Volume 7: The Chamber of Secret of Blackstone Mountain (Remastered Version) Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Chamber of Secret of Blackstone Mountain (19)
"Count Presto, are you sure that the source of all this is Blackstone Mountain?" Far away from the battlefield of the orcs and dwarves, Rasfir and the black dragon princess under the alias of Katrana rode side by side and asked.
Glancing at the dragonmen who fought back and forth with the orcs, with Onexia's experience, it was easy to judge that it was with the help of these dragonmen that the black iron dwarves would not form a rout, but the overall battlefield situation was still tilting towards the orcs, and I am afraid that it would not be long before these black iron dwarves had to give up stopping the orcs in the wild and retreat to the Black Rock Mountain to defend the city.
From the very beginning, Onexia had no hope for these Black Iron Dwarves, or she had no hopes for Nefarian, and in her opinion, the Black Dragon Prince was nothing but a little useful in some technical fields!
"That's a sad title for me, Rasfil, you didn't call me that before!" Onexia brushed her hair with her hand and said with a smile, a charming expression naturally appeared on her face, which made several of the guards of Prince Rasfil couldn't help but give their souls, "Is it because you have a new goal that you cut off your relationship with me mercilessly?" It's really cold, is it that compared to that little girl, I'm already old, old and decrepit? ”
There was a hint of hesitation in Rasfil's eyes, but he quickly recovered: "Katrana, there are many people who pursue you, maybe I was included in them before, but that doesn't mean I won't change!" ”
"So you found a younger one?" Onexia covered her mouth and smiled, "Or maybe that little girl is just a passerby in your life, just like me?" ”
"Your Excellency Raphael is not like you, Katrana!"
"But that little girl doesn't have what it takes to help you ascend to the throne!" Onexia is not angry at all, she has lived in the Arnas Empire for so many years, and she has a very in-depth understanding of these princes, the Black Dragon Princess, "Isn't it precisely because you know this that you are willing to come with me to the Burning Plains?" ”
Rasfil pulled the reins: "I am here to rescue Marshal Wendsol, I hope you understand this, Count Presto!" ”
"You're right, but is that enough to satisfy you, Rasfil?" Onexia squinted at Rasfil who was standing on his horse with a pair of beautiful eyes, "You have already obtained the territory from Your Majesty, and at this time, you can take this risk with me, Rasfil, do you think you are very smart, or do you think I am stupid?" ”
Rasfil was silent and sighed helplessly, what Onexia said was his weakness.
Among the twelve countries of the Terrans, Arnas and Almeria are the only two major empires, which not only means that they are strong and have a vast territory, but also means that the two empires have inherited the legacy of the Griffon Dynasty relatively completely, which is an important reason why the two empires have been able to suppress other countries.
At the same time, in order to maintain this status, whether it is the Arnas Empire or the Almeria Empire, the selection of the heir to the throne is extremely harsh, which makes the competition between the princes and princesses very fierce, and the support of the great nobles and lords at home and abroad is also very important.
This is also one of the reasons why Rasfil pursued Onexia passionately in the first place, although he is only an earl, but Countess Presto is not only close to several great lords of the Arnas Empire, but also a major minister in the hands of His Majesty Arenas, if he can get the support of Countess Presto, it means that at least half of the empire has become his bag!
But it's a pity that so far Rasfir has not won the heart of Onexia, a little disheartened before he turned his attention to Raphael, after realizing that the little girl is an important cultivation object of the Holy See of Light, Rasfir wants to gain the support of the Holy See through Raphael's relationship, so as to add an important weight to his throne competition.
I thought that after turning her pursuit to Raphael, the neglected Countess Presto would complain about herself, but she didn't expect the countess to suddenly invite him to investigate the Burning Plains together, and after thinking about it again, Rasfil chose to agree.
"Alright! It seems that our Royal Highness is not willing to continue the discussion in this regard, so let's change the subject! "Onexia is clearly in control of the scene, "You ask me if I can determine the whereabouts of the marshal, I can only say that the information I have obtained so far shows that Blackstone Mountain is the most likely target, which was once home to Thorrisen City, the city of Black Iron Dwarves, but since a few years ago, those Black Dwarfs have stopped communicating with other races, and at the same time, the passage into Blackstone Mountain has been closed!" ”
"In this way, Blackstone Mountain is indeed very suspicious! But why have I never heard of these before? ”
"I have warned Your Majesty, but His Majesty Irenus has focused too much on the internal affairs of the Terrans, trying to re-establish the relationship between the Twelve Kingdoms. Therefore, I had to let my people gather information on this, after all, I have a lot of caravans to pass through here! ”
The Burning Plains is the only land passage connecting Ironforge and Orgrimmar, although the dwarves and orcs belong to the two camps, it does not mean that there is no commercial contact with each other, especially for the orcs, the flow of goods between the chaotic camp alone is completely unable to meet the daily needs of the orcs, so the development of commercial trade with the orderly camp is naturally the only option.
In fact, both the undead and the demons have very low demand for commerce, and the dark elves live in the underworld all year round, and few caravans can establish long-term and stable relationships with these elusive black skins. In contrast, the Order camp is much better, the dwarves are the best craftsmen on the continent, the humans are the largest source of agricultural products, and the elves are the source of the production of medicinal herbs, which are also indispensable materials for the chaos camp.
Therefore, although on the surface there was constant friction between the two camps, and wars between large and small camps were not uncommon, but the commercial trade between the camps was never interrupted, and in these commercial activities, the aristocratic class of mankind occupied an important position.
In this way, Onexia amassed a lot of wealth, and her caravans controlled almost half of the foreign trade of the Armnas Empire, which is one of the reasons why the great lords had a close relationship with her.
"You're right, the Empire has been too focused on internal affairs over the years, and this must change!" Rasfil nodded, flicked his horsewhip and moved on, "I'll talk to my father about this when the investigation here is over!" ”
Onexia looked at Rasfil as she rode forward, the corners of her mouth arced, and she whispered to one of the guards beside her, "Is everything arranged there?" ”
"It's all arranged, my master! However, how many rats are following us, should we clean them up? ”
"As long as you enter the Black Rock Mountain, nothing can be changed. But I don't want to be disturbed, you can take someone to take care of those little mice! ”
"Obey you, my master!"
At the same time, in the Flame Hall of the Molten Heart, the Black Dragon Prince Nefarian was standing here, watching the surrounding dragonmen clean up the messy hall.
Dragonman Fllegel walked up to Nefarian and bowed respectfully, "Venerable Master, we have broken through the Roaring Corridor and are attacking the Pool of Flamed Fury!" Ebonok is commanding at the front! ”
"Flegel! You know that's not what I want to hear! Nefarian looked at the elemental core in his hand, which was the core of Rusifron, who was bent on defending the Hall of Flames, and finally died under the cooperation of Flegel and Ebonok, and his elemental core became Nefarian's trophy.
The Black Dragon Prince threw the elemental core to a goblin behind him: "Krisik, you won't let me down, will you?" ”
Goblin Krisik, although he is known as the Great Elemental, as a legend, Krisik still maintains the style of a goblin: "Of course, Your Highness the Prince! As long as you offer the right price, Krissik will be able to fulfill any of your requirements! ”
"Even if it takes your life?"
"Even if it takes me to pay with my life!" Krissik said without hesitation.
For these green-skinned dwarfs who only had gold coins in their eyes, Nefarian didn't want to say anything more: "Then do it!" I don't want my Black Dragon Legion to waste too much power on that waste, and if you can, then I'll allow you to pick up five items from my treasury at random! ”
"Thank you for your generosity! Rest assured, Krisch will not let you down! The overjoyed goblin didn't say a word, and rushed out with his fellow clansmen behind him.
"Alright, Fregel, now let's talk about that! Valastaz is dead, and I've paid enough to catch those little reptiles, and hopefully this will bring me good news! Nefarian said to Flegle.
"Yes, Your Highness! In addition to the orcs of the Black Hand Clan, there are four outsiders, an undead, a minotaur, an elf, and a kitten man who have invaded the nest of the Black Wing! ”
"Oh? What a weird combination! ”
"As you instructed, Razogar, who was in charge of staying behind, did not intervene, and the chief of the Black Hand Clan, Red Black Hand, plundered the dragon eggs we left in the Darkwing's lair and left, leaving the Minotaur nowhere to be found, and the elves dying in the mouth of Cromagus."
"Well, the expected result!"
"Valastaz's corpse seems to have been inflicted some kind of potion, and after Cromagus lost his mind after biting the elf to death, he began to devour Valastaz's flesh, and after being stopped by Lazogar in the middle of the process, he fell into a rage, and in order to avoid causing more damage to the Black Wing's nest, I had to order Lazogar to lock him up." "At the same time, the detection magic we set up detected fluctuations in the magic of spatial teleportation, but the dragonmen who went to investigate were all killed, and Lazogar believed that it was the work of some Assassin. ”
"What about the undead?"
"Just as you expected!"
The corners of Nefarian's mouth turned up, and he said with a smile: "That is, those little reptiles aimed at the Chamber of Secrets from the beginning?" ”
"I'm afraid so! The results of the exploration of the upper area of Blackstone Mountain also showed that the other party seemed to have planned to move towards the nest of the Black Wing from the beginning! ”
"Very good, then, there is only one actor left in this big scene!" The smile on Nefarian's face was very bright, "Has my self-inflicted sister arrived?" ”
Vlegel replied, "I'm about to enter the Black Rock Mountain, and I'm accompanied by a prince of the Armas Empire!" ”
"Then, I should go back too, the guests are almost here, how can I, the host, not be there!" Nefarian threw a dragon egg in his hand to Flegel, who quickly reached out to catch it, "Remember your mission, Flegel, I'll leave it to you here!" ”
Looking at the red dragon egg in his hand, Flegel bowed his head respectfully.
Just as Nefarian was about to go back to entertain the guests, Sylbe changed into a regular set of knightly light armor and followed Marshal Wendsol into the city lord's mansion, the capital of the province of Rema.
Imperial Duke Miseta Rema was standing in the middle of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion in full gear, holding a helmet in his hand and a long sword at his waist, with a serious expression on his face.
"You didn't come at the right time, Wendsol!"
As the only female duke in the Arnas Empire, Miseda Rema is almost seventy years old, in the real world, this age can already be regarded as an old man, but in the Entagri Continent, seventy years old can only be regarded as middle-aged for a legendary-level hero, although Miseda is not very beautiful, but time obviously has not left too many traces on her face!
"I have to come, Missada! What the hell is going on, and why is the province of Aston full of enemies attacking us! Has evil invaded in a big way? ”
Missaida sighed, "Wendsol, as an old friend who used to fight side by side, I shouldn't have done this!" But as the Duke of the Empire, I must first complete my mission! ”
"What the hell is going on?"
"Reginald Windsor! Did you come to the Arnas Empire to meet His Majesty Irenus and expose the conspiracy of Count Presto? ”
"That's right! Miseta, I have found enough evidence in the Burning Plains to prove that Count Presto is the Black Dragon Princess Onexia, who became a human and infiltrated the Arnas Empire in order to seize power in the Arnas Empire! What happened in Aston Province is proof of the evil black dragon's bad intentions! ”
Miseda drew the long sword from his waist and pointed it at Windsol, "It's just your words!" But you know what? Just a few hours ago, Count Presto was assassinated on his way to the palace by your best friend, the Duke of Rosetta of the Kingdom of Oberlein! ”
Wendthor was shocked: "No, it can't be! There's no way Rosetta could do such a thing! ”
"Reginald Windsor! As the Duke of the Arnas Empire and the Captain of the Dreadnought Wall Legion, I declare that you are a great Lord. Arrested for the crime of overthrowing the country! ”