Chapter 40: Who's Stalling for Time
The confessed night watchman is still there to tell about the various things in the Dream Garden, strange flowers and plants, pavilions and pavilions, beautiful scenery, and the bitter and short spring night...... It's like a lame propaganda speech. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Li Yun bypassed him, removed the bone wall, and came back to the square.
The magic fountain is still eye-catching, its brilliant magic light makes the surrounding street lamps become decorations, and unlike before, the square is now crowded with many people, mostly night watchmen, and the more emotional people are ordinary people. The sound of magic echoed in people's ears, and someone was making an incendiary speech.
Seeing Li Yun appear, the speaker said: "Residents of Night Town, our enemies have sacrificed their lives, this is the murderer of Sheen, Wanda and others, the devil in human skin, and the marauder who wants to possess our most precious treasure. β
At the same time, a light purple light was like a falling waterfall, pouring brilliance from the sky, enveloping Li Yun and making him extremely conspicuous.
"Punish the murderers, destroy the devil!" shouted one of the night watchmen.
Crossing the magic fountain, Li Yun saw clearly that the person who was shouting was Jeremy Godfrey.
He laughed, this man had hidden a lot of important things before, but he was not angry, he was just a fool who couldn't do anything, and he couldn't even grasp the point of shouting slogans.
Sure enough, there were very few responders. Most of the people who live here are already gray in human nature, and Sheehan and Wanda are not highly rated, and no one is willing to risk their heads.
Li Yun glanced at everyone, pointed to the magic fountain, and also said in a voice of magic: "Accuse me of coming to plunder the most valuable wealth of Night Town, if you are referring to this energy pool, I disagree." I am not here to plunder it, on the contrary, I am to lift the shackles that have been imposed on it by some people, and such a godsend should be the property of everyone who lives here, not the private property of some. β
The square suddenly became silent, and it took a long time before an angry voice sounded: "You are talking nonsense, the energy pool is already trying its best to serve everyone?"
Li Yun let out an undisguised sarcastic laugh, disgusting the other party: "Wouldn't it be blushing to tell such a lie in public? With such a majestic power, even the street lamps can only be used in the town, and I can't even see it as a traveler!"
As he spoke, he flipped his wrist, took out a transparent spar from the black spar, held it high, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is an artificial spar used to store energy, and when the energy is used up, such a spar is only worth one silver coin." Now, I'm using the Magic Fountain to energize him. β
Seeing that his hand was weak, Sheen's short sword floated out of the tavern, but the connection of the energy flow was not broken.
"I think most of you here will recognize this magic sword, your Sheriff Sheehan Baldwin's saber, a magic dagger that can be connected to this pool of energy and access its energy, it is a special key, an unconventional pass. I can't let this energy be cut off, not because of greed and plunder, but because it's controlled by a specific person, and no one else can use it. That's what I call shackles. β
"Destroy the magic sword and shoot this energy-stealing thief!" the speaker's voice rang out again, impatiently ordered.
Suddenly, several night watchmen shot crossbow arrows at Li Yun, and a few rushed over brandishing weapons.
Then there was an invisible energy force field around Li Yun's body, and when the crossbow arrow approached, it was like entering water, forming distorted ripples in the air, and then quickly became weak. As for those who rushed over, they were all frozen as if they were sealed in amber as if they were sealed in amber when they were assassinated by the bartender Wanda before. Li Yun thought they were an eyesore, so they all lay face down and lay on the wet ground with the word 'big'.
"Residents of Nighttown, do you feel it? After I have taken so much energy, the power of the energy pool is still majestic, and there is no sign of decay. Because it's not a bowl of water, a bucket of water, or a pool of water, it's a magical thing that takes power from the world and converts it into easily accessible energy, which is why it can light lights, drive machines, and be used for attack or defense. It no longer spends energy all the time, but some people refuse to make it work better for people, but limit its use, and take it into their own hands through various methods to blackmail people into obeying its orders. It disgusted me a lot. β
As he spoke, he had already drawn energy from the short sword, and charged the spar, the spar emitted an incandescent blue light, very beautiful, Li Yun threw it away, and the spar floated in the air, and then he used the necromancy wand a little, the spar shone brightly, and the area of about 100 square meters was illuminated.
"In a year, a spar worth one silver coin, after being injected with energy, can shine like this day and night for more than a year. After a year, inject energy again, and you can shine again. And how much energy is injected? If this energy pool produces ten cows a day, then I just used one hair!"
Wow! People are not calm, and the difference in this ratio is too great.
At this time, more residents had gathered in the square, and many people did not hear the speaker's previous incitement, but witnessed the whole process of Li Yun lighting up the night sky with a spar. At this time, people's hearts are touched, and the momentum caused is more impressive.
"Liar, he's here on purpose to create a whack, he's trying to ruin our Night Town, he's a complete liar. The speaker splashed dirty water with the sound of magic.
Li Yun's voice was calm, not angry, and said unhurriedly: "This, the liar you said is using facts to prove it, but you yourself are showing off your lips and tongues with empty mouths and white teeth. In fact, who can be much smarter than whom? Maybe you don't read as much as you do, and you don't have as much experience as you, but you can figure out the ins and outs of some things in 10 minutes, and you can spend one day, then 10 days, or a month, and you will always have something to figure out. You want to be superior to others, and you are afraid of losing your privileges, so you will do whatever it takes to take this treasure from God for yourself, and whoever dares to raise objections will knock him down, or artificially create some disasters to make the other party disappear. You set up layers of levels so that everyone begs you, and you use it to control everyone. You don't even want people to have a good life, because you know that people can only control when they are hungry. β
"No, it's not like that, you're lying! I'm for this town, for everyone's sake, you don't understand anything!"
"You're right, I don't know much, I'm just a half-wizard. As he spoke, Li Yun drew his left hand, and a night watchman with limbs close to the ground was 'helped' up by him, and at the same time, his right hand used the necromancy wand to write energy runes in the air, and then with a wave, a string of mysterious glowing runes flew towards the night watchman.
Li Yun continued: "I'm a half-wizard, and I can only play with some runes. However, I can use the energy pool to easily bless the armor with energy. So the armor is lighter, stronger, more comfortable to wear, and can also prevent the erosion of all kinds of dangerous energy......" he said as he spoke, first directing a crossbow bolt suspended in the air, shooting at the night watchman with a arrow method, and then drawing energy flow bombardment from the short sword, and finally simply combining energy and arrows, flying over, the momentum alone was terrifying enough, but in the end, it only destroyed the energy barrier, making the water energy circulating on the surface of the armor become dim.
After that, Li Yun used his magic wand to make a point, and the night watchman who was startled into a cold sweat floated towards the energy pool, and floated around the energy pool, and the surface of the armor was clear again.
"When you run out of energy, you can recover after walking around. There is no consumption, just walk around the energy pool every three days. It's as simple as that, but some people refuse to do it, preferring to let their subordinates die. Why did you do this, and who can answer?" Li Yun asked the crowd of onlookers in the square.
No one answered. No one wants to interact with him at such a time.
"Nobody answered, is it because they don't know? I don't think so. It's because someone's lewdness is too heavy, and once he answers, he is worried that he will be persecuted by the next day. Li Yun said again: "Then I'll answer." It's still that reason, only thirst can be controlled. Only differences can highlight the difference between the upper and lower, and only pain, even death, can make people always be in awe. Therefore, some people do not give the power of protection, but give extravagant enjoyment, so that people can never leave him, once they leave, they have neither the power to protect themselves, but also lose the good life. Some people are eager to make everything what he has given it, not what people have created themselves. Because he was afraid, afraid that others would be free to use this heavenly treasure and no longer depend on him, or even surpass him. β
"Except for a few people, everyone else is just ants that can be sacrificed at any time in the eyes of some people. Use the energy of the energy pool to build a **** den, but refuse to solve the increasingly serious problems, and even how many of those problems are naturally generated is very debatable, if everyone to open up their own estate, all build their own paradise, to whom do some people's power? to whom do some people's instructions be given?
There was still silence in the square, which made the speaker smug and calm. "If you say too much, you will lose, and your so-called disclosure is full of loopholes. You don't know anything about this magic spring, so you're here to talk nonsense. You know what? You're a clown, and now, your show can be over. β
With these words, a middle-aged man flew directly above the magic fountain, he was holding a magic sword, wearing a magic robe, wearing a pointed hat, and behind his back were purple light wings made of countless tentacles of light, majestic and proud.
The man pointed at the short sword with the magic sword in his hand, and the short sword immediately shone away, and flew towards him in a whirlwind, and was lightly picked up by him in his hand.
"The Baldwin family's belongings belong only to the Baldwin family, and even if you control them for a while, they will eventually return to me. The previous show of weakness was all for this moment, didn't expect it?"
Li Yun made a move, and the Moonstone Staff flew out of the tavern and fell into his hands, Beckett and Matt also walked out one after another, Matt nodded at Li Yun, signaling that the matter had been completed.
Li Yun nodded, looked up at the man on the magic fountain and said, "I really didn't expect it." I was ready for a big fight. But the efficiency with which you regained control of the magic sword is truly flattering. It's too slow, and I can win enough time with one mouth. β
The man said angrily: "Bluff, you are just bluffing! You have failed, without the key, you don't want to use a little bit of the energy of the magic spring." β
Li Yun didn't even want to take a second look at the man, and once again raised his eyes to scan the people in the square. "Ladies in the square, I lied before. Thank you for your silent cooperation in allowing me to complete the ceremony. As a token of gratitude, I decided to tell the truth. The truth is, I was just a passer-by, just to find out some news. But I discovered the pool, who mastered it, and who used it. So I had bad thoughts. I decided to keep it for myself. β
As he spoke, Li Yun used his staff, and a stream of silver moonlight that was enough to envelop the entire magic fountain broke through the pitch-black sky that resembled the dim to dark, and poured straight down, in this light, the spring water of the magic fountain all turned into thumb-sized spots of light and flew up, and the speaker suspended above the magic fountain let out a howl of pain as if enjoying the washing of the sulfuric acid waterfall.
The whole process is very fast, from the moonlight to the end of the light, it takes less than 5 seconds. For most of the people in the square, as soon as they understood what was happening, it was over.
Like a bird with folded wings, the speaker fell from the air, stumbled several times on the beautifully carved statue of a magic fountain, and rolled down the stairs in a very embarrassed way, and finally landed in the bottom pool with a blue nose and swollen face, and there was still water in the pool, and he became a soup chicken because of it.
Whew! All the street lights are off. The square was dark, and now the people were not calm, and immediately made a noise, but they were at a loss, unable to agree on their opinions, and did not know what to do. They are not stupid, they know that at this time, whether they beg Li Yun or be him, they are afraid that it will be useless.
For Li Yun, the ritual was not over, the reason why this Nightfall Forest became what it is now, the energy pool was used to join the evolutionary process, and at least half of the role was played. Its veins of energy are rooted and spread beneath the earth like roots, and now is the time to harness them.
The fountain re-released light, not scarlet light, nor blue light, but holy white light, which was a concentrated rebound of the long-suppressed light energy, this light was soft, nourishing all light creatures, the darkest fog dissipated in this light, the brilliant and magnificent starry sky reappeared in the field of vision, the filthy and corrupted plants stretched their branches and leaves in the ripples of light that spread in circles, and finally the whole forest made a sound like the tide of the sea, to praise the holy light, they were all light creatures, once again directly bathed in the light, making them rejoiceγ
Beneath these plants, dark creatures such as mosses, fungi, etc., are not harmed, and the unfortunate ones are only those who are extremely evil, they cannot tolerate the balance of light and dark, and must survive in extreme darkness, which is far beyond the spider forest run by the dead maggot Fryer, after all, there is no powerful energy source such as energy pools to provide special environmental bonuses like a fully enclosed botanical garden.
"Ah...... "Many of the Night's Watchmen, as well as the people of Nighttown, hissed in the waves of holy light, and black and purple smoke continued to rise from their bodies, and some even fell to the ground altogether, their eyes rolled and they only convulsed.
Matt looked at the miserable situation of ghosts crying and wolves howling and mourning all over the square, and sighed: "Sure enough, as the teacher said, the people here are pitiful, but even more hateful. β
Beckett hugged his shoulders and pouted: "I said on the way into town, there are no good people here." β
"Come on, you're not in a self-interested, sidelines-based mentality, not an insight into the situation here. β
"The resulting conclusion is the same, you have to admit it, right?"
Maite glanced at him whitely, too lazy to argue. The conclusion is similar, but the reasons and ideas are too different.
Li Yun had been slightly closed his eyes since the magic fountain was shining again, and then he opened it and said with a smile: "Hide filth and dirt, a hundred jars of Ether's poison." β
"So much!?" Matt couldn't help but sigh.
Li Yun nodded, "Even so, we still haven't been able to catch the evil lair, this is just a small stronghold of the other party. β
Now Beckett is not calm. "Don't Donkamaran hide such a huge evil! Isn't that even stronger than the Servis gang who occupy Sicamarans?"
"Yes, only above it, not below it. Because this is a territory of evil distortions, the power of distortion is good at playing with people's hearts, and those who have the courage and determination to fight against them will either be killed or banished. The best of the rest is nothing more than the obedient people of gray souls. β
"Banished, like the Vincennes?"
"Probably. The Vincennes are still very difficult to say. You'd better both be vigilant enough. β
"Yes. Beckett and Maite replied in unison.
Li Yunyi frowned and continued: "In the Hess Green Mill before, I collected a considerable amount of evil spirits, but after a quick check, I didn't find any obvious clues. And the problem with this night town is not that the evil collected is huge, but that the treasure like the energy pool is actually just a power source for a stronghold, and our enemy is quite extravagant! We are facing an evil kingdom that relies on a huge amount of energy, and the outpost of this kingdom has been inadvertently destroyed by us, and the other party is likely to be angry because of this, and use troops or launch an action in advance. We need to know the relevant information in order to respond. β
Matt and Beckett were horrified that a catastrophe like Ankram had happened in Kamaran?
Beckett couldn't help but ask: "If there are several evil armies like the Black Blade Legion here, how can we resist them?"
Li Yun shook his head, "I don't know." The opponent has an absolute advantage, and the opponent can still win, which is an insult to the basic law of development of things. We have to prepare for the worst. Nor can we hope for another battle of the Blue Night Castle, the problem of Servis and his gang may be that they lack talent, they are stumped at the critical moment, and the plan cannot be implemented quickly and decisively. But there is basically no such problem with evil energy distortion. Some of them are fanatics who have been brainwashed into serving their lives. β
He added: "But on the other hand, they haven't launched it until now, and there must be a reason. Whether it is a big plan, planning to let others be cannon fodder, reaping the benefits for ourselves, or having some internal problems that must be solved, this is our opportunity. There is nothing more terrible in the world than death being imminent and still in the dark. As long as we understand, we can think of a way, we can't fight head-on, we can still dodge, and when the other party releases the power, it is no longer a fist or a bomb, but spreads out, and it is not so dangerous. β
Matt and Beckett kept nodding, and Matt echoed: "The teacher is right, what I am most afraid of is the unknown. Sitting on the crater of a volcano and being blown apart by an eruption, that is the catastrophe. β
Beckett said: "Ankram is this kind of catastrophe, and that place is like a crater, the crater of a super volcano. β
"There is another difference, there are three systems of evil energy, and destruction is the most violent and violent. It was supposed to explode a **** quickly, taking advantage of the surprise of the kingdom and the Holy See, storming the Holy Mountain, taking the Holy Sepulchre, and transforming the powerful paladins of the past generations into death knights, even if a large number of soldiers were lost at that time, as long as there was an excellent officer corps, with the characteristics of the dark system and the immortal system, it would be much easier to pull up a large army, and it was difficult to be afraid that the army would not be able to pull up, and with an excellent commander as the commander, it was bound to become a terrible force. But they suffered from the decapitation tactics of the Holy White Crusader, and there was a problem at the decision-making level, and they failed to take a key step in time, and fell into the predicament of having no excellent middle and high-level talents available, otherwise after the Black Blade Army stole out of Ankram, it would immediately be reduced to pieces, swept all over the country, plundered the population, and went to the cemetery to transform the undead army everywhere, and the Black Blade Knights were in the center to respond and specifically attack the gathered opponents, then it would immediately form a prairie fire. It is precisely because there are no outstanding talents, once separated, they will be broken by each other, and they can only concentrate on attacking important places, and as a result, they will be ambushed by us and killed by the elemental fusion crater. β
"Evil energy distortion is the opposite, boiling frogs in warm water, once the incident is often irreparable, but it is easy to fall into the dilemma of more scheming and less decision, as the so-called people are too talkative, a group of selfish and greedy people, the larger the team, the more serious the internal dumping, but premature exposure will lead to destruction. Therefore, it will probably take a long time to operate, and once a strong leader emerges, coupled with the right timing, it will constitute a huge destructive force. β
Buict said: "Teacher, what does it mean that the timing is right?"
"Natural and man-made disasters make people's lives difficult. Night Town is a good example of this, where people seek spiritual solace in their lives. β
Matt asked, "What about evil energy corrosion?"
"Evil energy corrosion is not only the logistics and inheritance of evil, but also the vanguard and foreshadowing of evil. When evil is in decline, only this line can sustain people, because they are the closest to nature and the most creative of the three. When evil has amassed enough power, it causes calamity through corrosion, scorching lords and kings, weakening kingdoms, dissatisfying the populaces, and creating opportunities for distortion and destruction. It's not easy for them alone. Just like Mann Collar, it is already nine out of ten, but if it is not suppressed quickly, it will lead to people sharing the same hatred and close unity. β
Matt sighed: "The Kaktok people are more unlucky, they were suppressed before they could unite, and they have been suppressed. β
Beckett said, "I suspect that the Kaktok people have been betrayed by Riverrun, the two sides are so close, how can they not know that something big has happened? β
Li Yun had been paying attention to the surrounding situation, and now the overly dense dark power of the entire Night Forest had almost been captured with the help of the leylines expanded by the energy pool, and the people in the square had not yet discussed the result.
Most of these people's mental distortions are not serious, so the damage they receive in the impact of the Holy Light is limited, it is nothing more than a headache and nausea for a while, and only those fanatical believers, because of too many defiled memories and distorted thoughts, when they are deprived of the Holy Light, they have a serious tearing feeling, they will be in pain, they will lose their souls afterwards, they will not be able to remember many things, and even become half-stupid, or their souls will collapse and die.
The damage of the holy light is not serious, the subtle effect of the distorted power is very effective, the flash in human nature is suppressed, hidden, and even obliterated, after this half a day, no one is willing to pick up the burden and come forward to negotiate with Li Yun, of course, they are still more concerned about the loss of the energy pool, this concern is expressed through loud quarrels, and whining, and even intentionally said it to Li Yun, hoping that Li Yun can feel guilty and change his mind.
Li Yunzhi didn't have the mind of 'I took the energy pool for your own good'. To deprive is to deprive and to plunder is to plunder. His behavior is only in the act itself, and should not involve anything else, whether the people of Night Town are eligible to enjoy the energy pool or not has nothing to do with his behavior, any whitewashing is hypocrisy and hooliganism. So he admitted in public before that what he did was not a glorious thing. It's just that because of the nature of 'black eating black', emotionally speaking, there is not so much guilt and guilt.
Matt also noticed the scattered sand of the townspeople in Nightlight Town, and said, "Teacher, I see that the residents here understand the problem of evil energy distortion you said. They are indeed good at exploiting the weaknesses of human nature and making people fall, but in the same way, they themselves cannot jump out of this dirty pit. And negative emotions and qualities alone are obviously not enough. β
"That's right. But don't be too spipy. You must know that once any emotion is strong, it will turn into attachment. Single-mindedness, taking it as a lifelong pursuit and the highest pleasure, can replace the precious quality of 'persistence', and can always make some achievements. And as long as the obsession is strong enough, qualities such as seriousness and hard work can also be obtained. Human beings are emotional creatures, and the obsessions that can be promoted by any kind of emotion are powerful. It's just that the stronger and shorter the emotions of most people, the more ephemeral they are. But some people can constantly warm up their emotions, such as fanatics, they are very good at self-hypnosis, they are terrible. β
"So you decisively ended the lives of the twisted fanatics of evil in the tavern. β
"It's not just in the tavern, I just made a move, and under normal circumstances, I shouldn't have purified this place with holy light immediately, but I did it. It is both purification and punishment, and those fanatics who are mixed in the crowd can't bear the power of purification, their souls are torn apart, and they can survive their lives by relying on the little consciousness they have left, that is, the muddy nightmare. β
Only then did Matt and Beckett know that Li Yun's thunderous methods were subtle but solved, and they really killed people without seeing blood.
Beckett said: "Teacher, there should be innocent people, what should they do?"
"Get them out of here. β
Matt said, "What if they don't want to?"
Li Yun smiled: "I didn't say that we are good people, right?" )