vs 1 Offer of temptation
Pedi was not in the habit of receiving ministers at his residence, let alone an undead monarch like Muwet-Felle. Therefore, the place to meet Yarman and his party was in the knight's guard box outside the garden building.
The knight's sentry box leaned on the diagonal opposite side of the garden gate of the garden building, and all the guards stationed in it were regular knights, and when they received that the emperor wanted to talk to his guests here, the stationed knights were very surprised, and when they found that there were immortals among the people the emperor received, the person in charge of the sentry box immediately secretly sent a small team of knights to secretly add a team of knights to the surrounding secret sentry, and blocked any possibility of news spreading.
The fire in the middle of the hall where the knights rested in the sentry box burned very vigorously, dispelling the coolness of the May night, and Yarman and Keqi and the sentry knights stood at the door quietly waiting for the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.
The Undead Monarch Muvet was in the shade of the tree next to him, and at this moment he gathered his evil energy, looking at the young emperor striding towards the gate of the garden building with a humble demeanor like an old man in his old age.
The emperor only brought two attendant knights with him, and Yarman looked at the emperor who walked over, maintaining the respectful attitude of his courtiers, and unlike the knights around him, although he was also saluting, he did not look humble.
"It's the middle of the night. Before the Pedi arrived, the voice reached the sentry box, "I hope your news is worth getting me out of the warm bed, or I'll have to reconsider the existence of the Tuohai Fleet." ”
"If there is no news, I will not come back, although the environment in the imperial capital is good, but it makes me very uncomfortable. Yarman responded to the Emperor's aggressiveness with a smile.
"That's because you've been in the dark for too long. Pedi walked up to Yarman and looked the weathered legendary paladin up and down, "You're not used to the light world. ”
"The light is always in my heart. Yarman maintained the humility of his courtiers.
"Stand down!" Pedi waved to the nearby knights and squires, then looked at Muvet in the shade, "I hope this is the last time I'll see you." ”
"Honorable Emperor of Humanity, your ally, Muvet Phil, the Monarch of the Dead, sends you the highest regards. Muvet-Phil walked to the place where the lights could cover it, and solemnly performed a human aristocratic etiquette, "You are the greatest being in the world. ”
Pedi smiled noncommittally, looked up and down at Muvet's appearance at the moment, which was no different from ordinary humans, and said, "The gods are the greatest beings, and we are just the most humble specimens of dust in this universe. ”
Muvet-Phil was stunned, "It seems that your infinite wisdom has thought of something. ”
"The stars speak for themselves. Pedi smiled faintly.
"Yes, the stars. Muvet was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the human emperor in front of him again, he had been thinking about this question for nearly a hundred years, and he had read countless ancient books to understand, and the young emperor in front of him had only been thinking for many years?
"The endless stars represent countless life forms. Muvet said that only he could understand before.
Pedi did not want to continue the conversation, so he walked straight into the knight's booth, sat down beside the fire, and said to Yarman's side, "There should be a barrel here, give us a drink." ”
He nodded "yes", and after a slight glance in the small space, he found a large barrel on the cabinet in the opposite corner of the door, and Yarman and Muvet walked towards the barrel as the Emperor motioned for them to sit down.
"So," Pedi looked at the two of them, "what news did you bring with you?"
"The storms and whirlpools of the sea have abated, and although it has come at a cost, the fleet has managed to open a route and set up a temporary camp on an uninhabited island in the sea opposite the storm. Yarman appeared calm on the surface, as if he were telling a very simple story.
"Good news. "If I had received such news a year ago, I would have expressed my excitement in a very exaggerated tone, but now—" he was calmer than Yarman, "but now this news is just good news for me." ”
"Your Majesty the Emperor, don't you know what it means for the vortex and the storm to weaken, I'm sure there are other beings on the other side of the storm, and not only ordered lives, but also powerful undead. Muvet-Phil preempted Yarman and said: "That space is filled with evil energy even more than magic energy and holy energy, it is not the evil energy that has just appeared, it is the energy that exists forever in that continent, because the evil energy there has penetrated into every inch of land, perhaps... In that continent, the undead are the masters. ”
"Is this possible?" said Peddy, frowning, "We are in the same world, and the world across the sea has long been filled with evil powers, which simply does not meet the most basic conditions. ”
"Can Your Majesty explain why the Demon Net, the Holy Energy, and the Earth Elemental Energy exist?" asked Muvet-Feller rhetorically.
Pedi didn't answer the question, because he couldn't answer it with his knowledge, but he figured out the question he had just asked.
"The knowledge we have now cannot even parse its own existence. "The world we live in is not just the continent of Ailan, or any other continent on the other side of the sea, the endless starry sky has countless uncivilized and unknown and incomprehensible powers, in my inherited memories, ancient civilizations once soared in the starry sky, but there is no record of why it suddenly declined, only that we have violated certain rules." ”
"Powerful unknown forces control everything in this world, and our ancestors called them gods. Yarman also joined in the conversation, "They use powers that we can't understand, so we call them gods, and the secret archives of the elves record that we once had the knowledge to explore the starry sky, and then the primordial spirits touched certain forbidden existences and led the whole world into the abyss. ”
"Yuanling people are actually a general term, and they are also a shocking big lie. There was some hesitation in Muvet-Phile's words, "The Yuanling people are actually human beings, but the civilization has evolved to a more powerful life form in the end, so they have separated from the human race and called themselves the Yuanling people. ”
"The ruling class of ancient human civilization?" said Pedy's mind.
"Very good rating. The smile on Muvet-File's face became even stronger after hearing the Human Emperor's evaluation, and he continued with this strange smile: "At the beginning, the rule of the Yuan Spirit people was very gentle, just like the current elven kingdom, although it is highly hierarchical, there is no serious enslavement and exploitation. ”
"However, soon after the primordial spirits began to explore the starry sky, some of them somehow became irritable and ruled their country in a very cruel way, and the conflict naturally erupted... In that protracted war, the Yuanling people split into many forces, and in order to maintain the long-term war, they successively created fighting servants to serve themselves. Muvet-Phil stopped abruptly as he said this, looked at Pedi and asked, "Can you guess the minions?"
"That's right!" Muvet-Phil asked himself, revealing a row of teeth whiter than normal humans, and smiled, "Elves, goblins, werewolves, dwarves, trolls, giants, orcs, etc., are all made by different factions of primordial spirits to serve their own wars. ”
"What about the undead?" said Pedi, resisting the urge to scold his mother.
"The most successful work of the Genelants!" Muvet-Fyler kept his smile on, "The original immortals were transformed by the Genelites themselves, they were the pioneers in the study of the power of evil, and later they used the power of death to sweep almost the entire civilized world established by the Genelines. ”
"Later," Muvet shook his head and smiled sarcastically, "the great power has led to the other primordial spirits uniting to study the Tree of Life against the power of evil death, and the elves are the lifeforms of the Tree of Life's proliferators. After rejecting the ale handed to him by Kozi, Muwet-Fler continued: "In the end of this war, of course, the victory of the righteous side on behalf of life. ”
"But..."Muvet-Phile's voice suddenly raised, "Do you know why the primordial spirit people touched the forbidden power and was erased by the unknown power?"
"The Tree of Life has rebelled against the rule of the primordial spirits. Without much thought, Pedi thought of the answer and answered.
"You're so wise. "That's right, not only the Tree of Life, but all the living beings created by the Primordial Spirit people to serve the war have joined together to wage war, and the war is going very well. ”
"Then the most ridiculous thing happened..."Muvet-Phil laughed out loud, "The part of the primordial spirits who represent 'justice' used the necromancy that they sealed to once again create an army of death against the coalition led by the Tree of Life, and then the war happened specifically I don't have a record in my memory, but the minotaurs and elves eventually ruled the continent, they tampered with ancient history, and enslaved humans for generations until... Ten thousand years ago your ancestors rose up against it. ”
Pedi, who listened quietly, was silent for two seconds, and looked at Yarman across from him, "What do you think?"
"I have no intention of judging the past, 10,000 years ago was not the same as it is now. Yarman's answer was vague, and it was clear that he didn't want to interfere with Pedi's decision-making and thinking.
"What are you telling me this?" Pedi looked back at Muvet with his glass, "Are you trying to tell me that elves aren't reliable allies?"
"I mean, I have a way to settle the war you're going through. In the face of the Emperor's questioning gaze, Muvet stood up and humbly took two steps back and bowed: "I'm just telling you a fact that happened in the past. ”
Pedi chuckled and turned to look at Yarman, "What do you want to do when you discover the New World and then come and tell me a story?"
"I can help you end the war against the undead legions. "Yarman didn't talk nonsense.
"You?" Pei Di was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head slightly, "What do you use to help me, I have now gathered the armies of all the countries in the Ailan Continent, and I dare not guarantee that I can really win this war, what do you rely on?"
"Because I know Ferrora doesn't want war!" Jarman's fingers turned slightly, and an invisible barrier of holy energy formed inside the sentry box, "This is a war that can be avoided. ”
"Nearly two million troops are assembled in my name in Felderland, and a grand decisive battle will soon begin!" Pei Di drank the ale in his hand, "Once the gears of war are activated, they cannot be stopped, and no one can stop!"
"Then let the war go on, but I can guarantee you that you will win this war. "Without the Order of Chaos and the High Undead, the undead legion led by Feld would be a herd of lambs to the slaughter. ”
Pedi looked at Muvet seriously, "Sounds like you have a good plan?"
"Before I came here to see you, I went to see Ferrola. Unafraid, Muvet-Phil made eye contact with Pedi, "She wants me to tell you that your previous offer made her relinquish her rule over the Undead Legion of Felder, and she could agree to it all... When your army attacks Felder Territory, your intelligence will always know the enemy's movements in advance, and your army will be invincible, and you will become a legend for everyone in the continent of Alan. ”
"It seems like a hard proposition to refuse. Pedi's gaze fell on Yarman, "Ferrora has always been interested in the New World beyond the sea, and you persuaded her to follow you to the New World?"
"We don't need to convince us that Ferrora is more like leaving here than we are, because the continent of Alan is actually a prison of the 'Order of Chaos'. It seems that Muvet-Phil wants to continue his story, "The so-called big bang 10,000 years ago is actually a lie after all. ”
"I'm not interested in the truth of this 'lie'. Pedi wasn't going to listen to the story any longer, "You should probably tell me Ferrola's conditions first." ”
Yarman and Muvet looked at each other, and finally Muvet said, "Queen Ferrora's request is simple, she needs you to lift the blockade of the East and South Seas so that she and her followers can leave Feld and travel with us to the New World. ”
"That's it?" Pedi couldn't believe it.
"That's it!" replied Muvet-Feller in the affirmative, "Queen Ferrola's mind is not at all in Feld, nor in the continent of Aylan, she is not as aggressive as the elves have described to you... In fact, most of the undead who have the ability to think have no difference in their thoughts from normal humans. ”
"The goddess's favor can't be so direct, I don't think I'll have such good luck. Pedi raised an eyebrow, "I've learned a truth from the orc invasion war... The goddess does not favor anyone for no reason. ”
Muvet-Phil bowed slightly, "It's not the favor of the goddess, we just take what we need." ”
"We've told Ferrora about the discovery of the New World, and she wants to get out of the war in Feld as soon as possible. Yarman added: "The life energy of the Alan Continent is useless to Ferrola, what she wants to do is not to rule a world, but to restore the civilized world of the undead, what she wants is not in the Alan Continent." ”
"And if you don't agree to Ferrola's terms, she will also use her own strength to tear apart the blockade line laid by the Allied forces in the East and South China Seas, you should have seen the crazy state of the 'Order of Chaos', it will be a disaster!" Yarman analyzed the gains and losses, "but if you let go of the blockade at sea, you will get a brilliant victory at the least cost." ”