Naturally, Crane withdrew his gaze, took the gold-encrusted staff, and followed closely behind Haggis into the General's mansion.

The architectural style here does not have any characteristics of the Southern Continent, neither controls the lighting, makes the interior look gloomy, nor boldly uses a small number of human bones to decorate, giving people a strong sense of impact, but more like the transplantation of a mansion in the Northern Continent, and has an indelible Indisian color:

Each pillar is covered in gold leaf, the frescoes on the walls are warmly coloured, surrounded by gold sculptures, and a spiraling staircase descends from all four floors to the center of the hall, facing the doorway.

I have to say that the country dominated by the Church of the Eternal Sun is really at the forefront of the world in gold art, and there is no nouveau riche feeling at all...... Crane's gaze swept over the handrail of the staircase and the palm-sized golden angel statue flying diagonally from the middle of the pillar, resisting the urge to reach out and caress him.

Looking at the guards standing on either side, he picked up a random topic and said to Haggis:

"Colonel Alfred Hall seems to have made a mark on his merits in West Byron as well?"

Haggis nodded heartily and said in that aristocratic tone of Rune:

"He was a resolute and courageous man, who once led a special operations squad of more than thirty people, attacked Ince's thousand-man army, and completely defeated them, and I heard that he also made many achievements in East Bailang, and became a colonel in his twenties. ”

Sounds very powerful...... Miss "Justice" may have become an extraordinary, and the sequence is not low...... Well, in a large aristocratic family, there should be some members of each generation who follow the path of the extraordinary...... Oh, when this Mr. Alfred has gone through hardships and tribulations, he has finally achieved his goal, become an extraordinary person of the higher rank, obtain the rank of brigadier general or major general, and return to Baekland, perhaps he will be sad to find that he cannot even beat his own sister's dog...... Klein, who had drunk the potion before going out, used his belly to regulate his mental state.

He didn't ask much about Alfred, but said in a puzzled tone:

"I found that there is also a certain difference between the customs of West Byran and East Byrang, where many houses have a certain amount of human bone decoration, while East Byran does not.

"I've been here many times, and I've had this question a long time ago, but I've never been embarrassed to ask it. ”

Haggis paused, pointed to the pompous staircase opposite, and said:

"Mr. Dantès, wait a few minutes, the general will come down soon. ”

After explaining the matter, he smiled and said:

"The custom of human bones is actually rare, only the territories directly under the royal family during the Byran Empire retained this custom, for us, the death of a loved one does not mean the end of the relationship with them, before the burial, we will take a bone from their corpse, put it in the home, as a decoration, to show that the dead and the living are together.

"It is up to the priest who presides over the funeral to decide which bone to choose, and the best and most symbolic is the skull.

"In some families, the skull is also made into a wine glass, which is only used when entertaining the most distinguished guests.

"Monsieur Dantès, if a deal can be made this time, I would like to invite you to my house as a guest and pay my respects by filling my grandfather's skull with 'Phoenix'. ”

...... Crane's expression was almost glazed, and he felt that he really couldn't follow the locals in this regard.

He laughed twice, and was about to perfunctory Haggis, when he saw a figure slowly walking down the staircase with the golden handrail.

The figure wore no hat, but a crisp black military dress with golden buttons and a ribbon as red as blood.

His complexion is light brown, his contours are soft, and his facial features give people the feeling of not being opened, and he is tightly squeezed in the center of his face, highlighting that his face is larger than normal.

Klein, who had obtained information from several sources, recognized at a glance that this was the de facto ruler of the western Byron state of Uttar Pradesh, the self-proclaimed Admiral Mesanyes.

He ostensibly oscillates between Rune, Intis, Fersak, Fenerport, and several rebel forces, maintaining a balance, but secretly has the support of the royal family of the Spiritual Order.

At the same time, Klein suspects that the native general also has a strong connection to the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.

As for Mesanyes' own strength, whether it is the "Iceberg Lieutenant General" Edwina or the "Star General" Gardelia, they all mark him as Sequence 5 in the data, but they didn't mention which path it is, because most of the abilities shown by this indigenous general are related to spirits, but he carries magical items from the "Death" path.

"Good afternoon, Your Excellency. Crane took off his hat, put his hand on his chest, and saluted.

At this moment, he felt that there were eyes watching him from nowhere, they were the light that flashed on the golden angel statue, the sunlight reflected by the stained glass, and the light reflected by the smooth marble.

"Hello, Mr. Dantès. Mesanyes replied in Dutan.

Of course, Klein, who had mastered the Dutan language with the help of the secret puppet, could understand it, but in the Southern Continent, the longer he stayed in the East and West Bairang, the more he felt that there was a resemblance between the Dutan language and the ancient Fusak language.

Although the two languages undoubtedly belong to different systems, making it difficult for him to actually learn Dutanyu, there are always striking similarities in some details, as if there is a common source.

The only thing Klein knows for sure is that the source won't be Giant's Language.

Pretending not to notice anything, he naturally chatted with Mesanyes until he took the initiative to mention the issue of the arms deal:

"How many goods do you have?"

Klein smiled and said:

"It is not a problem to equip three or four thousand people, in addition, there are several artillery pieces. ”

Mesanyes was silent for a moment and said:

"Quote your price. ”

After a moment's deliberation, Klein said:

"If you ask me to deliver the goods to Uttar Pradesh, the price is 50,000 pounds, and if you send a team with me to pick up the goods and take care of the subsequent transportation and security yourself, it will only cost 40,000 pounds. ”

Mesanyes thought for a moment and said:

"The latter.

"You take the deposit, take my men with you, wait for the goods, load them into the carriage, and my men will pay the rest. ”

He paused, and added:

"I don't have that many rune gold pounds, though. ”

Foreign exchange reserves are insufficient...... Klein looked around and smiled nonchalantly:

"You can pay me gold coins, even gold bars and gold bricks. ”

Mesanyes was quite decisive, did not be verbose, nodded and said:

"Deal, tomorrow I'll ask Haggis to come to you with people and money. ”

Yes, I like to do business with people who don't bargain...... Klein breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then wondered if his offer was too low.

When he had left the General's Mansion, Mesanyes suddenly looked up and said to the top of the stairs:

"Lord Luca, is this the one you are waiting for?"

On the upper floor of the ornate staircase, a figure slowly stood out.

This is an old man dressed in a plain white robe with brass threads, his hair is completely white, but he is very neatly combed, and his gray-green eyes are so deep that he cannot see the bottom.

He replied unhurriedly:

"I can't be sure, although my prophecy tells me that I will be here, that I will meet someone who can solve my future predicament in these two days, but the one just now is so ordinary that there is nothing worth describing except that he is extraordinary.

"Of course, I can't see the deeper truth of him, and there may be a presence behind him that is at least no worse than me. ”

Speaking of this, he walked down slowly, and said after a few seconds:

"I'm going to try to use dreams to see if I can find more. ”

"Do you need a special room?" asked Mesanyes respectfully.

Lukka shook his head:

"It's in the living room next door, huh...... The best time is in four hours, so don't bother me until then. ”

He then entered the room, sat down, leaned back against the couch, relaxed, closed his eyes, and remained silent.

It wasn't until it got dark that the old gentleman really fell asleep.

In his dream, he found himself standing in the hall of the General's Mansion, on the first step of the ornate staircase, flanked by Mesan yes, Haggis, and numerous guards.

The middle-aged man named Dawn Dantès stood across from him, the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up into a flamboyant smile.

Flames then rose, and one poker after another fell from above.

Luka's gray-green eyes darkened, and Daun Dantès's body suddenly fell into a strange darkness.

The old gentleman in the plain white robe immediately opened his arms, revealing a whirlpool of light between his chest and abdomen.

The vortex widened steeply, swallowing Daun Dantès.

Before Lukka could confirm the situation, he suddenly felt something, looked sideways, and saw Mesanyes's face squirming, his body elongated, and he instantly turned into another Dawn Dantès.

Almost at the same time, Haggis and all the guards present grew the faces of Dawn Dantès, one by one, and all set their eyes on Luka!

Lukka woke up suddenly, and under the gaze of Mesan yes, who came in at some point, he was stunned for two seconds, and said in a low voice:

"I'll have to go and see the gentleman myself, and see the demigod behind him. ”

Before he could finish speaking, he subconsciously turned his head and looked out the window.

At this time, the street lamps were burning, the sky was dark, and the crimson moon was strangely dyed with blood.

Another Blood Moon!

............

Fortunately, there is Mr. "Fool...... It's been just over two months since the last one, haven't we've had too many blood moons this year...... I wasn't prepared at all! Furth, who turned over and sat up, wiped his cold sweat and muttered to himself silently.

She had arrived at the town on the edge of the Delares Forest, stayed in a hotel, and had a room with Hugh, preparing to make a preliminary survey of the abandoned castle early tomorrow morning, but she was about to rest when she encountered a blood moon.

At this moment, she seemed to remember something, and her body stiffened and turned her head to the side.

Hugh, who claimed to be going to bed early, had woken up at some point, looking at her with his eyes open.