Soul Hunger!
Frostmourne was currently a pseudo-divine artifact. According to Roy's understanding, if he wanted to upgrade Frostmourne to a divine artifact-level weapon, he probably needed to make this sword have something like an artifact spirit. In other words, he needed to make this sword obtain consciousness. According to the description of the Soul Hunger attribute, if Frostmourne was held by another creature, it would continuously absorb the other party's soul to enrich itself.
And Frostmourne had always been held by Roy. Frostmourne would not absorb the soul of its master, Roy, so the sword itself had always been in an empty state. This time, when Roy held Frostmourne and came into close contact with Arantir, it seemed like Frostmourne had sensed Arantir's soul!
Arantir was a powerful necromancer. Judging from his fanatical belief in Asha, his thoughts, will, and moral character were extraordinary, so his soul was definitely different from ordinary souls. Frostmourne recognized the strength of his soul, so it wanted to obtain Arantir's soul, so it sent a desire signal to Roy, hoping that Roy could use Frostmourne to kill Arantir. This way, Arantir's soul would be absorbed by Frostmourne.
Roy only understood this after the fact. It could not be helped. This was the first time Frostmourne had given him a signal, so it was normal that Roy did not react in time.
Since Frostmourne wanted it, Roy was naturally willing to give it. So after confirming that Arantir did not have Asha's power backing him, Roy began to think about how to kill Arantir …
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