Chapter Ninety-Four: Heart of Steel
How did you say this, and asked me again......
Vins, who was suddenly named, looked confused and at a loss for what to do under the gaze of everyone.
Seeing that Vince didn't react, the Steel Shield Chairman asked again, "Messenger of the Dark Moon, what do you Dark Moon think about this?"
"Uh...... Didn't the president state our views in the letter?"
"Inside the letter?" "Inside the letter?" Chairman Steel Shield picked up the two letters that he casually threw on the table, shook the letter and said, "This is just your president's opinion, what I am asking now is your thoughts, what do you ordinary employees of the Dark Moon think about this matter." ”
Vince was stunned, he didn't expect the other party to ask him such a question, and immediately lowered his head and thought about it.
This opportunity to speak is very rare, and he cannot easily say something that is not nutritious. I originally thought that this matter would have nothing to do with me after I sent the letter, but now it seems that he still has a chance to influence this matter!
During Vince's brief moment of reflection, the room fell silent. The president didn't speak, and none of the subordinates in this group dared to be in a hurry.
"Hmm...... There's nothing I can do to help your guild at this point. Vince decided to tell the truth anyway, and the old man's eyes were like a torch, and he was worried that his lie was logically wrong, and that it would be even more difficult to undo it if it was exposed.
"Why?" asked the Steel Shield Chairman calmly.
"Because when I left the guild to deliver the letter, the employees in the guild didn't know about it. It happened suddenly, and our president didn't have time to prepare enough. ”
After listening to Vins's explanation, the Steel Shield Chairman looked at Vins silently. Vince hurriedly puffed up his chest and met those clear eyes.
Don't look weak at this time!
The silence lasted for more than ten seconds, but Vince felt longer than a century, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from his palms. Fortunately, the Iron Shield Chairman looked away in time, otherwise he would really be a little unbearable.
The other party didn't seem to see anything, so he casually pulled a chair from behind and sat down, casually picked up the letter on the table again, and asked as he looked at it, "What is your identity, and why are you qualified to send Ledger's handwritten letter?"
"I'm a hunting assistant of Darkmoon, and I was asked to deliver the letter because I was nearby at the time and happened to be idle. ”
The hunting assistant ?!! Wens stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and a noisy noise suddenly resounded in the room!
The Steel Shield Leader slowly looked up from the letter and coldly glanced around the room. Where his gaze was fixed, everyone was immediately silent.
Soon, silence returned to the room.
He looked at Vins again and said meaningfully, "Hunting assistants shouldn't be in the leyline corridor right now. ”
"Yes," Vince immediately confessed, "I was still participating in the monster removal program in the Demon Mist Forest before yesterday. ”
"And then this morning I was suddenly summoned by Ledger into the leyline corridor to be my steel shield's messenger?"
The content of his words had gradually developed in a dangerous direction, but the tone of the Steel Shield Chairman was as calm as ever, as if he was not angry at all.
"No, I wasn't summoned into the leyline corridor by the president, I came in on my own. ”
"Come in yourself, which ice ladder will let you go?"
Naturally, the hunting assistant can't be Fengxing, Fengxing needs at least four stars of the wind mage to achieve, and Wens must have come down on an ice ladder. The Steel Shield Leader's thoughts were lightning fast, and he figured everything out in the blink of an eye.
"No, no, no, that's not the point. Vince hurriedly waved his hand, "The main reason they let me go is that I want to report Becrond's information to the guild. The source of this information, or the letter written by our president, is actually mine. ”
The Steel Shield Leader straightened up from his chair, took a deep look at Vins, and said, "A hunting employee can find information about Bekronde? Ledger would take the word for a struggling hunting employee returning from the Demonic Mist Forest? Do you think your logic is smooth?"
Vins hurriedly added, "It's Mr. Colliss who negotiates with the President, and he is hunting with us!"
"Corlis?" Chairman Steel Shield frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"Oh, it's the vice president of your guild. His strength is not enough, and he should indeed participate in the monster removal plan. ”
Then, he shook his head and said, "But that still doesn't explain why you got information about Bedronde. Even with the addition of Kolis, your strength is still far from that of Bernonde. ”
That black emperor who covered the sky and the sun, the giant mountain range that moved, even if ten Kolis joined them, the strength was still different......
Seeing that Vince was silent, the Steelshield Chairman stuffed the letters in his hand back into the two envelopes, and said as he stuffed them, "If you can't explain this, I think we have enough reason to ignore these two sincere letters, and you will explain it to Ledger for us, right?"
Wens smiled bitterly, it was really not easy to fool after a while, he said honestly: "We will choose to leave the Demon Mist Forest to find the president if we have enough evidence and inference, otherwise why didn't the president immediately execute me, a deserter, but let me come out to deliver the letter? ”
The Iron Shield Leader's hand stopped, smiled lightly, and said, "You're a smart person." Then you can probably guess how passive our steel shield is in this matter if you don't give these reasons, right?"
"Moreover, these reasons are actually related to the vital interests of the Dark Moon, which makes it even more difficult for me to put my mind at ease. He added.
Vins had nothing to say, so he nodded with difficulty.
"That's good!" The Steelshield leader clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Long live understanding! Please go back to Ledger with these two letters! Tell him to ask him to intercept Bronder with all his might, and all of our senior employees of Steelshield will cheer him on the third floor of the leyline corridor! After the deed is completed, I will definitely be there to applaud his feat! May the friendship between Darkmoon and Steelshield last forever!"
"Friendship lasts forever!!"
Many of the high-level people who participated in the meeting did good deeds, and immediately mocked along with the president's words, and burst into laughter. The room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Someone immediately packed two letters for the president, laughed and threw them at Vins. Vince silently caught it with his backhand and glanced at it.
The seal of the Darkmoon Leader on the fire paint was still faintly recognizable, he had occasionally seen this seal on the guild's bulletin board before, and the letter was not misplaced.
The negotiation was a technical job, and it was the right choice for Collis to stop him in the first place.
Alas......
"Boy, why don't you hurry up and go back!haha! Remember to change your clothes when you go out to be a dog leg in the future, others like you still think that Dark Moon is only a beggar for food!"
"I see you're pretty organized!, then, when Les and those Darkmoon wastes are dead, you can come to our steel shield, and I'll arrange a letter delivery job for you! I think you're quite suitable!hahaha!!"
......
Amid the taunts one after another, Vins's fists clenched.
The good ones mercilessly mocked Vins, who was standing quietly in place, and laughed one after another. But more people were silent in the crowd, and they were a little smarter - the president didn't just tell the guards to blast the kid out, apparently still waiting for something.
But no matter what they said, Vince just stood motionless with his head down, stubbornly like a tree rooted in the floor. These good deeds gradually lost their patience and scolded rudely:
"Hey, poor boy!!Did you hear us talk to you?!The president told you to get out, why are you still here?!Are you Dark Moon all this kind of dead skin?!Do you want me to give you another two copper fairs?"
After an expulsion order, the room fell silent again, and everyone's eyes, mixed with disgust, mixed with disdain, mixed with contempt, stabbed straight at Vins like a sharp sword!
"Ahh
Vince suddenly screamed as if he had gone mad, his trembling voice almost hoarse, apparently suppressing his violent emotions.
"I say," he said, slowly pulling out a weapon from behind his back, his whole body trembling, "do any of you know this knife?"
The long knife nearly one and a half meters long was pulled out of the room, and the blade that had just been unsheathed was as smooth as snow, clearly reflecting the green face of Vins who was tightly tensed and suppressed all his emotions.
"Knives?!" the steelshield executive who had begun to taunt Vins snorted disdainfully, "Who in this room hasn't put their weapons on their own? You don't think that someone will reward you with a treasure and ...... it in your face."
"It's the Hellfire Knife!!! "Vins yelled almost hysterically, interrupting the steel shield executive!
The air froze, everyone's minds went blank for a moment, and the mouth of the steel shield executive who mocked Vins was still wide open, and he even forgot to close it.
Hellfire Knife?!! who here has not heard of the name of Hellfire Knife, how could he be in the hands of a hunting assistant?!
"Teng!"
The Iron Shield Chairman instantly stood up from his chair, pushed away the crowd in his way, and walked in front of Vins in three steps and two steps!
He felt a little familiar the moment Vince drew his knife, and only when he knew that Vince opened his mouth did he understand what the source of his familiarity was!
This is the Prison Knife that I watched with tears in my eyes when the King gave Freeman!!
In the silence, the Iron Shield Leader bent down and carefully rubbed the blade of the Hellflame Knife, and immediately he noticed the small line.
"It's the Prison Flame Knife, it's indeed the Prison Flame Knife!" the tone of the Steel Shield Chief's voice, which had been unwavering, was also rare at this moment, "But how could it be in your hands?!"
"I was apprenticed to Mr. Soske, and when I set out to hunt, I was in the Lord's Mansion, and the Lord entrusted his butler to give me this knife. ”
Vince briefly explained the origin of the knife, and he was afraid that if he said more, his emotions would collapse.
"I swear in the name of my teacher! I ...... with this knife."
"Kid!" "Kid!" the Steelshield Leader immediately covered Vins's mouth, "Don't say it again, don't say it again, this sword oath is not something that a small guild of Steel Shield can carry, you should have done enough." ”
With that, he slowly straightened up, glanced back at all the participants, and solemnly ordered: "Mobilize all the Steel Shield employees in the camp on the second floor of the Leyline Corridor, regardless of type of work or rank! Fully cooperate with Darkmoon to intercept Becrond?!!!
"Understood!!" replied in unison, and the roofs shook with such a loud voice!
"Do your job, act now!"
At the command of the Iron Shield Leader, all the people attending the meeting instantly split into two columns and streamed out from next to Vins. Soon after, the room was left with Vins and Chairman Steelshield.
Vince stared blankly at the empty room, unable to believe that this had succeeded so suddenly. He wanted to emphasize the danger of Becrond to these people again, but now it seems that there is no need for it.
"In the future, don't swear casually with that knife. All of them were gone, and the Steel Shield Chairman turned back to Vins.
Only this time, there was no longer seriousness and indifference in his expression, replaced by a gentle and kind smile.
Vince, who was greatly affected by his emotions and reason, let out an "ah", not understanding what the steel shield president meant.
The Iron Shield Leader pointed to a line of small words on the blade and asked, "Do you know these words?"
"Know, Heart of Steel. ”
"Very well, do you know who this line is for?"
Joel didn't mention this, and Vince was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”
The Iron Shield Chairman put his hand on Vins' shoulder and said with emotion, "Freeman's election as the Lord of Carryton City was actually quite controversial. He's smart, but he's devoted all his energy to speculative drilling, and we, the passionate adventurers, don't like to see him rule over Kerryton. The reason why he was elected was mostly because his family had connections in the imperial capital. ”
Vince didn't know why the other party was telling him these old things, so he nodded in agreement.
"You must have heard that on the day of the ordination ceremony, countless adventurers witnessed with tears in their eyes that Freeman was conferred the title of lord of the city. Haven't you wondered why?"
Without waiting for Wince to answer, he continued: "Our tears are not for Freeman. All our tears, all our respects, are dedicated to it. ”
The Steel Shield Leader patted the Hellflame Knife in Vins' hand.
"This knife is not a gift from the king to Freeman. It came from Ulandaur, the city of the greatest scholars in the world, and brought together the efforts of all the most accomplished scholars of the time. It is a gift from Ulandall to Kyrydon, the highest tribute to all the heroic souls who have sacrificed their lives to explore the darkness, and to all the hard-fought but unyielding hearts. ”
"This is, Steelheart!!" said the Steelshield Leader as he pulled two badges out of his pocket and pinned them to Vins' tattered Darkmoon uniform, one by one.
"It's ......"
"Freeman was not a worthy owner, but he at least found a proper home for the knife. Take it, it's the highest tribute from Steelshield President Vin Diesel and Darkmoon President Ledger. ”
Vince looked to his chest, and the uniform, which was so rotten that he could almost make out the color of his shirt, was pinned with a gold Darkmoon coin and a gold steel shield coin.
The highest level reward of the two guilds, Vins has only ever seen Yerevan, who has served the Darkmoon all his life, have had a Darkmoon Gold Coin.
In an instant, his nose was sour, and he couldn't hold back his feelings anymore, and he cried loudly!
All the hardships he has experienced, all the hardships he has endured, in this moment, Vins has finally been rewarded!
He could have sneaked back into the city and taken the Elmers away, but he didn't. Struggling in the pain of countless reincarnations, enduring suspicion, enduring criticism, enduring his own immoral lies, and even enduring death!
Vin Diesel stretched out his old arms and embraced the weeping soul in front of him. He patted Vins on the back softly like a child, and said softly, "Before you even reached our camp, I received news from your president that you were coming. Ledger and his family sent two letters, one for business, and the other for your courage and ability, asking me to present you in person the reward he did not have time to give. ”
"The trouble just now was just a scene I arranged temporarily, and the original intention was to see that you were young and vigorous, and I wanted to trick you. But you're good, you're so good, what kind of luck did Ledger have to find someone as good as you? An insignificant hunting assistant who keeps the secrets of the Dark Moon and accomplishes the impossible. In that moment, I felt that you were also worthy of a gold coin of our steel shield. ”
"You've walked your way, next, it's our turn. The Heart of Steel, Ulandall's tribute to all the brave, is perfectly reproduced in you today. I'm relieved, really relieved. My companions, those who have long been dormant beneath this land, their heroic spirits have not yet left, and they are still guarding Cariton, sending you, this sword, to those of us who are still alive......"
As Vin Diesel spoke, a clear tear slid down his old wrinkles.
How could the knife that once symbolized everything to them now hold in the hands of a young man who was running around to save Kerryton, and how could he not cry?
"Can you understand me, can you understand me?" Vin Diesel was obviously in a complicated mood, and he repeated one after another, "No matter how conclusive Ledger is, no matter how much evidence we have on our side that can corroborate the intelligence, I am the chairman of Steel Shield, and I must do everything I can for Steel Shield, and I will reduce the risk to zero!"
Vince wiped his tears, and after a lot of crying, his mood stabilized a lot:
"We're all for our guild, and no one has done anything wrong. ”
"Thank you. Vin Diesel nodded heavily and stood up.
"But, Mr. President, did you really make your decision after seeing the Prison Flame Knife?"
"No," Vin Diesel dismissed Vins's idea, "we have our own intelligence on Steel Shield, and we can be sure that Ledger's words are at least eight points true." I'm embarrassed that you're just trying to see if you can get any other information. But...... But the moment you pulled out the knife, there was only one sentence left in my mind. ”
Vin Diesel took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and then, word by word, said heavily:
"Destiny!!"