Chapter 93: The Worst

The staircase entrance is the entrance into the rocky mountain.

After entering the cave, there are many steel ropes connected to make it easy for the people to crawl, and countless steel ropes are intertwined inside the rocky mountain, like a giant spider web, and the "Sky Walk" is specially built to carry goods.

Inside this rocky mountain is the hidden city of the Celestial Serpents.

Unlike the humble tribal scene on the outside, the interior presents the glory of an advanced city. The complete street plan, the neat arrangement of buildings, and the proportions of the space are just right, making it comfortable and empty to walk on.

The air is dark and damp and suitable for the living habits of the Celestial Snake Clan, and occasionally a few mosquitoes are frequent visitors in the rocky mountain, which is similar to the existence of butterflies, birds and beasts compared to the outside world, and the people of the Celestial Snake Clan will not particularly drive away or kill them all.

The whole cobblestone pile is piled up into a row of stone houses, and there is no base on the muddy lake cement bar.

The interior of the mountain range is full of sticky and disgusting mud roads, which humans may not be used to, and the cold stampede makes people uncomfortable standing for a long time, and it is easy to sink the whole foot. However, the Celestial Snake Clan just likes this kind of terrain.

In fact, the walking style of the Celestial Snake Clan is not only by walking with both feet, but also by excellent swimming ability. Wearing cool and thin clothes and swimming in dirty muddy water is commonplace.

The people of the Celestial Snake Clan call this place the "Holy Mountain". It was built by the original Heavenly Snake Taizu and many predecessors, and the clansmen were very grateful for the contribution of the Heavenly Snake Taizu, so they did not demolish any of the ancient buildings.

Looking deeper, there is a very old wooden castle.

The castle is built on a relatively high ground in a Japanese style, and the interior slope follows the overall slope of the rock mountain, and the interior pavement is also a small slope with the castle as the apex. And the heart of the city is the castle.

From the balcony of the castle, you can look down on the whole city and the behavior of the people.

Beneath the castle – it should be said that there is a spring under the entire mountain range. There are all kinds of freshwater fish and aquatic plants living in the freshwater, and the people of the Celestial Snake tribe make a living from it, so it seems to be a natural fish farm.

On the balcony of the castle, three creatures of different shapes stood side by side———

——A light mature woman who is full of squeamishness and arrogance.

- A cowering and timid python.

- Darcis, the patriarch of the Celestial Serpent who briefly fought with Kurt.

Three different faces, but equally illustrating restlessness and restlessness.

That woman is none other than the current patriarch of the Fish-Man Clan, "Margaret. Aesop". Wearing a bright red robe representing the blazing flames, and a slender and sharp fishbone spear at his waist, his posture is quite fierce.

The long supple and neat golden hair exudes a strong fragrance, the upright facial features are full of vitality, and the white and tender cheeks are not like the complexion that a man who is born and dies should have. The overall look is more skewed towards human appearance.

But if you pluck the ends of the long thick hair, you can see it clearly - only the gills and fins that the Fish-People have.

The delicate young face without the slightest wrinkle was obviously angry.

That beige python is the current patriarch of the snake people - "Ulfin. Chimon. dal racetam". Wearing only a simple thin short vest, it contrasts strongly with Darcis, who is afraid of the cold.

Although it is only one word different from the Heavenly Snake Clan, the appearance is very different.

The complete appearance of the python is only several times larger than the average python, close to the size of a human. It looks obviously fierce and vicious, but he is the most cowering of the three figures, without the demeanor and courage of a village leader.

The slender snake body slipped unconsciously, and Ulfin, who was on the second floor, seemed to be a little afraid of heights, and his eyes did not dare to look directly at the scenery under the castle - but the solemn atmosphere of the two beside him made him dare not glance at it.

Not surprisingly, his face was also full of confused and troubled thoughts.

Compared with the first "visit" between Kurt and the Sirens the day ago, it was only less than two days, and Darcis's face was already a little haggard. It was the tiredness caused by lack of sleep, as well as the entanglement of suffering and thinking, that made him age a lot in an instant.

The appearance is very different from the previous fierce and mighty.

News of the enemy, that is, Kurt and the Siren, soon reached the ears of the patriarchs of the two clans, and the two patriarchs, who had not had much to deal with, also came. This is already the second private meeting of the trio.

The first occurred the day after the news circulated. The meeting ended unhappily that day.

It seems that the content of this meeting is not only to continue the enemy's response plan, but also to some issues that could not be agreed on last time, such as whether the Celestial Snake Clan and the Fish-Man Clan, who share the same hatred, should cooperate with each other.

In fact, this embarrassing picture is also known by thinking.

The biggest reason for the disagreement in the initial meeting was Margaret and Darcis. Especially Margaret herself, who has a particularly stubborn personality and refuses to admit defeat, it is impossible for her to easily make peace with the Celestial Snake Clan.

Instead, Ulfin became an outsider, apparently facing the same enemies together.

For this reason, this meeting will be an even more headache for Dacis.

"The ......?"

Urfin, who was timid by nature, was almost overwhelmed by the silence of nearly half an hour. Finally broke the silence.

"What do you have to say?"

Darcis's face was tired and he sighed slightly.

"Isn't it time to say something? We've been standing here for half an hour. ”

"yes, it's time to cut to the chase, and you shouldn't go around in circles. Margaret—I would like to make my argument before I left it off—and I would like you to clarify the state of affairs of the three tribes. ”

"You're the one who can't figure out what's going on, right?"

Sure enough, it was a rather displeased and high-minded rhetorical tone—Margaret glared at Darcis with disdain.

"Then what do you tell me I can't figure out? The rift between the two races is nothing more than a frivolous matter of dignity, and how can it be a matter of words or blood corpses? If you take a step back, the sea and the sky will be wide, why endlessly pile up unnecessary hatred between the two races? Isn't it better to work together and live together in reality? ”

"Totally unrealistic! Faith and values are the meaning of all things to live, we are convinced that the blood of the Heavenly Snake Taizu flows in the body, and we have an invulnerable physique and excellent fighting skills, which are the treasures given to us by the Taizu, and also the faith of our fish-man clan! It's different from you naïve Celestial Snake Clan. ”

"How many times have I said that...... Our three clans are all descendants of the Heavenly Snake Taizu, and there is no particular preference for who or which ancestor is born illegally, precisely because our three clans have different advantages, and it represents the dawn of the three different colors after the bloodline passed down from generation to generation. ”

“…… I think Xiao Da is right, although my long talent can't play an immediate advantage in combat, but if it is combined with Xiao Da's space magic and Xiao Ma's fighting, it must be the strongest existence! ”

The rare cowardly Ulfin finally interjected—but Margaret suddenly glared at Ulfin angrily.

"How many times have I said that! You don't call me 'Mar'! ”

"Ahhhh I'm sorry! ”

Ulfin nervously and fearfully avoided Margaret's gaze, and the thick snake body immediately curled up into a ball of flesh. Darcis's gaze was unmoved as if he was used to such scenes.

"Ulfinn is the smartest of the three of us, and although I can't say that all of his opinions are correct, at least it's not a whimsical thing that he says casually without his brain, and I think it's still very valuable."

"You old guy are saying that I don't think about everything?"

“…… Of course not that's what it means. I just think Margaret you're too 'alone'. As playmates since we were children, you have never liked to share toys or happiness with us, you have always been careful about the things that must be divided, and even when you grow up, you pay quite attention to your own title and identity, which is too snobbish. ”

A rather sensual tone came out of Dacis's mouth.

"It's not your turn to cringe at me, old fellow! I thought you were a brave and good warrior, but I didn't expect that not long after the truce between the two clans, you were infected by this guy Ulfen and became gentle and elegant? ”

"Nope. I used to be like you, pursuing the name of the Heavenly Snake Taizu, and swearing to fight for those senseless vanities for the Heavenly Snake Clan. But – I know that even if we die old we won't be able to put an end to this reputation battle. ”

"Yes—I will pass on this honor to my successor village chief, so that she can inherit my will!"

"What's the point? Even if in the end, if you defeat the two clans and seize the legitimate name of the Heavenly Snake Tai Clan, what benefits will this result bring to this land? After all, it's just your selfishness that instigates the fuse of the two races! ”

The original weak tone was made a little angry by the tangled topic, and the calm Darcy couldn't stand it.

This reaction and attitude is exactly what Margaret wants.

"We Fish-Folk are different from you - the Celestial Snake Race is content with the status quo and pursues boring peace, and the Snake Folk are clever and befriended by greedy humans. In terms of results, what kind of benefits can you bring to the land? Only increasing training can sharpen their minds, and uniform means can finally eradicate all disobedient wills. ”

"So let the Fish-People take over this land, with the Fish-People as the center, and call the people of the other two races, this means of 'unification' is exactly the ending you want? You are only pursuing the Heavenly Snake Taizu in the name of fulfilling the despicable and shameless desires in your heart! Your actions are really insulting to the dignity of the Heavenly Snake Taizu! ”

The more Darcy spoke, the more agitated he became, and his haggard countenance became terrifying.

The bombardment didn't make Margaret angry—it was better to provoke the anger in Darcis's heart, and it was too late to be happy, so there was no need to be angry at these face-rending remarks.

The serious face finally hung a triumphant smile.

"Finally a bit of a warrior! But let me ask you—since you said that I was actually satisfying the desires in my heart under the guise of competing for the title of Heavenly Snake Taizu, then why are you competing with me for the name of Heavenly Snake Taizu? Not to mention that in order to stop my ambitions, you also know - there is no probation in my dictionary, only obedience. ”

"Because! I don't allow rude people to insult the name of the Heavenly Serpent Taizu! Even if—it's you or Ulfinn! I will swear to protect this most important treasure to the death, and I will never give it to you. ”

Impassioned declarations.

On the contrary, Margaret, who has always been short-tempered, was unusually calm, and looked coldly at the indignant Dacis.

Disagree.

"Really? Then resign yourself to your fate! It's impossible for the Fish-People to fight off the enemy with the cooperation of the two clans, but I can't defeat the other either. It's you Celestial Serpents—give you practical advice, get rid of the weapons you don't have and reclaim the forsaken spatial magic, the weapons aren't for you at all. ”

The frivolous goodbye was followed by a few casual waves.

The slender body fluttered in the air like a butterfly, the bright red skirt was as light and ethereal as flapping its wings, and the right toe wrapped in white boots was like a dragonfly touching water, silently tiptoeing on the balcony armrest.

"Tyrfon."

"Yes!"

A rough response.

The elegant tone shouted to the cold air, and in the next second, a pitch-black figure flashed. The Fish-Man guards in pitch-black ninja robes appeared out of thin air at lightning speed, standing on the armrest.

At the same time, Margaret turned her head as if she remembered something, and looked at Darcisse with an ominous smile.

"I forgot to tell you - even though I am a vile and shameless being in your eyes, I am not entirely. You can rest assured that you're at war with the enemy while you're at war, and I'm not going to take advantage of it, you know? It is not my intention to torture and kill the weak who have no intention of fighting, otherwise, the Celestial Snake Clan would not have survived to this day. ”

"Humph! I thought you wanted to say something funny, but I didn't think it was all this? Bored! ”

Yes, yes – it's up to you to understand what it means to be a leader early. That's it - goodbye. ”

Nodding her head in a frivolous goodbye, Margaret's back became the last image to say goodbye to the two patriarchs.

The Fish-Man guard named Tyrfin didn't even make a gesture of saying goodbye, and followed closely.

Leaving behind the silence of Dacis and Ulfin.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you convince Xiaoma to change her mind. Xiao Ma Guo is really a female college eighteen changes, we were not like this when we were children...... What is the reason for Xiaoma's obsession with controlling the wetland? ”

Ulfin, who had remained curled up since being reprimanded by Margaret, finally recovered his snake body tremblingly.

Guiltily apologized to the lonely Dacis.

Darcis, too, was tired, and smiled helplessly.

"It's not your fault — and certainly not Margaret's."

I don't know if he was comforting Ulfin or comforting himself, Darcis's helpless expression turned his back to Ulfin, but his tone leaked Darcis's expression. Dacis's eyes looked straight into the vista of the city.

"This hidden city is not as prosperous as it is today."

"What I know - thousands of years ago, the Heavenly Snake Taizu fought alone against gluttony, and in order to concentrate on fighting it, he used 'space magic' to create this hidden city as a hiding base for the ancestors. The outcome of that battle was unknown, and the Heavenly Snake Taizu and the evil god were gone, but the city was still there. ”

"Now that you know this allusion, it shouldn't be difficult to understand Margaret's thoughts, right?"

"Do you mean the former patriarch of the Fish-Man Clan, the father of Xiao Ma?"

Daxis nodded.

"Twelve years ago, gluttony once again reigned on the Staphine Plains, and the humans asked our three tribes for help, and only Margaret's father was willing to lend a helping hand to the human race, leading the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Fish-Man Clan out of the wetlands and joining the mission of encircling and suppressing the gluttony - however, the war ended smoothly, and the blood line also died out."

"Do you think Ma has a grudge against us two clans?"

"I don't think so. When she was a child, although her personality was no different from now, she had no intention of fighting, and was far from her father, who was known as the god of war. And now she has such a belligerent and cold will, presumably to carry on her father's legacy. The so-called takeover of the wetland is probably due to disgust with the comfort of the two races. ”

Is that the so-called "reform"?

Margaret wants to use this crisis to prove that the long-term peace between the Celestial Serpent and the Serpent Clan is nothing more than an ignorant fairy tale, a joke that can never be done. But instead of laughing at us, she hated that iron does not make steel.

She wanted to aggressively push us into war with the Fish-People, and eventually lost to the Fish-People in her script.

Not to mention the snake people who have no ability to fight, we are not the opponents of the fish people since we abandoned the space magic, if we fight against the fish people who are constantly maintaining intensive training, the results can be imagined.

In fact, Ulfen and I both know that the fighting ability of the two tribes is not as good as before, and we follow the teachings of the elders of the past, and we are convinced that we will not be disturbed by the world.

Now, two enemies calling themselves Kurt and Sirens have completely overturned the ideas of the elders.

The worst of all is that Margaret is far from knowing the true strength of Kurt and the Sirens. What is the sacredness of the "great man" they speak of? The haughty Margaret had never suffered a loss in battle, but she was sure that without the concerted efforts of the three clans this time, we would definitely not be an enemy opponent.

"But it's not a way now, the other party seems to have a lot of strength, if the three clans don't work together, there is no chance of winning hard."

“…… Well, the enemy doesn't seem to have too strong a fighting spirit, and if you look at the other party's explanation at the beginning, they don't want to control this piece of land in the way of war. But then again, I didn't even understand the other party's intentions. ”

"Did the other party clearly say when he would come again?"

"Nope. But I'm convinced that they must have been quietly watching us somewhere, both from the first meeting to today's meeting, which they probably expected. ”

What a sharp prediction, the fierce gaze wandered around, as if he had seen the eyes of the surveillance.

After all, it's just speculation.

"No matter how powerful you are, it's impossible to hide your aura and secretly observe us, right?"

"You think that because you haven't seen the strength of the other person."

Turning and walking into the room, Daxis left the clammy balcony. Ulfin then turned to follow.

It is a large Japanese-style room, and the aroma of tatami mats spreads out along with the magnificent space, and there are twelve chairs and cushions next to the wooden conference table that grows fast and occupies the room. Dacis sat down on the first cushion of the chair.