316 Ceremony
A few days later, it was the time of the biggest wedding ceremony after the disaster in Ximen City, and the city became more and more lively.
The wizard knew that this wedding had to take place, it was a ceremony for him to enter the center of power in Westgate City, and in order to gain a foothold on this coast, Penny took a huge risk to defeat the Night King, not to become a traditional hero who did good deeds without leaving a name.
He had to make Simon a base safe enough to deal with the constant stream of enemies coming from all sides, and for Penny, he had enough enemies to assemble a long list of enemies to run his lair before he had the strength to destroy them all.
The wizard vaguely felt that it was not too far from that time, but now, he still had to lurk and act in order to consolidate his power.
In the process of in-depth research on the methodology, the wizard knew that if he wanted to enter a higher level, he needed to break through the shackles of the source sea - at least, the wizard had to show enough potential to break through the edge of the source sea, otherwise, he would not even be able to touch the true power of the source sea.
This not only requires a breakthrough in the methodology, but also an opportunity, and the wizard believes that if he can find something that breaks through the power of the source sea and deeply analyze the power in it, he will be able to comprehend the spell that belongs to him.
But maybe it's the long research that has made him a little tired, and now he still needs to have a good rest, and in his spare time, he has to do some less energy-consuming work.
For example, dealing with the nobles of Ximen City.
"Long live Lord Diesel!" Before he walked into the White House, the citizens who heard the news on the side of the road had already cheered, not only to join in the fun, you know, today there are open-air feasts in all directions of the central city of Ximen, such a grand scene, it has not appeared in Ximen City for a long time, the last such a celebration ceremony, probably when King Illista Jr. expelled Bane's son Kashawi and regained the throne of Simon.
Such a greeting inevitably made the wizard feel a little crying and laughing, and he was caught off guard, just like some leaders who participated in the review in his previous life, waved his hand stiffly to the crowd, and then hurried down the red carpet into the 'White House'.
Today's Penny did not wear a mage's robe, but wore a custom dress made by Vika, the proprietress obviously understands the wizard's preferences, the style of this dress is not complicated, but it can show a simple elegance, and the inner robe also carries some runes drawn by wizards, many spells are attached to it, and there is also a good protective effect.
In this kind of public place, it is not okay to be careless, not to mention that there are many ill-intentioned guys who are eyeing in the dark.
The gray-robed Assassin still remembers his surprise when the wizard sent someone to call him 'Mr. Gray-robed Assassin', but he had no dissent, and was entrusted by Manning Brace to take a good look at the 'energy' of the Lord in Simon.
The second is Lord Del Songpaya from the Serre Concession, who came for the sake of Pan Diesel.
Before he came, he had gathered some information, and this person was probably his enemy.
According to the previous way of acting, Del Songpaya would probably have directly tied up this Pan Diesel to ask him about it, but he was not stupid, and naturally knew that it was quite unwise to make trouble at this time, because there was no doubt that this was Pan Diesel's territory.
At the same time, he was suspicious of another piece of news - the wizard had actually struck down the Night King.
And after careful inquiry, the process of this knockout was still unusually easy - just a gentle hand.
Of course, this made Del Songpaya a little uncertain, and the original inference became a little erratic because of this news.
Because according to reliable information, when his little enemy left Ser, he was only just qualified as a Ring Mentor, and when he opposed him, he was just a rookie who was just able to perform the arcane of the fourth ring.
And the Night King of Westgate City is a famous legendary spellcaster.
How can a five-ring mage be able to knock out a legendary spellcaster a few months after fleeing Serre?
Could it be that in the past few months, he has gained a power comparable to that of a legendary mage? This undoubtedly subverted the perception in Del Songpaya's mind, even Chief Lauzorel, who was known for his genius, had not improved his arcane attainments to such a fast point.
Of course, it may also be because Penn Diesel has mastered the weakness of the Night King, but Del Songpaya knows that although every wizard is nervous to protect his methodology, the wizards who die because of the leakage of the methodology are very few in any era - because deciphering the methodology requires a lot of careful observation, and each wizard wraps his own source of power tightly, even if he communicates with the source sea, he must add more than a dozen layers of insurance, not to mention that he can be easily discovered.
All in all, the news of Pan Diesel's defeat of the Night King largely overturned Delsonpaya's original speculation about Pan Diesel's identity.
And when he met Pan Diesel from afar, he felt even more that his guess might well be wrong.
Because the gap between this wizard and his little enemy is too great.
Although the faces looked somewhat similar, he really couldn't think of how a milky half-grown child could compare with this young wizard with a preconceived impression that was shaky, and more doubts surfaced in his mind.
"Maybe it's a disguise. He held his chin, his eyebrows were deeply locked, and he thought of the original reason for the conflict between the concession and Ximen City, and his suspicion rose again.
In short, the contradictions made Del Songpaya feel that it was necessary to act cautiously.
At the very least, confirm the person's identity.
Since violence cannot be used overtly, more careful observation is needed, or, some kind of temptation.
Penny, who sensed Del Songpaya's reaction, secretly sneered in his heart, now is a critical period for him to consolidate his power in Simon, if he can delay the conflict with the Serre Concession as much as possible, he must delay as much as possible, if he can deceive this guy, of course it is great, if he can't deceive him, then he has to find a way to deal with him.
However, doing so will undoubtedly attract even more powerful red-robed mages.
During this nearly a year on the run, he had been carefully correcting his appearance, and it was not difficult for a wizard in his formative years to control the direction of his appearance, and now he was only three or four points similar in appearance to Searle's red-robed mage Penny Thean, not to mention the hair that the red-robed mage did not have.
In the time dragon ruins, his appearance has changed even more, and after experiencing so many things, Penny's temperament is also very different from the past.
If that wasn't enough, he had specially designed a camouflage spell for today's meeting, so that those who had seen him in Ser would feel much stranger when they saw his face again.
Although Penny now has a lot of power in Simon, he is still very careful to disguise his identity, and some of the work that can be related to Searle is also highly secret - no matter how many people can be hidden, this method is always necessary, such as the Titan Soldier made in the Coast Society factory, except for a few people, no one on the Dragon Coast knows about it.
Lacking some key information and not matching appearance, Del Songpaya's reaction was not surprising and expected by Penny.
But the results of the observation told Penny, the former enemy, that he had not let go of his suspicions, or rather, that he still had a high level of suspicion, and that he knew that he had to do something to dispel his suspicions.
And this wedding banquet is such an opportunity.
As he was about to enter the White House, the wizard turned his head as if casually, as if looking at the people gathered around the White House, but paused imperceptibly at a corner of an alley before turning back and entering the venue.
"This person is the wielder of the Staff of the Seven Fasetteina?" In the corner of the alley, the body of the person who spoke was hidden under a cloak, and his voice was hoarse, "So it's a good thing that he spoiled the adults in the astral plane?"
"That's probably the case. Another cloaked man standing on the right had a thick accent: "What should we do?
"No, no, no, Pan Diesel ......" The cloaked man who spoke first shook his head and bowed his head in a deep voice, "This man seems to be an important figure on the Dragon's Coast. ”
"It doesn't matter if it's important or not, if he goes against the Sect Master, he will have to pay the price. The latter said categorically: "We must act now." ”
"But...... Are we his opponents?" the cloaked man on the left still said in an uncertain tone, "Take into account the Staff of the Seven Spells in his hand. ”
"Don't forget that we have two more adults to help. The cloaked man on the right sneered and looked at the noisy city center: "And there are so many people here, if we make a move, it will definitely cause a big chaos, even if we can't kill him, we will cause him some trouble, let him know that his foolishness has brought him calamity, and if he retracts back into the mage tower, it will only be more difficult to deal with, now is the best time!"
"What about the two adults?" the first cloaked man nodded, "Oh, these two adults should be able to entangle the dragon, so we should also think about what to do." ”
"Kill those nobles, kidnap this wizard's woman, and if possible, kill or capture this wizard directly and give it to the sect leader to dispose of. ”
"Nice idea. The cloaked man turned and ended the muffled conversation, waving at the twelve men behind him, who immediately disappeared into the shadows of the alley.
No one noticed the wizard's distant glance, and no one noticed that another pair of large eyes with a hint of curiosity flickered twice in the darkness, and then turned to the entrance of the White House in the distance, as if sensing something interesting, and disappeared into a cloud of black mist.
It wasn't long before another group arrived at the place.
These people were also covered in thick cloaks, but more like to hide from the midday sun, and the skin on their exposed fingers had a dull gray hue, and if it was in Cormir or Sambia in the north, the appearance of such a person would immediately alarm countless people, and in Simon, everyone knew that the council had recently opened a magic shop for these guys in a corner of the business district.
Now the ghosts looked panicked, constantly looking around the alleyway, especially in the shadows, as if nervously searching for something.
"Damn, where did you go. "After searching for a while, it seems that no target has been found.
"My lord, there are so many people here that we can't sense His Highness anymore. A ghostly hand held a compass depicted with complex arcane patterns, and his eyes looked at the frantically rotating pointer on it, his face full of helplessness.
"We must find her, and if we can't, needless to say, Your Majesty the Supreme Prince, even Lord Mayil, who is now in Simon, will not be able to spare us. The leading ghost said in a low voice.
"Then what are we going to do? Lord Luthers? It looks like His Highness is in this crowd. The ghost with the compass in his hand looked at the huge flow of people near the White House with a sad face, obviously unable to do anything.
"Today is the wedding of the Lord of Ximen City?" The leader of the shadows stared at the lively White House, his eyes kept rolling, and finally pointed to several of his subordinates: "You guys are staring here, if you sense the location of His Highness again, immediately catch up, and I will go back to Lord Mayil." ”
As he spoke, he walked into the corner and disappeared into the shadows.
The people who remained continued to stare at the crowd and the compass in their hands, looking nervous.
...... "Congratulations, Mistress Diesel, and cheers." "The nobles and the emissaries of all parties carried crystal cups, whether it was the druids of Shanlun City or the guild leader of Bosku, they all offered their blessings to the protagonists of the banquet, and the most valuable musicians of the Dragon Coast played cheerful music by the rostrum of the banquet hall, and in any case, most of the forces of the Dragon Coast were still happy that Ximen City was free from the control of the vampires.
It's not just Simon City that is infested by vampires, many cities on the Dragon Coast have strongholds of the Night Mask, you know, Orbuck's plan was to establish the Dragon Coast Vampire Kingdom centered on Simon City, so after controlling Simon City, it will inevitably extend its claws to other cities on the coast, and there is a hero who uproots the Night Mask, of course, it is something that the people of the Dragon Coast like to see.
After meeting the 'hero' himself, everyone was surprised by his appearance, but they all expressed their affection, and the wizard shuttled between the guests, constantly greeting and receiving more and more blessings.
"Hey, Mr. Diesel, congratulations. Walking past the paladin in a delicate dress and armor, the blessing the wizard received was calm and melancholy: "Congratulations on getting married again." ”
Married again?
This sentence made Penny, who was directly opposite, feel a little wrong, he looked at the calm eyes of the paladin, shook his head, and was about to say something, when he heard a mocking voice from the side:
"Married again, oh, could it be that this Mr. Diesel has been married many times? ”
The sorcerer's eyelids fluttered with the smell of gunpowder, and the crisp voice sounded familiar to him, and he turned his head to see a young girl with her waist crossed staring at him with a look of displeasure.
"Oh, Miss Dan Linton, you're here. ”
After a moment's pause, he remembered the girl's name.
"Oh, it's rare that Mr. Kidnapper remembers my poor meat ticket. Fina patted her chest, feigned consternation, and then glared at Penny fiercely, "It's a great honor." ”
"Uh...... I really didn't expect you to come to this place, well, anyway, it's a good day for me, and I hope you can keep it up. Seeing this woman in this place, the wizard didn't want to be too entangled with her, and after a casual greeting, he was about to flash someone, just as Vika over there walked over slowly, she couldn't walk too fast in her costume, even with Nephiss support, she had to pay attention to the gorgeous hem of the long skirt would not be stepped on by the visitors, the wizard hurriedly leaned up and grabbed her other arm, she smiled at the wizard, this smile fell on Serra's eyes and was particularly dazzling, making her lower her head.
And Fina took a few serious glances at the brightly dressed Vika, and had to admit that this woman was indeed very charming, and she was also a perfect match when standing with the wizard, and she couldn't help but feel a strange discomfort in her heart.
This sour feeling made her look away, but when she saw Serra, who had just raised her head, this action inexplicably hooked her out-of-the-box thinking and some malicious speculations about the wizard, and a wave of anger came out:
This evil guy even has an unclear relationship with the priests of Tyre?
"Hmm, this is Miss Fina of the Dan Rington family?" the pleasant greeting diverted her attention, and in the face of Vika's smile, Miss Captain, who had not yet subsided her annoyance, was a little overwhelmed, and she bummered for a while, her eyes widened like a fool.
"I've heard for a long time that you are a rare beauty in Starlight City, but I didn't expect to be an acquaintance with Pan?" Vika glanced at Penny, with a look of reproach in it, and then held Fina's palm: "It's really rare, I hope you have a good time today." ”
"Nothing, thank you, goodbye. She waved Vika's palm away with a red face, turned and ran away like a desert, Vika chuckled and glanced at the wizard again: "It's also a child who hasn't grown up." ”
"I met a very interesting girl on the sea road when I came, don't think about it...... Vika. Penny shrugged.
"Needless to explain, I've always been very confident in your festivity. Vika said with a serious expression, looking at the wizard's sullen expression, and finally covered her mouth and chuckled: "Okay, what are you doing so seriously, what has happened?"
"It's really nothing, if you don't believe me, you can ask Nephis. The wizard looked innocent.
"It's true, my lord spent days on a desert island with this Miss Dan Linton on the way back from Searle. After Nephis finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at the wizard's expression, and stretched out her little tongue and shrank her brain into a place where the wizard couldn't see.
This made Vika's expression even more playful, and at the end she pinched Nefez's little nose and laughed out loud, and the wizard smiled too.
The atmosphere was very harmonious, but at this moment, the wizard's heart moved, and he felt that something was following him, and he lowered his head slightly, and met a pair of large silver-gray pupils.
In those round pupils, there is a kind curiosity.
(To be continued)