The tide is out.
The fish, shrimps, and shells of different shapes that had not yet woken up were suddenly thrown onto the bare beach. The sea did not show the slightest pity for this, because the number of her children was too large and overwhelming.
Ella stepped down and crushed a crab that had no time to escape on the beach. This Baselisa now has no intention to care about the life and death of fish and shrimps, because she is planning to kill a beast that harms the coasts of all countries.
She poured the newly obtained Basilik's venom into the gold cup, then raised the gold cup high and placed it under the moon for a closer look - it was luxurious, holy, shining, and it was undoubtedly real gold.
“There are seven naturally occurring metals in nature: mercury, lead, tin, iron, copper, silver, and gold. Of these, only silver and gold are considered precious metals—they are beautiful, rare, resistant to corrosion, and stable. Alchemy The basic theory is: all metals are composites, which are composed of mercury and sulfur in different proportions. When the two are matched in the most perfect proportion, gold is produced."
"What does this have to do with His Majesty's choice to use the golden cup?"
"Alchemists worked to convert base metals into gold. In alchemical theory, alchemy was likened to healing—just as some doctors believed that diseases were caused by an imbalance of human humors, alchemists believed that sulfur and An imbalance of mercury creates base metals.”
"The so-called alchemy is to 'cure' metals by adjusting the ratio of sulfur and mercury in metals. In other words, alchemy believes that gold is the most perfect metal, and all other metals made through alchemy are alchemical The product of the master's failure to 'cure' base metal."
"So I chose to try it directly with gold - if even gold can't carry Basilik's venom, then we can just give up looking for answers in metals."
Under the moonlight, you can see that Basilik's venom has finally lost its edge and is firmly contained in the golden cup - the venom is in hand.
"Your Majesty, are you planning to poison me directly like this?"
"He just came out of the cave, so it makes sense that he was poisoned by Baslik's venom. Besides, who would have thought that I could successfully preserve such a powerful venom?"
Having said that, Ella's hand holding the cup began to tremble slightly.
"Amy, to tell you the truth, there was a time when I really thought Hestein was a good person and I thanked him."
"Your Majesty, he is just a pirate. He plundered the Seven Hills Empire, looted Brusis, captured women and children, played with them, and then sacrificed them to the gods like pigs and dogs. He even tried to get his hands on you, Your Majesty."
"Yes, you are right." Ella sighed and held the gold cup tightly.
A woman in white walked towards Ella and the others. She seemed a little timid and said in a mosquito-like voice:
"Um...Miss Mistertin asked me to ask, is your medicine ready?"
Ella poured the decoction she had prepared during the day into the golden cup and shook it to fully mix the snake venom and the decoction. Then, she puffed out her chest and said:
"Just finished. Take me to Hestein's room."
Some cold nights. No one else was seen along the way, only the sound of waves could be heard intermittently. For some reason, the woman in white who led the way seemed to be very afraid of Ella and Amy. She hunkered down and walked quickly in front. She glanced back at Ella from time to time, but as soon as she met Ella's gaze, she turned her head back as if she was electrocuted. . Ella felt a little curious and said:
"From your accent just now, it sounds like you're from the Alemannic Federation? What's your name?"
The woman in white didn't expect that Ella would talk to her. She shook her body for a moment, and then continued to answer in a mosquito-like voice: "Yes... yes. Originally a resident of the lowland area. Others taught me Ah Chen."
"Why are the people from the Alemannic Federation on this island?"
Ah Chen was obviously startled for a moment, and then answered hesitantly:
"I was...captured by the pirates, and was rescued by Lord Mistertin. The village was burned down by the pirates...and I stayed here."
When she said the word "pirate", she carefully looked at Ella's expression. If Ella showed anger for a moment, she would probably shut up immediately.
Then Ella understood that the woman in white regarded them as part of the Hestein pirate team.
"What a coincidence, I was also captured here by this group of pirates. Will Master Mistertin take me in?"
Ella half-jokingly revealed her identity.
"So...it turns out that you were also captured?" Ah Chen's expression suddenly became cheerful, "It doesn't matter, most of the islanders here were rescued by Master Mistertin, and the rest My parents were also rescued by Lord Mistertin, and they are both homeless... But Hestein and our eldest lady seem to be getting married... so... maybe..."
Ella paid more attention to the first half of Achen's sentence: "Most of the islanders on this entire island were rescued from pirates by Mistertin?"
"No, it's not." A Chen shook his head. Immediately, she realized that this sentence might have been misunderstood, and added: "They were all rescued by Lord Mistertin, but not all of them were rescued from pirates. In fact, most of them were rescued from the army."
A trace of doubt appeared on Ella's face: "Army?"
"The various princes within the Alemannic Federation often fight with each other, and then they often fight externally with Efilica and the Island Republic. Every time the armies of other countries pass by the village, the village will be looted, especially in the border areas, even The country's army sometimes comes to the village to steal things, which is actually more troublesome than pirates, but what can be done..."
"What about the Qiqiu Empire? How about the army of the Qiu Qiu Empire?" Aila's voice suddenly became louder, startling Achen: "Ah, Qi Qiu Empire?"
"More than ten years ago, the Qiqiu Empire should have fought a war with the Alemanni Federation. How is their army? Have they come to the village to rob anything?"
"Well... I'm from the lowland area, far away from the Seven Hills Empire."
"That's right, I forgot about this." Ella was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard Achen continue:
"But there seems to be someone on the island who was kidnapped by soldiers because of that war. He was sold to slave traders, changed hands several times, and was rescued by Master Mistertin... In fact, no matter which country's army it is, the method is Mostly the same.”
"There's no way the Qiqiu Empire would do this!" Aila suddenly shouted, startling Achen. She saw that Ella's face was a little ugly, so she quickly changed the topic:
"But it doesn't matter. No matter which country we are in, Master Mistertin will protect us. He is called the Sword Master and is very strong. Even if a hundred large ships come to Antilia to plunder, he can still do it on his own. He can be easily defeated by one person, so the pirates don’t dare to come to Antilia.”
"Is he such a powerful lord?"
"That's right, the peace on Antilia Island is all brought about by Master Mistertin. He is the guardian of all of us."
Ella couldn't help but glance at the stars.
When will she become like this Mistertin?
Then, he looked at the golden cup in his hand and smiled miserably.
——Myself doing this kind of thing?
