Chapter 356: Reunion After a Hundred Years (4,000 words)
Probably to create a calm environment, the entire interrogation room was already gloomy, and the lighting was very dim.
The humid air, empty, only the simple table and chair furnishings, then the blue-black walls, the mysterious figure on the rough cast-iron seat, the fallen Grace, the pulled sloping table, the white paper with the grinding marks slowly expanding...... Together, these make for a bizarre picture.
At this moment, the shocked Grace, who was shrinking in the corner of the picture, asked in a trembling voice:
"What did you say?"
Because Cheng Lin's voice was too low, and because he was currently in great shock, he didn't even hear the sigh just now.
Cheng Lin, who was sitting on the punishment seat, glanced at this handsome elf calmly, suddenly smiled, and said, "It's nothing. β
Don't you hear me......
It's good.
Let's just say it wasn't said.
Cheng Lin thought in his heart.
Through Grace's reaction, he can confirm that Eru is still alive and still sitting in the position of the High Priest, which is obviously good news, not only for the reunion of the deceased, but also for his ability to obtain the seed of life.
Of course......
This requires more confirmation.
In his opinion, the safest way should actually be to sneak into the elf royal capital, kidnap an elf to inquire about the current situation in the city, and then take action, rather than being as simple and rude as this, blending into the prisoner team, entering the royal capital guarding Senran, and then using the opportunity of interrogation to contact Ailu through Grace, which is extremely efficient, but it also faces many risks.
However, he still chose to do this, on the one hand, considering that the projection exists for a limited time, especially this time the projection area is very large, and it takes a lot of time to hurry.
Another important factor is...... He had always been worried about the meeting between the Thirteen Divisions and the Elven Court.
There are six projections and six royal courts in the world, and Cheng Lin currently has no ability to take care of the situation in the rest of the countries and regions, but the Xia Kingdom is ...... He thought he could try to make some efforts for peace.
"Once the Elven Court and the Thirteen Divisions meet, there will only be two results, either peace or war."
Cheng Lin couldn't be sure which one it would be, but he sincerely hoped for peaceβwhether it was as a Xia native or as the former savior of the elven race.
Once the war starts, it will not stop dying, Cheng Lin does not want to see the elves being slaughtered by humans, not to mention ......
"If you only look at it from the level of cultivators, the combat power of the Elven Royal Court may not be worse than that of Trisi...... I remember that the strength of the elf level is already equivalent to that of a high-level human powerhouse. β
In order to get into contact with the two worlds before a possible confrontation could arise, he felt that if he could join up with Ailu, he might be able to try something in this confrontation and tilt the scales a little more in favor of peace.
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Shaking his head, putting aside his worries and calculations, he looked back at Priest Grace on the ground.
"I know you have a lot of questions on your mind, but unfortunately there are some things I can only talk to Elu, can you contact her for me?" It's urgent. β
At this time, Grace finally got up slowly, he was a little embarrassed to hold his magic staff, frightened and embarrassed by his gaffe just now, of course, the deepest in his heart was the surprise of the mysterious prisoner in front of him.
The other party is obviously a creature from another world, but he actually understands elven language.
"I'll go and tell the High Priest."
Grace was breathless, and he vaguely felt that he might have touched some great "secret".
As a smart person, he decisively gave up his intention to continue the interrogation, but simply threw down this sentence, and then glanced at Cheng Lin with jealousy.
Carefully moving her body, she walked all the way to the door along the corner of the interrogation room - for some reason, even though the prisoner wore the Forbidden Demon Handcuffs, Grace always had a hunch that those shackles might not be able to stop the other party at all.
Maybe...... This mysterious person was deliberately arrested.
Grace guessed the truth by mistake.
With a bang, he pulled open the iron door, and he flashed out and said to the guards standing outside the door, "Stay here, no one is allowed to enter or leave."
Then he pretended to be calm and made a corner down the hallway to make sure he had disappeared from the sight of the guards at the door, and then Grace shook off his stride, lifted his robe, and ran down the stone steps with his staff.
He will immediately tell the High Priest!
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"Gollum."
A splendid car emerged from the palace and walked along the wide road towards the outer city.
The driver was the young attendant of the sacrificial hall, and Eru was the only one in the carriage.
She sat in the middle of the carriage, her headdress and staff all neatly placed at her side, her eyes closed, and her hands rubbing the black-brown cover of the sacrificial scriptures.
Elu's heart was in turmoil.
This feeling has not been felt in nearly a hundred years.
Why the chaos?
Because of the world that has been changed?
Because of those beings from other worlds, who don't know what to do?
Because of the nervous city?
Because of those uneasiness that is easily reminiscent of the catastrophe of the past?
No.
Neither.
She picked up the book in both hands and held it very earnestly to her chest, against her heart, and she could feel a kind of call from the dark.
In my mind, many fragments kept appearing, some of them were images of otherworldly creatures that I had seen in the hall not long ago, and some were even older, probably from more than a hundred years ago.
Eru was apprehensive.
This apprehension had arisen from the first time she saw the appearance of those otherworldly creatures, and no one knew what the impact those images had had on her.
Colleagues just think that those otherworldly creatures are seven or eight points similar to elves, but one fact that almost no one knows is......
"The Evil God also looks like that!"
Probably the most significant difference between humans and elves is their ears, and Eru knows that the Evil God has the same short ears!
During the deduction, there were very few elves who had close contact with Cheng Lin, and Luo Jia and Margaret had only met once, and they were not far apart, so the elves, including Luo Jia, knew almost nothing about the details of the evil god's body, but how could Ai Lu not know?
She has been in close contact with Cheng Lin for so long!
So, the moment she saw the appearance of a human being, she thought of the evil god!
This is also the real reason for her trance!
She didn't know what it really meant, was it a coincidence? Or is it some kind of fate in the dark? Is this change related to the evil god who has disappeared for more than a hundred years?
She was nervous, apprehensive, restless, excited, dazed......
If it was Ai Lu back then, she might have screamed in that moment and told her guess in the main hall, but now Ai Lu has already matured a lot, she didn't say anything, it was about that god, she had to be cautious!
Under this emotional torture, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and followed a certain feeling in her heart and came here.
"My lord, here we are."
Outside the carriage, the young "coachman" spoke, and at the same time tightened the reins, and the car came to a halt, and Eru opened her eyes, put down her book, put on her headdress and wand, and then strode out, and walked to the building where the prisoners were being held under the stunned and respectful gaze of the soldiers.
"The Grand Priest wants to see those captives for himself, and lead the way immediately!" The young waiter pretended to be a tiger, crossed his waist, and ordered.
The officer guarding the gate immediately saluted: "Yes!" β
However, just as he waved his hand to open the gate, several people suddenly saw a figure running out of the courtyard that looked hurried and urgent.
"Is it Grace?" The waiter was surprised.
The figure seemed to see this too, so it sped up and shouted at Ellu, "Great Priest! I...... I have something important to say!! β
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"Here, here, he's in there."
"He's very proficient in Elvish, he doesn't reveal much information, just asks to see you."
"I think this is a big matter, and there is something strange in it, so I didn't rush to ask in detail, and immediately went out to tell you."
In a dimly lit hallway.
It's cold and cramped.
The wooden walls were moldy and slightly damaged in many places, and in this old building, Grace sweated profusely as she explained the details and led Elu into the dungeon.
"You're doing a great job." Ai Lu was expressionless, and said with the posture of a high and powerful priest.
"That's as it should be!" Grace's spirit was shocked, and her face was happy, "It's in the first interrogation room on the left, and he's in it!" β
Ai Lu saw the room, the interrogation room was very soundproofed because of its special purpose, and at this moment, the guards all saluted when they saw the high priest coming.
"Grace, you go outside and wait, I'll interrogate this captive alone." Eru spoke.
"This ...... Archpriest, your safety ......"
"Isn't he in the shackles of the Forbidden Demon?"
"But ......"
"No, no, you all push to the door and stand guard, and you can't approach the interrogation room without an order! Do you hear that? β
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Grace and the others had no choice but to leave and go along the corridor to the entrance of the dungeon to guard.
When they left, Eru was the only one left.
It was only at this time that the youngest and most legendary Grand Priest in history, who was high in the eyes of everyone, took off the indifferent face of the "superior one", and apprehension and nervousness appeared on her young face.
She clutched her wand hard, as if to relieve her emotions.
"Won't you...... It can't be him...... But what if...... No, how could the gods come over like this...... But it is not excluded that ......"
All sorts of thoughts came to her mind, and finally, she bit her lip, raised her right hand, put it on the cold handle, and then unscrewed it vigorously......
"Crunch."
The cold sound of the opening of the machine echoed in the silent dungeon, and as Ailu exerted her strength, the heavy iron door slowly opened a crack, and then expanded, and the darker interrogation room was invaded by the light outside the door, illuminated, and in the hazy darkness, Ailu only saw a back in the iron fence, gradually clear.
The moment the figure appeared, Elu let out a short exclamation!
This back......
This back......
Suddenly, a scene from more than a hundred years ago resurfaced in her mind, those pictures were the deepest memories of her life in her more than 100 years, appearing in dreams on countless nights, however, after a hundred years, no matter how clear the memory was, it was still a lot more blurred, and it became a mass of impressions that were difficult to glimpse into the details.
However, at this very moment, the image in the dream and the figure in front of him coincided perfectly!
"Ahh
Probably hearing this exclamation, the figure turned slowly, he was wearing a prison uniform, but he did not have the timidity and frustration that a prisoner should have, standing in the cold interrogation room, but as indifferent as standing in the imperial garden.
Shoes, trousers, clothes branded with the word prisoner, and then upward, a face wearing a white strange mask suddenly squeezed through the darkness, and under the light of the lamp and candle, it was extremely dazzling and incomparably clear!
White Mask!
Mask!
"It's you!? Evil...... Evil God-sama? You...... Coming back?! β
The great priest standing at the door shook his whole body twice as if he had been hit hard, as if he was about to be knocked down by this scene!
"Hammer!"
Ai Lu staggered, the gorgeous magic wand in her hand fell from her hand, fell on the cold stone floor, making a crisp sound, she covered her mouth with her right hand, trying her best to restrain the trembling of her body, those eyes that were rarely moved, instantly welled up with tears, rolling down!
At this moment, this high-level of the royal court, who has matured a lot after a hundred years of training, the great priest of the sacrificial hall seems to have been torn off all the disguises and protections on his body in an instant, and has become the innocent and immature, hesitant and helpless girl at the beginning, showing her softest side!
Demon!
She was in a trance and almost pounced on it, but just as she was about to do so, the mysterious figure suddenly stretched out her steady, dry right hand, gently pinched the edge of the mask, and took it off.
The mask falls, revealing a delicate, clean, youthful face.
Compared to the beauty of the elves, this face is really not beautiful, but it is infinitely attractive because of the eyes that shine like diamonds even in the deep darkness, and the confident and mysterious smile that evokes it.
Ailu's footsteps subconsciously stopped.
Then, I heard the soft voice of the figure: "You are the great priest of Ailu, the first time we met, I missed the distance and made you misunderstood, I am sorry, but I still have to clarify one point, this is the teacher's mask, I just came for him and took one thing." β
Cheng Lin said with a smile.
His voice echoed through the empty dungeon.
As he spoke, he was also looking at the elf girl in front of him.
Well, I have to admit that compared to the deduction, Ai Lu in front of her has changed a lot, if she was just a bud more than a hundred years ago, then now, she is a blooming lotus, even in this dark dungeon, she can't hide her brilliance.
The familiar moon-white robe, with a delicate crown buried at the top of the cloud-like hair, and the sapphire light on the tip of the staff that rolled down to the ground shimmered.
The delicate face is more beautiful and more sacred, less immature and more responsible.
Compare the height...... Well, you've grown a lot taller, huh...... Stature...... It's well developed.
It's just still ...... I love to cry.
Cheng Lin said with emotion.
The other side.
Ai Lu also stopped rushing at him because of his words, and stopped there awkwardly, neither advancing nor retreating, her big eyes full of confusion and confusion, and ...... I can't hide my disappointment.
No...... What is he......
After a few seconds of silence, Ai Lu finally withdrew her half-step foot, wiped the tears from her face without a trace, and tried to restore herself to the appearance of a great priest, but with the fresh tear stains and the staff rolling down on the ground, this scene was not serious.
"You...... Who the hell is it? β
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Sorry, it's late, damn procrastination.