Imperial Crown.

Chapter 1 I traveled through time, but I am about to die
"I am here to pray to the Mother of Pure Black, the God of Life. I believe your divine power will be able to help me heal the curse of my bloodline..."

In the narrow secret room, lines as thick as fingers were carved on the hard granite floor, forming a pentagram magic circle, and the lines were filled with fresh blood.

There was a person lying on each side of the magic circle, a man and a woman, their wrists had been cut, and it was their blood that together drew this evil magic circle.

Between the two people, which was the core of the magic circle, a tall and bloated figure was kneeling naked in the middle, with his hands clasped in front of his chest, praying devoutly.

At this moment, the man lying there opened his eyes, looked around slowly with a stiff neck, and then closed his eyes tightly.

"I woke up so fast... I saw a talking pig... I'll sleep a little longer!"

Ten seconds later, Gao Yang opened his eyes again and clearly saw the curly white hair on the fat man's big toe.

That's Donald's foot.

Wait, Donald? Who's that?

A flood of memories came flooding back at this moment.

……

In this bloody environment, Gao Yang realized that he had traveled through time and quickly sorted out his current situation.

This is a colorful world with gods, dragons, elves, dwarves, orcs, fighting spirit and magic, and of course, all kinds of legendary items, artifacts and miracles.

This is a really nice world——

If I hadn't traveled through time and space to this guy.

The owner of this body is named Raven, originally an orphan from the City of Grace. His parents died when he was young, and he grew up in an orphanage run by the Church of Light.

Relying on his natural good mouth, when he was eight years old, Raven had won the heart of the only nanny in the orphanage. Not only did he have an extra piece of black bread at every meal than other children, he also often drank milk and occasionally had a few pieces of bacon.

These foods provided Raven with sufficient nutrition, giving him a good physique that should not have appeared in an orphanage.

And Raven is also a grateful person.

Just after his fourteenth birthday, he climbed into the bed of the governess.

He seemed to be born with a talent for crime. He soon colluded with the nun and began to resell the resources in the orphanage. Although they were things like coarse wheat flour and corn that were not worth a few pennies, they were large in quantity and could last for a long time.

The children in the orphanage were getting thinner and thinner, and the wallets of the two men were getting fatter and fatter.

Truth cannot be hidden. Although the two hid it well, the rumors still reached the ears of the director of the orphanage. She tried to influence Raven and make him turn over a new leaf and get back on track.

It must be said that this 67-year-old lady was indeed very well-mannered. She only picked up the broom when Raven tried to tease her for the fifth time.

A broom can't do anything to the strong Raven, but when it is held in the hands of a second-level combat priest, the situation is completely different.

Raven was kicked out, and everyone in the orphanage was very happy except Mammy.

This year, Raven was fifteen years old and already had a strong physique that was no less than that of an adult.

As an old imperial proverb goes: “Many idle people do evil.”

Idle people often do evil.

After leaving the orphanage, Raven was like a fish returning to the sea, squandering his talent to the fullest.

Theft, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, smuggling...

Relying on his cleverness and just the right amount of greed, Raven thrived in the underground world of Mon'en City and gradually earned his own nickname.

"Little Bee".

Because he really doesn't hate women.

From eighty to eighteen, no matter beautiful or ugly, fat or thin, we welcome everyone.

When Donald's chief guards found him, he was "working hard" in an inn.

After being forcibly pulled out of the room, Raven received a piece of news that surprised him greatly. His actual last name was "Griffith" and he was the last heir to a baron family.

baron!

Although it is the lowest among the five ranks of nobility, namely "Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron", he is also a true aristocrat!

Nobles!
In the entire Keynes Empire, the number of newly promoted nobles in the past hundred years can be counted on one hand.

After checking the documents, Raven traveled for half a month and finally arrived at his future fiefdom - Eagle Territory.

There really is a castle here!
The owner of the castle is his uncle, the current Imperial Baron, Donald Ota Griffith.

This uncle is fat and strong, but kind and hospitable.

Raven prayed sincerely in his heart, hoping that Donald could quickly return to the arms of the merciful Lord of Light, and even planned to speed up the process himself.

At first, Raven was very happy. Wherever he went, people called him "Young Master". Every meal had fresh white bread and broth, and even homemade red wine!

But gradually, he began to sense something was wrong, because the castle was unusually deserted, with only one butler, three guards and a cook.

Not even a maid!

His movements were also strictly restricted. He was not allowed to leave the castle. No matter where he went, he would be followed by at least two guards.

He doesn't look like an heir, but more like a prisoner.

And through his excellent social skills, he also learned about the past of the Griffith family from the guards.

No male in this family has ever lived past the age of 40, and the two sons and one daughter born to Donald died one after another seven years ago, and their mother also died suddenly for no apparent reason!

And Donald's second wife rarely returned to the castle.

Raven keenly smelled the scent of conspiracy and began to plan his escape, setting the time for tonight.

Because the priest and second-level divine magician Lacus sent by the Church of Light to Eagle Town will visit the castle on this day, this will also be the time when the supervision of Raven will be the most relaxed.

But just as Raven was about to leave, Donald knocked on his door himself and brought him into the secret room.

Looking at the bloodstains on the walls and the ground that had dried up and looked like rust, Raven immediately took out his crossbow for self-defense, but was slapped away by Donald, who then hit him with a straight punch and knocked him unconscious.

It’s a long story, but it was only two minutes before Gao Yang woke up.

Gao Yang, oh no, now Raven sighed in his heart: "What a scumbag..." He slowly turned his head and saw Donald still praying devoutly, and in the magic circle on the ground, the blood flowed more happily, and the texture became more and more crystal clear, just like red crystal.

There is no doubt that this is a sacrificial ceremony, and the sacrifices are the man and woman including Raven.

Soon, this ceremony will be officially completed, and then he will be deader than dead.

Considering the crimes Raven had committed before, in his previous life, he would have been shot dozens of times without any guilt. It was considered cheap to die only once.

"But I am innocent!"

I just traveled through time and was freed from the 996 life. I haven’t even touched a woman’s hand in my years of life. The benefit is to let me die again?
NMD, WSM!!!

Which deity did I offend?

calm! calm!
Raven forced himself to calm down.

This kind of blood sacrifice ritual usually requires both the body and the soul. Now that I have traveled through time, it means that the original owner's soul may have been sacrificed. As long as I can hold on until the end of the ritual, I will not necessarily die.

But on the other hand, this kind of blood sacrifice, especially the blood sacrifice of church clergy, has always been unacceptable to the Holy See of Light. Donald will definitely not leave anyone alive!
If he wants to survive, he must kill Donald.

The goal immediately became clear.

But how to kill?

Donald is over 1.8 meters tall and weighs over 250 kilograms, looking like a mountain of flesh.

What's more, he is a second-level bloody knight!
Raven had seen a second-level transcendent in action. It was during a gang fight when the "slit-toothed tiger" Honduras activated the second-level flame fighting spirit and cut three fat and strong men in half with one sword!

The gap between the two is like that between an elephant and an ant.

Raven felt his body begin to heat up, the blood in his body began to circulate faster, and his heart was beating hard.

The scarlet light emitted by the magic circle on the ground was as bright as the spotlight in the park square. It was obvious that the most critical moment had arrived!
At this time, Raven calmed down instead. He looked around, and then his eyes lit up and locked onto the crossbow in the corner.

The crossbow is about the length of a forearm, with a dark body made of fine steel; the crossbow handle is made of heavy and solid ironwood; the most valuable part is the crossbow string, which is mixed with less than two grams of [Star Iron], but accounts for most of the cost of this hand crossbow worth eight gold coins.

At this moment, the crossbow string is ready to go. On the crossbow bed lies an inverted armor-piercing enchanted arrow worth two gold coins. The arrowhead is coated with a layer of [castor venom], reflecting a dark green light.

This is his only hope of survival.

He turned his body slightly, stretched out his hand and reached for the crossbow with difficulty. His body had already suffered severe blood loss and was so weak that he could go into shock at any time.

The suction from the magic circle was so powerful that it felt like Donald was stepping on him. The two combined made it take up all his strength to make every move!
Just like turning on a faucet, cold sweat broke out on Raven's forehead. Even so, he was still trying hard to suppress his breathing so that Donald would not notice anything unusual.

Finally, he moved his body and his fingers reached the handle of the crossbow.

Keng——

The fine steel crossbow rubbed against the hard ground, making a sharp and piercing sound, and Donald's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened!

Raven's scalp tightened. Without time to think, he held the crossbow in his hand, half-turned his body, aimed at Donald, and pulled the trigger with all his might!

This set of movements is so smooth and flowing that it has become the instinct of this body!

The crossbow string made of star iron was suddenly tightened, pushing the arrow out and flying towards Donald's throat!

The two of them were less than two meters apart, so even a child wouldn't miss!

"Raven--" Donald roared, and a thick blood-red light enveloped his entire body, like a transparent diving suit.

This is the prototype of Dou Qi armor. In addition to having a certain resistance to magic, its defense against physical damage is no less than that of ordinary leather armor.

His fat body was extremely agile, and his broad palms filled with fighting spirit had already blocked the crossbow arrow's path.

The dense magic patterns on the crossbow arrow lit up, and the attached [Primary Sharpness] enchantment was activated, corroding the fighting spirit and piercing Donald's palm. It continued to move forward and pierced into the inconspicuous throat in a puff of blood!
puff--

Blood spurted out suddenly, turning into a blood mist all over the sky!
Donald covered the wound on his neck with both hands, stared at Raven with his blood-filled eyes, disbelief written all over his face.

His lips trembled as he tried to say something, but the life had irreversibly drained from him.

After taking just one difficult step, the imperial baron fell to the ground with a thud, his fat body still shaking.

“Hoo…Hoo…” Raven panted heavily. He supported himself with his hands and slowly stood up. “Oh my god… This world is too dangerous.”

"…Luckily, I'm better than you!"

A smug smile appeared on his pale face, but it didn't last long.

"No, are you still coming?"

Because he found that the blood flowing from Donald's body did not flow everywhere, but was absorbed by the magic circle itself.

The light is gradually dimming, but the ceremony does not seem to stop!

Raven didn't know what the specific use of this ritual and this magic circle was, but it was definitely not a good thing.

He looked around for something that could destroy the magic circle, and his eyes fell on the other corner, where Donald's clothes and his rapier were piled!

Raven strode towards the corner, but just as he took a step, tingling and weakness spread up his legs. It felt like when he was in college and had just finished a five-kilometer physical test. His two legs no longer belonged to him!
At this moment, a series of "gurgling" sounds were heard, just like a country boy kicking a pig bladder filled with water. Raven turned his head and his body suddenly froze, and he reached for his belt.

Donald's body on the ground was seen swelling violently. His originally fat body had now doubled in size. Circles of greasy white fat were wrapped around it, and it was still wriggling constantly, just like a living maggot as big as a man!
With a snap, the group of living maggots on the ground exploded like a balloon, and green mucus as sticky as snot splashed everywhere. A monster covered in mucus crawled out from it.

He was about two meters tall, with a sturdy build, and no hair on his body. His skin and muscles were almost transparent, allowing people to clearly see the bones, blood vessels, and internal organs beneath the skin. He looked like a prop dummy used for teaching in a medical school!

The difference is that Raven can really see the flowing blood and the beating heart!
But his facial features still clearly resemble Donald.

"Haha...hahaha!!!" Donald laughed wildly: "Raven, my good nephew, thank you so much!"

"Over the years, I have sacrificed Ted, Monka, and my beloved little Lisa. I even had to kill my lover for this, but I have never succeeded."

"It turns out that this is the missing step!"

"After death comes rebirth, after breaking out of the chrysalis comes the butterfly. I have never felt so good!"

"As a reward for helping me complete the ritual."

Donald opened his mouth exaggeratedly, revealing two rows of white teeth:
"Let you become one with me!"

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(End of this chapter)