Chapter 45: The Dark Council
Bell is a nervous girl.,Very familiar.,Whatever she says feels like it's a joke.。
But she said that the beginning of the Age of Magic was certainly true, and it was no joke.
I said, who is Yao Ming?
Bell said that he was the rumored boss of the Windtalker Organization, and she hadn't seen it before.
Could it be a red-eyed girl? I couldn't help but look forward to it, but Mochizuki interjected: "It's a man, I've seen his back, it's very gentle." ”
It must not be a red-eyed girl.
I thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be that the thunder spirit is in your hands, and why are you the beginning of the age of magic?"
The bell means that he doesn't understand anything, it's just a message.
That can only be done, I said goodbye, Mochizuki floated over to me like a ghost: "It turns out that the bell you said is not this bell, you have to remember, don't sign a contract with others, we wind whisperers will have magic contracts." ”
I rolled my eyes and walked away.
The next thing is about Cangwu, and I'm going to send her back to the sea.
Cangwu said: "Ah Si, you are going to Sin City in two months, if you send me back to the sea, it may be too late." ”
Sending her to the sea is not simply sending her to the sea, I will definitely have to meet with the sea clan, and I have to find this place in Cangwu, two months is obviously not enough.
Cangwu saw that I was entangled and said, "You send me to the beach, and I'll go back by myself." ”
This is not good, the shallow sea is too dangerous, I must at least send her to the edge of the shallow sea, and there is still a lot of work to do, not to say that I can just throw her into the sea.
I said I'd send you back until I got to Sin City, maybe I'd go into the deep sea, and we could take a slow trip to the sea.
Cangwu was very happy, and nodded in agreement. I think she obviously doesn't want to go back now.
Then the next thing is simple and clear, go directly to the Beiqian Empire to find the Dark Council.
Since Cangwu and I killed the king last night, and now the Sea Moon Kingdom is wanted by us, it is still quite troublesome to leave the Sea Moon Country.
I secretly caught a ten-meter-long wurm, this kid was flaunting his might and bullying civilians in the street, and I dragged him directly into the alley.
He was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, he had already sensed my dragon power. I said I'd either die or fly me to the North Thousand Kingdom.
He was frightened and said, "Dragon...... Lord Long, if you want to go to the Northern Thousand Kingdom, you have to pass through the Bauhinia Country, a total of three borders, and if you can't break through, I can only send you to the northern border of the Haiyue Country......"
His thinking is quite clear, I said it's okay, hurry.
I hugged Cangwu and stepped on his back, and he flew up into the sky shivering, over the clouds, and straight to the north.
Wulong didn't dare to ask about the dragon clan, he just buried his head in the sky, thinking about sending me to him quickly.
It was only two days before Feifei stopped and arrived at the northern border.
There is a fortress here, fifty meters high, between the Sea Moon Country and the Bauhinia Country, and the flag waving on the fortress can be seen at a high altitude, which requires the Wurm to land for inspection.
It is estimated that the news of the killing of the king of Haiyue Kingdom has not yet reached here, it is quiet and peaceful, and the soldiers are careless.
I landed the wurm in front of the fortress, and after being inspected, I entered the city-state with the civilians.
This fortress city-state is very large, there are many soldiers, but the defense is very loose, after all, there has been no war on the mainland for hundreds of years, and everyone is in charge.
If it weren't for the fact that General Bill had fled north with 20,000 cavalry before, it is estimated that the soldiers would not have checked this wurm.
As soon as we entered, we felt a little different, there was a lot of confusion here, there were more orcs, and there were a lot of merchants doing business between the two countries.
Since there is only a gap between the Sea Moon Country and the Elven Forest, if the northern countries want orc or elven items, they can only buy them through the Sea Moon Country, for example, weapons made by orcs and goblins must be transmitted to the northern country through this fortress, not to mention smuggling.
This also led to the fact that the Sea Moon Country was far more prosperous and relatively peaceful than the northern countries.
Cangwu and I walked around the city for a while and then left the fortress directly and officially stepped into the territory of the Bauhinia Country.
The entrance is also a fortress, about the same size, and there are many female soldiers on the city wall, all of whom are heroic and extraordinary.
The Bauhinia Kingdom is a country founded by women, the king is a woman, the person in power is also a woman, and the Bauhinia Empress is also one of the most powerful people in the mainland.
The land area of this country is very small, only one-fifth of the Haiyue Country, and it is very flat, it only takes four or five days to cross the Bauhinia Country, and then it is the powerful and fierce Beiqian Kingdom.
The purpose of my trip was to the Northern Thousand Kingdom, so I did not stay in the Bauhinia Country, but traveled all the way north and arrived at the fortress of the Northern Thousand Kingdom a week later.
When I arrived here, the breath suddenly changed, it was cold and wild, and the guards guarding the city were full of energy and their eyes were like torches, and it took half an hour just to confirm the identity of me and Cangwu.
In the end, for the sake of my face as a wurm, I was let in.
Once inside, the streets were full of dwarves.
The dwarves are a miserable race, enslaved by the Northern Thousand Kingdom for nearly a thousand years, and have lived in the Northern Thousand Kingdom for generations, doing the lowest work and supporting the Northern Thousand people.
It is said that they originally lived in the Elven Forest, but then somehow they came to the Northern Thousand Kingdom, accepted the protection of the Northern Thousand Kingdom in order to survive, and after thousands of years of evolution, they eventually became slaves.
This is a very strange thing, because there is no history of dwarves recorded in the books, and the human race does not know how the dwarves got to the northern country.
I took a closer look at the dwarves in the street, they were shorter than the goblins, most of them less than a meter, but they were all muscular, hairy, dark, ugly, and had mouths that were mostly unclosing, showing some small fangs.
Such an appearance should have been very scary, but the people of the Northern Thousand Kingdom were not afraid, and they just pressed them hard.
For example, the dwarves I see now are striking iron, clutching sledgehammers and striking red pieces of iron, while the Terrans are drinking hot water and chatting from time to time.
An old dwarf was slow to move, and he struck his palm, causing blood to splatter on the ground, sneering and emitting white smoke as it landed on the iron.
Several Terrans scolded and kicked him aside, and he endured the pain and bandaged silently, as if he could only rest for a while at this time.
Cangwu trembled when she saw it, and her eyes exposed to the outside showed a cold and cold light.
She is also a persecuted race, and I understand her thoughts. But millions of dwarves were slaves in the northern kingdom, and they had to do this in order to survive.
That's something I'm powerless to stop at the moment.
I left with Cangwu, found an inn to stay in, and then went to the Dark Council.
There is no Holy See in the Beiqian Empire, the people of Beiqian advocate force, and there are very few mages, and usually the war is the cavalry reunion to conquer the city, and the concept of the Holy See to be kind to people does not work.
On the contrary, it is the Dark Council that prevails, and even penetrates the regime.
After I settled down, I went to inquire about the Dark Council, but unfortunately, although the Dark Council is famous, it is secretive and no one knows about it.
But after I wandered around for a while, an old man in a black robe appeared and followed me.
I raised an eyebrow and went straight into the alley to wait for him.
He came in too, and when he saw that I was waiting hesitantly, he pulled his robe open, revealing a wrinkled face.
When I looked, wasn't this the blue-robed mage Glenn?
He was the one who pulled me into the Marr Mining Area, and then they lost a lot of money, so I saved him and the branch president.
Glenn was surprised to see me, and he looked a little confused. I said it's me, you still don't recognize it after looking at it for a long time?
As soon as I spoke, Glenn finally confirmed, showing a smile: "Mr. Ah Si, you have become a lot older, I can't confirm it, but I feel that it is you, so I have been following and checking." ”
I didn't talk nonsense, I said the purpose, he obviously guessed it, and it was also very direct: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, before our eyeliner said that there was a wurm, I guessed if it was you, but I didn't expect it to be you." ”
We're old friends, so there's no need to talk about it.
I asked him to take me to the Dark Council headquarters.
He said that the headquarters was not here, it was in the capital of the Beiqian Kingdom, and it would take five days to walk north.
I said let's go, I'm in a hurry. Glenn smiled dryly: "It's not a secret, the headquarters doesn't really want to meet you, because the Wulong is a race on the southern coast, and it is too far away from the northern country, and it is difficult to form an alliance." ”
This kid wooed me at the beginning because he took a fancy to the strength of the Wulong clan, but now he has figured out the distance.
However, his tone was not very firm, indicating that there was still a chance.
I said you just take me over, I will prove my strength, you elders of the Dark Council are no match for me.
When I first met the elders of the Dark Council in the Primordial Hunting Area, they were very weak, and they were not comparable to the Holy See at all, and I was not afraid at all.
Gülen was a little embarrassed to hear me say that, and then agreed to take me there.
We made an appointment to meet at the post station tomorrow and take a carriage to the capital.
I told Cangwu when I went back, and she had no opinion, but her face was a little pale and her body was weak.
Definitely dehydrated again, she hadn't been exposed to water in a long time.
I remembered Feng Niao's words, and quickly cut my finger to give her blood to drink. Cangwu's strength is relatively strong, and he is still a merman royal family, so he should be able to withstand my dragon blood.
I only gave her a drop to be on the safe side, and she immediately turned red as if she was drunk, and then she was a little confused and rolled around on the bed.
I said are you uncomfortable? She said it was hot and swollen, but it didn't hurt.
I was relieved, this is a normal phenomenon, just digest it slowly.
As a result, her consciousness became more and more confused, and she kept saying that it was so hot that her skin was smoking.
I ran to fetch water to cool her down, and when I came back, she had taken off her clothes.
She was petite, and had no feet, and she wore clothes like a piece of fabric, wrapped around her upper body, and now she took off the whole mermaid and was naked.
I froze, and when I looked at it, I felt a strong shock in my heart, it was the most primitive impulse.
I ran out again with the basin of water, and no, the charm of the dance is unparalleled in the world, and taking off my clothes is like poison, and I will sink.
I calmed down for a moment, then groped in with my eyes closed, put the basin on the ground, and jumped in with a thud to take a bath.
I fumbled out again and waited until late at night to enter the room.
Cangwu was already asleep, she was dressed and lying on the bed, still rolling up the quilt, like a child.
I breathed a sigh of relief, looked at her face, and my heart jumped, she seemed to be even more beautiful.
It's hard for me to imagine what kind of beauty she will be like as an adult, and maybe she will fall at a glance and never get rid of it again.
At noon the next day, Cangwu woke up, she yawned, her eyes shining, and her skin seemed to glow.
The effect of the dragon's blood was amazing, and she must have been even more powerful at this point.
I asked her how she felt, and she jumped into my arms and rubbed me affectionately: "Why did you run out last night?"
Yes?
I was embarrassed, wasn't she confused? I said I just went and added a little water, which was not enough at first.
Cangwu looked at me strangely, lowered her head and tugged at her clothes, looking thoughtful.
I hurriedly said I was leaving, so I went to get down to business.
She didn't pursue it, and I took her to the inn, where Glenn and a few black-robed men had been waiting for a long time, and there were several carriages beside her.
The horses of the Beiqian Empire are strong and tall, and it is not difficult to travel thousands of miles a day, and it is said that the strongest beast horses have a hundred meters in a leap, which is like a fantasy.
We got into the carriage and set out to make our way to the capital of the Beiqian Empire.
I'm not interested in the Beiqian Empire, and Cangwu hates the slavery system here, so I want to leave quickly.
I also thought about leaving quickly, so I didn't watch the whole way, and five days later I arrived in the capital and went directly to the headquarters of the Dark Council.
This headquarters is relatively remote, in a small mountain range on the outskirts of the capital, the road is intact, but it is uninhabited, and the headquarters is a large courtyard covering an area of 5,000 square meters, and there are several ancient castles in it.
They are all uncomfortable castles, and there is a strange evil atmosphere in the face, and the color of the castle is black and red, and it is covered with vines, which has the atmosphere of a wild and dead house.
Gülen was triumphant, "Of course, this place has a history of two hundred years, and it is a symbol of our Dark Council, and outsiders dare not approach it. ”
I said, don't you think it's infiltrating? Don't you sleep at night without nightmares?
Glenn was stunned, and the other mages were immediately furious: "What do you mean, dare to slander our Dark Council?"
I sobbed my lips and said no slander, just kidding, let's go inside.
I don't want to have conflict, after all, there is a need for people, and it's never too late to get things done.
Glenn also gave me face, led me into the castle, and whispered to me by the way: "There are many rare creatures in the castle, you must not provoke them, they are the patron saints of the Dark Council. ”
What creature am I talking about? Wizards? Or vampires or something.
I've read in books that there are some unsightly creatures in the north and west, which are very strange, and the Dark Council serves them.
Gülen was taken aback when he heard me: "Mr. Ah Si is really well-informed. ”
He also told me not to provoke, that dark creatures would not attack people, that they should not provoke them.
As we spoke, we had entered the great courtyard, and in front of us was a moving and towering castle with a round top.
I glanced up and saw a large bird with a human face standing on it looking down on us.
Ordinary people will be scared to death when they see it, no wonder the Dark Council has been criticized, and only when this ghost can prosper.
Then we entered the castle, which was empty, just a sculpture with a fierce face, and in front of the sculpture there were rows of seats, and Gülen told us to sit and wait.
A few of them entered the inner door, afraid that they were going to report.
Cangwu looked at the sculpture and said that he was really ugly, as if he was not a Terran.
This sculpture is a mold of the human race, that is, the big teeth on both sides are pointed, and it is obviously not human.
I also said that it was indeed ugly, and Cangwu grinned, dissipating the dead silence in the castle.
Then I heard the sound of crawling, coming from above my head. When I looked up, I couldn't help but be surprised that the ceiling of the ancient castle was crawling with strange humanoid monsters.
They all bared their fangs and hissed strange noises.
Cangwu was about to cast a spell to kill them, and I was busy preventing them, these are probably dark creatures.
I didn't pay attention, they just jumped down and screamed around us.
I can see clearly, it's human, it's fangs, it's a vampire, right?
They were about the same height as Terrans, and they looked around us, screaming all the time.
But there was no attack, just a lot of noise.
A female vampire also leaned close to my ear and hissed and blew at me.
I got goosebumps, and I was furious when I saw it. I coughed, "What are you doing? Can you talk?"
They were all stunned, and instead of hissing, the female vampire said coldly and arrogantly, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
I can't talk anymore, I don't like that, is there something wrong with you? You have wisdom to communicate, why do you keep hissing, is it fun?
They looked at each other, then angrily scolded me: "You scolded us?"
They were all furious, baring their fangs and hissing and threatening me.
I shook my head, got up, and said, "Do you have to prove that you're a vampire? ”
The vampires were stunned, and the female vampire had a strange face, and then a little embarrassed: "Everyone is like this, is there anything wrong?"
They all looked at me, and I wanted to talk to them and improve their posture, but Gülen came out, and when he saw so many vampires surrounding us, he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly pleaded: "Don't be angry, your lords, he is a wurm from the south and doesn't understand our rules." ”
Gülen nodded in horror, and I picked up the dance and walked away, the vampires looked at each other, and then they all walked into the darkness in embarrassment.