31. The Wine Song of the Dragon and the Blood 17

After Hakong and Mirak were eliminated, the only threat left to Kokoba and the others was Alduin. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoCompared to the other two bosses, Alduin is more destructive and destructive. In order to discuss how to deal with the last enemy of this world, Kokoba and the others gathered again. The gathering place is located in the northeast of Snow City, the base camp of the Storm Cloak, Wind Helmet City.

Lunali, who knows more about this world than Kokoro and the others, is to put aside the surroundings attacked by the dragon for the time being, divide the troops again, and complete several relatively large side plots separately. Then take control of the forces of the Mage Academy, the Thieves' Guild, the Dark Brotherhood, and the Brothers-in-Arms, and then propose a truce to the Imperial Army and the Stormcloak to deal with the threat of the dragons. According to Lunali, the Armistice, a rather difficult side story to trigger, is bound to have this unexpected benefit, and having the Empire and the Storm Cloak work together to deal with the dragon's catastrophe is much safer and more efficient than the few of them running around.

During her time with Father Kokoro, she didn't say anything about Lunalie's plan, and Anderson sat by without saying a word, while she knocked on Jiro's leg and kept asking the clerk to serve the drink while Alphonse and Lunali discussed the plan. Wind Helmet City is close to Rift Valley City, and the mead produced by Rift Valley City tastes very good, compared to the ale wine of Dugu City, this kind of sweet, less alcoholic wine is better for her - alcohol can't anesthetize her nerves, and she can only taste this slightly sweet, but full of a strange aroma of wine, filling her nerves and stomach.

"That's right, this can indeed generate a lot of benefits..."Alphonse glanced sideways slightly, glanced at Kokoba, and then continued, "If there is no one else in the branch of the Mage Academy..."

"Can these be put aside for a while?"

After Lunali and Alphonse had finished talking, the Moon Elf looked at Kokoba with an expectant look.

As if drunk, Kokoba heard Lunali's question, and then put down her glass.

"No problem."

A simple and clear answer, as he spoke, Kokoba continued to taste the honey wine. Filled with a wonderful taste on the tip of her tongue, as if she was an addictive poison, her expression seemed to outsiders to be a complete drunkard, right?

"I refuse."

Unexpectedly, however, the first objections emerged. Anderson stood up coldly, glanced at the crowd, and strode away. Although this priest has always given the impression of being a maverick, since he can work with the vampire Kokoroba, it means that he shouldn't care too much about this... After all, it is a god-chaser, and it is understandable to think about it with the thinking of a god-chaser. But the priest's name was Alexander Anderson. From the beginning, he had no option to live peacefully with the aliens.

"Huh?" Lunari looked at the priest's back as she left, a little surprised, and didn't seem to understand why Anderson would refuse their offer.

"Of course he will refuse," Kokoba 'enjoyed' the mead, and then stared into her own eyes reflected in the transparent wine glass, "Whether it's the Brothers-in-Arms, the Dark Brotherhood, the Thieves' Guild, or the Mage Academy, for him... It's all 'heretics', and if it weren't for some special reason, there would be no scene where he and I were at the same time and didn't fight each other... Come to understand this, these parts are very important, and just looking at your own plan will not achieve anything. ”

Alphonse, who was on the side, heard this and glanced at Anderson silently.

Yes, Kokonoha's plan, though seemingly haphazard, did not allow Anderson to work with other alien races, nor did he have the idea of involving Anderson in human infighting. The Brothers-in-Arms seem to be a human organization, but it is full of werewolves, and the Brothers-in-Arms also regard becoming werewolves as a blessing and strength. Needless to say, the Dark Brotherhood and the Thieves' Guild were assassins who believed in the God of Shadows and were not at odds with Christians from the beginning. As for the Mage Academy... Anderson's belief that wizards were their enemies throughout, and that magic was seen as demonic power. Regardless of the main branch, Anderson categorically could not do it.

Anderson said that he was temporarily working with Kokoba because of a certain 'team', but Kokoha had no intention of having anything to do with that organization.

One person is enough.

One person at birth and one person at the end.

"You can choose for yourself, complete any tasks, and give me the rest."

Kokoba was still drinking, and then said to Alphonse and Lunali on the side, seemingly casually. From beginning to end, she didn't glance at the few people next to her. Her eyes were just staring at herself in the wine glass, she felt that this person was very strange, she didn't know who it was, where it came from, where it was going, and she almost didn't know anything about the figure reflected in the wine glass. She only knew the other person's purpose - exactly like her, no difference. Other than that, she didn't know anything else about this person, no, she was about to forget.

"Then, let me go to the Mage Academy," Alphonse said, "At present, this branch can allow me to obtain a lot of self-protection ability as soon as possible, after all, I am still a guy with no combat power..."

"I'm going to go to the Brothers," Lunali bowed her head shyly, "I'm not very good at stealth. ”

"Because there were teammates who were proficient in this in the past, right?" Heart Leaf suddenly turned his head, his face was flushed, alcohol... It seems to have had an effect on this vampire, "It's a pity... Life is always full of betrayals. Trust is something more fragile than cream. The slightest touch will fall apart... And then it is impossible to build it up. And such a world, it is easy to destroy, but it is even more difficult to build. It's a pity, if it is, take advantage of the quality of the God Chaser a little bit, and try... If you believe it, it probably doesn't matter. ”

Kokonoha turned to look at Lunali.

"It's a pity you didn't choose that."

That's right... Lunali glanced at Kokonoha, lowered her head, and when she suddenly wanted to say something, Kokoba suddenly spoke again:

"I have a friend who helped me on a mission, and he did everything possible to build a 'paradise', but now he is struggling to maintain it, although he is very busy, and there will be a lot of troublesome things in the future. But... Wonderful thing, isn't it? If... If I have the chance, I'll do the same. It's a pity that the world I've created..."

She pulled a handful of gold coins out of her pocket and placed them on the bar counter, and called for a few more bottles of wine.

"By no means, what kind of paradise."

“... Not a paradise by all? Lunali was stunned, her fists clenched, "Why, do you want your world to be in endless war?" ”

"Of course not, I certainly don't want my stuff to become garbage," Kokoba leaned on the bar, picked up the honey wine, unscrewed it, and watched with a sideways face as the honey wine poured into his own wine glass, "It's just that I don't feel like just because I'm a god can interfere with other people's lives." Sadness or pain. Even if it's a life with nothing, nothing, seemingly worthless... It's also up to us to choose, and I'm just the same garbage as you say, and I'm not qualified to care about other people's choices..."

As she said this, Konoba's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had suddenly found the meaning of her life, and she recalled the youkai sage Yakumo Purple who had taken the place of her guide and officially sent herself on the path of the God Chaser, and then raised the corners of her mouth.

"I'm suddenly interested in creating a world, and then I'm looking forward to it, looking forward to it, and when I come back one day, I'll hear countless poems about the legends of the past, I'll see warriors fighting for my beliefs and future, I'll see ordinary people who are content with small happiness, and I'll see a world that isn't very harmonious, but it's a world that maintains a wonderful peace."

She said this, as if she was sure of her future, and then raised her glass and drank it down.

“... No... Paradise? Lunali shook her head, "It's a world like that... No, that kind of world can also be said to be a paradise. ”

"In the three thousand worlds, there will be no paradise," Kokoba raised his head, "each singing their own stories, praising their own experiences, lamenting their own misfortunes, that's all." ”

"Looks like we're not going to have a good relationship, this heart."

Lunari stood up, ready to leave. At this time, the bard standing next to him sang the ancient ballads of this world.

"Dragonborn~ Dragonborn

Swear in his name

Destroy evil in the bud forever

Defeat all enemies

Dragonborn, Dragonborn

Give us the blessings after praying."

The not-so-good singing voice of a second-rate bard is not so bad that it cannot be heard, but the peculiar tune, the ballad that has been sung since ancient times, still can't help but make Xinye's eyes squint. Perhaps, she came up with a taste called enjoyment, even though she didn't know how to appreciate music. Lunali also seemed drawn to the singing, and stopped in place. The middle-aged bard, with a rich and magnetic voice, tells the legend of the Dragonborn.

“... The winter pot is still a little far away, so I'll start acting first. ”

Alphonse glanced at Lunalie, then said he was leaving. This seemingly harmless girl disappeared into the ice and snow of Wind Helmet City.

“... I would like to know, what you think of the world. Lunali asked bluntly as she stared at Kokoba after Alphonse left.

"This world?"

The vampire, who seemed to be a little drunk, burped, and then looked at the moon elf with a blushing face. She had a different smile on her face, and then said:

"It's just an attraction in the afterlife of 'this heart leaf'."