Chapter 212: Trap (4)
After a series of tedious preparations, Incre's welcoming ceremony to the envoys of the 'Qian' Empire from the Western Continent was held in Oroyosta as scheduled.
From the outtown to the central Second Avenue, there are crowds of people welcoming and watching along the road. The Western people, who had been living outside the city of Oroyosta, all took part in the festival, and even many of the Euros cheered and welcomed them on both sides of the street, most of them of course the Anthony family and the like who had come to Incre for the sake of his face, but there were also some who came spontaneously, but to their disappointment, they did not see the performance of Miss Ulysses, who had been rumored before, only a few old Westerners dressed in strange costumes in the carriage at the front, stopping and stopping along the way, performing strange ceremonies and muttering something in an incomprehensible Western languageγ
No matter what the essence is, this welcome ceremony is grand enough, which makes several veterans led by the return envoy Li Wenmin feel that this mission to foreign countries has finally had a relatively satisfactory phased result, and even when Lord Li saw the magnificent arcane buildings in the Oroyosta and the lively welcoming crowds on both sides of the street, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and muttered: " Such a glorious barbarian capital will also be influenced by the etiquette of our Celestial Empire, and this official can carry forward the merits of the saint's education outside the territory, even if he dies immediately, it is worth it. β
What is slightly insufficient is that Duke Incre, who was supposed to be the protagonist of the welcome ceremony, did not attend for some reason, only Adler ** expressed his welcome and gratitude to the envoys of the Daqian Empire, but Master Li didn't care much, after all, the scene was warm enough.
"Hehe, sometimes I really envy these idiots who don't know anything, and they really think that the singing and dancing on their faces are peaceful, and they are really peaceful. β
Looking at the lively team not far away, the Sword of Benevolence couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Unlike these ordinary people who are ignorant and live like worms on the surface of the floating dust, everyone who is really qualified to know the truth in Oroyustari is now palpitating for the undercurrent surging fiercely below, and it is not an exaggeration for many people to tremble.
"For the vast majority of simple people, they don't really understand what this world is like, and they can't understand it, and the life around them is all they have, so it's good to give them some vague concepts in high-level cognition so that they can live with peace of mind. The gentleman is virtuous, the villain is virtuous, and this is also said. Feng Yinqiu also smiled faintly. "This is also a good thing in the end, the Shenzhou ethnic group of Oroyosta has also had a backbone since then, and their lives can be better, and their waists can be straightened a little when facing the Euro people. β
The sword of benevolence said: "But whether the waist pole can be straight, whether the life can be good, after all, it depends on the fists to speak." For example, what the Duke of Incre is doing now, what combat troops are going to be transferred directly to Oroyosta to find the murderer, it makes people panic. There are already quite a few people who are helping to find those in the Revival Society. Fortunately, we have already handed over these gifts to them, and they have nothing to do with us at all, otherwise Daochang Liu and you may be sent by those adults to help again. They don't even know about the theft of the gifts, do they?"
"How can a person like Uncle Zhang who knows how to advance and retreat not know that when this undercurrent is surging, it is better to protect his life wisely, and more things are better than one less? Naturally, he will not tell Lord Li about these things, they know, even if he wants to say it, he should know how to say it. Feng Yinqiu smiled. In these places, Old Man Zhang is indeed an extremely useful talent, and in terms of practice, what Master Li Wenmin should know, what he should not know, and even how he should think and do it, is properly controlled.
The Sword of Benevolence nodded, his face was also full of ease, and said, "That's good, this time it's rare to be none of our business, let's also take a look at the excitement of those Euro people on the side." Of course, if there is anything that the Incre gang can't deal with, we will sell them a big favor at that time, and by the way, we will wipe out the remaining arcane maniacs, and also give them a bad breath of anger for their calculations and frame-ups before. β
"Exactly. Feng Yinqiu nodded slowly. Speaking of which, since they arrived in this continent, they have been heavily calculated by the Arcane Revival Society, and almost all along the way, there is a shadow of the conspiracy of those people, although they have not suffered any big losses, they have long held their breath. Moreover, these people are secretive and have no bottom line, and it will be a great hidden danger to stay on the sidelines sooner or later.
The Sword of Benevolence suddenly clapped his hands: "Ah, I forgot that I, a righteous warrior, still have the title of a peripheral member of the Arcane Revival Society." Although it was an expedient measure for temporary convenience at the time, and no one cares about it now, it is a big stain after all. I don't care about those members who go to Inclave and other places, and as for those die-hards who are still in the Revival Society, I must let me personally destroy my relatives one by one, so as to wash away my shame of carelessness at this moment. β
"I say, are you really sure that the Restoration of the Alpha is full of innocent people?" a disgruntled female voice sounded beside her.
"That's for sure, Miss Mu. The Sword of Benevolence turned its head to look at Mu Qinyi, grinning a somewhat wicked smile. "Don't think that the female mage let you go last time. She has been lurking around us for so long, and she definitely has a lot of plans. It's just that I happened to be knocked out of the hiding by the mage of Incre, and I saved your life when I had to think of a way out. If you still think she's a good person, you're very wrong. β
"I don't think it's your business who she is. Mu Qinyi ignored the Sword of Benevolence and turned his head to say to Feng Yinqiu. "I have been friends with Master Motri for so long, and I can see that even though she has something else in mind, her nature is by no means a great traitor, lurking among us may be ordered by the elders of the upper peak, or she may be involuntary in the rivers and lakes. If Mr. Feng has a chance to meet her, please be merciful. After all...... I owe her my life. β
β... I'll do my best, after all, we don't even know who the female mage really is. Feng Yinqiu smiled helplessly. He had already seen that there was something wrong with the female mage with the pseudonym 'Motri', and he had always tolerated her in the envoy group just to put a long line to catch big fish, but he didn't expect that in the end, he played a role in the sneak attack of the old mage Incre, not only saved Mu Qinyi's life, but also miraculously encouraged the old mage's subordinates to betray and contact the Anthony family and the Duke of Inclave. Only after this she disappeared without a trace, and no trace was found.
Obviously, during the period of the lurking envoy group, there was a real friendship between the female mage and Mu Qinyi, otherwise she would never have done more to save her life in such a situation. However, Feng Yinqiu does not have any expectations for the female mage because of this, this group of unscrupulous arcanists who will do anything for their extreme ideas have obviously entered a dead end in their thinking, once people are paranoid about a certain idea to the extreme, according to the Shenzhou Dao system, that is, they have entered the demon path, and they can be affectionate and righteous in small places, but as long as they touch something related to their own obsessions, they can do anything.
"Miss Mu doesn't have to think so much for the time being. By the way, the time we made with the director of the Arcane Academy is today, so let's hurry up. Now that this undercurrent is surging, he may not be in the mood to wait for us. β
Indeed, as Feng Yinqiu said, when they rushed to the Arcane Academy and saw Chairman Magnus again, they could clearly feel the anxiety and uneasiness of the first Arcanist in the European continent. Despite his unrivalled arcane knowledge and unconventional arcane facilities such as the Floating City Mage Tower, it seems that these can't help him solve his current troubles.
"Feng, as the guests of Inclave, shouldn't you 'dry' imperial envoys also make some efforts at this time? at least persuade them to calm down and be reasonable. The chairman obviously didn't want to let go of any hope of stopping the chaos in front of him, and actually thought of asking Feng Yinqiu for help.
"I'm sorry, Chairman, but we can't do much about it. Feng Yinqiu spread his hands. "We've put those gifts in the hands of Inclave, so it's theirs. Even if it has been snatched away by the Arcane Revival Society now, as long as His Excellency the Duke does not speak, it seems that we have no reason to take the initiative to get involved. Now it looks like he doesn't want us to help. β
The Sword of Benevolence asked a little strangely, "Chief, you are in control of the Academy's Arcane Sequence, and the entire Oroyusta is under the control of the Ten Rings Arcane of that Morning Light Mage Tower, which can suppress the Wind and the Nine-Ring Arcane of the Fernandez family, even if those Inclaves come here, what can they do?"
"Strength and influence are not simple additions and subtractions, and it is not that I can ignore anyone by mastering the Ten Rings Arcane sequence. And the most I can do is take care of Oroyosta, and I can't do anything if the Combat Pioneers of Incre forcibly collect evidence in the family territory they have identified as suspicious. The chairman glanced at this seemingly simple-minded Westerner angrily. "And...... Actually, I don't think that's what the Arfa Revival will do. It is very likely that this is a conspiracy. β
"Oh, conspiracy?" the Sword of Benevolence frowned. But everyone else thought it was the work of the Alpha Revival. Why does the chairman think this is a conspiracy?"
"Although the Arcane Revival is now in a state of weakness and depression, as far as I know of them, they will never do so if they really want to...... It's simple, brutal and inefficient. They had at least a hundred ways to make those Paladins of the Incle and the Guardian Hand completely disappear from this world without leaving the slightest trace, but now there were elven druids, escaped paladins, and countless other traces pointed at them......" The chairman rubbed his temples on both sides and sighed. "Unfortunately, this is only based on my own subjective judgment. Objectively speaking, those stolen items are materials that can only be used for high-dimensional arcane projects against the astral net, and it is useless for anyone other than the Revival Society and Inclave to get their hands on them. This is one of the irrefutable pieces of evidence. Moreover, the location of the attack was chosen in the Valley of Silverblood, where the riotous wind elemental would cause strong interference, not to mention the arcane of detection, and even the causal arcane would be affected...... So even if I'm sure it's a conspiracy, I can't convince anyone else. β
"It's actually quite simple. "With a wave of the sword of benevolence, it still looks like everything is under control. "If this is really a conspiracy, then whoever will profit the most from this conspiracy is behind it. β
β... Where is it so easy. Whether or not you will not profit is not necessarily visible on the surface. The chairman looked at him angrily. "At least to what we know so far, no one is benefiting from this coming turmoil. And many times the interests are not the only driving force, there are not many people who secretly look down on Incre, and it is entirely possible that a certain ** master is plotting to assassinate them and then put the blame on the Arcane Revival. β
The Sword of Benevolence made a gesture of helplessness, and then pointed to Mu Qinyi next to him: "Then we really can't help." Now we need your help, Chairman of the Board, and this is Ms. Mu we mentioned earlier. β
"yes, I see. The chairman sighed, took his attention back, and looked at Mu Qinyi slightly distracted, as if he had activated the high-ring arcane of the reconnaissance type, and after a while, he nodded. "Sure enough, this lady was too presumptuous in communicating with the elemental gods, and the tendencies of elemental resonance were beyond the scope of her own spirit. The best solution to this situation is to have a high-level elemental druid use rituals to guide her slowly..... Well, in this era, the high-level elemental druids are almost rarer than dragons, and the elemental temples are hard to find, so we can only make up for it with arcane methods......"
Under the leadership of the chairman, the three of them came to a high-level master tower surrounded by four elemental lights in the academy, and it seemed that Mu Qinyi's injuries were much easier to deal with than Liu Xuanying, and there was no need to use the mage tower in another space. However, the furnishings of this mage tower don't look inferior to the ones there, and there are still large and small crystal containers and dazzling arcane circles standing everywhere.
The chairman pointed to a crystal container surrounded by an arcane magic circle and said, "This elemental sensing circle can moderately adjust the elemental tendency while allowing people to slowly sense the elements, I set a step-by-step progress, and Ms. Mu can slowly adapt to it." This kind of arcane workaround will be a bit more blunt, so it will be a relatively long process, and according to Ms. Mu's situation, it will take about ten days to recover slowly. β
"What do you mean, I'm going to stay in it for ten days?" Since he walked into the Arcane Academy, Mu Qinyi had already been a little shocked by the various grand arcane buildings and golems, and at this time, looking at these cold containers and arcane patterns, he was even more uncomfortable and afraid, and retreated again and again in the face of the crystal container.
"Don't worry, Ms. Mu, the culture liquid inside can meet all the needs of the body, you can just meditate in it with peace of mind. It seemed to be the reason for the bad mood, and the chairman didn't bother to say much, just as soon as he raised his hand, Mu Qinyi flew into the container involuntarily. At first, Mu Qinyi was still a little flustered, and after getting used to the liquid in the crystal container, she gradually calmed down, and looked at the wind Yinqiu and the sword of benevolence outside, and then she sat cross-legged and closed her eyes.
"That's it, okay, leave her alone?" asked the Sword of Benevolence, glaring.
"It's okay. I've set up all the sequences. Once her elemental tendencies and spirit have completely stabilized, the arcane here will automatically cease and send her out. β
The chairman waved his hand, signaling that everything was okay, and then turned around and walked outside: "Come on, you two, I think we should discuss the issue of Incre, I think their combat pioneer group should have entered the Great Plains." At the very least, you have to cooperate with me in making a few contingency plans in case of accidents. β
"This old man really can't eat at all, so if you ask him for a little help, you will ask us to help you back at once. The Sword of Benevolence looked at Feng Yinqiu and spread his hands.
Feng Yinqiu smiled, signaling that it didn't matter, and the two followed all the way out. As the three of them walked out, the tower's doors closed, leaving only a few illuminated crystals glowing a dismal white light.
At this time, more than five hundred miles east of Oroyosta, a strange and eye-catching procession was marching in the direction of Oroyosta.
The number of people in this team is actually not very large, that is, about thirty or forty people, but the momentum brought by it is almost more majestic than three or four thousand people, because this team is composed of five giant golems that are tens of meters tall and like a hill, and dozens of other golems of different sizes, but many are several meters tall. Whenever the five golems weighing tens of millions of catties stepped down, the muffled sound and tremor on the ground could be conveyed ten miles away, whether it was beasts or birds, and even those powerful mutated demonic beasts felt this terrifying momentum and immediately avoided it.
More than thirty mages were standing, sitting or lying on the golems, although they were of different ages, there were gray-haired old men and men in the prime of life, but they were all dressed in short-sleeved coarse linen, without any decoration but with many pockets of strange mage robes, their expressions were either solemn or indifferent, and their faces were full of vicissitudes of life. If it weren't for the fact that the exorcist golems had to be mages, these people looked like coolie craftsmen who had been selling their labor for a living.
Occasionally, curious pedestrians or mages would come and look at them from a distance, but no one dared to approach them, including those from nearby territories. Anyone with the slightest discerning eye could tell from the outfits of these people and the huge golem, these were the highland mages from Incla.
And clearly not with good intentions.
Suddenly, the group stopped, because at last one person stood in front of them.
This is not a strong or aura person, just a sloppy dressed, obscene-looking fat man, he doesn't dare to look up at these steel puppets like a hill in front of him, just shrinking his neck and looking at the ground under his feet, and muttering something indistinctly in his mouth.
It seems that all you need to do is manipulate the golem to gently kick forward, or simply do nothing, and this fat man who is not trying to block in front of him will naturally turn into a meat sauce. However, the Inclave mages above who were controlling the golem did not do this, and instead they all stood up and looked at the fat man like ants below.
"Incre's 2nd Pioneer Combat Regiment, Mauriardin. An old mage with a beard and messy hair, like an angry lion, stood at the front, staring at the fat man below, and asked in a voice as loud as thunder. "Dare to ask Your Excellency the H.E. Huey Griffin of the Arfa Renaissance?"
The fat man finally raised his head and looked up, but his eyes were still a little dodgy, like a little timid and embarrassed, and his voice was as thin as a mosquito: "... That... Those weren't what we did..."
"Alert!Battle!Yang Yan Clear Sequence!" The old mage's figure jerked into the golem beneath him, leaving only a voice full of anger.