Text Chapter 1042: Contest in the Dark

The one who walked into the hall was the Queen of the Night Empire, a woman who was rare in the world in terms of both manners and appearance.

There was no trace of the passage of time, but there was a special temperament that had been precipitated by the years.

But after the Queen walked into the hall, she walked out again soon. The maid beside the Queen looked at her master in confusion at this time, and didn't understand why she walked out so quickly.

According to the guards, His Majesty the Emperor was in the hall at this time. With the love between His Majesty and the Queen, it should not be so soon that he should come out, right?

"Queen, why?"

Seeing this loyal maid who had been close to her for many years, the Queen just smiled and said, "Let's go, His Majesty is asleep, let no one disturb him."

His Majesty is asleep?

The maid was stunned. His Majesty rarely fell asleep outside except in his own room. But since her master said so, she naturally wouldn't ask anything.

Of course, for the Queen, whether Lucifer XIV was asleep in the hall was something that she could tell at a glance.

"Your Majesty hasn't tried to transfer souls for many years. Why is that..."

She looked back at the palace in confusion, but the queen knew that the man sitting on the throne she could see at this moment was just an empty shell. For the soul clan, as long as the soul is immortal, even if the body has decayed, it still exists.

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Outside the palace. In a lush grove, a slender figure was shuttling through the reflections of the swaying leaves, chasing a little bird. It was the person who came down from the top of the sea of ​​clouds.

The woman looked around in the woods without any focus. It seemed that everything she didn't see could attract her attention and make her feel very interesting.

But in fact, it was not...These were just some unconscious behaviors, just like being burned by flames and subconsciously shrinking back. All these actions were not caused by her subjective consciousness. At this moment, hidden in the leaves, a light yellow bird with the most ordinary appearance was looking at the woman through the complex gaps between the leaves.

The bird's eyes were surprisingly smart. When the woman walked under the tree canopy where it was hiding. The pair of smart eyes suddenly shot out a light white light.

"At least... chasing a useless bird must have had meaning for you."

A faint sigh came, and the woman seemed to hear something, and subconsciously raised her head. I saw that in the dense tree canopy, something seemed to be shining again.

The woman tilted her head, as if she was thinking hard about something. Soon after, her body suddenly flew up and was completely packed into the tree canopy.

Not knowing how to push away the branches that blocked the way, she could only use her body to knock them away, making her clothes messy and her hair a mess. She didn't care that a lot of leaves were stuffed into her body.

Of course, under this reckless action, the bird hidden in the branches finally appeared in front of the woman.

The two pairs of eyes were looking at each other, and the bird's eyes seemed to be brighter. However, what the woman didn't know at the moment was that under this gaze, her appearance was slowly changing.

From a rare beauty in the world, she changed into an ordinary round face... However, the bird also flew out of the treetops at this moment and disappeared again in the lush grove.

Chi chi... Chi chi!

The woman's body also directly broke through countless branches at this time, as if she wanted to catch the bird well... But she never thought about it. A most ordinary bird can actually gallop in the air at such a terrifying speed.

Finally, it landed under the palace, on a slope halfway up the mountain in the most prosperous part of the Night Empire's imperial city. The crowds of people came and went in a hurry. For the woman, this place seemed to be a completely unfamiliar world.

This was completely different from the palace where she stayed after waking up... Facing this strange place, strange but colorful faces, the girl was not afraid or curious.

It can only be said that she was puzzled.

She was looking at the world outside the palace in confusion... Despite this, the woman's eyes were more focused on the eaves above or the trees on the street. No matter how prosperous the world was, at this moment, the woman seemed to only want to catch the bird that would let her leave the sea of ​​clouds.

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"I heard that your majesty likes the black tea from Wangyue Pavilion the most, but due to the problem of production, only a small amount can be supplied every year..."

"Are there any other things?"

"No, that's all I know."

"Okay, go do what you originally did, and forget about meeting me."

While speaking, Zhao Nan reached out and tapped the forehead of the middle-aged man in front of him. This was somewhere in the imperial city. The middle-aged man in front of him was found randomly on the street. The clothes he wore were quite gorgeous. The most important thing was that he had no willpower and could easily control his thoughts.

Although he had the intention of buying some gifts, when he was really walking in this prosperous place, Zhao Nan suddenly realized that he didn't know anything about the preferences of the Emperor of the Night Empire.

As the emperor of the empire, Lucifer XIV should lack nothing. Of course, it's not that Zhao Nan couldn't afford to give away something more valuable than the treasures in the palace, but he felt that giving something like that would be a bit of a show-off. Instead of doing this, it would be better to spend a little more thought and prepare some unique little gifts.

Of course, it would be more efficient to ask the Black Princess directly... It's just that the Lord of Tingfeng City couldn't bear to be so shameless.

"Okay, Orises, let's go."

Seeing that the dominated middle-aged man had disappeared into the crowd, Zhao Nan squatted in front of a roadside barbecue restaurant. The Sky Dragon, which had already swept away half of the opponent's products, waved.

I saw the wild Eulisis turning his head with a piece of hot meat steak in his mouth. After hearing Zhao Nan's words, he jumped over without saying a word.

"How many times have I told you? Don't squat all day when you are transformed into a human being." Zhao Nan shook his head, looked at the pursuing barbecue restaurant owner and looked at him with an apologetic look, then casually threw out a bag of gold coins, " Also, you have to pay after eating.”

"whee!"

"Forget it...we're going to go shopping."

Eulisis stood up at this time, put his hands behind his head, and used his strange skills to chew the big steak in his mouth, while saying: "Brother. Have you found what you want to buy?"

"Let's put it that way." Zhao Nan shrugged: "Besides, don't walk with your back on your back. If you bump into someone, don't... ugh."

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The reason for sighing. It was because before he finished speaking, Orises really knocked a person to the ground.

Judging from the situation, it seems that she is still a woman, and her clothes are different from ordinary people. She is probably a noble or a family member of a wealthy businessman in the imperial city, right?

"Sorry...my brother didn't mean it." Zhao Nan walked to the other party's side. Very hesitantly: "Are you... okay?"

For the Lord of Tingfeng City, the reason for this uncertain tone was simply because the woman he encountered was too strange. It stands to reason that after a normal person is hit to the ground like this, even if he does not curse angrily, he will at least let out a cry of pain and suddenly make other actions.

However, this woman was lying on the ground like this, looking at the sky... The only thing that stood out on her ordinary face was probably those very beautiful eyes. But even though these eyes were extremely brilliant, they seemed lifeless in Zhao Nan's eyes.

Empty and void.

"injured?"

Seeing that the woman had no reaction at all, Zhao Nan frowned and continued to ask. However, the other party seemed to be completely unaware. He had no intention of responding at all.

However, people who saw this scene began to stop and gradually started to gather around. Sky Dragon continued to chew on his own steak as if he was not afraid of anything. So happy.

But Zhao Nan felt like he couldn't stand the buzz around him... The imagination of living beings was really terrifying. Zhao Nan sighed slightly in his heart, and his lips trembled slightly.

The woman lying on the ground suddenly stood up and said, "I'm fine, goodbye!"

With that said, the woman immediately walked into the crowd and quickly disappeared. The passers-by who thought there was going to be something good to watch had to disperse without interest at this time.

among the crowd. Zhao Nan stood still and looked at the place where the woman disappeared. He frowned slightly... In order to avoid trouble, he just used the Absolute Word Spirit Circle to make the woman stand up and speak, and then left.

Under normal circumstances, this matter would pass like this, but this time it was not the case.

"Why does this woman have..." Zhao Nan's brows furrowed even more.

That feeling is very awkward... This woman is indeed a living being, and under the effect of the Absolute Word Spirit Circle, her soul can be felt.

But the strange thing is that this soul seems to be an empty shell, without anything more substantial.

In addition, there is another alien power in this woman's body, which seems to be concealing what it is.

It's not the power of will, it's probably just an ordinary little magic, something like an illusion.

boom--!

There was a sudden roar in his head, and Zhao Nan's face suddenly turned pale... At that moment, someone was secretly shaking his spirit, and it reached a level that could threaten him.

Almost instinctively, Zhao Nan keenly felt the source of the attack... There seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him in the canopy of trees above the street.

Zhao Nan snorted coldly, stars suddenly flashed across his eyes, and whispered: "Falling."

I saw a small shadow falling from the tree crown. Due to the extremely fast speed, it hit the stone slab directly. Its bones and flesh were shattered and it was dead... but it was just a small ordinary bird.

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His Majesty the Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, with a look of shock flashing across his eyes, and at the corner of his mouth... a trace of blood that had just been spat out.

"Who is this..." (To be continued)

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