Chapter Ninety-Two: Pursuit
Led by Leo, we entered the palace without hindrance, and it was more like a palace than a garden. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are many trees and flowers in it, which are completely different from the barrenness we have walked all the way, and the roadside is covered with all kinds of greenery.
"Why are the plants so lush here?" I asked Leo, and Leo explained that this was when the water element was gradually drying up, and in order to keep these precious plants that had been living in the palace for many years alive, the monarch used the inventory of magic crystals in the treasury to arrange the entire palace into a huge magic array, so the climate in this palace was basically the same as before Laishui dried up, so the plants here were spared the climate change, while the plants in other places were not so lucky.
After walking for a long time, we finally entered the court, and after a short walk, we finally arrived at the council hall.
The large hall was strewn with people standing and sitting, and the large candles and crystal lamps embedded in the surrounding walls illuminated the hall, but even then, there was a sense of gloom. On the top of the stairs directly from our entrance was a huge seat.
There was a human sitting on it with high bulging muscles, propping up the loose clothes he was wearing, this should be the monarch of the Laishui Kingdom, what is it called, as if it was not said in the mission, and the lich did not tell us.
However, the aura of strength exuded from his body was enough for me to remember him.
"Hahaha, I finally saw it, is this the messenger of Shadowtooth Island? It's really a young man. "The monarch of the Laishui Kingdom stood up when he saw us, and his rough voice was still clear and loud so far away from us.
After Leo led us closer, he stood beside an old man on the side, and a group of people behind him who had not yet found any effect also dispersed, leaving only An Ling and I standing in the center of the hall.
"Since it's urgent, then let's not talk nonsense, let's take the letter first to see what the urgency is!" With a wave of his hand, a squire walked down the steps from the throne, took the letter from An Ling's hand, and handed it to the Laishui Monarch. The moment he touched the envelope, there was a pop on the top of the envelope, and the magic seal on it was automatically lifted.
The Laishui Monarch took out the letter, and after reading it, he was silent. An Ling and I could only stand below.
"I see, this kind of thing is indeed something that the entire continent should go all out for, although the Laishui Kingdom is not a prosperous power, but we should still do our best for this kind of thing. My knights, the spirits of the undead, our mortal enemies of humanity, have returned to our world, and who of you would like to be the vanguard messengers of the magical Sanctuary of Shadowfang to discuss the extermination of the undead? The Laishui Monarch raised his head and said.
As soon as these words came out, the people around us suddenly burst into an uproar, and their ears were full of conversations about the undead.
"Quiet" The Laishui Monarch shouted, a huge pressure emanating from his body, and suddenly there was no sound in the entire hall, only the echo of the word quiet was wafting.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to serve as an envoy to Shadow Tooth Island to share your worries." A human stepped forward to us and said respectfully to the Laishui Monarch.
"Oh? Viscount Burroughs, well, that's you, but I, you, have never walked out of the gate of my Laishui Kingdom, and this journey is not too far, but..." The Laishui Monarch lowered his tone slightly, and Leo, who was not far away from us, walked to the other side of us, and saluted respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, Baron Leo is willing to follow Prince Burroughs to Shadow Tooth Island to serve the dogs and horses. ”
The Laishui Monarch laughed and said, "Is Valen Hall Venerable's proud subordinate? That's great, and I don't have to worry about anything wrong with Burroughs with you, so you can choose your own retinue, and after lunch, go on your way. ”
"Follow your will." The two of them saluted at the same time. It seems that the matter of the messenger is decided.
"Two messengers from Shadow Tooth Island, let's visit the royal palace of our Laishui Kingdom for the time being, and please have dinner with me in the afternoon, so that I can fulfill the friendship of the landlord." The Laishui Monarch said that if he said that, he was not going to let us go back for the time being. It's really like the lich said, we're going to be here as a hostage.
Dinner was hearty, and although I don't know how it tasted, as long as I had enough energy, it was enough for me.
After dinner, the Laishui Monarch invited us to watch a fist-to-flesh game called gladiatorial fighting, although there was no strength and technical content, but such a primitive and bloody struggle could provoke a group of sick nobles in the council hall to cheer loudly, human beings, you are really living more and more inferior.
An Ling looked at me for a while and said that I didn't want to see it, so I retired with the Laishui Monarch because I was unwell from the boat.
The king of Laishui also sent a carriage to take us back to the foreign affairs hall, in fact, we all said that it was a long journey, and sent a car to see us off.
Since it was a good intention, we reluctantly accepted it.
The next morning, as soon as we had breakfast, there was a man who called himself Black, who claimed to have accepted the order of the Laishui Monarch to take us on a tour of Silver Pearl City. Actually, I didn't want to go, but An Ling looked interested, and dragged me away. Blake showed us around the shops in the city, and by the way, we were given a whole bunch of souvenirs and beautiful ornaments, and I was given a snack or something.
When I asked why I didn't go out into the city, Blake looked disdainful.
"Isn't that where civilians and untouchables live? Won't you get yourself dirty if you go to a dirty place? That's what he said.
We didn't see how dirty it was when we walked all the way from the outer city, so wouldn't we have soiled ourselves when we passed through the outer city, not to mention that the inner city was not surrounded by the outer city in the middle.
So far, basically we have basically finished reading the main buildings in the inner city, Toblake's blessing, in addition to the map of the city engraved by me in the sea of souls, even the main functional buildings in the city have been written down by me one by one, and you can come out by yourself in the future without worrying about getting lost.
It is worth mentioning that there is a building of a magician's guild here, but there are no magicians in it, so the teleportation array inside cannot be used.
After we returned to the Foreign Affairs Hall, I asked An Ling about the meaning of what Blake said, and An Ling explained the relationship between nobles and commoners, so I had a general understanding of the hierarchy of human beings.
This group of nobles is like the strong of our undead, commanding people who are weaker than themselves, but their commanders do not rely on personal strength, but a kind of psychological suppression that I cannot understand, as if it is directly implanted in the hearts of commoners and untouchables, and the nobles are inherently nobler than them, and they can never resist the deep thought.
I thought that this was the end, but the next day Blake came again, and in the following days, Blake either came to the small courtyard where we lived many times in the name of communication and discussion, or invited us out in the name of eating, shopping, and dancing.
Although it is said that it is nominally inviting us, but I, an undead spirit who does not understand the rules of the human world, can feel that this invitation has nothing to do with me.
Although this kind of thing is normal for other populations, and they can do it whenever they feel like it, but for humans who have the kind of shame and the beautiful longing of women for things called love, this kind of thing should not be so fast.
Forget it, human beings are also living beings, and the nature of some creatures is also forgivable.
After I told An Ling about these things, An Ling patted my head and said to me: "I can almost tell, but he shouldn't really like me or anything, just follow his father's orders to get close to me, after all, there are no women around a prince, probably they want to fall in love with Prince Black after getting acquainted with me, and then stay here." ”
"Why are you staying here?" I asked.
"I guess it's probably because I'm still young, and my magic talent is good, they think that little girls are easier to deceive, and secondly, if I really want to stay here and marry this prince and have children, the offspring's magical talent should be good, and my stay here may also make the relationship between Laishui Kingdom and Shadow Tooth Island closer, maybe when Shadow Tooth Island is in a good mood, they will come to explore the environment of the Laishui Kingdom, maybe they can make the water element of Laishui Kingdom recover, but they think too highly of my role." An Ling said.
It turns out that mating still has such an important role for humans, I suddenly realized, but the monarch of the Laishui Kingdom probably really thought about it this time, although An Ling is a disciple of the lich, but the lich is only one of the many elders of Shadowfang Island after all.
"Don't worry, I won't have any ambiguity with Blake, I just need to have you enough, so don't be jealous." An Ling took my hand and said.
What is this feeling of numbness, what is jealousy, I am an undead, not an object, how can I use this kind of word.
Anyway, I usually only talk about this kind of thing in my heart now, and the lich says that if I say what I think in my heart, An Ling will probably go crazy, and maybe he will go straight out and unleash magic to attack me, although I haven't tried it, but I'd rather believe it than believe it.
After the first few days, the days finally began to slowly become regular, and An Ling began to gradually find excuses to shirk the invitation, and our cultivation time gradually returned to the normal range.
I attended the first few dances, but there were a lot of human females with most of their bodies exposed and a strange smell around me, and I didn't like that, so I stopped going a few times after that, and An Ling gradually stopped attending with me.
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