Sworn allegiance

Chapter 8

After working diligently for three months, the Knights finally became less busy.At first, the entrustment went to the temple like snowflakes, and when the bulletin board was full, a new one was pulled out. After a few months, it was almost possible to go around the lobby.The increase in demon species means that the protoss is gradually becoming unstable. In the final analysis, the knights will only have more and more troubles.

In the past few months, Wutiao was so busy that his feet never touched the ground, and Xia You was not much better.Although he was not happy to get along with humans, he rejected all the urgent calls from the palace, but he had to stay in the house to handle the affairs sent to Wutiao downstairs.

The so-called gains and losses, after having the position of heir, according to the royal family's regulations, the five must share the government affairs of the Woge Empire.He was busy running to the Knights, and this responsibility naturally fell on Xia You's shoulders.

"Another urgent call." One morning, Wutiao picked up a letter from the crack of the door with a toast in his mouth, and shook it in the light, revealing several neat large characters under the wax seal.He walked back to the dining table with bare feet, threw the letter away, and took the jam pushed by Xiayou: "I haven't been back for so long, it seems that I have to go this time."

Xia Youjie, who had finally developed the habit of "eating", was drinking coffee, and he paused when he heard this: "That's fine. The movements of the stars observed by the observatory are quite chaotic, and no one can tell when they will collapse again; It is better to explain clearly in advance what to deal with than to clean up the mess later.”

"What do you mean?" Wutiao finished his toast in one bite, poured warm milk into a glass bottle, and planned to carry it in his arms and eat while walking.With one foot in the boot, Xia Youcai said, "These government affairs... I know you don't know how to do it, you're just too lazy to read it; if you're serious about it, your talent is definitely not inferior to anyone else's."

He didn't like to hear these words: "Is that so? So what, it would be fine with your help."

The mind of a boy with a single arrow is always straightforward and passionate: he likes summer oil, so he naturally trusts everything about him—including knowing that the other party will pamper him.

Across the dining table, Xia You put down his cup and shook his head, as if sighing, "I can't be by your side forever. In fact, how much do you know about me?"

"Don't tell me, I don't want to figure it out all at once." Wujo didn't care about the sorrows and sorrows of the thousand-year-old old man, and went straight to the door, "You know my temperament, if I like you, it's just a mystery Feeling. If one day I know everything about you, maybe I won’t be interested in it anymore.”

The wooden door was closed, and the early winter morning light leaked in for a moment, and was intercepted by the shadow again.Xia You looked at the door in silence for a long time, until the steaming coffee slowly cooled down.

Walking quickly into the imperial city, Wu Tiao didn't go to the living room, but ran to stand by the porch.If anyone was looking for him, he would definitely go through the opening to the gate—it was much better than following the etiquette one by one.

"Hey, is there something wrong?" No one came for a long time, the hall was empty, and the five Laipijin that had been so hard to restrain were broken again.There were a few vases beside the handrail of the stairs. He looked at them and found that the red roses were in full bloom, so he reached out to break them maliciously—these are the royal family's imperial offering flowers, and they must match the salt shaker very well on the dining table.

The trickster's movements are quite skillful, and two or three flowers have come down in the blink of an eye.The bare stalks are very eye-catching. If it wasn't for the bad location, Wu Tiao even wanted to clamp this vase on the porch of the emperor's master bedroom, so that he would be smashed right when he pushed the door.

It's a pity that before taking action, the secret door facing the corridor suddenly opened.Wujo turned his head to look, and made eye contact with the little boy who came out from inside.This luxuriously dressed man looked like a certain prince—unfortunately, Wu Tiao couldn't fully recognize him, so he went to look at the clothes, thinking that this guy was like a puffed mealworm caused by the oven temperature being too high.

"Gojo Satoru." The boy spoke, his voice was childish, but his eyes were as cruel as a poisoned white knife, "You are a devil."

After finishing speaking, the right hand that had been behind his back shook out a Rubik's Cube, and with a light turn, Wutiao was immediately sucked into it before he could look away.He didn't even react for the first two seconds - this kind of trick is not common, it is more like a seal than the medium of the teleportation circle, enough to lock the user and the cursed person at the same time.

That feeling is more disgusting than teleportation: the whole person falls into the continuously compressing vortex, the head and feet are squeezed and folded, and the limbs are gradually deformed, as if someone has mixed plasticine into the bone blood, and the whole body is smashed inch by inch, cramp and bone , Forcibly stuffed into a palm-sized box.

The feeling of suffocation lasted for 1 minute, and Wujo suddenly stepped on the ground without warning.

He almost lost his footing and staggered two steps before his vision regained clarity.Six Eyes quickly judged that this was a hidden secret room attached to magic. It was small in size, and the walls were covered with spells, as if something heinous was sealed.

The little boy who had sneaked up on him was also standing opposite, his baby fat face was pale, and it seemed that he was also tortured a lot by the shuttle.Wujo couldn't figure it out, so he simply cast two confinement spells and a wind blade with his fingers, hanging the boy upside down, and asked helplessly, "Want someone to play hide-and-seek with you?"

The bound boy struggled so hard that he almost spit out his breakfast; the magic remained motionless, and the wind blade against his neck scratched his skin during the movement, and a few drops of bright red blood leaked out.

He didn't move, but his eyes were still vicious: "I am Leon Hexi, the fourth prince of the Vogo Empire—Gojo Satoru, you are just a shameful and pathetic demon!"

Unlike his father, he has a bit of backbone.Gojo moved closer and tapped on his temple, turning a blind eye to the cursing words: "So? What's the point of locking us in this small room...?"

"You will know soon." As if thinking that he had the upper hand, Prince Leon grinned ferociously, and his originally delicate facial features were pulled out into a sighing arc.In fact, Wutiao was really speechless by this kid, and his already depressed mood was even worse, almost wilting the roses.

But when the other party came to him on his own initiative, he naturally had to accompany him.Regardless of whether the game is fun or not, Leon wasted time and energy to deliver the urgent call to them. If Xia You came here today, wouldn't he have to go through the same experience?

Even though he knew that the wizard was too strong to be an opponent, Wujo still couldn't bear this kind of speculation.He clapped his hands again, and the binding spell tightened immediately, causing the boy to spit out a mouthful of blood: "I suggest you speak quickly, since you have already called 'devil', you must know that I will not be soft on the royal family."

Perhaps deterred by the glacier-like murderous aura in those six blue eyes, Leon trembled and said arrogantly: "This is one of the legacies left by the tyrant - the seal of consciousness, the prison gate. He I have left my own memory here, and only the heir has the right to peep."

"I saw everything that happened on the day of the dinner. Do you think that you can be forgiven, that there are still people in this world who love you sincerely?" The little prince widened his eyes, "Just kidding! That wizard—one of the three sages' demon seed , do you really think that he volunteered to be your helper for no reason?!"

Knowing that Jie is the Three Sages, and knowing his identity as a demon species... Wu Tiao stared at each other without blinking, and slowly became cautious: Maybe this sealed item is really famous, let's see what this kid is going to do.

"Wait, the Prison Gate will drag those who enter the interior into memory." Leon was so excited that he even shook the shackles. From this point of view, he was as demented as his father.

As soon as the words fell, the spells all over the prison gate suddenly lit up at the same time.Wujo's eyes suddenly burned and there was a sharp pain, his vision was deprived of darkness, and his body sank suddenly, as if he was falling into a bottomless rift.

The sense of weightlessness gradually disappeared, and Gojo's vision became clear again.

In front of my eyes is a cracked and gray sky, two worlds are colliding with each other, and the forest is full of gunpowder smoke.As if falling into an old yellowed photo, Gojo maintained a high degree of sobriety, looking around as if enjoying the drama.

I probably entered the memory of the old emperor Wo Ge, he thought, then where is this place and when is it?

There is dead silence all around, with ashes and firelight being the only hues.There was soft sand under his feet, but the gravel was also dusty, with only a faint hint of pure white revealed from the dust.

"Don't look for it!" A person rushed forward and pulled up the man in black who was kneeling and rummaging frantically among the rubble. "You clearly saw that, he has already..."

"Shut up!" The man yelled and opened the opponent's hand, his whole body was covered with blood, and there were shooting wounds on the side of his neck and waist, which were obviously injured by the power of Dark Wing.The blond man who came to dissuade him was also in a panic, his weather-beaten face showed a kind of real mourning, but his hands were very firm.

They had a dispute, but Wutiao had no time to read more.His perspective is very strange, as if buried in the ground by ruins, the angle of depression and elevation are very limited, and he can only look out from one point of view.

Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, the blond man even used his divine power—bright golden light gathered in his palm, he gritted his teeth and slapped the man in black, but was cut off halfway by the man, his bloody fingers tightly closed, It made the blond let out a short groan.

"Jay! Calm down!"

Francis Vogue raised his voice, his fingertips turned white from blood loss: "Tell me, tell me, Jay, what did he say at the end?"

As if pierced by ten thousand arrows, the man in black trembled and let go of his hand as if he lost his strength.He lowered his head slowly, his black hair was disheveled, as if he was carrying the despair that his body couldn't bear.

He muttered, "Freedom."

"what?"

"'You're free,' he said." He sobbed, tears quickly wetting the bricks and leaving a patch of dark irregularity. "Freedom? Fran—he set me free? "

At the end of the conversation, Wu Tiao couldn't tell whether it was crying or laughing.Or maybe the man in black did laugh, weeping blood every word, which was uglier than crying.The teenager had never seen such a heavy sadness and despair.It was as if the world had collapsed on him, his back and knees were crushed, and he sank into the mud, unable to raise his head again.

Vogel remained silent.He looked like he was in his fifties, and every furrow in his cheekbones marked a brutal time. "Jie, you have to understand sooner or later—we can't be by your side forever. Human beings only have a lifespan of a hundred years, and I have lived an extra 50 years thanks to you. I am already luckier than everyone else."

Before the smoke was exhausted, the man in black moved, but did not respond to these words.Wujo couldn't see his face clearly, but recognized a familiar bracelet on his turned-up left wrist.

The sapphire crystal is as blue as the sky, and the ropes connecting it have been worn out in many places, and traces of meticulous care by the wearer can still be seen.

"Fran." After a long time, Xia Youjie raised his head and gently stroked the bracelet, "Let me go."

Wujo, who was isolated from reality, was moved, and finally he was able to see those black eyes.Looking at each other for only a short moment, he fell from the clouds into the abyss, and felt pain for the first time in his life.

There was boundless silence in Xia You's eyes, like a match that could never be lit again.The surging despair engulfed Wu Tiao, like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, he could only bite his lower lip tightly for a while, and fell to pieces on the rock.

As Xia You stood up in memory, the scene flowed like thick ink, and the Tower of Babel and Ivekat disappeared into nothingness together.Gojo was still breathless in shock, and he didn't understand why he couldn't restrain his empathy.

He lived a carefree life for the first 18 years, but was crushed by a small conspiracy and tasted the first real defeat in his life.

The memory was reconstructed, and the five pieces of clothing clenched on his chest, only felt that his heart was about to burst from pain.

The ink and wash settled down, and the surroundings transformed into a bedroom in Wo Ge's gorgeous and magnificent palace.This time Wutiao's position was even more tricky. He seemed to be looking out of a cuboid water tank. The outside of the tank was covered with a layer of tulle, so he could vaguely see what was going on outside.

On the opposite side of the room is the emperor's bed.Surrounding the bed are various medical devices, many of which are exquisite and complex, far exceeding the technology that humans can master in this era.Inventing them, using them, and now living on them, Emperor Vogo is lying in bed, aging like a mummy.

In the silence, the door opened.The black-robed wizard stepped into it, holding a magic staff in his right hand.

Different from the previous scene, Xia Youjie is cold and indifferent from head to toe, as if those innumerable sorrows have finally hammered him into another person, and he is no longer moved or shaken.

"There you are," said the Emperor weakly, his throat sounding like a broken bellows.

"I'm here to end a demon who succumbs to evil thoughts." Xia You said, her words were cold and hard, "You have gone too far, neither heaven nor hell can accommodate you."

"You still believe in these things? Let me tell you..."

"Any last words?"

Francis Vaughan, the emperor who was accused of being a "tyrant" by the people, smiled at a man who interrupted him mercilessly.He smiled ugly and shriveled, because that skin had lasted for thousands of years, and it could no longer hold mortals who longed to reach the realm of the gods.

"I want to make a contract with you." When he was about to die, he showed a rare childish look, "A contract is very simple."

The dead air enveloped the bedroom like groggy darkness, Xia You stood in the shadows, the only thing that was lit was the clear magic ore at the tip of the staff.Facing the emperor, he actually considered this proposal seriously and said, "You want me to protect the Vogo Empire."

"Yes, yes, it's you. It's not right, because I want you to protect not only my country." The emperor gasped, "You and I both know that the third celestial sphere will come sooner or later, and the angel You have already gone far away, and the only power that can fight against the demon god is you."

"The requirements of the contract are very simple: when the earth converges and falls, please stand by the human side and protect the human Sid Continent."

After finishing the long sentence, the old emperor coughed violently, as if he wanted to spit out his heart and lungs.Xia You watched indifferently, and after a long while, said calmly, "What is the exchange condition?"

"Hehehe..." Wo Ge muffled a laugh, and Wutiao managed to hear a bit of arrogance.The emperor raised his withered finger and waved it in the air, and the gauze blocking Wutiao's eyes suddenly pulled away, and the 360-degree wall lamps next to the water tank were turned on, clearly illuminating the box and Wutiao that did not exist here.

At that moment, Xia You almost couldn't hold the staff firmly.

"What do you mean..." he was roaring, even though the voice was firmly bound in his throat, hoarse enough to grind blood, "what is this!"

"Don't you want a partner who can stay by your side? Human body is of course not, but this thing can - it took me 500 years to succeed once, this is a pure container of divine power, as long as you wake it up, it can become His master. This is the strongest master-slave contract in the world...Unlike you, who didn't even have a contract and still guarded the Tower of Babel honestly, and kept it for 600 years, aren't you stupid?"

Even though he was dying, Wo Ge still said it intimately and firmly, as if he was convinced that Xia You would agree. "It doesn't matter if I'm gone, this thing will stay with you, just like before..."

"Row."

As if escaping, Xia You turned his eyes away: "The contract is established - this thing belongs to me. Did you name him?"

The ink is smudged, the scene is distorted and blurred again, and the dark palace bedroom floats into the air.The space Wutiao was in gradually blurred, and Prison Gate Jiang sensed that the memory was read, and eliminated the two foreign objects included in it one after another.

Once again in the twisted rubber tunnel, Wu Tiao couldn't think about it, his mind was full of the old emperor's last joking answer.

"Yes, I gave him a good name. 'Gojo Satoru'—his name is Gojo Satoru."

Down to earth, the diminutive Leon nearly fell off his ass.They returned to the corridor of the Wo Ge Palace, the morning light was still there, but Wu Tiao was cold all over.

Leon started grinning before he could stand still: "See! As I said - no one in this world will show kindness to demons. The wizard? Do you know what he thinks of you? A replacement for the old tyrant It’s just a product, a tool that you can use at your fingertips and throw it away when you’re done, don’t get carried away and look like a fool who has been redeemed!”