Beyond the dock is a cliff, and in Aitalia, there is no fixed name for the dry or floating dock, the locals call it 'Uridar', just because of the habit of the Electors.

In front of the dry dock is the lock, which is connected to the empty sea, and the straight cliff is located in that place. Fang Plover found that even if they belong to the same Kaurin-Ishurian air land, the rock formations of the coast vary greatly from region to region.

The steep cliffs of grayish-white chalk and the black forests that dot them have disappeared in the south, where only the rolling yellow sandstone and the thorny shrubs that grow here and there are scattered on the cliffs, and the thin leaves on the shrubs are rustled by the wind above the empty sea.

Fang Plover was sitting on the edge of the cliff, looking at the distant sky, the isolated island of floating clouds in the shape of cotton wool, and the scenery of the sea and sky. On earth, the line between sea and sky is just an adjective, but here, you really can't tell the boundary between sea and air.

This is a transparent sea, except for a cloud mountain suspended above this 'sea surface', between the cloud islands can only see the empty sea fish swimming, or in the distance there are three small white dots hanging on the spinnaker, driving above the sky, and the stern of the ship drags three long tail marks - cyan.

As far as the eye can see, the cliffs descend vertically for thousands of meters, so that the rock formations appear in different colors, and the part near the surface is dotted with green shrubs, and further down, the rocks become darker and bare.

In the distance, beneath the clouds was a real sea, blue as blue and sparkling in the sun—but it was too calm, like a deep blue crystal, not the surface of the water, but the stratosphere, where there was no wind element, and the float ships lost lift as soon as they entered it.

But it looks very close, the air-sea layer is actually ten kilometers high, from the middle layer where the air and land are located to the windless layer, there are also nearly four thousand meters, the thickness of the stratosphere is half of the air-sea layer, after passing through the stratosphere windless belt, is the entrance to the deep sea.

To date, the deepest part of the Abyssal Sea has not actually entered the Abyssal Sea, and it is only a few remnants left on the surface of the Abyssal Sea from the Sinsas era, including the ruins of the obelisk where Sylvade visited.

Tata's voice came from his thoughts: "Mr. Knight." ”

Fang Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Something is happening in the community."

Fang Yu was slightly stunned, Miss Fairy had already projected a page of light in front of him, and now she was quite skilled in handling these matters. Fang Yu looked at the light screen, first a line of the title in bold characters, marked as an emergency - down is the content, he looked down, and couldn't help but be stunned again:

"Something happened again in the South?"

The article says that once again, the BBK-integrated New Southside Alliance is in trouble – when it enters White City, one of their official corps is met with spontaneous resistance from local electors, in fact exactly like the last incident in Dulun.

This time, however, the problem was much more serious, as the attackers reportedly declared White City outside the jurisdiction of the Southern Frontier Alliance after allegedly killing the BBK's men.

Fang Yu has always kept an eye on the affairs of the southern border, as early as a few months ago, after the Du Lun decision, most of the large and small guilds that originally belonged to the Southern Alliance in the southern border obeyed Ye Hua's order, just like their guilds in the forest, and disbanded their own guilds.

Some of these people, like the forest themselves, have become true free adventurers and look for another future. Others remained in the South, ostensibly losing their status as members of the Alliance, but privately most of them maintained their former ties and formed a potential Alliance.

These people are actually the vast majority.

Fang Yu has also heard of this secret alliance, in fact, the Elffindor Council has played a role in contributing to it - although the Southern Alliance has been dissolved, the Elffindor Council is still there, the Council is a mainly indigenous organization, and the Super Athletic Alliance has no right to dictate to the alchemists.

The Council used covert means to get more members of the Old Southern Alliance into this alliance. It is equivalent to reuniting the originally divided alliance. This method is somewhat similar to that of the Knights of Tapolis Oak, although one is intentional and the other is unintentional.

Due to the Van Rik incident, the Super Athletic League was too busy to take care of itself, and the BBK's integration of the New South Alliance also stalled for a while, and only recently resumed. But the precious time lost in these few months has allowed this secret alliance to grow and grow.

Fang Plover knew these things, naturally, through his teacher Ender, who re-entered the Elffindor Council after the Van Rik incident and took the place of the original Pudra. After the accident of Count Sirin Sbicca, the other party's position in the council was further elevated, and as one of the decision-makers in many matters of the council, he was naturally qualified to know these secrets and tell his students.

BBK can be said to be the main culprit in the dissolution of the old Southern Alliance, and the interests of both sides are diametrically opposed, so of course they will not have any good feelings for each other. In fact, in the process of going south, it was hindered by the 'dark alliance' more than once.

It can be said that the confrontation between the two sides has been around for a long time.

The BBK is clearly a collaborator of the Prime Minister's party, and the Elffindor Council is also reluctant to let its influence penetrate further into the south, so it secretly adopts a resigned attitude towards the conflict between the two sides.

But the conflict in Baicheng was still a little beyond Fang Yuan's imagination.

Because the Council of Elffindor, although happy to see the two clash, will never let the conflict further escalate to the surface. So last time in Dulun, although the old duke of Phoenix was also not on the prime minister's side, he finally took action to quell the turmoil.

Therefore, the reason why the southern border has been calm for half a year is that the old duke can be said to have made great contributions in it, and has played the role of the anchor of the sea. After all, the stability of the region is closely related to the indigenous people who have lived here for generations.

The confrontation between the aristocracy and the royal family was also in an attitude of both cooperation and confrontation, and the Kaulin-Ishurian was not a division between the north and the south, but a political game.

But what happened in Baicheng is obviously a little overstepping.

But what is puzzling is that the White City is not much smaller than Van Rik, and the local nobles, guards, and garrisons of all sizes are not dead, and there is also a magician organization there, the 'White City Secret Guard', how can they watch the Electors close the city and stand on their own.

This proclamation was clearly a 'declaration of independence' - it simply meant that the White City would henceforth be divided and self-governed, and would no longer be under the rule of the Kaurin-Ihurian kingdom. Even if the Elector did such an earth-shattering thing, could it be that the local nobles thought the same?

His mind was full of questions, and he couldn't help but ask, "Miss Tata, what the hell is going on?" ”

Tata shook his head slightly, "That's all for now, Mr. Knight. ”

She added: "A few hours ago, the White City blocked several roads to Van Rik and Edel Fortress, and since then no news has flowed out, at least for now. ”

This action is clearly to confirm what Fang Yu thinks in his heart.

He couldn't sit still any longer, patted the dust off his body and got up from the edge of the cliff, and finally glanced back at the clear blue sky in the distance before walking back to the shipyard. After questioning the workers, he found the aristocratic daughter who was standing in front of a blueprint and supervising the progress of the workers.

The blueprint, the last of his many drawings, was being nailed to a plank, and Sylvide looked intently at the lines, sometimes at work.

When she heard the footsteps behind her, she turned around, and when she saw Fang Yuan, she couldn't help but smile slightly, and cast a gentle look at her captain.

But Fang Yu said straight to the point: "Sylvid, something happened in Baicheng. ”

"Huh?"

Only then did Fang Yu describe the previous incident to Miss Ship Officer.

It was obviously the first time that Sylvid had heard of such a thing, and she immediately thought of the same place as Fang Yuan, thought for a moment and said, "Captain, you should immediately ask your teacher's opinion on this kind of thing. There are two possibilities, one is that the Electors of the Old Alliance have made this decision themselves, which means that they intend to part ways with the Parliament. ”

"Another possibility," she paused, "the fact that this operation was planned by the Parliament shows that the Parliament's judgment on the situation in the south has changed." ”

Although he was far away in Istania, Fang Yu could still hear the sharp turn for the worse in the south from the analysis of his ship's officer.

He thought for a moment before asking, "Is that a better situation?" ”

Sylvide shook her head gently for the first time: "I personally think that the first situation may be slightly better, but it is also limited. Unless some people go alone, but judging from Bai Cheng's reaction, this possibility is very small. ”

She looked up, her light blue eyes flashing with worry: "If a public rupture becomes a given, we may really see a war next." ”

"What are the odds?"

"It's hard to say, but captain, you may have to make some preparations."

Fang Yu couldn't help but open his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound.

They are still in Tansnir, and this war may not be relevant to them in the short term, but if Division 3 is in turmoil, they will be affected by it anyway.

To outsiders, this may seem like just watching the excitement, but when he puts himself in the middle of it, he feels completely different - the most intuitive thing is that he knows who is looking forward to such a turmoil?

Dragon-worshippers.

Their plans in the south may have something to do with it.

Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a deep worry in his heart, their group had only made a little progress in the fight against the dragon worshippers, but if Kaulin-Ishurian fell into turmoil, not only would their previous efforts be wasted.

And perhaps, the Dragon Cultists will take this opportunity to make a further comeback and recreate the disasters of the Dragon Witch incident in the past.

Those people will never be without purpose-

He knows that.

But at the same time, Fang Yu felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and for the first time felt that in the face of the general trend, his personal strength was too weak. The Khalin-Ishurian confrontation has been going on for more than a year, and in the process, there has been great conflict not only between the indigenous people, but also among the electors.

It can even be said that the Southern Electors have been waiting for such an opportunity to resist the 'invasion' of the Floral Descendants for a long time, and this is by no means something that he can easily change with a sentence or two.

Not to mention that there are more complex interest relationships involved behind this, the entanglements between the electers and the electors, the electors and the aborigines, and the aborigines and the aborigines, are intricately intertwined, and even the Xingmen Port side cannot calm the confrontation between the royal party and the southern aristocracy, let alone a he?

He has some fame in Van Rik, Dorifin and even Fenris, but to put it bluntly, he is just a hot person for a while. In this matter, his appeal may not be as good as Sophie's, but even if he is a silver princess of Vislan, what right can he say?

Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little silent for a while.

During this period of time, everything was going smoothly, and he once thought that the Seven Seas Brigade was initially on the right track, of course, it was not as good as those big guilds, but at least it had the capital to establish itself in this world.

Especially after defeating the Wanderer, the Dragon Witch's affairs seem to have come to an end for the time being, although they did not actually defeat each other and completely solve the problem of the Dragon King Lifgard. But the other party is also not lightly injured, and it will take a long time to recover, and time can be said to be on their side.

But as soon as the situation changed, everything immediately took a turn for the worse, and they didn't have time to react. There is simply no chance of correcting all this.

He used to pin his hopes on the Phoenix Duke, hoping that the other party could always play the role of the mainstay, believing that as long as the other party did not fall, then the situation in the south would not be eroded after all. And the confrontation between the nobles and the new king, referring to the history of Kaulin-Ishurian, will not last long.

As for how the two sides will compromise in the end, he doesn't have to worry about it-

Anyway, he might have left the First World a long time ago and went with Miss Captain to find her father.

Unexpectedly, the problem appeared on the side of the elector first.

Sylvid looked at him, her long eyelashes blinked slightly, as if she saw what he was thinking, and said softly: "Captain, it is imperative to confirm the authenticity of this news with the Elffindor Council and your teacher first. ”

Fang Yu nodded.

That's exactly what he was thinking at the moment.

However, the way the Seven Seas Brigade communicates with the Elffindor Council is only to rely on a Lynn, but this guy is still an alchemy research freak, and the two-headed communicator is not online for three days. Therefore, more often than not, the two sides still transmit messages through magical messengers.

The Magical Courier is a magical creature that can travel through the Aether Realm and serve as a link between the two places. Although it is not as convenient as the communication crystal, it does not have as many restrictions on the use of the communication crystal, as long as it is in the area where the demon is not banned, it can be used directly.

In fact, the magic carrier pigeon they often use is one of them.

However, the magic carrier pigeon is often lost on the way for various reasons, and on this kind of urgent information, Fang Yu simply let three or four carrier pigeons out at a time, and one will always arrive at the end. The magic messenger moved in the ether regardless of distance, but it usually took half a week to reach it, and with all in his mind, he sent another message to Lynn's side.

Just in case this guy suddenly goes online on a whim? You might be able to save a lot of unnecessary time.

After doing these things one by one, Fang Yu's heart gradually settled down.

There are some things that they can't stop, and all they can do to prepare is to try to minimize the impact on them after these things happen. The Seven Seas Brigade has been through so many perilous situations since its inception, and there is no reason why what they can overcome in the past should stop today.

Compared to Fenris's desperate situation, the current situation does not seem to have reached the worst time, and the Dragon Worship Cult can stir up trouble, and they can also stop it.

Thinking about it, the current situation is still much better than when they had just begun to intervene in the Dragon Cult's conspiracy.

Thinking of this, Fang Yu completely calmed down, although after a few days, the news of truth and falsehood in the community began to fly, but he didn't care, just silently waited for further news from the Elffindor Council to come back.

And it was at this time that news came from Her Royal Highness Princess Rupert.

The royal family of Penelope sent someone to tell them that someone on the Princess's maternal side had agreed to their request and was willing to take the time to meet them.

After receiving this news, Fang Yu temporarily put aside those things that he had and didn't have, and he knew in his heart that the Seven Seas Brigade's leisure time in Tansnir was over. Next, they had to re-engage in the commission for Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess.

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The girl sitting by the adjacent window was propping one hand on the wooden tabletop, holding her cheeks in the palm of her hand, and looked at the scene on the street outside the window with some fascination.

Her ebony-like hair, like a straight line, was hanging down her cheeks, parting the white porcelain skin, like a clear border. She blinked her long eyelashes slightly, and her black and white eyes seemed to contain a bright and clear light.

attracted a lot of passers-by, looking sideways and looking in this direction.

It was a small roadside tavern - there were many such places in the South, but this one was a little more special than the others - because it had a large openwork window facing the street, which was quite rare in Aitalia, in the style of an elf.

Emerald vines and leaves hang from the wooden window lattices, and in the distance there is a lake with trees, and a little closer there is a street dotted with southern wood and stone buildings.

But the scenery here is slightly better, with the view through the trees, even the sparkling waters, a trestle deep into the lake, and even fishing people on the trestle – both aboriginal and elected.

The girl then turned around, and she was wearing a tight-fitting dark night leather armor that outlined her near-perfect figure—except for her breasts, which were a little flat. She played with the silver dagger in her fingertips with one hand, looked across the wooden table, and said:

"Well, it's beautiful, isn't it?"

Directly opposite it, there sat an elven girl with blue frost hair, wearing a moon-white mage robe, holding an oak magic wand in one hand, looking at her a little unpleasantly.

"I said, 'Is that interesting?'

"What's wrong?"

"Do you want me to praise you for your good looks!"

The black-haired girl smiled slightly: "It's okay." ”

I had to grit my teeth in the frosty weather: "Wash your hands, you give me enough time." ”

"Okay, okay, little frost, we're out to do business," the black-haired girl looked at herself, and replied with crooked eyes, "I'm also in disguise, you see, no one around recognizes us." ”

"No one will recognize you without makeup."

"Eh, am I so famous, how can I be considered a star player, right?"

Shuangtian gasped and said faintly: "Isn't it because you have always been like this in public, how many people do you think will recognize you as you are?" ”

The black-haired girl smiled and showed her snow-white little tiger teeth: "Not necessarily, I know a little guy, and I have seen me as I am." Haha, I made him stunned, do you know how cute he is? ”

The girl with short blue frost hair rolled her eyes and decided never to discuss such a thing with this neurotic again.

She sighed before changing the subject: "So where are you going to start investigating?" ”

"We're already investigating?"

"Wash your hands, you-this-bastard!"

"Don't, don't," the black-haired girl hurriedly raised her hand, she looked around, it seemed that because of the conflict between herself and the other party, it attracted a lot of curious eyes around - this tavern is not big, but there are many guests: "What I said is true, do you want to listen to my analysis?" ”

Frost resisted the urge to smash a magic wand on the other party's face, and looked at the other party coldly.

"You don't know, little frost-"

"Wait, wait, I'm going to get to the point, don't do it," the black-haired girl saw her companion about to raise her magic wand, and quickly changed her words: "Do you know where Quicksand last appeared?" ”

Shuangtian rolled his eyes again: "Please don't talk nonsense with me, of course it's in this place, otherwise what are we doing here?" ”

But the black-haired girl shook her head: "I'm not talking about the end, but before that." ”

"You—are—say—last."

The girl with short blue frost hair almost squeaked the magic wand in her hand, and a pseudo-dragon demon pet also crawled out of her backpack, as if feeling the anger of her master, she spread her wings and sizzled at the black-haired girl in front of her.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, now I'm changing my tune, it's before that."

Frost Tian frowned slightly when he heard this, and then shook his head.

The black-haired girl replied a little more seriously: "Quicksand, he's been to Nevard." ”

"Nevad?" Shuang Tian was slightly stunned and said, "What is he doing in that place?" ”

"Actually, I've been there and seen him."

"What?"

"Don't look at me like that," the black-haired girl quickly explained, "This has nothing to do with me, and besides, I'm not the only one who goes to that place, Odin, Hades, September, and the Silver Vislan guy, they're all there." ”

Hearing these names, Frost Sky couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

After all, these names are not ordinary names, each of them is released separately, and they are all famous characters in the third division, but how can these people gather together? For example, the guy in front of him is relatively idle among the first-line players, but that is actually just the perception of outsiders, not really idle.

In fact, the other party is always running between tasks and news, and as a top drafter, there is very little time for him. These people can find time out of their busy schedules to get together, then something terrible must have happened.

But the black-haired girl shook her head: "It's not as big a thing as you imagined, it's just a party, and it's a face for Odin." He asked us to teach a little guy, the little guy I told you earlier, he was so cute that he would blush at every turn. By the way, I'll introduce you to you when I have a chance—"

"Wash your hands," Frost Sky glared at the other party, "can you not show that tone to a man, disgusting to death, and, seriously, I'm not interested in those things." ”

Although she said this, she actually had a little curiosity about the newcomer that Odin valued in her heart, after all, it was not a simple matter to let so many big guys teach.

"Okay, okay," the black-haired girl grinned, but didn't care, "You don't like to hear it, I won't say this, Quicksand also accepted Odin's invitation, he stayed there for more than half a week, and then he said goodbye and we left." ”

"He said there was a meeting to be attended, and the destination was White City," she said, glancing around, and said in a low voice, "I quietly asked him who he wanted to meet, but he wouldn't say, but I inquired and found out that the meeting place was in this tavern." ”

"He'll tell you where to meet?" Frost Sky was very skeptical.

"Of course it's not free," replied the black-haired girl, "I'm an intelligence dealer, and he's going to have to sell me face." ”

"Right here?"

"Exactly where you're sitting."

Shuangtian was startled and almost stood up from her position, but after she calmed down, she couldn't help but look at the other party a little angrily: "Wash your hands, do you think our goal is not conspicuous enough?" ”

"How?" The black-haired girl was very puzzled: "We are going to investigate the whereabouts of the other party, after all, the other party disappeared after arriving in Baicheng, there must be a whereabouts, right?" There's no news from the guild either, and we have to complete the client's commission, so of course we have to start from this place. ”

"So, can you pick a less conspicuous location?"

"This ...... I didn't think about it. ”

Shuangtian was also a little weak about his partner's character, but he finally understood that the other party's business level was still one of the best, so he sighed and said, "Okay, have you found anything?" ”

"There are a few."

"For example?"

The black-haired girl had a very mysterious look on her face and looked left and right.

Then she got up from her position, approached her friend, and said in a low voice, "Frost Sky, your bust seems to have become smaller?" ”

There was a loud bang, and all the guests in the tavern involuntarily turned their heads, just in time to see the scene where the girl with short frost blue hair violently knocked the soft black-haired girl from the chair to the ground with a magic wand.

The other party also turned his head to look at them angrily, and said angrily: "What do you see, haven't you seen it?" ”

Frightened the guests into turning back.

The girl dragged her half-dead companion out.

However, not long after the two left, a man got up from his position, settled the account, and hurried out.

It was a tall, thin elf, but the biggest difference between the other party and the normal elf was that they had an indigo markings on each cheek - this was a typical Sea Clan, a descendant of Naga, a race that was now very rare in Aitalia.

Scholars even claim that the Native Sea Clan ceased to exist after the War of the Giants, but that it was only since the influx of the Chosen Ones that the group was revived. Because the Electors found that after a certain amount of screening, they could actually choose to come from the Sea Clan.

However, this race does not have any special advantages over other races, so no one usually bothers to ask for this trouble.

After the sea tribe walked out of the inn, he looked left and right, just in time to see Frost Sky dragging the black-haired girl into an alley not far away.

When he saw this scene, he groaned slightly, then immediately pulled his collar and quickly followed.

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