"Your Excellency the Consul, Your Majesty the Marquis."
Argyle had already heard the voice coming from behind the door before entering the hall.
If you still remember this person, you will also remember his identity, the Grand Master of the Elpaxin Silver Wind Knights. Since the failure to capture Fang Plover, the people on the Chosen side unexpectedly did not blame him and his men too much. This was very different from the people in power he knew.
Most of those rulers are serious and mean, even if they are pretending to be sanctimonious, this makes this gentleman quite unaccustomed to it, and he is even vaguely disapproving, thinking that the Chosen One is nothing more than that. However, subconsciously, he actually liked this method of cooperation, but he rarely mentioned it to outsiders.
But there are rumors outside that luckily he didn't catch that kid, otherwise Dolifen would have lost a hero. The poet spread this matter throughout the North, making him a little disgraced, as if he was a villain. Shouldn't the matters on Dollifon's side also be handled by the Knights?
He was a little dissatisfied with this——
Argyle walked into the hall holding his sword. At this moment, only a few centuries had passed since the Giant War. Corin-Ithurion was proud of martial arts, especially among the nobles. Holding the sword in salute had long been a custom among knights. A common etiquette.
But only among knights.
However, in this hall, the specially set myth lock barrier prohibited the magic weapon from taking effect, so the sword in his hand was nothing more than a ritual weapon. Argyle walked through the gate and saw the young Marquis Gray. He was wearing a silver embroidered robe, with beautiful curly hair and sideburns, and a thick beard. He was holding a chair with one hand and was listening to others with his head slightly tilted. narration.
He shone with the exquisiteness and elegance that characterized the new dynasty, and it was known that the young king was keen on such 'art'. Elpaxin has had two or three consuls in the past six months. The original Earl of Sandor quickly lost power and was later replaced by an 'old' nobleman who maintained the city for several months until the Marquis. The adults arrive.
This marquis was not an important figure originally, but because he was a die-hard loyalist to the prime minister, he was able to obtain his current position.
Argyle looked down upon this, but also a little envious.
He held the hilt of the sword and saluted the other party with knightly etiquette.
"You came just in time, Argyle," the Marquis raised his head at this time, shook his huge body, and nodded to him, "People say that you value your reputation more than your life, and you are a reliable and honest knight. I I have a question for you. Is that thing really as useful as the temple says?"
Argyll was disdainful, but did not dare to neglect. Since the prince arrived in Elpaxin, the political struggle in the city has become increasingly fierce. The Earl of Sandor, who was originally trusted by the young king, soon fell into misfortune and was replaced by This is evident.
He lowered his head and replied: "That thing may not be as useful as imagined, but it can always appease people's hearts. People in this city are panicked right now, and people need a psychological sustenance to resist their fear of the Dragon Witch."
"Oh," Marquis Greyn nodded with satisfaction, as if he was suddenly enlightened, "I haven't asked yet, how is our poor Lenorn?"
"He is fine, my lord. It is their duty to die for the country. He and the other victims were recuperating among the knights and received special commendations. In addition, there were several of our knights," he stopped After a while, "There are also some Holy Chosen Ones who also participated in the escort."
"Oh, I know about that."
"Sir, I heard that the chosen ones are from a guild called the Oak Knights of Tapolis. They have been treated unfairly. I hope you can get justice."
"Okay, I understand, Argyle." Marquis Gray showed a little lack of interest in this.
Argyle glanced at the other party and knew that the other party was not willing to offend the Crow Claw Temple, so he stopped forcing him. The reason why he mentioned this was not because of the sense of justice in his heart, but because the people over there had some demands on him.
But if you really can’t do it, it’s nothing special. These people don’t matter.
"Argyle," Marquis Gray said again: "Let's talk about recent events. I'm worried that the temple will object to that ceremony. Of course, I feel quite relieved to have that thing in the Knights. I can trust your character. only--"
The temple he was talking about naturally referred to the temple of Marland and Amaya. The Marquis twisted his body in his seat uneasily.
He still couldn't forget what happened not long ago. The three pillars of light that shot into the sky seemed to be still vivid in his mind today. He didn't mind intervening in the situation in the north, but that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of the majesty of the gods. In fact, he was more afraid that he had inadvertently stepped into some restricted areas that he shouldn't have.
On this battlefield, it is easy to be treated as an insignificant chess piece or cannon fodder.
Or to put it simply, he actually began to have some regrets in his heart.
Argyle looked calm on the surface, but he was already scolding him in his heart. He didn't want to offend the three goddesses, and wanted him to shoulder this responsibility? But who doesn't know that the three goddesses are not easy to mess with? He suppressed his dissatisfaction and replied: "If the Marquis thinks that this time is too sensitive, you can postpone this matter later."
"I understand, Argyle," the Marquis of Greyen sighed: "But that damned, reckless bastard in Port Gula in the north has decided to perform that ritual, and if the news spreads, people will What will they think of us?"
"It's up to you, not to me. Who boasted about this, and who should be responsible now. And the Knights have already paid the price for it," Argyle felt a little disdainful. This is nothing more than the benefits of both sides. Wanting to take advantage of it, "But when you agreed to the Crow Claw Temple and those in the Alliance, you never imagined the situation today?"
Of course, he only said these words in his heart.
On the surface, still pretending to be sympathetic, Argyle replied: "Sir, actually I still have something to say. At least as of today, the three goddesses Marlan and Mirela have not expressed their opinions on this matter. Any attitude, perhaps what their followers are opposed to is just the Gray Knights' aggressiveness in the north."
"Really?" Marquis Gray En was a little surprised.
"Absolutely true."
Marquis Gray Grace seemed to be relieved, but on the surface he became serious. He said calmly: "Okay, Argyle, that thing will be handed over to your knights for safekeeping until the Crow's Claw Saint Further news from the palace. If all this is successful, I will give you a credit, maybe we will get the opportunity to meet the king."
Argyle had no interest in so-called meritorious deeds at all, because he knew that this man would definitely put his own merits ahead of everyone else, leaving them nothing but leftovers. Fortunately, he didn't care, he only relied on his Silver Wind Knights, but if there was a chance to meet the king, it would make him a little excited.
He nodded slightly.
Marquis Gray simply ignored the topic, and suddenly spoke again: "Argyle, how is that man?"
Argyle's heart was excited, and he reacted immediately. He quickly shook his head: "My lord, you can't ask me about this matter. The Knights are not monitoring that lord. You can ask Lord Finorn, he is in charge." Elpaxin’s guard, maybe he can give you an accurate answer.”
Marquis Gray Grace was silent for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and finally nodded with satisfaction.
However, both of them cursed each other in their hearts as an old fox.
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Tian Lan soon lost the intention to pay attention to others.
For example, what is that fire-breathing horned lizard about?
The entire hull of the Seven Seas Traveler seemed to be resonating. It was comparable to the last time they passed through the wind elemental layer. Every ship plank and every screw was groaning, creaking, and crackling. With a sound, a magic storage crystal cracked on top of the magic engine.
"We're going to hit each other!"
Every lever on the magic engine was shaking violently. She almost had to use all her strength to pull it down. All the output channels were opened to the maximum, and the shield device was also under overload. , but the sailboat's descent was still accelerating, and the numbers on the altimeter were beating like crazy.
Due to the weightlessness, Tianlan's hair flew up one by one. For a moment, she felt that the world had stopped, and the small objects originally placed on the dashboard flew up one by one and were suspended in mid-air. The horned lizard flew past her in a swirl, blinked its membrane-like eyes, and stared at her big eyes with its dark pupils.
On the deck, Baggins was frowning and watching the deck wind and the working condition of each sail. He listened to the sounds coming from the side of the ship, as if he was judging the airflow below.
Tang Xin and Shestazheng grabbed a rope each. The latter was okay, but the veins of the former were sprouting from his fair wrist.
The former gritted his silver teeth, but still dragged himself forward inch by inch due to the huge strength. Mirela's priest was not always a profession known for strength, not to mention she was not a professional sailor.
Sylvide opened the door and walked out. She looked at the situation on the deck, picked up her sleeves and walked over. She stretched out her hand from behind Tang Xin and helped her hold the rope. Tang Xin was slightly startled and felt the pressure on her hands loosen. She turned around and saw the ship officer behind her.
"Why did you come out, Miss Sylvide? Shouldn't you have stayed below to take command?" she asked in a somewhat unkind tone.
"Then there is no need for me anymore," Sylvide replied: "Don't look at me like this. When I was a child, I went to sea with my father. Many experienced sailors may not have a better understanding of the sea and the sailboats. Gotta fuck me."
Tang Xin couldn't help but look at the latter with a little surprise.
As soon as her hand loosened, the two of them were almost dragged forward by the passing mast, and then they hurriedly pulled hard to stabilize the cable again. Then she turned around and asked: "Have you ever been on a ship as a child? Have you ever left Corrin-Ithurion?"
"Before I fostered that noble lady, I have been to many places," Sylvide nodded. "We have traveled far further than we are now. I have been to the Empire and the Hill of Giant Trees, and have seen them. I have even seen sailors fighting in the sea of clouds. My mother wanted me to become a lady during her lifetime, but my father always wanted me to inherit his mantle."
Tang Xin couldn't help but be fascinated after hearing this. As a girl living in modern society, she had rarely heard of such a bizarre and unimaginable childhood. She seemed to have temporarily forgotten her relationship with the other party, and couldn't help but ask: "What about you, what do you think?"
"My father is a man who was born for Kukai, and I am Kukai's daughter," Sylvide replied: "I set out on this road to find him, not only to find his whereabouts, but more importantly It’s the same path as him. A person who makes a living on the sea of Kukai is eventually buried in this sea of clouds. It is a matter of no regrets. Even if I did not find him, I will not regret it. "
"Something I can't understand."
"Yes, few down-to-earth people can understand wanderers like people from the sea." Sylvide put the rope on her arm, then took two steps back, wrapped it around the rigging and fixed it. He smiled and said, "But some people are different. They are keen on adventure and going to the unknown. It is not just because of the impulsive blood in their bones, but because of people's exploration of the world."
"Are you talking about my cousin?"
"Ed, he was a special person."
"I don't think so."
Sylvester looked at her with a smile: "This is your happy place."
Tang Xin couldn't help but be slightly startled.
She was silent for a moment, then lowered her long, feather-like eyelashes and replied: "If you have a chance, Miss Sylvide, I would like to hear your story." It seemed like for the first time, she realized that she had always cherished There is something unique about these hostile girls.
She said that the pigeon was different, but she herself was not the same. She was slightly jealous because that was what she couldn't understand.
"With pleasure." Sylvide replied with a smile.
The small ball of light was floating around on the deck, as if curious about what the sweaty fat man in front of him was doing.
But little did he know that its behavior had greatly aroused Luo Hao's dissatisfaction. In fact, if anything is close at hand, floating around in front of your sight, interfering with your judgment, you will definitely feel very annoyed as well. of.
Especially this thing is still glowing, like a light bulb.
Luo Hao couldn't help but wave his hand, which made the little thing seem angry. While avoiding his hand, it flew around him. After a while, Luo Hao was a little dizzy. Luo Yu on the side shook his head, stretched out a finger, and released a ball of snow-white light.
The little thing felt the magic reaction and immediately flew over, rubbing against Luo Yu's fingertips like a ball of cotton.
"The magician is so good." Seeing this scene, Luo Hao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He pressed his hand on the rising control platform and spent a lot of effort to control the ten pieces of the sailboat. The polysail comes back upright. The altitude of the Seven Seas Traveler was rapidly decreasing, and it was soon approaching the ground.
Luo Hao could already see the vast snow-covered land outside through the projection, and the horizon was rising. He had to concentrate on judging their location based on the size of the cedars. But even so, it is still easy to cause visual misjudgment, and over there Tianlan is shouting hysterically——
It seemed as if the ship was about to hit him at the next moment.
"Luo Yu!" Luo Hao suddenly shouted.
The elementalist nodded and put his hand on the console. Both of them were amateurs in controlling the sailboat. They were half sailors and half combat craftsmen. Together, they were about a quarter of Miss Tata. ——If you don’t simply count the computing power.
At that moment, all the masts and cables on the Seven Seas Traveler were taut, and the half-open sails made a whirring sound. On the deck, Sylvester, Tang Xin, and Baggins all raised their heads. Get up and look at the working condition of the sail.
Only the maid was somewhat indifferent to this.
However, more than a dozen sails were adjusted perfectly at the last moment. Even more fortunately, they did not encounter any complicated whirlpools or shearing winds along the way. Although the process was a bit thrilling, they finally landed safely. '.
An open valley appeared in front of everyone, and the speed of the sailboat's descent began to slow down. After they passed through the contact layer of the wind element surface, the navigation began to become stable, and the altimeter did not seem to be broken. Scroll through the yardage.
The creaking sound of the ship's hull gradually subsided, and the sides of the valley were lower than the height of the ship's side. The surrounding scenery became clearer. In the magic cabin, Tian Lan was lying on the instrument panel as if paralyzed. She swore that she never wanted something like this to happen again in her life.
She should have been alert when the fat man suggested it——
Luo Hao put his hand on the console, and then turned off most of the systems on the Seven Seas Traveler, such as the severely overloaded shield device and half the power of the Guy generator. He turned around and said to Luo Yu: "Cast the spell."
Luo Yu nodded and shot the crystal in his hand out of the opened lower hatch. The crystal exploded about sixty feet away, forming a hazy mist of ice crystals.
Looking at the dispersing fog, he cast three similar spells from different directions - the water mist spell would refract the light in the air, making the things covered behind it appear transparent. Come.
It's just that this ice mist won't last long and will soon dissipate as the Seven Seas Traveler moves forward.
But the time estimated by the two was just right. About a few minutes after the ice fog was generated, several clockwork fairies whizzed past the valley. They swam nearby for a while, and then flew away in the distance after turning around a few times. . In about a quarter of an hour, they encountered three waves of clockwork goblins.
In the meantime, Luo Yu replenished another round of spells, and then Luo Hao looked at the communication crystal - they were quite close to each other at the moment.
In fact, after breaking out of the encirclement, Fang Plover, Momiji, Saya and others continued to turn south and march for a while, and then met up with the people who had been resurrected in the nearby temple.
According to the information coming from various sources, the descendants of Flor were quite well prepared. They also surrounded several temples at the same time. But luckily, they had the foresight to choose Roman instead of Ms. Aimea. The temple is resurrected.
This can be said to be a cruel trick on the other side, so that these people will not forget that Ms. Amaya is not the only one who has shrines in the wild mountains and forests, and as a guide for travelers, Ms. Dao will also use her His divine grace spread across the continent.
It was about four or five o'clock in the morning, but the daylight in winter was relatively late. It was still dark in the mountains and fields at this moment. However, within half an hour of waiting at the agreed place, they saw a shadow floating in the distance - that was not The other one is the Seven Seas Traveler.
When he saw the sail shadow of the Seven Seas Traveler, Ai Xiaoxiao, who was sitting on the ground almost dead from exhaustion, finally couldn't help but get up and cheered, they were saved!
Although Fang Yu looked at the little girl speechlessly, not knowing what she was excited about.
The Seven Seas Traveler slowly approached and then lowered the ladder - this was also a rare sight, because generally speaking, sailboats of this size rarely approach so close to the ground in non-airport areas. Generally, they go back and forth by dinghy.
Ai Xiaoxiao was the first to climb up, followed by Saya and Xiaokong, and he was the fourth. As soon as Fang Yu climbed up the side of the ship, he noticed a hand being handed over to him. Normally, the ship officer lady would be waiting for him here, but he didn't expect that the first person he saw this time would be Luo Yu.
The elementalist in the team looked at him with a slightly serious expression and said, "Get on the boat, I'll show you something."
Fang Plover couldn't help but be slightly startled.
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