Volume 1: The Philosopher's Stone Chapter 10: Goblins and Dragons (I)
Early the next morning, in the hall of the Plantagenet.
The door slammed open from the outside, and a group of guards entered.
The guards were followed by a young man in a navy uniform, with a blue outfit and gold epaulettes on his shoulders and tassels on his shoulders, looking tall and noble.
"Charles, tell me, does the 'Polluter' deserve such a luxurious palace?"
The young man entered the door and said to the man in the gray suit beside him.
"Shouldn't they all be burned in the inquisition?"
"This is the arrangement of the second prince, Your Highness." The man in the suit bowed and said. His left eye is covered by a black strap, revealing only his right eye.
"Ha, the second brother always likes to do these meaningless things." The young man stood on the red carpet and noticed two figures in the hall.
"Who are you?" Martin spoke.
He and Xixian were grinding a few bunches of plants into powder, which was like a pediatric experiment compared to the experiments they had done in the university in their previous life, and they were chatting when they heard a loud noise at the door.
When the young man saw Martin, the expression on his face instantly changed from arrogance to ridicule.
"Hahaha, is this our goblin groom? Which underground cave did you come from? Why don't you dig your gold well? ”
Martin frowned.
When he woke up in the morning, he found himself a dwarf creature again, his ears sharpened, his arms almost knee-length, and his complexion was green and rough.
To make matters worse, his legs are not very coordinated, and he walks in strange postures.
He tried to avoid Xishian, but after the initial surprise, the girl saw that he was going to grind the medicine and came up to help.
The young man laughed louder, and the guards next to him also laughed.
"This is a private area, you can communicate with my butler Stanley if you have something." Martin said calmly as he stared at the young man.
"Butler? Stanley is the bishop of the kingdom, the head of a diocese, and gives you a goblin as a steward? Are 'polluters' so good at daydreaming? The young man scoffed.
Martin was a little surprised when he heard this, he guessed that Stanley was not a simple person, but he didn't expect that his real identity turned out to be the bishop of the church, and he could be regarded as a high-ranking member of the church.
The young man caught a glimpse of Xixian standing next to him, and his eyes lit up instantly.
Hihian looks brighter than she did yesterday, she looked like a frightened bride yesterday, and she looks like a real princess today.
She wore a long yellow dress with lace at the neckline and a lot of flowers sewn on the skirt.
She wore a thin silver chain around her neck, and on the silver chain hung the small sapphire carved conch, which made her chest very white.
The young man stepped forward and said to Xishian:
"This beautiful girl should be Miss Xixian, I heard that my father has arranged a family affair for you, and I have come to offer you a wedding blessing." As he spoke, he was about to kiss Xi'an's hand.
Sihian withdrew his hand and folded it in front of him.
"Thank you for your blessings." Xixian bowed slightly.
The young man withdrew his hand stupidly, and said with a smile:
"With all due respect, a beauty like you really shouldn't have anything to do with a lowly 'polluter', and if you want, I can ask my father to forgive you from the engagement."
The smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious:
"Now, you can join me in the garden conservatory of my manor to enjoy the winter sun and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea, what do you think?"
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Cornell Norman, the third prince of the Redstone Kingdom."
Martin saw that the young man's body also had a gray mist, thicker than Stanley's, and his heart moved.
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Martin interjected,
"We all know what this so-called marriage is all about, and if you could really make His Majesty change his mind, you probably wouldn't be here in person."
Cornel thought for a moment, then pondered and said, "Did the second brother tell you?" Looks like he really values you. ”
"It's not important, it's just that I have what the second prince wants here." Martin had no idea who the second prince was at all and began to bluff.
"Oh?" Cornell gave a playful look.
"What does the second brother want?" He stretched out his hand, and a card appeared out of thin air in his hand, "Is this it?" He threw it to Martin.
Martin caught it and found that it was a card similar to the "Hand of Glory" given by the man in the suit in the dream, but the name of this card was "Alchemy Dog", and there was a large dog boiling medicine on it.
"If you still want to rely on these 'pollution cards' to talk about conditions, give up as soon as possible." Cornell said mockingly.
"Do you know what the second brother told me when I said I was going to burn you three months ago? He called you 'the chicken that lays golden eggs'! Cornel's face turned a little fierce.
"It's because you can give your breeder, your master, a 'pollution card' every day! Hahaha! ”
"And now, the eggs laid by your chicken, like this dog tag, no one will ask for them."
He grabbed Martin by the neck and lifted him up.
"I heard you turned into a pretty woman yesterday? If you can become a woman and serve me every day, I can consider taking you waste that no longer lays eggs! ”
The soldiers on the side laughed, and the one-eyed man also hooked the corners of his mouth.
Shihian tried to come and help, but was grabbed by the soldiers.
Seeing that Martin's face gradually turned red, her eyes turned red, and she buried her head.
Where no one could see, the whites of her eyes were rapidly receding, her ears were becoming sharp again, and her eyes quickly turned into the pure black state they had before. She began to sing a ballad in an obscure old tone:
“...... In the darkest hour, I saw a bolt of lightning pass by. ”
“...... God says that the sound of lightning is gentle and never ceases until it is heard. ”
The sacred melody fluttered like invisible notes, the conch on her chest floated upwards as if it had life, the air was filled with the sound of electricity, and a thick lightning bolt gradually took shape, about to slash at Cornell.
At this moment, the one-eyed man stood in front of Cornell, and he took out a brass whistle, blew it vigorously, and then said in a loud voice:
"Those who deliberately hurt others will be counterattacked!"
The lightning slashed before it could fully form, but it struck Xixian, and the conch flickered as the girl was struck, and Xixian fainted.
"Well done, Charles! Worthy of being the captain of my guard! ”
Cornel shouted, then pinched Martin's neck harder, feeling Martin's pulse beating in the palm of his hand, getting more and more excited.
Martin grabbed Cornell's hand with both hands, his legs kicking wildly, and his breathing grew heavier.
After a moment's wait, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a white mist towards Cornell's face, who instantly felt a sharp pain in his face as if it was about to melt, and he screamed and threw Martin away.
Martin rolled over and sprayed the soldiers holding Hihian with a white mist.
He grabbed Hishian's hand and reached out with his left hand in the direction of his bedroom, and a quaint box appeared in his hand.
It is "the Queen's mailbox".
Martin had been waiting for an opportunity, and just now he used the gap between contact with the third prince to absorb all the gray mist on his body, and at this time, the eye of his left hand was already open, which meant that he could use the ability of the "Hand of Glory" again!
Just as he was about to open the mailbox, the one-eyed man whistled again and said in a loud voice: "Thief, imprisonment!" ”
"Bang long ...
A row of pointy iron fences stabbed out of the ground, separating Martin from Sihian.
Cethian fell to the ground, Martin was trapped inside, and the mailbox fell to the ground.
Martin stooped over at this, and the carpet and floor beneath him began to crack and crumble, and he fell.
"Ground walking?" The one-eyed man was a little surprised, and blew the brass whistle again: "Escapee, flog fifty!" ”
Then everyone saw that the wool carpet in the hall began to crack in many places, and the "snapping" sound of whipping in the air was incessant, and the sound finally disappeared behind the guards.
The guards in the front row got out of the way, and they saw two identical young guards.
The clothes are the same, the body shape is the same, and even the appearance is the same!
This is the effect of "white flower sorrel", and the recipe vaguely says that "you can escape unwarranted imprisonment and trapping", but I didn't expect it to be realized in this way of transformation, Martin sighed in his heart that it was magical.
He had found the famous "fairy bell" on the balcony of his study the previous night, as well as the ryegrass, which the recipe called the "shepherd's weather mirror", had in fact been grinding ryegrass into powdered medicine with Sihian.
Last night, he also dripped blood on the little white flower of the "Fairy Bell" to try it, but he didn't expect it to come in handy so quickly.
The one-eyed man stepped forward and looked at the two of them who were both arguing, and his face became serious.
He took out a large book bound in black chains, and covered the cover with his right hand, which suddenly protruded a large mouth, and stretched out a dark red and slippery tongue to lick the man's palm.
The man's right hand quickly turned blue and purple, but it quickly returned to its normal color.
He opened his palm to the two identical men, and said in a deep and mysterious voice:
"It's true."
The man's hand began to glow with a dazzling white light, enveloping the two people in front of him.
The white light shone for a moment and then disappeared, but neither of them changed.
The man was puzzled and surprised, he was afraid of the creatures in the book, afraid of being repulsed, and did not dare to use the judge's decree again.
At this time, an old man suddenly appeared beside the third prince.
He brushed the third prince's face with his right hand, and saw that the pimples and ulcers on his face had all disappeared.
It's Stanley.
He walked up to the one-eyed man, and when the one-eyed man saw him, he bowed his head and respectfully shouted, "Teacher." ”
Stanley ignored him, he looked at the two in front of him, frowned, and threw a gold coin to the ground.
Of the two who were still arguing, the one on the left couldn't take his eyes off the gold coins on the ground anymore.
His body shook violently, and finally he covered his head and slowly collapsed, struggling like a dying elk, and finally crawled towards the gold coin.
Gradually, his body and clothes began to change, turning back into a green-skinned goblin, and a large mouthful of powder came out of his mouth, he was Martin.
Just now, when he was in retreat, he used the ability of the "Hand of Glory" again to grab the ryegrass powder he and Xixian had grinded, and then ate it in one go.
He observed that the one-eyed man's behavior was similar to that of the "Stone Pillar" deck judge described in the Savage Creature Cookbook, and decided to take a gamble and eat the grass powder, which was indeed useful.
As long as the decree is invalid, he is sure to leave with Xitian. But he didn't expect that the gold coin would go out of control when he saw it.
He forcibly escaped from the transformation state brought about by the "Fairy Bell", and felt as if his body had been sawed open, his eyes were red, and he continued to crawl towards the gold coin.
Just as he was about to touch the gold coin, Stanley stood in front of him condescendingly, and he said calmly:
"Sir, do you want to get out of here?"