345 Suspicion
"Do you think Hylasher has been corrupted by the Ancient Evil?" "Underground of the Coast Society's secret factory, the wizard screened away all the attendants, listening to Ansenfia's serious warning, his expression was very surprised: "This sounds a little strange. β
"Otherwise, I can't explain why he's crazy. Ansenfia shook her head: "What he said to you all this time may also be to deceive you into doing things for him to achieve certain goals. β
Penny frowned, and although he didn't speak, his expression was clear about his disbelief in Ansenfia.
Admittedly, the grave keeper's professionalism he could see clearly in the underground ruins, so it seemed that Ansenfia's character was not much worse, but it was not clear whether this woman was a vengeant and was looking for a reason to trick Penny into avenging her life.
Thinking of this, he felt that it was a wise thing for him not to explain Fina's matter to Hylast.
"You don't seem to trust me, you don't have to. Ansenfia shook her head and looked at the wizard, "I know many things from Fina's memories, including your ......"
She smiled, "You're a very interesting person. β
The corners of the wizard's mouth twitched.
As if he didn't expect this sentence to convince Penny, Ansenfia continued: "Pendrim's power is not only limited to the terrifying power that can destroy the world, but also his penetrating spirit, which I have guarded in that ruin for thousands of years, and I have been constantly disturbed by his power...... To tell you the truth, I would have gone crazy if it hadn't been specially revised in methodology, and when he decided to hand over the task of walking the grave keeper outside, he didn't have a sufficiently complete methodology, and if he had come into contact with Pendrum at that time with his curiosity......"
She didn't say any more, but the words had already told Penny, the grave keeper, about his considerations.
If Haylather had been driven mad by Pendrim, then it would have made sense.
His eyebrows furrowed, and if this statement was true, then he would undoubtedly be in great trouble.
That shows that the madness and recovery of Hyrathar are all the processes of ancient evil things eroding this person's mind...... So now, is the little boy who was reincarnated by Hylaste Blackrobe Helast Blackrobe, or is it a new personality generated by the distortion of the ancient evil thing?
"Judging by what happened afterwards, he should not have been captured immediately by Pendrim, who seemed to be tricking him into believing that we had provided flawed arcane information that drove him crazy...... And then. Anson Fiya calculated step by step, his eyes flickering, and finally shook his head: "This is a terrible thought, Mr. Diesel, it is logical to deduce that you may have been being used by him all along. β
"We can't be sure if that's true. Penny tapped his finger on the table, frowning in contemplation, and he felt that Ansenfia's account was still not credible.
It is true that according to the contradiction between Hylaste and Ansenfia, the madness of this ** master is indeed very strange, but now the black robe of Hylast, who has been cured of madness, does not seem to show much enthusiasm for the ruins, this attitude is very in line with the psychological positioning of Hylaster Black Robe in Penny's heart, and there is nothing wrong with it.
But according to Ansenfia's inference, the conclusion is very terrible, that is, Penny has been being used by Hellas with special motives, and everything on it was deliberately done to him by this madman ** master who has been controlled by ancient evil things, and everything he did also has a deep meaning, perhaps a step that seems inconspicuous now is a link in a major conspiracy.
Penny's mind sank.
"In fact, the current situation in Haylasher does need to be observed, so I need your help. Ansenfia groaned and turned to Penny, "I'll have to keep an eye on him closely." β
"Nearby?" the wizard frowned again.
"You and Hyrathar aren't all the same, and based on when you and Fina first met, you should have met him after that. Ansenfia shook her head: "The seal of the Ancient Evil is very important, and some of the bodies have been released this time, but at least it is reassuring: at least Shar will not use it to destroy the world." β
Penny nodded approvingly, he didn't think that the mutilated corpse of an ancient evil creature had the power to kill the descending goddess of the night, but it was better for it to fall into the hands of Shar than to fall into the hands of Samast.
At least Shar is still a sane god, and even if he is out of line, he will not do anything to destroy Torreel, but it is different when it falls into the hands of Samast, this crazy dragon witch master seems to be aiming to destroy the world.
"So I don't want any more accidents. The female tomb keeper had a serious expression: "There are four ancient evil seals, the easternmost one is located in Luoyan, and there are three left, and the one that came out of the mountain range has been imprisoned to the other world, although it is not very safe, but the possibility of a problem is also very small, and the one I am guarding has been lost, and there is another one, which was lost very early, and once fell into the hands of those deep imasca people, but I heard that they later lost that part of the body, so the situation is already very dangerous." β
The wizard nodded in understanding, and in this way, two parts of the ancient evil creature had been rediscovered, one part was in the hands of Shar and he didn't know what to do with it, and the other part didn't know where it was hiding and could appear at any time.
"Haylather is a key figure. Ansenfia again emphasized: "It's my intuition. β
"But......" Penny glanced at Ansenfia, "you're going to stay here?"
Although he was skeptical of Ansenfia's reasoning, he still felt the need to keep the female grave keeper behind, as he also felt that it was necessary to carefully observe which of the two men was in trouble.
Was Ansenfia trying to get revenge, or was Helast really corrupted as Ansenfia claimed.
He wants to search for the truth with his own eyes.
However, when he thought of the object of Ansonfia's possession, he felt that there were some issues that had to be clarified in advance.
"Of course, I think your mage tower is spacious enough. Ansenfia blinked, "One more, not more." β
Perceiving a hint of urgency in the Guardian's tone, Penny's cheeks twitched, and he decided to ask one last question, "Does she have no objection?"
"She's still a little shy. Ansenfia smiled again, and suddenly turned to the railing to the side, where the roar of noisy machinery came intermittently: "What kind of machinery is that?"
"The latest type of giant soldier. Through the one-sided observation device, the wizard shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the mage apprentices and craftsmen who were busy around the huge steel skeleton dozens of feet high, "A lot of supplies have been consumed, and there are still three months to complete." β
Trimester...... He lifted his head slightly, remembering that there was another life about to be born at that time, and smiled with joy.
"It's magnificent, but it's only good for dragons and large monsters. Ansenfia looked at the steel skeletons and brackets, as well as some of the institutions that were exposed, and her face showed an approving color: "This structure is very distinctive, and it is worth learning from. β
Penny shook his head, a worried look on his face, creating the Giant Warrior was more to protect the safety of the Dragon's Coast and consolidate his authority with a powerful deterrent image, but in the face of his pile of enemies, it still seemed a little unsightly.
Especially when his enemies have extended into the plane of the gods.
"By the way, can you make something for me?" was when Ansenfia made a request.
"What's that?"
"Seal the Tower. Ansenfia's eyebrows furrowed: "I must remake the gem tower that sealed Pendrim." β
"Redo? It's not necessary. The wizard raised his eyebrows: "You hugged it too tightly at the time, I moved the sealing tower back with teleportation, and now it is under the mage tower." β
"Really?" Ansenfia patted her heart, as if relieved: "This is really good, only that kind of special instrument can be used to seal the existence of the ancient evil thing that is powerful and beyond the rules. β
"I'll fix it. β
The wizard took on this errand and then briefly walked around the factory, and after a period of operation, the operation of the factory was on track and began to create value for the Wizards of the Coast, but with the new changes in the Serre Concession, it seemed necessary to replan the production plan here.
Thinking of this, the wizard frowned and touched his sleeve, there were some letters of worship inside, one of which he had sent before he left for the Giant Run Mountains, and because the name was particularly noteworthy, he also cherished it.
Maybe it's time to meet him.
There are always things that need to be addressed.
After receiving the news from Pan Diesel, the new governor of the Serre Concession, Del Songpaya, was overjoyed, and he felt under Pan Diesel's mage tower.
As a result of sending most of the apprentices to the factory, only a small number of apprentices remain, including the apprentice Rand Scarbourg, the young boy Orson, and a few underage students.
Learning spells depends on the accumulation of years and months, except for a few characters who can achieve a rocket-like surge in mana, most spellcasters can only accumulate all the knowledge they can accumulate year after year, in order to obtain the power to call the wind and rain as soon as possible.
They were not dissatisfied with Master Pan Diesel's arrangement, since the master of the Mage Tower gained great fame in Simon, they were even more proud to be Pan Diesel's apprentice, and it was too honorable to serve such a legendary figure, so they were even more faithful.
The long apprenticeship career is very beneficial, at least it can make the mage apprentice dissipate the impetuosity in his heart, compared to the red-robed mage, the level of spellcasters in various places of Faeron may be uneven, but most of them have better tempers.
After leaving Serre, Penny became more and more unscrupulous, but his temper gradually improved, perhaps because of the environment, so when he saw Delsompaja's hurried expression, he wanted to laugh from the bottom of his heart.
Although he felt amused at the same time, he did not let down even a penny, God knows whether this guy who was coming over like a grandson was really deceived by his success, or he was pretending to be confused.
If it's the latter, Penny will be a killer, even if it attracts one or two seat mentors for it.
However, Delsunpaya did not slack off in the slightest, he was full of flattering smiles, and constantly released flattering signals.
After getting the news from Ivanaor, the remaining doubts in Del Songpaya's heart became vague, and he was able to invite the voters of Mystra, this style of doing things is too far from the red-robed mage - since he saw Pan Diesel's spell with his own eyes, he no longer has a lot of connections between the wizard in front of him and the red-robed mage who escaped from Searle in a hurry, and more evidence also makes him go further and further in his wrong guesses.
This is, of course, the fault of empiricism.
At this time, Del Songpaya felt the need to visit Simon's de facto ruler.
Because the concession has been closed for almost a year, since his arrival, the smuggling of raw materials has also stopped, and now the Ximen concession is completely in a state of empty food, if it does not open the door to do business, there is no doubt that the consequences will be terrible.
And even if they reopen their doors to do business, they will have to face competition with the ghosts, which will undoubtedly make their profits much lower.
And the intervention of the Mistra voters made him perceive the opportunity, and the news of Ivanao reached the West Gate, and the Yin Soul Magic Prop Shop that was originally located in the West Gate Market immediately closed its doors and re-infiltrated the underground black market, at this time, of course, it was the best time for the West Gate Concession to reoccupy the market.
And to reopen the Ximen Concession, without the approval of the uncrowned king, it is obviously not feasible.
With this in mind, Delsompaya was unusually humble in his face with Penny, and he came to Simon to make a career and prove his worth to the leadership, so he had to be cautious.
And Pan Diesel's strength also gave him more reason to adopt a respectful attitude: "Dear Lord Diesel, in order to apologize, I have removed the former interim director Romnik, and I can send him out of Simon at any time if necessary, uh...... We're sorry, but that's all we can do. Del Songpaya smirked: "Sorry again for our faux pas." β
"Repatriation?" Penny looked at the sneer on the corner of Del Songpaya's mouth, and smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he was righteous: "I can understand, after all, you are a noble red-robed mage, and it is unrealistic to expect him to be truly responsible for this, but just sending it seems to be a little insincere, you know, those nobles have suffered a huge loss in spirit and wealth." β
"We can compensate. Del Songpaya immediately understood that it would not be easy to dismiss Simon's group of nobles, but for the sake of long-term interests, bloodletting was still necessary.
Penny grimaced, and began a long and fierce tussle with Del Songpaya, and finally concocted a new treaty that opened the Simon Concession, provided that the original provisional governor of the Concession, Romnik, was expelled from the country, and that compensation be paid to the victimized nobles, which was of course a happy result for allβ However, Del Songpaya is clear, and Penny has to pretend to be dissatisfied on his face, and when this Del Songpaya leaves, he repeatedly promised to send Romnik's family back to China immediately, but on the afternoon of the end of the transaction, Romnik's teleportation technique had an accident, and I don't know where his whole family went.
Del Songpaya thought that Romnik had chosen to flee in order not to be punished harsher by the chief, and he disagreed, but only informed the country, and no longer took it seriously, and there was a new manager under Penny's factory.
Romnick has no better choice, and if he returns to China, he will inevitably face harsher punishment - neither the chief nor the rank ** division is a soft-hearted person, and Penny will certainly arrange a way out for him.
However, in this case, the wizard himself has no good solution, and it is the best idea to hide him temporarily, and Romnik himself can only hope that Penny will one day return to Serre in the open, and he will also be able to see the sky again.
Temporarily settled the matter of the concession, Penny put another stone in his heart.
Del Songpaya was fooled, and as long as the subsequent words did not reveal a bigger flaw, Serge's gaze here would fade a lot.
The wizard was not worried about losing control of the Serre Concession, because the spy chief of the Concession was still his man, and the wind and grass in it could not be hidden from his eyes and ears at all.
While practicing spells, of course, you must also grasp your power.
Penny was nervously moving around the city of Simon, but at the same time, what happened in the ruins did not simply end with the arrival of Shar and the escape of Pendrim.
(To be continued)