Chapter 14: The Old Fox

After stepping out of the door of the small hotel, Sharp's figure shattered like a blister and disappeared into the thick night, Old Green did not withdraw his gaze, and said in a hoarse voice: "Are you ready to accept his mission?"

"Whether or not we accept it in the end, the most important issue at the moment is that it is no longer safe and we must move immediately. Douglas looked serious.

Fernando also woke up and muttered, "It's up to those old men to decide whether this mission will be accepted or not, all we can do is get out of here, and then we have to establish another place to connect and transit." ”

This is an obvious problem, even if the union agrees to take on the task of assassinating Alfonso and establishes a good private relationship with the nobles represented by Sharp, it will not expose the communication and transit station that is very important to the entire organization to their sight, and if there is a need for communication, it is better to maintain a smaller, more one-way channel, such as the old Green to shoulder this task.

In this kind of thing, carelessness will only mean that the organization is not far from extinction!

Then, worried about the wall, Fernando telepathically connected Douglas and Old Green, "See you in the underwater ruins of Lake Lamolage." ”

"Okay, you go first, I still have to leave some secret notes to warn the mages who have come during this time. Old Green looked around the lobby of the small hotel, and there was a clear sigh and reluctance in his tone, as if he had been forced to leave the home he had worked so hard to run for decades, and had to go away.

Fernando scoffed: "If this shabby place is lost, what is there to regret?"

"Actually. This is the 'family business' that my great-grandfather started running. Old Green's tone was flat, without the slightest irritation, as if he was talking about someone else's business.

Fernando was stunned for a moment, looked down at his toes, then raised his head, looked at the wine cabinet behind Old Green with a pair of bright red and energetic eyes, and said: "Maybe this inn will be preserved, you are a heavenly knight, you have a good relationship with many nobles, and it may come in handy in the future, but there won't be so many magicians here......"

He rambled on and on a lot.

"Get out of here. Grumpy boy!Lao Tzu doesn't need your sympathy!" Old Green suddenly burst into a foul mouth. interrupted Fernando's words.

Fernando's face turned slightly red, and he snorted: "I sympathize with the Blackclawed Dog and I will not sympathize with you, an old man half-lying in the cemetery!"

With that, he turned and left.

Old Green lifted his chin and motioned for Douglas to follow. At the same time, he snorted: "Necromancers don't say it often. Lying in the cemetery is the beginning of life?"

"Those stinking rotting corpses know what life is?" said Fernando without looking back.

"You stinky boy. Not as old as a fraction of my age, and know what life is?"

In Douglas's slightly helpless eyes, the two quarreled like this until Fernando walked out the door. Melt into the night.

............

Under the starlight, the lakes shimmer brightly, rippling, peaceful and quiet, and there are many such lakes, like scattered pearls, scattered on the earth, connected into a series of dreamy necklaces.

"It's the land of a thousand lakes...... Douglas said admiringly, floating on the lake, taking a deep breath of fresh air with a faint smell of water.

Fernando was a little surprised and said, "Do you know the 'Land of a Thousand Lakes'?"

"Of course, its fame has spread to Antiphre with the magicians who come and go. Douglas chuckled.

"What's so nice about this......" Fernando muttered in a low voice without aesthetic interest, and then said, "This is Lake La Morage, you follow me carefully." ”

Douglas looked at the lake and found that it was not very large, and some people believed that it was a giant puddle, but how could such a small lake have underwater remains?

The two cast a spell and fell into the water, quickly sinking to the bottom of the lake in the rippling waves.

Fernando noticed Douglas's strangeness and explained in the Psychic Connection: "I don't know which idiot magician built the Dao, maybe he wanted to connect the entire land of a thousand lakes, but it is precisely because of his idiocy that this ruin has not been discovered, and the church can't imagine that there will be ruins under such a small and resourceless lake." ”

Hidden beneath a boulder is a small cavern that looks less like a lair for humans than for some aquatic creature.

Fernando directly vaporized the body and drilled into it, and Douglas did not hesitate and followed the vaporization.

After passing through the winding and narrow "pipes", Douglas found himself in a palace, where many magicians came and went, quite alert to their arrival, but after seeing Fernando's familiar handsome face, they all turned their heads and were busy with their own affairs, such as the exchange of alchemy materials and magic books, such as asking others to refine items.

Among them, there is a high-level magician who directly casts magic to check whether Fernando is transformed or disguised by others, in this regard, the magicians known as "sewer rats" are much more vigilant than the inquisitor, because those who are not vigilant enough are already dead, or have "learned" "vigilance" at a high price.

"It's a bit of a magician's gathering place...... Douglas said with a sigh of relief.

"Douglas, Fernando, you have come just in time, the Elder knows what has just happened, please go and see him. Roland, who had fled early under the cover of Fernando, trotted over.

"This is the headquarters of the union?" said Douglas, who had not mentioned it before.

Fernando was equally surprised: "The president is here?"

"Hmm. Roland nodded, looking Fernando up and down, "It's good that you're okay." The Lord had been planning to meet Douglas here for a caucus, but something happened at the Grilled Fish Hotel......"

It seems that they are still wary of me, and they haven't let me know where the headquarters of the Dao Dao is so quickly...... Douglas mused. But he never dwelled on such a trivial problem, and nodded generously: "Roland, please take us to Mr. President." ”

"Fool's mission......," Fernando cursed as he followed Douglas and cursed quickly.

Passing through a stone brick paved road, a large hall full of strange patterns appeared at the end, and an old man with white hair and strong spirit strode out, and said with a smile: "Welcome to our Magicians' Union, Douglas, you are an extremely good magician." Your study of curves, irregular shapes has come ahead of us. If I have the opportunity, I hope to be able to ask you for advice. ”

Douglas was slightly stunned, and Anold, the president of the Wizards' United Union, also knew that he was studying the "flow number"?

"Streaming numbers" was the initial name of the part of the mathematical content he had studied, but he increasingly felt that the name was not appropriate. I'm going to change it.

Douglas's surprise didn't last long. Soon woke up. In the past few days, his communication with Fernando has probably been watched by Arnold, and he even set a core meeting a few days later. Perhaps also to have time to "observe" yourself.

It's not easy to be the leader of a fairly large magical organization!

"I have been inspired by the research of many great magicians in the past. Douglas said humbly.

Arnold's wrinkles were few, his face was ruddy, and he pointed at Douglas and smiled: "Don't be modest, if you can succeed in researching, then the difficulty of learning and building all magic will be greatly reduced, and this is something that will bring us a better future! Okay, let's not talk about this today, let's talk about the task given by the 'Deep Blue Demon', by the way, this is Rig, you've seen it, this is Ramon, Veronica, both are vice presidents of the union." ”

He introduced several people who came with him, including the wrinkled, hooked nose Rig, the tall, thin, horse-faced Ramon, and the blonde Veronica with her hair pulled up high and her green eyes like jewels, all of whom were dressed in the typical robes of the Magic Empire, gloomy and deep.

After Douglas greeted them one by one, he smiled at a brown-haired young man next to Arnold: "Garros, long time no see." ”

The young man's hair was neatly parted to the sides, with a high collar reaching to the top of his head, and a cynical smile on his face: "I really didn't expect you to do something about raiding the Inquisition, it's Fernando's style." ”

He was Garros, who introduced Douglas to the Wizards' Union, Fernando and Roland's friend, a student of Arnold, and a six-ring high-level mage.

"Hmph, are you envious?" said Fernando.

Garros laughed, his black eyes on his toes, and did not answer, as the president, Anold, began to ask, "What do you think of the mission entrusted by the 'Deep Blue Demon'?"

Roland, who led the way, quietly exited the palace and closed the door.

Rig said with a gloomy face, "He just used this mission to warn us that there is no need to dwell on this issue. ”

"But what if we can really do it? will he really value us and work with us initially?" Ramon looked at Rig with a long face, disagreeing with Rig's opinion.

"First of all, we have to be able to do it!" Rig and Veronica said at the same time, the words were different, but the meaning was the same.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and even Fernando did not dare to boast that Alfonso was not difficult to kill, after all, the union was currently being watched by the "heart of time" Ketonia.

Arnold seemed to be satisfied with this situation, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he coughed twice: "It's not that we don't have the opportunity to complete this task. ”

"No kidding, President!" Rig said solemnly.

"It's really impossible to rely on our own strength, but what if there are other magical organizations working together? they don't get the attention of the 'Heart of Time'. Arnold smiled as if he had a good temper, and then continued before everyone could speak, "I've been busy liaising with other magical organizations for a while, and it just so happened that I had some results, and I invited many magical organizations to 'Alinge' as guests to discuss cooperation, so I decided to hold today's meeting here, not the headquarters, because 'Alinge' is also near Rentat. ”

He kind of explained why he didn't take Douglas to headquarters.

"President, are you sure you're going to convince those organizations to cooperate?" Veronica gets to the heart of the matter.

Arnold smiled slyly, like an old fox: "If they know that we have joined forces with the 'Deep Blue Demon', the deputy head of the 'Sword of Truth' Knights, they will definitely be willing to cooperate with us to accomplish this task, and liaising with the nobles to fight against the Church is not a strategy that only we can come up with." ”

"When did we have a partnership with the 'Deep Blue Demon'?" even Ramon expressed confusion this time.

Arnold laughed and said, "After the task of assassinating Alfonso is completed with other organizations, he should pay attention to our strength." ”

The corners of Fernando's mouth twitched, the president was too treacherous!

"Which organizations are coming to Alinge this time?" Rig asked cautiously, without dwelling on the question of the mission.

Arnold nodded: "Don't worry, the organizations I invited are all weaker than us, not legendary organizations like 'Palmeira's Hut', 'Death Scythe' and 'Dance of Confusion', among which it is worth noting that there are one or two 'Red Eyes', 'Soul Supreme', 'Shadow Singer' and 'Destroyer' Tower of the Nine-Ring Archmage, and the rest There are ten or twenty ordinary organizations without the Nine-Ring Mage." ”

"When the time comes, it's up to me, Douglas and Fernando. (To be continued......)