145, the queen of the mountain
It turned out that Ramanda's power in the Black Lantern Tribe was even greater than Talos had imagined, and they spent about two hours on the way to the Golden Palace, and thanks again to the great invention of the Teleportation Array, it took less than half an hour to obtain permission to enter the Golden Palace.
"Her Majesty last chose a new couple six years ago, and now there are about 300 men from all over the world, all races, some of whom are still favored and some of whom have already begun to retire. ”
After learning that Talos had never paid attention to the Queen of the Mountain of the Black Light Tribe, Ramanda very patiently introduced Talos one by one.
"The highest ranking in the Golden Palace is Archduke Selwyn, a dark elf from the Shadow Dungeon, who gave birth to a daughter with the Queen, and the last daughter, ranked seventeenth, with fourth-order strength in his own right, and is a master assassin. ”
"Under the Grand Duke, there are two dukes, one is a blood clan named Karen, he has a bad temper and despises other races except the dark elves and blood clans, if you meet him, you must not have a confrontation head-on. As for the other ......," Ramanda paused slightly, "it was a human named Degar, a priest of light. ”
Although the Light Priest who worships the Light Dragon and the Dark Elf who worship the Dark Dragon are not hostile, it is obviously false to say how close the relationship is, and Talos guesses that the human Light Priest was robbed nine times out of ten.
Sure enough, Ramanda's next words confirmed his thoughts: "Degar was a slave of the Dark Elves of the Crazy Mountains who had been carefully trained by the Dark Elf Mother for three years, and was later presented as a gift to Her Majesty, and it is said that his faith has completely changed from the morning sun to the scorching sun. ”
Dawn, scorching sun, and dusk are the three sides of the dragon of light, the light of morning light symbolizes healing, hope, and protection, and is quite mild, and the light of the scorching sun represents burning, scorching, and attacking.
"In addition, there are six marquises, twenty-one counts, seventy-two viscounts, a number of barons and knights in the Golden Palace, the highest status of the Naga is Bard, one desert Naga is made an earl, and the highest status in the shallow sea Naga is Cecil who is a viscount. ”
Ramanda explained to Talos in detail the situation of the Naga clan in the Golden Palace, and then admonished him uneasily: "But you have to remember that there is only one queen under the mountain, so even if the other party is also a Naga, don't trust it too much, you will always be competitors, and the probability of cooperation is negligible." ”
After saying this, Ramanda mentioned her purpose: "If you are made a marquis or duke one day, you will definitely be able to influence Her Majesty's thoughts, and don't forget to help me fight for it when the time comes." ”
Talos still understood the truth that pie would not fall from the sky, and he asked, "What are you fighting for?"
"The ruling housemother. "Her Majesty's love of beauty does not mean that she has given up her grip on power, and for this reason she has made it a rule from the very beginning that the ruling mother can serve a term of five years, and each of them can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms." The current ruling mother is a descendant of His Majesty's fourth daughter, and there is still a year to go. ”
The dark elves are originally a long-lived race, and their lifespan is usually around 500 years, which is twice that of Naga and five times that of humans, and the lifespan of the queen of the mountain is even longer after being promoted to the fifth order, if nothing else, she can live for at least 2500 years.
The large number of Laethia's descendants, combined with the fact that each person can only serve a maximum of two consecutive terms, fully guarantees the independence of power.
"Her Majesty's eldest daughter is the worst, she has always thought that as the eldest princess, as long as she is good enough, Her Majesty can pass on the position of patriarch to her and become the king of the Black Light Tribe. As a result......" Ramanda shook her head, "she waited for 517 years, and when she died of old age, she was still the eldest princess, let alone the patriarch, and she didn't even get the position of the ruling mother." ”
"From that moment on, everyone realized that the limit of what we descendants could touch was the Ruling Mother, and I longed for that position very much - ah, here we are. ”
Talos looked out the window and saw a surrealist palace that gave Naga the first impression of being beautiful and the second impression of being eerie.
It is said to be exquisite because the dark elves are close relatives of the high elves, and their artistic attainments can be ranked among the top three in the entire main material plane, and the architecture is naturally exquisite to the extreme, giving people a sense of geometric symmetry that is relaxing and pleasant.
The Golden Palace as a whole presents a kind of Gothic architecture similar to the pointed and tall, most of the components are cylinders, and the surface is decorated with a large number of exquisite reliefs, patterns, and murals, which are beautiful.
As for the weirdness, the building was filled with a large number of slender, sharp, and hideous sharp corners, and the top of each cylinder burned with huge spell flames, light purple, and kept jumping.
The dungeon is barely lit by a few natural plants, one is a giant mushroom taller than a person, clustered together for a spectacular view, and another is a moss covering the rock surface, emitting a faint glow like a firefly.
Therefore, the overall environment of the dungeon is somewhat dim, and the creatures that can live in the dungeon basically have the ability of dim vision, and some go further and obtain dark vision.
In the ancient texts of the Dark Elves, purple and black are the colors of the scales of the Dark Dragon, so they became the favorite colors of the Dark Elves, and this love is reflected in the color of the surface of the building, and the Golden Palace used a lot of amethyst in its construction.
Today, the amethyst reflects the flames of magic in the dim environment, illuminating the outer perimeter of the Golden Palace, creating a dark, quiet, and mysterious visual effect.
Talos didn't know if the Golden Palace had been cast with other spells, he just looked at it twice, and he had the illusion that there was a layer of material flowing on the surface of the entire Golden Palace, and those cylindrical buildings were constantly rotating, and he felt dizzy, as if his head had been hammered with a war hammer.
"Don't look closely, the Golden Palace has been spelled by the Black Light Witch herself, and the non-dark elves will be trapped in it once they concentrate on it. Sensing Talos's condition, Ramanda hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I should have warned you earlier. ”
Talos shook his head before he felt better: "It's okay, I was too careless." ”
Having said that, Talos's jealousy of the Dark Elf Witch deepened several layers in his heart.
"Your accommodation has been arranged, and there it is. ”
Looking in the direction of Ramanda's finger, Talos saw that it was an annex of the Golden Palace, suspended in the air, and on closer inspection, it was not suspended in the air, but built on a large stalactite.
- The environment of the dungeon is special, from time to time there are huge stalactites (similar in appearance, not real stalactites in essence) hanging down from the top, some are connected to the surface, forming stone pillars, and some are not, hanging in the air.
With a little psychological burden, Talos moved into the building known as the "Temple of the Deep", ordered a meal for six, ate and drunk, and took a hearty bath before sinking himself into a huge pool of water built specifically for Naga.
He needs to get some rest, there is a "tough battle" waiting for him to fight.
Three hours later, when Talos had rested enough to rise to the surface at the bottom of the pool, she noticed a dark elf beside the pool, who was leaning against a giant mushroom with her arms folded and whistling, smiling smugly at Talos when she noticed his gaze.
Queen of the Mountain, Laethia.
She has beautiful long lilac hair, looks like one kind of well-groomed middle-aged beauty, and wears only a tight short sleeve on the upper body, and an equally cool leather skirt underneath.
Talos's gaze seemed to be very useful to the queen of the mountain, and she walked with a light step like a cat, and only a few short steps came to Talos's side.
"Then, you are Minos, who Ramanda has just sent to the Golden Palace. ”
The Queen of the Mountain observes Talos up close, her treacherous Assassin profession and long years adding a dangerous charm to her, reminding her of the fact that she is better suited to Silverjade than Annistora.
"I thought you knew who I was when you entered the temple of the deep sea. Talos tried to make himself look less nervous, "After all, I'm the only newcomer to the Golden Palace today. ”
Come on, the four-armed Naga secretly encouraged herself, you are no longer a novice, there is nothing to be afraid of, let her see the power of [Silver Jade]!
The aggressive gaze first glanced at Talos's chest, waist, abdomen, arms, tail, and other parts, and finally landed on his eyes.
"Ramanda is right, you have a pair of beautiful eyes, and through him I seem to see the colors of the sky. ”
Ladisia felt a little dry in her throat, and even her voice became dry and hoarse, and she liked these clean and beautiful eyes, and there was nothing else nasty.
Then she couldn't help but think of another pair of eyes, a pair of eyes that couldn't hide their hatred and anger, from her beloved Duke Degar.
Unlike the others, Digal obviously didn't like her, but so what, the queen of the mountain didn't care whether the man in the Golden Palace loved her or not, as long as the man was under her control, it was enough.
Watching Degar's pupils squandered by desire, filled with physiological tears, forced to moan and gasp, Laetitia was able to derive great pleasure, and the more depraved and sunk it was, the more interesting it became.
Thinking of this, Laethia couldn't help but touch the corners of her mouth with her hand, she originally wanted to swim in the water with Naga and talk freely, but now it seems that this idea needs to be postponed indefinitely.
"When I arrived, I brought a bottle of fruit wine made by the Wood Elves, and I heard that it tasted very good. ”
"But...... I'm not good at drinking. Talos looked embarrassed, "Just a drink, how about it?"
"It's all up to you. ”
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