01 - Snooping
Dragons, lichs. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Either of the two is already something that ordinary people dare to avoid, and when the two are combined—perhaps not quite rightly—it is a special problem that even God has a headache for.
At the very least, the new god of conservation, Doug @Slimu, has a big headache right now - because he has to go to the graveyard of the 'Sea of Sorrows', the legendary dragon lich Linax, to scavenge for treasure!
"This dragon lich 'Linax',"
In the dimly lit room of the inn, Doug frowned, controlling his emotions as he chose the words: "I don't know when it is, how come I've never heard of this name?"
"Oh, this involves a very old and complicated story. ”
Fifian's body has returned to its original state, and her voice has returned to the sweetness of the child's voice: "If you really want to talk about it, you have to start from the time when there were dragons soaring everywhere in the sky, which was later called the 'Religious War of the Gods' in textbooks."
"Stop!"
Doug had a headache when he heard the words 'history' and 'textbook', and immediately waved his hand to Fifian to stop: "Don't tell me this, you just need to be sure - that dragon lich Linax is really not in his graveyard, what kind of 'sea of sorrows'?"
"Rest assured, I personally participated in the second excavation of the Sea of Sorrows, and I even wrote the revision of Linax's research manuscript, I remember it well. ”
Fifian's fingers danced, and the mechanical assistants immediately received orders to put on a new set of clothes for her **** little body, wearing two big bows on her head, and the hanging part covered the little face by more than one-third, almost no longer need to disguise: "...... He himself wrote on the last page of his notebook that he was going out in search of something, and then there was nothing to be said about it—and if you count it forward today, it would have been more than 600 years ago. ”
"Six hundred years ago?"
The expression on Doug's face suddenly softened, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Since the little girl has experienced it herself, the degree of trustworthiness is always stronger than the damn 'novel': "That's good." ”
He stood up and moved his neck a few times: "Now that it's decided, let's do it quickly - how are we going to get there?"
"If you want to go to the Sea of Sorrows, you have to cross a very long distance. ”
Fifian seemed to be sure of getting hold of those huge number of magic crystals, and his little face did not show any eagerness: "But in order to wait for someone, Linax has a specific 'door' left on this continent - fortunately, according to what I remember about Linax's manuscript, it is the historic city of Xi'an - we just need to find an ancient shop in this city called 'Silence of Everything'." ”
"Everything is silent?"
Doug pondered for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "Strange name...... I haven't heard of it. ”
"Haven't you lived here for three years?"
Fei Fei'an was a little surprised, "How could you not know about this shop?"
"Is it famous?"
Doug raised an eyebrow, and after thinking for a moment again, he shook his head: "I really haven't heard of it—I haven't been in Xi'an for three years. ”
"It should be very famous!" Fifian was a little dissatisfied, "This shop specializes in buying and selling some extremely scarce magic materials, and many people should know about it—"
...... Endure.
Doug took two sharp breaths to control his emotions, but his voice was still unconsciously raised: "I'm not a magic apprentice, so who is going to pay attention to what the magic shop is doing?--If you want to find a store that can sell stolen goods, I can tell you twenty in one go!!"
“...... That's right. ”
Fifian nodded a little disappointed, "I haven't heard them mention it in the Tower of Overlook, so it looks like I'm going to have to ask someone about it." ”
"No one knows about the Tower of Overlook?"
Doug was shocked when he heard this: "Are you really sure this shop, um, that's the name?"
What he was actually trying to say was, 'Are you really sure this shop actually exists?'...... The Tower of Views is a high-ranking mage tower, and if even the people inside it haven't heard of this shop, then things are a bit mysterious.
"It's not uncommon for no one to know about the Tower of Overlook!"
Fifian looked at him a little strangely, "Because my titular grandfather often went to 'visit' the dragon's lair when he was young, the tower overlooking is full of magical materials, and all the apprentices in the tower can report and apply, basically it is enough not to buy anything for a hundred years...... So no one in the tower cares about these shops. ”
“...... I see. ”
Doug nodded suddenly, but he spoke a little higher of the stingy old miser man: "Then let's go and ask those magic apprentices!"
"The point is, what identity do we use to go?"
Fei Fei'an touched his chin with his small hand, and his big eyes flashed: "Magic apprentices are all 'quasi-nobles', if their status is low, I'm afraid they will be blinded...... And it's not appropriate for the identity to be too high, in case they go to check, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble. ”
"Don't worry, in my eyes it's just a small thing. Doug gently tugged at the corners of his mouth, and skillfully took out several magic crystal rings from the 'warehouse' and put them on his hands, and shook them in front of Fifian: "Things are much simpler than you think! Magic apprentices are also people, and they also have the desire to seize the opportunity to climb up, and the people who have such a few things on their hands are enough for them to take the initiative to come and flatter." ”
He said this with a sneer on his face, as if he remembered something.
"Well~ Since that's the case, I'll leave it to you!"
Fifian thought about it casually for a moment and then made a decision, "When it comes to deceiving people, I'm really not as good as you...... You bring a Tutang Carmen to life, and you don't need my guidance at all. ”
"Thanks for the compliment. ”
The sneer on Doug's face stiffened for a moment, and his mind suddenly flashed the praise of his mother's proud 'Doug is an honest and good boy' when he was a child, and then he snorted coldly and shook his head to put these aside: "Except for the problem of magic, it is impossible for you to guide other aspects - how can the granddaughter of the ruler of the Tower of Overlook be better at deceiving people than the thugs on the street!"
There was a hint of strangeness in his tone when he said this, and Fifian didn't notice it at first, until the two of them had already walked a considerable distance and were about to leave the door of the inn, when they suddenly furrowed their thin eyebrows.
"Ah, I'm sorry...... Doug, I don't mean anything malicious. ”
She stopped, stretched out her little hand and patted Doug's thigh, her big clear eyes revealing a slightly apologetic gaze: "You know, whether it's my original life or this time, I'm dealing with the laboratory, I rarely contact people, and a lot of things are just thought of...... Don't care, okay?"
“...... Of course not. ”
Doug was stunned for a moment before replying, so unaccustomed to Fifian's sudden turn that he couldn't react a little - how could this frighteningly clever little girl suddenly become so, well, 'polite'? Is she like a little queen when she looks down on the Tower...... Was it because I was struck by the series of events that happened during the day yesterday?
"That's great. ”
Fei Fei'an smiled happily, and her delicate little face was very amiable: "In a sense, we may be the closest people to each other in life and death, so if you are unhappy, I will also feel uncomfortable." ”
In a better mood, she quickened her pace, trotted out of the inn door, and beckoned to the carriage.
Doug stood in place, stunned for a moment, then made a 'cut' sound, sneered slightly and shook his head: "Little hairy girl!"
Because His Majesty the Emperor was assassinated, many of the ceremonies were cancelled, the number of pedestrians on the streets was suddenly so creepy that the coachmen went from being rich to deserted overnight, so that they couldn't turn their minds - for example, the one who had just dragged Doug and Fifian to the Imperial Academy of Magic, and from the moment the two of them got into the carriage, he was babbling 'how was it yesterday here', 'how did you make yesterday?' Today I can't find a guest' and other nonsense, especially his vocabulary and content are always repeated over and over again, and the poverty is hateful.
Fortunately, the small hotel where the two of them stayed was in a prosperous area many years ago, not very far from a historic building like the Royal Academy of Magic, and the towing carriage finally arrived at its intended destination before Doug could not resist breaking the coachman's neck.
"Speaking of which, this is the first time I've officially been here. ”
Disguised as a scholar, Doug gave up the idea of using his fist to give the coachman some color, and got out of the car and stood there with Fifian, carefully examining the quaint and ornate gate of the Royal Academy of Magic - its huge body was decorated with a large number of exquisite sculptures, and the material was the extremely durable 'Stone of Time', which had been exposed to wind and rain for hundreds of years without any signs of weathering, and was solemnly closed on weekdays, and people were allowed to pass through the small door nearby.
This magic academy used to be a very famous magical center long ago, but now that the Wright Empire has become a believer in Sanin, it directly leads to the fact that although the Imperial Academy of Magic has the name of 'Royal', the campus is full of magic towers, and the campus area is also frighteningly large, it can only be regarded as a small academy in the magical world - the magic of light and its cumbersome branches occupy most of the space and budget of the college, so much so that one headmaster angrily sarcastically said that it would be more worthy of the name than to change it to 'Royal Radiant Seminary'.
"In a hundred and sixty years, this place will not exist, it will be destroyed in the war. ”
Fifian whispered with emotion, his big eyes carefully examining the gate that held many historical memories: "All the buildings have been destroyed by magic, and only most of the remains of this gate remain. ”
"Will there be a war in Xi'an in more than a hundred years?"
Doug was slightly stunned: "Is it a civil war?" or a foreign conqueror?"
It actually hit the capital?...... Isn't that close to the destruction of the country?
“...... Well, I guess it's a civil war for me. ”
Fifian tilted his little head and thought for a while, "It's not easy to say to you - after ascending the throne, Sophomandis conquered dozens of large and small countries around him with iron and blood in the following decades, and both aliens and fellow races were finally unified into a huge empire, and by my time, the bloodlines had already been mixed together and there was basically no difference!"
"Thorpmandis?"
The corners of Doug's eyes twitched slightly, and Sopmandis's clear and pure eyes and gentle smile flashed through his mind, and he couldn't believe that he would become the person Fifian said he was: "...... Iron-blooded means?"
"Sopmandis @ Anco Oserstimu @ Volur, that's the famous 'Crimson Emperor' in history, it can be said that the soil where the iron hoof passes will be dissolved into a black-brown swamp by blood!"
Fifian casually divulged the 'future' that shocked Doug: "Hey, there's a lot going on here, I'll tell you about it later—our business matters now!"
"Hmm. ”
Doug gave a monosyllable, and he didn't know whether to agree or instinctively respond—it was so unexpected that he was a little surprised, and he couldn't help but imagine what had happened to make a man like Sopmandis look like that.
"Both!"
Just when he was distracted, an old man dressed in civilian clothes slowly walked out of the small door of the magic academy, but he was wearing aristocratic heavy makeup, his expression was arrogant, and the clothes on his body were also made of very high-grade fabrics, although the words were polite, but the tone was very polite: "This is the Xi'an Royal Academy of Magic, why are you here?"
"Oh......"
Doug came back to his senses and saw the old man's greased and powdered face, and frowned uncontrollably, feeling the urge to slap him a few times with his hand wearing the magic crystal ring.
"Fifian," he whispered to Fifian through the telecommunications device on Angelina's Will, "who should we tell him to come to?"
"No, you didn't hear the driver say that the principal isn't here today. ”
Fifian seemed to have some idea again, and her big eyes flashed with mischief, "Inspired by you, I've figured out how to deal with this-"
In the carriage, Doug had already told her about the previous night's 'adventure', and she was eager to do the same.
"Who are you?"
The little girl's face was raised, and she asked back even more arrogantly, and as soon as her little hand stretched out a translucent magic cover, she shrouded the old man, and unceremoniously pushed him out of the way, shaking her hands to barely maintain her balance, and the white powder fell off his face, flying all over the sky: "This is the special envoy of the 'Las Vegas Ancient Magic Research Association', I have important work to come to your academy, let your principal come out to greet him!"