080 That's how I negotiate!
……
Rolling Stone, Lord's House, Study.
Rhaegar was wearing a dressing gown and yawning as he pushed the door through the hallway, and unsurprisingly, a handsome and unbelievable guy was already sitting at his desk and waiting for him.
"Wait, I'll ask Mrs. Wesley to make me a pot of coffee."
Rhaegar said as he poked his head out of the side door of the study, calling the maid's name.
By the time he had taken his coffee from his servant and walked slowly to the table, Zeller had placed a letter before him.
"Matthew's letter."
Zeller said.
"Who?"
Rhaegar took his coffee and blew softly, his face dazed.
"Matthew, your spell advisor."
Zeller reminded.
Rhaegar looked surprised, but his expression was too pompous:
"So I still have a Spell Advisor?"
"The guy who applied for a month-long paid vacation on his first day on the job?"
Zeller smiled:
"I helped him apply."
Rhaegar sat down on the soft chair and took a sip of his piping hot coffee, while muttering:
"You're used to him!"
"What does the letter say?"
As he spoke, he took another long sip of coffee.
"He may have to continue to take time off......"
Zeller's words weren't finished.
Rhaegar squirted out with a "poof"!
Coffee spilled half of the desk.
"It's okay to take leave, but the salary is gone!!"
Rhaegar said indignantly:
"A while ago, Du Lin and they asked me if I needed them to recommend a spell advisor, and I said that the government had it, and I politely declined their kindness, but in fact? I've had a couple of magical questions lately, and I can't find anyone to ask! ”
Zeller thoughtfully handed over a clean white hand towel:
"Maybe you can write to him."
"No need, you wrote back to tell him to let him play outside as long as he wants, and it's best never to go back to Rolling Stone!"
Rhaegar grumbled as she wiped the table.
His eyes were horribly resentful.
Seeing this, Zeller coughed lightly and added:
Matthew also mentioned in the letter that he was in a bit of trouble.
Rhaegar had a look that was indeed the case:
"I knew that necromancers were troublemakers everywhere they went!"
Zeller retorted:
"But he's been planting trees in Rolling Rock for three years, and he's never been in trouble."
Rhaegar snorted twice, and when he saw that he couldn't say anything about Zeller, he yelled outside:
"Mrs. Wesley? Mrs. Wesley! Get me a cup of coffee! ”
His voice was loud, but there was still no response in the hallway.
"Damn, Mrs. Wesley's ears are getting worse and worse, and I'll have to fire her sooner or later!"
Rhaegar cursed and raised his voice again.
After a while, a stout old woman came from the other side of the hallway, carrying a coffee pot and pouring another cup for Rhaegar with a coffee pot.
"Mrs. Wesley!"
Rhaegar whispered in her ear:
"Wipe down the table, and then have Mason wake up Siv, and if Sif isn't in his room, let Mason go find that damn minotaur skeleton and tell her to make sure Sif gets back to the Lord's House by noon, understand?"
Mrs. Wesley nodded slowly.
After cleaning up.
As she walked out with her things in her hand, she suddenly said to the lord:
"Rhaeggar, next time you speak quietly, my ears can hear it very clearly!"
Rhaegar turned back to Zeller and sneered:
"Deaf people think they have good hearing!"
As he spoke, he said to Mrs. Wesley in a slightly louder voice:
"Mrs. Wesley, since you always organize the maids to play cards during your lunch break, I have decided to give you a pay cut!"
The old woman quickly showed a blank expression:
"What are you talking about, Rhaegar? I can't hear clearly, be louder! ”
Rhaegar shrugged his shoulders and suddenly whispered again:
"I saw your husband and your son go into the brothel on Pipe Street yesterday with their shoulders hooked up."
The old woman immediately gave him a blank look:
"Accumulate De Rag, a man in his forties, don't always make such nonsense jokes like a child, my husband has been dead for more than three years, and you personally presided over the funeral at that time!"
After saying that, she walked away without looking back.
"Look, I knew she was deaf! She just wants to be lazy and not work! ”
Rhaegar scolded hatefully:
"I'll quit her next week."
Zeller smiled:
"You've been saying this for two years, and everyone knows that you can't fire Mrs. Wesley, she grew up watching you."
Rhaegar blew his coffee expressionlessly:
"This time I'm serious!"
"By the way, where did we just talk about this letter?"
Zeller reminded: "Matthew is in a bit of trouble and I feel like we need to offer help. ”
Rhaegar asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”
"He's smart, he's good, he's just too young, and that's why we can help him," Zeller said. ”
"Don't forget, he's the one Ronan has a crush on."
Rhaegar was silent for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Well, tell me, what's the trouble he's in? I'll help depending on the situation. ”
With that, he took another long sip of coffee.
Zeller suddenly stopped talking.
After swallowing all the coffee, Rhaegar asked strangely:
"Why didn't you say it?"
"I'm waiting for you to finish drinking, I'm afraid you'll squirt again."
Zeller joked:
"Because Matthew's trouble is Blinken."
Rhaeggar's eyes widened, then he looked at the cup in his hand and laughed at himself:
"It's good you had the foresight, otherwise I'd have had to change into my pajamas."
"So, that kid went out and provoked a legendary mage?"
Zeller corrected:
"Quasi-Legendary, Fifth Order Peak, Level 20. Blinken has been a quasi-legendary for many years, and I guess the reason why he has never been able to break through has a lot to do with the Dragon Cult, and if he can't make a dragon lich, he may never be promoted to legendary. ”
Rhaegar said hesitantly:
"Even if there is no legend, then it's almost the same, you persuade me to take the initiative to provoke a fifth-order mage, or is it a dragon worship sect with a great background?"
"If you weren't a warlock yourself, I suspect you'd be seduced by that kid!"
Zeller said calmly:
"We've killed a lot of fifth-order mages before - when we were in purgatory, we all knew that the gap under the legend wasn't that big, and if we prepared carefully, fifth-order mages were actually very vulnerable."
See Zeller's expression.
Rhaegar chuckled in his heart, and a look of resistance appeared on his face:
"Damn, it's here and here, I don't want to hear you right now!"
He tried to cover his ears.
However, he was ruthlessly pulled away by Zeller:
"No, you have to listen, it's important.
In the letter, Matthew mentions that he encountered the Ryonists and Blinken in the rainforest south of Zeshui City, and that there were some clashes between the two sides.
In the letter, he elaborated on his follow-up plans, hoping that we would point out the shortcomings in his plans.
His first step was to prepare to negotiate with Blinken.
Lo and behold, this is what I admire most about him, not only knowing how to write to us, but also knowing how to try to negotiate with the enemy first.
Most boys are stupid at his age, and they only know how to fight and be jealous.
And his approach is very mature, he understands that violence means risk, so it should always be the last way to solve the problem.
Such a promising young man, of course I am willing to help him.
I'm sure you too, Rhaeggar. ”
Rhaegar couldn't help but nod when she heard the words.
But then he made another difficulty:
"So who's going to go? Richard? He yelled every day that he was retired, and it was impossible for him to do something about such a small thing.
Dooreen and Asma had only been back in Rolling Stone for a few days, and neither of them knew Matthew, nor did they like necromancers, so it was certainly not appropriate to send them.
Lee Weiqi could, since we blew up all the passages to the dark lands, he spent his days doing nothing, wandering around Matthew's woods, shouting boredom every day.
I really don't know how his qi is practiced, there must be something wrong with this warrior monk's precepts! ”
Zeller crossed his hands and said with conviction:
"Lee Weiqi, and you!
If the negotiation fails, then the two sides are very likely to fight, and if you want to kill a fifth-order mage, only one Li Weiqi is not safe.
Although Matthew mentions in the letter that he also has a fifth-order jungle child and a strange mechanic with unknown combat power by his side, I don't have any confidence in them.
So the only way to do this is to ask you to come out. ”
"Me?"
Rhaegar immediately jumped up from his chair:
"I'm the lord of Rolling Stone, can that kid be able to send me to the soup for him with a letter?"
"Just because you are the lord of Rolling Stone, you should think more about the future of Rolling Stone."
Zeller said solemnly:
"The world is changing, Rhaegar and the peace of the past is gone.
Durin and Asma also told you about what happened to them overseas when they returned, and the mystery of civilization that Matthew told us earlier is being broken, and the ambition in people's hearts is growing, and I suspect that in the next twenty years, many wars will break out on this continent.
White Rock City and Riptide City have all shown signs of suspicion.
Even if Ronan can return from the astral plane, his true roots are in Gem Bay.
And Rolling Stone needs a Guardian, an archmage we can trust.
You and I both know Matthew's potential, and right now, the opportunity is right in front of you, trust me, Rhaeggar, there's nothing better in the world than a good investment. ”
Rhaegar had a struggling expression on his face:
"Damn, Zeller, I knew it was going to happen, I was almost convinced by you! Every time! If you can give one more reason, I'll go! ”
He looked as if he was going to die.
Zeller smiled faintly:
"You're the most idle of all the high-ups in Rolling Stone, is that a good enough reason?"
Rhaegar sat down in his chair dejectedly:
"Okay, I'll just go!"
"Be safe, and remember to remind Lee Weiqi."
Zeller untied the two frog dolls from his waist and handed them to Rhaegar
"I know you're not afraid of necromancers, but there are no absolutes in the world, so you can't be careless."
Rhaegar took the doll and laughed at himself:
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
"I'm always watching you, Rhaeggar."
Zeller said mildly:
"I know that ability you've spent an unknown amount of effort to develop for revenge, and it's completely a necromancer's nemesis, which is one of the reasons why you can tolerate Matthew, isn't it?"
Rhaegar hung one of the dolls around his waist and shook the other:
"I'll give it to Levich, but he probably doesn't need it."
"By the way, how are we going to get there? It's so far from the rainforest that the Oriental Eagle can't move the two of us at once. ”
Zeller laughed again:
"The owl sent by Matthew to deliver the letter is a high-ranking lady of the Moonlight, and when there is moonlight tonight, she will take you into the realm of the Moonlight.
After that, Matthew himself will provide the goddess with a coordinate anchor that you can teleport directly to him, at the cost that he will owe the Moonlight a favor for it.
This is the cunning of this boy, who only explains to us his plans and asks for advice in his letters, and does not mean to ask for help in the slightest.
But he clearly wrote the way to hurry quickly, and claimed that he would greet the goddess of moonlight.
Look, what a cunning and cheeky boy.
He already knows how to make the most of his connections.
So what are you doing at his age, Rhaegar? ”
In the face of Zeller's inquiry.
Without hesitation, Rhaegar replied:
"Ah, I was still in Ponyville, fighting with the Turtle Gang bastards every day, and occasionally getting jealous of the young and beautiful girls......"
As he spoke, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he stopped in a hurry.
Zeller in front of him finally couldn't help but laugh.
……
"Hint: Your Pact Minion (Minotaur Skeleton) has been upgraded to LV13!
Peggy has mastered a series of new abilities."
……
Is it only 1 level higher than me?
But when she was level 5, Peggy was also level 9 at all.
Matthew was a little confused, what he signed with Peggy was the most ordinary undead contract, and if there was a seal, it must have nothing to do with the contract.
This kind of incomprehension can only be attributed to Peggy's own strangeness.
Anyway, there are more strange things in her, and this one is not bad.
"Maybe it's not a seal, it's just that my advanced or other actions have activated the potential in her body?"
Matthew retracted his thoughts.
At this time, the group of four was standing neatly in front of the throne and receiving Su Ya's blessing.
Streams of white light fell.
Su Ya sat upright on the throne, her expression as if it was sacrosanct.
After coming out of the grove.
She has always been like this, and her temperament is elegant and holy.
The contrast is impressive.
Matthew thought she would take the opportunity to humiliate herself when she was blessing everyone.
So I closed my breath in advance and gritted my teeth to endure.
However, it was not until the blessing session was completely over.
Matthew's expected rubbing, stepping, and kicking didn't come.
This made him breathe a sigh of relief, but also a sense of loss.
When leaving the Black Banyan Dream.
Matthew glanced back at Suya on the throne.
The latter's face gradually blurred.
Hazy and hazy.
Matthew seemed to see her smile at himself.
Then the scene began to blur.
A soft force pushed him away from the Black Banyan Dream.
……
In the morning, the edge of the bitter water swamp.
Lumière bent down to carefully discern the marks on the ground:
"Their march speed is very fast, they should have reached the depths of the swamp at this moment, there is no sign of fighting nearby, strange, such a big movement, didn't it lead to the undead in the swamp?"
Matthew said solemnly:
"Blinken is a powerful necromancer himself, and it's normal that he has a way to appease the undead, I wonder why he's coming in this direction, could it be that the Bitterwater Swamp has something to do with the Dragon's Tomb that the Dragon Cult is looking for?"
Hugh Yi groaned:
"I have also heard a little about the former owner of the Bitter Water Swamp, that necromancer named Tanya is the city lord of the last two generations of White Rock City, belongs to the archmage who has been officially registered in the alliance, and he is considered very decent among necromancers, and he should have nothing to do with Blinken."
Matthew nodded:
"Anyway, we're going to have to catch up with Blinken first, so be careful, we can follow their footsteps when we go into the swamp, but try not to step on their footprints."
Experienced marching masters will leave a few terrifying spell traps in the footprints of their troops.
Many trackers have lost their lives as a result
At Matthew's signal, Lumière took the lead.
He pushed aside a patch of reeds and walked along the side of the footprint.
Matthew, Bobo, and Hugh followed in turn.
Didn't go far.
A zombie suddenly appeared in the haystack ahead!
As soon as she saw Lumière, she couldn't help but pounce.
Lumière was about to make a move, but heard Matthew whisper:
"Retreat!"
He didn't hesitate and quickly dodged away.
Matthew whispered a mantra.
"Spell: Pacify the Dead"!
Soothed by Matthew's spell, the zombie gradually lost the desire to attack, and she staggered to the side of the crowd until everyone walked over, and she still followed behind with a wobble following.
"That zombie knows you?"
Bobo asked.
Matthew looked at the dazed Miss Zombie and sighed softly:
"Had an overnight relationship."
Huyi and Lumière were shocked.
Matthew hurriedly pointed to Bobo and explained:
"She was there that night."
Bobo seemed to think about it and nodded vigorously:
"Yes, yes, I'm here too!"
As a result, Hugh Yi and Lumière were even more shocked when they heard this.
It's been a long time.
The two of them came to their senses.
Hugh coughed and changed the subject awkwardly:
"Mr. Matthew, I see that there are still a lot of undead along the way, if we keep using appeasement, I'm afraid it will affect the speed of our pursuit."
Matthew waved his hand:
"It's okay, I'm not appeased next, if there are any more immortals, I'll use this to open the way!"
said.
He took "Ursul's rebuke" out of his bag and clutched it tightly in the palm of his hand.
This time, the two of them just glanced at the long, black whip and didn't say much.
Ten minutes later.
On the outskirts of the swamp, on a slightly raised plateau.
A stout dragon-blooded warrior was patrolling the surroundings with four dragon-worshipping cultists and seven or eight earth fire dragons.
"It looks like Blinken is setting up a sentry to guard against pursuers."
Not far away in the reeds.
Hugh, who was the first to discover this sentry, whispered:
"What are we supposed to do? Want to bypass them? Mr. Matthew? ”
The horse repair office should say:
"Of course, take them out in one go!"
Hugh was stunned for a moment:
"But didn't you say you had to negotiate first?"
Matthew smiled and patted Lumière and Bobo on the shoulder:
"That's how I negotiate!"
said.
He was the first to rush out of the reeds, his body swelled violently, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a moon bear!
"Roar!"
The Moon Bear roared as he ran.
"Instinct Spellcast: Vine Spell"!
When it was, two barbed vines grew rapidly from the ground, entangled the dragon-blooded warrior to death!
……
(End of chapter)