Part 1 Volume 16 Chapter 3 Alcatraz Island
In February of the 568th year of the Altino calendar, off the coast of Reins, on the island of Sisikoga
Located in the northeast of the Sea off Reyns, the island group is called the West West Koga Islands, and the largest of them is the well-known Alcatraz Island on the Continent of Winds.
After the Kyushu War, the space tunnels connecting the two worlds of humans and demons have been sealed, and only a few caves that cannot be closed by manpower due to the strong changes in the natural earth qi and magnetic field continue to serve as the connection between the human world and the demon world, and the largest and largest one is the demon cave on West West Koga Island.
According to the secret investigation done by the Demon Guild before the Kyushu War, they believed that this was an abandoned energy storage place when the gods created the world, in other words, if everything succeeded, this cave should be like the legendary four caves, with the natural energy stored on the continent of wind. The function of regulating the fluctuation of the magnetic field, but I don't know what damage it has suffered, and in the end it becomes such an unexpected realm channel.
Most people naturally don't understand such a profound truth, they only know that a large number of monsters continue to come to the world from this cave, hurting people and destroying things. In order to prevent such damage from spreading to the mainland of the Wind Continent, Reyns. Tiren set up a powerful barrier outside Alcatraz to prevent thousands of monsters from leaving the island, and even dispatched the most elite five-color flag in the country to stay on the island for a long time to fight fiercely with the monsters trying to break through the blockade.
Human-headed birds, skeleton monsters, ogres, goblins...... These alien creatures that appeared from the demon cave can only be regarded as monsters in the professional eyes of the five-color flag, and they are not qualified to be called demons, in fact, the real demons have not appeared on the island of Xixi Koga for nearly two thousand years. However, when these alien creatures rushed out in the hundreds at once, the scene was not only shocking, but the mercenary troops on the island felt a chill just by thinking about how to stop them.
Since the establishment of the mercenary force on the island, the five-color flag has reduced the workload, handing over a lot of front-line work to these low-paid outsiders, and because of the secrecy and high efficiency of the five-color flag itself, the mercenary troops can often only see the battlefield full of corpses after the five-color flag is dispatched, and cannot witness the battle process.
It is definitely not easy to survive on Alcatraz Island, since the mercenary troops of Alcatraz Island have retired, the soldiers who have returned to the mainland have been shocked as soon as they show their proof of service, and they have been widely invited to join the group by knights from all sides with high salaries, is because the elimination rate and mortality rate of mercenary troops are extremely high, and the average ten newcomers who join the group will lose one-third on the first day, and then decrease one by one, and they can live safely for three years of service, and only one or two people can get the recognition certificate.
Coming to Alcatraz is not so much a battle as a survival game, with everyone trying to survive in this brutal environment of flesh and blood all day long, with their own strength, intelligence, and courage.
This is the impression that the people of the mainland have always had of Alcatraz, but this impression has changed recently. The source of this change was that Lancelot, who was under the grass, issued an order for the five-color flag to disarm Alcatraz Island, which made the people of the Windy Continent panic, thinking that the end of the world was coming, but the mercenary troops on Alcatraz Island did not know the news at all because of the difficulty of external communication.
All they knew was that on that day, there was a novice who did not look amazing, with an unsheathed blunt knife, and a big burden of more than 100 scriptures on his back, like a down-and-out salesman, who applied to join the mercenary army in a conspicuous way, and then from that day on, many records that had been maintained for 2,000 years were broken one after another.
First of all, the members of the mercenary force, not to mention the orcs, even the half-orcs have never been. It is a ridiculous thing in itself that they will travel thousands of miles to the northeast sea of the mainland to participate in the mercenary unit with low salaries and low death pensions, so as the commander of the mercenary unit, he was really surprised to see such a newcomer mixed in with a bunch of applicants.
The name on the registration form is Wang Hu, and due to his lazy personality, his handwriting is crooked, which does not match his resounding title. And for this little-known real name, everyone is dumbfounded, although from the surname and race, it is speculated that he may be related to the Wang Zi family, and martial arts may be worth looking forward to, but when he really makes a move, the situation is still not a shock can be described.
Everything is like the wind......
This is a common impression among mercenary forces. That day, when a large number of monsters flew out of the cave, the mercenary troops lined up and prepared to rush up, and the veterans mocked each other with a nervous expression of the recruits, estimating that half of today's dinner was enough, the whirring wind suddenly sounded in everyone's ears.
It's not the kind of subtle spring breeze that blows lightly, this sudden high-speed air flow, like several hurricanes merging in the same direction, strong and urgent, instantly forcing everyone to open their eyes, staggering back, the whole team is in a mess, vaguely only see a figure in front of him, riding the towering waves caused by the strong wind, as if swimming with the wind, waving his arms at will, and bursts of torrent knife wind, with his wave of hand, swept the whole world......
Most of the officers in the mercenary unit are from the Bai family. Being able to stay on Alcatraz Island for so long is naturally not incompetent, but before this thousand-mile wind, he can only close his eyes and retreat, and his heart is even more surprised.
It is not uncommon for ordinary masters to stir up the palm wind and fist pressure, and the Bai family's pressure vitality bullet is this kind of martial arts, but this gust of entrained sword qi is unstoppable, but it is very natural, and there is no pain of scraping the skin like a knife on the body, but it is extremely soft, twists and turns, and is at ease, and every tiny place is flowing without hindrance, which shows that the power control has reached the peak of perfection.
And when everyone felt that the wind had stopped and they could open their eyes and see things, they looked at the various things in front of them, and they stared at the monsters piled up all over the place in disbelief, the number alone was already hundreds of thousands, there was no scar on the outside, and there was no harm on the inside, most of them were even conscious, but they couldn't move, and they couldn't stop making all kinds of strange screams, rolling and struggling on the ground.
The situation in front of him is similar to being pointed in the acupoints, but everyone knows that these non-human creatures are not suitable for the points in normal martial arts, and it is really unbelievable how the person who shot them can give all these monsters without hurting them.
On that day, the law of "newcomers to the team must be killed on the first day" on Alcatraz Island was broken, not only that, since that day, the mercenary force rarely had to hold a weekly mourning meeting, in fact, let alone the dead and injured, they didn't even have a chance to make a move, they could only watch the legendary magic skills in front of their eyes.
Force and softness, two completely different powers, are all contained in this person's knife, pushed to the limit. Such a knife technique, in addition to the heavenly sword, what name can be matched?
"Excuse me...... What do you call the five heads of the Wang family and the Wang Zi family?"
Regarding this question, the party who has been called by the wrong name since he became famous scratched his hair with some trouble, nodded and said: "The Wulian people do not have the custom of naming names with numbers, and there is no one with this name on the genealogy of the Wangzi family. Still, the guy you're talking about, huh...... Maybe it's me!"
The shock caused by this answer was not something that could be solved simply, especially when it was still busy contacting Jixia to obtain instructions from the head of the family and the supreme leader, and decide how to deal with the changes in front of her after the death of the third lady, when he heard the news, it was as if a big bomb had been dropped out of thin air.
Although the five-color banner is strong, it is not enough to compete with a strong person like the "Heavenly Sword" Wang Wu in the absence of a heavenly master, in other words, he can do whatever he wants on Alcatraz Island and be uncontrolled. If he discovers the secret of the five-color flag, the existence of the Bai family there will be completely exposed, and if he goes straight to the headquarters of the Taiyan Academy on the outer islands and discovers the various evil experiments being done inside, the Bai family ...... Even the entire Reins may become a public enemy of the continent, and within three days, the Moon Sage, who has been in the world for many years, will come here in person and destroy everything that should not exist.
However, the family was a guest from afar, and there was an extremely valid reason, and the five-color flag could not and could not expel the strongman from the island, or kill him secretly, and after a period of chaos, the head of the house himself cut to meet all the needs of the foreign guest, and treated him as a guest.
Bai Wuji saw it very accurately, Wang Wu, who came from afar, was just to explore the situation on Xixi Kejia Island, although he noticed that the movements of the five-color flag were secretive, and there seemed to be something wrong, but in order not to cause more trouble, he would not interfere more, at this point, the Bai family should probably be glad that Wang Wu, who has an idle personality, is not a person with a strong curiosity.
With such a strong man pressing the formation, the workload of the mercenary force has been greatly reduced, in addition to being cheeky and asking Wang Wu to guide him in martial arts every day, the rest of the time, he acts as a porter, and sends the demons that are shot down every day with low intelligence and cannot understand human speech back to the demon cave one by one and throws them home directly.
As for the high-level monsters that are intelligent and can understand human speech, the situation is more miserable, although they can avoid death, but the situation they face may make them feel more happy to die......
“...... For the above reasons, I don't agree with the statement that "some creatures are born aggressive and harmful", even if everyone is of different races, as long as they can communicate with each other, they should be able to understand each other and coexist peacefully, don't you think?"
“...... Well, you said that because you want to eat, that's why you attack people? That's not right, if it's a carnivorous creature, of course, it's not reluctant, but all of you here are omnivorous creatures! Even if you are vegetarian, you can survive, green vegetables are not unpalatable, and eating only meat is not good for your body, so let's try vegetarianism from today. ”
“...... Hmm, you say human flesh is better, don't want to change? Hmm...... I don't want to say you're wrong, but there's something wrong with the idea itself, so I'm going to read a passage now, and you'll think about it, and then we'll talk about it......"
Since the arrival of Wang Wu, there has been a strange scene on Alcatraz Island: hundreds of vicious-looking monsters have formed one circle after another, and in the center of this circle is a man sitting cross-legged, taking out a book from the pile of scriptures next to him, tirelessly explaining the theory of peace.
Long before the Kyushu War, the creatures of the human world and the demon world met and killed them without asking for a reason, and this process has been repeated for thousands of years, and people have taken the honor of defeating monsters as heroes, and in his opinion, it is really a boring move.
Born in the martial arts of half-orcs and orcs, plus he is not a human being, Wang Wu's vision and ideas are much broader than those of ordinary humans. In his concept, these monsters are the same life as himself, and it is only because they were born in the demon world that they have different positions with each other, which has caused war and confrontation, and if they can communicate and coordinate each other's disagreements, they should also be able to coexist peacefully.
This may not be the right idea, because no one has ever done it before. Rather than stay on the mainland and endure the meaningless struggle for power, Wang Wu decided to come to Alcatraz Island and try to put this idea into practice.
What is certain is that no matter what the end of this road is, Wang Wu has a long journey to go, and the same is true for him, and he is unwilling to be forced to listen to the scriptures and eat vegetarian food, just like the monsters living in hell.
Just as the number of vegetarian diners gradually increased, and the directors of the Pencolor Banner smiled wryly as they converted the funeral expenses into food expenses, a new visitor appeared on Alcatraz Island, the same visitor who had arrived with a large burden on his back on his back, and this visitor also made the port keeper dumbfounded.
It is also a large piece of luggage, a large wooden barrel that is two people high, the width of which needs to be hugged by two people, and the inside is full of golden wine, the weight is amazing, and the aroma of wine is overflowing. The owner of the luggage is a gorgeous woman who will be hot all over her body at the first sight, if she hadn't seen her carry such a behemoth as if nothing happened, and crossed the sea with light skills, maybe there would be some guys who haven't seen women for too long, and they used to ask for a few cheap.
The intention of this beauty to come to the island was not to join the mercenaries, but to simply find someone, and when she saw her hugging her husband affectionately, all the audience couldn't help but feel a feeling of flowers inserted in cow dung while envy.
Why did such a splendid beauty fall in love with such an ordinary man in the first place? It is said that this question is still a mystery to martial arts to this day, and even Kublai Khan, the former "martial tyrant," was strangled by this.
"Hey, how long are you going to stay here? Leave such a beautiful wife at home alone, beware of her being empty and lonely, and a one that will make you wear a green hat all over your head. ”
"Well...... Personally, I am more sympathetic to those lovers! Every day, I want to be your boxing target meat pad, and it doesn't count after beating it during the day, and the sleeping posture is not good at night, not only will I snore and grab the quilt, but when I can't grab it, I will automatically kick people out of bed with the power of the sky, so count...... They were left dead in a few days. ”
"You turtle, how can you say that about your wife?" snatched the wine bowl from her husband's hand and drank it all in one gulp, Gongsun Chuqian frowned and said, "Even if it is a voluntary help, it should be enough! Look at these materials, your junior brother is really a big problem." ”
Wang Wu was looking at the various materials brought by his wife, which clearly described Lancelot's various actions under Ji, more than seventy percent of which were clumsy or enough to be included in the scandal, but after reading the whole article, he only smiled, and did not see any unhappiness.
"Actually, I've always felt that not only you, the junior brother, has a problem, but your entire division has a big problem. When Huang Taiji passed on your martial arts, according to me, he didn't have any good intentions, otherwise why would he pass on ......"
"Don't worry, I've got a sense of proportion. In a short sentence, Wang Wu cut off his wife's dissuasion and said, "Also, don't keep looking over there, behind that mountain is the headquarters of the five-color flag, and outsiders are not allowed to enter." ”
"Sneaky, there must be something unsightly, how about we go and see it together?"
"Since they don't want us to know, why do they have to uncover it? This will make people very troubled!" Wang Wu shook his head and said, "Since I am here to help my junior brother, I don't want to cause him any trouble." By the way, this news is very interesting, what is going on with the fire in Huajia Headquarters?"
Knowing that her husband was changing the subject, Gongsun Chuqian could only nod and say: "Just two days ago, shortly after there were signs of commotion at the Tianguan side of the North Gate, a fire broke out in the Huajia General Fort, and it was claimed that there was an accidental fire! ”
"A person, is he a master of the heavenly position?" Due to the special relationship between his wife and Qinglou, there has always been no shortage of confidential information in their husbands and wives, and Wang Wu already knows the identity of this person.
In the end, it was the flower of the four iron guards that was broken, Hao Kelian suddenly appeared, and exchanged hands with the other party, forcing the enemy back. I heard that both sides were injured a little......" Saying that, Gongsun Chuqian's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "With one against two, you can still tie, this guy's martial arts are good, I really want to try it......"
"Then you have to work hard, now the person who lists him as a dueling opponent can be lined up overseas...... Wang Wu said with a smile: "The matter entrusted to you to verify, has there been a result?"
"Is there rumored news that the Bai family is trying to practice the Five Extremes Heavenly Style? There is some progress, but it is of little significance. ”
Since Bai Qi came out of the customs, although Wang Wu on Alcatraz Island didn't say anything, he privately entrusted his wife to investigate the relevant information, hoping to give his junior brother a little help. In the records of the Qinglou Alliance, there was a Bai family who tried to practice the legendary Five Extremes Heavenly Style and turned it into martial arts, judging from the age of the person on the record, it may be the current Bai Qi, the question is, did he succeed?
"The reason why the Five Extremes Heavenly Style is called the last secret technique of the magician against the heavenly position, in addition to its own powerful power, the main reason is that it is absolutely impossible for a heavenly martial artist who has no magic foundation to practice. According to the organization's research, for a reason beyond our grasp, we believe that basically the power of the heavenly position and the power of magic are in conflict with each other, so that even the cultivation of the three sages, although they can practice magic, they have not been able to practice the Five Extremes Heavenly Style. ”
Gongsun Chuqian shrugged his shoulders and said, "So, if it was so easy to turn the Five Extremes Heavenly Style into martial arts, we would have done it a ......long time ago."
Wang Wu nodded. This should be a good explanation, when it comes to magic cultivation, after the Kyushu War, no human beings can match the three sages, but as everyone knows, no one among the three sages can cultivate the Five Extremes Heavenly Style, but a martial arts cultivator who is not even a junior in the middle and lower levels of the earth realm, Yan Long Jing'er, complete it, this should explain something......
"Of course, this is the case normally, but after all, it's the Bai family......"
In the eyes of the world, the Bai family has long since declined, but only those who know the past of the Bai family will always maintain respect for this bloodline. Although there are great problems in private morality, for thousands of years, there is nothing impossible in the history of this family, and no convention has any meaning to them......
"Spread the news! Whether it's true or not, it would be too unjust to suffer a big loss without knowing it......
Under Wang Wu's entrustment, Gongsun Chuqian prepared to pass on this hard-won information to Lancelot, who was under the grass.
"However, I still don't like this......" Gongsun Chuqian stared at her husband, and her tone changed to a rare seriousness.
"You junior brother, I always feel that there is something wrong with your heart, you help him so without hesitation, aren't you afraid that you will regret it one day?"
Forced to take the same position with herself, the wife has the right to express her dissatisfaction. In this regard, Wang Wu stroked his wife's face and smiled: "Hmm...... The answer to this question, I would also like to know ......"
Looking at his wife's slightly sad eyes, the one who can answer this question is neither her in front of her, nor Lancelot under the grass, but a hero who has become an old man.
Originally...... At the moment when the winner was divided on the Pengfen slope, did you regret the oath you and I made when we were righteous......
Despite the frequent wars, the newspaper and magazine industries under the government were not affected at all, and the speed of circulation was extremely fast, and all kinds of celebrity scandals were absolutely delivered to readers at the first time.
Lancelot's words were faithfully recorded and made headlines, although only a few words, but with several full-color photographs next to it: the girl with her neckline torn and her bare chest tightly covered with a torn shirt, her face full of panic, tears in the corners of her eyes, her left cheek high and swollen, the bruises were clearly visible, and her eyes were angry and sad, looking at the man in front of her with an arrogant and domineering posture, and making wordless questions......
This scene alone has already explained everything, and no one can doubt that Prince Lancelot, who has always been evil and evil, is indeed the culprit of all these incidents, taking advantage of the innocence and kindness of the girl, and seducing her with evil intentions, making her the most innocent victim.
According to the above report, Lancelot originally wanted to take advantage of the remote place to commit violence against the girl, but he was broken by reporters and researchers from the Taiyan Institute, so he turned around and left, and flew away from the scene with the power of heaven without remorse. At the end of the whole report, a full-color photo of Dr. Einstein wearing the shirt handed by the team members and tearing up in the spotlight was attached. Seeing her sad look, anyone will feel sympathy and believe in her innocence.
It is conceivable that after the truth is made public, the long-accumulated public resentment will erupt, and all will flock to the evil perpetrators, and with the courage aroused by this public resentment, there will be a letter from the people's representatives to Prince Lancelot, asking him to sign the abdication and leave Reins.
For these, the parties have been mentally prepared.
“...... If I really want to be rude to the little girl, won't I kill all of you who are in the way, and then go on the road? You should be glad that you ran away in fear of sin? You should be glad that you bumped into me, not the boss of the Bai family or the second brother of the Li family......
Looking at the side news in his hand, Lancelot sighed. Originally, I thought that a large number of researchers from the Taiyan Institute came, and when they saw this scene, they would sympathize with Ailing, so that she could continue to stay in the Taiyan Institute with peace of mind, how did I know that not only the researchers came, but also a large number of reporters with cameras in hand, took pictures of their ugliness and stored them for evidence, and made them public.
"Alas...... There's no way, pack, pack, get ready for deportation!"
With a sigh, Ranslow prepared to leave. In fact, he didn't have anything to take with him except for a Fenghua knife and the clothes on his body. The ivory white tower has long been flattened, and now the place where he lives is owned by Bai Dezhao, and what he brings with him will give people more gossip.
Xiaocao is more nerve-wracking. Although it is said that the ghost has no luggage and does not need to pack, it has a bunch of invisible responsibilities. After leaving Reins with her husband, the position of the chairman of the Magic Guild was about to be given up, however, for a while, there was no one who could take over, and Teacher Mei Lin could not be contacted, which was very troublesome. As for the various secrets and resources of the Reyns court itself, the two brothers are more familiar than themselves, and the two of them avoid seeing each other, so they don't have to worry about the handover.
"After you slip away, there are a lot of troubles that you don't have to do. You don't have to command the city defense, you don't have to worry about bombarding the city with the ancient demon Dao weapons during the day, and you don't have to worry about Boss Bai getting happy and having another big baptism......" Waiting for the notice of the palace elders, Lancelot has already begun his career planning for the future.
"Later, I can entrust the Qinglou Alliance to send a message to Alcatraz Island, telling me that my senior brother can go home, it's boring to stay there alone. Well, after leaving the city, go to the North Gate Tianguan first, you can meet with Youxue on the way, and then take the third child and Nier with you, and the five-color flag will go back to Alcatraz Island, and then we will go to Free City to pick up Feng'er, take a rest, and then decide what to do in the future......"
Lancelot counted on his fingers: "I, the third child, Nier, and Feng'er, we have four heavenly positions. You have a wife, your ghost idea, plus the bad water in the stomach of the third child, no matter where you go, you can eat very well, even if you go back to Al Tieno as a robber, there should be no one to stop it, if you learn from Li Lao Er and go straight to the royal capital, although we are not as imposing as him, but so many people are on it together, it should not be a problem to bomb the middle capital, and then ......"
Busy with the paperwork at hand, Xiaocao still listened to her husband's words, only listened to him and then said a few words, it still seemed that she couldn't think of what to say, Fang Zi smiled, but suddenly a surprising sentence popped up.
"Well, then we'll go to Hangzhou......"
"Why?"
"That's where we met! Don't you think it's ideal to go there for your honeymoon while you have the chance? Well, it's a little inconvenient to go on your honeymoon with a bunch of people in the way......
When her husband's first words came out, although she was a ghost, Xiaocao instantly felt that her heart was about to jump out of her chest, and hurriedly used reason to suppress the emotions that almost came out, telling herself that her husband was only talking about the existence and not the real memory.
"However, since you are going to Hangzhou, let's go up the mountain to see the dead old man! He was left alone on the mountain to accompany the monkeys, and he was more pitiful than his senior brother......
As he said this, Lancelot glanced at the grass, and seemed to be very shy about the idea, and deliberately pretended to be nothing.
"In the days of Altino, in this part of the troubles in Reins, in the end, there was no achievement, but it can be regarded as a vigorous work and a family of his own...... Take these things back to the old man, and you should be able to boast to him!"
Lancelot said lightly, but Xiaocao could feel his excitement and nervousness. Long before he and Nier became his relatives, Huang Taiji has been taking care of this adopted son in his unique way, supervising his growth, although the relationship between the two has always been against each other, but they are both happy with each other.
For Lancelot, the nameless old man who taught him everything was an existence that no one could replace.
Although, in his memory, he is just a down-and-out old man who seems to have a prominent past, but in the end he was defeated and reduced to seclusion in the mountains, leaving only a bad mouth with a big mouth, and remembering the glory of the past after drinking. However, the old man gave him everything, influencing his every idea, and before he knew it, Lancelot had such an idea.
(Hey, old man, there's nothing to regret! Leave all your dreams that you can't finish in time, leave them all to me!I'll take care of them all for you...... )
Maybe even Lancelot himself didn't notice it, but Xiaocao saw everything from the side, and he really felt that her husband had many life decisions that were influenced by his adoptive father. Therefore, at the moment when Lancelot was satisfied with his achievements, he unexpectedly had the intention of returning with glory.
But......
Seeing Lancelot's self-suppressed joy like this, Xiaocao really couldn't say anything, and couldn't tell him that the red-robed old man who had been waiting for him to come back in the mountains of Hangzhou was no longer alive......