Chapter 37: The Covenant [I.]

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When Cohen and his party came to the Wine House, the rattan chair at the door was still lonely there, Cohen glanced at Connie and said, "It seems that Buck hasn't come back yet, let's go eat first." Connie's originally calm mood inevitably fluctuated a little at this time, but she still endured it and followed everyone into the store.

At this time, there were not many customers in the store, everyone randomly found a larger table and sat down, and after waiting for a while, they still didn't see Aunt Demi come to greet the guests, Connie shouted to the place in the kitchen: "Aunt Demi, if you don't come out, we will starve to death." ”

This is Aunt Demi's hearty laughter finally sounded: "It's Connie, you wait a while, I'll come over as soon as I'm done here, and I happen to have something to look for you." ”

Not long after, Aunt Demi took off a greasy apron, walked up with a pot of Dramy Tears and a plate of fruit, and said, "You can eat some food to pad your stomach first, the kitchen is busy, and it will take a while to cook on the fire." ”

"What's so busy, Aunt Demi!" Connie asked with a grin.

Aunt Demi frowned and muttered: "It's not Buck's old drunkard's fault, a few days ago he said that he went to Thunder Cliff to hunt a few ingredients and come back to replenish the raw materials, but I didn't expect to open the door early this morning, and it almost scared me to death, and the door of the restaurant was full of all kinds of animal carcasses." The old drunkard left a message on the wooden door, saying that he was going to leave for a while, and that the pile of ingredients on the ground was enough for me for a month. Aren't you saying that this old thing is trying to embarrass me? With such a large number of ingredients, I have to go to the mercenary union to ask a water mage to come back and freeze the meat that has been cut out, and I haven't stopped doing it since this morning. ”

"You said Old Man Buck is coming back?" Connie excitedly grabbed Aunt Demi's sleeve, and her voice was an octave higher.

"If he doesn't come back, will that pile of ingredients fall from the sky on its own?" After speaking, he took out a note from his bosom and continued: "This is the note that the old drunkard nailed to the wooden door, and by the way, there is also a letter to Connie, which is also nailed there." After saying that, he turned around and walked to the counter to fumble for a while, then walked over with a letterhead sealed with fire paint, handed it to Connie and said, "I'll go to the back to help first, if you want to eat, just wait a while, I'll make a few of your favorite dishes first, and then you can order the others." With that, he turned around and left.

Everyone hurriedly picked up the note left by Buck, only to see a few words written on it: Demi, I have something to do for a month, the ingredients are enough for a month, take care. Connie tore open the fire paint on the letterhead and pulled out a note, which read:

Little Connie, when you read this letter, you must have already learned something about me from Cohen and them, and remember to help me keep it a secret for this old drunkard. I know that you must have a problem in your head at this time, and when I am busy with this matter, I will come back and explain it to you slowly, and I will say it all here, take care.

After reading the letterhead, Connie carefully folded the letterhead and put it back in her arms, looked at everyone and whispered, "I'll go out and sit for a while, you guys talk first." After saying that, he snatched the flask from Rachel's hand, pushed open the wooden door and walked to the wicker chair, and drank without saying a word.

When Cohen and Rachel were about to get up and go out to relieve Connie, Xuelu stretched out her little hand, stopped the two, looked at Connie lying on the wicker chair, and said, "Let her calm down, it's okay." ”

Cohen sighed and sat back down at the table with Rachel, and Rose hurried to get a pot of Dramy Tears and Rachel drank it slowly. Xuelu looked at Cohen at this time and suddenly asked, "What are your plans now?"

Cohen glanced thoughtfully at the towering spire not far away, and said: "If there is no accident, Rachel and Rose and I will leave the Holy See in the afternoon, and after passing through the endless forest, we will go straight to the City of the War Lion Crusader, hand over the patriarch's letterhead to the elven envoy of Chengli, and then go directly down the Bubugabon River to the Dilong Fort, and then turn back to the Holy See to find Cardinal Joseph Crane after completing the mission." When all this is done, you can go to the auction at Blefils. ”

Xuelu mysteriously said to Cohen, "What about that agreement in Thunder Cliff?"

"I want to rush back to the Elven Forest after dealing with this bunch of things, and these things that have happened during this time are far beyond my ability. Cohen's brow furrowed as he spoke.

Xuelu nodded and said, "That's true, but I think your itinerary is going to change." ”

Cohen looked at Xuelu blankly, and asked puzzledly, "For what?"

"Because Cardinal Joseph Crane has returned to the Holy See this morning, that's good news!" Shelly suddenly smiled and looked at Cohen, looking a little naughty. Looking at the smiling Snow Dew, Cohen couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly raised his wine glass and drank with Rachel to hide the budding in his heart.

Knowing that Crane had rushed back to the Holy See, Cohen smiled happily: "This is the best news I've heard in the past few days, thank you, Xuelu." After speaking, he grabbed Xuelu's little hand and shook it vigorously. But when Cohen saw Xuelu's somewhat confused eyes, he suddenly put down his hands at a loss, and the atmosphere became a little ambiguous for a while.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the delicacies to be served by Aunt Demi one after another, Xuelu took advantage of the gap in the serving of food, walked out of the door and called Connie back, Connie looked at everyone apologetically before taking a seat, and before she could say anything, she was pulled aside by Rachel to fight for wine.

This meal was the most comfortable meal Cohen had since he left the Elven Forest, and everyone was even more staggered, and even Xuelu, who usually didn't drink alcohol, made an exception and drank a small glass of Delamy Tears, after all, the experience of the three of them in Crescent Lake was really close to death. At this time, looking at the four people who were hip-hop and playing in front of her, Xuelu finally let go of some of the baggage in her heart, and looked at Cohen who was irrigated by Rachel and couldn't find the north with a smile, her face turned crimson.

Everyone made a fuss, it was already afternoon when they were full of wine and food, looking at the people lying on the table and chairs, Cohen checked out the bill, and motioned to Aunt Demi to arrange for the men to send the others back to the hotel, as for Xuelu and Connie, they took Aunt Demi's room on the second floor of Sijiuju to rest.

After settling the crowd, Cohen walked along the main road paved with white marble towards the Temple of the Sage, the heart of the Holy See, and as he got closer to the towering spire, one of the symbols of the Holy See, the Sage Square, appeared on the horizon......

In the Sage Square, a half-moon shape stands a row of thirteen huge arches, and above the largest arch in the middle, a statue of the ancient goddess of nature, Karina, stands silently on a suspended platform, holding the epic artifacts of the Holy See: the Code of Nature and the Staff of the Forbidden Death. Above the other twelve arches stand statues of the gods of the Holy See, each representing a separate faction within the Holy See, where apprentices can choose any faction, from healing to support, to combat, and even the rarely heard of curse.

Apprentices who go on pilgrimage to the Holy See gather in the Piazza della Sage to worship and pray to the gods for miracles. Cohen made his way through the bustling crowd and stepped into the passage in front of the arch, towards the Staircase of Judgment at the end of the passage.

At this moment, a guard in a white robe suddenly intercepted Cohen and said sharply: "This is a forbidden area for the Holy See, and pilgrims are strictly forbidden to enter. After speaking, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the Sage Square, motioning for Cohen to turn back.

Cohen hurriedly took out the handwritten letter written by Patriarch Carter from his bosom and replied respectfully: "I am a messenger sent by the patriarch of the elven tribe, Abigaiah Carter, and I have an urgent need to see Cardinal Joseph Crane. ”

The white-robed guard took the letterhead and looked at it carefully, then returned it to Cohen, saying, "Come with me!"

Following the white-robed guard through the passage, a white staircase with no end in sight soared into the sky. Cohen stopped and asked, "This ladder is the Ladder of Judgment?"

"Well, this is the Judgment Staircase!" the white-robed guard nodded, quickened his pace slightly, and walked into a passage to the left of the staircase. Cohen hurriedly followed and asked, "You seem to be quite avoidant of the trial ladder?"

The white-robed guard smiled bitterly and said, "There are some things that outsiders still don't know!" After speaking, he quickened his pace again, and took Cohen out of the passageway, passing through a quiet garden, and came to a red brick hut, and said respectfully: "Lord Klan, the messenger of the elven patriarch Abigaiah Carter has an urgent matter to find you. ”

"Let him in!" a kind voice came out of the room.

The white-robed guard pushed open the silver door of the hut, made a gesture of please, and when Cohen stepped through the door, he gently closed the door and left quietly. Entering the room, Cohen looked around, only to see a room full of books neatly stacked in more than a dozen bookcases, while countless scrolls were stacked messily on the ground, a pile of glittering elemental crystals were randomly stacked in the corner of the wall, and the only wall was plastered with various magic array structure diagrams. From time to time, puffs of pale brown smoke rose from the half-suspended vessel, and the smell made Cohen feel like he was in a lot of energy.

At this time, a tall old man in a brown robe appeared in front of Cohen, glanced at Cohen, and said kindly: "Just find a place to sit, it's a bit messy here." Looking at the old man in front of him, Cohen suddenly had a feeling that the person in front of him seemed to have seen it somewhere, but this year was only a flash, so he respectfully packed up the scroll on the chair and sat down in an orderly manner.

"I'm Joseph Crane, I wonder why Dort Carter asked you to come to me?" Crane asked as he swept the scroll off his chair and sat down, turning to Cohen.

Cohen hurriedly handed Carter's handwritten letter, and at the same time untied the elegy ring of life and handed it to Crane. Crane looked at the ring that Cohen handed him, smiled, and said happily, "It seems that Carter did ask you to come, you can take back the ring." After speaking, he tore open the letterhead, took out the letter paper and looked at it quickly.

After a long time, Crane sighed and muttered, "If what Carter said is true, it is really a catastrophe." If the subhuman race really developed such a powerful poison, the Noah continent would definitely be a bloody storm. After folding the letter, he said to Cohen, "Does Carter have anything else for me?"

Cohen agreed, taking out the container sealed with a drop of poison and handing it to Crane. Crane carefully took the container, looked at the emerald green liquid floating in the container, took out a box from the cabinet behind him, and put the container inside. said: "What Carter asked me to do, I will do it as soon as possible, and then order someone to notify Carter." If it's okay, you can go back to your life!"

Cohen bowed, respectfully withdrew, closed the door, and withdrew, and when he turned back, he saw that the white-robed guard was waiting for him in the garden, so he walked up quickly, and the two of them left the garden together.

At this time, Crane was standing in front of the window, watching Cohen leave, touching his beard and saying, "I didn't expect to meet here again, does this little guy have anything to do with the Pope's mouth of Mr. Merlin?" After speaking, he turned around and took out the box containing the poison in the drawer, picked it up and held it in the air, looked at it for a while, and said, "You have to inform the Pope quickly." ”

After finishing speaking, Crane packed the container, pushed open the door, and his divine sense burst out overwhelmingly, and after a while, a trace of divine power was fed back to Crane's sea of knowledge, and the whole person floated in mid-air, bursting away in the direction of Gustinshire.