"Haha...hahaha...old man, you are finally dead!"

"For so many days, I was afraid that you would wake up again, and I was also afraid that my actions would be exposed. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep every night!"

"Now that you are finally dead, I don't have to worry about being scared anymore!"

"As long as the messenger from the main city bears witness tomorrow, I will be the new baron!"

Then, Fitz Walker curled up in the quilt, laughing in a suppressed manner...

…

…

And the corner of Cao Xing's mouth also curled up.

“It actually worked.”

"This way, this guy will be a real baron and have great power!"

There are many advantages to being a Baron.

First of all, they have absolute control over the civilians within their territory.

The Baron can decide their life or death, and whether they stay or go. In other words, he can assign them wherever he wants.

Each baron's territory is quite large, covering many villages and containing a large number of civilians.

As Cao Xing, he naturally couldn't refuse Fitz Walker's request to continuously send him more civilians.

In this way, he has directly solved the big problem of insufficient population!

With the addition of training barracks, you can even achieve a mass-production mode!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Of course, there are more benefits to controlling a baron than just that.

The resources in the hands of each baron are terrifying.

They have long levied various land taxes, head taxes, trade taxes, etc. in their own territories.

Although part of the tax revenue would be used to develop armed forces and land construction, the baron himself would certainly have left a large amount of wealth.

Food, money, and even precious resources such as mithril and gems must have reached a terrifying level.

I was just worrying about how to get a lot of food.

At that time, Cao Xing can let this kid take him to the Baron's mansion and plunder it!

As he thought about it, he couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, this is so comfortable!"

At this time, he looked at his backpack.

There is a [Soul Contract Scroll (Orange)] there.

This thing can force a creature's favorability to reach the maximum value and control the opponent's life and death.

Cao Xing thought: "Should I use this scroll on Fitz Walker and completely control him?"

"Although this orange scroll is valuable, controlling a baron can also bring me a lot of benefits."

"Besides, this kid's ambitions seem to extend beyond just being a baron."

"If I help him secretly, he might be able to upgrade his title again and become a viscount or earl, with greater power!"

"By then, I will be indirectly controlling a minister of the kingdom!"

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Let's wait and see."

"However, this guy's plan was successful. He should come to see me again in two days. I have to make some preparations."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing cleared his mind and fell asleep.

…

…

Just when he thought that the night would pass peacefully.

Late night.

While Cao Xing was sleeping, he suddenly heard a noisy noise coming from outside the lord's mansion.

"Soldiers, stop him!"

"What's going on? Why did this kid suddenly go crazy?"

"I don't know. Subdue him. The lord has ordered that he should not be harmed!"

…

As fourth-level warriors, their senses are extremely sharp.

Almost at the moment the sound was heard outside the territory, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue woke up at the same time.

"Axing, the sound seems to come from our territory. Could there be any enemies breaking in?" Liu Muxue frowned slightly.

Cao Xing shook his head. "No combat information has appeared. It should not be an enemy."

"Let's go out and take a look first."

"OK!"

They dressed quickly and climbed out of bed.

And he arrived outside the lord's mansion as quickly as possible.

As soon as I walked out of the lord's mansion, the temperature dropped suddenly.

The extremely low temperature in the middle of the night makes people feel goosebumps.

It was like jumping from a warm stove into an icy cave.

At this moment, Cao Xing saw a large number of Ascalon soldiers and Centaur spear and shield cavalry.

Assam, Sarah, Renis and others have also rushed over.

They formed a circle and surrounded the figure inside.

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue frowned together.

Asam, holding the Sword of the Lady of the Lake, saw them coming and said respectfully, "Hello, Lord. Hello, Lady."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "Assam, what's going on?"

Asam reported: "My Lord, this is the painter you brought back from Annohe Village last time."

"Didn't he say before that he had a mental illness and would have seizures from time to time? Now it seems that he really has a seizure."

"He was just attacking our polar men crazily, and then he was stopped by the soldiers. Now he is in a frenzy."

"But due to your order, the soldiers did not attack him."

After hearing this, Cao Xing finally understood the reason for the quarrel.

He walked forward.

And that group of Ascalon soldiers opened a path for Cao Xing.

Soon, he came to the center of the encirclement.

The Centaur Spear Knights formed a circle, holding large shields in one hand and spears in the other.

And in the center, there was a person with disheveled hair and a black aura emanating from his body.

He was using his own hands to madly attack the shields of the spearmen.

At the same time, he kept making low growls like a beast!

“Roar! Roar!”

"All of you, die! All of you, die!"

"You are all monsters! Get out of my mind, I will tear you all to pieces!"

This crazy young man was Edward.

He himself only has the strength of level 7, which is equivalent to an ordinary person.

Any spear and shield cavalryman or Ascalon soldier on the field can be killed instantly with just one sword.

But no one took action and let Edward attack.

He attacked the shields of the spearmen, but not only did he not cause any damage, the huge recoil force also made his hands bloody.

But Edward continued to attack relentlessly, determined not to stop until he had torn the enemy to pieces.

After seeing Cao Xing coming, the Centaurs said one after another: "Hello, Lord!"

Kandal said from a distance: "My Lord, you are finally here. This human has gone mad."

"He just bit my butt!"

Kandal looked very angry, and he touched the buttocks of his centaur's lower body with one hand, where there was still a tooth mark.

Everyone couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

Cao Xing nodded and then shouted.

"Edward."

As if hearing a familiar voice, the frantic painter stopped and turned his head.

Then he looked at Cao Xing, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes.

He seemed to have regained some sanity, and struggled to reply: "Lord...Lord..."

The next moment, Edward seemed to have been hit hard by something and covered his head in pain!

Then he looked at Cao Xing angrily.

"Damn you! You actually pretended to be the Lord and deceived me!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Edward rushed towards him.

At this time, a Centaur spear and shield cavalry directly stopped him.

"Hoo! Get out of my way! I'm going to tear this guy pretending to be a lord into pieces!"

Edward attacked madly.

Cao Xing frowned slightly. He could see that Edward's illness seemed quite serious and he would not be able to recover for a while.

"Go get some guys, restrain him, and take him down to the basement."

"Don't hurt him."

Hearing this, several Ascalon soldiers rushed over, ignored the frantic Edward, and grabbed his limbs.

"Damn it! You guys let me go!"

Edward was still struggling madly.

However, each of those Ascalon soldiers was a level 30 creature, and with their strength, they could easily lift even a thousand-pound boulder.

Not to mention Edward, who only has level 7 strength.

He could only be escorted by these four soldiers to the basement.

And at this moment.

Another Edward appeared from the crowd behind him.

His pupils widened and he said with a trembling voice:

"Lord, that person is not me!"

Hearing the sound, everyone turned their eyes and were immediately startled.

There was still an extremely terrified look on his face, as if he had seen something horrible!

At this moment, the one or two hundred people on the field felt confused, and even a chill appeared behind them...

Cao Xing also had a puzzled look on his face. He kept looking at the two Edwards and observing them.

Edward, who was caught by four soldiers, seemed to have regained consciousness.

He saw at a glance that the man at the back of the crowd, who looked exactly like him, had the same look of fear in his eyes.

"My Lord! It's this! It's the one that's targeting me!"

"It's the reason why I'm like this now. It's an evil devil!"

Edward, who came out later, immediately retorted: "You are talking nonsense, you are the devil!"

"I was just resting in the room, and I felt something approaching me in a daze, and then I passed out and never came out!"

The arrested Edward also said: "You are lying! I just had a mental illness attack."

"The lord told me that if I go crazy, I should go outside the territory and the soldiers will subdue me, so I came out!"

"You're lying!"

At this moment, even Cao Xing was a little confused.

Suddenly there were two Edwards.

And they all look real and their words make sense.

Even Cao Xing's system panel couldn't show any problems.

但很顯然，這兩個愛德華裡面，肯定有一個是假的。

曹星嘴角抽了抽，「媽的，又是這種情況嗎？」

「這些會偽裝的傢伙，還真是麻煩。」

曹星的【真視之眼】，只能看穿一些簡單的偽裝手段。

而像那些本身就極度擅長偽裝的怨靈，惡魔，都有各種躲避探查的手段。

正所謂道高一尺魔高一丈。

當然，最有效的辦法，就是把這兩個愛德華一起幹掉，那個假的傢伙肯定就會暴露出來了。

不過這樣一來，曹星就損失了一個高級生活技能的人才。

包括眾人，一時間也不知道如何分辨。

而曹星思忖片刻后說道：「這樣吧，我不管你們誰是真的，誰是假的。」

「我現在要把你們綁起來，關進地下室里。」

「然後慢慢觀察。」

聽到這話，兩個愛德華同時說道：「沒問題。」

見他們這麼爽快的答應，曹星也是有些意外。

難道兩個愛德華都是真的？

還是說，假的那個愛德華不怕被綁住？

而當曹星取出了首領級別的藤蔓時。

忽然看到，那個被士兵抓住的愛德華，神色有了些許變化。

他能夠感覺到，曹星手中的這種首領級別的藤蔓，韌性超乎想象！

「阿薩姆，過去把他們綁起來。」

這位騎士恭敬的走了過來。

當他接過曹星手中的藤蔓，逐漸向這個愛德華靠近的時候，他的眼中出現了一絲慌亂的神色。

曹星察覺到了他的不對勁。

「愛德華，你怎麼了？」

話音剛落，從這個『愛德華』的身上猛然爆發出一股恐怖的黑氣！

四個強大的阿斯卡隆士兵，同時被震飛！

然後，他瞬間就要轉身逃跑。

關鍵時刻，曹星見機的快，直接使用了【大型捕網發射器】。

「嘭！」

這張大型捕網直接套在了這個『愛德華』的身上，讓他的逃跑動作停了下來。

與此同時，場上所有戰鬥人員瞬間反應過來，將這個愛德華團團包圍。

而在這時，地上的『愛德華』似乎也知道，自己已經暴露了。

他緩緩從地上站了起來。

身上不斷冒出實質般黑氣。

而且，這些黑氣從他的口中，鼻子中，乃至眼睛中流出！

他看著曹星，嘴角咧開一個恐怖的弧度！

然後說道：「還是……暴露了嗎？」

這一刻，場上所有人，紛紛拔出了武器，並且做好了戰鬥準備。

曹星看到自己找對了目標，也是鬆了口氣，然後問道：「你是誰？」

『愛德華』嘴角再次咧開，「我是誰？」

「我有很多的身份，最早可以追溯到萬年以前……」

「我當過最富有的乞丐，也當過最貧窮的國王，我玩弄過王國的公主，也品嘗過美貌的精靈……」

「甚至於，我還在教廷中擔任過一段時間的神職人員。」

「不知，你想知道我的哪一種身份？」

曹星回道：「我知道了，你這傢伙是一頭惡魔。」

話落，他直接一道【冰球術】砸了過去。

「嘭！」

【-4732】

此刻，那個『愛德華』的血量已經歸零，但他依舊站在原地。

並且對著曹星露出一個恐怖的笑容。

「你以為，這樣就能抓到我了嗎？」

「連最強大的狩魔獵人都對我無可奈何，連那些神職人員都奉我為神祇……」

「我感受到了，你這個領地有一股神奇的力量，如果你願意臣服於我，我將賜予你想要的一切！」

而曹星卻冷笑道：「讓我臣服於你，恐怕你還不夠格。」

「上吧，幹掉這傢伙。」

說完，曹星的【冰魄旋槍】直接甩了過去。

【-3742】

【-3354】

【-3372】

…

而這個『愛德華』依舊站在原地，他的嘴角再次出現了一股可怕的笑容。

「人類，你做了個這輩子，最錯誤的決定……」

「從今天開始，你的領地，還有你，將永遠活在恐懼之中……」

「你們會逐漸變得和那個可憐的畫家一樣，每天晚上不敢入睡，不敢出門，精神失常，情緒失控。」

「直到有一天，你們主動跪在地上，求我幫你們解脫！」

而那些士兵們此時的攻擊已經降臨。

各種長槍和劍刃，全部砍在他的身上。

「噗！噗噗噗！」

然而詭異的事，這些劍刃落在『愛德華』的身上，卻像是砍在一團石油上一樣，根本沒有造成任何傷害。

與此同時，從對方身上，噴發出無盡的黑氣！

整個領地，彷彿都被一股恐怖的氣息籠罩！

然後，他們耳邊傳來了一道刺耳的聲音。

「呵呵呵……記得，小心你身邊的任何一個人！」

下一刻，這團黑氣消失。

與此同時，一條系統提示出現。

【倖存者請注意，你的領地已被某位存在盯上，觸發特殊事件：惡魔入侵】

【事件介紹：你的領地中出現了一隻惡魔，它會隨機附身在任何一個人的身上，請注意仔細辨別，並將其找出來。】

…

看到系統提示，曹星皺了皺眉頭，「一個會附身的惡魔？」

他的目光迅速掃視周圍。

發現場上兩百多號人的目光中，紛紛帶著警惕和嚴肅。

而就在這時，他注意到人群中，一個阿斯卡隆士兵臉色陰沉，並且露出了一個恐怖的微笑！

「抓住他。」

得到曹星的命令后，周圍大量的阿斯卡隆士兵紛紛動手，將這個士兵直接按在了地上。

而被按住的那名士兵卻繼續咧開嘴笑道：「哦？你抓住我了？然後呢？」

「你有辦法對付我嗎？」

它咧開大嘴，彷彿在肆意嘲笑著！

而曹星等人自然不可能真的對自己的領民動手。

於是，他看向旁邊的柳慕雪說道：「使用大型捕網彈射裝置。」

柳慕雪毫不猶豫的執行。

「嘭！」

一張巨大的捕獸網籠罩在那名士兵身上。

而在這時，那名士兵的身體渾身一陣顫抖，一團黑氣從體內猛地衝出。

而士兵也因為精神受到嚴重而昏迷了過去。

惡魔的附身，並不屬於精神攻擊，所以無法被【信仰之念】這個技能免疫。

曹星再次眉頭緊皺。

「有點難搞啊。」

「這王八蛋居然會附身到我的領民身上，我又不能對自己的領民動手。」

「而且一般的控制手段好像對它沒什麼作用。」

而就在這時。

旁邊的一名半人馬槍盾騎兵，身體同樣開始了抽搐。

下一刻，他直接提起手中的長槍，對著周圍的友方生物開始橫掃。

同時口中還在發出怪叫聲。

「哈哈哈！都給我死！」

嘭！嘭嘭！

周圍被他攻擊到的士兵，身上的聖盾在一層層炸開。

見此情景。

不需要曹星指揮，周圍的士兵便再次一擁而上，將這個半人馬槍盾騎兵制服。

然而，被控制住后，這個半人馬繼續瘋狂的笑著。

從他身上再次冒出一道黑氣，這也代表那隻惡魔離開了他的身體。

同時，曹星耳邊響起了這隻惡魔放肆的嘲笑聲。

「哈哈哈！」

「是不是很無力，是不是很生氣？」

「可憐的人類領主啊！我能感受到，你心中的恐懼如同火焰在燃燒，別再壓抑……」

「只要臣服於我，我可以讓你擁有一切你渴望的東西，只需放棄那脆弱的良知……」

外面愈發混亂的景象，讓整個領地的領民們開始驚醒。

維多利亞，法蘭茜絲卡，乃至伯捷·逐日者等統帥級人物，也一個個走了出來。

曹星迅速下令道：「所有工作人員，不要出來！」

聽到命令后，所有工作人員止步，全部回到了自己的房間中。

這頭惡魔的手段分外詭異。

人越多，反而還越不好找。

「哈哈哈！愚昧的人類，你以為在房間中，就能躲過去嗎？」

「我可以附身在任何生物的體內，哪怕是你領地的牛群，雞群，都逃不過。」

「而且，我還可以變成任何一個人的樣子，你要如何找到我？」

聽到這話，場上所有人都臉色一變。

不得不說，這頭惡魔的手段實在詭異。

附身+變形，簡直是BUG般的手段。

曹星也在思考著，對付這頭惡魔的方法。

……

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