Chapter Seventy-Eight: The City of Robbery
Leo's eyes glazed over for a second, then he returned to "normal".
Of course, he didn't want to be sucked into the quicksand whirlpool, and he didn't have time to find out what was going on, so he immediately beckoned Fat Fat, turned around and ran towards the edge of the whirlpool.
But he didn't run for long, but he felt that he was blocked by an invisible force field, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't cross it, and he was dizzy.
At this point, Leo suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something.
"Oops, Valkyrie, just forgot to give the order......"
He hurriedly turned back, the Valkyrie had long been swallowed by the quicksand, and there was still a trace.
It is impossible for Leo to give up the Valkyrie, because if he is a qiē shun lì, it will be an important part of his future promotion.
But he didn't worry too much when he arrived, after all, Valkyrie was a metal structure, that is, she didn't need to breathe or eat, and Leo had only replaced a large magic crystal, even if it was buried in sand.
Just to be on the safe side, he gave the order through the guò soul passage: "Mentor, climb out of the sand and follow me." ”
"I'm sorry, there is no sand. The guru's voice sounded in consciousness.
"No?" Leo felt a little puzzled.
"No, the video is being transmitted, please wait. ”
Half a second later, the image of the effect that the Valkyrie could observe came, and Leo was stunned for a moment.
Not the expected sand-filled eyes, but a dark cavern that doesn't know where it leads, but unusually clear under the Valkyrie's unique vision.
"Cave ......"
"Caves?"
"Caves!"
Leo seemed to hear a crisp cracking sound, and something wrapped outside his consciousness turned into a piece of starlight, drifting and dissipating.
The scene in front of him flashed, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he was close to the hard cave wall, and his forehead hit the bag.
No doubt. Himself was played, played by some powerful illusion.
And this illusion is even powerful enough to isolate memories, so that the recipient only thinks that he is in the illusion, but cannot remember what happened before entering the illusion.
Leo knew very well that the ability to create the illusion of zào alone was by no means something he could compete with. But one thing I found was that at least it could put him at ease for a while. The dragon may have liked to play pranks, but at least it didn't show its willingness to kill it as soon as it came up, so it seems that at least there is something to talk about.
patted the chubby who was still hitting the wall. Leo whispered, "Alright, don't bump into it, wake up."
Hearing him speak, Chubby suddenly became a clever man, apparently detached from the illusion.
"Huh?"
A voice of surprise rang out in the cavern.
The next moment, a vicious wind struck.
Leo suddenly turned his head and saw a large head four or five meters long approaching him.
The dull yellow scales, in the dark environment, still shimmer with a metallic sheen. At the top of the skull are two curved horns. The eyes alone are half a meter in size, and the reptile-like vertical pupils are full of curiosity.
A brass dragon has appeared behind him at some point.
"Hmm. Without a beard, it's really a female dragon. Leo suddenly had such an inexplicable thought.
And Chubby was so frightened that he screamed, his limbs were weak, and he completely collapsed on the ground. Don't dare to move.
The majesty of the dragon will bring more oppression to creatures with wild sense.
The big head stopped two meters from Leo, and his nostrils twitched a few times. He opened his mouth wide and said in the lingua franca, "Sons of red fools?"
Leo knew that she smelled the red dragon blood on her body, so she hurriedly raised her hand and said with a smile: "I am a purebred human, and my teacher gave me a red dragon blood essence, so I ......"
"Stupid humans, always trying to get the blood of other creatures, are simply ignorant and ugly. The brass dragon accepted Leo's words with a look of disdain.
In fact, there was no change in expression on the huge dragon head, but Leo clearly felt the disdain.
He didn't dare to refute anything, so he pretended not to hear, made a mage salute, and said, "Honorable ......"
As soon as Kerio spoke, two streams of air suddenly erupted from the brass dragon's nostrils, pushing Leo against the wall.
"As the fastest person to get out of the quicksand illusion at the moment, I now allow you to tell me how you did it. The dragon said condescendingly.
"Allow me to sue you...... What kind of ghost is this......" Leo instantly remembered the silver dragon he had encountered in the Zangar swamp, and suddenly found that the two felt surprisingly consistent.
Moreover, the other party's question is also very difficult to answer, he doesn't want to expose the obsidian lattice, it will only produce one result, it will be snatched by the brass dragon, and if it is not good, he will kill himself.
However, it is no problem to go the other way.
Leo sorted out his language for a moment, and said: "Your illusions are very powerful, even the five senses of imitation are extremely realistic, and I was able to get out of it because of luck. ”
After a pause, Leo pointed to the Valkyrie next to him and continued, "You noticed my magic puppet, it also entered the illusion just now, but I completely forgot about it, and it was buried in the sand. Later, when I asked it to crawl out of the sand, it easily came up to me. This made me realize that the sand does not actually exist zài, so that I can get out of the fantasy. ”
Brass Dragon was very satisfied with this explanation, and she did not believe that a small human could recognize her illusion so quickly.
"You're in luck, human. ”
"Yes, it does. Leo noticed that the other man's attitude seemed to have softened a lot, and suddenly he had an idea, and said, "Oh, yes! I have brought you a gift." ”
After saying that, he endured the incomparably painful pain and took out the ether diamond.
Seeing the glittering aether diamond, the brass dragon immediately lowered its slender neck again, poked its head over, and almost put its eyes on Leo's hand.
"Ha, human, I'm starting to like you. The brass dragon's voice was filled with joy, and then its body quickly shrunk, transforming into her humanoid form in an instant.
A midget girl in a gorgeous long dress......
With short blond hair, golden eyes, a height just up to Leo's waist, and a pink little face that looks like an eleven or twelve-year-old human girl. But the much larger head and eyes clearly show that the brass dragon's humanoid form is indeed a dwarf girl.
Jumping up to snatch the Aether Diamond from Leo's hand, the brass dragon said in a tactful tone characteristic of a dwarf girl, "Now you have the authority to tell me what's been happening on the ground lately." ”
It took Leo a while to fully understand what the other party meant, and at the same time, he realized that this was completely different from the result he expected.
But he thought about it, since the other party has the willingness to understand current affairs, he can just indirectly say his intentions.
With this in mind, Leo politely introduced himself: "Hello dear dragon, I am a mage from the earth. Leo Minahir, it's an honor to meet you. ”
"I'm not interested in hearing this, to the point!" the brass dragon waved his hand impatiently, completely unaware of the fact that he had just received a gift from someone else.
Leo was very helpless, but he could only take it step by step: "A big thing has indeed happened recently. The dark elves of several city-states, united many of the inferior races, to the north of the Lunar Empire
The Riveton School of Magic attacked. At the moment, the Alien Empire is fully supporting the Aliene resistance, and from what I learned when I left there, it is likely to be a protracted battle. ”
The brass dragon immediately scoffed: "Of course I know about this." A few stupid races get together to fight and kill, and get something else interesting. ”
"Anything else interesting......" Leo opened his mouth, unable to think of anything else interesting. He himself has been studying in the academy all the time, how can he know anything else.
Brass Dragon rolled his eyes: "Forget it." Seeing your ignorance, I'm in a good mood today, so let me tell you something interesting. ”
"Uh...... All right. Leo responded, but soon began to regret it.
In the end, he still underestimated the power of rumors. Unexpectedly, a brass dragon opened the conversation, which is simply self-defeating!
For five hours, the brass dragon had eaten the lizard from its chewy head thirty years ago. I said that not long ago, I suddenly started to have some constipation.
And Leo has to cooperate with all kinds of content, from time to time with cheerful laughter or sighs of back injury.
At this moment, he was extremely envious of Chubby, this guy was scared stupid from the moment he saw the brass dragon, and he hadn't recovered until now.
However, Brass Dragon is not all nonsense, at least Leo now knows that she is willing to be called Cmiró, and her greatest hobby in life is to collect wealth. Of course, all dragons are basically such a hobby.
Right now, the brass dragon is gleefully recounting a secret treasure trove she discovered nine years ago.
"You didn't see it, it's full of gold and silver treasures!Hahaha, I dare to say, this harvest can definitely rank first in the single harvest of the dragon clan that year!"
Speaking of wealth, Leo found that the time had come, and at the same time, he really couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry......"
"Shut up and listen to me!" the brass dragon in human form waved its "hard" little fist, "You know what? It took me a full hour just to hollow out those things. ”
Taking advantage of the other party's ventilation, Leo firmly protected the little belly that had been attacked just now, and said quickly: "Since you like to collect wealth, I don't know if you are interested in robbery?"
"Robbery?" Camero glanced at Leo and shook his head, "That kind of technique is too inferior, it doesn't fit the great, bright and correct image of our metal dragon clan, and if you don't do it, you will be punished by some old-fashioned ones, and it will be difficult to get the desired harvest by doing so." Compared to robbery, a friend of mine took control of a gem mine, and that kind of legal and sustainable income is the best. Think about it, every time you sleep, you will find that your wealth has increased, which is so delightful to the dragon!"
"Her friend ......" Leo instantly thought of the silver dragon who forced him to sign a contract of insult, and it seemed that his previous guess was completely correct.
"But what if the harvest of the robbery would be unusually rich?" Leo said.
"What do you mean?" Cmiro looked at Leo, finally interested.
Leo deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I mean, rob an entire city!"
Camiro didn't expect Leo's goal to be so big, and hurriedly asked: "What kind of city is it?"
Leo smiled and told the plan he had already calculated: "At present, the crypt dwarves of Iron Rock City, the black iron dwarves of Blackstream City, and the gnomes of the bolt core are preparing to jointly launch an attack on the dark elf city of Mosoblai. ”
However, he narrowed his eyes and gave him a dangerous look, and said, "Boy, you were sent by those guys to lobby me, right? Do you think I don't know anything? Or do you think I'm stupid enough to fight the dark elves of a city-state? I have no interest in getting involved in the battles of the lower races. ”
Leo knew that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden from a dragon, and even if he could, it was best not to do so.
"Absolutely. Leo said truthfully, and quickly changed his words: "But what if I assure you that you will receive thirty percent of the entire harvest of the war? It will be an unimaginably large fortune! And you don't have to worry about who will be sanctioned, because this time it is entirely a dispute between dwarves, gnomes, and dark elves, and you are only acting as a mediator at the right time, which can be confirmed by the leaders of the gnomes and dwarves." ”
"If that's the case......" Cmiro began to waver, "but why should I believe you?"
"You can indeed not believe me, but it will also cause you a loss of strictness. Leo exclaimed in an impassioned and persuasive voice, "Think of the incredible riches that a city is bound to fall." I've also heard that the high-ranking women of the Dark Elves are extremely sinister and love to exploit the lower classes, what would it be like to open the collection of a high-ranking priest?"
Sensing that Cmiró's breathing began to grow a little rapid, and his eyes wandered, Leo knew that the matter was about to succeed, and hurriedly continued: "On the other hand, I have always been very creditworthy, and I once signed an indemnity agreement with a noble dragon, Lexti Morviana. If you know her, you'll know that I've been doing my job perfectly. ”
Hearing him pronounce out his friend's name, Camiro finally showed a slight expression of surprise and asked, "What did you just say your name?"
"Leo Minehir, it looks like you've heard of me. Leo bowed slightly, and there should be almost no problem with the secret passage.
"Yes, I heard of you, cunning human. Camiro looked at Leo playfully, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
But what Leo didn't expect was that as soon as the words fell, Cmiro suddenly changed back to his original form and slapped him against the wall with one claw. (To be continued......)