Chapter 139: The Storm Converges IX
"Tad, let's talk."
There was a cacophony of cacophony from the crystal, like a sharp object scraping a blackboard, and in the midst of this uncomfortable background sound, a somewhat distorted human voice suddenly spoke.
Fang Yu looked at Luo Yu on the side at this time, and then looked at the recording crystal on the table. "Is this the sound recorded in the monastery that day?" He asked suddenly. Luo Yu nodded, and that day they went to the monastery to investigate the attack on the shadow people, and the sound recorded in this crystal was the only gain.
"Sky Blue parses the voice? It's a little bit faster than I expected. β
"We reached out to some private audio labs on the other side of the stargate to help out and split some of the tasks."
Fang Yu was a little surprised, he remembered that this kind of audio lab was not cheap, right? "Who pays?"
"Tianlan herself, and Miss Ai Xiaoxiao also paid a part." Luo Yu replied.
Two little rich women, Fang Yu thought to herself. Ai Xiaoxiao is not surprised, this friend of his cousin is a rich girl, he has always known. However, Tianlan is really the same as he imagined, and his status in the twelve-colored iris is not low, so he can run around so freely.
He turned around, and at this moment a second man's voice sounded in the crystal: "What do you want to talk about, Finn?" β
"We'll have to talk about that crystal, Tad."
"Do you have any thoughts on what we're escorting?"
"The Chosen have fallen asleep, and I'll get straight to the point, and you know that the origin of that thing is not what we claim. It didn't come from Gullah, it was here in the first place, and we paid a lot of money to get it, have you heard that rumor? β
"You're thinking too much, Finn," the second voice said a little steady, "it arrived here later than you think, and it has little to do with the rumored dark history. β
"But this is the property of the Cleve family, the last place of the Raven King's hatred, and he is arrogant, proclaimed himself king, and is under the crusade of the Coalition. King Eisen IV himself ordered him to be hanged β and it is here that his ghost haunts him to this day. β
"That's just a rumor, how many people have actually seen that magic sword?" A second voice interrupted, "The Cleve family is a thing of the past, as was the case with many things of that era. β
"But this monastery was built to seal the soul of the Raven King, but we've been underground, and the shrine is long gone, leaving only an inexplicable replacement. But the armor was much more recent than the history of the Cleve family, and it might have been his descendantsβ"
"He has no heirs, Finn," the second voice raised, "I don't know where you heard this rumor, but everyone in the Cleve family died in that war, including the Raven King himself. β
"I don't want to talk to you about the Raven King and the Clavor family, Tard," the first voice replied, "I just wanted to tell you that someone came here before, decades ago, and took the Raven King's shrine with them. And contrary to the news given to us by the Ravental Temple, the crystal was not harmless, and we paid several men to get it......"
"Second, where did that crystal come from?"
The second voice was silent for a moment before replying, "Our task is simply to bring it back, Fian, this is an order from the Archon, signed by His Excellency the Grand Master himself. Our duty is to do what we are told, and nothing else. β
"But, Tard."
"I will tell you all the truth, Grand Master," interrupted the second voice again, "until I get back to Elpahim, but until then, I don't want to discuss it again. β
The voice behind suddenly turned into a scream, so piercing that Fang Yu couldn't help but take a step back, and then there was a messy voice, and in the noise that suddenly became high-pitched, there was a sharp warning: "Watch the back, Tade, there's something in that direction!" β
"Holy, wake everyone else-"
Then there was the sound of the exchange of swords, so sharp that it almost exceeded the limits of human hearing.
The various sounds compound together and finally become a monotonous, high-pitched tone that lasts for several minutes before it gradually comes to an end.
After this sharp sound, like a sharp object carved on the glass, everything gradually dissolved into nothingness, and in the recording crystal, a purple flame ignited, and then turned into an eye, and stared silently into the room for a moment.
Fang Yu watched as the eye disappeared into invisibility in the darkness, and a feeling seemed to naturally arise in his heartβsomething had seen them, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't make any sound for a long time.
"What's that?" It was a long time before he asked.
The only thing recorded in the crystal was the sound, but where did that final image come from?
The thrilling purple flame that came to his mind repeatedly, and it seemed to come to life, watching them.
Luo Yu shook his head before replying, "I think that's the force that stayed there, interfering with these voices, although we don't know exactly why this conversation was left in that place, but maybe it can't be separated from this force." β
What kind of power is that?
Fang Yu thought about the purple flame in his heart, and wondered if it was also related to the shadow man?
He pondered quietly for a moment, but couldn't draw any further conclusions other than guessing, and then returned his mind to the conversation he had been. He looked at the former and asked, "What do you think of that conversation?" β
"The two people in the conversation, the former is the grand knight of the Silverwind Knights, and he should also be the leader of this operation. The knight named Finn, I didn't find him, maybe he was just an ordinary knight of the Order. β
"Did you ask Sand Night, and didn't the Knights of the Oak of Tapolis also participate in this escort?"
Luo Yu shook his head.
Fang Yu took out the communication crystal and sent a message in the team channel, asking Momiji and Sand Night to come here to take a look, and then asked, "Who is the Raven King?" β
"Anosom Klevaux, descendant of Edwin's eldest son Evans, the last patriarch of the House of Clavor in the North," a flash of silver light, Miss Tata appeared over his shoulder, and replied softly, "I have heard his name, and they say that he is arrogant, that he is close to madness, that he has proclaimed himself king, that he is the enemy of the whole kingdom - and that he was defeated and killed, and with it, the entire Cleve family. β
Fang Yu turned around a little unexpectedly and asked, "Miss Tata, what do you remember?" β
Tata shook his head: "There are only a few scattered memories, but it's not so much memory as knowledge, and about knowledge, I have never forgotten." β
"That at least means that the period of your sleep should be within this period of history from four hundred years ago to the present, otherwise you will not have heard of this Raven King," Fang Yu said, "I think this may be a way, you can see which part of the history you know is closest to today, so that you may be able to determine the age you came from." β
But Miss Fairy shook her head again: "I'm afraid it won't work, there are some memories that I can't recall on my own initiative, they are like fragments floating in the darkness, and I can only recall them when you mention them, Mr. Knight, just like this Raven King." β
"Then if we have time," Fang Yu thought for a moment, and replied, "we may be able to discuss history." β
Tata raised his eyes and looked at it, nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Knight." β
But there is no need to say this, because both of them can feel each other's hearts - that feeling of heart-to-heart, as if they are the most tacit people in their lives, everything is self-evident, and they only need to exchange a look to understand each other's thoughts.
The Seven Seas Traveler was not big, and at this time, Momiji and Sand Night had already pushed the door in, and Luo Yu turned around and glanced at the two. Momiji looked at him a little curiously, and asked with his eyes, what's going on here?
And Fang Yu didn't go around the corner, he went straight to the point and asked the two about the details of that operation. The main object of his inquiry was actually Sandnight, and Momiji only asked him to come here to testify about the situation inside the Knights of Tapolis Oak.
After listening to the questions of the two, Sand Night nodded directly.
The female swordsman said that the leader of the Silverwind Knights at that time, and the person who approached them was none other than the Grand Knight Tad. After receiving an affirmative answer, Fang Yu was silent for a moment before asking, "After they attacked the shadow man that night, no other anomalies have happened?" β
Sand Night looked at him a little confused, not quite understanding what this meant?
"I mean," Fang Yu said, "that every one of them has been resurrected?" β
"Ed, you asked me this question, and I remember answering that every one of them was resurrected."
"Then they're all back to Elpahim, a few, including the great knight Tad and the knight named Finn."
Sand Night was a little puzzled: "I don't know, but it should be." β
"And what about you who went with them to Elpahim?" Fang Yu asked.
"They should still be in Al Pahin, under house arrest."
"Can you get in touch with those people?"
Sand Ye frowned slightly, looked at him, and nodded.
"Then can you confirm with them that everyone has returned to Elpahim, including the Grand Knight Tad."
"Right now?" Sand Night asked a little unexpectedly.
"Right now, it's important to us right now, Miss Sandnight."
Momiji looked at them and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Ed?" β
But Fang Yu shook his head, he did have some doubts in his heart, but all of this needed reliable evidence to be confirmed. The power that appeared on the recording crystal was obviously evil, and the voice recorded in the crystal, the things mentioned in that conversation were also suspicious in hindsight.
What exactly the Raven King left behind now seems to have something to do with the armor beneath the monastery, and it is almost inseparable from the dark forces. What's more, the 'thing they were escorting' - the crystal.
The knight named Finn claimed to have felt so uneasy from the crystal that he even went so far as to argue with the leader of the action, a grand knight. They paid a lot of money to get 'that thing', and what was that crystal?
At this moment, Sand Night was taking out the communication crystal, and it seemed that she was contacting Elpahin's side, and she nodded from time to time, confirming the news coming back from there.
She raised her head at this time, and gestured to Fang Yu with her gaze - exactly that. Everyone returned to Elpahim, including the great knight named Tad.
But instead of continuing to inquire about the attack that night, Fang Yu asked instead:
"Is that really lost, about what the Knights are escorting?"
"They claim so," Sandnight replied, putting down the communication crystal, "and that's why the guild got into the trouble that followed. β
But Fang Yu always felt that the attack in the recorded voice was a bit too coincidental, why did the shadow man fight for the crystal and take it away from the monastery?
In addition, the two knights mentioned in their conversation that there was another crystal in Gura Harbor, the first of which had been in the underground of the monastery outside Grey Owl Town, and they seemed to be skeptical of the origin of the crystal in Gula Harbor.
'Second, where did the crystal in Gura Harbor come from? β
These are the exact words of the knight of Finn -
This may not have sounded a big deal to others, but Fang Yu couldn't help but recall the scene he had seen in the castle not long ago.
The thing in the apparition, the thing that the woman had lifted from the pool, which also happened to be a crystal, was so coincidental that it was hard not to connect the two things. If the crystal they saw under the Snow Stone Castle was exactly the one mentioned in the conversation between the two knights, the one in Gula Harbor?
Shadowmen, crystals, the Ravental Sanctuary, and the missing Elector.
Except for the last point, in the different events that happened in the two places, it seems that the shadow of the first three can be seen, if there is only one thing in common, it can be said to be a coincidence, but how can there be so many coincidences and similarities in this world?
Is there any potential connection between these two events that they are not aware of?
Since what happened in the Snow Stone Fort might be closely related to their current situation, Fang Yu had to think deeply about whether there were any details that he hadn't discovered.
He looked at Momiji and Sand Night, and suddenly asked, "Do you remember the matter of the Dragon Fire Guild?" The two nodded in unison, especially the former, who was also personally involved in the Doriphon incident, how could he forget? And Sand Night, as the middle and upper echelon of the Oak Knights, obviously knows the inside story of this matter.
Fang Yu was silent for a moment before he asked again: "Then I have a hypothesis, do you think it is possible, the same situation exists in the Knights of Tapolis Oak. I mean, it's just a hypothesis, Miss Sandnight, could the people involved in this operation, including some of the high-ranking members of the Oak Knights, also have a Dragonfire Guild situation? β
Their eyes widened in unison.
"It's impossible," Momiji spoke first, "Although they disagree with Miss Yugudora, they are not here yet." I know many of those people, and I have participated in high-level decision-making, but they will definitely not be in the same league as the cultists. β
And Sand Night also shook his head slowly, indicating that this statement was a little undesirable.
Fang Yu watched the reactions of the two and couldn't help but fall silent.
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In the busy captain's hall of the Crimson Queen, Six Shadows was looking at Kaka beside him a little nervously.
"How?" She finally couldn't help but ask, "Did you find it?" β
Kaka wore goggles on his head, and while gently raising the control gloves in his hand, he replied a little weakly: "That's so fast, and there are eight search teams here, I'm just one of them, what's the use of you just asking me, is my luck so good, my eldest miss?" β
"Luck?"
Six Shadows' voices were a little suspicious, seriously doubting the reliability of the guy in front of him.
"Luck is really important," Kaka replied, "In such a large-scale operation, the strength of an individual is only a small part, and of course, the more clockwork elves you control, the better the chances of finding the other party." But in general, it still depends on the face. β
Six Shadows asked suspiciously, "Yes, but why do I always feel that you are using excuses for your fishing?" β
"That's partly partly the reason," Kaka admits frankly, "but even if I'm lazy, I'm more efficient than others, and that's enough, isn't it?" And it's not really an excuse, in fact, luck is really important for the Elector. β
He raised his left hand and turned the camera with a 'click', and said, "Many people think of Aitaria as an information world that doesn't exist, and they even see it as a kind of 'game', have you heard of the fourfold realm of games?" β
The Six Shadows were very resistant to the other party's strange talk, but they still couldn't help the curiosity in their hearts and asked, "What fourfold realm?" β
"Liver, trench, face, touch."
"What the hell is that?"
"As the name suggests, the former is the degree to which people work hard to pay for it, of course, this effort is also different from person to person, after all, you have to admit that there is a workaholic in this world who can really not sleep, if you only have eight hours a day in leveling, to a large extent, it is very likely that it is not as good as a madman who is leveling up sixteen hours a day."
Kaka replied in a down-to-earth manner.
"It's not taken for granted," the girl frowned, "So this is the liver, I probably understand, what about the last three?" β
"Trench is easy to understand, have you heard of RMT?"
"It's old enough." Six Shadows has heard of this statement, and a long time ago, people called this kind of behavior 'RMB players'.
"That's not necessarily, the wealth in reality can be transformed like Attaria," Kaka replied, "Otherwise, where do you think the Grand Guild came from, real investment can also affect the world." Of course, it depends on how far you 'entrench'. β
"What about the face and the touch?"
"A touch is a tentacle, which used to be used to describe the high level of a person in a certain industry," Kaka said, "In short, it is the level of genius, similar to you and me." But there is a difference between touching and touching, and you have to admit that there are always people in this world who are more talented than you. β
"It's true," Six Shadows had already reacted to the other party's fallacies, "I understand, the so-called face is luck, right?" β
"Of course," Kaka nodded, "It is often rumored that one of these four realms can become a master, and two can reach the top, and three of the four are often the most shining new stars in the history of Aitalia - such as the Ten Kings." β
"What about all four?" Six Shadows couldn't help but ask.
"Isn't that right in front of you?"
"Fuck off, heresy."
Only then did the girl realize that she had succeeded in misleading the other party again, and she gritted her teeth and asked, "I asked you if you found it, and you and I are talking about this?" β
Kaka then replied, "Well, it's not that easy, the other party may cover their ship, I guess it's mostly by magic, but the clockwork elf doesn't have the ability to detect magic." So it's useless for you to be in a hurry, you'll have to wait a little longer. β
Six Shadows thought to himself that he was in a hurry, not this. It's that he's not a combat craftsman himself, so it's useless in such a situation, but although his partner is a combat craftsman, the problem is that the other party doesn't look reliable at all.
"The other party used magic to cover his ship?" Six Shadows asked, "Isn't it difficult for you to find each other?" β
"That's not necessarily," Kaka still shook his head, "With such a large area of masking, it can only be a water mist technique." However, the water mist technique only refracts light, not really invisible, and the pictures recorded from different angles will be slightly different, so as to discover each other. β
"With such a large-scale search, do you have the skills to compare them one by one?" There was a hint of suspicion in the eyes of the Six Shadows, "I haven't heard of any reconnaissance skills of the Battle Craftsman, you shouldn't be lying to me, right?" β
"Of course I can't do it," Kaka replied, "but someone can do it, we just need to compile the captured footage and send it to the information analysis center, where there will be professionals to screen the images, but there is a certain lag, but it's enough for a big guy like a windboat." β
At this time, he took off his goggles, looked at the other party and said, "You guys in the combat group rarely have contact with the workflow of the intelligence collection group, haven't you benefited a lot?" β
"You've benefited a lot," Six Shadows said angrily, "You're lazy again." β
"That's not really," Kaka shook his head and gestured to the goggles in his hand, his eyes shining brightly, "It's just that I found themβ"
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