Invincible Chapter 174

Fran told Kane exactly about his situation.

Kane thought for a while and said, "Fran, I think this is a very important battle for you and the Carret family."

"How to complete the succession of power will largely determine the attitude of others towards the successor and the Carret family. Including other pure-blood wizard families, ordinary wizards, as well as the British royal family and high-ranking dignitaries."

"A weak and incompetent Marquess of Scarborough who won the power through many compromises, he will face more difficulties. And we all know that even a lion, if he really fights to the death with wolves , and it is inevitable that you will be covered with cuts and bruises, and even die in a fierce battle."

Fran was shocked when he heard this.

He thought to himself: "Yeah, I just paid attention to these things at home, and didn't consider the dangers of the external environment. If you talk about these things at home, then there are wolves around outside."

The recognition of the point of view allowed Fran to open up the conversation. Using this topic, he talked about some past events, such as his best friend in school, and after the death of the old Marquis, he urged him to fight for power with his brother Ryan, etc. .

After listening carefully, Kane concluded:

"Facts have proved that you and Ryan have a good relationship, and you have no intention of being trapped in the lord's affairs."

"Come back to inherit now, first of all because the Carret family lacks a good heir."

"Secondly, this position does have a great influence and cannot be lightly let go."

"The last thing is the benefits brought by power and position. You are a person who has proven yourself in your own field, and you think more about the responsibilities of power and position."

"As for the others, I'm afraid they only have good things in their eyes."

Fran felt that Kane spoke to his heart.

"Indeed, the marquis is honorable, but it is also hard work. I hated those social activities since I was a child, but I have to admit that privileges are very important. It is to guarantee the advantages brought by magic and worldly privileges when starting a business in the world. The basis of competition between people. Now, I cannot tolerate others dividing or destroying the Carret family."

Kane saw that the fire was almost over, and urged: "Then, since the soft truth doesn't make sense, let's talk about the hard truth."

Fran naturally understood what the last word was. Both Lincoln and Kennedy left enough hard impressions on him.

However, Kane said that he would not use that kind of stupid stuff that is too big and three rough.

"Arthur, get some of your puppets out. The Marquis needs guards of honor and executors."

After Arthur, who was waiting outside the door, entered the room, he waved his sleeves, and several groups of distorted light and shadows similar to Apparition Apparition appeared, and then turned into eight people. The living room suddenly seemed crowded.

Fran looked over and saw warriors all wearing leather armor, hoods and masks.

There are two styles, one is more rough, wearing heavy leather armor, arm guards and greaves are metal, wearing a battle robe, cloak, and a large sword on the back, with the handle down, and a burly figure.

The other is very delicate, light leather armor, the armor is displayed in a form similar to fashion, the arm guards and greaves are all hollowed out metal, and there are many printed patterns on the leather surface, and the sharp blades inserted in the pouches everywhere , will make people feel the fierce side and realize that this is a battle suit.

They carry foil swords with art-shaped gauntlets on their waists. They are tall and tall, with flat shoulders and straight backs. They have excellent manners, like royal swordsmen who have been specially trained in etiquette.

Fran soon discovers what they have in common, blue eyes, lifeless

"this is"

"Puppets made from the corpses of werewolves and vampires, at least they are not afraid of the death curse. Feel a little creepy?"

"It's true, but it's more of a magical feeling, and it looks very capable. It turns out that you have been carrying your own guards."

"I'm used to it. I have many enemies in the New World, and there are only hard truths." Kane said to the puppet, "Greetings to the Marquis. From now on, you must protect the Marquis as you protect me."

The puppets knelt on one knee and saluted, calling them Marquis. They didn't have the stiffness of puppets at all, just like living people.

"What an amazing skill!" Fran exclaimed, curious and envious.

"I made friends with the wild wizards of the American tribes. They used this method to concoct the dead warriors of the tribe. I was worried about desecrating the corpses and questioning the necromancers. Instead, we used werewolves and vampires. These guys ran away with the immigrants Expansion of business is not uncommon in the New World.”

"The New World is really full of dangers."

"It's wild, it's a paradise for adventurers." Kane said again: "Alchemy, potions, and some magic, I believe it can further strengthen these not-so-smart, but loyal enough, and easy to pack and carry guards. Let's go back You can talk about technology. I think it’s not good for you to be alone, and it’s easy for those with ulterior motives to have malicious intentions. It’s better to have a guard of honor when you go in and out.”

Fran was overjoyed when he heard that, and even revealed his family fortune: "There are only some outdated activated armor and granite puppets in the house, which are no longer suitable for use, but some secret techniques and the magical medicine formula of the blood fruit are good for all flesh and blood. All have a good strengthening effect”

The two walked out while chatting, and Fran had accepted Kane's suggestion, and was going to do it overnight and get the will documents first.

The main building at night looked gloomy and quiet, the darkness devoured all the light like a living thing, and the light of the magic lamp was greatly reduced.

It is said that after the last night, the situation is worse, and its light will not shine farther than the light of a candle.

Fran hated this feeling of being shrouded in darkness very much. He was still afraid of it until he was an adult. When he thought about it deeply, he felt cold all over his body.

But this time, he feels full of security. The eight puppets are all carrying magic lamps. This is their own lighting equipment. The light color of the lamps is different from ordinary ones. It is ice blue, very cold, but bright enough .

The lights made his surroundings a place of light, and it felt good.

Of course, it wouldn't feel so good if Fran knew that the deepest darkness was all around him.

A group of people walked across the house and came to the guard building. It turned out that the portal to the bridge corridor was locked.

Kane said coldly: "Open."

Maria waved her hand, and more and more vampires beside her came out and approached the door.

Then there was a flash of light, and the vampire was already slowly retracting his sword back into its sheath.

The doorbolt combining fine iron and magic is broken.

This kind of door can't be unlocked simply by 'opening the Alahoo hole'. But in the case of brute force hard demolition with the effect of breaking spells, subtlety loses its meaning.

Of course, forced demolition often encounters backlash, but the tolerance of the dead is still very good.

The long bridge corridor leads to the fourth floor of the West Pavilion, and the arched doorway is formed below, which is the entrance of the building complex. There are gates made of steel bars in complicated shapes, and side doors juxtaposed with them.

Therefore, the bridge corridor can also be understood as a gatehouse, which is a whole with the gate and is also a magical facility.

While passing here, Kane noticed a small detail:

Magic door locks are all inward.

That is to say, no matter from the side of the west building or the side of the guard building, the lock is on the other side of the door.

And this bridge corridor has no third way.

This can't help but make people ask: After locking the doors on both sides, did that person jump out of the window directly from the bridge corridor?

In the end, Kane did not say anything about this situation.

The first priority now is to take power, and everything else is secondary.

Pamela's room is next to the bridge gallery.

As the servants' living quarters, the layout of the rooms here was originally the same. However, the former Marquis Ryan later found someone to carry out a three-in-one transformation of Pamela's room, so that the internal functions and luxury levels were no worse than the best guest rooms in the main building, which showed his love for this head maid.

The guard stepped forward to knock on the door, but there was no answer for a long time.

Fran hesitated, but Kane said: "The lord can't just be merciful." He nodded to the guard as he spoke.

So he went down again with a knife, slashed open the door lock, and forced his way inside.

At this time, it was already midnight, but the room was empty, no one was there, and neither the bedding nor the bathroom had been used recently.

Fran hesitated again.

Kane suggested: "Try it with the Flying Charm. If Ryan does make you heir, then the will document belongs to you."

Fran thought it made sense, so he used the Flying Charm in the room.

As a result, a certain drawer of the desk made a noise, but because it was locked, things could not fly out.

"Let's check it, so as not to destroy the organization of the document by force."

Fran nodded when he heard this, went up to check it himself, and finally confirmed that there was no problem, and opened the drawer with an Arahho hole.

Just as he was about to reach for the documents inside, Kane stopped him.

Kane motioned to Maria, and Maria stepped forward to drop a drop of her own blood on the paperwork.

The blood spread out quickly, and made a hissing sound, and a stench rose.

Kane said in a relaxed tone: "It is better to detoxify items than to detoxify people. Of course, it may be just a normal precautionary method for documents."

Fran smiled reluctantly, and said in his heart, "If it wasn't for the seasoned and capable Ted, I'm afraid I'd have to suffer a lot this time."

He didn't think that if it wasn't for Kane, he wouldn't have barged into the housekeeper's room at midnight and rummaged through boxes and cabinets.

The will was written on high-quality parchment, and it looked like it had been made a long time ago.

There's nothing wrong with that. Big families often do this when successors make a will. It's just that its storage location has always been kept secret.

I found it in the housekeeper's room. Although it can barely make sense, it always feels a bit strange.

In addition to the will, there is also a letter from Ryan to Fran. After reading it, Fran couldn't help but shed a few tears.

From Kane's point of view, Fran has a bit of a woman's temperament, soft ears, sensibility, and a bit of a mother-in-law. It is easier to trust and distrust a person.

Now Fran is undoubtedly in a period of trust in him, and Ryan is willing to share with him all the letters.

Kane is naturally not interested in the gossip about brotherhood in the letter. His final interpretation of the letter is: the death of the old Marquis and the unexpected death of his wife made Ryan feel that life and death are impermanent and very frightened. This is dedicated to the study of longevity.

Ryan's research direction is to deepen on the basis of the existing potion formula, which uses the plasma fruit as the main material. For this reason, he went to see Nicholas Flamel.

Although Flamel's results were not mentioned in the letter, according to the following wording, the visit should have failed, at least it failed to meet Ryan's expectations.

Then it came to another key stage, Ryan found a way to continue his research.

Ryan wrote this letter because he knew he was going to die soon. In the letter, he advised Fran not to investigate further if an accident happened. The Carret family could not afford more losses.

It can be seen that Ryan's later research should be taboo. When he found out that the situation was not good, he was already in deep trouble.

Funny thing happened, Ryan was murdered and died of poisoning.

Is the result stolen? Or is it to prevent him from continuing his research? Or for some other reason, the murder and the suicide note were just coincidences?

"Is it Ryan's handwriting?"

"Yes, we often correspond. He is left-handed, and his handwriting is very distinctive, so he won't mistake it."

Kane frowned slightly, another left-hander. Fran was left-handed when he cast the spell.

And the last left-hander he knew was the new Secretary-General of the International Federation of Magic, Serafina Piqueri (President of the Magical Congress of America in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them).

It is said that left-handed spellcasting is related to black magic or witchcraft.

Witchcraft is a very broad term, and its characteristics are weird and evil. From this perspective, African voodoo, South Asian head-bending, and even shaman and black druid's spells with primitive spellcasting characteristics are all black magic. . Even the oriental Maoshan Taoism counts in the eyes of wizards.

With such a cognition, Kane naturally does not have much prejudice against black arts. After all, he himself is a dark contractor, and he will not listen to the wind and rain like ordinary people.

But having said that, the whole family casts spells with their left hands. Is there really nothing wrong with it?

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