CHAPTER XIV
The three of them followed Areberu towards the village, and the rest of the dragons dispersed. When he came to Areberu's lodgings, he asked straight to the point, "Why do you want to reopen the ark?" ”
Blatter said suddenly, "Before that, can you tell me why it's kept by the dragons?" ”
Areberu hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "It all started with the great war four thousand years ago..."
His eyes fell into the remembrance of the past: "Seven thousand years ago, our dragons and bloods had a war that lasted for hundreds of years, the blood clan at that time was far from comparable to now, they ruled the night, the strength was on par with us, the hundred years of war caused heavy losses on both sides, and the root of this war was the battle for Pandora's box and Noah's ark. ”
As he spoke, Areberu smiled proudly: "Of course, I wasn't born at all, but my great-grandfather had personally killed five third-generation blood princes, and the entire blood clan called it in fear at that time..."
After a while, Areberu continued, "We dragons are a balanced race, and we do not take sides with good or evil. At that time, the Bloods wanted to have the Ark and Pandora's Box, but we thought it would be bad for the other races, so we tried our best to stop it, and the war just happened. Eventually, we were all exhausted, so we made a pact that we, the dragons, would drop the thirteen pieces that made up Pandora's Box around the world and keep Noah's Ark in the clan. ”
Then, Areberu looked at Blatter and said, "On the other hand, the clues about the Ark and Pandora's Box are written into the Bible of your bloodline. And the ark was also entered into the command, and in the future, it could only be opened by the 'blood king' of the blood clan. The 'Blood King' is the oldest legend of the Blood Clan, but no one knows exactly how the 'Blood King' will be born. It was then that the Bloodlines began to frantically study the truth of this legend. ”
Speaking of this, Areberu sighed: "After so many years, whether it is your blood clan or our dragon clan, no, it should be said that the entire non-human race is getting weaker and weaker. I thought that the ark would be buried forever with the demise of our dragons, but I didn't expect that the 'Blood King' finally appeared. ”
The three of them were dumbfounded, they didn't expect there to be such a twisted story here. Blatter bowed deeply to Areberu, "Thank you for your explanation. ”
Areberu stroked his beard: "I'm also old, and I often unconsciously recall the past, so I'd love someone to listen to my nagging." So, now why did you start the Ark? ”
Bulat nodded, and told Areberu that he wanted to use the Ark and Pandora's Box to put pressure on humanity in order to achieve peace. Finally, he said, "I hope that the dragon clan will abide by the previous agreement and hand over the ark to me." ”
Areberu was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said, "So, you will also take the remaining Pandora's Box parts from the Alliance?" ”
Zhang Lie said in a deep voice: "In order to realize the plan, this is inevitable. ”
Aroused by the hatred in her heart, Anne slammed the table fiercely: "And those damn guys in the elder group, I will definitely not let them go!" ”
Areberu pondered for a moment, "Can you listen to my advice?" ”
Brad nodded and said, "Please speak." ”
Areberu sat up slightly: "Now that you know the situation of the entire non-human race better than me, it is really not appropriate to have any more internal strife. Why don't you work with the Alliance to make this happen? After all, no matter how the alliance is to represent the majority of non-human races, if you are worried about the conflict with the alliance before, we dragons can come forward to mediate. ”
Unexpectedly, Areberu would suddenly say this, and the three of them looked at each other, and at the same time shook their heads and said, "No." ”
Areberu frowned, "Why? Do you have to fight to the death? ”
Zhang Lie rubbed the bridge of his nose a little helplessly: "But the fact is that the elder group will never let us go, otherwise they will no longer have any prestige, so it is impossible to reconcile at all." ”
Blatter also said, "And the Elders will never agree to our plan, they only want to start a flood to wipe out humanity." But if humanity is destroyed, we will not be able to survive as much as we are humans. ”
Anne said simply, "I don't care what you want to do, but it's impossible for me to let those bastards of the Elders go!" ”
"Really, can't you?" looked at the three of them, and their eyes slowly became complicated.
In many cases, the dragons are very dead-eyed, and for Areberu, since he has joined forces with the alliance, the dragons have an obligation to the alliance, and looking at his current appearance, it seems that he wants to use force to force the three of them to agree.
Without waiting for him to express this meaning, Zhang Lie suddenly said, "How about the patriarch also listen to my proposal?" ”
Areberu glanced at him in surprise, "Please speak." ”
Zhang Lie said slowly: "Why don't the dragon clan give up the alliance and cooperate with us?" ”
"What!?" Areberu was taken aback, and he refused without hesitation: "This can't be! ”
Zhang Lie made a gesture for him to listen to him, and then said, "I don't think the patriarch knows what has happened these days. It was a series of wrong decisions of the Elder Group that brought the entire non-human race to this point, and to put it mildly, if they continue to insist on going their own way, all the non-human race will be buried together. ”
"The patriarch should know very well that our plan is truly feasible, and if we allow the mediocre people of the Elder Group to fight to the death with the humans, I am afraid that the whole world will be doomed. Why should the patriarch cling to a meaningless agreement? You must know that the dragon clan's move actually harmed everyone. Please think about it, give up the Elder Body, which is no longer saved, and join us to save the non-Humans. Zhang Lie said sincerely.
Areberu fell silent, obviously knowing that what Zhang Lie said was not unreasonable. After a while, in the expectation of the three of them, he slowly shook his head: "No, we can't do treacherous things. ”
Zhang Lie's heart sank to the bottom, and he was about to continue to persuade, but he heard Eriberu say again: "But I can give both of you a chance to compete fairly." ”
"What is it?" Zhang Lie was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.
"You all know about the theft of our dragon eggs, those despicable humans didn't hatch all the eggs, and they used them to threaten us not to act rashly. We dragons aren't very good at anything other than direct combat, so it's very difficult to get those eggs back quietly. If you can retrieve the remaining dragon eggs for us, I can work with you instead, how about that? After thinking about it for a moment, Areberu said slowly.
Zhang Lie and the three exchanged glances, and Bula nodded: "No problem." I also hope that the patriarch will allow us to take the ark with us. ”
Areberu agreed, "Of course that's fine. ”
After a deep sigh, Zhang Lie said: "Then during this period, I hope that the patriarch will not favor the alliance, nor will he assist the alliance to deal with us." ”
Areberu said cheerfully: "This is natural. I'll find an excuse to temporarily suspend my cooperation with the Alliance, and the Dragons won't do anything for them unless humans come to attack. ”
"Whew... Finally got the stubborn lizard. Zhang Lie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he smiled slyly at Areberu: "Finally, I have to ask the patriarch for a favor." Does the patriarch understand the demonic writing? ”
Areberu was slightly stunned: "What are you asking for?" As he spoke, he nodded to himself: "We've fought with these guys a lot before, and if it's a simple sentence, I'll know a little bit, but the demon's spell is too complicated for me to decipher." ”
Zhang Lie shook his head: "No, please help me translate a sentence." ”
As he spoke, he grabbed a piece of paper, quickly scribbled something on it, and handed it to Eriberu.
Not knowing what he was going to do, Anne and Blatter also leaned over curiously, and when they saw the words on the note, they were both taken aback and couldn't help but look at Zhang Lie.
Zhang Lie smiled mysteriously and motioned for the two to stay for a while before explaining to them. By this time, Areberu had already translated the words and handed Zhang Lie a note full of distorted and difficult words.
Satisfied, he took the note and put it in his arms, Zhang Lie said goodbye to Areberu: "Then, please wait for our good news." ”
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Outside the dragon clan, Anne couldn't help it at first: "What exactly do you want to do?" ”
Zhang Lie looked at her strangely: "Let him help us with errands?" ”
"He's not trustworthy at all, are you taking too much risk like this?" Blatter also said.
Zhang Lie said confidently: "It's okay, I have my own way to make him obedient." ”
Then he said to Blat: "Blat, I may have to spend some money next, you are okay over there, right?" ”
He didn't care about this Blatter, he didn't care, "Money? You have agreed with the Vanadi, you can have as much as you want. ”
Zhang Lieha smiled, put his arm around the shoulders of the two and said, "Then, we don't need to worry about the dragon egg, naturally someone will handle it for us." ”
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Three days later, newspapers in all major countries of the world devoted a full page to the front page with a strange pattern. This diagram resembles some kind of writing, but it is not a known language in the world. What is even more surprising is that this kind of thing went on for five days in a row.
Such financial resources and generosity immediately shocked the outside world. For a while, everyone was guessing, what exactly does this pattern represent? And what is the purpose of those who do this?
The eyes of the world are drawn to it. Countless media reporters used all possible channels to inquire about the inside story behind the scenes, and even the dragon attack that occurred a few days ago was temporarily ignored.
Naturally, governments were happy to see the public's attention diverted, so it was inevitable that they would not intervene, but would simply send their own intelligence agents to investigate.
After several days of hard work, people were unable to decipher the meaning of the pattern. However, if anyone who understands demonic writing sees it, they should recognize that it is actually a very simple sentence.
"Lively, come out! - Zhang Lie. ”
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Luoshanji, the hiding place of the Blood Clan.
Zhang Lie sat leisurely in the chair and looked at Lever opposite, who also looked at him.
Anne leaned against the door with her sniper bow in her hands, staring at Lever warily, while Blatter stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows and watched the night view of Luoshanji, but his eyes were watching the room through the reflection of glass.
After a while, as if he couldn't stand the strange atmosphere in the room, Lever said, "Why are you looking for me?" ”
Zhang Lieha smiled: "I have to say, you are really powerful, you came to the door so quickly with just one sentence." ”
Lever's face sank: "I don't have time to joke with you, where did you learn the demon script?" ”
Zhang Lie didn't answer him, but asked rhetorically, "Have those two crystals recovered their energy?" ”
Lever snorted and didn't answer. Zhang Lie nodded to himself: "So you haven't said it yet?" ”
Lever leaned over sharply and said gloomily: "I'm in a bad mood these days, tell your purpose immediately, otherwise I will never mind a fight." ”
Looking at the angry Lever, Zhang Lie didn't speak for a long time. Just when Lever's anger was about to reach a critical point, Zhang Lie said seemingly casually: "How about restoring those two crystals and doing one thing for me?" ”
"What?" Liver's eyes lit up: "Do you have a way?" ”
Zhang Lie looked at him seriously and said, "I will never joke about this." ”
"What's the matter?" After staring at him silently for a long time, Lever finally moved, and then added to him: "Prove it to me." ”
"Whichever piece is fine, give me one." Zhang Lie stretched out his hand to him.
Lever hesitated for a moment, then took out the dark crystal and handed it to Zhang Lie. Zhang Lie took it, and at the same time took out the crystal taken out from the main brain of the ark, and said to Levell: "This crystal can be 'charged', which can replenish the energy consumed in those two crystals. The conditions are very simple, how about you get the unhatched dragon egg hidden by the Holy See for us, and I will give you this crystal? ”
As he spoke, he pressed the two crystals together, and his hand was slightly strong, and he saw a dull light flash on the dark crystal, and Zhang Lie had already thrown it back to Lever.
As soon as Lever took it, an irrepressible look of surprise appeared on his face, because he clearly felt that the energy in the dark crystal had recovered a lot, and it seemed that Zhang Lie was not lying.
"Dragon eggs? When did you hook up with the dragons? He asked, surprised.
Zhang Lie shook his head: "You don't have to worry about this. But I can tell you that once you get the dragon egg, the dragon clan will never let go of the Holy See, and it will kill two birds with one stone for you, how about it? ”
"Why are you looking for me?" After a moment of silence, Lever continued.
Zhang Lie shrugged: "Because you are from the Holy See, the situation inside is always more familiar than us, right?" And you definitely have the ability, and it just so happens that I also have what you want, don't you demons like fair trade the most? Then I'll make this deal with you. ”
"What if I say no," Lever said suddenly.
Zhang Lie said meaninglessly: "Then I can only say that it's a pity." ”
"No, the transaction continues, but the conditions change." Lever smiled gloomily, "Remember the bug I left in your body last time?" In fact, there's still something left in your heart, and if you don't want to turn into a termite-bitten rotten wood right now, give me that crystal. ”
Zhang Lie couldn't help but show a look of "shock", but before Lever could continue to coerce, he laughed and said, "Then, you might as well give it a try." ”
"......" intuitively felt that Zhang Lie was not joking, and Lever secretly called for the eggs left in his body, but naturally there was no response.
Only then did I know that I underestimated the monster in front of me, Lever was very human after all, and he quickly returned to normal after being disappointed in an instant. He silently estimated the situation in the room, knowing that he couldn't forcibly grab the crystal in Zhang Lie's hand. What's more, recovering the energy inside the two crystals was so important to him that it was almost urgent.
Finally, Lever nodded, "Well, I hope you don't regret it." ”
Zhang Lie also laughed: "Really? But I never regret what I do. ”
Glancing at him meaningfully, Lever stood up, "You'll soon get what you want." ”
After Lever left, Blatter turned around: "I still don't think it's a good idea. ”
Zhang Lie spread his hands and said, "It's okay, at least it's a good deal." ”
Anne sneered, "I don't believe he will do things for us." ”
"Trust me, Lever will do anything to get this crystal." Zhang Lie sighed leisurely, just lay down in the chair, and cast his eyes on the colorful neon lights outside the window.
Everything is in plan, and soon it's time to fight back...