Chapter 112

"What?" Rody was shocked. 【】

Because he could hear the surprise in Andy's tone. He knew in his heart what kind of character Andy was, on weekdays, this old skeleton looked like the sky was falling and it was covered, and it was rare to see it when it was surprised.

After a moment of silence, Andy said in a deep voice, "It's strong! It's really strong! That's energy...... Damn, it's not magic, it's not psychic power...... Boy, be careful, there's supposed to be a strong guy in there!"

"What the hell?" said Roddy, too.

"I don't know...... Andy's tone was a little helpless: "I can't see through the inside...... Damn, perspective doesn't work! There's a guy in there who is very strong...... It's the kind of strength you've never encountered!"

"Could it be the chief?" said Roddy, mutteringly, "Is it better than you, Old Mark, or Myosi?"

"I don't know......" Andy's voice was very serious, "but I'm afraid it'......s like this! It's like a kind of 'realm' power!"

"What?" Roddy couldn't help but cry out, then immediately took a breath and stopped his mouth suddenly. The people around him all looked at him in surprise, and those mountain people wondered why this high-ranking official from the empire suddenly shouted. Rand immediately whispered, "Lord Duke, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. Luo Di's face was serious, he shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: "'Domain'? Andy, you mean 'Domain'? But I heard Miao Si say that after reaching the 'Domain' level, it is almost an existence similar to a god!"

Andy laughed strangely, but there was a bit of weirdness and uneasiness in the laughter: "The existence of gods? Don't the mountain people say that their chief is a god descending from ......the heavens?"

At this moment, the sorcerer of the mountain had already walked out from behind the curtain and said something lightly, and Wu Yu immediately said loudly: "The patriarch invites Duke Tulip to come in." ”

Roddy glanced at Rand and whispered, "You wait for me here." Then he strode over, lifted the curtain and entered.

This wooden house is very large, and Roddy suddenly noticed that something was wrong when he walked in, and suddenly realized that this house has no windows!

The room was filled with a strange smell, as if it were the smell of some kind of plant. A copper stove was placed in front of the room, carved with the image of a snake looking up and spitting letters, and a faint smoke slowly rose from the snake's mouth, and on a platform not far away, the famous mountain chief Vulture sat there quietly on his knees.

To Roddy's surprise, the chief, who is said to be known as the "No. 1 Warrior of the Mountains", actually looks so ...... So weak?

Although he was just sitting there, he could see that he was not tall, not to mention that compared to those ordinary mountain warriors, even compared to Roddy, he was a little thinner. Unlike other mountain people, he was dressed in white linen clothes, and his face was clean, without a trace of beard, and he did not have the kind of oil paint that he wore like ordinary mountain people.

To Roddy's surprise, the vulture's face took on a strange white—like a piece of white jade, or a piece of ice. Such a face looked a little strange, as if it was no longer a living person's face, but seemed to be carved out of some kind of cold jade.

His eyes were closed at the moment, and he sat there casually, leaning his body resting against the wall.

Suddenly, Luo Di felt his eyes glaze out, and the vultures in front of him seemed to be wrapped around his whole body with a cloud of brilliance that seemed to be nothing, and those glories wrapped him in them, as if they were emitting arrogance. There seemed to be a place in his heart that was the center of brilliance, and that point was dazzlingly bright, like a flame.

Roddy knew that it was Andy who was using perspective through his own eyes, and the clumps of light wrapped around the vulture's body were the other party's energy fluctuations.

Suddenly, Vulture's eyes slowly opened—they were eyes that were extremely cold, without any emotion in them. He looked at Roddy coldly, like a god from above looking down on an ant at his feet.

"Are you looking at me?" his voice was light and fluttering, and he didn't seem to have any emotion, and his tone was calm, and he actually spoke the language of the Empire!

"What?" Roddy's face remained unchanged: "Patriarch Wuya, what did you say?"

Vulture slowly closed his eyes again, and said softly: "Your Excellency Duke from afar, you are looking at me, why?"

Roddy was secretly frightened, but Andy was already uneasy: "He can detect me!"

Luo Di cleared his throat and said slowly, "Patriarch Wuya, I'm looking at you. It's just because I didn't expect the patriarch of the famous Flame Tribe to be like this. ”

The vulture's voice was still cold: "I sense that there are fluctuations in your body...... Your Excellency, are you a warrior or a magician?"

"Samurai. Roddy replied involuntarily. He had a strange feeling in his heart, the patriarch of the mountain in front of him seemed to have a trace of mortal breath, and that light and fluttering voice seemed to contain infinite majesty, although he just glanced at himself casually, but at that glance, it seemed that he had seen through himself.

Vultures raised their eyelids and glanced at Roddy again: "Samurai, then the magic fluctuation on your body must be because you have a magical treasure on you." I've heard that your Tulip Family in the Empire of Light is the most powerful and powerful, are you?"

Luo Di tried to calm his emotions, walked a few steps slowly, and smiled: "Chief, you invited me to negotiate, presumably not to talk about the affairs of our tulip family, right? ”

Vultures were silent for a moment, then nodded, "Okay." Your Excellency, please be seated. ”

After Luo Di sat down, Wuya said slowly: "Your Excellency Duke, you must have brought your conditions when you came this time, and now there is no one here, so you can just say it." ”

Luo Di was stunned, he didn't expect this vulture to be so direct, he thought for a while and said: "Chief vulture, forgive me for taking the liberty of saying that we can't agree to your request, not to mention anything else, even if the various tribes in the mountains are now jointly electing a chief, our Emperor His Majesty will definitely not accept it." For more than 100 years, according to the decree of the Abbasid Emperor, no chiefs were allowed among the mountain tribes. Your actions this time are undoubtedly a challenge to the Empire!"

Vulture seemed to smile: "Since you can't accept it, what is the Duke doing this time?"

Luo Di took a deep breath: "I came to persuade the Vulture Patriarch to dispel the thoughts in his heart. ”

Vultures glanced at Roddy, "Do you know what is in my mind, Lord Duke?"

Luo Di smiled coldly: "The vulture patriarch is ambitious, so naturally he wants to unify all the tribes of the mountains and set up his own door!"

Wuya was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled slightly, he smiled, the face that originally seemed to be carved out of cold jade seemed to be glowing with a hint of brilliance, only to hear his voice softly said: "Unify the various ministries to stand on their own?" It seems that you all think like this......"

"Isn't it?"

To Luo Di's surprise, Vultures actually shook his head slowly: "No." ”

"Oh?" Roddy didn't expect him to deny to his face.

"Your Excellency, let me be frank, I have no interest in unifying the mountain tribes and setting up their own gates......" Vulture's tone was calm: "I don't have any nostalgia for the title of this chieftain. ”

Luo Di frowned and said, "Patriarch Wuya, I don't understand what you're saying. ”

Vulture opened his eyes, glanced at Roddy, and said, "Lord Duke, how could you not understand......? You have come to find out the forces that oppose me and those who have killed me in our mountain tribes. Divide us and overthrow my authority, won't you?"

His words were understated and extremely calm, but they were like a series of thunderbolts in Roddy's heart. Even if Luo Di could calm down again, he couldn't help sweating on his back, and his face changed greatly.

"Don't be surprised. Vulture waved his hand lightly, and said lightly: "I already knew what you thought in your heart when you first walked into this room......" Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Vulya's face: "I forgot to tell you...... I have mind reading!"

"What?" Roddy finally couldn't help but whisper, "Mind reading?"

Although a high-level warlock or magician also has some abilities such as physiognomy, most of them can only guess the truth of the other party's words based on changes such as hearing the other party's heartbeat or breath fluctuations when they speak - and directly probing the other party's mind is already a divine mana!

The vulture's tone was still calm and indifferent: "Lord Duke, you don't have to be so surprised. He sighed: "In fact, for me, the pursuit of human power is no longer in my mind......"

"Then ......" Luo Di gritted his teeth, "Then why did you unite the various tribes of the mountains and then take the position of chief? Isn't everything you do step by step towards that goal?"

Vulture's face turned pale, and he slowly shook his head, "You're wrong...... You are wrong...... They're all wrong, too. Is it ridiculous to unite the mountain tribes, to establish their own kingdom and then fight the empire, like the people of the northwestern steppes......? The struggle between humans and humans is so tasteless. ”

"Human?" Rodi couldn't help but whisper, his breathing began to rapid, "Isn't the Vulture Patriarch human?"

There was a confused look in the vulture's eyes, he seemed to hesitate, shook his head, and said something that surprised Roddy: "I don't know. ”

Roddy felt his mouth dry for a while, and he couldn't help but want to laugh wildly, laughing at this vulture's crazy speech, but his heart was as heavy as pressing a stone. Smiling reluctantly, Luo Di said slowly, "Patriarch Wuya, what do you mean by that?"

Vulture shook his head, "I don't know - I can tell you that I'm not interested in fighting your empire." If I wanted to fight you, I would have done it a long time ago...... The strength of one of your legions in the south cannot stop me......"

Luo Di was silent for a while, and said coldly: "So what do you want?"

"Promise!" vultures opened their eyes: "I want the empire to promise that I will not step into the mountains from now on!"

"What?" Luo Di looked at the mountain patriarch in front of him with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "This is what you want?" He secretly calculated in his heart, if he really just asked the empire not to take a step into the mountains, it would not be difficult for the empire to accept. The empire has no interest in the lands of the mountains. It's just that...... Is this the only legendary figure of this legendary ambitious mountain to be?

Luo Di said in a deep voice: "Patriarch Wuya, I really don't understand your words, I hope you can give me a full explanation." ”

The vulture's body slowly stood up, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then his indifferent voice slowly drifted through the room, empty as if it had a bit of a distant breath, and as if he was singing in a strange tone:

"The chains of a thousand years have gradually decayed,

The devil's eyes will be on the earth.

The blood of the emperor will eventually solidify,

A vicious curse will haunt every piece of light.

They sprinkle calamities everywhere with a curse,

They brought calamity and spread death throughout the earth.

The blood of the gods will wash down the temple,

The withering of the thorn flower takes away the end of it all. ”

These words were like songs, like stalks, like weeping, as if with a kind of indescribable magic, Roddy only listened to the anger in his heart, and faintly felt a trace of coldness and fear, but where the fear was, he couldn't say.

Suddenly, Andy's voice in his head screamed loudly, "Prophecy!!What he said is a prophecy!!"

"What?" Roddy couldn't help but stand up and stare at the vultures in front of him.

Vulture suddenly smiled faintly, and his tone was a little low: "Yes, it's a prophecy." ”

Luo Di was stunned for a moment, pointed at the vultures and exclaimed, "You...... What did you say...... You can hear me......"

A deep smile appeared on the vulture's face, looked at Roddy, and said lightly, "I'm just weird...... Why there are two souls in your body. ”

Luo Di opened his mouth and couldn't speak, his vulture face was calm, and he just said slowly: "Your Excellency, I know that you are not an ordinary person. I hope you will keep these words in your heart today. ”

Luo Di took a breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Patriarch Wuya, what did you just ...... Those...... Is it a prophecy? What does it mean? How do you know?"

Vulture shook his head: "You can slowly understand the meaning of it." Perhaps your other soul will know something. A grim smile appeared on his face: "It's just that I want to tell you that I hope that in the future, the empire will not send people to step into the mountains again! The mountains are the world of our mountain people, and we don't want to go out, so don't come in again! Otherwise, I won't cherish blood. ”

Roddy's face turned a little pale, and he muttered, "A vicious curse will wrap around every piece of light." They spread calamity everywhere with their curses, and they spread death all over the earth with calamities...... When you say light, do you mean the Empire of Light? What is the curse, and what is the disaster?"

Vulture shook his head, "I don't know! I just hope the Mountain Clansmen can escape...... The mountain people live in the mountains, and they only call the mountains their home, and disasters should not befall us again! Even if there is any disaster, stop outside the mountains!"

Roddy was so emotional that he couldn't help but say loudly: "Nonsense! Nonsense!"

Vulture smiled faintly, "Am I talking nonsense? So what good is it for our mountains to say this, and what harm is it to your empire?"

Roddy immediately stopped.

What's the harm to the empire?

For a hundred years, the empire had no interest in the mountains, and as long as the cities in the southern plains were stable, the empire did not care about the world in the mountains.

This strange chieftain asked the empire not to go one step into the mountains, and wanted to completely isolate the mountains from the empire, did it ...... Is it just to avoid the prophesied "catastrophe"? Even if he is talking nonsense, why should he lie to himself?

The more Roddy thought about it, the more upset he became, and he couldn't help but breathe more and more rapidly.

Barely stabilizing his mood, Luo Di said again: "Then the vulture patriarch, what are you trying to unite the mountain people for?

Vulture shook his head: "The union of the mountains is inevitable. The empire is like a huge magnet, firmly attracting the mountain people to approach, and then slowly assimilating the mountains into a part of the empire...... If this continues, future disasters will inevitably befall the mountain people! A united mountain nation is necessary. Only when the mountains are no longer scattered can they not be assimilated by the empire...... As for those who incited rebellion...... Those things are not my orders......"

"Not your orders?" Roddy shook his head, "You are now recognized as the chief of the mountain people!

Vultures slowly walked to the copper furnace, stretched out his palm and gently placed it on the nozzle of the snake's mouth, letting the dead white mist spray on the palm of his hand, and his face had a somewhat complicated look: "The people of your empire have always had more complex brains than us mountain people, don't you understand? Even among the mountain people, there are ambitious people. When his own strength is great, he will inevitably think of revenge for the hatred of the year. In their minds, shedding some blood is simply not a matter of concern. I didn't like that, but I couldn't convince them...... I...... Can't you see that I'm just a frail patient now!"

Luo Di said in a deep voice: "Patient, I'm afraid the vulture patriarch is not sick, is it? Is it true that you were assassinated?"

There was a complicated look in the vulture's eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he said slowly, "No! not really! No one can assassinate me, at least not among the mountain people. My weakness is due to that valley of death, which you must have seen when you came...... I went in quietly the other day. ”