Chapter 13: The Return
When Warren mentioned the term "dark elves", Tarrant couldn't help but stop, he looked at Warren hesitantly, "Our war with the dark elves? will it still happen, the expeditionary force will ...... after", mentioning the expeditionary force, Tarrant did not continue.
Warren paused, "Will the hatred of the dark elves be satisfied by the war in Tinvorshan?
"Now that the elf brothers have taken control of the situation, this is a family matter of the elves, and humans don't need to interfere. ”
The commander turned to Tarrant, and the corners of his mouth raised helplessly, "The ground world thinks that the world is peaceful now, and when the war breaks out, you will once again be as good as you were in the second war." ”
Listening to Warren's tone, it seemed that war was bound to break out, and Tarrant asked, "What are the signs?"
"You can't understand the situation in the underworld, they are training their army every day, constantly looking for all kinds of energy to destroy the world, and they will try their best. The dark elves are different from the ground elves, they have lost their minds, the only system is the elimination of the weak, all the soldiers are stained with blood, and their prey is not only the gray dwarves, but also themselves", Warren looked at the stunned Tarrant, "I used to be underground...... Having lived for a while, I understand what they are thinking. ”
"Have you ever been underground?" Tarrant was slightly surprised, not many people had come out of the underground alive, "in that case, why don't you tell the army about your experience?"
"Vetoed, since the events of the expeditionary force, no one will take the initiative to think of the war anymore. After enjoying the peace for too long, the kings all thought that the dark elves were in the control of the ground elves, and they didn't even know anything about what the dark elves were doing, and the dark elves were constantly monitoring the ground. There's nothing I can do about it. ”
"So, you've seen a spirit sucker too?"
"Psicosuckers don't bring ruins to the surface world, my team has fought them many times when they are underground, they are not invincible as long as they are blessed by spiritual magic, and the dark elves, their vitality is stronger than ours, their skin is resistant to magic, they are familiar with night battles, each of them is cruel and experienced, coming out of the days of bloodshed, armies like ours are just playthings in their eyes. ”
Tarrant is not familiar with this kind of creature, the dark elves have almost no intersection with the human world, except as the introduction of that expeditionary force, only adventurers near tranquility will have a simple understanding, after Warren's description, the dark elves are said to be irresistible demons, Tarrant is a little unimpressed, maybe Warren is making a big fuss, he wants to return to his job - the spirit absorbing monster, "Warren, maybe you are right, but this is not for us to decide, I have to go, there are important things." ”
Warren heard a hint of suspicion in Tarrant's tone, he was used to it, "Good luck, knight", he pointed behind Tarrant, "I'm sure you'll need a teleporter, and you'll see it if you go ahead." ”
Tarrant nodded politely and turned to walk forward.
The teleportation station in Nayan was not far away, and the oval sign of a teleportation station was erected in the doorway, a sturdy hut, and two soldiers stood in the doorway, motionless like two statues, and they didn't even move their eyes when Tarrant walked past them. Several mages were busy inside, though it was impossible to tell what they were up to. As Tarrant entered, a red-robed mage stepped forward and asked, "Knight, do you need to teleport?"
"The national capital, now. ”
The mage pointed to the teleportation table, "You're lucky, I still have a teleportation spell, please go up." ”
The service of the teleporter also relies on spells, requiring mages to memorize teleportation and then cast it on the traveler to teleport him. In order to prevent overlapping with other things at the destination, humans have set up various stations dedicated to teleportation, and a special person will ensure that the teleportation table is empty to ensure the safety of the teleportee, once there are things at the destination overlapping with the traveler's teleportation point, the space will choose to teleport the traveler to other locations at will, maybe next to the destination, or to the bottom of the sea, despite this, some mages will choose to teleport at will instead of using the teleportation point, they think it will degrade their identity.
Tarrant stood on the teleportation platform, the mage began to chant the spell below, as the spell was cast, in the sky above Tarrant, the air condensed a little white bright spot, extending an arc left and right from the bright spot, along the outline of Tarrant, stretching from top to bottom, until the ground, forming a white oval energy circle around Tarrant, and the things in front of Tarrant's eyes began to distort, as if there was an invisible wall of water blocking in front of him, making every qiē in the field of vision refract an unreal curve. The area within the circle of energy began to turn white, and finally all of them turned a dazzling white, and suddenly, they all disappeared from the portal.
At this moment, Tarrant's eyes can't see anything, no darkness, no light, just nothing at all, in the process of teleportation in this space, he can't feel anything, even his own existence, as if he is simply only left with his own consciousness, this process only lasts for a short time, immediately, Tarrant's eyes appear a blurred image, as before, through the wall of water, exaggerated refraction and curve, slowly, the distortion phenomenon began to subside, curtains, torches, walls, Mage, one by one into his consciousness.
A mage in a silk robe was sitting at the door, and when he saw Tarrant on the portal, he greeted him with a smile, "Knight, long time no see." ”
Tarrant stepped down from the teleportation table and found a nearby chair to sit down, the person who used the Guò teleportation technique would feel very tired for a short time, he was stunned for a while, and the mage's words reached his brain from his eardrums, and he smiled, "It didn't take long." ”
This mage is one of the attendants at the Siante Teleporter, Taylor, he acts in a high-profile manner, when the others wear coarse cloth robes, he likes to wear silk robes with a pull style, his whole body is very aristocratic, and the beard on his face is also very clean, Tarrant has teleported to him several times, so the two have had several encounters.
"Where did you come back this time?"
"Nexus. ”
Taylor laughed, "Then you must be tired to death by now, do you want me to send you home?" "It is said that the fatigue process after teleportation is related to the intelligence level of the teleportee and the distance of the teleportation, and only high-level mages can teleport at will without being affected by fatigue.
Tarrant propped up the armrest of his chair and barely stood up, "No, I'm going to go back to the Light of Sanctuary, goodbye." "To be honest, Tarrant is indeed tired to death now, but he wants to give the evidence to Captain Ryan even more.
It's evening, and the teleporter in Siante is located in the center of the borough, and there aren't many people on the street now, and at night, the borough is even more lonely, except for the patrol team and the coachmen waiting to pick up business at the teleport, few people pass by, and the headquarters of the Light of Shelter is two blocks away. Tarrant dragged his tired legs and walked towards headquarters.
On a flowerbed chair in front of a building sat a man in a cloak, brim low enough to make it impossible to see his face, and he scanned the block at everyone who walked in front of him. Tarrant had a sense of foreboding, carrying important physical evidence on his body that made him unreasonably suspicious, and when passing by the flower bed, Tarrant carefully kept his distance, and the man raised his head and also looked at Tarrant, a very ordinary face, expressionless, his gaze wandered a little, and the man quickly lowered his head again, as if he did not want to be stared at by strangers.
Just a guy waiting for someone, Tarrant's hanging heart relaxed, and he continued on his way. Soon, a huge building came into his eyes, about 20 meters high, the building is composed of multiple cuboids, the external lines are extremely simple, there are no magnificent pillars without any floral decorations and smooth walls wrapped in golden marble, like a temple, at the gate of the building, a lightning statue shot down from a position about ten meters above the roof, all the way to the middle of the main entrance, a huge fist on the wall held this lightning bolt. At the moment, bright candles and figures are projected through the windows of this building, and its doors are open at all times, ready to deal with emergencies.
Returning here had reawakened Tarrant's pride, and since he had joined the Light of Sanctuary, a desire to serve the mainland had grown strongly, providing him with a steady stream of motivation, and he felt a little satisfied with the evidence when he returned. As he walked into the building, a guard at the door smiled and nodded to him, "Knight, congratulations on coming back alive." ”
Sounding like a thoughtful greeting, Tarrant laughed, "I'm going to live longer, I can't fall down until the Soul Sucking Monster thing is over, is Ryan upstairs?"
The guard held his chin, "Probably not there, there's an emergency meeting, and the military ministers of Selenso, I didn't see him come back." ”
The Light of Shelter helped the Empire with many tasks, and there was a certain degree of coordination in military operations, which of course did not include hostilities, and meetings between them were common.
"What is this meeting about, strengthening the defense of the national capital?"
"About an emergency, a possible war," said the guard slowly.
"War?!" This is the second time Tarrant has heard this word today, without any warning, and with whom is the war?
"Yes, war, I only said possible war, the specific situation will not be known until the regiment commander returns. ”
The proposition of this meeting was very heavy, and Tarrant immediately began to speculate about this war, could it be the Psiclists? Of course they would start a war after the first step was planned, but did they already have an army to go to war? He immediately ruled out this, if the war started, what was the point of their meeting with the Falcon, and the Psics could completely occupy the surface world on their own. With the meeting attended by the Sheltered Light, the war must be to safeguard the interests of the ground world, except for the Spirit Sucker, that is, the Dark Elves, could it be that the war that Warren said is coming so soon? There is no news from the Elves that the situation in Tingwu Mountain has been controlled by the Dark Elves, Tarrant shook his head, he really didn't think that there would be a war, he said goodbye to the guards, and walked out of the Sheltered Light.
Where to go, Tarrant found that fatigue had affected his thinking, he couldn't remember what to do next, go to the tavern? No, the evidence hasn't been delivered yet, it's too risky to go to the Wolf Tavern, go to his teammates? Elliott doesn't know if he's back, Catrina should still be studying spells frantically at the research institute at the moment. Tarrant walked aimlessly for a long time, and finally thought of something that could be done now, the tail, the tail of the manticore-tailed tiger.
The closest to his current location was the Temple of the Storm, and they might want something like that, and the priests could always make something stranger out of these strange things. The Temple of the Storm was built by people who believed in the Storm Goddess, mainly priests and warrior professions, and the Storm Goddess they believed in was a guardian who guarded the purity of the human world, but she was short-tempered, did not like forgiveness, and believed in the only criterion: the wrongdoer died, therefore, she used destruction to save humanity, which is ironic.
The Temple of the Storm is built very unusually, with four squares with rounded corners, the walls are decorated with strange patterns, normal people can't understand what the patterns on it are drawing, colorful circles overlap and overlap with each other, the main entrance of the building is very low-key, on a large red circle, the door is almost as open as an ordinary house.
The guards at the door blocked Tarrant, and a grim gaze shined through his helmet, "The Storm Temple is only for the Storm Warriors!"
It's not the first time that they've been blocked at the door by this bullshit guard, the people of the Storm Temple have a sense of glory for no reason, they refuse the temple to be invaded by other faiths, Tarrant already knew that this was the result, he patted the spirit pattern bag, "A scorpion-tailed tiger's tail, I don't know if you're interested." ”
One of the guards turned and walked in, while the other pointed to the ground with his index finger and said unquestioningly, "Wait here." ”
Always arrogant, Tarrant felt that the Storm's guards were the most characterful, and they treated all "mortals" with the attitude of conquerors, treating themselves as the spokesmen of Storm, and if given the chance, Tarrant would love to spar with them to see if they were as durable as they looked.
After about a few minutes, a red-robed soldier walked out, and when he saw Tarrant, he walked straight up to Tarrant, "Let me see that tail." ”
The tail was still quite fresh, and the poison sac had only been used once while it was alive, and there was still a lot of venom in it, which made the red robe very satisfied, and he weighed it, "How much money do you want." ”
Tarrant hadn't yet taken into account the fact that "it is enough to receive the gift of the storm", a proper flattery.
"Okay", the red robe pulled out a golden coupon from his pocket, "these should satisfy you". Tarrant took the gold ticket, which said "50", which was originally an unexpected gain, he didn't care about the size of the amount, the red robe continued: "Next time there will be something like this, remember to send it over", after speaking, he turned around and walked in.
Treating Tarrant as a bounty hunter, these storms are always pretentious, Tarrant doesn't care about these, after doing this, it's time for him to think about the next thing, his body has basically recovered to the level before the teleportation, but there is no need to wear armor in the city, Tarrant beckoned to stop a carriage, and threw a gold coin to the coachman before getting into the car, "White Mist Zone." ”
The White Mist District is a place where the rich and powerful in the city gather, it is the uppermost living area of Sant, where the environment is elegant, neatly planned, the buildings are carefully designed, even the flowers and plants on the street are taken care of by florists every day, the White Mist represents the highest standard of living in Serenso, and many people live here with a lifelong dream, and more people dare not think about it, and Tarrant's home is in the White Mist District, which his father left him.
Many years ago, Tarrant's father was still quite famous in the city, his father was a famous swordsman, skilled in swordsmanship, served as the captain of the palace guard, after his father was gone, his mother also died of grief, and since then, an old butler has taken Tarrant, and now the servants are gone, and only this faithful old butler is left to take care of the house. Without the old butler, Tarrant's house would have become a haunted house, and Tarrant has rarely returned since joining the Light of Sanctuary.
When he arrived at the door, there was no light in the room, the old butler might have fallen asleep, Tarrant tiptoed open the door, trying not to make a sound, he had a good relationship with the housekeeper, but if the old housekeeper saw him come back, he would definitely pull him to talk about a lot of things, he was old, and he became nagging.
It's a pity that as soon as Tarrant touched his room on the second floor, a candle lit up on the ground floor, and the old butler's voice came up from below, "Tarrant, are you back?"
Tarrant replied with a smile, "Stewart, you haven't slept yet, and I was worried about disturbing you when I walked in." ”
The old butler carefully held the candlestick and walked up the stairs to the second floor, "I don't know what you're thinking, I think I'm talking too much." ”
Listening to the old butler's words with a hint of sadness, Tarrant also became sad, "Stewart, I didn't mean that, you see, I'm just coming back to change my clothes, and I'll have to go out later, so I don't want to wake you up." Tarrant began to take off his armor.
It was already dark outside the window, and the old butler muttered: "You have to go out so late, can't you stop for a while, how long do you plan to stay when you come back this time." ”
Tarrant had to answer this question carefully, otherwise he would hurt the butler again, considering that the Falcon Organization was here and should stay for a while, he whispered, "This time it will stay longer." ”
"Then you should take advantage of this time to think about your own affairs," the old butler looked at Tarrant sternly.
In the eyes of the old butler, only those things deserve his attention, and what Tarrant does outside doesn't matter, as long as Tarrant can come back safely. But for Tarrant, on the contrary, he didn't care about those things, he pulled out a set of clothes from the cupboard and began to change them.
Seeing that Tarrant did not answer, the old butler continued: "Katrina is a nice girl, but she is too focused on magic, if you ...... with her"
"Stewart, I understand, I'm going to take this seriously", Tarrant interrupted the butler before he could finish speaking, he knew what the butler would say, and every time he came back, the butler always talked about it. Tarrantliso changed his clothes, "I'll go out now, Stewart, get some rest." ”
As Tarrant stepped out the door, there was a heavy sigh from behind him. Tarrant understands the housekeeper's feelings, he watched Tarrant grow up, and also watched Catrina grow up, Katrina's parents and Tarrant's family are family friends, so the two have known each other since childhood, and the relationship has always been very good, at that time, everyone thought that the two of them were a good match, until that time, the event that completely changed Tarrant's life - the expeditionary force.