Sylby was caught off guard by Gryffindor's sudden visit, and he wasted a lot of time talking to him, and he had to hurry up to get back to his Slytherin lodgings before dawn rose.

But when he walked to the Shell and Conch Tavern and saw the emaciated figure turning around the tavern door, his heart couldn't help beating abnormally, it was Terra. Another one of the Bloodthirsty Twins.

In the pre-dawn darkness, Terra hurried up to meet her and said to Sylby anxiously, "Lord Slytherin has been looking for you for a long time. ”

"What!?"

Sylby was also very surprised: "Don't you usually get up at seven o'clock in the morning, why do you get up at five o'clock today?"

"Queen Pandora suddenly announced the opening of the palace gates and summoned all the owners of the invitations. Tyra said half excited, half anxious.

"Shhhh ”

"I don't know, there is a grapevine that Queen Pandora can't bear the loneliness in her boudoir and is eager to find it"

"Alright, alright, don't talk about this yet."

Sylby thought of the red-robed woman he had seen earlier, and spun around twice in place, quickly distinguishing priorities. Rather than guessing why Queen Pandora opened the palace earlier, Slytherin's anger was what he had to bear immediately.

He quickly pushed the door open and entered the tavern.

In the hall of the tavern, the hostess of the tavern wore a white dress and held bread and tea with a sleepy face. More than a dozen wizards in different costumes sat on serpentine chairs, noisy and different.

They are all powerful wizards that Slytherin has recently recruited to form an alliance against the powerful force of Gryffindor.

The fact that Slytherin summoned them before dawn shows the urgency of the situation.

Seeing their hot looks, Sylby breathed a sigh of relief, maybe Slytherin had forgotten about himself after being so busy in the morning.

He took the sugar cube and black tea from the hand of a waitress and walked briskly down the hall, looking like he had been working for a long time.

Things do not turn out the way you want.

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing him appear, Slytherin raised his hand and immediately stopped the discussion of the other wizards in the tavern.

In the blink of an eye, the noisy hall was silent, and the pins could be heard. The tavern owner, who was sitting at the bar to settle accounts, lowered his head and made an ostrich look, and the waitress saw that the situation was not good, and immediately slipped sideways and quietly through the crack in the door.

Sylby could not be like them, for everyone's eyes fell on him.

"Yo~ Look who's coming, the famous underground gladiator who has won thirty consecutive victories. ”

Salazar Slytherin sneered coldly, "If Queen Pandora doesn't open the door, you will probably beat up all the wizards in the entire city of Pandora." ”

Sylby looked around and saw the sinister smiling eyes hidden behind the Slytherin chair, it was Boena, the owner of the Rat Road Colosseum, it was really unexpected, he couldn't have imagined that this sissy would come to Slytherin to complain, obviously they had signed a non-disclosure agreement, and it was torn up like this.

"I went to the Colosseum of the Rat Road, just to get moving. He withdrew his eyes from Boehner and looked at Slytherin.

"Then it seems that I still don't have enough work for you, and it's too idle to take care of me. ”

Slytherin stood up, her green robes rustling across the ground.

"I've heard that you've been valiant in your victory over gladiators from all over the world. ”

Sylby didn't answer, and anger flowed from Slytherin's calm face, and it was clear that this was not a good time to talk back to him.

Slytherin slammed his palm on the table.

Sylby immediately covered his wrist, and the green snake on his arm came to life, it bit into his flesh and was digging into his bones, the sharp pain in his heart that made his forehead sweat.

"I've also heard that you met with Gryffindor privately and formed an alliance with him!"

The dozen or so wizards in the alliance with Salazar Slytherin gasped and stood up, the tables they touched clanged. They reached for their respective casting materials with their hands on their waists.

Sylby's eyes widened, "It's slander!"

"I'm not slandering you," the short Slytherin stepped forward three meters and looked condescendingly at Sylby from the stairs, "You're my servant!"

Slytherin hissed, "Dare to act without my consent, I thought the warning I gave you last time was deep enough. ”

The pain became more and more intense, and the heart-piercing pain went from the eyes of the arm to half of the body, as if there were countless tiny snakes wriggling and biting in the body. It was not only the pain of yes, but also the humiliation of public accusation, the latter which Sylby refused to bear.

"Yes, a servant should do what a servant ought to do. ”

Sylby straightened his back and said, "I did everything you commanded. ”

"What have you done? Have I allowed you to go to the Colosseum to take part in the gambling fight?" Slytherin's momentum grew, and he looked at Sylby with more and more unkind eyes.

The heart-devouring sensation of ten thousand snakes rushed through Sylby's mental world at full speed like a tsunami, making him unsteady on his feet, almost screaming. In a trance, he saw the white light in the dream again, the huge energy contained in the white light, and the wild cry.

He forgot the pain and stood straight in front of Slytherin.

"You didn't allow it. ”

Sylby said, "If it is not allowed, how do I know if I can't do it?"

The green-robed man made a brazen move, and in an instant, the wizards in the room took a step back. Slytherin's palm turned into a bulging viper, and he opened his mouth to bite Sylby's neck.

Click!

The viper's teeth bit into a transparent barrier, which could no longer penetrate, and the venom flowed down the transparent barrier little by little, dripping onto the floor, emitting wisps of cyan smoke.

Sylby put his arm around Slytherin's arm, and in the midst of the severe pain, he stubbornly resisted Slytherin's sudden attack.

Surprise flashed through Slytherin's eyes, then turned to determination.

"I thought I was underestimating you, but now it seems that I was so wrong, I greatly underestimated you. Slytherin narrowed his eyes, "But that's the end of it, great genius." ”

"Don't you want to hear what Gryffindor said to me?"

Sylby stood the ground with his back against the wall, as if he had taken root.

"What did he say?"

Slytherin asked through gritted teeth, using the Receptive's thoughts.

The words came out of Sylbi's eyes, and he shook his head and erased them all with a squeamlumlency:

"He wants me to serve him, and for three months, I have been your right-hand man, and I will take care of your daily life, sleeping only three hours a day. I know your habits, I know your magical makeup, and I even know the weaknesses of your alliance. Gryffindor knows that as long as I serve him, you have no chance of winning. ”

"Then I won't be able to keep you. ”

Slytherin's mouth opened, and his tongue turned into a large, venomous snake that burst out of his mouth like lightning.

Silby, who had been prepared, took a slippery step and let go of the Slytherin attack, he took a step back, spread his hands, and looked at the Slytherin, "I've been serving you for three months, are you going to kill me now, at this time, master." ”

Slytherin was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was suddenly wrong with the atmosphere. He immediately looked around and noticed that the other wizards in the hall were either looking at him fearfully or cautiously, and finally realized that this boy's words were not for himself, but for the others around him.

Exaggerate your own merits first, and then label him as cruel and unkind. In normal times, he would have scoffed at such a trick and then killed those who dared to do it on the spot.

But now, Queen Pandora has opened the door, and she desperately needs a helper to fight Gryffindor, but it's not a good time to make an example.

Slytherin laughed,.

"Good guy, really amazing guy!"

He took a few deep breaths, his expression changed from anger to calm, he no longer used spells to torment Sylbie, instead, he took a step back and said coldly: "I am not to blame for this incident, if you dare to lie to me, don't blame me for being cruel to you." ”

Sylby nodded calmly, "As you wish, master." ”

Slytherin turned to the people in the hall and said, "Regardless of why Queen Pandora started the tournament early, we can't let Godric Gryffindor, that guy with muscles in his head run ahead of us, let's go." ”

The tension vanished, and he led a dozen wizards out of Sylbie's side and out of the Shell and Conch Tavern.

Sylby's back and forehead were completely soaked.

He wasn't the rookie who had just entered Pandora City, and two months of high-intensity fighting had made his strength rise significantly, but he wasn't sure if he was a Slytherin opponent now, and he didn't dare to gamble.

But only one thing he knew for sure was that Salazar Slytherin would not dare to do anything to him at this juncture, and he would be afraid of himself in order to prevent his own army from becoming unstable. If you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge, you have to wait until the matter of Pandora City is over.

After the end?

Sylby looked out the window at the palace on the highest peak.

I don't know if there's a chance to get out of that guy's control.

As dawn rose, Salazar Slytherin and his team reached the highest peak in Pandora.

On the mountain road leading to the palace on the top floor, every hundred meters stood heavily armed gold-armored soldiers, with swords at their waists and banners in their hands, which roared in the air.

In the morning light, Sylby could see the majestic fortress at the top of the hill, the domed hall and the heavy parapet wall full of arrows, all made of pale yellow stone, covered with rows of dark blue glazed tiles.

Compared to the capital of his father, Ramiro I, Pandora's castle is more majestic, more mysterious, and more exotic.

As they approached the palace a hundred meters, a man blocked their way.

He was bareheaded, dressed in a golden silk robe, with his hands tucked in his sleeves, and looked at the wizard with a smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please wait here for a moment. ”

The bald head said with a smile: "The queen is coming." ”

It was supposed to be the herald of the royal palace.

With a wave of his green robe, Slytherin lifted a high platform out of thin air, and the stones were joined together to lift the crowd. Then, he took the lead in sitting cross-legged on the platform, looking very solemn.

Sylby wanted to laugh in his heart, Slytherin's position must have been practiced many times in a row. You know, before he was in the belly of the snake, he was not so solemn, basically he ate when he was hungry, slept when he was sleepy, and did magic experiments when he moved.

It didn't take long to wait, and almost before and after, another team of people appeared on the mountain road. They were mostly dressed in red wizarding robes, and there were only about ten of them, which was less than the Slytherin side, but seemed to be more united than the Slytherin side.

The man at the head is blonde and blue-eyed, tall, with a sharp sword at his waist, smiling in the sun, and personable.

It's Godric Gryffindor.

Seeing Gryffindor coming, Slytherin opened his eyes, snorted coldly, and closed his eyes again.

The dozen or so other wizards behind him also closed their eyes and sat down, not bothering to communicate with the Gryffindor side.

It was Gryffindor, who greeted Slytherin enthusiastically, "Yo, Salazar, morning." ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Slytherin closed his eyes and snorted, "The early bird gets the worm." ”

"Snakes that rise early must be eaten by rats. ”

Gryffindor walked under the high platform and looked up at Slytherin: "It may take a long time today, you sit so high, it will be very hot at noon, can cold-blooded animals endure the scorching sun?"

Slytherin opened his eyes, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "Godric, you don't have to taunt me, I lost to you once three years ago, it was because you just got the elf's sword, if it was me who got the sword, you would never have survived." ”

"This is the difference between you and me, Salazar, now that the church is powerful, you and I and other wizards are not having a good time, only by joining forces can we expand the space for our survival. But all you want is to kill me. ”

Slytherin laughed sarcastically, "If you could listen to me, I wouldn't have killed you, but Godric, you're too reckless and too impulsive." You've offended the goblins, the giants, and the church all these years, and that's what you call expanding your living space? ”

"Hahaha~"

Gryffindor laughed, "I've heard that last winter, you allowed that monster to devour an entire village of livestock in Norway in order to test a freshly bred hydra, is that true?"

"It's just livestock, not living people, and I'm already merciful. ”

Slytherin said coldly.

Gryffindor shrugged, "So, half of a wizard's reputation is stinked by me, and the other half is stinked by you." ”

"You....!"

Slytherin's eyes widened, and he straightened his back, even trying to get up from the ground immediately.

Sylby listened to the conversation between the two men, and couldn't help but raise his lips and laugh silently.

To say that these two people are the best wizards in the world, they quarrel like two boys next door, maybe because they know each other too well.

Enraged, Slytherin quickly calmed down, "It's useless to talk too much, Gryffindor, who will get this city is unknown, and you don't have to show off your tongue here." ”

Gryffindor laughed, bowed slightly to Sylby who was standing behind Slytherin, and walked to the other side with his own people. A high platform also rose from the ground and lifted them up.

In addition to Gryffindor, some other wizards also rushed over from the King's Road one after another, and there were wizards who did not belong to any faction, standing coldly from a distance and watching.

Sylby thinks that most of them are guys who want to make a fortune and pick up leaks, but it's a pity that the formation of the red and green camps makes the idea of picking up leaks delusional.

Finally, at noon.

In anticipation of hundreds of wizards.

The glittering doors of Pandora's palace slowly opened.

Numerous soldiers and maids streamed out of the palace, each carrying a variety of utensils, incense burners, shrines, fans, parasols, and a golden chariot drawn by twelve pure white horses.

On the chariot sat a woman in a red robe, her face covered as the last time she had seen Sylbie, her whole body covered in airtightness.

But it was much more luxurious than the last time, this time, she wore a heavy and solemn gold ornament on her head, a strange cross embroidery on her body, and a colorful treasure fan on her knees that only the royal family could use.

She didn't squint, she looked straight ahead, exuding an incomparable solemnity.

There is no doubt that she is Beatrix I.

Sylby looked at her curiously.

She noticed Sylby's gaze, her eyes swept over his face, and she quickly looked away.

The queen did not show her true face, and most of the wizards looked rather disappointed, but their eyes were soon drawn to something else.

Their eyes were fixed on a red mat held by the bald herald in both hands beside the chariot.

On the mat was a long black wand, wrapped in gold thread and inlaid with red and blue gemstones, which looked extraordinarily luxurious.

The bald herald respectfully enshrined his wand in the shrine, turned to the visiting wizard and said:

"This is the wand of the previous generation of enchanters, King Antonio Almodóvar of Pandora. It is also a symbol of the domination of the city of Pandora. The eventual winner, with a wand in hand, will enter Pandora and have everything here. That is..."

The bald herald smiled: "The new king of Pandora." ”

The wizards on both sides of the platform were in a commotion, and the king .....

No matter what era, no matter what society you are in, this title always has a fatal allure. In front of this title, Gryffindor and Slytherin straightened their backs and pricked up their ears.

Only Sylby was unmoved, frowning at the huge palace behind the herald, and always feeling that something was wrong.

According to what he had observed, the city of Pandora was still functioning well, and the black and white provinces were in peace with each other according to their own rules and territories.

And the Queen of Pandora, judging from the last brief meeting, her body also looks healthy, and she does not look like she is dying looking for an heir.

Why find a powerful wizard?

Why give up power?

Silby's doubts spread.

Could it be that the queen is young and her physical needs are not met, so she needs a husband? As soon as the thought came to him, Sylby thought it was ridiculous. He was born in the royal court since he was a child, so he naturally knows the difference between politicians and ordinary people, as a queen, even if she finds dozens of mistresses or faces, no one dares to say anything.

Could it be that the political situation is unstable and needs a strong force to sit in charge?

Sylby thought about it and thought that there was such a possibility, but it did not seem to be very likely, because he always felt that a good wizard was not necessarily a good politician. It can even be said that good wizards and politicians are exactly the opposite, wizards need a lot of time to meditate and study, while politicians have to show their heads and marry everywhere.

If it is really a political instability and internal and external troubles, shouldn't we find a powerful politician to marry? Why do we have to find a wizard?

Thinking about it, he recalled the time and place of the last time he saw Queen Pandora, and he always felt that something was abnormal.

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