High Above

"Is this the kind of legacy you want to give?"

Ian is not stupid, he can hear that Grand Duke Thorin's meaning is very clear - Adlbert is the 'legacy of Inaga II'.

He gave Albert to himself.

Let’s not talk about whether Adalbert is willing to follow him, but a living person...well, the dead king should be considered a living person, right? In short, it is not a matter of whether he has the right to give Adlbert to himself.

What the Grand Duke said is indeed true.

Ian looked at the Dead King researcher beside him with his eyes wide open and almost stunned - yes, the Dead King and the dead souls are here, and the developers of the core technology are also here. Although Adebert He may not know it, but the knowledge in his brain and all the techniques that Archduke Thorin unknowingly made him learn are obviously almost the entire set of Inaga's legacy.

Not only that, Adelbert is still a living person and can continue to develop technology. This guy is young, only in his early twenties, and has a bright future!

【this? ! 】

How could Adalbert have imagined that this would happen? And he was actually fired? No, that's not the point...

Did you get fired just now? !

So what did Grand Duke Thorin originally plan to do to him?

He thought he was going to die!

Obviously not. If Ian had to guess, Grand Duke Thorin wanted to cultivate a 'successor' with a personality that was completely opposite to his own, but who also had Inaga's legacy. He is very pessimistic about his own destiny or his view of the world, so no matter what action he takes, he always wants to leave a 'trace'.

Or maybe it’s a ‘tombstone’.

The Dead Lord and Adelbert are both his tombstones.

[Knight of the Glen, do you really want to reappear as the dead king? Or even a dead river? ! 】

And this is where Adalbert is sincere - although he had the courage to question Archduke Thorin just now, when Archduke Thorin asked him to follow Ian and fired him, he actually turned his head and was sincere. He asked Ian for his opinion and advised him: [Once this technology is born and started to be used, it will definitely go in an evil direction! 】

[I used to think that there was no evil or good in technology, but now I don’t think so... Any technology that involves playing with the soul and essence of life is a taboo! 】

"Morally speaking, Adalbert, you are right."

Ian calmly glanced at the dead king beside him, and he lowered his voice and said: "But I never talk about morality. I just want to fulfill my wish."

"For me, the technology of Dead Lord and Dead River is a must...Adelbert, you are a very good person and an exceptionally good researcher."

"But you are not a person who can reach the top of a mountain, let alone the sky."

Ian sheathed the Chongyuan Iron Sword in his hand. He knew that there was no point in fighting next: "But what Grand Duke Thorin said is right. After leaving the laboratory, he will also be inspected by the empire. He did not I have to devote all my energy to protecting you... It is indeed a bit troublesome for you, a dead king, to maintain your existence."

"I can help you a little bit."

Raising his head, the knight looked at the Dead River Arms in mid-air.

Even if he wanted to beat up Duke Thorin, the other party would not fight back and just remove the projection.

At this moment, after being suppressed by Archduke Thorin, the Dead River Arms, which were originally just dark blue, began to slowly bloom with silver light - during the period when Archduke Thorin was possessed by the projection, through this fourth-level Thanks to fine-tuning and re-construction by the strong, today's Dead River Arms have undergone a transformation.

A transformation that is enough for Ian to take seriously.

【anymore question? 】

At this moment, Archduke Thorin was still very patient.

It has to be said that because he knew about the existence of Ian, or the Knight of the Glen, he was in a very happy mood, even with a smile: [King Tianhong and Mikael are still fighting outside, and Moze is thrown by me. To the Void, it’s almost time to come back now]

[If you want to leave, it’s best to take advantage of the recent period]

To be honest, Ian didn't have much to ask. Thanks to Albert, he had asked all the questions.

What Grand Duke Thorin does is a classic Ascendant of Terra - even though he is a noble who values ​​his people very much, he is still an Ascendant in the final analysis. In order to protect his people, he will do his best to build a building for them. Soul, then kill them all and turn them into tombstones.

You can't say that Grand Duke Thorin doesn't care about his subjects or doesn't love his subjects... He is just simple and a lunatic.

This is not an incurable disease, but unfortunately the patient is too strong.

When Ian has strength in the future, he will definitely ask Archduke Thorin to give him a good treatment.

As for the Dead River and the Dead Lord - Ian wasn't lying.

In his view, this technology is definitely more than just fire and artificial hell. It has more mysteries and more uses.

It can even become part of the core of his future territory...

Grand Duke Thorin saw that Ian had nothing to say to him, so he nodded slightly: [Then, everything will be witnessed by time - although I don’t know who you are, but the inheritor of Hilliard, I look forward to the day you succeed】

[But if you also give up...there is no need to be too disappointed. Because it is indeed not a problem that we can solve]

"Then I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I die."

Ian said lightly, he did not think that one day: "Compared to this, the empire already knows that you are going to be independent. Don't expect Feiyan Land to help you, because the fortress group on the far side of the Flame Land has also been instigated by the Empire to rebel. - the war will be postponed and your fears become a reality."

"When the Empire and the Land of Fire prepare to start a full-scale war again... the Grand Duchy of Thorin will suffer disaster."

"Besides, you don't really think that Flying Flame will keep its promise, do you? The central laboratory of Awak is destroyed and the Dead River Arms are lost. They don't care about your excuses. They will definitely betray you."

He knew very well that Grand Duke Thorin's worries were correct - if it weren't for him on the way of the insect swarm, the Empire and the Land of Fire would definitely start a full-scale war, and at that time, it would be a good idea for Grand Duke Thorin to turn into a war wasteland. Yes, I'm afraid it's a biochemical wasteland, a smoke wasteland and a natural disaster wasteland.

Nanling cannot stay out of the incident, as his farming plans will be disrupted.

In this case, it is better for the Grand Duke to be wary of this... Even if Grand Duke Thorin continues the plan to destroy the king, the little power he has left can cause some harassment to Feiyan Land, at least to know some news in advance.

Speaking of which...where is the Spiritual Knowledge Academy?

Ian suddenly thought of something.

The Dead River Arms of the Flying Flame Land regard the souls of other people as fuel for the pilot, and use these fuels to continuously strengthen the pilot. As long as the pilot can resist this passive 'returning to completion', then the essence of his soul will be It will be upgraded quickly. With the Death River weapons, there is basically no difficulty in reaching the third level quickly, and the fourth level is not impossible.

Of course, the driver's potential must also be good, otherwise, he will be like Viscount Avak, who was resurrected a few times and was disturbed by the soul used as fuel, turning into an almost demon-like monster with a completely chaotic mind.

This can be regarded as a successful research - Needless to say, Dead Lord, Ian himself experienced it and felt that it was very successful.

Is it possible that the plan of the Lingzhiyuan...the 'savior of the unknown' failed?

Ian was not surprised by this. After all, the research of the Academy of Spiritual Knowledge was the most difficult. They themselves did not plan to succeed. They just planned to gain some related psychic technology in the process of trying to overcome this impossible problem.

Compared with this savior, the plan of the 'Nightmare Demon King' to summon the evils of the void may be more destructive than the Dead River and the Dead Lord combined - once it succeeds, a fifth-level powerhouse may be needed to come to the rescue.

But Ian felt something wasn't quite right.

He suddenly felt that something was not normal.

Based on what Ian saw in the imperial capital, he knew very well that the Gnostic Academy was the imperial department most loyal to the emperor... so many of their misdeeds had not been liquidated.

Emperor Axel almost acquiesced, allowing the Gnostic Institute to 'steal' precious books from the Imperial Capital's Great Library to give to Adbert and Avak's laboratories, allowing them to complete their respective technologies... Just like the Flying Flame Land By agreeing to use their own technologies to cooperate, all three parties have a need for each other's technologies.

Archduke Thorin's needs are now obvious, and Feiyandi also has the experience in producing the ultimate "biological etheric weapon" such as the Dead River Arms.

What about Lingzhiyuan?

The Gnostic Institute's plan is to create a psychic birth, resurrection, artificial human body, and the 'Savior of the Nameless One' who will explore the limits of psychic energy...

"Wait a minute." Ian suddenly thought about it: "Isn't this still an echo?"

There is no doubt that these are all technologies related to psychic energy, resurrection, and even 'echo'!

yes. This is not Ian's nonsense. In fact, when Ian saw the essence of the dead king, which was to engrave the 'soul' on his body and wait until he could re-engrave it for 'resurrection' in the future, the first thing he thought about was' Isn't this just an echo? ’.

If you add soul transfer, it's almost a 'mirror image'!

"I see……"

Ian was suddenly enlightened: "It seems that the true purpose of the Lingzhi Academy has been completed long ago! All the research they will conduct next will be of the type that it can be successful, but it doesn't matter if it is not successful!"

"No wonder...no wonder!"

Archduke Thorin's ambition may have been seen through by Axel, the defender of the land, from the beginning.

Of course, they haven't seen through one bit yet.

That is, Archduke Thorin was so bold that he dared to use the 'laboratory accident', that is, the incident of 'Adlbert released the souls of the dead and killed everyone in Avak territory', to destroy the ultimate goal of his research. And cover up!

As long as Adlbert is intact, the Dead River Arms in the hands of Viscount Avak can still be used, and the "souls of all the residents of Avak Territory" are still in it... then for Grand Duke Thorin, it is basically equivalent to " No one died, all the plans were completed, Feiyandi stole the chicken but lost the rice, lost his weapons and people, and the empire will think that his plan has failed, so it will relax its vigilance. This is a great victory.

Ian believes that the reason why the Empire did not expect the independence of the Thorin Guild in the path of the swarm was precisely because of the apparent 'failure' of the Avak Territory - they did not expect that all theoretical research results of Thorin would be burned. Grand Duke Lin was actually able to carry out the plan to destroy the king and take most of the people to the center of the earth!

【Um? 】

After hearing Ian's warning, Grand Duke Thorin immediately became serious - most of his energy and thoughts were focused on the plan of Avak Territory, and he didn't know much about what was happening on the other side of the Flying Fire Land.

It's better that this is a top secret. Ian himself only knew it through the prophet, and Fei Yandi didn't even know it himself.

[Thank you for the information] He nodded seriously, then looked at Adlbert: [Knight, I’ll leave the Dead River Arms to you]

[I want to take away all the souls in the armor. They are still my people, but the dead souls inhabiting the two of you...are already your people]

【Don't let them down. I won’t say sorry]

After speaking, with a little flash of silver light, the silver moon directly above the small garden disappeared, and the Death River Arms with radiant eyes seemed to have lost its operator, falling diagonally from mid-air and falling on the ground. above the earth.

It happened to fall in front of Ian.

"……he's gone."

Ian looked around, he seemed to be talking to Aldbert and himself.

Sighing, the young man stepped forward with a complicated expression. He raised his hand and pressed it on the dead river weapon that was no longer scarlet but pitch black in front of him: "Leave it to me... hum, there is no completely successful experiment." You don’t feel bad about giving it away, right? But it doesn’t matter, I just plan to use it as a reference anyway.”

"Just in time, it's time for me to prepare my etheric weapons... huh?"

The moment he touched the Dead River Arms, Ian's expression suddenly changed.

He felt that on the Dead River Arms, there was a surging 'emotion' like a mountain roaring and a tsunami!

Oops - I forgot that although the soul has been taken away, this weapon still has millions of soul-level hatred and despair left in it!

Adlbert on the side was originally in extremely complicated mood. The final battle with Viscount Avac and the appearance of Archduke Thorin were beyond his expectations in every aspect.

Although the outcome was not the worst, it was still impossible for him to accept and understand it so simply.

He turned his head, originally wanting to have a few awkward conversations with Ian, trying to understand what kind of person this fellow deceased monarch was, and who might also become a colleague in the future.

But Adalbert was shocked to notice that the eyes of the Knight of the Valley lit up with an extremely bright water-colored light, like a blue sun.

Time is like water, with layers of waves. A golden light was reflected in the whirlpool-like pupils.

——Because I know too many truths... the precognitive vision has ushered in a new evolution!

Before he began to predict, Ian saw, saw a golden road shining in the endless black resentment and despair...

That is the path.

It is also a prophecy.

An omen that couldn't be more classic or clearer...a prophetic sign.

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