Act 128: The Dragon and the Log
Foggy streets.
The girl in the candle shop walked slowly with a bundle of mutton fat candles, the white rose avenue in the gray capital was reviving in the first light of the morning, and the owner of the imperial capital grocery store, Ma Perry, was opening the door of the store and greeted the girl when he saw it:
"Setty, so early?"
"Good morning, Mr. Marpery!" Setitian responded with a smile: "Because the palace is in a hurry, it is naturally early." ”
"I saw you busy until late yesterday, wouldn't it be too hard?"
"Ah, because my father's legs are not very dexterous, as a daughter, this is what I should do."
"Old Chris is so blessed to have such a good daughter as you." The owner of the grocery store complained indignantly, "It's not like that bastard kid in my house. ”
The girl held the candle, pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to answer, when suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded like a shower on the avenue leading to the Holy Silver Palace. Everyone subconsciously shut their mouths, and the pedestrians on the street retreated to both sides, and Setty stood in the crowd with a candle in his hand, and also frowned and looked at the south side of the avenue—
The fog rolls up.
A dark carriage appeared like a ghost at the end of the field of vision, and dozens of knights in gray cloaks galloped past like a whirlwind, clearing the way, and the horses on which the knights sat were as black as ink, and the armor on their bodies was like a ball of flame.
The Grey Knight of the Sanctuary of Fire.
The carriage passed slowly before the people began to talk again.
"It's from the Kirk family," Marpery, the owner of the grocery store, looked back at the direction in which the carriage had disappeared, "Seti, I heard that the nobles lost the battle in the south, and your brother ...... him"
"My brother must be fine."
The Rosette of the Palazzo Saint-Contipe opens opposite the gates, and the pure white avenue leads to the tree-lined grounds of the Royal Gardens.
In the palace of St. Contipee, black marble is like a carpet, and silver-poured roses stretch outward along the dark earth; The Supreme of the Empire sat on the famous, long, cold stone throne with a narrow backrest, tilted his head slightly and listened to the monks of the Temple of Fire ring the golden bell seven times.
The famous proverb was engraved three inches above her head—there must be thorns under the rose—the silver queen of the Cruz, and their supreme female emperor. Constance has a baby face. For special reasons, the body is also maintained in the same appearance as when she was young, with long blond hair almost waist-length, which looks like a delicate doll, but in fact this girl-like queen is already a mother of seven children, and she is also a typical Cruz.
In the eyes of other peoples, a typical Cruz means arrogant and empty-eyed. Imperialism. And within the political territory of the empire, this represents toughness and iron fist, which is especially prominent in the appearance of Her Majesty the Queen.
The Queen's gaze was level ahead, and the view was the scenery that she had seen day after day, and the Golden Palace had no gates, and the Emperor's power was not limited. As far as the eye can see, it is not only the territory of the empire, but also the back garden of the conquerors of the empire.
But there, the clouds in the sky to the north of the palace were rolling low, as if a rare storm was being brought, a storm that Vawender had not experienced in a thousand years, and which no one had ever seen before, so no one would understand it at this moment. It will unveil a magnificent era for the world.
Look straight ahead. The Silver Queen's gaze never fell on her courtiers, but she suddenly waved her hand a little irritably. interrupted the courtiers below.
"I don't want to hear you discuss what's going on in the south, the Ashricots, and I can forgive you for provoking the druids in the Ring of the Trade Winds."
"The Rupert family, Williams suffered defeat at the hands of the Eruins, but he is dead, and there is no sin in the dead."
"I just want to figure out two things, one, who gave Williams the power to move the Frontier Fleet? Second, who is the Eruin who defeated us, the new Count Tonigel, whether he will wield the Celestial Arm, and what is his relationship with the unbeatable knights in the north-"
As soon as Constance's calm words fell, an old man sweating profusely from the direction occupied by Williams's family in the hall crawled to his knees: "Your Majesty, please mercifully grant us this opportunity, and we will definitely find out that person." He is not only an enemy of the Empire, but also an enemy of our family. ”
Constance just glanced at Duke Cecil—
She looked up, "Eruin is no longer important to the Empire today, I just need them to agree to participate in the holy war in the name of the Temple." Since the wizards of Buga want to intervene, let them take it, as long as it does not fall into the hands of the elves of St. Otor. ”
"But Her Majesty, Eruin has always been the traditional sphere of influence of the Flame Temple." A voice rang out, and the queen looked to the other side, only to find that it was the High Priest Quaker who had interrupted her. Her face did not change, and she just asked lightly, "Priest Quake, what are you talking to me about now, is it religious affairs or government affairs?" ”
Quake's face changed, and he immediately fell silent.
"I'm very concerned about the rumors that the Azure Spear has been unearthed in Eruin, so I'll leave this matter to you."
Constance rose from his throne, short in stature, but no one dared to underestimate him. No one dared to breathe in the palace of St. Contipi for a moment, and the queen looked around before leaving accompanied by her chamberlain.
In the corner of the Palazzo Saint-Contipe, the Kirk family and the Eichrico family are almost together. Duke Helix and Count Rodney watched the queen leave, and the latter couldn't help but smack his lips: "Before you came into contact with Your Majesty, it was really hard to imagine that such a woman had mastered the empire for forty years, and it was a shame to say that I still regarded her as an object of fantasy when I was young. ”
"It's just that her appearance was fixed at the moment when she was young by chance because of a special experience, and seriously speaking, when I was your age, the queen was already like this." Duke Helix's sideburns are gray, his gray eyebrows are straight into his sideburns, the old nobleman's face is full of weather, but he doesn't have much to say when talking to Count Rodney, who is a generation younger than him—everyone knows that the Kirk family is very close to the Ichrico family, and Veronica, the contemporary head of the Ichrico family, is even the swordsmanship teacher of Helix's granddaughter, "Your Majesty's body has not been as good as it used to be in recent times, otherwise she would not agree to let the princes of this generation go out to practice." ”
Count Rodney nodded, and at the same time he looked at the Grand Duke Cecil who was hanging aside by the Silver Queen with a little pity, and said gloatingly: "The Cecil family is going to be unlucky this time, Williams has really left them a big problem." ”
"Don't rejoice too soon." The Duke shook his head disappreciatively. At his age, he has really seen too many ups and downs: "Don't look at Cecil's old fellow trembling in the face of His Majesty, but he still has the strength to deal with you and me." ”
"Against us?" Rodney was a little puzzled: "Why did he deal with us, we didn't provoke him, is he crazy?" ”
"Then you have to ask your sister what good things she did in the Ring of the Trade Winds, Your Majesty and we all know. You'd better advise her. Don't get too close to those Eruins, and listen to Her Majesty's tone, you may not be satisfied with what she has done before. Duke Helix replied.
"Well," Count Rodney sighed, apparently remembering Veronica, "how can I persuade her, she has her own ideas. But I think His Majesty has made her the teacher of the great prince. I guess it's not too affectionate. ”
The Duke patted the young man on the shoulder, "So our situation may not be better than Cecil's, and we can only blame you and me for our bad luck, and we have something to do with Eruin at this time." A few days ago, Veronica sent back the prime minister's precious daughter, which offended one of the most powerful people in the royal capital, and the last trip to the Ring of Trade Winds, the parents of those who died in the family may not be satisfied with us. ”
"It's so strict. So what do we do now? Rodney suddenly felt a little creepy.
"Find someone."
"Looking for someone?"
Duke Helix nodded. "Ignore other people's attitudes. What we have to do is to change the cutting down of our majesty. And the meaning of His Majesty was already obvious, she didn't care about Eruin's position. I just want that Azure Spear. ”
"Wait, Azure Spear...... You mean that Count Toniger? ”
……
'The moon of the scroll, the 22nd, sunny—
Thanks to the guide's efforts, our carriage passed through the Baiqiangbao Pass as scheduled. It is said that only on the side of the mountains of Anlek near the Sea of the Dead Moon can we see the wonder of the carriage and the sailing ships on the sea in a line, but unfortunately the heavens did not let us do so, because it was the season after summer, because of the wind direction and the current, there were very few ships close to the sea of Deldetal, and this afternoon we finally bid farewell to the bitterness of several days of trekking, and arrived at the territory of Lantoyoulan—
—Luther, in Odapé'
Brando obviously didn't think that there were people talking about him thousands of miles away, and all he had to do now was answer Veronica's question.
"The God Who Will Wake Up?"
The Awakened God of Surash, a legend that has been around since the Amber Sword.
In the game, there are a total of eight bosses in the team dungeon of the center of the Dead Frost Forest: Isis's youngest daughter, the dim Kouhua; The twins of the Twilight Wolves, Mayne and Mel. the ice-devouring giant worm that entrenches in the main hall of Luohua; The chief wizard of the Black Pyrocracy, 'Illusionist' Eric, the heart of Milos's autonomous defensive weapon, the core of frost. The leader of the Black Fire cult, Roderick, the 'head of the Black Fire', and the ones who are still with them - the door god, the frost dragon, and the Star.
However, in fact, there have been rumors among players that this temple should still have a hidden boss zài. The god who is about to wake up, Surash.
This rumor began with a series of quests in the northern way: at the headquarters of the Knights of the Far Eagle in White City, there is a diary that can trigger a quest, and the owner of the journal is the former Grand Master of the Far Eagle in the Far Eagle, which is not special in itself, but the content of the diary is very bizarre.
Brando's previous life later went to the Knights of Grace and did this mission, so he also remembered the contents of the diary vividly.
The diary tells the story of Grand Master in his youth, when he was just an ordinary mercenary with no connection to the famous mercenary knight Order Far Eagle, and the diary contains an adventure trip around the world with an archaeological team, and the owner of the diary is very proud of these experiences, because it is indeed rare for ordinary people to see and hear, but there are also some things that the owner of the diary does not understand.
One of the most famous is the mystery of Audapé.
The diary records that in the summer of 312, the year of the Thunder, more than half a century ago, Anson XI of Eruin had just ascended to the throne. A decree on the training of the militia was issued. Eruin's era of renaissance had just begun, and the owner of the diary had traveled with his archaeological team to this small kingdom on the border of Cruz.
After crossing the plateau at the junction of Eruin and Cruz, inspecting the remains of the Miner there, they headed south over Ampesel to a fishing village in Odapé, where the owner of the diary described an interesting thing they had seen.
They found. The inhabitants of the area worship a deity with a concrete image.
It was a very interesting thing, and the natives described the god as having a thunderous appearance, eyes like fire, and skin shining like silver, and he came from the south every night to ride the flames. After navigating the sky for a while, we returned to the south. But as far as I know, the dispute between the gods has been settled since the Azure Knight pierced the sky and caused the stars to fall to the ground, and the gods and the gods have left Vajnd together, and although the laws they left behind still shelter our world, the figurative gods have long ceased to exist in this land. ’
So it was described in the diary. But amazingly, in the days that followed. The owner of the diary and his entourage also witnessed the deity's arrival:
A red pillar of fire rose from the south. The flames seemed to burn all over the night sky in that direction, and the whole night sky was fiery red. Then I witnessed the miracle of that – there seemed to be a path in the sky that did not exist. A figurative deity walked along it, circumnavigated the sky for a circle, and then returned to the pillar of fire. To prove that I am not fabricating the facts, I have recorded here the face of the god I saw, whose skin seemed to be made of shiny metal, his body flowing with silver light, surrounded by lightning, and his eyes spewing golden flames. ’
Subsequently, the archaeological team left for the south to investigate the matter. Unfortunately, when they passed through the town of Shuanglin between Bidavernon and Jinlin Forest, they were attacked by a dragon that did not kill them, but robbed them of all their supplies, and they had to cancel the temporary trip.
After returning to the White City, the owner of the diary has been haunted by the incident, but alas, this trip became his last long trip. Soon after, he joined the Far Eagle for unavoidable reasons, and although his insight and talent quickly made him a high-ranking mercenary knight and a center of power, what he saw in the fishing village of Odapé remained an unresolved question in his mind.
This question persists until the death of the journal's owner, but does not return to dust until the player discovers the journal.
The fishing village of Odapé was expanded into Fort Violet by Count Audapé in the Year of the Organ, and became the center of the Odapé region, and to the south of today's Fort Violet is the Dead Frost Forest.
According to historical records, since the year of Lin Ying, the local residents no longer see the vision in the night sky. Although the incident briefly alarmed the Haviran Church in Lantoniland (an autonomous sect of the Temple of Fire), the Church's adventure party never made the trip, and after about a year and a half, the number of visions dwindled and the matter was closed.
As a result, there are very few written accounts of this once-ephemeral deity in history, which makes it difficult for players to investigate later. Even though the player's strength has grown to the point where they can enter the Dead Frost Forest alone, they still have not been able to solve the puzzle that has been hanging in the air.
The question in the mind of the leader of the Far Earth Eagle has since become the most mysterious legend among players.
"So, if that's what Anlek is really looking for, that's fine." Brando skipped the player's part and explained the diary to Veronica and the others a little: "If Sebes, the King of the Frost Knights, really wants to remind us of this, maybe it will save us a lot of time." ”
"What do you mean, Lord Earl?" Before Veronica could speak, Miss Shiduo, a scholar standing beside her, couldn't help but ask with curiosity, "Could it be that there is some important information recorded in that journal?" ”
Not really.
Brando thought to himself that if this was the case, this mystery would not be one of the biggest unsolved questions in the minds of later players.
But the problem is, now they have an unexpected gain.
In fact, both Brando and Veronica's eyes fell on Star.
And before they did, it was the little female dragon Aloz who spoke first.
"Tell me what's going on," Aloz stared at his own kind with golden eyes, baring his small snow-white fangs as a threat, "Don't tell me you didn't hear what that guy just said, or I'm going to screw your ears off." ”
"Don't!" The little fat dragon covered his ears pitifully and screamed, "I don't know, I've been here for a long time, but I've been sleeping for a long time, and you know it, Sister Aloz." ”
"So, you robbed someone else's convoy while sleepwalking?" The little she-dragon snorted, and suddenly pounced on Star's ear, causing the latter to scream like a pig. She said viciously: "Don't try to lie to me, tell the truth!" ”
"Wow wow, light, sister! I say, I say! Tower screamed. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info. )