62. When the heavy curtain opens...
In the small area of the city council's slum management office, a dozen dignitaries dressed in various colors were sitting or standing, listening carefully to the report of Viscount Mark, who was sent out as a "sentinel", who was thin and had a very "aristocratic complexion" The most striking thing is his pointed ears, this Mr. Viscount is actually the child of the black dragon Teda and an elven slave, so as a dragonborn, he also carries a trace of the symbol of the elves, and it is because of this image that he is the first of all the guys who are "replaced" to be killed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
As mentioned earlier, among the ordinary elves on the World Island, a considerable number of them are extremely hostile to half-elves like Wendy and Viscount Mark, and they think that it is a stain on the blood of the elves, so as soon as Herman and Will's order was given, Viscount Mark, who was still hiding in his house and drinking all day, died under two daggers stabbed out of the shadows.
Ironically, it was precisely because the Dragonborns, who were responsible for coordinating and monitoring the whereabouts of the elves, were attacked by Teda that they were vulgar and backward, but at least the intelligence system that had a little effect fell into a brief chaos, and the elves seized this opportunity and waited for the second group of Dragonborns to take office, but found that they could no longer find the whereabouts of those elves。
In fact, ten minutes after the soldiers symbolically sent by the city council to accompany the krakens to the various fortress hubs in the city, he could see the clues from the seemingly aimless march of hundreds of kraken squads, which is why these guys who had just completed the "replacement" would gather here at the risk of being discovered.
And Viscount Mark was about to finish his detailed, short and clear narration, and beside him was a simple plan for Bay City, on which dense marks had been drawn with a blue marker, and Mark was pointing at it with his fingers to cooperate with his explanation,
"So judging from what I've seen and speculated so far, the purpose of these Krakens is not just to capture us! The entire Upper and Lower Bay City Towns have been secretly occupied by the Kraken squads that have converged there from all directions, that is, as long as the battle starts, the entire city will fall into the hands of the Krakens in an instant, and as long as the follow-up forces can keep up, the city will never be recaptured by those dragonborns, because if they want to break through or counterattack, they will find that there are enemies on all sides, to sum up, I think that the Krakens' seemingly intensive and eager search operations are just to cover up the fact that they are about to take the city!”
At the end of the words, Mark also added a comment with a deep supervisor's thoughts,
"Actually, the Dragonborn who is now in charge of the city's defense, I've heard that he used to be in charge of collecting taxes around Bay City, and it's impossible for this kind of person to understand the Kraken's plans for the entire city from the map, and if you change to the shrewd guys of Lord Nard's previous who always put the Kraken's threat first, these people are really easy to deal with now. ”
"So, based on your knowledge, do you think these dragonborns can help us muddy the waters?" Mark!"
The solemn-looking Knight Captain Laune, who was also Herman, sat in the center of the crowd with his broad-bladed sword on his back, and asked solemnly, Viscount Mark once again thought about all the causes and consequences, and then shook his head,
"According to their current situation, it is impossible, both strategically and tactically, these dragonborns have actually failed, and the most deadly thing is that those newly appointed fools who don't understand the situation in Bay City still don't know the truth about this problem, maybe Teda has found out something, but they really think that the Krakens entered Bay City just to capture us! ”
"So what do you mean is that the plan of "provoking" proposed by Jennes before cannot be carried out?"
Herman sighed with his greatsword in disappointment, "Then let's just call Jennes back, lest he run into the Kraken of the brigade, he is only one person after all." ”
As soon as these words were spoken, the mood of the "cross-dressed" elves in the whole room was a little low, after all, they had planned something for so long, but in the end they still didn't get anything, this kind of embarrassing mood would be somewhat uncomfortable, but at this time, Arcanist Will, who had not expressed much opinion since returning to the elf team, chuckled and attracted everyone's attention, and then he said,
"Actually, it's not impossible, you have all overlooked one of the most important factors, why do we passively wait for the black dragon to come to the rescue? Think about it, what do you think it will do if we send the news of the imminent fall of Bay City to the black dragon in advance? Don't ignore the power accumulated by a black dragon that has been recuperating for a thousand years, although the lifespan of the dragonborn is also extremely limited, but I don't believe that after such a long time, the most cunning black dragon among the five-colored dragons has not been able to cultivate a force to deal with mortal warfare? That's obviously impossible, so instead of passively waiting for the Krakens' layout to be completed, let's just do nothing, they want us to play this game of chess at their pace, we just flip the table, and find a way to lure Teda and the power he hid to enter early! If there is no chaos, we will create chaos, and if there is no incident, we will create incidents! Only with chaos, we can have hope of survival, in short, we must not sit here and wait for death!"
Will's hearing somewhat overwhelmed the elves present, no other, just because the meaning of this sounds like those cultists who yearn for chaos and order, speaking of which, in the seemingly calm world island, these pervasive guys are also extremely active in some unknown secret places, as one of the best elite teams in the royal court, these elves have dealt with these cultists not too often.
And Herman, who was sitting in the chair and was the backbone of the elves, expressed a noncommittal attitude towards this statement, but on the contrary, he showed an interested expression on his face, of course, not for this matter, he rubbed his chin and asked,
"Since that's all I have said, Master Will, I'll ask a question, it all started with the suspicion that your mage raided the transport ship of the Destruction Council, of course, this matter World Island will remember your kindness, but then I heard that it was you who caught the Storm Lady Archduke, that is, the only blood sister of Her Royal Highness the Queen, after a fierce fight, that led to the rest of the matter, then I want to ask, is the Grand Duke still in your hands now?"
"What do you say?"
Will smiled and picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and then looked around the room, and saw that everyone was watching him, so he shrugged his shoulders and stroked it in the air with one hand, and a crystal clear ice crystal appeared on the ground, and Isasina's bewitching and beautiful figure appeared in the ice crystal, even her six arms, the staff inlaid with sapphires and amber, and the bewitching snake tail full of jewels were frozen in this ice crystal, and the frozen look of horror on Asasina's face made all the elves who saw this face take a deep breath。
"Is this the legendary Kraken? It's unimaginable... It's beautiful. ”
Viscount Mark couldn't help but stretch out his hand a little, trying to touch the ice, and the other elves, although they did not make such a gaffe move, were still attracted by the exotic style of Asasina that was completely different from the land creatures, as I said before, the elves, whether they were radical or peaceful, whether they were young or old, were all on the road of pursuing the ultimate in beauty, so whether it was Mark's gaffe or the emotion of other elves, it was just an appreciation for the beauty that could not be ignored, and there was only emotion and appreciation in this appreciation, but there was nothing else dark at all。
Of course, this is also a manifestation of the neurotic character of the elves.
"Huh?"
Just before Mark's hand touched the ice crystal, a two-handed sword that was not very sharp, but the coldness contained in it was absolutely stirring, blocked in front of his palm, followed by a cold snort that made him stand still, when Mark turned his head, he saw a pair of vicissitudes of Mr. Herman's eyes staring at him coldly, and Mark turned around again, a flying ice pick was staying in front of his eyes, and the ice crystal had been put into Will's special storage ring.
"Yes... I'm sorry...!!"
"You don't need to say sorry to me, Viscount Mark, you should be glad that there are no Darkblade personnel here, otherwise you wouldn't have just apologized now. ”
Herman stood up with a blank face, he took two steps back and forth, and then stopped, facing himself to everyone,
"Now you must understand why the Krakens are chasing us like wild dogs, right? What's more, this is the first time that the World Island has captured such a high-level Kraken high-level personnel after the humiliation a thousand years ago, if we can bring her back safely, what is the meaning to the royal court, I don't need to say more, then then, according to what Mr. Will said, each of them will find a way to carry it out, gentlemen, from now on, I will not give you any detailed instructions, but be sure to lure their most feared TEDA into the city before the Krakens take full control of the city! For this, all means at your disposal can be used!"
"Yes, Lord Herman!"
A group of tall, short, thin, and dignitaries of all shapes stood up in unison, saluting a big knight in a rather funny way, but at this time, there were no long-eyed guys to disturb these interested "cross-dressed" elves, but when everyone was about to leave, Mark asked another sharp question,
"Other things, whether it's inciting that group of waste soldiers, or pretending to be someone from the council to interfere with the process of the Krakens, but the only problem is that Mr. Will also said that the transfiguration potion we have at hand can only last for thirty minutes, and it is easy to be seen through by mages who are stronger than us, or who specialize in illusions, and if you want to contact Teda as quickly as possible, then it must go through the hands of the newly appointed Speaker Malast, but the problem is that this guy Malast is said to be a high-level dragonborn who has awakened the eyes of the black dragon, and the eyes of the dragon can already see through low-level illusions, not to mention that Marast's strength is not much worse than that of Captain Jeannes, that is to say, none of us here except Mr. Will and Mr. Herman can hide from Marast!"
"No, there is one person who can!"
After listening to Mark's words, Herman waved his hand at him, then pointed to Eleven, who had been sitting next to Will and making soy sauce, and said to the other elves,
"This young man who rescued Master Will is a real human being, he doesn't even need to disguise himself, he can perfectly achieve things that we can't do, but I don't know if he has been trained in this area, but when it comes to the end, he can't care so much, Mark, I remember Jennes said that your disguise and intelligence espionage course at the Royal Court Academy was completed with perfect marks, right?"
Mark nodded.
"Very well, then you have ten minutes to make a sketch and a letter for help drawn by a front-line commander in an emergency, I need the closest to the facts, is there a problem?"
"No, there's enough time!"
Mark picked up a piece of paper and pen and began to write and draw, and the other elves were also assigned tasks by Herman one by one, and in the end, only Will was left in the room with his eyes closed and recuperating, Mark nervously making letters, and Elivan who was putting a broken piece of Bay City recruit armor on his body, and Herman who made eye contact with him from time to time.
Of course, Elevenn understood Herman's intention to let him carry out this task that was not too difficult, this was to remind him that it was time to break away from the elves, in fact, this was also the step that Elven was about to take, and it was completely enough for the elves to have Herman, the leader, and Will, who was completely controlled by Rodnar, and even in a sense, this team with good strength was already one of the forces he could rely on, and the next thing was obviously to the end, just let the dragonborn lead out of Tedda, and then Faraki's side was ready for an ambush, and then the final result could be handed over to the heavens。
This is actually the first large-scale conspiracy operation carried out by Elivan from Sam to the present, although in the process he and Isasina, who is also a think-tank figure, repeatedly thought about the steps of the plan, but in the actual implementation process, Elivan more and more realized the meaning of the phrase "the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky", to be honest, if it were not for the two core figures of Herman and Will, it would be almost impossible for Elivan to condense the total outbreak between the three forces at this time.
After all, in the face of Herman's strength that is enough to crush everything, all his and Isasina's plans have lost their meaning, but now he can only be glad that Herman has been on his side from the beginning, of course, in addition to this realization, there is also the fact that the power that the old K group can handle now is too weak, so it has to rely on a behemoth like the darkness to plan something for itself, but not every time you can encounter a force like darkness, so Elivan plans to develop the strength of the old K group after the Bay City incident, at least to achieve the combat effectiveness like the current elf squad, otherwise in the face of an increasingly powerful enemy in the future, Elivan is really a little powerless.
The words are divided into two ends, and they are in "cross-dressing" When the elves were busy fanning the flames and making incidents, Elivan, who had said goodbye to everyone, sneaked to the dock area, and quietly stuffed a rolled paper ball into a moving brick at the bottom of the penultimate pillar of the dock gate, and then walked into the dark night, ten minutes later, this paper ball fell into the hands of Faraki at the moment when the personal clerk Narsa sent the fruit plate to Her Royal Highness the Queen and the distinguished guests, and the Siren Queen just tilted her head, opened a slit in her closed eyes, and glanced lightly, and then the piece of paper was ground into a scrap of paper flying around in the darkness by the force of her white hand.
"Narsa, you take a team of Overseers and camp near the City Council, and when our soldiers are in full control of the situation, then go and take down the Dragonborn stronghold!
Faraki smiled and accompanied Rogman to talk, while Trisleman and Lilith led a team of Kraken mages to paint a complex magic array on the plain not far from Bay City, obviously, they were already preparing for an ambush, and with the help of the Kraken's innate control of water flow, on the table in front of Narsa, who had just left, a line of Kraken writing composed entirely of small water streams quickly took shape, and when the first clerk saw the payment, his face was solemn, and he immediately walked out of the house where he was, lit up a small team of Kraken Overseers, and quickly disappeared into the darkness。
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Marst walked around his ornate office in distraction, the style of this office was actually designed by his recently tragically deceased predecessor, Sir Nard, who always had to put on an idiotic aristocratic face, living in this human-style environment, he was extremely uncomfortable with Malast, who regarded the identity of the Dragonborn as the glory of his life, but the situation in the past two days was a little changeable, so the new Speaker did not rush to replace these decorations.
Unlike Nold, who has done "big things" since he was a child, Maraster was not an heir who made TEDA very satisfied and liked at first, this is not shrewd, and the appearance of the dragonborn who has not inherited the characteristics of TEDA at all will never sing praises to his father like his brothers, he will only do everything his father tells him to do "steadfastly", even if that "steadfastness" is simply hellish for the humans under his rule.
However, thanks to his introverted character, after more than a hundred years of hibernation, Maraster was finally remembered by Teda because the mistake made by Nold this time was too big, and there were too many dragonborns involved, so even Maraster, who was a tax collector himself, did not expect that he would become the leader of the Bay City Council, which is definitely the best reward for other dragonborns who are intoxicated with worldly enjoyment, but it is extremely difficult for Malast, who is more accustomed to doing his job under the leadership of others。
The first order he received after taking office was to cooperate with the krakens to do a good job of capturing elves, and Marast knew that this was the result of his father taking a step back in order to appease Queen Faraki, who might lose her mind at any time, compared to Nard, who was more like a human, and Marast, who was more inclined to dragons, did not feel that there was anything wrong with this order, so he adhered to the previous principle of doing things, either don't do it, do it and do it best, and he even sent soldiers to lead the way for those rampaging krakens, just expecting them to finish their own things quickly and get back to the sea quickly。
But this beautiful hope has been dashed, even if it is a fool who no longer understands war, faintly coming from the window, and the louder and louder shouts of killing, Malast also realized that the situation was wrong, but he was not panicked, because his own strength was among the best among all the dragonborns on the bright side, and the potential of a pair of awakened dragon pupils was almost tapped to the limit by him, and ordinary enemies could not help him, but just as he was about to push open the door and go out to see, the door suddenly opened by itself, and then an embarrassed figure hit his tall body, and then was bounced to the ground。
Malast took a closer look, only to realize that it was a humble young human man, and judging from his clothes, this guy should have just escaped from the war, because the armor on his body was torn and his face was covered with blood, which made Malast a little unhappy, but before his temper could burst out, the young man who stood up with his head rubbing his head saw him, and then hurriedly took out a pile of twisted and unsightly pieces of paper from his chest and stuffed it into his hand.
"Lord Marast, I am a soldier under the command of Viscount Mark, the Krakens, the Krakens have deceived us, they want to take the city! Viscount Mark is dead, this is what he gave me before he died, I must give it to you!"
"What? Mark is dead?"
Malast was stunned by the news, but he quickly came to his senses and put the piece of paper in his hand in front of his eyes, which was obviously a scribbled map of the Bay City defense, densely covered with blue signs, and Mark's ugly handwriting underneath,
"The Kraken has taken over all the transportation hubs, my brothers, run for your life! they will kill us all! Anyone who reads this letter, go and ask your father to come, otherwise, from this day onwards, Bay City will cease to exist!"
"Ah!!h
Before Malast could ask more about the soldier in front of him, he saw the blade of a giant trident pierce through two walls and pierce into the human body in front of him, and then he was still struggling and was held high in the air by an unshakable force, like a banner of death, which was the enemy who broke through the wall and broke into the center of the city's council rule, two Siren Overseers, who were twice as tall as Malast and were dressed in black armor stained with green algae, smiled and raised the trident in their hands, and approached the isolated Malast step by step, but the Lord's attention did not stay on the two guys in front of him at all, to be honest, according to his strength, the two guys in front of him combined could not beat him, but the problem was that looking out from the broken wall, a familiar figure was standing in the square outside the building, commanding some Kraken troops, with the help of almost perfect pupils, Malast could clearly see the face of the figure.
"Narsa!! damn it! Mark is telling the truth! They want to kill us all!"
Mr. Marast held the piece of paper handed to him by "Viscount Mark" "before he died" tightly in his hand, and easily dodged the slam of the halberds of the two Siren Overseers, his eyes instantly turned into amber serpentine pupils, a black light flashed, and a large hole was also broken in the wall on the other side of the room, which had been already riddled with holes, and Mr. Malast had disappeared into the room at a very fast speed.
"No... !! that will not let you succeed" (To be continued.) )