I have a date with the devil

Chapter 25

A deliberately light footsteps came from outside the door, as if several people were whispering through the door panel.

A short while later, the unlocked door was suddenly pushed open, more than a dozen people came in, although they were all wearing the clothes of the clergy of the Holy See, but from their broad stride and fierce temperament, at least half of them were remnants of soldiers disguised as priests.

One of the middle-aged men is clearly the great priest of the Holy See. However, he is clearly not the dominant figure in this group. A tall, cloaked man at the head of the group is the leader. Unfortunately, he has been wearing a hood, but also slightly hunched back, it is impossible to see what looks like.

As soon as they came in, the dozen men scanned the room warily, seeing only Berial by the floor-to-ceiling window, and a girl whose body was so blocked that she couldn't see her face, they passed a winning wink to each other, and locked the door with a click, and it looked like they were up to no good.

The leader came forward, hidden in the shadows of the eyes meaningfully surveyed Berial: "You are the new astrologer in the palace?"

His voice was very strange, as if damaged by fire, each syllable was like rough stones rubbing against each other, hoarse to the extreme.

Berial flicked the dust on his coat lapel and said indifferently, "What do you want from me?"

"It's really you." The leader snorted coldly: "I thought it would be a powerful character, but it turns out it's just a brat. You're the one who has been stopping me repeatedly for a while now."

Berial raised his eyebrows and asked instead of answering, "It sounds like you are the owner of the corpse chrysalis?"

"Well, since you know about the Chrysalis, I won't beat around the bush. That's right, I managed to bribe the attendant to make that stinky kid drink the water mixed with the corpse chrysalis, only to have him wake up. This is also thanks to you, right?"

Without the blood of the corpse chrysalis owner, it is impossible for ordinary people to remove the corpse chrysalis intact, so this trick not only kills people invisibly, but is also tried and tested - as long as they hide after doing it, even if the other party knows who the real culprit is, it is futile to find the person. The plan failed in the middle of the process, and after half a month, his induction with the nymph was cut off, indicating that the nymph had been removed from Ye Cheng's body.

And in the next day, Ye Cheng's side has an additional with his inseparable "astrology teacher", this person also received the king's unprecedented appreciation. Those who do not know the inside story, may believe that this is the accidental holy favor. But for the conspiracy of the corpse chrysalis matter they, this astrologer appeared too coincidental timing, suddenly get the king reappointed, most likely because he solved a problem for the king - wake up the prince.

Just now, this astrologer said the word "corpse chrysalis", indicating that he already knows the circumstances. Does not confirm the above suspicions?

From the day this person appeared in a high profile, the chief no matter what methods to use, can not harm the king's family a little bit. It was as if a transparent protective shield appeared out of thin air, isolating the king's family. This is absolutely and this astrologer can not be unconnected. To achieve great things, we must first solve this obstacle, otherwise what to do is useless.

However, the leader could not guess what this astrologer used to take out the nymphs he put in. According to common sense to speculate, the other party should be a very senior dark magician.

If this person is willing to join his camp, then it will definitely become a big help for him. If coercion and enticement are useless, we can only make the first move and get this person killed.

The reason for delaying until tonight is that this astrologer, as Ye Cheng's protector, has been living in the palace, never stepping out of the palace door, there is no chance to reach him at ordinary times. The only chance is today's dinner, the front door of the palace is wide open, many guests, a hundred secrets also have a slip, is the best time to mix in. If you miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it will be much more difficult to blend into the heavily guarded palace afterwards.

For this reason, the chief made all the preparations, but also deliberately brought the people of the Church over, in case they can not suppress the other side.

So when he first saw Berial, the leader was actually very surprised. After all, dark magicians of high moral virtues have been more or less affected by the backlash of the spell, nine out of ten are ugly, and the remaining one has an additional physical deformity. How could he have thought that the astrologer he wanted to draw in was actually just a teenager, and also looked so beautiful.

Then, extrapolating backwards, perhaps he had overestimated the other party's strength.

"This place is so remote that no one will find this room without a moment." The leader pointed to Berial: "I see that you are also a dark magician with considerable ability. Now you are given two ways to choose, either join my camp, and in the future, when I take back the throne, you will be promised as a national teacher, the status must be much higher than your current status as a teacher."

The room was empty, and his words fell into Ye Miao's ears without a word. As she listened, she suddenly felt that this person's wording was a bit strange.

The plot against the royal family was to usurp the throne, that she guessed.

But the other side, why did they call this act - taking back the throne?

Berial seemed disinterested in the chief's tempting promise: "What about the second way?"

"The second way is the way to your own death." The chief's voice chilled down: "My men are all brave and fight well, one against ten. With the help of the priests, even the most powerful dark magicians cannot withstand the siege of holy water and the crucifixion formation. Whether you want to become a human being with me or die in this corner and wait until tomorrow for someone to collect your body, I think a smart person will know how to choose ......"

Berial said lazily, "Forget it, I'm really not interested in being any kind of national master."

"Humph, toast to the wine. You only have yourself to blame if you don't walk out of here tonight." After the leader let out his harsh words, he took a step back, apparently a little afraid of the other party's dark magic, and ordered the priest to take out all the holy water and crosses for exorcism, ready to wait until Berial lost the power to fight back before the others swarmed up to do away with him.

One of the men hesitated and asked, "My lord, there is still a woman there, what should we do with her?"

The leader said coldly, "I said, not a single living soul will be left."

Ye Miao was really a little nervous now, but not because of these swords that came at her, but because of what the priest was holding.

Berial is not a dark magician, but he is purely a thing of evil spirits. The holy water and the cross would only disable the dark magician's attack, but would kill the evil thing completely ...... would he be able to withstand it?

Just as the group raised their weapons and slowly approached, they suddenly felt a gust of gloomy wind blowing behind them, causing them to shiver.

Those who sensed that something was wrong looked back and found to their horror that the two doors of the room behind them had disappeared, leaving only an intact wall behind. There was no exit from this room.

Panicked and incredulous voices rang out one after another, "What's going on, the doors are gone!"

"What the hell! Where's the door?!"

As soon as the words left their mouths, the white porcelain bottles containing holy water in the priests' hands crackled one after another, crackling in the air, spilling clear holy water all over the floor, and the sharp fragments even cut the priests' fingers. The crucifix hanging over their hearts also seemed to be cut by an unknown force, and the lower half broke off flush and fell to the ground.

The priests finally realized to their horror that the opposite side was not a dark magician at all, but something more difficult to deal with than a dark magician. The men, who had been fierce and fierce earlier, also realized that something was wrong and were backing up, their raised swords trembling in mid-air.

Berial reached out and wrapped his arms around the dazed Ye Miao from behind.

A month of high-profile padding, long guessed that these people will take advantage of tonight to show up to make a move, who knew that will appear so untimely.

The good atmosphere just now, are stirred up.

It is really a great disappointment to him.

Berial leaned down and wrapped his arms around the girl's waist, and covered her eyes with the other hand to keep her from looking.

The silvery white moonlight rose to its fullest, a million rays shining from behind him into the room, the slender black shadow being stretched out onto the floor.

In the opposite terrified eyes, this originally normal length of the shadow, in the naked eye to see the speed of expanding, breeding a terrifying long horns, huge bone wings ...... along the floor, all the way forward to climb, roaming up the farthest wall, covering the sky, until all the opponent completely enveloped in the shadow.

The unsettling shadows were reflected in the priest's pupils that had tightened into pinpricks. The next second, screams finally spilled from their throats.

"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! Aaaaahhhh-"

......

Until the dust settled, Berial did not let go of the hand covering Ye Miao's eyes, and took her directly out of the room, standing still in the corridor before releasing her hand: "Scared?"

"No ......" Ye Miao turned back to look into the dark doorway behind her, just now Berial did not know what method was used to isolate her hearing, so she did not hear anything: "What just happened? "

Berial's eyes curved in a smile: "I scared them, that's all."

I heard that there is a word called auspicious in Eastern countries. Today was her birthday, and it had to be auspicious, not to start killing.

Just then, King Elle and the deployed personal soldiers finally arrived. Ye Miao originally still softly relied on Berial's arms, and after reacting, she immediately blushed and separated from him by half a meter.

　King Al had known that Berial would be here, but he didn't expect his daughter to be with him, so he was surprised and said, "How come you're here too?"

This place is a little distance away from the banquet hall, wandering can not be so far. Ye Miao lowered her eyes and lied: "It was too boring in the banquet hall, so I rested in the corridor next to the terrace, who knew that I was hijacked by those people inside."

King Al's face really changed: "What?!"

Ye Miao immediately added: "However, Berial rescued me right away. Nothing happened to me at all."

Berial twitched his eyebrows and glanced at her with a smile.

"So that's how it is." King Al sighed with relief and patted Berial's shoulder: "You have achieved another feat."

Berial smiled faintly: "It was an honor to protect Your Highness."

Pushing the door inside, the ground has fallen a large number of people, personal guards rushed to check one by one, found that these people are foaming at the mouth, unconscious.

In response, Berial explained to the puzzled king, gently said he used a little astrology-related illusion tips to scare these people.

King Ayr nodded, approvingly, "You did well."

The leader collapsed in the corner, the hood covering his face having slipped down to his neck. The crowd saw his face and drew in a breath of cold air - the man's face was actually covered with crisscrossing wounds that looked much like scars from being burned by fire, rather than traces of dark magic repercussions.

So it was an ugly monster, no wonder he refused to show his face.

King Al seemed to think he looked familiar, staring at this face for a long time, suddenly a shock, recognized the identity of this person.

This guy is the only son of the former King Raymond! In terms of kinship, he was also Ye Miao's cousin.

According to the battle report from the front, this man led the army to lose the war against Abil and was himself captured. It is said that at the beginning, Yabil was using him as a bargaining chip, so he was kept under house arrest in a palace. Late one night, he killed himself in the enemy camp, not forgetting to burn down the palace where he was.

After this act returned to Kardan, he also earned a reputation of "better for the jade than for the tile".

It seems that the initial suicide was a lie. He did not die at all, but replaced himself with someone unknown. By using fire or blurring the features of the corpse, so that others think that the corpse was burned beyond recognition is him.

However, once the fire burned up is difficult to control, although he escaped, but did not get out in one piece, but also was burned into the appearance of a human being and ghost, after a long time to recuperate, only to restore health.

By the time he came out of the mountains, the situation had changed dramatically. He had nothing, his father had gone to the gallows, and the era belonging to their father and son had ended. His uncle had become the new king and had signed a truce with Abil.

Although he was not willing to lose the throne, he also understood that with his current appearance, even if he reappeared in front of people, there must be few people willing to support him.

Since this is the case, we can only use a roundabout way to achieve the purpose. When the healthy kings fall one after another, Kadam will definitely need a new king to preside over the situation, and that is the best time for him to appear.

Ye Miao rubbed his chin.

No wonder this guy could get corpse pupae. Corpse chrysalis can only breed from the place where corpses are piled up, isn't the battlefield such a bloody place where the dead are piled up?

As for those priests who helped him, whether it was because they themselves were rebellious or were threatened, we will have to wait for the follow-up to find out.

King Al ordered his soldiers, "Take all those who fainted into the main prison, and start the interrogation tomorrow."

"Yes."

The fainted people's bodies were softened into noodles and were taken away half dragged, half carried. The great priest leaning in the corner did not faint too deeply, and turned awake in a trance when he was picked up. When he saw the king and the princess standing in front of him expressionlessly, his face changed drastically, and when he shifted his gaze and saw Berial, he was shaking like chaff, his face was pale, as if he saw hell beckoning him.

Under the excitement, this big man even lunged and crawled towards King Ayr, crying incoherently, "The devil ...... Your Majesty, spare your life! That's the devil!"

Before he clutched the king's leg, several soldiers hurriedly pulled him away.

"...... devil ...... Your Majesty, believe me, that is the devil!"

Berial looked as normal and said, "Your Majesty, this man may have been a little too stimulated, which are frightened crazy."

King Al frowned: "No wonder the speech is incoherent."

The banquet there was coming to an end, and after the king ordered the head guard to clean up the mess, he took Ye Miao back to the banquet.

Only after both of them had left did Berial withdraw his gaze, bend down, and slowly pick up a shiny cross necklace on the ground.

The silver cross was entwined with delicate thorns and roses. Presumably, it was an exorcism spell that fell from the pocket of some priest.

He walked up to the big wretched priest, hung the necklace back on his neck, and said in a warm voice: "You forgot to pick up your things."

With that, he then flicked the dust on his knees, stood up, and left with a smile as the other party stared dumbfounded.

The murder of the royal family is a serious crime, in order to eliminate future problems, the main culprit must die, and the secondary participants were also exiled. The King of Ayr finally took the opportunity to reorganize the Church, and changed the staff - of course, this is an afterthought.

After this fiasco, Berial really gained the trust of the king and his wife, and became the most popular person in Imbal.

And after the debut of the princess of Kardan at the birthday party, the next day began to snowflake as many proposal papers to the king's book table. Almost all of the suitors were young nobles from Imbalben.

The queen was excited to show her every day, but Ye Miao politely told her mother that she did not want to get married so soon, and after hearing this, the queen only thought she was childish and shook her head with a smile, not taking it seriously, and continued to read the marriage proposals.

Ye Miao a little discouraged, and some difficult to say shyness - in fact, thinking about the marriage object, she now in her mind floated only one person ...... no, that is not a person.

In addition to him, she can not imagine herself and other strange men doing those intimate things scene, just think about it, it is very awkward.

But how could she dare to say this to her parents, to tell them that her daughter, who was still as innocent as a child in their eyes, had broken her fast in Abil, ** lent to the devil, and her soul was indulged beyond her reach ......

But in front of so many excellent marriage candidates, in the eyes of the parents is a commoner's Berial is obviously not the most suitable for the "Princess Kadam" marriage object. If it is said that love over time ...... key is, from his appearance to now, not much time, so it is too false.

Ye Miao fell into distress on this.

So after half a month, a major event finally distracted their attention.

Abil to meet the undead army's border line is too long, the number of soldiers distributed in each node will be divided thin, which is probably one of the disadvantages of the country is too vast. The balance was maintained by relying on soldiers transferred from several vassal states to constantly fill the gaps in the war effort. But these days, even the only balance could not be maintained, and Abil's border was finally raided again.

The pace of the undead army didn't stop there, and kept moving south. If we go at this rate, the army of the walking dead will soon reach Kadan's border. The news caused panic in Kadan, and for this reason, King Ayr hurriedly deployed a large number of troops to the front line.

On the night before departure, I don't know what Berial talked about in his study with King Ayr and Kadan's general, and the next day he was among the troops accompanying him.

Ye Miao is very incomprehensible, she believes that spirits and monsters fear Berial, even the exorcism of the priest can not help him. But now the influx is a thousand armies, and to be honest she didn't quite believe that he alone could quell so many things.

The result was that the undead soldiers who were wrapped in miasma, just like the demonic monsters that appeared in Abil, were in fear of Berial. with him, it took almost no soldiers to make the undead soldiers retreat in fear.

The general at first did not think much of this pretty pale and thin young man, and did not expect him to do anything with the army. But as the undead army retreated again and again in front of his eyes, he finally could no longer take it all as a coincidence, his heart turned out to be infinite admiration, saying that this astrologer is actually more profound than the Papal priest, is actually a warfare wizard.

The wind and water turned, the Cardan side smoothly, almost no losses. Once in the eyes of other countries was charged with the "poor defeated country" a Kardan, in this period of chaos, has become the only peach country on the continent of Ripass.

On the other hand, Yabil was anxious about the miasma that had taken root in the country's borders, and had no time and energy to pursue the matter of Kardan's reluctance to send troops over. It is also fortunate that Abil is a huge empire, otherwise it would not be able to withstand such consumption.

However, if there is no living water, even the deepest and widest water swamp will be completely steamed dry one day. Finally, half a year later, on top of the ruins of the two countries, a new agreement emerged - Kadan will help Abil to drive out the rebellious undead in the country, but in contrast, it will break the subordinate relationship with Abil and restore the former equal neighboring relationship.

In Abil's view, this is a very good deal. After all, the loss of one or two vassal states is not important compared to their current problems. Unbeknownst to him, for Kadam, this deal was not a loss at all.

After the news spread, the country of Kardan celebrated, the bright lights stayed up all night long, countless people took to the streets to sing and dance to celebrate.

The number of bones crawling out of the wilderness is large, but there is an end to it. Humans and they have been pulling together for more than a year before the speed of the undead soldiers began to slow down. The countries that still had strength began to fight a counterattack.

Three years had passed by the time the miasma was finally purged from the wastelands of Variseldin. This was the beginning and end of the famous Battle of the Crescent Moon in the history of the continent of Ripus.

As a great meritorious servant of Kadam, Berial's merit has long overshadowed all noblemen of noble blood. This legendary name, too, has long spread out of Imbal, floating to every corner of the continent of Ripas. He also finally opened his mouth and confidently asked the king and queen for the reward he had never mentioned - he wanted the princess.

The devil is by no means a noble man who does not ask for anything in return, if he keeps paying, but has not asked for a return, do not take it lightly, that is he is leading you into a bigger trap. When the water comes to a head, he will stack every account together, once over to find you to settle.

The king and queen, who had already approved of him in their hearts, happily agreed to his proposal of marriage.

During these years, Berial was not always away, and still spent a lot of time in Imbal. The king and his wife had long seen that the two young men were very fond of each other, and it was evident that their daughter had not loosely agreed to marry anyone for so many years. When the water is ready, naturally there will be no objection.

In fact, they still think too simple, thought under their noses, the two have a good feeling again no overstepping the boundaries of the move. I do not know that the walls of the door simply can not stop the devil of the plot.

As early as one night soon after the birthday party, Ye Miao failed to resist the temptation to open Berial, confused by him to take to bed, inside and outside the upper and lower were eaten clean.

Ye Miao never thought Berial's ability to isolate space would come in handy at such times. In the space of only each other, listening to the devil's compulsion, when delirious she will always do many things that she is ashamed to recall during the day. Whether pleading or sobbing, no one would hear, let alone disturb. Every time they were separated, there were always days when they were so absurd that they could not even tell day from night.

In bed, Berial was a hundred times more wicked than usual, and irresistibly charming.

Countless times, when she saw the shaking ceiling in her daze, she had the illusion that she was being haunted by a lustful black snake from hell, and that she was about to lose her breath.

It was because she knew too well that it wasn't a human being she was rubbing against, that the forbidden pleasure of being on the verge of suffocation would override all her senses every time.

In particular, Berial finally let her see his original face.

It was not as scary as she thought - of course it could be that she loved it. His prototype was still the same face, only with bony wings and long horns, and rough black skin like armor that snaked across his body, sometimes rubbing her skin red.

After getting used to it, she even liked the feeling of being wrapped around her body with those bone wings when she kissed him.

Although she knew that her parents could not possibly find out what was going on in her room, and during the daytime, she was, as always, reading to fill her time. But being in the king's palace, she still often had a feeling of shame and inability to let go.

So, to be married in name only was a relief to her.

The succession system in Kardan is different from Abil's, not the eldest son and eldest daughter succession system, but the king selects the candidate for the crown prince. From the beginning, Ye Miao did not have the will to sit in that high position, let alone imagining what it would be like to become queen.

Therefore, the day after her wedding, Kadam announced that the fifteen-year-old prince would be made the crown prince. Ye Miao took the same path as King Elle did when she was young, choosing to travel to more distant places with her beloved husband, and soon left Imbal.