Chapter 209
Claudia looked around at the darkness, and her expression under the mask was extremely serious.
What happened?
Who pulled her into this strange space without a sound?
Could it be... that crow?
Claudia's eyes were fixed on the body of the black crow again.
But the crow's behavior made her shudder.
Because it was staring at her quietly with its single eye.
"A... one-eyed crow?"
Claudia felt an inexplicable familiarity in her heart.
As if she realized something, she was stunned.
Wasn't there always a... one-eyed black crow standing on Victor's shoulder?
Anyone who knew Victor a little bit knew it very well.
This crow seemed to always be with Victor, and it had even become his iconic symbol.
But I just met Victor in the palace.
At that time, it seemed that the crow was not with Victor.
At first, Claudia didn't care. After all, she just thought the crow was a pet.
But now, Claudia's expression gradually became solemn.
"The talking crow... As expected, it was you who made Victor stronger."
Vega put his wings on his chest like a gentleman and bowed slightly to Claudia.
"Although I also want you to think so, I'm sorry, ma'am, maybe you have some misunderstanding."
"He is my proudest partner. Even without me, he will still be the shining black star that rises as usual."
Claudia stood up again with difficulty, but her limbs were a little weak.
But even such a simple action almost used up all her strength.
The recovery effect of the potion was still too poor after all.
For a strong person like Claudia who has almost reached the top of human beings, the recovery ability of the light red potion can only help her move her body a few times.
And she is facing a mysterious crow that can talk, and she doesn't know whether it is an enemy or a friend.
Its appearance really brought Claudia a very strong sense of crisis.
In Claudia's worry, the crow flapped its wings.
The black feather slowly floated down and landed in front of Claudia.
Then, in the darkness, the almost invisible black feather began to transform.
A red light flashed, and then a glass bottle filled with red potion was quietly placed on the ground.
The color of the potion was extremely bright, even thick enough to be slightly black.
Like blood.
Claudia looked at the red potion under her feet, her brain was confused.
Recovery potion? But this color...
"Drink it."
The crow's voice, like an order, suddenly sounded.
Claudia's eyes slowly lifted up as the voice came.
In the crow's single eye, there seemed to be a sense of playfulness and control.
"You have no choice."
As the voice fell, her heart seemed to be pinched hard by someone.
A sense of urgency suddenly rose from Claudia's heart, making her feel unable to resist.
She could only bend down, pick up the potion on the ground, and open the bottle cap.
She took off the mask, brought it to her mouth, and raised her head to drink it.
The bright red potion flowed down her cheeks and across her slender neck.
Soon, something magical happened.
Claudia's body gradually glowed with a green light, and she felt that her whole body had regained strength.
The physical burden brought by the use of the blood secret technique before was completely gone at this time.
She felt unprecedented pleasure and comfort.
It seemed that even the hidden disease that had fallen on her body had been wiped out completely.
Is this...
a miracle?
"Now, let's make a deal."
The sharp and evil voice sounded from the crow again:
"I am very interested in you demon hunters, so defeat it."
Before Claudia could recover from the previous shock, a monstrous demon appeared in the depths of darkness.
A red body came out of the darkness, and the crystal red armor on the body became broken again.
Mixed with endless iron filings, it kept swirling around the demon.
The high-speed swirling iron filings scratched Claudia's cheek at this time, just a slight scratch, and it cut her skin, and blood flowed.
Claudia slowly raised her head.
The scarlet eyes on that half of her face seemed to have expanded, flashing a deep red light.
Her body also entered an excited state, rising and falling, and her breathing became heavy.Like a giant beast awakening, loud rumbling noises burst out from Claudia's body.
One of the seven most powerful demon hunters.
How well will he perform when facing the original demon?
Vega was very interested.
Its voice continued to sound:
"If you win, I will let you and your men leave the empire safely."
"But if you lose."
It was as if a breath was released from the crow's body, gradually climbing up to the sky, completely swallowing up the darkness.
The endless darkness was gradually shrouded by rolling dark clouds, and the gray-black clouds began to roll.
A huge single eye broke through the clouds, suddenly opened its vertical pupil, and looked towards the earth as if it was in control of everything.
"Your whole life--"
"You will become my slaves, and I will drive you."
......
Outside the capital, the boundless and flat grassland danced slightly with the gentle breeze.
The moonlight covered the entire grassland like a curtain, and the stars in the sky were hanging in the air, flickering constantly.
The appearance of a figure broke the original tranquility of this place.
Blue stripes gradually fell from the sky and gathered together on the ground.
The person who appeared was wearing a black windbreaker, which kept swinging in the air.
Victor stood quietly in place, as if waiting for something.
Above the sky, Vega flapped his wings and landed.
He stood steadily on Victor's shoulder.
With that sharp and unpleasant crow voice, it sounded in Victor's ears.
"I never thought that the queen of the empire was actually a demon hunter cadre."
"Victor, have you known about this for a long time?"
Victor was walking slowly on the peaceful grassland, saying:
"The blood of the demon hunter needs to be passed on. Only after the previous demon hunter dies will it be passed on to the next one."
"The person who passed it on to Claudia was her father, the head of the Stoke family."
There are very deep reasons in this.
Through the conversation with the old emperor, Victor finally sorted out these things.
He put his hands in his pockets and looked up at the stars:
"Her father was accused by Queen Claudia and sent to the execution platform by her own hands."
The Stoke family was exterminated, and only Claudia inherited the blood of her demon hunter father and left the empire with sadness.
But Victor narrowed his eyes:
"But in short, things are more complicated than I said."
"Okay, but I don't really care about that."
Vega just laughed and said:
"But just as you planned, Victor, I do need these strong demon hunters."
Yes, set up a trap.
Victor never worried that Kefla would suspect whether there were demons in his house.
On the contrary, the actions of these demon hunters could give Victor a better reason to keep them.
If Leah wasn't stupid, those demon hunters who invaded the house might have signed a contract to sell themselves and were ready to work for the Cravener family for the rest of their lives.
......
Liya stood in the living room that looked like a ruin, but there was no regret on her face.
Even at hand, she was calculating the property lost at home without panic.
Around her, a group of demon hunters were tied up by vines one after another, standing beside Leah with their heads down.
Kocot floated back and forth on the clouds, watching them, with a supervisory attitude.
Liya quickly finished the calculation, then took the bill and said to the demon hunters with a smile:
"The loss of the house is a small matter, but the gold-threaded wood furniture, antiques, collections, and calligraphy and paintings are all damaged, and the value is..."
Liya seemed to deliberately prolong her voice to whet the appetite of the demon hunters:
"You need to pay compensation, 20 million Geo."
"This is even after wiping out the decimals."
After hearing this number, the demon hunters trembled violently.
Several of them immediately began to refute:
"Those losses were not caused by us..."
"But if it weren't for you, our family wouldn't have been destroyed. Oh, yes, there's more."
Liya narrowed her eyes, held her chest with her hands, and said in a dangerous tone:
"If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten."
"You broke into my house and knocked out my subhuman guards, leaving my defenses empty. That was also what you did, right?"
"Add another million as compensation for them, okay?"
Her voice was like the whisper of a demon, constantly lingering in the ears of those demon hunters.
...
No, it's even scarier than the demon.
At least, compared to Leiya, they would rather fight the demon.Fight.
"But we don't have that much money..."
"This is easy."
Liya seemed to have expected this, and suddenly laughed, and took out the prepared contracts.
One by one, they were distributed to the demon hunters.
They took the contract and looked at the terms on it, a little confused.
"You have twenty people here, each of you works for my family, and you can pay it back in ten years."
"Oh, by the way, during the work, none of you have free time, do you hear clearly."
The demon hunters began to tremble all over and shouted:
"You, you demon, you are illegally imprisoned!"
"Illegal imprisonment? When you smuggled into the country, did you think about the consequences?"
Liya's expression on her face was still smiling, looking up and down at the shouting demon hunters.
They were even more scared.
Because they were basically not residents of the empire.
The empire was so powerful that it did not need any other forces, even some paranoid religions.
Therefore, the demon hunter organization could hardly gain a foothold in the empire.
The laws of the empire were extremely strict. If they were caught for illegal entry, being directly expelled from the country was considered a light punishment.
Moreover, they not only entered the country illegally, but also went directly to the house of the empire's earl to make trouble.
If they were caught by the empire, they would probably be imprisoned until death.
Therefore, they could only be forced to surrender.
At this moment, a piece of wood on the ceiling began to shake.
Squeak--
The shaking huge wooden board fell from the air and hit a valuable vase in the corner of the living room that was intact.
Bang!
The vase was hit by a huge impact and broke into pieces.
The fragments of the bottle even hit the faces of the demon hunters.
Demon hunters: "..."
Hearing this, Liya didn't even turn her head to look, but continued to smile and said lightly:
"Add another year."