Although he had never seen Vared before. However, when the heroic young vampire wearing mitrils mail approached him step by step, Constantine had already understood that he was Vared von Castein, the supreme commander of the undead army, his lifelong enemy.

In a second thought, Constantine understood his situation. Then she shouted loudly, and retreated while shouting: "You can't kill me! You shouldn't kill me! Killing me will not be good for you!"

Then, without waiting for Valed to reply, he shouted at his reasons at the fastest speed, clearest tone, and maximum volume:

"If you kill me, you will be revenge by the Sigma Empire! In order to maintain his authority, the Emperor of the Empire will not remain indifferent after the death of a electoral emperor - and now, the Sigma Empire has no foreign enemies. The Emperor of the Empire can concentrate all his strength against you! From the Principal of Ive, from the Principal of Steerland, from the Principal of Ostermach - you will be besieged from three sides! This will not do you at all!"

Vared stopped and looked at him with a playful look at the performer's monkey-like expression. At the same time, he still did not release the hilt of the tightly held sword. Constantine understood that if there was anything wrong, he would kill himself without hesitation.

Despite being stabbed by the hurtful eyes, Constantine still explained as quickly as possible: "Look, you have defeated us now. But the greenskins in the south and the army led by the Prince of the Frontier still pose a great threat to you. If you annoy the empire, you will have to fall into a situation of fighting on both sides.

Besides that, as far as I know, you are only one of the Counts of Sylvania. If other Earl families are involved in the war with the Empire for your sake, their perceptions and evaluations of you will also become worse. You will be trapped in internal and external troubles.”

Seeing that Valed's expression was still unchanged, Constantine swallowed and continued:

"If you sign a peace agreement with me and let me go, then I will repay you--in the future, the resources, manpower and technology of the entire Principal of Ive will be open to you. You can ask for it. The wine, cattle, sheep, food, and war horses we produce--these resources can make up for your newly obtained princess of the border, the harsh economic conditions and the crisis of food--believe me, I will be your most loyal and useful friend!"

Hearing him say this, Vared finally couldn't help laughing. Then he spoke for the first time: "Friend? Are you kidding? If there are some advantages in the first half, then the second half will be shit."

This made Constantine sweat in his forehead - although the other party was young, he was definitely not a ignorant person who could be deceived. Yesterday, he agreed to the negotiations, but turned his back on his face in the blink of an eye, which also proved that the hero standing in front of him... In order to survive, he actually said such unrealistic words. No wonder the other party would find it funny.

Constantine swallowed: "Then you can - you can take me as a hostage, seize me, and then exchange it for a huge ransom from the Principality of Ive. This is also a better way to maximize your interests."

"But it's just a one-time deal." Vared shook his head: "I value population and land more than money."

“—Yes, as long as you let me go, I am willing to cede large chunks of fertile and densely populated land to you!”

"No, if it was a battle within the territory of the Principal of Ive, I would probably not be able to digest that territory in a short period of time, and it would be impossible to even defend it."

"——There is a population, I am willing to send a large number of people and a large number of food here!"

"But if there is not enough arable land, it is still not enough to support these people..."

"So……"

In this way, Constantine proposed his solution one by one, and then was rejected by Valed one by one. It looked like a quick-witted planner, interacting with a tricky approver. It made people feel awkward to see it. It seemed as if Constantine was helping the vampires improve their strength in an urgent manner.

This process lasted not long... In the end, when Constantine was thinking too much, he finally understood that the other party was just playing with him. He just wanted to appreciate his poor idiot, who was thinking hard for his life.

Constantine felt despair again - speaking of it, although the first half of his life was not smooth, he suffered not much. However, this month, he seemed to have paid back all the money he owed in this life. This was not the first time he felt despair when facing Valed...

"You, you, you-" Constantine you have been several times, but can't say anything anymore. Despicable and shameless? Crazy? Will it be useful to say such words to a truly despicable and shameless and crazy person? Of course not.

"So... I came up with an idea of ​​the best of both worlds." Vared said this, and began to move again and walked towards Constantine.

"You think - useless! It's absolutely useless! If you use those black magic to control me, you will never escape detecting evil magic! Even if you can control me, I will be killed by the Witch Hunter Organization and the Sigma Church. Your ambition will never succeed!"

Valed just said something, Constantine, who was very quick-witted, guessed the next step... How to say, talking to smart people is so labor-saving.

"It's just a pity, I guessed wrong."

Vared stretched out his hand, and in his palm, a ball of light and a shiny flame burned silently - Seeing this scene, Constantine couldn't help but scream: "How can you use the magic of light?!"

"Know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles..." Valed said such words, but Constantine's face was confused.

"Sorry, I should have thought that it seems like you, an idiot who will lead the army in warm areas, plunge into the cold mountainous areas, will not understand the wisdom contained in this sentence."

While Vared said this, he endured the burns on his palms caused by the magic of light, and slowly grabbed Duke Constantine's head. A destructive positive energy quickly entered his brain, destroying most of the structure, memory, language ability, judgment and intelligence of his brain...

After doing all this, Duke Constantine finally fainted. Vared back his hand, pulled out his sword - gritted his teeth and cut off his left hand. Then he performed several dark resurrection techniques in succession, and coupled with the unique recovery ability of the vampire itself, a brand new palm appeared in the gap. Vared tried to move it, feeling that there was no problem, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

In recent times, he found that his resistance to magic has become very strong. This "strength" has become so strong that he can ignore most of the harms of magic. Just as before, he was backfired by magic but was fine. He was hit by a high-temperature fireball head-on, but only burned a layer of skin. This ability has long exceeded the magic resistance that the vampire race should have. Vared didn't know what was going on.

"Killing a duke will bring revenge from the Sigma Empire. And putting a malice enemy back is not something that the wise man... It is not possible to use black magic to control thinking. Then, I will send a fool back."

While saying this, Vared whistle and waited for a long time. After hearing this, the only uninjured pack horse ran over immediately. Vared put Duke Constantine on the back of the pack horse like a sack. Then he led the horse to the direction of the Black Fire Pass.

On the spring of the 2329th year of the Empire, on January 14th, Valed, Earl of Castein, signed an armistice agreement with Constantine, Duke of Ive. From today on, the two sides will stop exchanging fire and stop all hostile military operations. At the same time, Duke of Ive delivered 200,000 Ralkin's food, slaves and steel and other resources. The Principality of Ive ceded the Black Fire Pass to Sylvania. It also recognized that Sylvania's occupation of the north led by the prince of the border was a legal act...

After signing this treaty that could be called humiliating the country, Duke Ive's status changed from a "prisoner of war" to a "guest". A group of defeated soldiers left the ice and snow under the border prince's leadership with this treaty, as well as endless humiliation and crazy hatred.

After these broken and broken soldiers walked out of the passage of the Black Fire Pass with sulfur breath and high-temperature jets. When they saw the endless grasslands and fields of the Principality of Ive again, all of them couldn't help but feel "suddenly as if they were dreaming". Some people couldn't help but kneel on the ground and cry loudly.

Before that, the uninformed Ive civilians rushed over after hearing the news. The farmers, herdsmen, citizens, merchants, and small nobles who were looking forward to victory rushed over, eager to know what the outcome of the war was.

Looking at the pair of eyes that were either anxious, sad, or full of expectation, the soldiers who returned from the defeat wailed loudly like wounded beasts: "Defeated...we, we are defeated..."

This is, after the fourth Holy War of the Undead, many years have passed, humans have once again tasted the terrifying suffering brought by the undead and vampires. Unlike the previous few times, this time, the vampire who dominated the full invasion of the human world is better and more cunning than his predecessor.

"Although he is a fool, he has not been controlled by the black magic and has no blasphemy. Then he is still the Duke of the Principality of Ive.

As a duke, I believe the nobles of the Principal of Ive will be happy to see this happen - after all, the reduction in the power of centralization will be very beneficial to them... As for His Majesty the Emperor of the Sigma Empire, he will most likely be happy to see a powerful prince decline from prosperity. This is also beneficial to his rule.
Chapter completed!