Strange Aftermath (Part I)
There is no one in the vast cathedral now. This place has been temporarily listed as a forbidden area, and the Holy Knights' Order's nearly 100 swordsmen and magicians are guarded outside, and no one is allowed to enter.
Asa took out the sword of the head of Roland at the entrance of the cathedral and showed it to the two captains before letting him in. The Holy Knights have never been in charge of guarding martial law, and it is difficult to find a suitable Captain Roland to permit the only pass in a short period of time, so Captain Roland simply gave Asa his sword temporarily.
Such temporary measures are indeed necessary, because what is inside is so important at this time.
In the middle of the front of the cathedral, the huge statue of the sacred and solemn god has been removed, and the dark mouth of the cellar next to the pedestal is wide open, like a monster, slowly emitting the erosive breath deep in the stomach.
Asa took a deep breath and buried his head in the dark mouth. Even though he had come in for the first time, the smell inside was too much for him to bear, but he immediately realized that it was useless, and he exhaled and inhaled the smell like rotten cotton. As I walked down the stairs, I felt a strange touch on my body, like a still wind condensed by magical elements, which was the feeling of crossing the magic barrier.
I don't know if it's a more acute feeling, but this time when crossing the magical enchantment that permeates the space, Asa has some strange intuition. This magical barrier doesn't seem to be set up to protect this place, but look carefully for something that doesn't work for him but doesn't have that good basic knowledge of magic.
Further down, the roars of the monsters that had permeated the dungeon were long gone, only the constant sound of sparks on the torches gave some life to the silence, and there was only one gasp in the confined space.
The wheezing sound was loud, but it didn't give the slightest sense of life and life. It seems more like a wind-pulled suitcase that is constantly agitating. But this is a sound that can only be produced by a person's breath, and even the sound of wheezing passing through the vocal cords can be heard. The voice wasn't painful, but Asa somehow felt the hairs on his back stand on end.
There was only the glow of a torch on the wall in the wide dungeon, and Asa stepped in, and the torch in his hand immediately doubled the light of the dungeon. But even then, the light inside is really limited.
There are only two figures. One is Shandru who is seated, and the other is Javi who is lying on the ground. A loud wheezing sound came from Javid's mouth. Not so long ago, he was in full swing. The cardinal, who looked calm and dashing, was no different from a dead dog now. In the dim light of the fire, his face was frighteningly white compared to the dark ground, and his eyes were open, but whoever looked at them would only think that they were two glass beads, without the slightest anger on them, and if he wasn't still gasping, Asa would never think he was still alive.
"I thought he would hold out until I shoved his head into his asshole, but that was the limit...... It's just a pity that my white magic doesn't work. I'm afraid I'm driving him crazy. Otherwise, it will be much more exciting. Sandru, who was sitting on a wooden bench, kicked Javi on the ground. But Jarvey didn't react in the slightest. There was a large puddle of water on the ground, which must have been his sweat.
There were no scars on Jarvey's body at all, but Asa knew that in the hands of someone like Sandru, it was completely meaningless to have blood or flesh. Even a person with a thousand knives can be saved intact in his hands, so how to make you feel the pain of a thousand knives without being injured and not dying is naturally even more important.
Asa looked at Javi's face, which was no different from a dead man, and sighed slightly. Asked, "So did he recruit them all?"
Sandru sneered and said, "It's a big move." He said everything he could, otherwise how could that kid from Roland leave. But this kid is also an acquaintance, and he didn't need me to do it, so he said everything he had to say. He also knew that he couldn't hide anything from me, not even want to die. ”
"And what else has become like this?" Asa was stunned.
"The Father's debt is paid by the Son. I can't catch the guy who dares to frame me, so I naturally asked him to help him take some responsibility. I know that this kid used to be very confident in his torture methods, and today I showed him what it means to be a real Deya Valley. Sandru snorted coldly as if he was still angry, and said. "But this is only temporary, I have the opportunity to go to Biya Valley to find him Lao Tzu to settle accounts. Shante's guys didn't think they would breathe out of the same nostrils as that kid, at most let that kid run around by himself. ”
Later, when he heard Sandru say that he almost fell into a trap and couldn't come back, Asa couldn't help but feel a cold sweat himself, if that was the case, the situation in this royal capital would be the standard doom.
When the confrontation with the Marquis was over, he had already made up his mind to fight back and fight back. So he asked Xiao Yi to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion and pretend that nothing had happened to confuse them, while he himself returned to the hotel, took out a spare mask and disguised himself and sneaked back to the Academy of Magic.
Only Sandru is the trump card he has always relied on. Even though this strange old man has always been the same stinky face that has nothing to do with it, Asa believes that he will definitely make a move when it is his turn.
But when he returned to the Academy of Magic, he didn't find Sandru in the library, but deduced from what the others said that the old man was in a hurry, and at the same time heard the strange behavior of the cardinal in the cathedral. More importantly, in order to prevent the Marquis's return, he went to the teleportation magic array to investigate, and when he found that the marquis did not return, he originally wanted to take the initiative to destroy the teleportation magic array, but found that the magic array had already been destroyed. Thinking that this was related to Sandru's sudden disappearance, Ah understood that the marquis was moving the tiger away from the mountain.
Before he could figure out the true meaning of this move, the news came that the Empress, the Cardinal, and the Acting Head of the Holy Knights had convened an emergency meeting of all the ministers. Asa knew that this meant that Javi had lost their breath at their ignorance and the lack of news from the Marquis. I'm ready to put it all to a close.
Even though he knew that this was also a dead end for himself, he had to go. Now he is the only force in the royal capital that can still have a slight impact on the situation.
But he also knew that it was impossible to turn the situation around on his own, and that the situation had to be resolved by Captain Roland or Sandru. He could vaguely feel that Sandru's hasty departure must be because of Roland, but the teleportation magic array was already sabotage, and he thought that these were undoubtedly the means to delay them, so the only way he could do it now was to delay, and to delay it as much as possible. Drag it until they come back.
So he first managed to get Talis out of prison and let her wait for Javi at the Academy of Magic. Try to hold Javi as long as possible while he tricks him back. Although this method is actually risking the life of the female knight, but under the critical situation, Asa can't even take care of his own safety, and he can't manage so much.
This plan is indeed dangerous, and there are too many uncertainties in it. After Asa arrived at the dormitory, he found that the queen had been restrained, the sealing technique of white magic surrounded by her body, and the dark fluctuations in her body were suppressed to the minimum, but as a vampire she was banned like this, it was even more uncomfortable than not being able to get in, and Asa suddenly understood that the queen was no longer their accomplice, but had become a tool.
I don't know if it's because it's really a nowhere or if the spirit is a more mature relationship. Asa instead appeared more composed. He immediately thought of a solution. If it weren't for Javi coming to his senses halfway and turning back. Maybe the situation will turn around. And even after Javi came back, he always took the initiative in the scene, and actually dragged Sandru and Roland back with all his might.
Although Asa did his best, the victory ultimately came down to a strange stroke of luck...... Space scrolls used by necromancers. If it weren't for that, according to the conspiracy devised by the Marquis, Sandru would now be a mess of rotten meat.
The Marquis's charismatic face, with a charming smile and an intoxicating demeanor at all times, came to Asa's mind again. At the same time, there are naturally those conspiracies from him, but those strategies are all hairs that stand on end. Until now, he could not make a connection between this man and these things, and he sighed and said, "Then you also asked about the fact that his father was actually behind the murder of the Bishop of Nice?"
"Of course I asked. However, the specific method is not known, but it is only guessed that he is probably using Duke Mrak. Sandru groaned, a gleam in his eyes. "This guy is too dangerous. To be honest, even I didn't expect this guy's scheming to be so deep, his methods to be so vicious, and his work to be seamless, as if everything was as he expected. If it weren't for my luck, I'm afraid I would have hung up. Hmph, it's the first time in so many years that I feel that I have some scruples about anyone, and it's not because of this guy's own strength. He snorted again, and the light in his eyes turned into a thick murderous aura. "Amazing, this guy ......"
"What is he doing this for? Did you ask?" asked Asa. He didn't want to know much about the things behind these things, but now in this situation, it's never a bad thing to know more.
Instead, Sandru frowned, shook his head and said, "Hey, this is something I can't guess a little about." Whether it's this kid's acting guildmaster who is destined to die at my hands, or Vidrina's little girl......" At this, he glanced at Asa as if intentionally or unintentionally, and then sighed again. "What the hell are they going to do? I thought it was almost over twenty years ago......
"Twenty years ago, what happened?" Asa asked, stunned, then remembering something he had heard a long time ago. "Twenty years ago...... Did Verdinina become a lich and you left the Vale de Deya......?
Sandru suddenly frowned and glanced at him that made Asa stop suddenly. This look seems to be a little angry, but there are more other things that are not very understandable. But he didn't say anything, just closed his eyes again and sighed heavily. A muffled, heavy voice echoed through the basement for a long time.
Asa hesitated. There is no opening. He knew that since Sandru didn't want to say it, he was just looking for a scolding when he asked.
After a long time, Sandru opened his eyes and asked, "What's going on up there?"
"What's going on above?" Asa's stunned.
"Naturally, it's the hellish emperor and empress, and what kind of ministers, the imperial court, or something. Sandru sighed heavily. He has rarely sighed. These two sighs were heavy and dull. ". If the old bastards who knew me in the Valley of Dia knew that I was bothering about these things now, they would laugh out their big teeth. ”
Asa was about to speak, but looked at Janvi on the ground and hesitated. Sandru snorted coldly: "You can see him as a dead man now, don't worry. ”
"Actually, there's nothing big to clean up. Now that the culprit has been caught, Her Majesty the Queen has been cured by me......"
As if suddenly remembered, Sandru pointed to Asa and asked, "How did you heal it?" tell me, don't play tricks. I don't have time to take a closer look at what the hell you're up to, but I know there's no way anyone can turn a vampire into a human again. ”
Asa smiled and replied, "I just said that it cured her and brought her back to her senses." But it didn't say that it turned her back into a human. ”
Sandru was stunned: "Then you are ......"
"As you said, a seed can't become a seed again after it becomes a plant. But instead of turning it back into a seed, just making it look like a seed, that's always going to work, right?"
Sandru nodded abruptly: "Oh." Are you putting her ...... Transformed into other undead?"
"Something like between zombies and vampires. She retains full sanity and the ability to move freely, but it has wiped out the vampire's blood-thirsting instinct and most of the matter, and now she is kept alive by necromantic mana. Whether it's her own cultivation or someone to send her to her. can keep her alive. ”
Sandru nodded: "It's a bit like the Lich Land physique, but it's much lower and inferior." I can't believe that you can come up with such a compromise to fool the past. ”
"Because there really is no other way to do it, so it's all about it. I wasn't sure I was going to make it, but luckily I was able to make it. In the future, as long as she is not exposed to things like white magic and holy water, she can keep it a secret. I didn't hide this from Commander Roland and the Prime Minister, and I should be relieved that they have their arrangements. ”
It's not a complete solution, but it's a solution
Sandru kicked Jarvey on the ground and asked, "What about this kid's accomplice?"
"En......" Asa thought for a moment, frowned and shook his head. "That kid...... Although the head of Roland wanted to kill him, the queen stepped in to protect him, and he did not intervene with Bishop Javi at the last minute, and the ministers also believed that he was only coerced and tempted. So in the end, Captain Roland simply dismissed him from his post and banished him. ”
"You're not going to kill him?" Sandru raised an eyebrow.
Asa sighed and shook his head: "He also has his own difficulties, anyway, he shouldn't be able to do anything again." Now that they've let him go, what am I going to pursue?"
Sandru snorted coldly and asked again, "And then what about the others?"
"Other...... Nothing else. It's just a matter of explaining the work slowly......"
"Looks like the Roland kid is busy. Sandru nodded. His Majesty the Emperor and the Head of the Paladins were returned with necromantic monsters by a necromancer, and then knocked down the cardinal appointed by His Majesty the Pope, captured him, and then the most vicious criminal in the continent who had just kidnapped the Empress and the Prime Minister was let go and disappeared...... It is by no means an easy project to explain the reasons for this, so that everyone can accept it, to know what should be known and what to believe, and what to believe.
"Actually, the most difficult thing to explain is the emperor, he has witnessed your necromancy, it is impossible for him to hide these as secrets, he doesn't have such a deep city, he will keep asking......"
"People with the surname Geffenhardt have some kind of brain problems. Sandru snorted impatiently. "It's either two less tendons in the head like this, or two more ...... like that."
"So Captain Roland told me what he was going to do before he came...... In fact, this is also the emperor's majesty took the initiative to ask after hearing about those things......" Asa paused at this point, looking at Sandru as if he was a little hesitant. "Do you ......agree?"
"What's wrong? Sandru looked at him impatiently. "But I don't want to do anything for them, and I don't bother to pay attention to them if it weren't for the fact that I still have to stay in the Academy of Magic. ”
"Of course you can stay here for a long time. The emperor said please be his teacher...... Oh, and what is that position called? Court Magician...... Or is it a national teacher?"
Sandru, who was originally standing steadily, shook suddenly and almost fell.