Chapter Twenty-Nine: Malik's Determination
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Easily handle the envoys, persuade the Elf King to join the alliance in a few words, the whole process was watched by Kelly, and when Orlando and the Elf King left, she said slowly, "You are too cunning. ”
Link stroked the ring's hand, was this a compliment or a disapproval? Or was it a disapproval of his way of doing things?
"When the Natural Alliance was still alive, we also tried to communicate with humans, but unfortunately it didn't work, and we broke up at the negotiating table many times. Kyryll's lingua franca was not very fluent, and she stumbled a few words, and decisively changed to Elfish.
"That's not the right way, humans are different from other species, they are naturally weak and have low elemental sensitivity, but they have the wisdom of beasts and magical creatures. It is also this constant wisdom that makes it impossible for humans to reach a unified consensus, otherwise they would have conquered the dwarves and elves long ago. "As a human, Link knows too well the strengths and weaknesses of his species.
"Why?" Although he didn't like humans, Link's topic still aroused Caryl's strong interest.
Wind falcons are not only magical creatures, but also a druid population of the Wind Pillars, like the Centaurs of the Pillars of Earth, the Salamanders of the Pillars of Fire, and the Naga of the Pillars of Water, which have been thoroughly polluted. From birth to death, he almost only stayed in the Guardian Place, and even if he occasionally went out on a mission, he mostly fought or traveled to the Guardian Land of other pillars, and his knowledge of human beings came from inheritance or precious handwritten documents.
Kelyl has often traveled to the Pillar of Earth to visit her brother who is acting as a guardian there, and has come into contact with a large number of humans, but none of them have been like the one in front of her...... Even if he was recognized by Zhu and became a child of nature, he still couldn't change the fact that he was a human being. How could humans from the other world be so different from Edgar?
Listening to Kellyll's question, Link already had the answer in his heart.
Magical creatures, unlike humans, were born and grew up in nature. It uses the natural law of natural selection and the law of the jungle, and does not have the same mind as human beings, and does not make concessions on some principled issues, and of course it is not pleasant to get along with human beings. Especially since Hicks, few people have been chosen as children of nature, and the druids have become more and more closed. Relying only on inheritance and limited documentation, how can we fight against capricious human beings who turn their faces and don't recognize people for the sake of petty profits.
He did not want to glorify the inferiority of human beings, "Human beings are a very contradictory species, they can sacrifice themselves for the sake of their loved ones, and they can be selfish enough to disregard thousands of lives. The aristocrats all wanted to establish themselves as kings, and all they could think about was expanding their territory and enjoying fancy clothes and food, without thinking about how the commoners would live. This is even more true after the invasion of the undead. Even though they know that the undead are the mortal enemies of all living beings, in order to protect their own interests, there are still many nobles who are in terror with the undead wolves and harm their fellow clansmen. ”
Kelly, who has never left the place guarded by the Wind Pillar since the dissolution of the Natural Alliance and the closure of the Pillar of Earth, was dumbfounded, but she didn't expect that humans would not only sell other species in private, but also let go of her own kind, no wonder the Pillar would have the idea of completely extinct this species.
"That's right!" Link suddenly remembered the advice he had made to Gaxosti. I don't know if the column was conveyed to Kyryll.
"Rules?" said Kyryll, with a puzzled expression, "Gathos only said that he had appointed you as the new Guardian of the Wind Pillar. You are solely responsible for creating a sect and choosing a temple. ”
Link had to repeat what he had said to Gathos to Kyryll, and after listening to it, the female falcon actually stood up excitedly, flapping her wings and running on the rooftop.
Link looked at Kyryl with a black line on his face, this is too happy, isn't it?
"It's a good idea to restrain humans, including the greedy dwarfs, from grabbing too much of nature's resources. Excitedly turned back to Link. Kelly's eyes looked at Link with a look of adoration, how could no child of nature come up with such a statute before.
Link coughed uncomfortably, "Voran is a mountain city, do you think the temple is built on the top of the mountain, or underground?"
"Naturally, it's the top of the mountain. This is the jurisdiction of the Wind Pillar, so I think it's good here. At a glance, Kellyle fell in love with this small area, but it was the highest point of the entire mountain city, and the temple of nature did not need a magnificent building, as long as it was close to nature.
"This is the place chosen by the successive Kronbergs, and if you want to make this a temple, you would do well to ask Orlando's opinion, the young man I was talking to just now, he is the future Duke of Cronberg. As soon as Link finished speaking, Kyryll flew away.
Link was the only one left on the rooftop, and he asked Lorelei in his consciousness if he could use the emblem to let Malik enter his consciousness space, and he needed to have a good talk with the god of shadows about the future.
[It's better not to.] Lorelei gave a warning, [Malik is an evil god with no bottom line and principles, he will ally with you today to protect himself, and tomorrow he will definitely betray you for other interests. Moreover, it is very dangerous to let the god-level consciousness invade your sea of consciousness, not only can he steal your memories, but he will also secretly do things to make you unconsciously hinted at and do things that you do not want. 】
In this case, it can only be a verbal conversation.
Getting up and leaving the rooftop, Link headed to the densely populated city of Yashita.
Malik has three main groups of believers among the human race: the nobles of the ruling class, the cobwebs of intelligence gatherers, and the assassins hiding in the shadows. Either way, it can be a medium to summon Malik. Link didn't like to deal with pretentious nobles, because of the night elves, he didn't like assassins very much, and the rest, and the only option, was cobwebs, and he was once an organization from the Natural Alliance.
After making a decision, he let go of his perception, and compared to his slow growth, after obtaining the divine power given by Gathos himself, Link felt that the scope of perception had also expanded a lot.
The noise came into my ears from all directions, and the sun was already high in the sky, and it was almost lunchtime. The unforgotten whining of housewives cooking, the shouts of children running through the streets, the shouts of vendors, the footsteps of soldiers patrolling, and the deliberately muffled sounds of conversation.
Try to block out the other noises, and concentrate on collecting these particularly small voices, except for a few whispers, most of them are intelligence gatherers from different territories with noble eyeliner and cobwebs.
"The Child of Nature acts alone. I'm in charge of tracking, and you can quickly send the information you just got back to Xindu. Among the many voices, one caught Link's attention.
Knowing that I am a child of nature, I still want to keep an eye on it, these spies really don't even want their lives for intelligence......
Finding a dead end, Link walked in briskly, and sure enough, there was a man behind him. The light footsteps are almost the same as those of the night elves, and they are barely audible.
At the next turn, the tracker saw only a solid stone wall, and it was too late to retreat, and the back road was blocked by Link who had been released from his vaporized form.
Staring at the silver chain around the other party's neck, Link reached out and slowly pulled the pendant out of the placket.
The tracker didn't dare to move, his eyes fixed on Nature's outstretched right hand, which had a badge on his index finger that he knew all too well.
"Cobwebs, just right. I've got something to look for you guys too. The spider web-shaped pendant proved the man's identity, and Link withdrew his hand and changed it to a rubbing ring, "Malik, you're looking, I have something to say to you." ”
The expressions of the frightened spider web members changed abruptly, becoming gloomy and unhappy. With a wave of his hand, the entire alley was drawn into the bounds of the enchantment. Even if a team of Dawn Knights passed by, they would not be abnormal here.
"The flow of life has been restored. Link doesn't like to go around in circles, and has always been very straightforward, "Are you still sticking to the promise you made at Waolet two months ago?"
"I never made any commitments. Malik, who possessed the believer, replied coldly.
[Look, I'll just say that this guy can't be trusted, he turns his face faster than anyone else. Lorelei wasn't surprised at all. [I told you not to offend him verbally. 】
[What's going on with you?] Doyle stood up suddenly, startled Alysina, who was talking to her, and hurriedly asked her what was wrong?
[Nothing, deal with a little personal matter. I can solve it, you don't have to come to me. I'm afraid of disrupting Doyle's final meeting with the High Priest. Link stopped talking to Lorelei and focused on the present. He carefully recalled the conversation on the day he reached the agreement with Malik. Malik only said that he was going to break up with Hicks and cooperate with him, but he was asked to make a guarantee that he would keep the United Kingdom of Mankind divided until the Immortal Empire was completely defeated.
This is the real cunning, and Link has to pay for the naivety of the time. Now that he has the capital to compete with the gods, he doesn't have to look at Malik's face anymore.
Without warning, Link pulled out the ring, and the original law of cause and effect under Malik could never be removed until the flow of life was broken.
Malik's face changed, "What do you mean by that?"
"It's a different situation and I feel the need to revisit our agreement. Link replied without being arrogant or humble.
"Are you worried that I'll regret it?" Malik did think.
Now that the flow of life has been restored, and it is impossible for Zhu Zhu to ban the faith again in the short term, there is no need for him to maintain an alliance with this pesky ant again. But after listening to Link's conversation with another Child of Nature, Malik no longer thinks that the human brought from the Exiled Lands is just a freak with a strange mind, and watching the Child of Nature from the other world grow from ignorance to the point where he is today, maybe, it may not be possible to change the fate of mankind.
"I'm sure you've heard my conversation with Kyryll, I've convinced Pillar to abandon the final plan, and Gaxos has agreed to me to create a natural sect dedicated to them, using the faith absorbed to mend the world that has been destroyed by humans and other species. ”
Hearing Link mention this, Malik sneered.
Sure enough, they wanted to persuade me with this, and I wouldn't be fooled.
But he didn't wait long for him to be complacent, and Link changed his words, but let him propose a proposal that made Malik look different.
"Even the pillar of the Ancient Immortal is willing to accept believers, why haven't you considered changing the main body of faith to humans? For the chaotic camp, the supreme god is always night, and you should understand this truth from the night elves, no matter how hard you try, you can't get past her, it's better to put all your energy on humans, after all, for a long time to come, humans will fall into a more chaotic internal strife than the rebellion of the princes. ”
Malik was unfazed by Link's lobbying, "Am I an idiot? You're already planning to end the lingering empire." ”
Link also did not deny, "That's right, the current human race is scattered, the princes are separated, and there must be a unified banner to fight against the undead, but not now." Now is the perfect time for you to show your followers, and the nobles are fighting each other. Doesn't it just give the Assassin organization a chance to grow stronger? There is also a secret clergy, intelligence is the key to the victory or defeat of the war, with such a big advantage in hand, why bother to deliberately curry favor with the night and with whom to form an alliance. ”
Malik narrowed his eyes, this kid is playing a discordant tactic? Is he really an idiot?!!
Feel the killing intent invade the body from the pores. Link shrugged his shoulders as he pretended not to care, "I don't think it's bad, you're not the only god who wants to get rid of me anyway, but ...... Have you really thought about it? Fight with this kind of scrap wood? Can he support you to use a few laws of cause and effect? Although my melee combat is not very good, it is not yet to the point where I can't catch a single move. You know, I'm a lot better now than I was two months ago. Kaogo has already admitted me, and wants to try the divine punishment of the pillar for himself, even if you are a god, you will still be hurt. ”
Malik brushed away the scorn and gave Link a good assessment.
After several incidents of the Night Elves acting in defiance of his orders. He no longer had delusions about becoming the main faith of the clan, and even had the idea of retreating to a relatively safe position. Link's suggestion was in Malik's hands, and he simply took the opportunity to make the decision that he didn't want to follow in Lorelei's footsteps.
"I can make an alliance with you, but only if you admit it publicly. ”
"Admit what?"
Malik's gaze was fixed on the ring in Link's hand, "Unveil the Shadow Spell and make the alliance public." ”
This turn of events was something Link didn't expect, and he always focused on concealment. What kind of madness is Malik in the three holes of the cunning rabbit actually blocking the retreat by himself?
"I just want to make secrecy the main priesthood. Nothing surprising. "Malik has two priesthoods, conspiracy and secrecy, and if he wants, he can turn the secrecy devoured and seized by the goddess who once succeeded him to his priesthood into a regular position, so that the originally chaotic camp can also become neutral.
Now Link was dumbfounded, is this okay? Can the camp of the gods be transformed at will? Why don't the laws take care of it?
[Those who have dual priesthoods can indeed switch camps.] Hicks was the deity who set this precedent. Lorelei explained, "After the faction switched, Malik no longer belonged to the command of the night, but moved into a neutral camp made by the Four Pillars. Zhu never interferes in anything other than balance, and basically doesn't care if he does anything wrong. Malik has no disadvantages in doing this, at most he has lost the followers of the Night Elves, who have lived underground for a long time, have low fecundity, and are simply not comparable to humans. Hmph~ It's really in line with his usual style, this guy should have been premeditated, but he couldn't make up his mind, just enough to borrow you to cover up his ambitions, you were used by him, stupid. 】
[As long as he doesn't become an enemy, nothing else matters. In fact, Link had already prepared for the worst, even if Malik really became an enemy from now on, he was not afraid, and the assassins sent should be used as training objects to improve their combat effectiveness.
"Do you still have to conclude a pact this time?" Link held out his hand to Malik, testing if he really had the determination to form an alliance.
Glancing at Link's outstretched hand rather jealously, Malik didn't touch it, just motioned for him to just take the ring back. Alliances between gods and spirits are often expressed in formalities, not contracts. No one wants to trap themselves.
[He won't play any tricks this time, will he?]
[The same object can only be cast once with a similar law of cause and effect, and now that he plans to switch neutral camps, he shouldn't be in trouble with you.] In fact, Lorelei felt that what really prompted Malik to make up his mind was the assassination of the Night Elves near the small village, and that the Night's order might have made Malik think that she was determined to protect Hicks, otherwise she would not have let Link use his emblem after his faith had been restored.
Lorelei remembered the last time she was possessed, and Malik was so angry with Link.
Suspiciously, he brought the ring back to his right index finger and twisted it slightly, but unlike being left unmoved by the law of cause and effect, this time, the ring was loose. Malik really didn't play tricks anymore, if he was really aligned, he should want me to help him show the publicity.
"As a gift for the alliance, I'll tell you a piece of information for free. "The effect of the enchantment is dissipating, Malik's possession is coming to an end, and ordinary people can't withstand the possession of the gods for a long time," Frankie has gathered a group of nobles to activate the Hall of Mirrors, which is a special projection space for the tribes and species in the era of the Natural Alliance, dedicated to negotiating important matters related to the Alliance. ”
By the time the body's consciousness had regained consciousness, Link had already walked away.
"Huh, how could I be here?" the cobweb's informant had no possessed memories in his head, nor could he remember why he was in an empty cul-de-sac. Scratching his head, he hesitated and walked out of the alley, watching the people coming and going on the street, his mind was blank, what had he forgotten, it was very important......
[Already done?] As time went on, Doyle didn't have been as reckless as he had been the first time.
[Well, although it was not what I expected, the result was still satisfactory.] Standing in the midst of the bustling crowd, Link sighed. In just one month, the city had recovered from the siege of the undead, and it was indeed the right choice to choose this place as the location of the temple of the soon-to-be-established Nature Sect. (To be continued......)