Volume VIII, Chapter 4
"Enough. Lovian whispered, a silent dark spirit locking Francis's wrist.
Francis looked up, his dark eyes glinting bloodshot, "Do you believe me, teacher? I just - I wanted to put the bottle like this-" he gestured, "smash it on your head." ”
"Of course I do. Luo Wei'an said as he drained the wine in his glass, "The one who wants you to be so young and vigorous - whether it is a human race or a demon dragon or the like, will have such a reaction. ”
Francis snorted hot breath, "You said that...... What Siu, he's the twin brother of Lord Orka—how is that possible?"
Lovian gracefully poured himself another full glass of wine, "Swu Ke is the Demon Emperor...... In our time, who would dare to call His Majesty by his name without the name of 'Majesty'? If you were a soldier under my command, you would have had your throat cut by now. Then he blew off the foam on the ale, "I said, you are a human race, and you can't understand the customs and habits of the demons. What's more, the customs of the Winged Demon Clan are the strangest of the Demon Clan, and even I sometimes find it hard to believe. ”
Francis stared at him with red-eyed eyes.
"The Winged Demon Clan must be twin brothers and sisters or sisters of different genders at birth, and it will inevitably be the two of them who will be united in the future. Therefore, each pair of Winged Demon Twins is exactly the same as their parents. And the Winged Demon Twins will only have two or three pairs of offspring in their lifetime. In the concept of the Winged Demons, the closest relatives only refer to their twin partners, in the life of the Winged Demons. You can hardly see a single Winged Demon, they are all together no matter what they do. There is never separation - and so is death. ”
Francis gasped, and the aura shield on his left arm began to resurface, but eventually faded.
"She's my motivation. Half an hour later, Francis said in a tone of despair after drowning, "My motivation ...... She told me personally, and I thought she gave me a chance...... That's my faith. ”
Lovian reached out and flipped Francis's fallen bangs up, "It's like you can't understand the culture of the Winged Demons." Her understanding is different from yours. Why don't you choose a close target, it doesn't have to be Orca to be your motivator. There are a lot of things that can be your way forward, such as if you really want to get out of the Black Wings. Aside from being a Blackwing cadre, you will never be admired again...... Or fear? You have a talent that is better than those demonic children who have been shaped by the heavens, not only because of your body, but also because of your mind - this is probably the most important aspect of you. Maybe there was a time when the flaws in your personality overshadowed the part of your personality that was truly worthy of the envy of others, but you know to correct your own shortcomings. You're also different from most of your peers who don't want to accept your mistakes – these are the qualities that anyone really admires. It's your unique gift: the ability to make corrections. Able to move on after a painful metamorphosis. ”
Francis lowered his head, and judging by his reaction, he didn't seem to listen to the words.
"I-what should I correct?" Finally, Francis looked up, as he had seen after his original battle puppet had been shattered.
Lovian stretched out his hand and tapped the bottle in front of Francis: "Obsessed." ”
"Obsessed?"
"If you shouldn't insist on it, you should give it up decisively. Luo Weian suddenly felt that his experience over the years was a slightly funny thing to deal with such a human who was not much younger than himself in terms of age, and what was even more funny was that he had to carry out this role to the end. "Let's find another way out. ”
"Another way out?"
"Hmm......" Lovian tilted his head back in his chair in a relaxed pose. "For example...... I feel- it's just a feeling, and Snowfoam seems to like you very much?"
To Lovian's surprise, Francis nodded neatly, "I...... I'm very, I'm struggling! yes, I'm struggling! You may think it's ridiculous, but that's actually it...... I haven't even had a coming-of-age ceremony now, and I'm going to experience this kind of thing—it's ridiculous, Teacher!!"
It's not like Lovian can enlighten him at this moment, for that kind of thing, he can be regarded as just enlightened, and it is based on the situation that Mastema is more active. But in fact, in the past years of living on the Edelstein Plateau, he had not encountered these things, because as a Blood Moon Venerable, he would certainly be favored by many Blood Moon girls, but the war had already cooled any enthusiasm he had for these to absolute zero.
Therefore, according to Luo Wei'an's personal motto: "Don't pretend to understand what you don't understand, ask diligently, but if it affects your face, keep silent." The Legion Commander was resolutely silent, waiting for Francis to figure it out.
Francis's aura seemed to disappear, as if sitting in front of Lovien was a wax figure.
Then, the wax figure opened its eyes, and the look in its inky eyes was so complicated that it made Lovien feel like he was a true apprentice, "Teacher, Master Orka asked me to bring you a message. ”
“...... Uh, okay, about what?"
"It's the Demon language, Sensei. I don't know what it is. Francis said calmly.
Luo Wei'an immediately became stern, after all, he was also one of the first few demons who knew Orka, although Orka often made some actions that ordinary people couldn't understand, but this did not mean that she was a casual demon, on the contrary, in those serious matters, she was more serious than anyone else.
Then, with the cultivation of his own mental space, Francis completely retold this combination of notes that was meaningless to him.
"Dear Brother Lowe, Orka doesn't know how excited she is to hear that you're back. Orka will definitely ask you why you don't go to resurrect Siu and go to Grivar to do some weird things, and Orka will answer - ask me when you see me!! Orka likes to do more serious things, especially you!
"I heard that you and Mafei are finally on the right track? Then I will bless you two in advance, and when I see both of you appear in front of me, Orka will probably be more anxious to resurrect Siu...... So. You'd better not appear in front of Orka! Greetings come here first, Orka has a few words to tell you, the first is that if His Royal Highness Lovian, who is much worse than Orka, really can't get along, Orka will always be your good partner! The second is that you now know that Orka has laid down half of Greva, and Orka actually doesn't like the demons of many lands. So if you have time, come and stay here in Orka, no matter how many people you bring with you, it will definitely be enough. You don't have to worry about it!Third, it's about our colleague, and Orka doesn't know it very well, anyway, I used to help that slippery head in Akayl. And then the tracking technique was done -- you know. All I know now is that he's probably not in our current time, and that his time magic is the most annoying! And Sheila, Sheila is the best relationship with us among the human legions, right? So, she's been working with Orka a little lately, and she's able to speed up the process of resurrecting Siu! Siu...... Brother, he's been sleeping for too long, and he's about to wake up. Ben Leon can also find it now, if you have time to take a trip to the frozen snowy region of the South. Hmph, it seems that Shinas is finally planning to fight Orka once and for all lately. Get ready to go first, and get in touch with me when you have time! ”
It took Lovian three times longer than Francis to recount Orca's words to calm his mixed feelings. Since I came to this strange world five hundred years later. In addition to Mastma, who has always been by his side, he finally truly and clearly feels that Orka is also fighting for his goals, and is still his most trusted partner and comrade-in-arms. Maybe two people still feel lonely, but if there are three people who really live in the same world as themselves, this feeling is suddenly completely different from that of two demons. Although he also knew that the Akayl and Ben Leon who he once hated were still alive, it didn't stop him from the excitement of knowing that Orca was still alive, the same as the original Orca.
"Thank you. Lovian raised his glass.
"All the same, teacher. Francis touched Lovian's cup.
“...... Tell me what kind of fruit you have in your house? I've always been interested in fruit -- it's actually a Maffei fetish. ”
"Hmm, I thought the demons liked meat. ”
"At that time, it was pure rumors! In that kind of environment, where can we eat meat?!"
"Haha...... You are the one who is called Your Highness......"
"You've drunk too much, Francis, put the cup down...... Oops!"
“......”
Three days had passed, and Mastema still hadn't gotten rid of his anger at Lovian.
Indeed, it was not safe to go drinking at night, and besides, he drank like that, and even more so, he completely ignored the image of the Blood Moon Venerable and his disciples lying in the mud and singing! Although Mastma is a demon and does not have the almost law-strict image requirements of human beings for nobles, this is too much! Moreover, lying down for two days makes him worry to death, and he has to take care of those children who have not fully recovered from the sequelae of Tiansu! If it weren't for Dominita and Julian to help Mastema take care of the Mangs who were not yet awake, and I don't know how long the master and apprentice would have slept.
Anyway, when Mastema saw Lovian, she used all her strength to stop herself from pulling out the frost and slicing the Legion Commander into pieces. The rest of the story was much simpler, as Mastma flew straight back to the camp with one in his hand, threw the two guys into the glacial lake behind the woods, brushed them around like potatoes, and hung them on a drying rack to dry. Francis is fine, and Mastma is mild towards him......
"Go on—it's not even halfway there! What are you complaining about!"
At this moment, Luo Wei'an was wearing a short coat in the early morning, and there were five or six dark element and water element restriction circles sewn into the shirt behind him, which directly made him unable to sense any elements, and he could only run hard with his body. In addition, he also carried a piece of lead strip of nearly 200 catties on his back to prevent the tent from being blown away by the wind, and a label was attached to it, "Don't make an example".
The first thing that gets them used to it is a completely different bodily sensation, when the elemental perception is very different from what it used to be. It's naturally easy for them to put their full attention on this almost up-to-date feeling. In order for them to ignore this feeling that is natural to him, he can only distract them from other things.
For example, this kind of physical training that Lovian can't even think about.
Speaking of physical training, it is not difficult for these demon children who have just become accustomed to rapid element fusion and have been shaped into super geniuses by the sky, just running around the hill on the east side...... But His Highness Mastma's order is to "run until you get tired and lie down!". So the poor regimental commander thus obeyed the order unconditionally.
The above sentence was actually said by Dominita, and half of the meaning was said to the sweaty and pale Lovian. Luo Wei'an was still holding on to his last dignity as the Blood Moon Venerable, gritting his teeth and following at the back of the line. A young boy from the Mang tribe has been making cocoons in his ears.
"Get down, teacher!" said the boy, "you're going to die!"
In addition to the forbidden circle of various elements, Mastma also sewed a light elemental convergence circle on Lovian's shoes. It made him feel like he was stomping his feet on a needleboard with every step he took.
Luo Wei'an was in a hurry, not daring to relax his attention at all. He thought that his willpower had reached a certain level, but he could withstand the mental power that he had endured even after five days of torture at the hands of Ai'an. Nor can he create dark elements out of thin air for him to use.
The "jump" of his mind was broken, and Lovian could hear it even before he fell unconscious.
"Hooray!—" The children cheered and took off their heavy loads. Dominita and Julian impatiently pulled a scroll out of their pockets and shouted into one of the drawn circles on the scroll, "Mafi-sensei." He's finally fainting, come and pick us up!"
"Huh...... Look down the mountain. How can I be busy with so many things at once? You will carry him back in a moment! Allow you to rest for ten minutes, and then call your senior brother to start training!" Mastma's voice came from the scroll.
The student immediately made a coaxing voice, "Why do you have to carry the teacher back again-Senior brother!"
"Okay. Francis pouted, followed by the bodyguards of the Merlan Knights, and went to pluck off the lead of Lovian's body, and threw it at the knights behind him who had been loyal to him since the beginning when he joined the Black Wings—they were also members of the Merlan Knights under the leadership of the rebels. But no one but Francis and themselves knew the secret. Although the reason why Francis is a cadre of the Black Wings is mainly because of his peerless talent for mental space and physical cultivation. But the city and means he has can be regarded as a talent at his age, right?
One of the obvious ways to do this is that he was able to unknowingly install his own forces in the Merlan Knights, and the Merlan Knights were still in a state of opposition to the Black Wings for many years to complete such a very difficult task even for adults. Even though Francis himself had always been proud of it, and swore that even the Cross Brigade was unaware of it, though Lovian did not feel very credible about it, and he could hardly overestimate his first disciple on it, but it was so. Even the mighty Crusader Brigade did not find the fact that a small part of the Merlan Knights was loyal to such a child who had not yet reached adulthood. This is one of the many class stains that the Cross Brigade targets in the Black Wings......
Seeing that their brother was carrying the teacher on his back and preparing to go down the mountain, the children began to climb to the highest point of the hill and look at the various carriages and mobile tents at the bottom of the mountain.
Those were the more than 600 demon people who were forced to withdraw from the Libi tribe the day before yesterday, they were mainly Mang tribesmen, and they were also led by the only five or six blood moon tribesmen. But unlike the people in the depths of the Minar Forest, each of them was forced to amputate their wings and poison glands at birth in order to gain their right to live—the most different physical characteristics between these two demons and humans.
"Isn't that great?" Mastma said patiently to an old man of the Blood Moon in front of her, although she was already a little impatient from her personal point of view, "You see, although the land where we lived for hundreds of years has been replaced, we can't just look at the shortcomings, we have gained freedom! Yes, we are free! We will no longer be limited by humans, and we can also obtain citizenship in the Osilian Empire like other humans in the future!" That's one of the new laws that His Majesty Shinas has personally issued!"
As they expected, when the third wave of wolves migrated and the most powerful wave came to the northeastern edge of the Minar Forest, the Libi tribe, who had little resistance at all, were forced to move out of their land. The situation was also far from going in the direction that Lovian and Mastema feared most, the wolf tribe was a very simple people, and they did not have a positive attitude towards their forcible encroachment on other people's land, so after handing over the land relatively peacefully, they even did their best to help the Libi tribe in a certain way.
This is actually related to the atmosphere in Nuvi Province. Among the sixty provinces of the empire, only the thirty or so provinces in the north and the northern snowy region were really under the control of the leadership of the Holy Land Imperial Power. To the northwest, most of the area is controlled by the Earth Sacred Sect, while to the southeast is the area of Grihua, which has not been recognized by the empire so far. The rest of the region, which occupies nearly sixty percent of the land of the Osilian continent, is actually not under the jurisdiction of any one party. Nuvi Province is the area where the dividing line of the southwestern continental plate, known as the "north-south dividing ridge", is located, and in all areas south of Nuvi Province, the Holy Emperor's control over them has long been in name only. It was from the province of Nuvi that the control of the Holy Land began to decay rapidly in the southward direction.
For this reason, it has always been difficult for the province to have a definite document or means to accurately manage and control such a matter as land sovereignty, so the issue of land, which is very important to a country, is directly decided here by the party with sufficient strength. And the wolf clan is a very powerful force for the sparsely populated area here.
That's why the wolf clan can say that they gave this piece of land to the demon clan, which is the area where the small clinic opened by Lovian and Mastema is now located. (To be continued......)