Chapter 12: Elder Snow Elves
"Husband, do you really want to form an alliance with the Golden Family?"
In the evening, after a good time, Tingting had fallen asleep deeply, but Xiao Zhao was lying weakly in Zhuo Ao's arms, thinking of the things during the day, he was still a little worried in his heart, according to Ren Tingting, the hatred between Zhuo Ao and the Golden Family could not be resolved, so when he heard that Zhuo Ao had formed an alliance with the Golden Family during the day, he couldn't stop worrying in his heart.
"What do you think?" Zhuo Ao didn't answer, touched Xiao Zhao's soft hair, and asked rhetorically.
"Husband, you're not going to lie to them again, are you?" A smile appeared in Xiao Zhao's eyes.
"Uh...... Why do you say again? Zhuo Ao looked at Xiao Zhao in surprise: "Did I lie to you?" ”
"I don't know, but I know that Zhu Yuanzhang was deceived by you at the beginning, although you didn't say it, but Xiao Zhao has been with her husband for a long time, Xiao Zhao knows that her husband may have already seen Zhu Yuanzhang's ambitions, but there has been no one available around him, and Zhu Yuanzhang is very careful, so that his husband has not been able to find an excuse to kill him, and then found Mr. Berwyn, the prince will plan and let Zhu Yuanzhang go, but let his betrayal make the relationship he worked so hard to establish in Mingjiao disappear, and the husband took this opportunity, said that this matter was just Zhu Yuanzhang's mistake, so that the generals were reassured, and they were even more grateful to you, and the husband was actually very treacherous. ”
"Then you're not afraid that I'll sell you?" Zhuo Ao looked at Xiao Zhao with a playful look on his face at the moment and lightly nodded her nose.
"Marrying a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog, Xiao Zhao has long been her husband's person, if your husband wants to sell Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao can only admit it." Xiao Zhao made a look of tears.
"You're so smart." Zhuo Ao hugged Xiao Zhao tightly, and then hugged the sleeping Ren Tingting into his arms, and sighed: "If you don't agree to their alliance, I'm afraid we will have to go to war with them today, now the situation in Punk Town is very delicate, the church, the four major families and even many people hidden in the shadows are preparing for that secret realm at any time, any of them, if we touch them hard, we can't touch them, so we can only be in the cracks, seeking survival, as for who can laugh in the end, only depends on the will of God." ”
It's just the words of the Golden Family, Zhuo Ao is not afraid, although he can't beat it, but it's not really that he has no chance of turning the tables at all, he has a summoning mall, holding more than 200,000 summoning points, if he really fights, how can he have a chance to turn the tables, but even if he wins, it is only a miserable victory, the reason why the Golden Family chooses to compromise is that he doesn't want to collide with them at such a delicate time, not only because he is unwilling to lose the Holy Domain, but also because he doesn't want other forces to see his own reality, so he proposed an alliance.
In fact, even Joel knows very well that this so-called alliance is not solid and may be torn up at any time, but externally, this is a banner, if Zhuo Ao guesses well, then next, I am afraid that the other three major families, the Holy See, and even the hidden forces will continue to visit, and he is trying to keep a balanced state before the secret realm of the Canyon of the Dead is officially opened, at least not to let this war start in Punk Town.
"Husband?" Xiao Zhao suddenly hugged Zhuo Ao tightly and said softly.
"Huh?" Feeling a trace of inexplicable trembling coming from Xiao Zhao's body, Zhuo Ao looked at her suspiciously.
"Next time, don't leave us behind, we want to stay by our husband's side all the time, Xiao Zhao doesn't want to be a burden to my husband, Xiao Zhao wants to become stronger." Xiao Zhao said softly: "Actually, Xiao Zhao can feel that Sister Tingting also has the same idea, Xiao Zhao can see that today's battle has hit her hard." ”
Tingting?
Zhuo Ao turned his head and looked at Tingting who was cowering behind him, slightly stunned, and clearly saw that at that moment, two lines of tears slipped from the corners of Tingting's eyes.
Silly girl.
A touch of tenderness suddenly flashed in his heart, and he hugged Tingting and Xiao Zhao, who were pretending to be asleep, tighter again: "In the future, no matter where I go, I will take you with me, and I will never be separated again." ”
"Hmm." Xiao Zhao nodded heavily.
The next day, as if to confirm Zhuo Ao's conjecture, the other three major families, one after another, came to visit, the meaning of the words, also revealed a meaning, they hope to be able to maintain friendly relations with Punk Town, for this kind of thing, how can Zhuo Ao say that he has also been a three-year emperor and seven years of sect leader, this political Tai Chi is still good, and the leaders of the four major families are either otaku mages or muscular male warriors, deal with it, don't be too easy, but on the seventh day, the belated visit of the Holy See of Light, It really made Zhuo Ao die a lot of brain cells.
Pastor Delin, this name is not unfamiliar to him, strictly speaking, in Leysin City, the two of them also had a relationship, the other party knows a lot of his own details, and it is very troublesome to deal with it, but the attitude of the Holy See towards this matter is a little ambiguous, but there is one point, the attitude of the Church of Light and the four major families is surprisingly consistent, and no party has ever mentioned inviting him to go on an expedition together.
Want to leave me out?
After sending Delin away, Zhuo Ao looked at the outside of the castle, and a sneer appeared on his lips.
"My lord, Miss Gloria and Miss Celine ask to see you." Zhao Yun came in and said to Zhuo Ao.
Celine?
Zhuo Ao's heart moved when he heard this, the location of the ice and snow elves seemed to be near the Death Canyon, it stands to reason that it is impossible not to know about the changes in the Death Canyon, but last time, in the information that Celine provided to herself, the Canyon of the Dead was only a passing mention, just a brief introduction to the location of the Canyon of the Dead, and there was no other information.
It seems that the snow elves or Celine are still very wary of themselves.
Soon, Celine and Gloria's figures appeared at the door of the council hall, but to Zhuo Ao's surprise, behind the two, there was also a figure shrouded in a cloak, although he couldn't see his face clearly, but the aura of the ice and snow element made Zhuo Ao's pupils shrink slightly-Sanctuary, and he was also an ice Sanctuary mage.
If you say which kind of Sanctuary Zhuo Ao is most reluctant to face, the first place is definitely the Ice Sanctuary Mage, even if so much time has passed since the original Fighting King Competition, it is still fresh in Zhuo Ao's memory.
"Honorable Lord, please allow me to introduce you, this is our Ice Elf clan, the Snow Elf Elder who lives in the Holy Land of Kampal Snow Peak in the depths of the Death Mountains, Lord Shellaire, the Ice Mage at the peak of the Sanctuary." Celine turned sideways and solemnly introduced Zhuo Ao.
Although he had known that a Sacred Domain-level ice mage would never have a low status among the elves, Zhuo Ao did not expect that this time the Snow Elves would actually dispatch an elder.
"It's an honor to meet you, esteemed Master Shellaire." Zhuo Ao got up, bowed slightly, and said, this is a kind of respect for the strong, at least now Zhuo Ao faces an ice mage at the peak of the Holy Domain, there is no way, before exhausting her magic power, her true qi and physical strength may have already been exhausted.
"Shellaire is also very happy to be able to meet a young Sacred Domain powerhouse like the Lord." Shellaire's head shrouded in cloak nodded slightly, and there was a coldness in her voice.
"Sit down and talk." Zhuo Ao stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair, and at the same time said to Zhao Yun: "No one is allowed to enter within a hundred steps!" ”
"No!" Zhao Yun nodded and bowed out of the council hall.
"It seems that Lord Zhuo Ao has already guessed our intentions."
"Recently, the whole Punk Town has been in an uproar because of this incident, and countless strong people have gathered here, even if I don't know, it's hard for me to know." Zhuo Ao shook his head and smiled.
Celine looked at Zhuo Ao with a wry smile and said, "Please forgive me, Lord Lord, this matter is related to the secrets of the Elf Clan, and I was originally not going to reveal it to anyone, who knew that when the enchantment was broken, such a strong vision was emitted in the secret realm." ”
"So, you've discovered this secret realm." Zhuo Ao looked at Celine and said.
"You can't say you found it." Shellaire raised his head and said in a deep voice, "Because this secret realm is a place that our snow elf clan has guarded for generations. ”
Generational Guardianship?
Zhuo Ao looked at Shellair in surprise, and then at Celine: "Then why do you want to break the enchantment?" ”
"I'm sorry, but this matter is a secret for our Snow Elf Clan......" Shellair said halfway through in a deep voice, but was interrupted by a wave of his hand.
"It seems that the Snow Elves don't have the sincerity to cooperate with me, and they can't even share basic information, so why should I help you?" Zhuo Ao frowned, stood up and said coldly: "If Your Excellency is going to invite free thugs, there is no one in this castle, I am afraid that Your Excellency will have to run for nothing, I can't joke with my own life and that of my family." ”
"You ......" Shellair stood up and glared at Zhuo Ao, but was quickly stopped by Celine.
"I'm sorry, my lord, Elder Shellaire is just too worried about the safety of the Snow Elves and doesn't mean that." Celine hurriedly persuaded.
"Yes." Zhuo Ao nodded, looked at Celine and Shellaire and said, "Maybe in the eyes of the snow elves, our lives cannot be compared with the lives of your people, but please remember that in my eyes, even if the lives of the snow elves are combined, they can't be compared to my family, and I can't enter a completely unknown territory to me without any preparation to joke with my family's lives." ”
"I ...... It doesn't mean that. Shellaire shook his head slightly, under the cover of the cloak, he couldn't see his expression, but his voice didn't have the cold aura that he had before that was thousands of miles away.
"Very good, no matter what you think in your heart, first of all, I think that as a true ally, we must first share resources in intelligence, to be honest, I don't know much about the affairs of Death Canyon, as for cooperation, it must be established under this premise."
"Okay, but I hope that the lord can keep the secret of our snow elf clan, at least until we get what we want, and this matter must not be known to outsiders." Celine glanced at Gloria apologetically.
"There's still some business to attend to in the castle, so I'll take my leave." Gloria stood up silently and walked outside.