35. Critical Telephone
"Whoa."
It was already early in the morning, and the voice of the cowardly earth spirit spirit flickered in the desolate wilderness of the Southern Continent. There were sparse white clouds floating in the blue sky, and two illusory shadows crossed between them, none other than Fisher and Renee.
The city in front of the pseudo-dragon court is not large, and Fisher has no need to go to the big city to expose his existence, he just has to make a phone call, and it is better to be careful before getting ready.
"Here we are."
Renee easily led Fisher into the city, where the inhabitants were not yet fully awake, but there were already many industrious people walking around.
Fisher and she hid in an alley, Renee glanced outside, and said to Fisher,
"The city is not far from the Dragon Court in the south, and it is convenient for you to go back. You're already at the mythical level, so you should still be able to do this kind of thing, right? β
"Hmm."
Fisher patted Emhart, who was hiding in his arms, and completely covered his appearance with his robe.
Ever since the robe covered his face, the silhouette of his features hidden in the shadows began to squirm as if it had changed into something else.
Fisher didn't fully control the knowledge of the complete manual, so he was extremely rusty to use, and the ghost knew what it would become, although it could be used for insurance, but it was best not to show it directly, lest it become conspicuous on another level to a certain extent.
Renee, however, didn't seem to care at all about the changes in his appearance, and didn't know how she saw Fisher from the perspective of a true god.
She just curbled the smile on her face a little, and then said to Fisher,
"When those demons escaped from the abyss, I will pay attention to them when I have time, although it is true that my predecessor did many wrong things, but at least it is absolutely right to lock the demons in the abyss. Their escape is definitely related to what you said [Baimon], and the exact method is still unknown, if there is any definite news, I will come back and inform you"
Fisher nodded, and just as he was about to say something, Renee held out her hand and pressed it to his lips gravely.
β.β
His words froze, so he had to look down at Renee in front of him,
"And then, you promised me that you would never read any more of the complete manuals. The prophecy of the destruction of the world is for me and the gods to solve, and it has nothing to do with you. You can. Let's deal with the conflicts between those women first. β
It seems that Renee is really worried that she will be in danger because of those finishing manuals, and she can even say that she can let herself deal with the other ladies first.
"Promise me."
Seeing that Fisher did not answer for a long time, Renee pouted and added forcefully.
I promise you never to read the previous completion manual again."
"You swear."
"I swear."
Renee pouted and looked at Fisher, only letting him go after getting his affirmative answer.
She took a few steps back to look at the sky that was gradually getting brighter, and finally let out a sigh of relief, and said,
"That's fine, so I'm relieved. Then I'm leaving, I'm going back to the spirit realm. β
"Wait a minute, don't go yet."
βοΌβ
Renee looked at Fisher suspiciously, but saw him stretch out his hand and say to her,
"Leave me a Hart bird, or how will I contact you after that?"
"Hart Bird"
Renee was slightly stunned, then smiled and tapped Fisher's outstretched palm with her hand, she said complainingly,
"They all said that I was in a hurry, and I didn't bring the Hart bird. Even if I had to get it, I would have to go back to the spirit world and come back. This process is very troublesome, after all, you know that I am not free to move, this time because I am worried that you will almost get into trouble next time, next time I will bring it to you when I come. β
"Okay."
"It's okay, I already know you're back, and I know where you are. I will definitely peek at you when I am idle in the spirit world, and I can find out anything in time, and if I find you, you will be messed with again. β
Fisher smiled helplessly to show her determination, and Renee reached out to shake his palm, and then, after a soft "Then I'm leaving", she also turned her head and walked deeper into the other side of the alley, her body as if filled with air, becoming more and more illusory until it disappeared completely.
The fragrance in the alley gradually spreads and gradually diffuses in the morning light.
Fisher glanced at where she had left, then turned and walked out of the alley, following the signs on the road in the direction of the public phone booth.
The city is small, because it is close to the front line of the Red Dragon Court, and it may be at risk of war at any time, and of course, not many people are willing to come here to live, invest and build, so such infrastructure is extremely rare, and Fisher is about two blocks away from seeing one of the few phone booths.
As he walked, the smile on his face faded, his eyes sparkled, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Emhart, who was hidden in his arms, felt his silence, it was not because Renee was gone, he knew Fisher, he would not be like this after being separated from a lady, most of the time he would seem a little more relaxed, and it was rare to be so silent like this.
Because of this, Emhart couldn't help but ask,
"Are you really going to listen to Renee, and then you really don't want to finish the manual?"
"Who told you that I won't read it?"
Didn't you just swear? A man's mouth, a deceitful ghost? β
"When I say 'previous finishing manual', I mean the one I read last night with Earwinder's manual. To read this manual, you need to find the 'Treasure' first, and I don't want to follow Earwin's desecration and have no other clues, but I have to stop reading it first? β
"Awesome."
Emhart had a dead fish eye, and sure enough, he shouldn't have expected anything from Fisher.
He then asked,
"Then what are you thinking, suddenly so quiet."
"It's just a little doubt."
"Confused?"
"Well, remember when you first met Renee in the North?"
"To be honest, I don't remember much. She's all about you, and in her eyes I'm a talking artifact, with no rights. And she's scary too, I don't even dare to notice what's wrong with her? β
"Every time Renee showed up, she was surrounded by a bunch of Hart birds. Even though I knew it was a demon hostage she had disguised, just like she had lied to me that she couldn't exchange consciousness with the Hart Bird, but this time there wasn't one, and I still felt that something was wrong. β
"Just guessing?"
"Just guessing."
"Well, that's hard to say. After all, Renee's essence is a true god, because the sins committed by the mother god are limited by the gods, and this time the situation is also very sudden, because you are out of control, she suddenly appeared, she is not unreasonable. β
"I'm curious about the 'solution to the prophecy of the end of the world' she's talking about, and I'm afraid she'll pay for it, maybe the disappearance of the Hart bird is a sign."
"Yes, it's back again"
As he spoke, Fisher and Emhart had already walked to the front of the public phone booth. Because of the scarcity of phone booths, there were early queues here, and in front of Fisher there were a few human gentlemen lining up to use the telephoneβthe kind of thing that the subhumans don't use, and very few people need to use the phone to get in touch.
Fisher patiently lined up not far from a gentleman, and heard the subtle voice of Emhart in his arms,
"If you ask for proof about what the Hart Bird is, just see if the Hart Bird will show up the next time you meet Renee normally. But I don't think that will offset your suspicions, and you may feel that she brought a few hut birds to coax you in order to hide some price, and you know what? The point is, you can't sit idly by and ignore the suffering that these women may encounter. So, having said all this, it's actually paving the way for you to finish reading the manual."
"You're right, so I'm going to call the Death Secretary I've met in the North right now."
Emhart blinked, then sighed and said,
"Each of you has a point, and each of you is worried about the other, as long as you know it in your own heart. If you're really the one who solves the prophecy of the end of the world, maybe even if Renee lets you escape first, it will catch up with you. β
β.β
Fisher did not reply to him, but waited quietly until it was his turn after all the gentlemen in front had finished calling.
He stepped forward, picked up the phone, paused for a moment, and his fingers instantly turned into countless fine filaments of flesh embedded in the coin slot of the phone booth.
"Click!"
With a slight sway, there was also a "da-da-da" sound from the earpiece, signaling Fisher to enter his phone number.
He recalled the phone number reported by the Death Secretary, which seemed to be Kado's district number.
It's true that this guy is a Kado, but it's hard for Fisher to imagine where such a person would stay forever, let alone a member of the Creation Society.
Fisher suddenly felt that it was a bit ridiculous to use this phone number to contact the other party, could it be that the drunkard was drunk and delirious?
Suspicious, Fisher's fingers slowly changed back to their original shape, and he swirled on the dial pad to enter the partition number and the transition number one by one.
"Click."
"Ding Ding Ding"
There was no one waiting behind him, and there were not even a few passing carriages in the city in the morning, so that Fisher's ears were as silent as if the whole city were just him and the earpiece in his hand.
In the silence of the call, his suspicion that Death had left a useless number grew.
Fisher tilted his head, no one answered for a long time, he wanted to hang up the phone, but just as he was about to do so, there was a sudden sound in his ears.
"Click."
"Hey."
After a moment of silence, an exceptionally young, plain female voice on the other end of the phone suddenly rang, making Fisher slightly stunned and did not answer for a while.
β.β
"Hello?"
The female voice over there rang out again, as if wondering why the caller didn't speak.
Fisher came back to his senses and asked in Kado,
"I'm looking for Mr. Horan Dionisio, is he there? I'm his friend and have something to talk to him about. β
β.β
As in turn-based, this time it was the turn of silence.
After a second, the female voice said,
"Holland isn't here, but if there's any news you can tell me, I can relay it to him."
"Who are you?"
"Landlord."
It turned out to be the landlord, is that guy renting a house in Kadu?
"What do you call it?"
"Ashley. Just call me Miss Ashley. β
Strange names, it is hard to imagine that such a name should appear in a place where Kadu is accustomed to naming with brevity and quotations.
"Well, Miss Ashley, please tell Mr. Horland Dionisio that there is a gentleman named 'Fisher' who wants to tell him that there is a clue about what he wants, and that he will come to the Southern Continent for a visit, and that I will be waiting for him in the southernmost Dragon Court."
To be honest, if she told such a shocking thing to an ordinary Kado landlord, would she think that this was some kind of psychopathic exchange invitation?
Well, Death doesn't look quite mentally normal anyway.
"Okay, I'll pass it on to him, make sure he knows, is there anything important to pass on to you, Mr. Fisher?"
But unexpectedly, the landlady didn't seem so flustered, and I don't know if she was used to Death's mental condition.
"Nope."
The female voice over there was silent for a longer time this time, and when she spoke again, there was also a touch of imperceptible disappointment in her tone,
"Okay, then I'll hang up."
"Well, thank you, Miss Ashley."
β.β
"Click!"
There was a crisp ringing on the phone, and the young girl's voice stopped abruptly, and Fisher took the receiver away a bit and looked at the street in the early morning.
"It's over, how's it going?"
Emhart in his arms asked, but Fisher couldn't help but move slightly when he saw the Green Dragon Court banner and Nari's golden banner hanging on the other party's house.
His fingers tapped the earpiece, and then he said,
"Not yet."
"Huh? Oh, who else are you going to call? β
Fisher didn't answer, but inserted his finger into the coin slot again, and then began to spin the number to be dialed, a number he knew all too well, and he didn't know if it had changed after four and a half years
He's going to call Elizabeth.
Perhaps it seemed a bit out of place, for if Elizabeth knew that she was back and could not go to her immediately, she would inevitably be furious, and it would inevitably make Fisher, who was walking on thin ice, more dangerous, and the lady's danger would continue to rise several octaves
Judging from the rationality of a scumbag, it is absolutely inappropriate to call Elizabeth to let her know the news of her return.
But Fisher was worried about Elizabeth after all.
Now that Nari's army has been infiltrated by two eighteenth-rank demons, it is difficult to say whether Elizabeth knew and acquiesced in this.
According to Helaire, she called out the two demons, but she didn't listen to her. Locked up for so long, they have to find the freedom of the race, and this freedom has something to do with Rafael, and they will do it when the time comes to destroy the world.
And what about Elizabeth in it? Does she also have the idea of using demonic powers to conquer? Or have you been deceived by the demons and know nothing?
Fisher wanted to confirm this anyway, so he dialed the Golden Palace again.
"Click-click."
"Hey, hello, Golden Palace Outer Court Office, it's a pleasure to serve you."
"I'm Fisher Benavides, and I'm talking to Queen Elizabeth on the phone."
"Okay, your appeal will be sorted out and reported by the Outer Court Office, and the process will be completed within six to ten working days, and your processing number will be 90722, and the processing result can be queried through the number at that time."
β.β
Fisher was a little speechless, and judging from the operator's boring and formulaic reply, it was estimated that the other party really thought he was crazy.
He squeezed some of the telephone receivers with a blank face, and said to the other end,
"Report my name as a special incident immediately, and someone will come to deal with it as soon as it is reported to the inner court. The process only takes you five minutes, from the Kalisa Yamen of the Golden Palace to speak to your boss, and then walk to the office outside the inner court.
"Don't talk about awards, at least you won't be held responsible. But if you don't report it, I will contact the inner court of the Golden Palace and even the Empress through other means, and you will suffer unimaginable consequences. β
The voice of the operator over there stopped abruptly, and Fisher on the other end of the phone showed an extraordinary understanding of the Golden Palace, and knew the process and rules of handling affairs well, she didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and after a pause, the formulaic voice finally melted away, turning into a slightly hesitant human voice,
"Okay, please don't hang up the phone for a while, I'll report to the chief of the inner court now."
Fisher didn't reply, listening to the disappearance of the female voice over there, he also looked at the street next to him.
At this moment, the streets became extraordinarily silent, or rather, dead silence.
There was silence all around, but in the distance, under the light of the morning sun, many heads stuck out from the windowsills of the buildings on both sides of the street, looking at the other side of the street, outside the city, as if something was going on there.
"Woo! Woo! Woo! β
In the distance, a strange sound of a chaotic horn that seemed to shake the heart could be heard in the distance.
The sound contained a strange power, and even the morning breeze seemed to be cloudy and heavy by the sound, making people restless and breathless.
"Look, it's coming!"
"It's the coalition of Dragons and Nari, and that particular horn sound is Barbatos! It's General Barbatos who has gone on the march! β
"Great! It's been two and a half years, two and a half years! The invincible General Barbatos is finally going south again! Quick, let's go out of town and see! β
"Woo! Woo! β
The surrounding streets suddenly became agitated, and many gentlemen of subhuman and human races rushed down, rushing towards the outside of the city with great excitement.
Fisher's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, and in the distant sky, the originally clear azure was gradually covered by an abnormal red, slowly approaching the south like a dark cloud.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! β
The drums of war sounded, and Fisher's breathing couldn't help but become a little faster, as if he also felt a pillar of magma fire gushing out from the ground.
No, not just one.
There are two powerful mythical species in that direction.
Barbatos and Agareth are coming, both on their way to the front line in the south!
"Fisher, over there."
Emhardt's mouth was wide open, distraught at the sound of war drums and trumpets, as if even he was under the influence of the demon god's power.
"I know"
Fisher nodded solemnly, but unexpectedly, a mature and unexpected female voice suddenly sounded in his ears,
"Know? What do you say, sir? What did you know? β
β.β
Fisher was slightly stunned, and then he came back to his senses from the stunned state of the army, he almost forgot that he hadn't hung up the phone call to the Golden Palace yet.
But this voice.
Not Elizabeth.
The female voice sounded calmer than Elizabeth's, and older than hers, like a quiet ocean.
"You are?"
"Ah, introduce yourself. I am the Chief of the Inner Court in charge of the general affairs of the Inner Court at the Golden Palace, and you can call me Diane. β
"Diane?"
"Yes. Sir, just now the operator from the outer court came to report, saying that a gentleman named 'Fisher Benavides' has called, and the empress is directing the war in the southern continent in real time and is not in the Golden Palace, so I am solely responsible for tracking and verifying this matter. Excuse me, sir, are you Fisher Benavides? β
Fisher's eyes narrowed, the expression on his face grim.
The woman's calm voice cut off all the words he was about to utter, because the other party's words were unintentionally leaking.
Command?
Was Elizabeth the commander of the war?
Then she must know how demons fight
"No, I made a mistake, I'm really sorry."
He snapped the microphone back in place, then turned away with a cloak that hid his figure tightly.
The whole city ran out of the city in great excitement to watch the army led by General Barbatos himself approaching the Namggyi Mountains about a hundred kilometers to the south in three directions, so no one noticed that there was such a person here and there at this moment who made two phone calls.
Only, at the same time, at the same time, far away, across the continental ocean, St. Nari.
The glittering inside the walls of the Golden Palace, which was in charge of the affairs of the outer court, the room that was originally used for wiring was extremely quiet at the moment.
All the operators watched quietly, cautiously, as the well-dressed middle-aged woman slowly lowered the microphone in her hand.
The woman named "Diane" smiled and glanced at the respectful operator standing behind her, stood up and said,
"Well done."
"Don't dare."
The operator immediately lowered his head, as if he could not afford such a compliment.
But Diane didn't pay attention to her movements, she only walked to the door of the court office very gracefully, and without looking back, the voice came slowly,
"Keep an eye on this place, be careful when you eat, and don't trouble us."
All the operators bowed their heads and responded respectfully,
"Don't dare."
"Lord Bymun."
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