Volume I, Chapter XVIII: The Council of Agents
The old town is located in the heart of Zeluthor Island, and in the heart of the old town there is such a small and inconspicuous quadrangular pavilion. At first glance, this pavilion can be described as "dilapidated". Weeds grow among the bricks and tiles on the top, and the classical paintings originally painted on the beams have long been blurred, and the wooden pillars supporting the four corners have been exposed to the wind and sun for many years, and even the red paint attached to them has not been lost. However, no matter how much this old pavilion can't be seen, in the hearts of most people in Rain City, it has an extremely special meaning.
The reason lies in the stone table in the center of the pavilion.
It was made from a single piece of black ore, and was made in the form of a round table that represented the elimination of status classes, and it was at this round table that the secret covenant that had made the peace of Rain City was negotiated. On the smooth and cold tabletop, three palmprints with the power of the blood oath were clearly visible, echoing diagonally. In the center of the opposition of the three handprints, a short knife with a slightly decayed handle and a few small vines was inserted straight into the center of the stone table.
However, few people know that the first building ever built on the island of Zeluthor was this humble pavilion, and that the original purpose of the builders was simply to have a place to take care of the large purple flower tree not far away.
Xuan Yi sat against the tree, closed his eyes and rested.
This purple tree appears to be an extremely old tree that has been difficult to find anywhere else in the world. The cold and elegant flowers glow with lilac brilliance in the dark night, and the wonderful wind chimes gently sound in the collision of petals, and quietly give birth to a calm floral fragrance.
This is Xuan Yi's fixed resting place, and since he came to Rain City, he has rested here every night, without a single interruption for more than ten years.
The slight snoring gradually rose, and Xuan Yi leaned on the slope of the tree and slept calmly. Suddenly, his eyes were half-opened, and he said to the surrounding darkness, "Come out, have I allowed you to disturb me?"
Ten steps away, a man in a white suit appeared in the dense shadow of bats, and saw this pale man with an Eastern European face immediately knelt down on one knee and replied to Xuan Yi in an extremely respectful tone: "The Catherine family, Count Anderson II, has set foot here with the will of the prince without prior notice, and if there is any rudeness, please forgive Mr. Xuan." ”
"Ahem...... I'm sorry Mr. Xuan, but this is an emergency, and I didn't have time to inform Miss Brienne. Between the ruins of the old city, a bandaged Sanders limped out of the shadows, nodding his head in apology. In the pavilion, a black-robed figure with a medieval beak mask abruptly stepped out from behind the pillar, and stood silent in the eyes of everyone, as if he did not intend to explain his uninvited arrival.
"Heh, the second-in-command is all here, do you want to hold a [proxy meeting]?" Xuan Yi stretched, turned over on the ground and sat up, and smiled inquiringly at the three of them.
In the covenant agreement, unless the overseer of the agreement agrees, the leaders of each side are not allowed to take the initiative to appear, and if there is any major topic that needs to be discussed together, they can only send agents of their choice to convey their will on their behalf, which is the so-called "proxy meeting".
And the position of overseer is held by Xuan Yi.
"That's right, Mr. Xuan. Sanders raised his right hand, which was held in place with a plaster cast, "Sanders Benya, on behalf of the will of the Pioneer Brotherhood, applies for the ban to be lifted and mobilizes all forces to hunt down a human named [Han Fei]......!
"Poof. ”
A grim sneer interrupted Sanders' speech, and Anderson, who was standing nearby, covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and let out a low chuckle.
"Sissy, what's wrong with you?" Saunders frowned, his pupils turning wild with rage. "I'm laughing at the old wolf king, it's really pitiful, he is wise, but the wolf cubs he gave birth to are not angry from generation to generation. Anderson sneered, "The werewolf clan was forced by a human to use the power of the whole clan?"
"Don't you tell me about it, don't you know it? You little kids who have played with the house have already been killed several times, and you still have the face to claim to be immortal!" Sanders had an angry expression, he was quite concerned about the impact he had on his father's reputation, "That's not an ordinary human being, even I fell in love with him in a head-to-head confrontation, if you let it go, the hell knows how much damage he will cause?"
"Doesn't that mean you're not as good as a human being?"
"You're ......!!"
Sanders couldn't match Anderson's poisonous tongue, his anger became more and more aggressive, the black charcoal wolf hair gradually grew between his cheeks, Anderson saw it in his eyes, the corners of his mouth immediately hooked a bloodthirsty smile, and the tattoo of thorns and roses on his pale neck emitted a scorching blood light at the same time, looking at this posture, the two seemed to have great thoughts of fighting here.
"You ...... You're still quite bold, aren't you?"
The calm voice exploded in Sanders and Anderson's minds like thunder, and they instantly realized that they had chosen the wrong place for a-for-tat.
Xuan Yi stood up and took off his glasses casually. It was just such a simple action, but the two of them were forced to take a step back at the same time, and a terrifying aura called [Killing Intent] forced them to find it difficult to control their steps back.
"Entering my rest area without my permission, and being ashamed to say what kind of will it represents, and ...... How dare you try to use force in front of [her]?" Xuan Yi raised his head, his originally clear eyes were filled with extreme chill at this time, "You guys...... Are you looking down on me?"
"No, no, Mr. Xuan, I'm sorry for being rude!"
The sense of oppression almost turned into a physical hammer, and in the face of this situation, Anderson immediately bowed his head and humbly confessed his mistake. Sanders was trying to show his tough side, but after just looking at Xuanyi for a moment, his receding legs suddenly bent, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.
Xuan Yi has never had any vision problems in his eyes, and the reason why he wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses is only because if he is not blocked, no one dares to look directly into his gaze.
"For the proxy meeting, the three clans need to apply at the same time to lift the ban. Xuan Yi put his glasses back on, and then looked around at the three people around him, "Anderson, are you here for this?" "No, no, no, it's not. Anderson immediately shook his head in reply, but still didn't dare to raise his head.
"So, doctor, what about you?"
Xuan Yi's eyes looked at the black shadow of the bird's beak standing in the pavilion, and the latter was still silent, only shaking his head slightly. After asking, Xuan Yi slapped his hand and said calmly: "To sum up, the will is vetoed." Sanders of the Brotherhood, your application has been denied. ”
"What......" Sanders looked at the other two in disbelief, "don't you all care about the damage caused by that madman? sissy, you don't treat the low-level people as human beings, I know, but, ghost doctor! Aren't there many supply points destroyed in your underground bazaar?"
It's impossible, I'm the only one to mobilize all my strength, right?
The black image known as the ghost doctor did not hear the shouts, and there was still no word behind the bird's beak mask.
"Damn, shit! You don't care about anything!" Sanders stomped his foot violently and said hatefully, "I can't, I can't let go of my brothers' hard work! Xuanyi, I don't care about any bullshit covenant, I'm going to do my best to arrest that madman from now on! I have to do my best to sit in the boss's seat! Even you can't stop me!"
With that, the feet that had been transformed into beast limbs suddenly stepped on, and Sanders instantly jumped backwards, speeding away from the place of discussion.
Xuan glanced at his distant back, thinking a little in his heart.
Perhaps, my hunch really worked?
"The doctor was invited by me as a guest, what are you here for?" put his heart aside in advance, Xuan lit a cigarette, turned his head to Anderson, who was a little hesitant on the side, and asked. I saw the tall man smile awkwardly on his face, and only after a while did he speak: "Actually...... It's not a big deal, but our eldest and His Royal Highness the Prince, I would like to ask you when you are free to meet her and have dinner together. ”
It's a lot more for me than it was just now.
Xuan Yiyi's face was black, he took a deep puff of cigarette, he patted Anderson on the shoulder and said, "You said that you searched all over the old city and couldn't find me, maybe I went to the Arctic Circle or Antarctica to catch penguins." Do you understand?" "But His Royal Highness said ......" "Shhh Xuan Yiyi grabbed Anderson's shoulders and said in an almost threatening tone: "You see, between the prince and me, you have to choose one who is easy to fool, right? Life is very precious......
What? Is this to make me disloyal to the Prince? I, Anderson II, am the kind of person who would rebel against the Lord because my life is threatened!
Although he wanted to say this, Anderson immediately made a wise choice after seeing Xuan Yi intentionally or unintentionally slip a short knife out of his cuff: "Don't worry! I didn't see anything here! I just know that you bought a harpoon and went to Antarctica!"
"Well, that's what it's like to talk to a smart person!" Xuan Yi warmly shook Anderson's hand, and a smile appeared on his face that had succeeded in his plan. Suddenly, a mobile phone screen was horizontally between the two, and Xuan Yi looked down, and it turned out that Brienne had appeared at some point and held the phone in front of him.
"What's the matter?"
"Director Johnson called, it seems to be about Officer Zheng Yi. ”
Zheng Yi: What's the matter with such a party?