Chapter Forty-Eight: Conflict in the Hall of Trees
Red took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. The human silver pocket watch, lying in the lionman's big furry paws, was more like a pocket toy, a quarter of an hour before the time of the meeting. Having spent a long time with the others, he also got used to the way he kept time in seconds and minutes, which was more accurate than that of Taryace.
The light from above the dome dimmed through the canopy, and it became darker as night wore on. In the past, this was not the case here, but for the convenience of the Chosen One, the Tree People took care of it.
The big cat man looked up at the curled, glowing pods hanging from the trunks of the trees, which, together with the fireflies summoned by the elves, formed the night in the golden woodland.
This place reminded him of the sacred grove in the Giant Tree Hill, and as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt someone hit him from behind. The big cat man turned around and saw three strange people wrapped up in thick clothes walking past him.
"Guys, you've lost your things." He spoke immediately.
The three of them turned back together, with a long cloak and hood draped over and down, and a pair of eyes under the brim looked around vigilantly, and found that they had not lost anything.
The three of them looked at the tall lion paladin at the same time, and asked with dissatisfaction, "What for?" ā
The black and white gaze of the little naturalist beside the big cat man looked at the former with some concern, and then turned to the three of them, she opened her mouth, but in the end she still didn't make a sound, and only took a weak breath.
The Lion Paladin was not as timid and cautious as the latter, and smiled: "Your politeness and upbringing have gone away, so I suggest you pick it up"
"Damn," said one of the three in a smug voice, "where did you get the neurotic, you're looking for something, aren't you?" ā
Before he could finish his sentence, a reflection hit him in the face. The big cat man immediately pulled out the holy sword and said in a straight voice: "Under the witness of Marlan"
The companion of the man in black immediately grabbed his own person and whispered, "Forget it, don't make trouble......
The man was also in a cold sweat, looked at the lion man paladin, and scolded in his heart that these tin cans were crazy. But before Red finished reading the lines, the three of them turned around and left without saying a word.
Kita even heard a curse coming from afar:
"These damned Rotao barbarians!"
She looked at the big cat man, opened her mouth, and finally let out an almost inaudible voice: "Mr. Red......"
"Don't worry," the big cat man put away his sword and returned the sheath, and smiled: "I don't plan to fight with them seriously, I am strong on the outside, do you see?" Kita, you don't have to worry about these people, sometimes you need to be brave. ā
"IāI know......" Kita replied in a weak voice.
Red glanced at her with gray eyes and shook his head slightly.
At this time, a group leader who was unclear about the situation came over, looked at the two people who were talking with a little curiosity, and couldn't help asking, "Did something happen just now?" ā
"No, it's just a little skirmish," replied Red, looking at the latter, "Why, have you arrived, little one?" ā
Fang couldn't help but look at Ji Ta.
Kita's face turned red, she couldn't lie, but she was too embarrassed to betray the big cat man, so she nodded like an ostrich.
Although Fang was a little skeptical, he still replied: "They are inside, let's go together." ā
For the sake of the generous consultation fee given by the Seven Seas Brigade, those people arrived very punctually.
They sat in a corner of the hall, including Tsumida, a total of five people.
The poet introduced each other very freely, all four of them were electors, and the most ordinary of them were the most ordinary people of life, and the three were from Partunan, a city in the middle of Nognes. The rest were from the Far Traveler's Harbor, scholars from the Miners' Guild, and a silver medal from the Korin Ishurian Geographical Society, though the place was actually closer to Asuka.
However, because she is the Elector, this layer of Etalia's identity is more like a number on paper, and it doesn't matter, and everyone can quickly find a common topic.
The scholar asked him a little curiously, "You are the great god who has been spreading so much on the battlefield recently?" ā
Fang was confused: "What god?" ā
"Isn't that what Tsui Ye told us? Great god, you are really a member of the ten major guilds, which guild is it? ā
The poet smiled cheekily and sent him a message: "If I don't tell them like this, I can't say that I can't move them, such secret information will not be revealed to outsiders by ordinary people." ā
Fang glared at this guy angrily, this guy was completely running the train with his mouth full.
However, he also understands that everyone has learned well over the years, and he will not easily sell the information he has cheaply. The information that is inadvertently revealed has finally become the key to one important event.
Although they may not be able to use it, who would want to be the beauty of others? Even the natives learned this hand with the Elect.
But he was still not accustomed to lying, shook his head and said:
"What kind of god am I?"
Of course, it depends on who you are. Fang thought that he was still 108,000 miles away from Lady Hades and Odin.
But the scholar was unyielding: "Why don't you count, I heard that those teams rely on your reconnaissance to dare to fight, and without your participation in the event, they all refuse to send people out of the valley." They also have battle craftsmen, but they are not useful at all compared to the great gods, right? ā
It's an exaggeration, this boast can't help but blush The fact is of course not outrageous to this extent, the reason why those teams don't send people out is purely because someone ambushed the crystal outside before.
In fact, other combat craftsmen can also detect lurking enemies, but they are not as accurate as him, but this has nothing to do with reconnaissance efficiency, but simple risk control.
But there was no way to explain this, otherwise it would only get darker and darker, and Fang didn't want to be regarded as a public enemy by the other battle craftsmen. He had to cough lightly and said, "Let's get down to business, right?" ā
Fortunately, his 'identity' as a great god may still have some prestige in the eyes of several life professionals, and he brought the topic back to the main topic with just one sentence.
And everyone was the one who was chosen, so Fang couldn't make a pleasantry, so he went straight to the point and asked about the situation at that time.
He had learned some details from Emerald beforehand, and several miners said they had seen them, but the key was whether they were the same group of people as they thought they were.
He had to look at the details.
It was the scholar who spoke first, and he thought for a moment before replying, "...... We don't remember exactly whether we saw those people in the middle of July, whether it was the 16th or the 17th. ā
"It's the seventeenth," replied another miner, "I remember very well, the day before we found a large piece of earth crystal, that was the day. We were looking down that canyon for a better mine, and we saw the men in the chasm below. ā
At this time, the other person also nodded: "It should be so, I also remember the situation at that time." We were still some distance away from them, and they didn't notice us in the first place. At first, Ten thought they were from the expedition, because it was still an unexplored area underneath, and for safety reasons, people who lived in the profession generally did not go down. They were about to say hello to those people, but I stopped them. ā
Fang couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ā
"Because I'm a little more cautious, I feel like those people aren't all the way to us. On the expedition side, there are also people from other guilds, and most of them are familiar to us, but those people are different. And they were armed with them, and I was worried about getting into unnecessary trouble. ā
"And then?"
"We weren't going to cause trouble, but we didn't expect them to stop. In that place, we would most likely be spotted by them, and we would have to stop. They seemed to be talking after they stopped."
Fang asked again, "What are they talking about?" ā
The man shook his head: "It's too far away to hear clearly." But then they seemed to argue, and their voices became louder, and we heard a few words. One guy said, 'That guy from Rollin just doesn't do enough to do more than he loses.' I remember this sentence very clearly, because at that time there happened to be something like the invasion of the dark dragon in Van Rik, and there was a lot of uproar, and I remember that one of them was named Lorraine, I don't know if it was the same person. ā
Fang frowned, instinctively telling him that this Luo Lin was Pi Luo Lin, and he was a Dragon Worshipper? He took a deep breath and continued, "Anything else?" ā
"They also mentioned the door, Idus, the substitute and the like, but they couldn't hear it clearly, they didn't talk about it for long, and then they left."
"In what direction did they leave?"
"On the other side of the rift, there should be an exit to the up, we didn't follow them, and we don't know if anyone else has seen them."
"You haven't seen these people since?" Fang asked.
Several people nodded in unison.
Fang asked again, "Have you told anyone else about this?" ā
The scholar replied, "We spoke to the regimental commander once, and the regimental commander reported the matter to the public, and sent people to search for these people at that time, but it was not successful. After that, not many people cared, because there were already a lot of free callers down there, and it was possible that we were mistaken. ā
"That's good," Fang took a breath, roughly feeling that there would be no mistake, regardless of whether the other party was a dragon worshipper or not, but listening to the tone, there was no doubt that he was a dark believer. He thought for a moment and said, "Do you remember that place?" ā
"Of course I do."
"Can you draw a map for me?"
Several people looked at each other and nodded.
But the scholar of the four was about to speak. Suddenly, Kita, who was sitting on the side, stood up from her position and looked around with a somewhat solemn expression.
Fang was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but ask, "Ji Ta, what's wrong?" ā
"I feel something unusual about the flow of aether in the air, Brother Ed, someone is converging the elements."
A few miners froze for a moment, and people can still feel the flow of the ether? It was the first time they had heard of this novel statement, and the scholar groaned slightly, and looked at Kita with his mouth wide open, "You, you are...... Bo, Bo ......"
"Here?"
Kita nodded slightly.
Fang Huoran raised his head and looked around. And the claws of the big cat man also pressed the hilt of his sword. Converging the elements meant that someone was casting a spell, and as the ancestor of dismantling spells, naturalists could not be more sensitive to the flow of all spell energy, and Kita felt that she could not go wrong.
And the lethal magic of elemental spells accounts for more than half, and what good thing can someone chant such a spell in the 'safe zone', in such a crowded place?
However, compared to the reconnaissance ability, the big cat man is superior, and a target is quickly reflected in his silver-gray eyes. The man was wrapped in a tight cloak, holding the Elemental Staff on the edge of the table with one hand and the other under the table, muttering words in his mouth.
Although Red couldn't feel the flow of the aether, when he saw these three 'acquaintances', he couldn't understand what was happening.
He immediately spoke, "Eddard, Kita, over there. ā
Jita also saw the three people at a glance, and her eyes couldn't help but widen.
"Kita," Fang ordered, "dismantle his spell." ā
Miss Naturalist nodded, and with her hands in her hands, a large silver book appeared in her hand. When the scholar saw this book, he didn't understand Kita's profession and immediately stood on the spot.
Naturalist, a noble profession from Silver Harbor, the top of the ivory spire of a scholar, the day he became a scholar, he listened to his mentor tirelessly mention the inheritance of this profession.
There were legends about them in the community, as well as the top Electors who walked in the ranks, but he had never seen them.
Until today
The elemental envoy was still unconscious, but his spell had come to an end, and he suddenly stood up from his position, holding his elemental staff and pointing in a certain direction in the hall of the trees.
A flame-colored crystal appeared in mid-air, and under the instructions of the other party, it roared there.
But the imaginary fireball didn't come into being, and the crystal cracked open and turned into a less obvious flame, which rolled out and swept over everyone's heads.
The elemental made a dumbfounded look on his face, and he looked at his left hand, thinking for a moment that he had misremembered the spell spell.
The flames still took a toll though, and the slender serpent eventually landed on a shelf of countless wines, the heat shattering the glass and igniting the alcohol produced by fermentation.
The fire suddenly rose to the top, turning into a fiery dragon that meandered above the drunk driver.
This scene caused quite a commotion in the Hall of Trees, and the owner of the Hall of Trees, a fairy lady, was so anxious that she circled around the bar: "It's on fire!" It's on fire! ā
"Miss Nada, we're here to help you!"
When it comes to helping a beautiful lady, the Electors are always surprisingly united.
And some people noticed the culprit who caused all this, "The arsonist is there, don't let him run!" The zealous drew their weapons and circled the elemental.
But before they could get closer, the element made the man in black beside him stand up, and with a push of his hand forward, an invisible force pushed everyone up and fell back.
There were even a few people who fell into the fire and immediately screamed, and the hall became even more chaotic for a while.
This hand shocked everyone, they didn't know that they didn't know that the power was a magician, but they really hadn't seen it to this extent.
But it was at this time that the lion-man paladin stood up and flipped the table in his hand in that direction, and the huge force directly made the wooden table fly up and crash in that direction.
The magician immediately turned around and waved his hand, and the wooden table seemed to be held by an invisible hand in midair, and it was bent to the side, falling apart.
"My table!" Miss Leprechaun was about to cry.
But the two men in the battle could not hear her, and the big cat man unsheathed his sword and rushed in that direction as soon as he lifted the table again.
However, the third man in black stood in front of him, and in the midst of sparks, the other party held a pair of pitch-black scimitars against his great sword, and looked like a ranger.
The magician had his hands free, and he finally reacted, not forgetting to remind: "Be careful, they also have a naturalist." Then he raised his hand and prepared to cast a spell on Red.
But a gunshot rang out.
The moment Red attacked, Fang drew his handcuff from under his coat and fired a shot at the top of the Hall of Trees. Unbiasedly, it struck the wooden chandelier above the sorcerer's head, breaking its chains and causing it to fall with a thud.
The sorcerer stopped his gesture and rolled to the side, dodging the blow.
It's just that before he could stand up, a rocket flying fist flew to the side of the elemental envoy, and he was about to cast a spell, but there were still people who were faster than him.
Kita's voice was thin, but clear: "Grow, curl, bind." ā
The elemental made the floor beside him suddenly seem to be brought to life, and the planks of wood stood upright, bent and wound around him, wrapping him tightly.
"Wood Plastic!" Someone in the inn exclaimed, and in a trance thought that it was Ameya's followers who had arrived.
Only then did the elemental make it clear that it was a little girl who did it to herself. In a fit of rage, with a silent spell, flames rained down from the sky like a cloud of smoke, burning the planks that wrapped around him to ashes.
But in this way, Fang's rocket flying fist also smashed firmly on the shield of that magician.
The hexagonal grid shone in layers, but it still couldn't completely remove the impact, and the magician flew straight out and hit the wall. It was all thanks to the shield protection that the other party did not faint, but he also reacted immediately, gritted his teeth and reached out to push hard.
A huge force swept in, whistling and flying towards the tables and chairs
Fang Er didn't say a word, pulled Ji Ta and rolled to the side; Tsui Ye also reacted quickly, pushing away a few miners and hiding to the side himself. The tables and chairs crackled against the wall and shattered to the ground.
When the fairy lady saw this, she immediately rolled her eyes and fainted.
The magician couldn't strike a single blow, but he took the initiative, and immediately slammed a spell on the left and a spell on the right. Fang pulled Kita to dodge as he pressed his hand on the information crystal, and then felt for something from under his coat.
It was a small round ball, but it wasn't a clockwork goblin, but an alchemy smoke bomb, a small work he used to practice his hands. He threw his backhand, and a cloud of smoke exploded in the hall.
The magician was slightly stunned, and immediately took a step back and untied the short staff from the belt, and said, "Wind Magic"
But before the words fell, suddenly a black shadow flashed in the smoke on the right side, he didn't think about it, the spell in his mouth immediately changed his mouth and pointed at the other party with a short staff: "Fix." ā
However, the ripples of the ether swept by, and the shadows on that side suddenly vanished.
Mirror!
The sorcerer screamed and turned around immediately
But it was a little late, and a dark red light appeared behind the smoke, followed by a whistle that whimpered, and the bright sword light parted the clouds. The flash of the sword was so fleeting that the magician didn't have time to react, and the six-sided grid was shattered, splitting in two along with his vision.
He let out a scream.
The scream caused the ranger to move slightly, it was only a slight mistake but it had allowed the Lionman Paladin to find an opportunity to pick up the scimitar in his hand with a single sword.
The man's mouth opened wide as he watched as his flying scimitar swirled and fell in mid-air.
When he came back to his senses, all he could see was the cold and glittering blade of the enemy destroyer.
"Wait."
But there is no word appeasement in the dictionary of big cats, only a sword owl.
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