Chapter 38: The Ring of Gruder
"Okay!" Dierlandor nodded in agreement without saying a word, but attracted Fayer's sideways eyes: "You don't stop it?"
"Weishenme is going to stop it, wouldn't it be great if we could just kill it once and for all? Maybe they don't have a second plan, and maybe they can get some useful information out of their mouths before killing them. Right?" said Dearlandor, looking at Fayle with a smile.
Seeing that Fayl stopped talking, Dierlando said lightly: "I am a good person and not a saint, in the face of the enemy, I should naturally kill." It's just that we now know too little about the enemy's intelligence, and if we act rashly, we are afraid of causing even bigger problems. β
Knocking on the Demon Detection Stone that Fayer put aside, Diarlando pointed to the slightly reddish point of light and said, "Killing them is a last resort, and the most important thing is to stay alive and figure out their purpose." Even if we know now that they're going to release the Gold Eater, what good will it do to them if they release it?"
Fayle actually had a good idea in his heart, but he was hesitant to say it. There is a dragon gold mine here, and it stands to reason that such monsters will be strictly prevented from appearing in the vicinity. If the Demon Dragon King stayed here back then, and there were still gold-swallowing beasts on the mine, then it must have been raised by the Demon Dragon King.
In addition to being able to devour metal, the Gold Eater also has a small chance of mutating metal. When the mutated seedlings are put into the veins of the original metal, it will cause a chain reaction and form new minerals. Legend has it that the Dwarves would use the Gold Eaters to create new metals, or turn poor quality minerals into good ones. But that's all legend, and Fayle has never seen any real evidence of success.
If the Demon Dragon King had a gold-devouring beast feast on the precious Dragon Gold Mine, it was most likely an attempt to create some new metal related to Dragon Gold. If you can seize this kind of thing in the chaos and negotiate with Deirlandor on this condition, you may be able to regain your freedom......
"Maybe they're here for those dragon gold?" Fayle decided to keep this conjecture in his heart, anyway, he just had to pay more attention to himself, there was no need to tell Diarlando so early.
"A metal that doesn't do much...... But it took so much effort to do it, and he also sent one of a thousand carefully cultivated subordinates to lurk for more than half a year. Even considering the need to forge a cast for the Soul Forge is a bit strange. What the hell does Longjin do?" Dearlando muttered to himself.
Fayer was slightly shocked in his heart, if Dierlando continues to track down like this, sooner or later he will find out the true role of Dragon Gold, and it is estimated that he will not be able to hide it for long, it seems that it is too early to steal some Dragon Gold.
"Hey, they're separated!" said Deirlando, pointing to Fayer's stone suddenly, and walked to the window. Because Fayer had built a defensive ring before, the windows were closed, and Deirlandor could only look out through the blurred glass.
A carriage with a caravan of men and horses was slowly driving down the hill where the castle was located. Count Grude stood on the platform and looked at his fiancΓ©e from afar, watching her go farther and farther. Kenda, Martin, and Holm all stood beside him, and they seemed to be chatting from time to time.
"The window can't be opened, and neither is the door, and if it does, I'm going to have to re-establish the perimeter. Fayle watched him leaning against the window, and immediately reminded him not to touch the red powder on the four walls.
Dearlando turned around and frowned and asked, "So troublesome?"
"It's not easy to create such a space that can be ignored and not suspicious of the releasee. Even if you don't destroy the setting, after twelve hours, it will be ineffective. β
This kind of spell could only temporarily create a secret space to temporarily avoid the surveillance of the royal sword-wielder, and Fair used to do this when he had to peek at some forbidden books and do things that did not follow the royal code so much.
It will leave the illusion that the room is empty, temporarily blinding the eyes and ears of the watcher. In the end, it can only be considered a simple illusion, so it can't last long, and once broken, it has to be re-established.
"Martin and Kenda are coming back, and as soon as they open the door, you're going to have to rearrange it?"
"Yes, I can't risk letting the other Brans know I'm alive, no matter how troublesome I have to do it. Fayer replied helplessly.
"And the one you killed, won't it make them suspicious?" said Dearlando, who saw that the people in the square downstairs were starting to return to the castle, and left the window. Walking over to Kenda's chest, he unfastened his bracer and began rummaging inside.
Fayle sneered and said: "The peep is so small, it is not impossible to get stuck or damaged by some accidents once in a while, and they will not pay special attention to one or two missing." β
This kind of little trick, he often does. In the past, when he was irritable when he was watched, he would deliberately cause some small accidents to kill the bugs that were watching him, and the royal sword-bearer would not say anything about him.
Diarlando rummaged through a pile of things for a long time, and Zuihou finally came out with a ring. He took the ring in his hand, looked left and right, and gestured its size, then wrapped it in both hands, and said something in his mouth.
After a while, when he reopened his palm, an antique ring appeared in his hand. The simple base of the red gold is set in a bezel-setting with an oval colorless gemstone about the size of a pinky fingernail. The crest of the Wave Heart of the Grud family is embossed on both sides of the gem, exactly like the Ring of Grude.
"Here, see how my camouflage goes?" Deirlandor triumphantly tossed the small ring to Fayle for the archmage to check his craft.
When Fayle got his hand, he directly released a fireball to burn the ring, and after the golden flame stayed on the ring for a few seconds, the shape of the ring began to distort. After removing the fireball, the ring returned to its original form, which was a gold ring set with a pale sapphire.
"Yes, you're making rapid progress. It is already possible to make a counterfeit resist direct destruction for so long. "Fayle thought of the roast sheep that disappeared as soon as he touched it the day before yesterday, and Diarlando's camouflage skills improved rapidly.
He even suspected that with the blessing of the dragon's magical power, it would eventually be possible to directly change the nature of matter, upgrading the camouflage technique to a transformation technique.
Diarrando caught the ring that Fayer had thrown back, and the ring that had just been burned was still a little hot, so he had to toss it from side to side, blowing to cool down. After such a delay, when Kenda and Martin's footsteps reached the door, he changed the ring into the appearance of the Ring of Gruder for the second time.
Fayer hid in the corner, and Deirlando ran to the door early to open the door. Earl Grud personally sent Martin and Kenda over, and Martin's room was naturally arranged next door to Kenda. But at this moment, Kenda warmly invited Martin to come to his room to sit, Martin readily agreed, and chatted with the city lord.
With a happy smile on his face, Count Grude explained that he still had to prepare for the wedding, politely declined Martin's invitation, waved the two of them goodbye, and turned to go downstairs.
Diarlando saw him up close, and secretly probed with the dragon's sense, and found that the real Grud Ring was placed in the city lord's arms, close to his body, and it was really not easy to change it.
Is it just to wait for the shower to change secretly?
Kenda and Martin humbly entered the room, and Dearrando closed the door. Martin saw Fayer hiding in the corner and almost shouted, "Why are you here!" and was about to draw his sword and rush forward, but Kenda stopped him.
Fayer ignored Martin directly, took out the bottles and cans and sprinkled the powder again on the place that had been destroyed by the opening of the door, and then untied the strip of cloth on his injured left hand, cut a small incision, and rebuilt the defensive circle.
When Fayer was done, the four men in the room stood in three groups, forming horns, looking at each other, you look at me, I look at you.
Zuihou or Dierrando broke the silence, he first pointed to Fayer and introduced: "Fayir, what was it before, now it is on our side." β
Then he pointed to Kenda and Martin and introduced: "My friend, Martin and Kenda, you know." β
Zuihou clapped his hands and said, "Okay, everyone knows each other, let's skip the other links and discuss business directly." β
"Lucky to be a hawk-winged knight, I still remember your arrow. I heard that your archery skills are unparalleled in the world, but unfortunately I am still alive, it is really better to hear than to see. Fayle laughed coldly, he was shot in the heart by Martin's arrow on Augustus, and if Martin had shot it more accurately, he wouldn't have so many unlucky.
"I'm not going to miss this time, do you want to try it?" Martin jumped up when he heard this, and with his backhand, he took the small crossbow behind his back and set it up in his hand, aiming it at Fayle.
Kenda was behind Martin, reached out and lifted the crossbow, and said softly: "Have you made enough trouble!" Martin was also impulsive, and was reminded by Kenda, and looked at Dierlando, who was looking at him with crossed hands, and put the crossbow away.
Diarrando patted Martin on the shoulder, reassured him, and then began to explain the situation: "We are only safe to talk in this room, and there is no place in the castle where there will be enemy surveillance bugs. What Fayl was doing just now was to build a defensive ring that no one else could listen to. Once this circle is broken, it must be re-established, as it was just now. β
Dearlando made a gesture to draw Kenda and Martin's attention to the faint red powder that dotted the walls, and then began to tell about the discovery at noon: "When I went to inspect Miss Pith's room at noon, I stumbled upon who was behind them, and what their main purpose was. β
Kenda raised an eyebrow, wondering how she had managed to get so much new news after she had worked so hard to eat. Deirlandor gave him a soothing look that I then explained, and then continued: "The person behind all of this is Zanaya Fury. β
"What? The old guy really didn't die!?" Martin jumped up again. Speaking of which, Martin is also a member of the Frey family, but he belongs to a branch, and his family is sparse and not good at management, so he was originally excluded by the rest of the family. But Martin, the youngest totem knight, came out again, and his value doubled for a while, and he raised his eyebrows among the clansmen, which embarrassed the clansmen who looked down on them before.
However, for Duke Zanaya, the number one person in the Frey family, this made him even more disgusted with Martin, and he would sneer at him every time they met. So although they are in the same Frey family, Martin and the others are basically incompatible.
Dearlando waved his hand, signaling Martin to be uneasy, and then continued: "He colluded with Bran's second person in the royal sword-bearer, Ja Fakelen, to engage in some kind of cult activities in White Mody. Pith's fleet came here to procure components for the Soul Forge for their Jihua. β
"But their most important purpose is to legitimately inherit the Ring of Gruder and liberate the Gold Eaters beneath this castle. With that, Dearlando spread out his palm, revealing the "Ring of Grude" that he had disguised. After the third watch, I hope everyone has a happy look and a happy New Year. I'll also look for opportunities to update three chapters a day in the future, and try to complete the task of "occasional outbreaks". Today's 10,000 has finally been successfully reached~ To be honest, today is also a test of how much I can write in a day, will it affect the quality of the story, if you have any thoughts after reading it, you may wish to leave me a message, today's message will all be added to the essence, love you~***