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  Even if you searched the entire multiverse, it's unlikely that you'd find another sentence that could make a father this angry. Just these few words from Zain instantly made Elate's eyes turn red with rage. What kind of joke is this? Who does this little brat think he is?! Iris is my precious daughter, and I haven't even had a chance to speak yet - you think you can just take her away from me?! Go ahead and keep dreaming!

  "Hmm... Hmm hmm hmm..."

  Elyte's eyes blazed with a fierce red light as he burst into laughter, his face twisted in extreme anger.

  "Alright, very good! So I'd like to see what you're capable of, daring to snatch my daughter!!"

  As he said this, Elate let out a loud roar and suddenly burst forth with starry lights on his body, instantly casting multiple protective spells on the Earl. Moreover, the bright red longsword in his hand was also flowing with magical light, making it clear that he wasn't someone to be trifled with. Seeing Elate's movements, Jain's eyes lit up. However, Elate's skills had already given away his profession.

  Secret Knight!

  The truth is that the Secret Knight is just a euphemism, and if it were up to Jian Chen's previous life, this profession would be better described as a dual cultivation of magic and martial arts. However, as an advanced profession, not everyone can become a Secret Knight, as it requires the person advancing to have reached the level of master in both spellcasting and swordsmanship. Normally, for ordinary people, reaching the level of master in either one is already extremely difficult. But now, as a half-vampire, Elate naturally doesn't need to worry about time being a constraint.

  It seems that being one of the three giants of Hei Maren City is indeed not something anyone can achieve.

  It makes some sense, it seems like I also need to express myself a bit more.

  Watching Elate exerting himself, Zhan Yan let out a light laugh, then he stretched out his right hand and picked up the black lacquered staff in his hand. He lightly played with it for a bit, then tightly grasped the staff's handle.

  "Crack...!"

  Along with Zhan's movement, the originally pitch-black and unremarkable staff suddenly split apart. The outer black surface transformed into pieces of armor that rapidly rotated and dispersed, revealing the sharp blade inside. In just a blink of an eye, Zhan's staff reassembled into a long sword with an eerie shape. In the middle of this long sword was a sharp, pointed, and slender blade, while on the lower part of the blade, the black armor condensed into a circular arc-shaped guard, making this long sword a strange two-bladed weapon. The middle part naturally had a straight and sharp blade, but below it transformed into a curved, crescent moon shape, like an eerie knife edge.

  Not only that, after removing the ordinary disguise of the cane, the long sword in Zhan En's hand occasionally floated with bright and dazzling magic symbols from the blade to the hilt. They seemed to be automatically running programs on a computer, wandering on the surface of the long sword, forming various symbols, and then flashing by.

  Not only that, but at the moment this long sword appeared, it seemed to pull in the shadows around it, and even Elate felt a stinging sensation on her skin, as if the shadows that had been covering her body had turned into something tangible. And when she saw the weapon in Zhan's hand clearly, Elate was even more shocked. Her face, which had been red with anger, suddenly turned deathly pale.

  "Magic tool!!"

  No wonder Elate was so shocked. In the Klein continent, magical instruments and divine instruments appear in pairs. Whether it's a magical instrument or a divine instrument, they don't belong to this world. They either belong to gods or demon kings. These weapons are not only powerful but also possess terrifying power that can affect the fate of anyone who appears before them, dragging them into an abyss from which they cannot escape.

  From ancient times to the present, those who have obtained these weapons have only two fates: either they are manipulated by the weapons themselves or they are controlled by the existence hidden behind them. In either case, when you acquire this unimaginable power, it also means that your fate is no longer your own.

  Elyte wasn't a fool, and the moment he saw this magic sword, he knew something was wrong. He didn't think it was just an ordinary magical weapon, as a dark creature, Elyte could keenly feel the dark power emanating from the long sword, almost bursting out of the entire space!!!

  At this moment, Elate was also internally terrified and uneasy. If that kid's hand really held a demonic artifact, then his identity must be extraordinary. What's more troublesome is that the appearance of the demonic artifact means that one's own fate has already been tainted by it, which is simply a fatal matter! Moreover, the demonic artifact devours enemies, if one were to engage in battle with the person holding the demonic artifact, then this artifact would bring an impact and curse to one's own fate that cannot be ignored.

  To put it simply, if Elate dared to cross blades with Jain's magic sword, even if he didn't die this time, he would still be unable to escape death's misfortune in the future. In other words, it would be like being afflicted with a permanent, unremovable 【Misfortune】DEBUFF. No matter whether casting spells, traveling far, or leading troops into battle, all sorts of dangers and misfortunes would arise. For example, failing to cast a spell and dying from backlash, accidentally walking into a dragon's lair and getting eaten, or the army he led not arriving on time to the battlefield, resulting in being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy's forces. Such things would be a dead-end situation for the enemies of magic artifact holders, unless they themselves also possessed a magic artifact or divine artifact, or could invite a deity to help lift the curse; otherwise, they'd just have to prepare to suffer misfortune until death!

  This fate entanglement is the most terrifying, and Elate himself is a legendary level of mysterious knight, with high strength and extensive knowledge. He naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to fight against this kind of weapon that can twist one's fate into chaos, like those ordinary people would. To know that once you get involved with this thing, it's not just your own fate that will change, but also the fate of those around you.

  Even for his own daughter, this sacrifice is a bit too much.

  Moreover, with the emergence of the demon artifact, Elyt already knew that he had no chance of winning. Even as a Secret Knight, at this moment, he was wrapped in protective magic, like a fortress. Elyt was very clear that his defenses were basically useless against the demon artifact, and unless he could obtain the Bloodline Inheritance's Blood Demon Curse from Lirin Sorel, fighting the demon artifact would be a dead end!

  But as a half-vampire... Haha, he's not the illegitimate child of Larna Sal, how could he possibly obtain the Blood Magic Curse?

  As he thought of this, Elate's gaze towards Jian also became increasingly heavy. In his opinion, there were only three types of people who could obtain a magical instrument: one was someone who had accidentally obtained the instrument and was then manipulated by it like a puppet; another was an envoy sent by a certain demon king, who could freely manipulate the instrument; and the last type was the true body of the demon king itself - the instrument was originally the demon king's signature weapon, so naturally he could manipulate it as he pleased.

  Although at first glance, Zhan En seemed to be the first type. However, Elate could sense the clarity and indifference in his eyes, which was absolutely not that of a crazy person being manipulated by a demon device.

  But this way, things are going to be troublesome. Whether he is the apostle of the Demon King or the Demon King himself has descended, it's absolutely enormous pressure for Eryth. After all, he's just a small half-vampire, how could he possibly offend the forces of the demon world?

  "What kind of person are you?"

  Thinking of this, Elate finally calmed down and stared at Zane in front of her, asking.

  Unfortunately, at this moment, Zhan En seemed to have completely lost the intention of answering his question. He simply raised the strange long sword in his hand and pointed it at Elate in front of him. Although the opponent was an advanced Secret Knight, Zhan En was not afraid of him at all. As a member of the demon clan and the son of the demon king, even if he was the weakest in the demon world, he was still several times stronger than the inhabitants of the main material plane. This is like the difference between an elephant and a jackal - even a newborn elephant calf is definitely more powerful than a young and strong jackal. This is the racial talent that cannot be envied.

  What's more, Elric has now entered the sphere of influence of the underground city, and from the moment he entered the underground city, his fate was already sealed.

  As he saw the opponent's movements, Elyte also secretly sighed in his heart, but he could only grit his teeth and raise the long sword in his hand, while secretly encouraging himself. Maybe this wasn't a magical artifact, but rather he had misjudged... If that was really the case, then defeating the young man in front of him would not only allow him to reclaim his own daughter, but also obtain a powerful magical weapon...

  Eliot gritted his teeth in anger and transformed into a sword shadow, dashing towards Zhan En with a loud whoosh!!

  "Stop it, Father!!"

  Seeing this, Elise was shocked. She had just recovered from the stimulation of being kissed by Zhen before, and found that her father actually launched an attack on Zhen so recklessly, suddenly losing her composure and shouting loudly to try to stop her father's actions.

  Unfortunately, Zhan En's speed was not slow either. Almost at the same time as Elyte charged forward with his sword, the long sword in his hand also suddenly paused, and then burst into bloom, transforming into a vast expanse of silver light that enveloped Elyte! (The Dark Lord will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there are also 100% lottery prizes for everyone! Now open WeChat, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the public account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!)