XII. The Gate of the Ancients
The next day, after receiving a summons from the Senate of the Flame Rift, Tilhua was once again accompanied by Moon to the Parliamentary Hall, a tall circular barbed building not far from the embassy.
"Dear Envoy Tihua, we at the Flame Rift thank you for your generous help. Behind the huge long table, the voice of the wolf clan elder was heard.
"Old Wolf is so excited, please take a seat with the envoy and His Excellency Moon. "It was an old man as strong as Caesar, the bears.
"Yes, yes, what Elder Bair said, I'm so excited. The old wolf, known as Wolf, pandered.
"Thank you, Elders. Then we're not going to be polite. Moon nodded in acknowledgment and sat down in the center of the hall with Tyflower. I have to say, isn't this feeling very good, a bit like the feeling of interrogating prisoners before?
"I didn't know that it was His Excellency Moon Black who escorted the envoy to arrive, so I beg your pardon, Lord Storm, is it okay now?"
"Let the elders bother, my father has always been in good health. ”
"That's good, that's good, when we first came to Yinlan, we were still taken care of thanks to the Black Yao Empire, especially Lord Stone. ”
"The elder is a little out of sight, as a life that is also persecuted by human beings, in this dangerous Yinlan, it is natural that they should help each other. Moon took the aristocratic tone, flattering both sides back and forth, and saying unnourishing words.
Tihua, who didn't interject on the side, felt that this Moon was afraid that he was the envoy, right? When he came yesterday, the other party just informed him of the content of the assistance, and his attitude was far less polite.
Elves are more angry than elves, although they may not be able to deal with each other like Moon saying this kind of unrelated thing.
Moon endured his sleepiness and impatience, exchanging views with a few old orcs, and he found an elder sitting in an inconspicuous position, who looked at him with interest although he had not spoken.
Well, it should be a leopard people, the pattern next to the cheeks and the ears on the head are too obvious. The female leopard man's chest is bulging, it's too obvious!
Moon was waiting, waiting for what? Moon is sitting here as Moon Black, sitting in the council chamber of the Flame Rift, sitting in front of the orc elders, which is an attitude in itself, and the subtext is what do you want our envoy to do?
"That's right. Finally, after a long, boring exchange of perfunctory interactions, the elders present did not notice that the other party had any intention of leaving, nor did they take the words that sent him away. "This time, I invited your envoy to ask her to help us improve a totem spell. ”
"The Elder is so gracious, and it is our honor to be able to help us in the shamanic technique of the Flame Rift. "Moon's subtext is simple, you asked us Dark Elf mages to help you improve your shamanic sacrifice spells, are you sick?
"Your Excellency Moon is polite, as we all know, our shamanic way is good at communicating with the natural elements, that is, the four elements of earth, fire, feng shui. But in terms of the perception and control of the dark element, it is really unsatisfactory. As for the pure arcane system, there is no way for us to separate our magic power from the four elemental attributes. ”
"That's why we didn't refuse assistance, and we believe that as friendly friends, our aid workers will be properly arranged. "Isn't it safe?
"This is natural, and we will absolutely do our best to guarantee everything for the envoy. Our assistance to the minotaur warriors of your country is the same as the greatest sincerity. "Just do your best, you dark elves didn't say they were safe when you hired us minotaur warriors.
"Okay, personally, I absolutely believe in the Elders. "As the elder elder of a big country, you won't lie to me, right? No way, personal thoughts and decisions always seem a little powerless in the face of this kind of behavior between countries. So there's really nothing Moon can do.
"That's good, that's good. ”
"May I ask Elder Beyer, will this improvement take a long time?"
"What's it like, in the wilderness, it's just a moment's work. The humble elder of the bear clan replied.
"Poof. The female leopard clan elder who had not spoken all this time laughed. Baier looked blankly at the female leopard man, and then at the calm Elder Wolf, not knowing why.
"Okay. Moon smiled, "I should be able to visit, right?"
"......" Even if Bayer's nerves are a little big, he understands why the female leopard man is laughing.
The Flame Rift, a secret room in a building.
"What do you mean about Stone's son? Why is he not an unawakened one?" spoke a young man, and his tone was gentle, but full of arrogance.
"We also just received the news, this time it's his butterfly. ”
The young man looked at the old man suspiciously.
"He applied for it himself, and the council over there arranged it. ”
"Turning into a butterfly? Just send someone over? Damn, didn't you say that a butterfly would die?" the young man breathed rapidly, and his fists clenched unconsciously.
"Stone's son, do you understand?"
"Damn, the council over there was afraid of Storm, so they arranged it?Damn, why didn't we get any news? Aren't those elves very proud? Why did they give up the rules because of scruples? Why didn't we get any news?"
"Yes, it was artificially blocked. ”
"You mean... Over there?"
The old man didn't speak, but nodded, which was an affirmation.
"Then what should I do, my father is about to die, I must get more favor before then!" In the secret room, a gorgeously dressed man with a golden beard and explosive hairstyle showed a hideous face as the young man roared.
"You decide, that Moon must go to the scene, the key is that we can't completely control it now, in case of an accident, it's hard to explain. ”
"Explain to whom? What do I need to give him to even if he is there?"
"......" The old man looked at the young man and did not speak.
The young man paced back and forth in the chamber, and eventually, "it's business as usual." ”
Moon woke up in his sleep, and he turned his head slightly to look at the weight on his arm. The bone dance in his arms was looking at him worriedly.
"Dreams?"
"Hmm. It's different. ”
"Terrible?"
"I don't know, I don't remember it, I don't remember it at all. Moon reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and touched the hand that Gu Wu wiped against his eye socket halfway, he was a little dazed, sweat or tears?
Bone Dance didn't say anything, hugging Moon tighter.
"Sleep?"
"Well, take a moment and go to sleep, hehe, tomorrow I will go to see Tihua for a long time, and we can leave for the day after tomorrow. Moon yawned in feigned relief and closed his eyes.
"Hmm. "Bone Dance hugged tighter.
That night, Moon went back and forth, and he didn't know if he was not asleep and was thinking, or if he was dreaming again. When Luo Xia came in, she found that Moon had two obvious dark circles under her eyes, and she was stunned and looked at Gu Wu ambiguously.
Tyhua had already washed up and was waiting in the hall, for Elder Wolf had sent someone to inform them that he would come to pick them up this morning to assist in the improvements. At that time, Moon chased and asked for a long time, where was it to help improve the spell? Wasn't it in the laboratory or something? But he didn't get an answer.
A few people were eating breakfast with orc characteristics, and a commotion came into the hall, well, it was indeed a Kodo beast car. After the inevitable greetings and politeness, Moon took two small henchmen and Tihua, as well as Tihua's henchman Frois, and got into the luxurious Kodo beast car.
"I have a question. Moon knew that the car was certainly not soundproof, and that the driver of the car would inevitably relay his words to others, and he didn't care. "Where do you shamans study spells?"
"Lord Moon. "Generally speaking, we teach and perceive shamanic teachings in the auditorium, and almost every major settlement has an auditorium for our shamans. ”
"It seems... Are we going to help sense nature?" Moon watched through the car window as Org faded behind him, replaced by a tall plant with no leaves, and a door that stood out among the plants, the Ancient Gate.
"Looks like we're heading in the direction of the door. "The Ancient Gate, it is said that there are six underground ones, at least six to be exact, and there is one in the sphere of influence of each clan, as for whether there are other unexplored places, no one can say. What Moon didn't expect was that he hadn't seen the door in the Black Flame Empire yet, but instead saw the door in the Flame Rift Valley first.
I was speechless all the way, I have to say that the gate was too big, I thought it would be there soon, but it took nearly two hours on the road.
"Special Envoy, Lord Moon. Several lion guards had been waiting near the camp for a long time, and when they saw Moon get out of the car, they hurriedly saluted and said hello. Moon nodded, in fact, he had long wanted to find an opportunity to say, calling himself His Excellency Moon, calling Tihua but only calling the envoy, and not even remembering the name?
Elder Wolf of the Wolf Clan greeted him from afar, and led a few people to the camp near the Ancient Gate, where there was a building that resembled an altar.
Moon walked and looked curiously in the direction Worf had come from, where there was a separate tent, and at the door stood a group of sturdy bear warriors, shiny and well-armed, presumably Bair had also come.
"That's it, it's actually very simple, and it's really a shame to let Lord Moon waste his time here. On the way, Waff roughly said what Tyflower wanted to assist, which was quite simple, that is, to empty her magic power, and then the orc shaman would release the soul link totem to link Tyflower with several orc sacrifices, and then take the opportunity of Tyflower's magic to replenish it, experience and comprehend the dark element.
"You understand?" Moon felt that he was a magical idiot and turned to ask Tyflower, and to her unsurprising surprise, Tyflower said that it was very simple, no problem. Moon looked at Flora behind Flora again, and his eyes were full of questions, meaning that you shamans have this way of feeling?
He felt that with Frois's IQ, he should understand. Seeing that Frois nodded imperceptibly, he didn't ask anything more.
Even though there was still some distance from the Ancient Gate, there was a vague feeling of panic. Moon frowned as he watched the swirling vortex of unknown things swirling in the massive door frame. Where's the problem? Everywhere seems to be fine.
Several people came to the altar, and several shamans who had been waiting there stood up and saluted.
"Alright, then let's get started, and finish it as soon as possible so that Lord Moon can return home as soon as possible. Wolf said to a few shamans.
"Well, I need to do something. After asking for Moon's approval, Tihua took two steps forward.
"You're just acting as a medium for the dark elemental to return, so you don't have to do anything, just just leave the mana draining there. A purple-robed high priest of the horse clan replied.
Tyka nodded, and after a series of simple and obscure spells, a black orb formed on Tilacia's fingertips, and Tilaca smiled mischievously and threw the orb towards Moon.
The orb smashed into Moon's face, but it had no other effect, only to blindfold Moon's face. Moon pursed his lips, he knew that this was Tiehua angry with him, because he was an unawakened person, and if it was a dark elf with elemental resonance, he would have the mana of two people for a short time at this time.
In a rather relaxed atmosphere, Tihua lay in the center of the altar. The surrounding shamans, led by the purple robes of the horse clan, inserted a totem pole of unknown material next to the altar, and the rhythm of the magic that was completely different from the dark elves chanting magic resounded through the camp.