18. The Strange Messenger and the Strange Letter (II)
Elevenn looked at the smiling and twisted face of the guy in front of him, then at the sweat-stained scroll in his hand, then shrugged his shoulders and took a step back, holding his hands in front of his chest, "I refuse!" Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
The stiff smile on the fat man's face immediately froze on his face, and after a few seconds, he grabbed his hair with both hands, looked crazy, squatted on the ground and muttered to himself,
"What? Why do you refuse? How could you refuse? That's right, at 11:35 p.m. on the 7th of the month of thanksgiving, in the middle of the third counterclockwise bridge leading to the Bordeaux business district, after closing your eyes and counting down to 127 sounds, the first person you saw when you opened your eyes was, yes, it was you! But why did you refuse?"
The fat man's self-talk almost immediately attracted Eleven, who wanted to quickly leave this somewhat weird guy with Wendy, he thought about it, looked at him curiously, then turned around, crouched next to the fat man, and asked,
"I don't refuse because of this scroll, you see, a stranger suddenly appears to you in the middle of the night in such a strange situation, and hands you a strange thing, will you choose to take it? at least tell me who you are, what are you doing, or what is your hand!"
"Oh, oh, I see! Yes, yes, I said, how could the great astrologer lie to me! It turns out that I did something wrong! I'll tell you right away! I... Wait, it's almost time! Take it, there's no time! It's all in there! Remember! It's all in there!"
The fat man who had just understood stood up and wiped the sweat that seemed to be forever, but just as he was about to say something, the guy suddenly jumped up, and he couldn't allow Elivan to refuse to stuff the scroll into his hand, and then looked at him with hope, and then his fat body quickly became old, and it seemed that all his life after him was consumed in that instant, and what terrified Eleven's most was that despite being a gray-haired old man, the guy's aging continued, but even under this terrible painElivan could still feel a force in the hand that had turned into a white bone from the hand he was holding on to his arm, until the bone claw also strangely turned into a pile of flying ashes, and the power disappeared.
Then, under the horrified gaze of Elivan and Wendy, a four-wheeled carriage composed entirely of spirits roared past them in front of them, and flew into the sky with the soul of the fat man who smiled and waved goodbye to them, and after the glimmer of light, everything was calm again.
Thinking of the hopeful eyes of the fat man looking at him just now, Eliven suddenly felt that the scroll in his hand was a little heavy, because that kind of look he had before, it was the look that grasped the last straw when he fell off the cliff, and it was a look that only the desperate would have.
Eliven stood up and quietly looked at the pile of wind-blown ashes on the bridge, and soon fell into a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu, if he hadn't met the Bordeaux caravan in the first place, maybe he wouldn't have ended much better than this fat man.
"What's wrong?"
Wendy's voice quickly woke up Elivan with three points of fear and two points of doubt, and he walked over with a cane and grabbed his little girlfriend's arm, preventing her from seeing the ashes that were about to disappear.
"Let's go, go back, it's a great honor to have the honor of seeing the legendary carriage that leads souls to Kranvo tonight. β
Wendy touched Elivin's cheek with some distress, and then obediently held her boyfriend's arm, and the two quickly turned into the avenue of the business district, and returned to the room on the top floor of the gold rose ten minutes later.
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"What the hell is this?"
In his small alchemy room, after carefully opening the scroll with frost armor, Elivan was a little speechless about the leaf-like object wrapped in it, at this time Elivan was wearing loose pajamas, and Wendy had been sleeping deeply after some warmth, and he could only take advantage of this time to look at this mysterious thing, but after opening it, he was really a little confused.
So Eliven gritted his teeth, controlled the range of protection to the maximum, retracted his body surface, neatly ripped off the rubber gloves on his hands, took a deep breath, and then unfolded the "leaves" on the table with both hands But the next moment, before he could see what was written on the leaves, a yellow light suddenly jumped in front of his eyes, and then before the elements around Elivan came alive, his body was included in it, and then his spirit was shaken and appeared in another space full of light.
"I knew that this would happen if I opened something of unknown origin!"
Standing in the light, Elivan cursed, then raised his head curiously, carefully looking at this small mental space, but everywhere he saw was the green of the grass, this extremely natural color, coupled with the texture of the leaves, made him quickly have a vague thought in his heart.
"Hello, human!"
Just as he was crouching on the ground and using his hands to separate the texture of the ground, a gentle and soft female voice came into his ears, which made Elevenn quickly alert, he tried to mobilize the elements, but was shocked to find that there was no trace of the elements in this space, "Who! Who!
"Hehe, what an alert little guy!"
With the reappearance of this beautiful voice, green light also appeared not far from the ground, until a vague female body was formed.
"My name is Lenia - Song of the Stars, and I'm just an ordinary astrologer. β
"That's it?"
Eliven smiled disdainfully, at this time he also figured out the current situation, it was obvious that he appeared in this strange place in the form of a spirit body again, but because of this, he let go of all his worries, because he knew that no matter how powerful a mage was, he couldn't kill another mage just by eliminating a trace of spirit, not to mention that there was not even a trace of the elements in this ghost place, that is to say, while he couldn't cast a spell, the guy on the other side couldn't cast a spell at all, although the dependence of Feren spells on the elements was not as serious as that of Titan spells, but this thing was the basis of all spells after all, so his tone became more and more unscrupulous,
"I don't think an astrologer who can create a spiritual enchantment will be an ordinary person, but it has nothing to do with me, everyone has secrets, so let's get straight to the point, what are you pulling me in for?
That's right, this spirit body that appeared in front of Elivan with a transfiguration green light is an elf, her surname exposes everything, in the El continent, there is only one race with star, moon, sun, forest, wind, darkness and other words as the family surname, that is, the elves of the world island, and in the elven society, these surnames are also high and low, and those who can take "star" as their surname will definitely not be an ordinary astrologer as she said.
"Patience, child, I have no intention of hurting you, it's just a protective measure"
The green light and shadow also seemed a little helpless, sighed, and continued, "In the gathering area of human beings, I can only transmit information through this method, otherwise it will cause some unpleasant consequences. β
Eleven's eyebrows furrowed, but he still held back the curiosity in his heart and continued to ask quietly, "Then what made you willing to risk being discovered to meet a little human like me?"
"Hehehehehe"
The light and shadow let out a pleasant chuckle, and then said seriously, "I don't think the little guy who stirred up the mainland will be an ordinary person, but like you said, I'm not interested in your secrets, and the reason why I appear here is just for a promise!"
"Well, then, Elf, I'll hear you!"
Elevenn leaned on the light curtain with his hands on his shoulders, with an expression of listening to the show, and the green light and shadow were silent for a few seconds, and finally told everything that was bizarre.
"Twenty-three days ago, a human being was hunted down for something terrible, and he accidentally fell into the inaccessible forest between the World Island and the southern hills, and I happened to be there to collect some herbs and treat him at the same time, and when he learned that I was an astrologer, he begged me to do something for him at the cost of his soul, you don't need to know the specifics, but the result was that the endless galaxy gave me a hint, and the living life that the human wanted to save was firmly tied to your fate one night five years ago, this is also the reason why the human whose soul is about to dissipate will wait for you on the bridge, fate is intertwined, even I can't understand all the secrets, but if you don't save him, then the life that has fallen into the edge of darkness will fall from there. β
"One night five years ago..."
Elivan savored the words, then frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he asked, "Respected elven powerhouse, but in my memory, in that blood-stained night, all the people who were with me have been attributed to Kranvo, and I can't think of anyone who still survives. β
"No, there's another one!"
The green light and shadow began to fade, and Elivan also noticed that the light curtain around him was gradually collapsing, obviously, this spiritual barrier had completed its mission and was about to collapse, but before it disappeared, the mysterious elven astrologer still helped him answer his last question, "That is the life waiting for you to save, you may never have seen it, but you must know his astrological signs, it is Laihua!"
The next moment, Elivan recovered from the stiffness of standing upright with his outstretched hands, but his mind was as chaotic as a sea, and his memory quickly shifted to the night he had been trying to forget, but was etched into his memory like a brand.
Elivan walked into the mahogany door of his memory, took a deep breath, and pushed it open,
"Tut-tut, that's amazing. β
An old man who was blind in one eye glanced at Elivan who walked into the room, then closed his eyes again, and said with a sigh in his mouth,
"Aquatic Blue Lotus, it's amazing, it's amazing!"
But Eleven didn't stiffen his face as he did then, but looked at him with a smile, Fleming, the most famous but also the most unruly apothecary in Sam City, "Long time no see, old man Fleming, are you doing well with Kranvo?"
It's a pity that Fleming won't answer his words, all this is just Eleven's memory, and then another old voice with a strange yin and yang sounded like he remembered,
"It's a pity that the magic vein is blocked, and a king-level star sign is blind, otherwise in ten years at most, the Nine Towers Council will become the Ten Towers Council. β
"Smack!"
The gloomy Saas slapped the table and pointed to the old woman in the corner who was almost curled up on the sofa and shouted,
"Mosley, Fleming, are you trying to provoke me on purpose?"
"Haha, don't get excited, don't get excited"
Human's wheelchair was placed next to Sas, and he stretched out his hand full of gray spots and pressed down on Sas's fingers, and slowly persuaded,
"Sas, it's not that you don't know what happened to Mosley, her grandson's astrological sign is Laihua, and when she saw little Elivan's aquatic blue lotus, she was naturally ashamed, don't be like her. β
Hearing this, half of the old men and women in the room laughed, and the other half covered their mouths and trembled, looking extremely hard, even the stiff-faced Elevenn laughed, and the resentment that was full of anger just now disappeared.
"Isn't that a turnip, hahaha?"
One by one, the old disrespectful guys laughed and staggered, but the little old lady stood up angrily, and after a while, she collapsed weakly on the sofa.
"Hey... That's it, one is a king-level astrology that can never be lit up, and the other is a last-class astrology that can never be promoted, you two are just a pair, forget it, get closer in the future. β
This conversation resurfaced in Eleven's mind as it was, but this time the scene was retrospective, and Elevenn just stood there like a passerby, looking at the old figures that had passed away, and after a long time, he took a deep breath, looked at the faces of Sass and Human again, and then waved back with one hand, all the memories were shattered, and he was no longer willing to experience that nightmare again.
After a few minutes, Elivan's emotions calmed down, and he opened his eyes and had a more intuitive understanding of the ins and outs of the matter,
"The life with the Radish is obviously Moris's grandson, but at that time, according to her, his grandson had already been sent by her to the Confederate State of Shuruth in the southern hills, and had purchased him an inheritance in its capital Duru that was enough for him to live happily for a lifetime, and also sent her most trusted butler to take care of him, so if we guessed correctly, the human who made the deal with Lenia-Star Song was the child's butler, that is, the child had an accident!"
Elivan quickly unfolded the leaf letter in his hand, and sure enough, it was written what had happened, very short, but it could be seen that the venerable fat butler was indeed running out of time at that time.
"If you're the one I'm asking Lord Lenia to help me find, then for Mrs. Maurice's sake, please hurry up and save Master Lens, his life is in danger!"
"Beware of the people of the Confederate Nation of Thurus, it is they who betrayed the seven alliances five years ago, all of them were slaughtered by that group of executioners, only a few survived, but they are all traitors!!never believe even a single character that comes out of their mouths, and now they have raised their butcher knives again, Young Master Lens has been captured, and I am also dying, but I know their origin: the destruction of the Council! Yes, it is the name of this evil. β
"They frantically searched for the descendants of those heroes after the Northern Campaign, slaughtering their relatives for a nefarious purpose, but unfortunately, I don't know what it was. β
"Their destination is the Plains of the Dragons!Be careful, I've seen orcs and demons among those butchers, be careful!"
This is the end of the steward's letter, but it contains no less information, first of all, Elivan can be sure that the Seven Alliances have fallen, and based on this letter, a sad conclusion can be drawn that there are traitors in the Seven Alliances, and then, together with those lowly people of the Nine Towers, raised their butcher knives towards their companions!
Eleven's eyes shone with irrepressible anger, if possible, he was now like going to Duru to make a fuss, exactly what he did in Sam, but right now, it was Lens's life that was more important, and this matter seemed to be entangled with the remnants of the Nine Towers, destroying the Council, the organization that had made Elivan gnash his teeth again after the Council of the Nine Towers finally showed their fangs that had been hiding in the dark, and Elivan knew with his ass that those guys must be brewing some kind of conspiracy.
Finally, there is the Dragon Plain, this location is very delicate, as far as Eleven's knowledge, since the end of the Northern Campaign, many strange things that have happened on the main road can have something to do with this place, and even in the hundreds of years before the Northern Campaign, the orcs' will to win this land seems to be more than just war and glory.
Eliven touched his chin and sat on the chair, when he learned the identity of Lens, he had already decided that he had to save this poor guy, not only because the once glorious Seven Alliances are now estimated to be only him and Lens, the two direct heirs, but more importantly, the scene of Molris's tragic death because he wanted to detoxify made him never forget, he couldn't save Molis at that time, he could only regret watching the old man die, but now he has the power to save Lens, and he can't say anything to let the tragedy happen againγ
But where?
Eliven walked to the wall, pulled down a delicate world map from the picture frame hanging on the wall, his fingers moved from the location of the Shuruth Alliance to the Dragon Plains almost inch by inch, and then picked up the paper and pen and quickly calculated something, and finally the red dot on the tip of his pen connected a line on this "contraband" bought at a high price from the Stalker Guild, and drew a large circle in the center,
"As far as I know, there is no civilian teleportation array in the Dragon Plain, and the mages of the White Stone Society are monitoring the mana fluctuations in that place every minute and every second, that is to say, it is impossible for the Council of Destruction to send Lance and them directly to the Dragon Plain through the teleportation circle, which is too ostentatious, and will soon attract the attack of the Holy Del Empire, so they can only take the ordinary business route, of course, it is not excluded to use a short-range teleportation circle in the road to shorten the distance, but after these heroes, most of them are ordinary people, and their degree of energy pressure is limitedSaruman's lackeys went to great lengths to find them not to appreciate their death crushed by the pressure of energy, so if the maximum number of teleportations is calculated, within twenty-three days, no, no, no, add the time I have to chase, according to thirty days, the farthest place they can reach. β
Elivan looked at the location he had calculated, and a wry smile appeared on his face,
"The Marlborough Strait Confederate States, the Gulf of Storms and the three small principalities around it. β
A few minutes later, he looked at the red circle on the map that had shrunk a lot, showed a helpless look again, and cursed secretly,
"it!"
It's understandable that Elavin is so out of shape, as you may not be familiar with what Storm Bay means in the El Continent, but I remember saying earlier about a drunken barbarian in the tundra of the North who insulted Tyr, the god of justice, causing the paladins to go on a rampage, arresting him and his people who were shielding him, and they ended up being sent to Storm Bay to sift through the sand.
Speaking of which, you may have already understood, yes, I don't know from which era, Storm Bay, a naturally formed semi-permanent permafrost port, became a place for the exile of prisoners from the countries of the mainland and various churches, and it is said that at the beginning, the countries would send some soldiers to maintain order, but after several large-scale riots recorded in history, the countries completely abandoned the ghost place and built a "wall of sin" on the border of Storm Bay The prisoners who were exiled there were also left to their own devices.
However, the tenacity of life lies here, although in the process of civilization development may suffer at any time, but once life takes root somewhere, then there is almost nothing to completely eradicate them except for the world's devastating catastrophe, this sentence is simply appropriate in the history of the development of Storm Bay.
As more and more prisoners were exiled, the unruly Storm Bay became a scene of warlordism almost in a short time, and the first major melee known as "Bloody August" directly killed more than 100,000 people, not counting serious injuries, and the indirect consequence was that thousands of villains who took advantage of the chaos to climb over the wall of sin and disrupted the three surrounding minor principalities in the next three months.
After that, there was a second riot, a third riot, of course, the closest one to the present, that is, the last recorded riot occurred during the Northern Campaign, unlike several other riots, this riot was completely a conspiracy set off by the orc stalkers who infiltrated the hinterland of the northern frontier, but this conspiracy successfully provoked the wrath of the Holy Del Empire, the boss of the northern frontier, so on the seventh day after the riot, the royal third and fourth fleets together with the notorious seventh army blockaded the storm bay area, and then the commander of the seventh legion, the black lion rog, gave an order, 14,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 cavalry under the cover of a magic regiment brazenly slaughtered into the bay, after three days of terrible slaughter, there were hundreds of thousands of prisoners remaining.
But the prisoner's resistance was also fierce enough, after the massacre, the Third Fleet was completely removed, the Fourth Fleet lost more than half, and the 14,000 elite soldiers who rushed in were able to come out alive less than 7,000, and the 5,000 heavy cavalry were all wiped out, and the magic group that served as cover was directly wiped off the ground by a combined nine-ring forbidden spell, whose hand was the nine-ring forbidden spell, and it is still an unsolved mystery.
However, the effects of that slaughter have not completely dissipated forty years later, and after the Northern War, the devastated Holy Del Empire can no longer care about anything beyond the northern frontier, and the other small principalities have no interest in this hot potato, so another group of people gradually gathered there, homeless refugees, depraved evil knights, cultists from all over the continent, and the survivors of the massacre and their twisted descendants who are terribly hostile to everyone, the evil river and ocean bandits, the spies of various countries, and the fish-men and krakens who have returned to this semi-permafrost for some reason in recent yearsIn short, except for the endless abyss, there is probably no more chaotic evil place than a place, you must know that even the devils of the ninth layer of hell still know how to obey the rules, but those guys in Storm Bay... Hey, don't talk about it.
And there are still a few rumors about dragons that have been around since Eleven's father was a child, and they are still enduring until now, and I wonder if the rumored "Flogger", the world's last black dragon, would feel honored to know that his story had been passed down for hundreds of years.
Elavin rubbed his already aching forehead and confirmed the location again, but he still sighed, just like the meaning of Lenia-Star Song's words, there are some things that you kid can't avoid.
"Uh..."
The next morning, when Wendy pushed the door and entered the small alchemy room, he saw a tired Elevenn sitting by the window with his back to him, the ashtray in his hand was full of cigarette butts, it could be seen that he had not had a good night, he turned his head to look at Wendy's worried look, took off the cigarette butt in his mouth, and smiled at her,
"It's time for us to go, I have to do something I have to do. β
"What about Pars's dinner?"
"Don't worry, baby, I'll help him with this last thing. β