Thick smoke billowed, flames shot into the sky, and everyone roared.
"I curse you! I will curse you to be trapped in this night forever, and curse your family to never have peace!"
With the curse of the Dragon Kingdom King, Count Bristle-Wolf's belly was set on fire.
"I cut you off!" Kempins also went completely crazy.
"No, Kempins! Stop killing!" A roar made Count wake up a little, and he was suddenly blocked by a person in front of the throne and Count.
This woman is so vague and familiar. There is a Gemstone badge in the shape of a wolf head on her fiery red dress.
That... that's...Ariana?
The blurry face became clearer and clearer, and countless roars and murmurs were tearing at Count, "Ah, Ali?"
"Kempins! No!" A scream made Count stop completely.
"Where am I? Where is this? Why is this happening?"
When Count Bristle-Wolf woke up, he found himself holding his wife, Ariana·Red-Dragon, watching the hot blood on his hands dripping to the ground.
A dozen steps away, Dragon Kingdom contemporary King Arnold·Red-Dragon fell to the ground.
"No!" Kempins finally remembered that he was the one who tried to assassinate King, but his wife stood in front of Arnold Red-Dragon.
"Kempins... Don't do this again... You have been deceived by those promises... Wake up... My Kempins... We don't want to stay in Royal Capital anymore... Let's go home." Mrs. Count comforted Count with her last strength.
"Dear, don't close your eyes, let's go home, back to our wolf den, and don't care about these Dragon Kingdoms anymore," Count sobbed.
The fire suddenly went out, and light poured into the hall from outside the door.
"Imperial Prime Minister has arrived, all personnel must stop, anyone who disobeys the order will be shot!" The loud voice echoed over Royal Palace, but Count could no longer hear it.
"No!" In an instant, Count woke up.
Tears blurred Kempins·Count Bristle-Wolf's eyes, but he still recognized the ceiling of the room where he lived Blue Magpie Castle.
Every month he would go back to that night nine years ago more than once, from the initial fear to the subsequent humiliation. Now the moment the dream ends, it is the warmest moment Count, because at this moment his Ariana is so clear.
"How are the vassals?" This was the first thing Count said after waking up.
"Master Count, are you awake?" The waiter on the side noticed that Count was awake and hurried over, "Hurry up and invite Eldest Young Master!"
"I'm asking you how your vassals are doing!" Count roared angrily, and the voice was so loud that Fernando was also startled as he rushed over from the door.
"They are all fine, father!" Fernando ran to Count's bedside, constantly comforting him and telling him the latest situation.
"That Ms. Dragonborn Gleia·Blue Dragon took action to disperse Barbarian Cavalry. The vassals have all returned. The injury on your abdomen was also suppressed by Ms. Gleia!"
"I understand," Count breathed a sigh of relief, "How long did I fall asleep?"
"In less than a day." Fernando looked at Count, hesitated and then said, "Father?"
"Tell me, who's coming?"
"Your Excellency McLaren·Blue Dragon"
"Humph"
"Master Count must have hit Dragon Flame Curse." In a guest room in the castle, Dragonborn girl Gleia·Blue Dragon said to Antrechi and two middle-aged men.
"I have helped him stabilize the curse, but I have just stabilized it. Master Count's body may continue to deteriorate."
"I'm afraid it has something to do with what happened nine years ago. The curse that can make Silver Knight burn directly is probably planted by His Majesty Arnold Red-Dragon back then." The person who spoke was one of the three National Pillar Dragon Kingdom, Legend Knight McLaren·Blue Dragon.
"I didn't expect that such a curse could last until today." Another middle-aged man is Kingdom Magic Academy Archmage, who is also Bristle-Wolf Family the highest level demon Mage today, Cohen Bristle-Wolf.
"Arnold was able to curse Kempins on the throne. The throne carries the entire faith of the Kingdom, allowing the curse to break through from the Archmage level to the Legend level."
"As far as I know, after that incident 9 years ago, both Tower of Purity and Temple Alliance participated in the aftermath and exiled a group of Knight who participated in the coup. It is said that the curse of Count Bristle-Wolf was also alleviated by the Temple Alliance's Legend."
"I didn't expect that these barbarians could actually know the secrets of the past!"
"I'm afraid this is not what a group of barbarians who dig for salt in Salt Mine every day can come up with."
In Blue Magpie Castle's lord's room, Count Bristle-Wolf forced himself to meet McLaren·Blue Dragon and Cohen·Bristle-Wolf.
"Kempins, like I said, we are here just to see if there is anyone who can help you. We have no other intention. It is not that any family wants to seize the territory in the northwest. Don't worry too much."
In order to take care of Old Bristle-Wolf's physical condition, Legend Knight suppressed his own Battle Qi so that Count could look at him. Even so, only Count Bristle-Wolf in the room could barely look into his eyes.
"Yes, His Majesty and all of you adults sent Dragon Knights to Northwest Territory as an escort just to protect the integrity of Northwest Territory."
Although Cohen Maned Wolf is the leader of the Maned Wolf family, he does not belong to the same clan as the Earl. His long stay in the magic tower in the royal capital allowed him to hear many rumors related to the Earl and the Northwest Territory.
Now that Cohen Bristle-Wolf has been appointed, he is more of a messenger specifically chosen by the Kingdom's senior management in order to reduce Count Bristle-Wolf's resistance. No matter what Cohen thinks of Kempins and today's Northwest Territory, there are some things he must say.
"You asked me to persuade Arnold to abdicate nine years ago, and I did it." Count said calmly, but McLaren could hear the anger in it.
"He abdicated, and Dusen, whom you all recognized, came up, but what about the marriage you promised?
You promised to make my family a Archmage family." Count became more and more excited as he spoke, "But look at me now, what do I have left?"
"Kempins, don't talk about it. We can't do anything about what happened back then. Mitroya Chancellor personally arranged the next things." McLaren felt a little guilty when he spoke. In any case, he did not fulfill his promise back then. Breaking his promise is a huge stain for any noble of any level.
"But you're not at a disadvantage. The curse on you can't be suppressed without Legend Priest.
Even this recurrence was suppressed by the younger generations of our family." Legend knew he was in the wrong, so he frantically sought compensation.
"Yes, Your Excellency, but for whom did I suffer the curse back then? Who betrayed me now, causing me to fail at the last moment of killing the barbarian?"
"Who else could it be? Of course it's those bugs like Palace Front Department. Who else but them would dare to collude with foreign races so blatantly?"
The room fell silent again, Count Bristle-Wolf still looking at Legend Knight.
"So, we Northwest Count Territory should be sacrificed?"
"I can help you delay for a while and prevent other forces from interfering." McLaren finally relented, "But now Barbarian, with your body, you are unable to start the second round of decisive battle. You must think about how to end it."
Count nodded, watching Legend Knight and fellow sect member Archmage leave, finally heaving a sigh of relief.
The family's territory was still preserved by him, although it was only temporary.