Chapter Twenty-Four: The Trail of the Black Sheep
Edinburgh's inner city, in a spacious, crisp white hall.
The mirror-like floor, the magnificent crystal chandelier, and a huge oval-shaped stone table sit quietly in the center.
Plitt, Beverley, and Alcia each sat at the table.
Lydia has short blond ear-length hair, her eyes are slightly narrowed, her lazy hand is propped up on her chin, and she is sitting alone on the right side in a blue and white knight's suit, which perfectly highlights her beautiful figure.
Dressed in an anti-demon restraint suit, Merlin, who was tightly bound, sat across from them, hanging his head and facing everyone with his long gray curly hair.
"You admit to murdering Knight Paddy?"
"Yes. ”
"By what?"
"I made an armor-piercing arrow with a spell beforehand, and after Lord Paddy ran out of strength, I seized a gap and shot through his heart with that arrow......"
As he spoke, he raised his head, stared at the exquisite lines on the ceiling, and asked abruptly:
"Why was Lilith forgiven?"
The three people in charge of the interrogation looked left and right, Beverley nodded at Pullett, refocused his gaze on Merlin, and said calmly:
"Because she paid a huge amount of compensation and had a guarantor willing to vouch for her. ”
"Dirty deal. The old mage snorted coldly.
"Yes. ”
The red-haired boy nodded as a matter of course, and said coldly:
"Because she's a queen, she has a value to use, and she has a lot of assets to splurge. And you, Master Merlin. You are a beggar compared to Queen Lilith, and if you don't cooperate well, we will hang you. ”
"You can't hang me. I have an important mission on my shoulders!"
The old mage suddenly raised his head, his brown pupils shrank a little, and his eyes were fixed on Beverly's face: "As long as you pay the price, you can let Lilith go, so does it mean that if I can pay enough compensation, I can also get a pardon?"
"Do you also have tens of billions of soles?" Alcia looked at him with a sneering expression.
"I don't have that much money. ”
Merlin shook his head. His eyes flickered and he glanced at Beverly, "But I have valuable news - Captain Jack's treasure." ”
"Captain Jack?" Alcia looked stunned, skeptical.
"Which Captain Jack?" Pullett glanced at the young man beside him.
"That madman who was talking gibberish before he died?" Beverly frowned, a faint hint of disdain.
"It's a man piloting the Black Pearl. The leader of the pirates who roamed the Atlantic seems to have a high prestige in the pirate world, creating many legends, and is called the king of the pirates by a large number of pirates. Alcia patiently explained:
"It is said. Before he died, he said something like this, "Do you want my treasure?" I'll put all my treasures there. ”
"People who believe such stupid things must have something wrong with their brains. Beverly scoffed.
"No, the treasure of One Piece exists!"
Merlin straightened his back suddenly, the walnut-like skin on his face became smooth and round, and his eyes were thrown at him deeply:
"The immense fortune he's amassed over decades as a pirate, and the golden rooster and harp he snatched from the giants, as well as that legendary Babel Pea, are all there!"
"Nonsense!" Beverly clenched his right fist and slammed the table.
"Suppose ......," Plitt muttered, "Suppose that treasure really exists." What proof do you have to prove that you know its whereabouts?"
"I won't tell you ......"
Merlin slowly lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice, "I want to see your governor." Let me talk to him. ”
......
Royal Palace, Training Ground.
"Oh, the treasure of One Piece?"
Aree stood firmly on the rammed ground shirtless, exposing the toned muscles of his upper body, and holding two large shot puts, four feet long, in both hands.
"Yes, he claims to know the treasure and wants to talk to you face to face. Lydia said softly, in a steady tone.
"Leave him alone. ”
The black-haired knight's body rotated slightly, accompanied by the sound of mercury flowing, and flattened the two large lead balls in his hand: "Paddy's death must be responsible for someone, whether in terms of ability or identity, this murderer is none other than him." ”
"Perhaps, we can find a way to get the news of the treasure first. The female knight said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"Don't let him listen to nonsense. ”
Yalei took the towel from the waiter on the side and wiped his slightly sweaty face:
"Scholars and mages will learn a little eloquence, and if they don't know the details, they are likely to be affected and inadvertently achieve their goals for him. Moreover, even if that treasure really exists, there is no point in spending time and energy searching for it. ”
"Why, that's One Piece's treasure, it's priceless!" Lydia widened.
"We just need to run the Highland Kingdom well, and in a few years we will have the wealth of One Piece Treasure, there is no need to waste time and energy. ”
The black-haired knight tossed the towel back to the messenger and looked up at the sky, his pupils reflecting the blue sky:
"I can see that this old guy is very afraid of death, and tell him directly, I am not interested in the treasure of One Piece, and this guy may shake out something more interesting. ”
"Okay. ”
Looking at the other party's back, the female knight held back the throbbing feeling and whispered:
"Then I'll go back. ”
"I'll leave it to you. ”
After Lydia's figure flickered away, Aree withdrew his gaze and swallowed a breath of air with his mouth open, his chest suddenly bulging outward, making a faint muffled sound similar to the howling of a hurricane.
During the transmission of the sound wave, the black-haired knight held it all in one hand, placed it flat in front of him, and after the five fingers were crossed, they were instantly brought together, and in an instant, a burst of white light swirled, like a small white sun spinning.
Between his five fingers, he flicked faster and faster. Faster and faster, and finally it was almost like an arc jumping, and the fingers were within the bounds. A dense explosion of air collapsing.
Faintly, black cracks appeared between the slides of his fingers.
Then Yalei shook with one hand, grabbed the void, and a violent wind surged out along his fingers.
Hoohoo!
The air within a radius of twenty yards seemed to be like a turbulent undercurrent at the bottom of the sea, and it shook violently, and the ground-shaped solid earth cracked from the inside out. Make a clicking sound.
"This fighting spirit is close to the peak, if Genevieve is still at the stage of origin, at most this level. The black-haired knight withdrew his right hand. Gaze to his calloused palm:
"Through learning the Dawn Fighting Qi, I am now able to master the conversion of the power of light and the power of fire. ”
As Yalei muttered to himself, a ball of white light poured out of his palm, which instantly turned into a burning flame again: "Now...... I'm almost starting to look for the next kind of vindictiveness. ”
The power of light and the power of fire are close to being mastered. The rest is the power of ice. The power of darkness, the power of the earth, the power of the mountains, the power of the wind, and the power of electricity, the six natures.
Although the military management office has all kinds of fighting spirit, the level of reliability is not high, and the level of high level is not reliable.
The Storm Throne, the Ice Element, and the Crimson Piercing that Kara, Bruno, and Lydia mastered respectively, the subtlety of these three new types of Dou Qi was not inferior to the top-level Dou Qi at all. It's just that the user's fit is extremely demanding, and a series of body modifications are also required. This is unacceptable to Yare.
Since you can't get it from the inside, you can only consider it from the outside.
The black-haired knight first thought of Lua, because the dragon slaying spirit of the Bas family is the pinnacle of the power of the mountain, there is no doubt about this, and according to the age of inheritance, it is not inferior to the Tudor family, if you can get it, it is undoubtedly the best.
Although the relationship between the two is good, it is definitely not possible to speak directly, and perhaps it can be exchanged with the skill of Void Fluctuation...... Well...... If you really can't do it, add a sum of money.
I heard that she had a very difficult life in Shejian City, was in debt and could not collect taxes, and was harassed by the son of the local chief, and she might be able to do it by spending a lot of money.
By the way, Charlene and Luya have a very good relationship, find a chance to take her with you, so that the chances can increase a little.
Just as Yalei was secretly thinking about a certain double ponytail, a figure suddenly flashed outside the training ground, and a guard soldier broke in, holding a letter sealed with fire paint in his hand.
"Your Excellency the Doge, the encrypted letter of the province of Babylon!"
"Province of Babylon?"
The black-haired knight's gaze moved, he took the letter in his hand, tore open the envelope, read it carefully, and said to the guard soldier in front of him:
"Come with me, and when I'm done writing the letter, you'll send it out at once. ”
......
In the evening, the public restaurant.
In the center of the brown-and-yellow dining room, twelve lampposts are erected, and the space is lit up as if it were daytime, and a large rectangular table is filled with a variety of delicacies.
The senior echelons of the officer's office sat quietly opposite each other, and there were only thirteen people eating quietly at the ten-meter-long dining table. The walls of the restaurant are inlaid with round pale blue ice cubes, which glow with the flow of lights, releasing a cool soft breeze.
Kara used her fork to pick up the red pieces of meat on the plate and gently put it into her mouth, and a soft and smooth aroma of flesh immediately permeated her mouth.
"This calf liver is really well baked!" he said vaguely, blowing the heat from his mouth.
"That's not calf liver, it's horned lizard's liver. ”
Lydia took a sip of the milky milk, and said expressionlessly: "My father used to tell me that people who drink heavily will have a bad sense of taste, and I didn't believe it then, but now I believe it. ”
“...... It's all the same anyway, beef liver lizard liver or something...... Aren't they all liver...... "Kara lowered her head, took a bite of the red piece of flesh, and snorted.
Ever since he lost to the female knight in the wine competition, every time he saw the other party, he felt like he was bowing his head.
"Today I received a letter from the province of Babylon. ”
Yalei put down the cutlery in his hand, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and said softly:
"General Waldo's men told me in a letter that when they destroyed a cult den, they got some vague information from some of the cultists. ”
Clark crossed the hand of the meat and paused: "I have a bad premonition...... Is it news about the Demonic Calamity?"
At present, there are outbreaks of demonic plagues all over the world, with some areas in the eastern region of Rosevia being the most severe, and the highland kingdoms, including the southern Celts, are less affected by the demonic plague and have hardly caused a major crisis.
"Yes, they claim that the Black Goat Mother Goddess is about to be resurrected and that there are five birthplaces: Armenia, Belgium, Assyria, Babylon, and ...... Celtic province. ”
The black-haired knight lowered his head, looking at the faint light and shadow reflected from the fine porcelain, and the expression in his pure black eyes changed: "The imperial army is tight, and there is no spare strength to help us." ”
"Is the source reliable?" Charlene covered her mouth and looked at him with a sideways face.
"I don't know, but this is a letter from General Wolff, and the credibility is not low. Yalei raised his head and looked at the crowd:
"The date of the birth of the Black Goat Mother Goddess is March 15 next year, that is to say - half a year later. ”
"I think that date should be right. ”
Pompey put down the cutlery in his hand and looked at the black-haired knight with a calm expression: "I am familiar with the spells of the prophecy system, and I have been faintly under some pressure recently, and now that I think about it, this should be the case." ”
"Then again......"
Beverly swallowed the food in his mouth violently, wiped his mouth, and said:
"The old mage named Merlin mentioned something similar today, and he said that the Celtic Isles will be in fear of the monster invasion. Until a girl who can draw a sword in the stone appears, she is the ruler of the Celtic Destiny, this girl will lead the Celts to defeat the demon plague in the future and become the king of all people. ”
"The Sword in the Stone, is that the golden holy sword in the backyard?" Nicole spat out her pink tongue: "We can't pull it out, if a little girl can really do it, is she the embodiment of a dragon......"
"You can't pull it out?" said Goethe and Lolo, looking at them in amazement.
"The boss could, but he wasn't interested in the sword, so he stayed there, and if you were interested, you could try it in the backyard. Carla took a shallow sip of her aperitif and said heartlessly.
"Hey, hey, hey, where are you going!" Arei knocked on the table in displeasure, and said angrily:
"Talk about serious things, don't be crooked!"
"......" everyone shrunk their necks.
"That's the basic situation, but before the big war there will be a big reward, it's customary, and you will list everything you want. ”
Seeing that they had resumed their attentive expressions, the black-haired knight continued:
"In three days I will go to Alonidan to report on my work, and ask for a reward for your majesty Caesar, remember, oh, reasonable requests, and do not give me too much. ”
"By the way, Nancy should be back then, and I think you should inform the girl. Lydia "kindly" prompted.
Yalei nodded repeatedly: "You don't say I almost forgot, just so I stopped by to see her." (To be continued.) )