Chapter 484: Accident
At first, Leo's words didn't make Su understand what they meant, but the other three sensed something from Leo's tone, and invariably said that the weapons that had not yet been put away were aimed at the empty black grass where Leo's line of sight was.
Su then also realized what Leo meant, and scolded, "Come out!"
At the same time as shouting, Su's hands also converged towards the black grass, and then he saw the shadows of several people, including Leo, rushing forward like pulled rubber bands, and finally turned into dozens of thin black ropes, and crossed each other to form a large net, towards the black grass net.
Just as the large net formed by the power of shadows fell from the sky, an invisible force suddenly erupted in the black grass, and this force even distorted the light around it, making people feel as if they were seeing a huge glass sphere, and everything within the scope of the invisible power was distorted and deformed.
And this invisible force is also extremely powerful, and it instantly disperses the shadow net, and after the shadow net is dispersed, it disappears, and at the same time, there are already four more people on the black grass that was originally empty.
Among these four people, one Leo and the others knew Barkley, who was supposed to lead another team of special bureau members into Death Valley, and at this moment he had changed into a leather coat and stood behind the other three, looking very arrogant and confident, which was completely different from the promise and timidity when facing Willis outside.
In addition to this Buckley, the other three were an old man and two middle-aged people, and the two middle-aged people did not have anything special in their appearance, the only thing worth noting was that they were very arrogant and confident like Buckley, especially looking at the eyes of Leo and the others, as if they were looking at some kind of low-level creature.
Leo is very familiar with this kind of look, there are many races with extremely high life levels in the universe, many of these races regard themselves as gods, in their eyes, the people of the Earth Federation, whether they are ordinary normal people or cyborgs, are primitive people living in the wild world, and they don't even think that they are intelligent creatures, so when they look at all cosmic civilizations similar to the Earth Federation, they will show that kind of disdain and contempt in their eyes and tones.
Although the two middle-aged people did not show such a strong look of disdain and contempt, their eyes and expressions were enough to show that they were probably treating Leo and the others as some low-level creatures, even if Leo showed such great strength just now.
Compared to the other three, the old man was very noteworthy, because this old man was undoubtedly a wizard, not only because of the witchcraft he had just performed, but also because the old man was wearing a very formal wizard's costume and holding a wizard's staff that Leo was very familiar with.
Yes, Leo is very familiar with this wizarding staff, because this wizarding staff is drawn on the Wizard of the Wilderness's notebook, and even has some of the production methods. Ordinary wizards don't need to use a staff at all, this staff can be said to be a staff designed and made by the wizard of the wilderness himself, and it can be regarded as a unique thing of the wizard of the wilderness, and now this old man is holding such a staff, and it seems that he knows how to use it, so this also shows that he is likely to have an extraordinary relationship with the wizard of the wilderness, who is called the last wizard of the tower.
However, there was no need for Leo to guess the identity of the other party, Su had already recognized the other party at the moment when the wizard appeared, and said through gritted teeth: "Otto, aren't you dead yet?"
"Ms. Su, it's not a good habit to curse an old friend like this. The old wizard smiled very heartily, and fought back slightly, saying: "And I think I should be able to live for a long time, according to your past behavior Ms. Su, I believe that when you die unexpectedly somewhere, I should still be able to live." β
As he spoke, the old wizard led the other three out of the black meadow.
At this time, everyone realized that the old wizard and the others were standing in the black grass full of danger just now, and the black grass seemed to treat them as if they were air, and did not attack them at all.
While everyone was puzzled by this strange phenomenon, Leo had already noticed the outfits of these people, because through the eyes of the Abyss Serpent, he knew that the leather clothes they wore and the leather shoes under their feet were made of the skin of the abyssal creatures, or more accurately, the skin of the abyssal infected creatures.
Leo doesn't know much about the abyss, but he also knows very well that the creatures infected by the abyss will be extremely contagious, even if the creature is killed, this contagion will not disappear, but will be strengthened by the loss of the original binding of the creature, so the creatures infected by the power of the abyss will inevitably be infected by the power of the abyss.
But at the moment, these people showed no signs of being infected, but the abyssal creature skins on their bodies still had a strong abyssal power reaction, which was why they were able to stand in the black grass and not be attacked by the black grass, because the plants in the black grass regarded them as the same kind.
"He is Otto, the court wizard of the English royal family. Sue looked hostilely at the men who walked up to her, and introduced Leo to the old wizard's identity.
"Court wizard?" Leo was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Barkley at the back, and said, "The court wizard actually designed a trap to murder someone from the Special Bureau. β
"Mr. Leo Dodd!" the old wizard seemed to know Leo, and said with a smile, "Ms. Su also said that I am a court wizard. β
Leo couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the old wizard's words, but soon showed a relieved look.
It is not difficult for the other party to know and think about it, after all, the Seagod Scepter was found by himself, and this time it was the Inge royal family who hired him to find the Seagod artifact behind his back, and maybe the old wizard in front of him planned in it.
However, the relationship between the royal family and the parliament has become so tense by now, even to the point of framing and interception, which surprised Leo.
The bloodless revolution was considered the key to the transformation of the Kingdom of England and the pride of the people of the Kingdom of England, in this revolution, without any bloodshed, the royal family of England voluntarily gave up the power in their hands, retained only the royal privileges, and entrusted the kingdom to the Parliament, and the royal family only served as a national symbol.
It is precisely because of this bloodless change that completely changed the political situation of the Kingdom of England that it was also respected by governments around the world, and even included it in the list of the world's most significant miraculous changes, alongside the crossing of the Black Forest by the founding of the French Empire.
Although this bloodless revolution was so praised that all kinds of plays were playing out the original scene, and almost every English person was able to tell the story of the time, anyone with a little bit of a brain knew that the scenes in the play and the scenes written in them were all unreliable.
What about the collective resignation of the members of Congress, what about the palace minister leading the court nobles to advise, what about Henry III knowing the overall situation, taking the initiative to give up his rights, and going to the homes of the members of Parliament one by one, persuading the members to reinstate and so on are all the illusions of posterity, the real bloodless revolution is actually with the acquiescence of several nobles in the kingdom, the parliamentarians led the rebelled Janissacratic Guards, broke into the summer palace where the king was on vacation, took the lives of the entire royal family members, and coerced the king to sign the kingdom reconciliation letter that made the royal family lose most of its rightsγ
This is definitely a huge humiliation for the royal family, but because Congress controls the military power, even if the royal family feels angry and humiliated, it cannot make any resistance, and can only honestly be the mascot of the kingdom and maintain the appearance.
However, the royal family does not do nothing, they still rely on their remaining privileges, and strive to strengthen their power, such as the reorganization of the royal guard loyal to the royal family, the formation of the royal chamber of commerce, and the recently formed fleet and so on.
Naturally, Congress is not willing to allow the royal family to regain its influence, and constantly passes various laws to restrict the royal privileges that have not been deprived before, but no matter how the two look at it, at least they still maintain a superficial harmony with the outside world.
However, the matter of the Poseidon artifact is probably a trap deliberately created by the royal family, in order to make the Special Bureau greatly reduce the number of personnel, so as to weaken the Congress's monitoring of the kingdom's inner dark world.
Thinking that the Kingdom Congress has already controlled the kingdom's army, government and legislative power, the royal family has almost no way to intervene, so the only exit for the royal family to expand its power is the dark world without any legal restrictions and power control.
Thinking of this, Leo also understood why the Inge Kingdom was so tolerant of various xenothetic doctrines, and there were so many people with extraordinary abilities on the black market and all kinds of supernatural abilities, which should also be due to the guidance of the royal family.
As for the Congress, it is definitely not willing to see the royal family obtain another Seagod artifact, so as to expand the royal family's control over the sea, so after the news came out, the most nervous people must not be the surrounding countries that are afraid of the maritime hegemony of the Kingdom of England, but those members of the Royal Assembly.
"You have always known where Death Valley is, and you all know that Count Drake is here, and even ......" Leo looked at the old wizard and said in a deep voice, "You may even be collaborators with Count Drake in order to study the use of another Poseidon artifact, and the so-called loss of another Poseidon artifact is just a false image that you used to deceive the Congress, right?"
Hearing Leo suddenly say so many speculations, the expression on the old wizard's face did not change, but the people behind the old wizard all showed surprised expressions, obviously Leo's speculations may be correct, or partially correct.
"When I heard that a few years ago, I thought you were a different person. The old wizard looked at Leo with great admiration and said, "Actually, the reason why I hired Leo this time is also because of my suggestion. As he spoke, he paused suddenly and said, "Your Excellency Leo, you must have been to Yam Island during the time you were missing at sea!"
This time it was Leo's turn to look surprised, and asked, "You've been to Yam Island too?" but soon he realized that he had guessed wrong, and said again, "It's Count Drake, right? β
"Yes. The old wizard nodded, and said with a slightly reverent expression, "The Earl should be the first person to return to Veren from the world of the dead on Yam Island, and you are the second. β
Leo didn't argue with the old wizard, because he was well aware that there was a man from a hundred years ago who had also returned to the world of Viron from the island of Yam.
Leo asked, "Queen Mary, the things on the ship were also placed by you on purpose? β
The old wizard shook his head and said, "No, it's just a coincidence, and the accident on the cruise ship is not what we want to see, it was the congressional guys who caused it." β
Leo asked, "In that case, why do you know that I have been to Yam Island?"
"Because it's scared of you. The old wizard raised his hand to brush away the hair that covered his forehead, pointed to his forehead, and said, "This situation only occurs with Count Drake. β
I saw that the place where the old wizard pointed was a prismatic obsidian, which looked like an ornament, but in Leo's eyes, this obsidian represented something else, the kind of parasite that the Yam people called holy worms, although he didn't know how the other party obtained this parasite, and let it survive in the environment of the world of Velon, and parasitize safely, but he was sure that the old wizard should be able to completely control this parasite, not be controlled by the parasite.
Sue on the side didn't understand what the old wizard and Leo were talking about, she found that Leo was a huge mystery in her eyes, although she solved some mysteries and learned something about Leo through a few days of getting along, but soon she would find that she only knew the surface, and Leo still had countless secrets that no one knew.
For example, now, Leo and the old wizard had only met for the first time, but the conversation between the two was like people who had known each other for a long time, and they knew some secrets that they didn't know, which made her even more curious about Leo as a person.
However, Leo didn't pay attention to the strange gaze beside him, but kept looking at the old wizard in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "Since this is a trap, then the so-called Seagod artifact should also be in your hands, and there is no need to look for it at all, right?"
"No, I still need your help to get it back. As he spoke, the old wizard pointed to the church of the Abyssal Serpent in front of him, and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back to the shelter first." β
As he spoke, the old wizard gestured to the middle-aged man beside him, and the middle-aged man immediately walked out, took off the backpack on his body, and then took out five leather coats and boots similar to them from them, and put them in front of Leo and the others.
Leo didn't immediately take the clothes made of the skins of the abyssal creatures, but continued to ask the old wizard, "Was that an aptitude test just now?"
"It's not. The old wizard shook his head and said, "Actually, I was surprised, very surprised. β