On the top floor of the Abomination Tower, when Elivan and Blackmane returned, everyone including the most energetic Rattle had already fallen asleep, leaving him and Blackmane sitting on the balcony, feeling the night breeze blowing slowly, and two bottles of mead that were not strong were placed on the table,

"First of all, tell me how you feel, for the current eight patriarchs. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Blackmane bit the cap of the bottle, took a sip of wine, let out a hearty cry, and then said.

"If you want me to say... A plate of loose sand. ”

Eliven shrugged his shoulders and began to analyze them one by one, "You see, the gloomy second and fourth patriarchs are obviously one faction, then Sirloin and the elven lady are the other faction, you and the ronin warrior and the downcast knight are the last faction, as for Vasardine, I can't tell, but he should be permanently neutral, after all, he is lukewarm to anyone, and he will not be too rude." ”

After saying that, the young man poured a sip of wine into his mouth, then touched his mouth, and continued, "Now I understand why I can't even pass the plan of action for a mere storm bay. ”

"Hey, you can see it!"

Blackmane was also a little irritated and took off his mask and threw it on the table, "Originally, when Rodinall was here, it could have been better, at least the strength and voice of the First Patriarch were placed there, although small things will still be noisy, but generally big things can be passed smoothly, which is also the reason why the remnant force of darkness has been able to develop to this point, but after he announced you as his backup patriarch, things were all messed up." ”

The Bladetooth Man stood up and said with a dance of his hands,

"Archduke Marlborough and Renard originally supported Rodnard, but after the elves participated in the incident of Storm Bay, Anakhan, who had no sense of existence, suddenly quarreled with Renard because of the ownership of the Sunset Swamp for some reason, which is actually nothing, after all, Anacan's diocese is on the World Island, and it was originally close to Renard's diocese Sunset Swamp, and the followers of the previous two people will also do some other things, but these conflicts are all in the audience, and they have never been on the table like this time, and we have no time to stop it, Sirloin, who was originally following Rodnal like a good girl, stood by Anacan's side strongly, and Archduke Marlborough also stood behind Renard, and the split was almost unstoppable. ”

"What about you, who are you three supporting?"

Elivan asked with interest.

"I don't support any of Merris and Adolf, because this sensitive matter of the diocese has nothing to do with us, my diocese is nominally in Bay City, in fact, you know, it's just because this place is not far from where my people live, I never thought about developing believers or anything like that, it's too troublesome, Meris and Adolf are the same, even the neutral Vasadine. ”

"That means that among the existing Eight Patriarchs, only that Minotaur and that elf are vigorously developing believers?"

Elivan asked, and Blackmane nodded,

"Archduke Marlborough doesn't have to worry about believers at all, as the deceased of the Second Age, after he unexpectedly woke up at the beginning of the Third Age, he secretly helped the descendants of his family to establish the Marlborough Strait Alliance State in the strait not far from here, although on the surface it seems that this country has freedom of faith, but as long as the Archduke Marlborough, who is now regarded as the biggest backer, gives an order, it is not difficult for the royal family to convert, of course, the number of remnants gathered in the Marlborough Strait Alliance is also the largest, but ordinary people don't know, not to mention Rodnar, you know, after his people were slaughteredNo one dared to mention the word believer in front of him. ”

Blackmane paused, then frowned, " Only Renard and Anakan, since they became patriarchs, these two people have been secretly developing their own power, Renard is better, but from the Minotaur clan on the barren stone plateau, he secretly recruited those discriminated remnants and members with the blood of the remnants, and took them to the Sunset Swamp, I heard that it is now a hidden city of tens of thousands of people, of course, if Renard is sympathetic to the clan, then Anakan's actions are a little confusing, you know, because the inheritance of the elves is relatively old and complete, the number of remnants is actually quite large, so it is less than ten yearsShe already has more than 70,000 believers in the shadow jungle of the World Island, and the most excessive thing is that there are a very large number of ancestors among them, and in her propaganda to believers, she is the only one who is the Patriarch of Darkness, and we are not mentioned at all, and Anakan is not satisfied, and has been continuing to accept believers in the name of darkness, Rodnar has warned her more than once, but to no avail. ”

"In other words, Anakan has long had the intention of breaking away from us and going it alone?"

Elivan asked with a smile, and then, without waiting for Blackmane to answer, said with a hint of speculation, "If I'm not mistaken, although the First and Second Patriarchs see this, they don't mean to stop it at all, right?"

"Yes, even Sharon, who has always liked to be nosy, didn't make any moves on this issue, except for this time, I really don't understand, what is the point of keeping her for such a disloyal guy!"

"Hehe, that means a lot... I guess only you rough people can't understand the meaning of the higher-ups. ”

Elevenn clapped his hands and looked at the blackmane with a smile, "If you promise me one condition, I will tell you the real reason for this "split", oh, by the way, it can't be called a split, because the patriarchs may never have really split. ”

"Really?"

Blackmane asked in disbelief, and Elevenn shook his head, "Everything is just speculation, you can choose to believe it or choose not to believe it, it's up to you." ”

"Then you tell me, as long as you don't ask too much, I will promise you!"

"But there's one thing I haven't figured out, why Rodnar made me his 'Alternate Patriarch' at the time, and now I'm called the 'Tenth Patriarch' by you, is there any difference between that?"

"Hehe, that's a big difference."

Blackmane drank the last sip of his wine and took on the form of a normal human again, sat back in his chair, and explained slowly, "The so-called 'alternate patriarch' , that's just a title, because the patriarchs follow a progressive handover, and it is lifelong, that is, under normal circumstances, if the first patriarch dies unexpectedly and there is no successor left, then there will be a second patriarch to fill his place, and the others will advance in turn, and the last vacant position will be left by the believers throughout the continent to find the guy who is favored by the darkness, after a series of trials, when he is really recognized by the darkness, he will become the ninth patriarch, and this is how Adolphus became the patriarch, as for me and Merris, we are through the second methodMy father, when he was dying, passed the position of the seventh patriarch to me, and it took me ten years for the darkness to really accept me, and Merris's mentor was also the previous sixth patriarch, and it also took Merris eight years to become the sixth patriarch. ”

"As for you, you're in a special situation. ”

Blackmane touched his chin and said, "It stands to reason that you should take over the position of First Patriarch of Rodnar in the next few decades or centuries, but who let you be accepted by the darkness during the alternate patriarchate period, and caused the darkness to come in person, and this will be Rodnal is not dead, so you can only be the tenth patriarch"

The Bladetooth Man said with a strange smile,

"Do you know when this happened last time?hehe, a thousand years ago, it was the battle before Rodnar officially became the first patriarch, he brazenly challenged and killed his mentor with his own hands, the tower master of the Star and Moon at that time, Anakin Sorens and twenty-seven senior brothers and sisters, it is said that only Will Mana Storm, who went out, escaped his life, in fact, there was still a gap between Rodinor and Anakin, but then darkness came, and Anakin was killed, like chopping melons and vegetables. ”

"You still have the face to say?"

Elivan rolled his eyes and looked at Blackmane, "If it weren't for the messy dark seed you planted for me, I would have become like this, now I will be completely pulled onto this thief ship by you!"

"Hey, don't blame me!"

Blackmane abused his responsibilities, "The Seed of Darkness is actually not a very valuable thing, many sincere believers will get it, like you, who caused the Seed of Darkness to come to the Seed of Darkness himself, since the Seed of Darkness appeared, there has not been a single case!

"Haha, you're too good at laughing, that's the true god of the Second Age, what secret can I keep him interested?"

Elivan snorted and turned the matter around lightly, obviously, this guy didn't want to let the black mane continue to explore, although the blade tooth man in front of him looked stupid, but he could maintain the position of the seventh patriarch of his family among the intricate nine patriarchs and passed it down from generation to generation, these bladed people just looked stupid, if the black mane was really allowed to think like this, the spirit ring would no longer be a secret sooner or later, which was unacceptable to the current Eleven.

But fortunately, these guys are still hiding in human society, and they haven't learned the dirty politics of human beings, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to see through any of the ideas of the Nine Patriarchs in the matter of Anakan on the World Island, of course, this is why Elavin likes to be friends with guys like Blackmane, you only need to worry about whether you will do something sorry for them, and almost never worry about whether they will be sorry for you, this kind of loyalty that is rare in the human world is extremely desirable, but it is difficult to get。

"Well, come and hear me out, man, the day the Kraken was founded, oh yes, three days later. ”

Elevenn crossed his legs, sat down in a very lazy position, took the cigarette butt from his mouth, and exhaled a puff of smoke with a strange aroma, and then stretched out a finger and shook it in front of the black mane.

"I need you to take the most powerful and enchanting people, dressed in your festive costumes, to attend the founding ceremony of the Sirens very officially! And I also need your subordinates who are lurking in the three surrounding principalities to help me send a few letters to those dignitaries and nobles, inviting them to participate in this grand event, of course, if I can, I also need you to help me contact the Second Patriarch, so that his descendants can also send a few people to pretend, well, this kind of thing The Third Patriarch should also like it, so it's almost the same. ”

Looking at Elivan's tossing and turning calculations, Blackmane asked with some confusion,

"After all, this is also the business of the krakens themselves, why are you so concerned?"

"I can't help it, I'm involved in a very troublesome matter, if I don't find a way to remedy it, I'm afraid I'll face the pursuit of the assassins who poured out of the Kraken Kingdom. ”

Elivan made an embarrassed expression with a bitter face, which made Blackmane laugh, but in the face of such a small request, he naturally would not refuse, and as the leader of a race, he was more willing to do this kind of icing on the cake.

Time flies, three days passed in the shopping of Elivan and Wendy, Wen Cun and the old K-group, and in the early morning of this day, the entire Bay City except for the destroyed central area, almost all other areas are lit up, of course, this is certainly not a spontaneous scenery made up by the residents, but to celebrate the establishment of the Kraken Kingdom, those Kraken soldiers who have taken over the patrol authority, with the help of the dark believers, made up a new scene overnight.

The rest of the inhabitants did not seem to be in the mood for a big event, they were still busy with their livelihood from morning till night, the small traders hawking their wares along the streets, and the citizens starting the day with an attitude of almost numbness, but today the order in Bay City was somewhat chaotic, because except for the lowliest patrol soldiers, the petty officials of some rank had followed the temporary city administrators elected by the major shops to other places.

In the early morning, they sailed out to the stormy waters in the harbor on the steel battleship "Storm Queen's Revenge", whose destination is still unknown for the time being, but for these bold businessmen who dare to agree to the Kraken's high-level requests at this sensitive time to become the city manager of Bay City, this is just a small pastime after a big gamble.

And in fact, not only them, but the whole Storm Bay guys with a little background will be there on their own or temporarily hired sailboats, following the ass of the "Storm Queen's Revenge", all the way to the location of the Siren's founding ceremony, although due to racial issues, the new Queen did not invite the people of Bay City to participate, but for these guys who are already worried about their livelihood and have fun all day long, what is a crazier adventure than attending an exotic founding ceremony in person?

No, of course not! So the gentlemen from the three major principalities of the Stormy Bay region, and even the farther states of the Marlborough Strait Confederate States and the Duchy of House, sat on all kinds of boats, singing loudly, playing loudly, and the more daring even ran to chat with the Siren royal guards escorting the fleet in unfamiliar Kraken language, and on some of the ornate sailing ships, Elevenn even saw men and women in full costume dancing to the sea breeze and pirate-style music, and fortunately, in preparation for the ceremony, the storm warlocks of the Kraken's Storm Ripper Legion were all dispatched, for the sake of calming down all the storms that have formed or are about to form in the sea of small ones, otherwise the unlucky eggs who go to sea at this time would have been drenched in soup.

And it has to be said that the flagship of this bells and whistles "fleet" "Storm Queen Revenge" It was a wonderful ship, painted in black and red throughout, with its absolutely well-leveled three-sided sails and six-sided sails, and newly trimmed plates and guardrails, and finally a rather ornate exterior decoration, as well as the striking steel ramming horns and sailors and captains in special 16th-century British naval uniforms, all of which made a great impression on the guests who sailed this fine ship today.

And the captain and first mate of this ship are also a pair of wonderful people, wearing a dark blue captain's hat, wearing a crisp cashmere uniform and black boots, and a golden command knife hanging from his waist, Putini is now standing on the bridge with satisfaction, this guy even has a pretending mustache for today's task, and now he can no longer see the previous down-and-out and casual, as the first captain of the "Storm Queen's Revenge" and the "Black Sail Pirate" formed in the Storm Sea only a few days ago The leader, he felt that he needed to be more stable, and this was naturally agreed by the old drunkard, this black iron dwarf with a mysterious background in Elivan was now the number two of a new pirate group, so like Putini, he was also wearing a uniform specially made for him, and he was also pretending to wipe his monocle at this time, and the original messy red beard was also carefully built very decently, but compared to Putini, this guy was somewhat unable to get rid of that reckless atmosphere, which could be seen from the plate placed in front of him, which was almost like a dog had gnawed it。

"Ah, my friend Eleven, how are you doing these days?"

Watching Wendy slowly walk towards the bridge with Elivan's hand, Putini touched his mustache, and then greeted him warmly, first gave Wendy a very standard kiss and hand salute, and then hugged Elavin warmly, today's Elevin is not dressed as casually as usual, first, the relationship between him and the two sisters of Aishara does not allow him to make jokes on this occasion, and as a guilty guy in his heart, he has to win the other party's understanding through his good attitude.

So Elivan can be regarded as "dressed up" today, a ceremonial robe specially obtained through Rattle's special channel for the daily wear of the Great Magister, this purple robe embroidered with several arcane patterns with magic thread alone cost him nearly 5w gold coins, in addition to his waist hanging a delicately decorated magic blade, this weapon that is rare today is very similar to the one-handed sword, but compared to the one-handed sword often used by the radish swordsman Lens, this one is called "Rune Song" The blade of the light blue magic blade is not sharp at all, on the contrary, there is a feeling of heaviness, which is also a matter of course, the first characteristic of the mage weapon magic blade from the second era is that it is strong, and then it requires good magic and amplification, and finally requires its weight to be no more than half of a standard one-handed sword, which is for mages after all, and mages are mostly some dead house waste wood with no power to tie the chicken, you can't ask a dead house to hold a one-handed sword to finish an encounter.

At the other end of the purple robe, there is an iron box book with a thin silver-gray chain straddling Elivan's body, which looks quite quaint, and the six-pointed star circle that constantly flashes on it also brings a special bookish temperament to Elivan, with the arcane amber crown shining with purple arcane light above his head, the whole person is like a magic master of the second era who came out of the picture scroll of history.

Wendy, who was next to him, was wearing a black evening dress that perfectly showed off her beautiful figure, probably to match Elivan's outfit, she also wore a small gold crown inlaid with large diamond-shaped sapphires on her head, and a real green jade wand in the black sleeveless gloves on her arms, the magic light on it made the eyes of Putini, who was once a veteran bandit, jump, of course, this is just a toy to match her outfit, for the current Eleven, it's just a wand, Wendy likes to let her play with it。

In the face of Putini's question, Elavin rubbed his slightly haggard cheeks and said helplessly,

"To be honest, it's not too good, but it looks like your journey to Miet is going well, it's only been ten days, and you've done this ship so well?"

"Hey, we didn't even go to Miette!"

Putini beckoned, and a crew member dressed in a waiter's costume walked up to several people with a tray, and each of them took a glass of "deep sea blueberry wine" unique to the Kraken, and then Putini told the real situation.

"About halfway through the journey of the three of us carrying those lucky ones, we came across an elven galleon bound for the World Island, at first we were afraid that because of the Kraken, we would be attacked by those elves who didn't look easy to mess with, but we didn't expect them to be very friendly to us, and finally after asking those guys for their opinions, I put them on the ship called "Luna" On the elven galleon, the old drunkard and I went to fetch our ship in advance, while the sea serpent parted from us on the way, and it is said that his mentor was seriously ill and hastily summoned him back. ”

"Oh, really? That's a shame. ”

Elivan shook his head, Elivan's attitude towards the sea snake, a wild mage who has always refused to tell him his real name, is very complicated, because in essence, he himself can be regarded as a wild mage, and poor people like the sea snake who obviously have extraordinary talents, but can only wander at the rank of the magister or the great mage for the rest of their lives, the foolishness of fate is indeed extremely emotional.

"Oh, by the way, remember the last time you asked me?"

Putini suddenly changed his mind and asked another question, which somewhat puzzled Eleven,

"Last time? you mean, when we met, about... Blood Shark's?"

At the end of the words, Elivan's tone had a hint of killing intent that could not be concealed, and Putini touched his mustache and nodded,

"Yesterday afternoon, I already sent a messenger to deliver a message to Bloodsail, if things go well, in a month at most, in the Newster Strait, where the Sea of Storms borders the North Sea, there will be a sea battle between the newly formed Black Sail Pirates and the Bloodsail Advance Fleet, if you have time, you might as well come and help me, I am sure that the Blood Shark will definitely appear by then. ”

"Neustal, no problem. ”

Elivan smiled, patted Putini on the shoulder, and was about to take Wendy to the deck to blow the sea breeze, but just as they turned to leave, Putini suddenly called out to him,

"Eleven, no matter how far the old K-regiment develops in the future, or what kind of enemies it encounters, don't forget that you still have three reserve members in the Sea of Storms, and don't forget that you also have a pirate friend here, his name is Putiny, Putini Edward Tichy, a man destined to become the pirate king!"

Elavin turned his head, looked at the true Putini with a strange look, shook his head with a smile, and walked away with Wendy, but that rare surname,

"The last descendant of the Tichy family, no wonder... No wonder..."(To be continued.) )