Chapter 11: The Banquet I

As the Lord of the Relic Tower said, although the feast had not yet begun, the tables in the hall of the central castle were already filled with all kinds of food and drinkβ€”most of the food was still local fruits, sausages prepared overnight, and long breadsticks cut up; Compared to the food that was still being made, the wine was already neatly arranged, and most of the wheat wine and rye wine were stacked in barrels in a corner of the hall, with piston lids on them, and as long as they were twisted, they could directly reach into the barrels and shake a large glass of wine to their heart's content.

Of course, in addition to the booze, the mead, rum and brandy on the wooden shelves next to it will not disappoint either, both in quantity and quality, enough to bear the main drink of the banquet; On a circular coffee table next to these wooden shelves, there are drinks for people who are not good at drinking, or who don't drink alcohol - whether it is low-alcohol champagne or all kinds of fresh juices, there is no doubt that people will have what they want.

"Lord Blank, Lord Yeti, Enid!"

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Monroe, who raised his head from the barbecue grill and soup pot, immediately waved his hand, and at the same time, did not forget to change the fat goose on the barbecue grill that had changed color; With this action, two drops of grease immediately dripped into the fire, causing a 'prickly' sound and a mouth-watering aroma.

"Monroe, your craft is getting better and better!"

The Lord of the Relic Tower, who shook his nose and involuntarily took another sip of wine, immediately praised loudly, which immediately drew the laughter of Monroe, the chef of the banquet, who had a hideous scar on his face. Tall stature. Slightly chubby man. After handing over the work to the same witcher next to him for the time being, he stepped out from behind the grill and the soup pot.

As a banquet that is about to welcome hundreds, if not thousands, and lasts more than twelve hours, of course, there can't be just a chef like Monroe; In fact, with the exception of Monroe, who is the head chef, there has been a team of nearly fifty chefs divided into two groups since last night. began to get busy - after all, among the witchers, there are not a few people who have good appetites; And the existence of two ordinary people who eat more than one person abounds; If you don't prepare in advance, let alone last until midnight, I'm afraid that the sun will just turn west at noon, and the food will run out.

"It's the ingredient stick this time! Whether it's goose, duck, chicken, beef, lamb. They are all the best beings! In addition, it is able to organize banquets for more than 1,000 people. This is really great" As the head chef, the wheel is naturally very good at explaining the quality of the ingredients, this tall and slightly chubby man, with an extraordinary excited tone and action, to the three Ye Qi in front of him, expressing the state of the moment - casually holding a barrel full of wheat wine, straight tore open the piston, gulping Monroe, until the whole barrel was all drunk, then stopped.

"And, of course, my favorite wheat wine!"

After a long hiccup, putting down the empty wine barrel, picking up another wine barrel and handing it to the Lord of the Tower of the Relic, Monroe laughed loudly and walked back to the back of the barbecue grill and soup pot again - although he likes to drink, this chef obviously has not forgotten his duty, and can clearly remember Ye Qi who has only been around for a few faces, Ye Qi does not drink, obviously the barrel just now went down, for this chef, there is nothing to do.

"I think I should ask Hessel for more drinks again! The thirty barrels of ale wine that have just been approved are obviously not enough! "The Lord of the Relic Tower held the barrel and led Ye Qi towards the corner of the hall where all kinds of drinks were placed; As soon as he arrived here, the Lord of the Tower of the Relic directly pulled over a chair, sat down, tore open the piston on the barrel in his arms, and poured it in a big gulp.

"The original drink, plus the ...... specially approved by Lord Hessel"

Ye Qi looked at the tower master of the holy relic who was drinking like drinking water, and then glanced at the wine placed next to him, especially when he saw Enid directly pick up a bottle of mead, bite off the cork, and pour it in a big gulp, he immediately said very loyally: "If, according to the current situation, it is only a fraction!" ”

"Zero?! Ha Lu Ha ...... Hahaha...... That's right, just a fraction! ”

Hearing Ye Qi's words, the tower master of the holy relic, who had no wine or joy, immediately burst out laughing; After pouring a few sips in succession, he wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "However, our goal is to eliminate the zero head and let Hessel come up with the real big head!" I checked the storehouse of the Moonlit Tower in Hessel this morning, and it contained at least ten times as much wine as here! ”

"So, today we just need to let go of the painful drink!"

As he spoke, the Lord of the Tower of the Relic followed the example of the previous chef, drank all the wine in the barrel in one go, and then threw the empty barrel aside, picked up another full barrel again, and uncorked the wine - and Ye Qi, who was sitting opposite, looked at the Lord of the Tower of the Relic Tower, but shrugged his shoulders and walked to the round coffee table, and picked up a glass of low-alcohol champagne.

"It's a low-alcohol drink for ladies!"

Shak's fist bit down on the mead that was only half a bottle left.

"Such a low-alcohol alcohol has surpassed my position of not drinking!" Ye Qi raised his glass and gestured to the Lord of the Tower of the Holy Relic, then turned to Shak's Fist and said, "Moreover, don't you think that you who drink like this have long been unable to represent the position of the ladies?" ”

And after a long time, Shak's fist, which was holding his chin with one hand, reacted to what this meant, and immediately shouted: "You say I'm not a woman?!" ”

"You said it yourself!" Ye Qi shrugged.

"I'm going to duel with you!" The ponytail that shakes violently from side to side represents the excited mood of Shak's fist at this moment.

"You can't beat me!" Ye Qi, who was seeking truth from facts, narrowed his eyes and looked at the fist of Shak, who was staring at himself like a cat, waving his teeth and claws at him, and was angry. reminded the other party: "And." Don't forget before you go. Aunt Kutch's instructions to you! ”

Even the Fist of Shak, the existence of such a tendon, also has its own fear-her teacher, who is the person she fears the most; Therefore, when Ye Qi mentioned the teacher's name, the witch witch who had just opened her teeth and claws immediately fell silent; Half-bowed his head, thinking about the time of parting. The teacher's instructions to himself.

"Not drinking is completely different from your teacher!" The tower master of the holy relic, put down the remaining half of the wheat wine, looked at Ye Qi curiously, half reminiscing and half teasing: "I remember that Old John and Old Ward are both people who don't like alcohol, and when they first met, they met because of drinking; As a disciple of Old John, how can you not drink? You must know that if a man does not drink, he will miss out on a lot of wonderful things! ”

"Missed. Wonderful things, don't delay important things well! Ye Qi reiterated his point. And emphasized: "It's not that I don't drink, but I drink very little, and very little!" ”

"Sure enough, it's an old stubborn tone!"

Obviously, for the Lord of the Holy Relic Tower, who does not have the demeanor or shelf of the Lord of the Six Towers, and can mix with any young person, Ye Qi's tone of 'aging before aging' is the most difficult for him to accept - this Lord of the Tower of the Relic not only rolled his eyes, but also put down the wine barrel in his hand, and stared at Ye Qi half-jokingly: "A little guy like you, you are obviously only twenty-five years old, why do I feel that you are already one hundred and twenty-five years old?" ”

"If I'm one hundred and twenty-five, I'll have a good time with you, Lord Blank!"

Ye Qi also replied in a half-joking tone - although it was a half-joking tone, but in the bottom of his heart, Ye Qi had a different plan: If everything is safe after nine years and five months, then I will get drunk and relax myself for a while.

For Ye Qi, who has the matter of 'the return to the world behind the Holy See' in his heart, although he did not show it to his face, in his heart, Ye Qi has a trace of urgent pressure that is difficult to hide - and under such pressure, Ye Qi, who was originally cautious, has long been more and more cautious.

Drinking and spitting out the truth, this sentence, whether in Ye Qi's hometown or in Lorente, is quite convincing - without a certain degree of certainty, Ye Qi very wisely chose to hide the news of 'the return of the papal see'; after all, it is not only impossible to explain the reliability of the source exactly, but more worried that the director of the Holy See Inquisition will be 'startled'.

Although, I don't know how long the person behind the Holy See needs to prepare for returning to the human world, and what kind of preparations need to be made, but judging from the actions of the other party and the remaining time estimated by the strange wolf, it is obvious that the other party is one step ahead of him - and under the premise of having this one step ahead, any unnecessary 'stimulation' will make the other party ' After all, Ye Qi took the words of the tower master of the Moonlit Night Tower to heart, leaving aside the top seven powerhouses, the remaining powerhouses of the Legendary Realm had an absolute advantage over the Holy See.

And if you put aside the teacher, the profiteer, and the Tatar Master who also disappeared, neither the top combat power nor the one after you will have any advantage; This is the result of putting aside the Holy See's so-called 'Great Divine Arts' - if you count the plural of 'Great Divine Arts' and the 'unexpected' actions of the Inquisition, even if you add up the entire Demon Hunter Headquarters, the odds of victory are no more than 20%.

In the face of such a chance of winning, Ye Qi naturally understands what kind of approach is the most correct!

As for the supreme government?

If the Demon Hunter Guild and the Holy See go to war, although the Supreme Government will not sit idly by, according to the 'peace policy' that the Supreme Government has always had, it is more about defending its own jurisdiction, and clearing an absolutely 'big' battlefield for them and the Holy See - after all, for the Supreme Government, which lacks real combat power except for the Dides, who is known as the strongest man on the earth, although it is also constantly attracting and organizing people with special talents to form troops of its own size; But more often than not, they are developing their own special path.

The Secret Service is the result of the former; The chariot corps, on the other hand, is a concrete manifestation of the latter.

In this regard, Ye Qi naturally did not have any position to express his opinion, but he knew that he wanted to win the war between the strange wolf and that one. Right now. He can only rely on himself; At least. And that's what it's like nowβ€”

"Wouldn't that be a hundred years to wait? I really don't understand you, the same as the old John who pretended to be deep at the beginning! ”

The Lord of the Relic Tower exclaimed in surprise, and then shook his head.

"I can't wait that long; So, Ye you owe me a favor! The tower master of the Holy Relic Tower, who was talking to himself, did not give Ye Qi any chance to interject, so he continued: "So, the day before Midsummer Eve, the Holy See came, and you came to be in charge of the reception!" ”

"I'll take care of the reception?!"

It was already when the tower master of the relic, who was on the other side, began to talk to himself. Ye Qi felt that something was wrong, but when the other party really said what he wanted him to do, Ye Qi, who was mentally prepared, was still taken aback - for the candidate to receive this Holy See negotiation, in Ye Qi's consciousness, he had nothing to do with him at all; He instinctively thought that Ted, Nopha, or some other tower protector should intervene; After all, even Ye Qi himself understood that no matter how he looked at it, he didn't have any talent for negotiation.

This is different from swinging a knife in battle, the kind of baggage that must be fought for at the negotiating table. The way to win every penny, for Ye Qi. If he was a bystander, there would naturally be no problem, but as a person in the game, he was definitely not a suitable person - at least, in the face of the kind of person who opened his eyes and said nonsense, he couldn't be the same as the other party, and he smiled and nodded yes.

"Lord Blank, I think such a task is still too much of a burden for me; I think Ted and Nofa, who have been in charge of this for a long time, are good! Ye Qi, who knew the difficulty, shook his head again and again and refused.

"Ted and Nofa will be your lieutenants!" The Lord of the Tower of the Relic said slowly, "Don't worry, you just go and sit there to show your identity, and the rest will be done by Ted and Nofa!" ”

"Status?"

Ye Qi, who still wanted to refuse, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this word.

"That's right, this time Iyeta's guy directly sent two cardinal archbishops as negotiators, if we don't put someone in the same position as the other party, it is easy to fall into the disadvantage when negotiating......"

The tower master of the Relic Tower picked up the barrel again and said as he drank, while Ye Qi said with a wry smile: "Ted and Nofa, who are still the tower protectors, are obviously not enough; And for the sake of the two cardinals, any one of you, as the Lord of the Six Towers, will appear to be out of character; And as the patrol envoy of the headquarters, whether it is my identity or the fame of the dragon of Shak, it is just right! ”

"That's right, that's it!"

The Lord of the Relic Tower nodded, indicating that Ye Qi was right.

"I just sit there and do nothing, just leave everything to Ted and Nopha?"

Ye Qi, who smiled bitterly, confirmed again.

"Of course!"

The Lord of the Relic Tower nodded again.

"Alright then!"

Ye Qi nodded helplessly.

"Although I like to pretend to be deep like your teacher, but in some ways, you are much better than your teacher!" The tower master of the Holy Relic first looked like a compliment, and then, the next moment, he took precautions in advance: "At the very least, you won't use excuses like stomach aches to run away on the same day, right?" ”

"As long as I say yes, I won't back down!"

Ye Qi did not doubt that his teacher could do such a thing, based on years of life experience with the other party, his teacher was such a person; Otherwise, he wouldn't have done anything to mortgage him in a restaurant to pay off his debts.

"Ha Lu Ha...... Haha......"

The tower master of the Relic looked at Ye Qi's reconfirmation, and immediately smiled and picked up the wine barrel in his arms, and gestured to Ye Qi; And Ye Qi also held champagne and saluted each other in return.

"Ye Qi, you lied to me!"

Just as Ye Qi took a slight sip of champagne from the glass, Shak's fist on the side finally came back to his senses from his thoughts - this witch hunter jumped in front of Ye Qi like a cat with her tail stepped on, glared at Ye Qi with a vicious look, and said, "The teacher only said that I should not cause trouble on the road, and I didn't say that I should always listen to you!" ”

"Really? Could it be that I am mistaken! ”

Shaking the wine glass in his hand, Ye Qi pretended to let out a sigh.

"Youβ€”You did it on purpose!"

Shak's Fist's eyes began to widen.

"That's what you said, I didn't say it!"

Ye Qi, who was shaking his wine glass, was still the same.

"I'm going to duel with you!"

"Didn't you say it, you can't beat me!"

"Then you have to fight too!"

"This kind of behavior is shaking M!"

"Shake, shake M? What is that? ”

"A feeling that is full of different kinds of awkwardness!"

"You don't want to explain in words I don't understand!"

"If you understand it, you won't understand it!"

……

Very simply, taking advantage of the language, Xia Ke's Fist was surrounded by Ye Qi into the fog - and when Xia Ke's Fist was still regretting what was shaking M, at the door of the hall, people had already appeared one after another.

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