Pitch Shift(5)

Didn't Qi Xue say that no one else would come back? Hal remembered what Qi Xue had just said in the kitchen, and couldn't help but suspect that this was all a game, the purpose was to get his brother to take the bait?

Hagen didn't have time to put the copywriter back in its place, and put it directly into his clothes, and then quickly hid to the bookshelf on the side, quietly waiting for the two people to approach.

The two of them groped around the room by the light from the faint oil lamp in their hands, also perched on the black bookshelf.

"Huh? How is it gone! The thinner man said nervously, constantly flipping through the copywriting on the shelves.

"What, it's gone, look for it again!"

Hal saw the faces of two men in the faint light, the thinner man was Qi Xue's father, the head of the Copywriting Department at the time, Mogildan, and the other was the secretary of the Personnel Department of the Praetorian Guard, Maland Flo.

"Wait, the arcane runes that have been guarded on the bookshelf have been broken." Mogildan took out a document with a slight red powder on it, and his expression immediately tensed.

"What's wrong, what did you find?" Maranderflo reached out and stroked the information in Mogildan's hand, and felt a frosted touch on his hand. So he smelled the smell and said in surprise: "Tholing Sand!" ”

"It seems that there are internal ghosts between us, otherwise how would we know to use the spirit sand." Mogildan suddenly stared at Marand Flo with hateful eyes.

"Are you suspicious of me?" Marand Flo retorted, with a hint of emptiness in his tone.

"You must know very well the content of that copy, except for the chief and deputy commanders, only you, me, and the person from the Xuanzi family know. You've done a lot of evil in this position, but how did you think of using the information here as a prop to maintain your position? ”

Marand Flo was frightened by Mogildan's hateful tone, and his tone suddenly stiffened.

"What! I don't dare to give me 10,000 lives, but we are in the same boat, even if I am given 10,000 lives, I don't dare, not to mention that this matter has been more than ten years, how could I mess up when I am about to succeed! ”

"Yes, I saw that you and the clerk of the Order were quite close some time ago, what are you talking about?" Morgidan continued to question.

At this time, Marand Flo sneered: "You also have to take care of my private life, then you should pay attention to your good daughter." The story of her relationship with that person's child has been spread in the army, don't say you don't know, it's hard to guarantee that the child has remembered his parents' affairs until now. ”

Molgidan was so angry that he grabbed Maland Flo by the collar and glared at him angrily, as the words just now clearly poked at his sore spot.

"What's the matter, my minister, is it really your good daughter, no, your good daughter listens to you on weekdays, so say"

Hagen listened quietly, and from their conversation just now, he generally understood the people who might know about it, plus the copy recorded on it

Suddenly, I don't know what I had touched, the bookshelf behind Hagen suddenly moved, and the bookshelves in the room quickly moved and stacked, and the floor moved with it.

At this time, the image in front of Howl's eyes began to distort, and in the blurred image, Hagen was vaguely seen appearing in front of the two of them, as if holding a weapon like a dagger in his hand, and then his eyes went dark, and Howl's mind once again felt the oppressive feeling that tore his body apart.

The memories recorded in the memory came to an abrupt end, and the last thing that happened in the study became a mystery, but it is certain that Hagen managed to escape there that night, and was sent to the Spiral Cloister shortly thereafter. Hal was watched by the men above until he received a secret letter from Itherine.

When he saw the contents of the secret letter, Hal was not stunned, because the material used for the letterhead was a kind of hidden paper with a special coating. This kind of paper is only allowed by the state to be used by the copywriting bureau to record the copy, and it cannot be seen from the outside at all, and even the commercial capital Isherine has never granted the right to sell it.

What's more, to see the content on the hidden paper, you must use the spirit sand, this kind of thing is not allowed to flow out, to get it must go through a lot of inspection, and it exudes a pungent fragrance, which is easy to be detected by outsiders.

But when Hal saw the memory of the meeting between Brother Yi Sinai and the white-robed old man that night, he couldn't help but wonder what the old man's purpose was. Even her brother said that he had not known her true identity for many years.

What surprised Hal the most was that at the end of the secret letter was a Territory Order, a pass that would allow him to enjoy supreme power within the limits of human territory.

In order to dispel these doubts in his heart, Hal came to the merchant capital of Isheline according to the secret letter. But the man who waited for him there was a man of his age, not the old man who had appeared in his brother's memory.

"You're the one who added me?"

The man nodded slightly, then made a gesture of please.

Hal glanced around, and the meeting place was just a regular tavern, which happened to be the peak hours of the evening.

Before Hal could sit down, the man suddenly grabbed his right hand, and the force was so strong that Hal was powerless to resist.

"Don't worry, Mr. Hal." The man's voice was a little feminine, which made Hal feel furious when he heard it.

"Who the hell are you?"

But the man said, "You don't need to know this question, you just need to answer whether you are willing to do what we say?" ”

"Why don't you even tell me your identity, and you want me to agree to the conditions you propose!" Hal continued to exert his strength to pull his hand out, but he couldn't move as if he had been suppressed by a thousand pounds of boulders.

"For Mr. Hal, you should know that you are not qualified to negotiate conditions with me at all, not to mention your current situation, I'm afraid there is not much time left, and the people above are already eyeing you!"

Hal looked around, and suddenly a strong killing intent enveloped the tavern.

The man asked again, "Well, did you agree to the conditions we proposed, and all of them are in your favor, and you have nothing to lose?" ”

Hal struggled inwardly, knowing that there was only one way to go, and as the man had said, the terms they had put forward would be of no harm to him, and he was convinced that Hagen's last words would meet again at some point in the future.

"So I can't die yet, well, I promise you!" Hal nodded slightly.

When the man heard Hal's answer, he also smiled with satisfaction, and kept holding Hal's right hand against the frame of his glasses on his face, and suddenly, the killing intent around him was instantly diluted. One by one, they fell on the table as if they were drunk.

Hagen looked at what was happening around him in amazement, but the rest of the tavern was drinking and chatting as if nothing had happened.

"How"

Hal came back to his senses to find that the man who had just sat across from him had disappeared, leaving only a passage echoing in his ears.

"I'll see you again in the future, I hope you don't disappoint us!"

After that, Hal did not return to the Praetorian Guard, and the Praetorian Guard acquiesced in Hal's disappearance, sending the news that Hal had left the Praetorian Guard.

More than ten years have passed in a flash, and with the death of the last king of the Xuanmeng Dynasty, Xuan Ye, the Senate took the opportunity to propose the decision to establish a virtual king division system by taking advantage of the royal power of the gods to accept this covenant. The royal family of Balor was established as the virtual king, and the representatives of the various family forces were elected to form a sub-council, and all the policies implemented in the demarcated territory must be approved by the parliament and signed by the virtual king. This is actually just to set up the Balor royal family and make them a puppet from now on.

As soon as the decision was issued, the royalists, led by the Venus, strongly opposed the practice of the Senate, because according to this treaty, the new king must be approved by the royal heirloom, the light of Balor, in order to be eligible for the throne. At present, Barol's orthodox bloodline has stopped in Xuanye's vein, and it can no longer meet the conditions of this covenant.

And the major families have long coveted the throne, and the proposal of this resolution is undoubtedly to want the Middle-earth human continent to fall into an era of division again. However, the absolute power of the royalist family is relatively majority, and the Senate must not reconsider it carefully. Everything was in a brief stalemate, and the false peace could be broken at any moment, but something unexpected happened.

At this time, Hal had transformed into Hagen's identity according to the plan established that year, and he was carrying forces that could influence the fate of the continent as the capital for return.

This move not only surprised the Senate, but also caused unprecedented shocks in the major families, and the two brothers, who had disappeared more than ten years ago, actually returned with such a high-profile attitude. He not only endorsed the Senate resolution, but also proposed the establishment of a rotating Supreme Speaker in the sub-councils to be elected every five years. Although this position is subject to the constraints of the Parliament, it plays a delicate balance between the power of the Void King and the power of the Parliament.

In this way, the millennium-old royal rule finally took place, and it seemed that mankind was moving towards more democratic rule, but in fact it was only a temporary relief from the undercurrent that had arrived.

Hal slowly inserted the soul crystal pillar into the humanoid puppet, and the seamless delicate structure moved rapidly again. Hal re-locked the circle behind him, and the puppet moved the joints of its limbs leisurely as if it had been rejuvenated.

"What I didn't expect was that the person sitting opposite my brother back then would actually be the person on the top of the White Tower, she helped our two brothers like this, what would you think, brother?"

The puppet behind him had been sorted out, and he stood behind Hal with an indifferent expression.

"This plan spanning decades, even if you stand in this high position, you still can't see what has happened to you over the years."

Hal shook his head helplessly, all this is like entering a dream that has been woven by someone, all fate, he has no way to control it, only to wait for time to prove the original choice.

Suddenly, a huge pillar of light rose from the distance, and a huge sound shook the earth, and even the floating building could clearly feel the roar of that power.

"Looks like the time has come!" Hal looked at the light that hit his eyeballs and muttered softly.

That day, when he was closest to the old man, she stood on the top of the stone steps with her veil on her head and looked down on Hal.

"Your brother used to stand in this position back then and said the same vow, and today it will be your turn." The old man's plain language retained an unmistakable majesty, and his voice echoed in the huge space.

"I want to give up my real name, turn into a shadow, and embark on the invisible path alone, promising to exchange my life for the future of all!" The enchanting voice of the past no longer echoes in this mysterious forest, leaving only the deep scars engraved on the earth like the might of the gods. The variables of heresy began to affect the trajectory of the sun, moon and stars, and the intertwined fates began to flow from this moment, and the sparks of encounter pierced the distant sky.

The young man in the royal blue armor came to the place where this pillar of light appeared, and the crack that caught his eyes lay horizontally in front of everyone, shocking everyone's nerves. Beneath the rift is a bottomless abyss, with an ominous aura exuding from it, what a force it can tear apart the earth, and become a 'wound of the earth'.

There were several extremely irregular scratches on the surrounding ground, and it was conceivable that several extremely astonishing forces had just collided and stirred together.

Not far from the rift, a boulder rose high and nailed a wizened body. I saw that the gray hair covered her once beautiful face, the abrupt eyes expressed her unwilling resentment before her death, and the viscous and smelly green liquid remained on the torn chest, which made the people present feel disgusted.

The boy looked at the scene in front of him with that indifferent gaze, and he slowly walked towards the body, where a familiar voice seemed to call to him.

"Come here, come here!"

"Who are you?" Chessier said subconsciously.

At this time, a non-commissioned officer walked up behind him and called his name, but received no response. So he reached out and patted his arm. The young man suddenly felt like an electric shock all over his body, and reflexively held the non-commissioned officer's wrist, and his hateful eyes were terrifying.

"Chief Chechesil?"

Only then did Chessil come to his senses, let go of the non-commissioned officer, and his eyes returned to his usual indifference.

"What's the matter?"

Only then did the non-commissioned officer timidly hand over a pink long sword. "Where did you find it?" After seeing the long sword, Chessil asked nervously.

The sergeant pointed to the bulging rock, remembered the terrible look in Checille's eyes just now, and said nothing.

Chesil walked slowly to the rock, carefully observing the texture on the rock, and found that it was temporarily caused by human force. The rocks were piled up in a pyramid shape, as if to seal something inside, and the cracks in the ground showed that the force was extending from the front of the forest not far away.

Suddenly, the same voice echoed in Chessier's mind again

"Come here, part of me, come here!"