"Madam, can you tell me about Marco's background now?" Roger sat opposite Madam Sophia, tapping the table with his right fingers, his ears pricked up, waiting to hear the shocking secrets from Madam Sophia.
After the battle on Klin Island, he was unconscious for a week in the Earl's Mansion, and then he rested for another week. He slept well and ate well before he slowly rushed back to Kulun.
Because of the warm hospitality of the Earl's Mansion, he looked much stronger and probably enjoyed a lot of delicious food.
Although the second stage of the Guardian Eye is very powerful, the consumption of light elements and mental power is too terrible. Roger tried it two days ago. With his current light element storage, being able to maintain the state for half a minute is the limit.
He thought about it and decided that relying on the Guardian Eye was too unrealistic after all. The right way was to honestly improve his fighting spirit first.
Sophia blinked her beautiful eyes and stared at Roger. She was very surprised by the change in this young man. In half a month, his eyes had become firmer and he no longer shirked and dodged when he looked at her.
He was like a house cat that had grown into a tiger. What could make a person change so much in such a short period of time? She couldn't figure it out.
"You did a great job in Klin. I heard you even summoned a giant body of light?"
"Um, it's not the light Giant, it's just my martial arts, the name is... it's called..." Roger touched his chin and rolled his eyes twice, "It's called 'Light Giant Slash'."
"Oh, that's a pretty straightforward name."
"So-so…"
Sophia ended the awkward chat and waved behind her. A man walked out of the shadows behind her. He was a middle-aged man in a red robe, with a slightly dark complexion and a thick beard that almost covered half of his face.
The two arms exposed from the sleeves were full of muscles and scars. One of his eyes was blind, and he didn't wear an eye patch. There was a centipede-like scar on the right eye that only had the white of the eye left. If a child saw this face, he would probably be scared and cry.
Roger had heard of this man long ago. He was the second swordsman of the Marquis's Mansion and the personal bodyguard of Lady Sophia - the magic sword Jack Malone.
In his early years, he was the leader of the horse thieves who were rampant at the junction of the southern border of Lyon and the freeland. Because of his fierce fighting power and countless murders, he gathered a large group of followers to cause trouble in the area.
Seven years ago, he robbed the "Galaxy Sword Saint", one of the world's sword saints who traveled around the world, and was beaten badly by him after just a few moves. His men were also chopped to death or escaped.
When Jack Malone, who escaped with injuries, came to Kulun, he was already dying and was not far from death. It was Lady Sophia who sent someone to save him at all costs.
From then on, the thief who caused trouble in the area was influenced by the "Blood Angel" and became a bodyguard to protect Kunlun. This incident was also a good story for a while. "Malone, you go outside. I have something to discuss with him." Sophia pointed to the door.
"Madam, this boy looks..."
"Get out!"
After being scolded his face turned red, the glared at Roger fiercely, and made a gesture of wiping his neck with his left hand as a warning to Roger, and then walked out obediently.
"Well..."
As soon as Jack left and the door was closed, Sophia showed a tired look on her face. She sighed and sat back in the chair. That pitiful expression made Roger's heart warm. If he had not seen her methods, Roger would really go up "show some care" for her.
"Do you know the so-called Marco and what is his true identity?"
"Have no idea?"
"He is Marino's brother, Alan Guel, who was rumored to have been burned to death by the previous Marquis."
"It's him!"
Roger's eyes almost popped out. With this identity, he could feel that the story was more exciting than he could imagine.
"Before I explain this to you clearly, I must tell you a piece of unknown history. After you hear it, it's best to keep it to yourself, otherwise it will easily bring you trouble."
Madam Sophia glanced at Roger and continued, "When Lyon first ruled the continent, it was the time when the church and the necromancers fought the most fiercely. The church believed in the father of heaven, Vermeer, and the necromancers believed in the Great Lich, Doro. They sanctioned each other and fought each other."
"The struggle was not only among the nobles, but also among the people, on the battlefield, and in religious beliefs. At that time, many necromancers organized the people who believed in Doro and challenged the Vermeer Church, which was the state religion. During that period of war, a genius was born. He found a way of his own from the Bible of the Vermeer Church and the Code of Rebirth of the Church of the Dead, and wrote the notorious and evil code, the Blood Nightmare Bible, which caused a sensation in the world at that time."
With this cult book, he created a new type of magic, blood magic. With this that, he became the only holy mage in the history of Nirn who was not recorded in the history books. The threshold for practicing blood magic is low, and almost everyone can learn it, so it has become the favorite of many low-level civilians, and a new church, the Blood God Cult, was born. But blood magic is very cruel."
"A blood mage's practice must be assisted by the blood of living people, and sometimes even by living people. In the ten years since the birth of the Blood God Cult, as many as hundreds of thousands of people died from practicing blood magic. Therefore, this kind of magic was resisted by everyone. In addition to the church and the necromancers, there are also magic guilds and mercenary guilds."
"Almost all forces on the entire continent have united to destroy this cult. Even though the holy mage was a genius, he was alone under the siege of so many forces. After the last defeat, he felt that the situation was over. So he had his skin peeled off and made into a book. So no one could destroy the "Blood Nightmare Bible" made of his skin. He said that he would leave the fire to the future, and there would always be someone who could make blood magic shine again. "
"And then?"
"People conquered the Blood God Cult and killed all the Blood God followers. They burned all the Blood Nightmare Bibles. But the Blood Nightmare Bible made of human skin could not be burned. They had no choice but to split the Blood Nightmare Bible into five parts, which were kept by five ancient and powerful families. They include the current Guel family, the Paglen family in the north, the Wolson family in the east of Nord, the Satao tribe in Samir, and one family that was not made public in order to prevent someone from collecting a complete Blood Nightmare Bible again."
"Ten years ago, Alan Guel was discovered to be secretly practicing blood magic. The old Marquise set up a stake at the Kulun Square to burn him with his own hands, but he was very cunning and used a human skin mask that he had prepared long ago to find a scapegoat to go to the stake for him. Before escaping, he hid the Guel family's fragment and the blood essence stone in the Guel family Mausoleum. In order to prevent the old Marquise from entering, he specially arranged two formations. Then he went north to my family to steal the second fragment. His blood undead army is very terrifying, and we were caught off guard. Not only did he steal the second fragment, but also thousands of guards died."
"Fortunately, Marino, who discovered his brother's conspiracy, came. He had read the contents of the Blood Nightmare Bible, but he did not practice it. He pretended to join Alan based on the knowledge he read, and sneaked up on Alan when he was not prepared, and cooperated with us to seriously injure Alan. But he was also cursed by Alan. People outside said that Marquis Marino was born with a weak body and many diseases. Who knew that before he was cursed, he was a strong warrior."
"So that's how it is! What's next?" Roger asked excitedly.
"Alan escaped with serious injuries, and Marino was cursed. His vitality was rapidly fading. We invited the highest-level Holy priest to treat him, but he could only delay his death but could not remove the curse. After hearing the news, the old Marquise Guel was so angry that he fell ill. The Guel family has two children, one who practices evil and the other who is paralyzed in bed. Now the old Marquise is sick, the family can no longer find someone who can support the entire Kulun City. My father wanted to repay his gratitude and to combine the strong. Maybe he had other selfish motives. Later, he asked me to marry Marino and take over the city."
Roger listened with great interest.
"Madam, what's going on recently? Why did you let so many mercenaries die? Why did Alan choose to show up at this time?"
"For ten years, our two families have continuously sent elites to track him down and kill him. He kept changing his identity while hiding, and his traces were almost all over the continent. Two years ago, we lost contact with him. Marino's health was getting worse day by day. He told me how to trigger the formation of Guel Tomb. We tried many times, but we could not kill the faceless blood demon. As long as that demon was still in the tomb, the second layer of the formation could not be triggered."
"With no plan, the matter was temporarily put on hold. Until half a year ago, the church found Alan's traces and told me that he had returned to the West and was hiding on Klin Island. I knew he would come back to get his things, and I also knew that he would be mixed in with the mercenaries I hired. Only by using him can we get rid of that disgusting monster. So I asked Kogas to carry out this task. I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go. But..."
Madam Sofia sighed again, "But I underestimated your strength, and also underestimated his strength. He has become more terrifying than before. I lured him out to capture him and force him to lift the curse on Marino. Marino has endured ten years of torture, and his life is coming to an end. He saved us, and I don't want him to leave this world in pain..."
"Did you catch him that day?" After hearing this story, Roger felt a little distressed. It was hard to describe the feeling, and he didn't know what emotion to use to express it. It was like drinking a glass of strong liquor mixed with horse urine and dog shit. Although Sophia wanted to kill him, from her situation, it seemed that she did nothing wrong. However, the dead mercenaries were indeed innocent people!
"No, it's like he disappeared, leaving no trace." Sophia looked up at the ceiling, as if she was avoiding something, but she couldn't hide the two strings of tears, which flowed from the corners of her eyes and her temples, shining.
Roger could see that she felt very guilty. Her beautiful face, with that slightly helpless and guilty expression, was as moving as the pale moon in the dark night.
He doesn't know where the impulse came from, but Roger slammed the table and said in a deep voice: "Madam, I will help you find that Alan Guel, bring him back to remove the curse of the Marquise!"
Sophia looked at Roger in surprise for a long time before her expression returned to normal. She smiled bitterly and said, "It's too late. Marino told me two days ago that the curse on him has exhausted his vitality. It is still unknown whether he can survive this month. Now, I need your help with something more important."
"What is it? Just tell me, as long as our mercenary group can help." Roger was indignant. In fact, he himself didn't know why he was like this. If he were the old him, he would never make such a stupid decision.
"Come with me..."