Chapter 561: The Answer to a Question
Andrea heard Marcus's voice, and he also saw the gray-robed man standing on the red dragon. But when he tried to ask Marcus about the meaning of the word cheese, he coughed so violently that he couldn't get out of his mouth. It's not just the angry lion, the sulfur smoke from the dragon's fire emits far more toxic gases than torches and bonfires burn, and this concentration of poisonous gas is enough to kill a person quickly. If no one stops it, it won't be long before the entire coalition of the Blue Lions and all the creatures in the city will be wiped out under poison gas.
Seeing this, Cheese sighed softly. He raised his hands and removed the ring of thorns from his right hand. The tiny vines that had reached under his skin were pulling up a little flesh as they were pulled out, but it was still tolerable for a mage who had long been accustomed to pain. Cheese holds the ring in his hand, remembering why he wore it and the pact he made with Colendy's grandmother, the witch Greene.
"My pact with you has been made, Lady Greene. Please watch, this kingdom will no longer be infested by the nezumi in the future. The mage said, throwing the ring down in his hand. As soon as the Thorn Ring touched the broken ground in Vale, it began to grow wildly as if it had suddenly come to life. The visible green color expands from the ground, and a large number of vines cling to the ground and then climb up the city walls. In less than a few minutes, a quarter of the entire Vale City was covered in thick vines. Immediately after, leaves began to grow on these vines, and as the leaves began to breathe, the poisonous gases in the air were easily purified by them.
While most of the human soldiers were still unable to stand for a moment due to the toxins left in their bodies, people like the Raging Lion, who were extremely strong or who had special circumstances like Marcus, had gradually regained the ability to speak. "Marcus, who is he!" Andrea's words were undoubtedly questioning, and he even called Marcus's name directly without adding any embellishments. This shows that the angry lion has fallen into some kind of extreme emotion about the situation in front of him.
"Don't bother Mr. Marcus, I guess I'd better introduce myself. I'm cheese, and I'm a gray robe as you can see. The mage standing on the dragon's back said calmly, the indifference on his face completely incompatible with the current scenery of Valley City. For just above the cheese, the sulphur smoke was still burning, and beneath Migo, the thick, hideous green vines were still growing in full force. All these unforgettable sights are all because of this mage, standing in the middle of the heavens and the earth, he seems to be the god who controls destruction and rebirth.
For Duke Kroger at this time, the name of the cheese and the things that the gray robe represented were actually unimportant, because just like everyone else, he already had another pronoun for cheese in his heart, "Wizard!"
Generally speaking, Cheese would not approve of being called a wizard, and he always wanted to explain to those people the difference between a wizard and a mage, that what he was using was not sorcery, but some kind of technology that could actually be studied and studied. But this time, the mage didn't do it, he accepted the duke's words, and the anger in his eyes.
Cheese's silence was taken as a tacit acquiescence, but it was arrogant, at least for Andrea. He struggled, bracing himself with his weapon, and climbed up from the wall, not falling to his knees even as the dragon's eyes watched. "What do you want to do here?"
This is the most important question for the angry lion, what is the purpose of the mage and his dragon coming to the valley at this moment? If he wants to see the death of the nezumi, then he can't stop the coalition army, knowing that those crossbow arrows are all wound, and they are only one step away from firing!
Cheese looked condescendingly at the man who was snarling at him, and it was not difficult to see from his outfit that his status was extraordinary. And Duke Kroger's question was not the first time he had heard it. Earlier when he traveled south along Dragon's Blood Creek and met Jack and them, Jack and Elsa asked him the same question. After all, Valley City is the territory of the Grey Lion, and even if he has the means to restore all the nezumi to his senses, what qualifications does he have to save them from the coalition forces?
The mage couldn't give an answer to this question at the time, he only thought that he had obtained a way to save the nezumi, and he didn't think about what he would face when he actually took the dragon flute from Elsa's hand and rode Migo to the city of great suffering. In other words, he thinks everything too simply.
"Oh, this is a sight I've never seen before!" Roland sighed heartily as he looked at the large cyan flames burning in the sky on the hillside outside Canyon City.
"What's going on?" Leon stood up from the ground, he subconsciously grasped his weapon, and looked like he wanted to rush towards Canyon City, anyway, the Knights were still there, and Atticus was still there. The Blood Lion could not allow himself to sit idly by once again while his companions were pleased. But the magician stopped him.
"Don't be nervous, if I'm right, the flames won't hurt the soldiers. Even if done right, the land will recover sooner than we expected. Roland sipped his pipe, his eyes half-closed as if trying to make out something, "The question now is what he is going to do with the situation in front of him." Now that this has been done, it is not impossible to forcibly repel these soldiers by force, but that is not the best outcome. A choice must be made. ”
The other three, including Ciel, all looked at the magician with puzzled eyes, none of them understanding what the latter meant by the second half of his words. Who has to deal with the situation in front of them, who has the force to repel the coalition forces, and what does the best result mean, there are so many questions and that shocking scene that people don't know how to ask for a while.
On the city wall, Marcus also barely managed to climb up. He looked at Cheese and waited for the mage to answer the angry lion's question. Will he go to war with the Nezumi to protect them, or will he help the Kingdom get rid of the Nezumi once and for all? This answer will determine the attitude of the Hand of the King towards the mage.
So, while everyone waited, Cheese spoke.
"I'm here just to find the answer to a question. That is, what are nezumen to you? Your answer to this question will affect my attitude towards you. Those of you from the kingdom of the Grey Lion, please think carefully before answering this question. ”
Andrea sneered, he stood firm, pointing the prism hammer in his hand diagonally downward. Behind him, the soldiers of the coalition army also stood up one by one, "You ask us what nezumi are? Do you need to ask? They are monsters! They are murderers! Every mouse in this city deserves to be hanged!" The Duke's words resonated with the others, who proclaimed their position with neat slogans, and declared hatred that could only be erased with blood.
"The fire in the hearts of these people is stronger than mine. You can't convince them, Cheese. Migo's voice came to the mage's mind, and it was the first time the red dragon had seen so many humans dare to look at him with hostile eyes. Driven by this hatred, they no longer care whether their opponents are demons or dragons.
Cheese's expression was still the same indifference, at least it seemed. This answer was not unexpected, but when he was stared at by so many pairs of eyes, even the gray robe still had palpitations. Even in order to resist this fear, the mage's eyes lit up with magic, and his voice unconsciously attached to the magic power, echoing in the empty field.
"So, I see. ”