The Return of the King Chapter 016 Midnight City (1)
1)
On this ancient and mysterious planet, it is composed of two continents, which are called the Continent of the Moon and the Continent of the Sun, and humans live on the Continent of the Moon. On this continent, there was a strange transformation, after which humanity diverged and formed a variety of new humans, the most prominent of which were magicians and soothsayers. At first, most magicians were not very powerful, and only knew a few simple tricks. Later, the magicians gradually became more and more powerful by absorbing the elemental essence, and this power developed to a certain extent, and people gradually called the magicians with strong magical powers magicians.
As the power continued to accumulate, some of the mages were no longer satisfied with the status quo and began to use magic to wage war to win their own territory, and the Moon Continent was divided, and the various mage leaders established their kingdoms and became kings of a large territory. However, this did not bring stability to the people, and the unbalanced system led to a series of wars between kingdoms, with many kingdoms constantly being overthrown and many new ones being established.
The invasion of the alien race, the magicians resisted, and finally saw the people's demand - peace, not war, so most of the kingdoms jointly proposed and established a power over the kingdom - the kingdom council. As a result, the turbulent world began to stabilize. At this time, the six super-kingdoms that recognized the United House from south to north were Fiore, Raphael, Akafiros, Chris, Arachisri, and Seat. The kings ruled their respective territories, the world was territorial, and it was also free, and most of the magicians followed the rules of the strong guarding the weak, until many years later, the nobles of Nan Sha seized the power of the Kingdom of Chris, and established the Nan Sha Empire, which was the year 594 of the Dragon Calendar. In the first 10 years of his reign of 33 years, he fought a war of imperial aggression and gradually swallowed up part of the territory of the two kingdoms of Akapheros and Arachisri, becoming a more extensive country. Eventually, it was stabilized under the pressure of the United Parliament and various countries, but it was never officially recognized by the kingdom, so it was always called "Nam Sha Bang" externally. In the year 627 of the Dragon Calendar, Nan Shusha I died, and Nan Shusha II Gui Nan Shusha succeeded to the throne, which has continued to this day.
To everyone's horror, the conspiracy of the nascent empire is still brewing, which will involve the entire history of magic, and will even change the world of magic.
2)
Shecher finally managed to make it to the hotel with his strong strength, and all he could do now was to try his best to restore Lanley's magic, and then rush back to Aslant to announce the official start of the group's mission, which had already been planned very clearly in his mind. Of course, he also thought that there might be another demon of the night.
It's just night, and it's bustling with lights outside. This prairie city is also a relatively modern city, with bustling streets that run non-stop at night. Most of the streets are ordinary people, and of course there are also magicians who hang out when they are bored, setting off the scenery and turning into a simple magic to make ordinary people new and novel. There are not a few such people, and eighty percent of them are relatively weak magicians. Truly powerful magicians have never shown magic in front of ordinary people, and they are basically like ordinary people, low-key and self-conscious.
While casting his magic, Shecher ate the sweets he bought to replenish his strength, and looked out the window from time to time, he couldn't wait for the outside world and wanted to go out with Lanley. It's just the right time to relax.
Lan Li came in a light blue dress this time, with her beautiful figure and appearance, she looked like a very luxurious princess, which was simply unthinkable.
In fact, she is an orphan who has never met her biological parents, and only her adoptive father, who died of illness ten years ago, is with her. She just tried her best to dress herself up so that she didn't want to be sad and to be strong. This girl's heart says everything about her.
It was as if he had a good dream, and a smile bloomed on his face, quiet and sweet.
It turned out that she was awake and laughing at his victory.
Instead of canceling the spell, Shecher continued to maintain it, handing a piece of brioche bread to Lan Li who was in the ball of light, motioning for her to eat first and reduce her activity.
Lan Li, a foodie, suddenly felt full of happiness, took the bread and ate it in a big gulp, and completely lost the image of a lady, not even satisfied with what she had in her hand, reached out and took Shecher's dessert bag, and smirked provocatively. Seeing that she was just too hungry, Shecher canceled her spell and began to talk.
Lanley boasted about Shecher while eating, and there was not a word of it. She wasn't even interested in how he comprehended the so-called "Spirit of Estoria", because she didn't know that Cold Eye was a dark wizard and possessed extremely strong dark powers. She didn't ask anything, just win, whatever magic he used.
But Shecher didn't see a soft and crystalline tear flash from the corner of her eye, what was that?
Shecher pointed out the window. Lan Li looked in that direction and saw the lively and bustling streets that surpassed the Wizard King Street, and she was excited again. When she turned around, she found that Shecher had choked on the rest of the food in her mouth, and the whole thing was bulging, and Lan Li was angry and happy.
Shecher muttered, "Just go out and buy it again, and play for a while." "It's laughable, but it's so natural.
"Okay, you have to compensate me, buy a lot of delicious food!" The little girl's coquettishness is still refreshing.
An ice cream appeared in Shecher's hand, and then handed it to Lanley. As soon as Lan Li was happy, she took a bite of it, but she never thought that it was just a pile of snow with no sweetness, and she was deceived again!
"Hahaha!"
Shecher pointed at Lan Li and escaped out of the door at the right time, if she didn't run, I'm afraid it would be very dangerous!
3)
A dessert shop owned by ordinary people.
"That's it, yes. Lan Li pointed and said, "This, this." All sorts of sweets were fingered at her, which meant that Shecher was going to follow her up and pack what she wanted.
There were also many customers in the store, they heard that this was the most famous dessert shop in Lankston, but they didn't expect it to be a very small shop, which could only accommodate more than 20 people at the same time, and they didn't expect that there would be so many people at night, and the two of them squeezed in for a long time before squeezing in, and there was a long queue outside.
Lan Li finally walked from one side to the other side of the store, and finally had no point. And Shecher was panting in the back with an oversized bag of desserts, which was also full. The customers in the store all stared at him, and blamed his snow-white hair for being too eye-catching, not to mention that it was a group of ordinary people staring at him. They may have thought that this child was less white-headed, and that he was completely white.
"Thirty-five silver coins (100 silver coins to one gold coin). The shopkeeper pretended to weigh it seriously, and then called out the price, without looking at the other party. It can be seen that the shopkeeper is a person who has seen the world, and many magicians have come here, and they are used to it.
Lan Li remained silent, but she was complaining in her heart that the price of this dessert was really expensive, but the reputation of the family was there, and she really wanted to eat it, so she gestured to Shecher with her eyes. He took out a gold coin very usually, put it on the table nonchalantly, and without looking for money, he took his bag and left. It must be so heavy, look at how hard he is.
The shopkeeper was still expressionless, and it seemed that he had no intention of looking for money, so he bowed his head to settle the bills for other customers. Lan Li stared, feeling awkward, and after thinking again, she followed Shecher out. There are too many people to squeeze out.
Shecher pointed his right hand against the wall, and a snowball squeezed the wall open at once, and walked out with a big grin, leaving a sly smile, "Sorry, sixty-five silver coins should be enough to repair!" and left a sly smile, completely ignoring the embarrassment on the faces of the others. Lan Li jumped up and down in satisfaction.
The shopkeeper's face was full of anger, and he felt that he had been in the business for so many years, and although he had made huge profits from the magician, he had never been bullied. If you are unwilling, you can only hide.
The two laughed at the indifferent shopkeeper all the way down the road, not ashamed of the little revenge they had just inflicted. After all, in this world, the level of a magician is above that of ordinary people.
As she walked, the burden on Scher's hands gradually became lighter, and what she got in exchange for a gold coin was nothing to them, and those who loved magic ate a lot and consumed it quickly. The two happily watched the streetlights and boring tricks on the side of the road, and from time to time they added to the chaos of the magicians and artists, causing a burst of laughter.
The whole city is very quiet under the cover of night, but it is out of place with the outside world under the illumination of the lights. The bustle of the street corners, the stars in the sky, and the pedestrians on the road constitute this "city in the middle of the night". Yes, in addition to the nickname of Prairie City, Lankston has another nickname - the City of Midnight.
The so-called city in the middle of the night...
The crowd began to disperse, gradually returning to its former tranquility, which set off the darkness of the night, but fortunately there were still bright lights and sparse crowds.
The street clock began to ring, once, twice, three times... Twelve. The light at the door of the store gradually faded, and everyone knew that Zero Chen, the city was going to sleep in the middle of the night.
There is no one left, not moving. The people of the city cooperated so well that after the last sound, the light and sound disappeared at the same time, and only the ignorant pedestrians remained.