After the sound of the successful contract signing ended, Lei Xiao followed his usual practice and lowered himself to lift Erza, the dark elf named Jin Wen, while opening the opponent's attribute bar.
[Name: Erza]
[Occupation: Senior Illusionist]
[Level: Fourth level eight stars]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Skill 1: Kaleidoscope of Flowers in the Mirror "Active" (opens the advanced illusion field, which can map everything in the field to create illusions)]
[Skill 2: Moon and Moon in Water "Active" (opens the field of advanced illusions, can compile advanced illusions, and has miraculous effects on targets with level four and nine stars or below)]
[Skill 3: Snow and rain in the fog "Active" (advanced vision spell, able to disguise or simulate creatures seen with one's own eyes)]
"Not bad, not bad. Compared with Xiaoya, his strength has obviously improved to a higher level. When he has some free time, let Jinwen... no, Erza teach Xiaoya a lesson."
After closing Erza's attribute bar, Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction.
At this point, he finally took Leng Yan's leading illusion master under his command!
Overjoyed, Lei Xiao's eyes focused on Erza again.
Erza's figure is petite and exquisite, very similar to Nanxing Nanyue. The unique white skin of the black elf tribe reveals a little light gray complexion, which makes her look quite special.
But on her delicate face, there was a hint of ruddy color, and her pair of starry eyes twinkled, making her look cute and smart. Both her body shape and temperament were obviously very different from the previous image of the long-legged lady.
"In a sense, this is a huge contrast. Could it be that this girl longs for the appearance of fair skin, beauty and long legs, so she keeps transforming into the image of a mature witch?"
Lei Xiao looked at Erza's short legs, which were even shorter than Chaoyan's, and felt a bit ridiculous in his heart.
"Lord, you keep staring at your subordinates like this, which makes them feel a little embarrassed."
Noticing Lei Xiao's gaze, Erza's little face was full of embarrassment, and she said naa: "This subordinate is only 200 years old this year, and has just reached adulthood."
"Is 200 just an adult?"
After hearing Erza's words, Lei Xiao smiled helplessly.
Based on what he learned during this period, Lei Xiao has already understood.
In this different world of swords and magic, the lifespan of the elves can generally easily exceed 1,000 years, which is more than 10 times that of the human race. If calculated in this way, this girl has indeed just reached adulthood.
Of course, this age is not considered the oldest among the subordinate team around Lei Xiao. After all, there is also a half-elf ancestor who has just returned.
"I remember Jiang Lei once said that she is in her early 500s, so she can indeed be called the ancestor of the half-elves. After all, the lifespan of the half-elves is the same as that of the dwarves, and is probably more than five times that of the human race."
"Of course, this refers to ordinary tribesmen who have not practiced. If they are cultivators, their lifespan will be increased accordingly. For example, Jiang Li, who was once a fifth-level peak powerhouse, has a lifespan long enough to reach the level of ordinary elves."
"However, the most exaggerated one in my subordinate team must be Hong Ye. After all, as a dragon, she has been sleeping in the Dragon Sealing Land for nearly six hundred years, and she is still in the youth stage."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao pulled back his thoughts and focused his eyes on Erza's flat chest. He smiled lightly and said: "I was just thinking that the dark elves are really a race rich in assassination professions.
Your petite and exquisite figure is just like that of Nan Xing Nan Yue, the best assassin under my command."
"Lord, my subordinate is just growing late! I can still grow much taller!"
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, Erza's long ears cocked up anxiously, and she waved her hands somewhat helplessly.
Immediately afterwards, Erza's long ears drooped again, and she frowned and said: "Lord, in fact, only a small number of dark elves are suitable to become assassins. With the special physique of dark elves and the secrets derived from them,
Art, walking among the shadows."
"As for the vast majority of dark elves, they are normal people no different from other races. They are definitely not as dark and miserable as the outside world says."
"It's just because some of my fellow tribesmen really care about money and have been hired to assassinate many nobles and dignitaries of other races. That's why the entire Dark Elf tribe has become infamous."
Erza shook her head helplessly and continued: "My dark elves are just not good at communicating with other races, so they chose to live underground and isolate themselves from the world. Furthermore, those dark elves killers who are active all over the continent,
Most of them are also criminals with severed ears who were expelled from the tribe and can no longer be considered as members of the dark elves."
"The Destroyer of the Broken Ears?"
Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, and then smoothly described to Erza the encounter with the members of the Dark Eater Society during the previous attack and defense of the fortress.
"It turns out that the lord has already encountered the criminals with severed ears. Those guys who dare to attack Nanxing Nanyue are indeed worthy of death."
Erza frowned, put her hands on her hips and said, "The so-called Dark Devouring Society is indeed a branch of the ear-cutting criminals in my hometown, and they are often employed by the Holy Night royal family and the high-ranking nobles of Holy Night."
"Basically the same as what I know."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Erza, as a dark elf, why did you come to the Cold Flame Kingdom incognito?"
"To be honest with you, Lord, this subordinate just didn't want to be bound by the predetermined destiny, so he escaped from his hometown alone."
Erza sighed leisurely, and then said with determination in her starry eyes: "As for what my subordinates are thinking about now, they just want to assist the lord in conquering the north and south, so that the people on this land can embrace the warm sun and welcome the
Real hope!"
"Understood."
Hearing that Erza didn't want to talk about the past, Lei Xiao didn't continue to ask.
Just like Erza said, her main goal now is to send Ariel to the Throne of Cold Flame, and she really has no time to care about other things.
Moreover, the dark elves, a race well-known in the mainland, are by no means an opponent that I can handle now.
After all, these long-lived races have much longer training time than the human race, and the number of high-level experts in the race is obviously more than one level stronger than the human race.
This can be seen from the encounter between Jiang Li and the Yuebai clan back then.
Of course, although longevity means more training time and more high-level experts, the corresponding thing is low reproductive ability.
Because of this, the human race with strong reproductive capacity has been able to maintain a delicate balance with these alien races with strong cultural heritage, and large-scale wars rarely occur.
"By the way, there is one more thing."
Lei Xiao seemed to have remembered something, and asked curiously: "Erza, why can't even a fifth-level powerhouse see through your illusion disguise?"
"I'm going back to you, Lord, because my subordinates are carrying this."
Erza smiled, took off an inconspicuous black ring from her finger, and handed it to Lei Xiao respectfully.
After taking the ring from Ariel's hand, Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and began to look up and down.
This small ring is extremely simple, with dense gray magic runes engraved all over its body, just like a tadpole, and it looks deep and mysterious.
Feeling the faint energy fluctuations coming from it, Lei Xiao casually opened the attribute bar of the ring.
[Name: Dark Phantom Pupil]
[Grade: Level 5 Extraordinary (Silver)]
[Defense Strength: None]
[Additional effect 1: The power of the phantom pupil "enhances the phantom effect cast by the wearer. If it is the illusion effect on the wearer himself, the enhancement effect will be maximized. It can be used against strong men of level 5 and nine stars and below."
"Effective"]
[Additional effect two: Phantom Eye Observation "When used by a holder with dark elf blood, the wearer's illusion resistance will be greatly enhanced"]
[Remarks: This is a special ring from before the blank era, which was carefully forged by the top magic craftsmen of a certain dark elf clan and the top illusion masters, using extremely rare illusion-enhanced dark gold. It has a very long history.
.
Although this ring was properly preserved by the dark elves of later generations, due to the lack of maintenance magic materials, some of its functions were weakened and it was in an incomplete state.]
"Is it a ring unique to the Dark Elf clan? Erza should have brought it from the clan, right? I originally thought it was an item Erza accidentally discovered while exploring the ruins."
"Speaking of which, the reason why Erza's illusion disguise can blind the eyes of a fifth-level strong man is because of the first additional effect, right?"
Looking at the text on the attribute column, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
"Lord, this ring was secretly brought out by my subordinate when he left home. Unfortunately, due to the passage of time, this ring can no longer play its true role."
Erza lowered her eyebrows and sighed softly.
"Is it another blank era relic that has lost some of its effects? It seems it's time for me to perform again."
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm the best at this kind of thing."
After finishing speaking, Lei Xiao's fingers touched it gently, and a strong wave of energy surged out from around the ring.
On the dark ring body, the gray magic runes engraved on it suddenly erupted into golden light, making the originally inconspicuous ring instantly become radiant.
At the same time, a familiar prompt sounded in Lei Xiao's ears.
[Congratulations, your "Fifth-Level Accessory: Jet Black Phantom Pupils" has been upgraded to "Sixth-Level Accessory: Dark Gold Phantom Pupils"! 】
"Did you really succeed in returning to your peak state?"
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and reopened the property bar of the ring.
[Name: Phantom Eyes of Dark Gold]
[Level: Level 6 Legend (Gold)]
[Defense Strength: None]
[Additional Effect 1: The Power of True Illusion Eyes "Significantly enhances the illusion effect cast by the wearer. If it is the illusion disguised by the wearer himself, the enhancement effect will be maximized. It can be used against level six, one star and below.
The strong one takes effect"]
[Additional effect two: True Illusion Eye Observation "When worn by a holder with dark elf blood, the wearer's illusion resistance will be greatly enhanced"]
[Additional Effect 3: Concealment of the True Illusion Pupil "When the holder of the dark elf bloodline casts illusion, the breath and energy fluctuations on the user's body are completely hidden, and it can be effective against strong men of level six, one star and below."]
[Note: A gift from the ancient dark elf illusion master, the complete form of "Jet Black Phantom Pupil" can greatly increase the wearer's illusion ability. 】
"It's perfect. Not only have the first two special effects been strengthened, but also a new effect of concealing aura has been obtained!"
"I remember Xiaoya once mentioned inadvertently that the most worrying thing for illusionists when casting illusions is for their opponents to detect the location of their true bodies."
"With this special effect, even if there are some powerful people in the opponent's camp, Erza can still successfully trap others without being noticed by the powerful opponent!"
Nodding with satisfaction, Lei Xiao smiled and handed the ring to Erza's hand again.
"He's really back to his peak state?!"
Caressing the familiar yet unfamiliar ring in her hand, when Erza felt the genjutsu aura pouring into her body, her red lips opened slightly with a look of disbelief on her face.
When Lei Xiao had just upgraded, Erza had already noticed changes in the ring, perhaps due to some kind of blessing from the lord.
But she never expected that the Lord would actually restore the ring to its peak state three thousand years ago!
You know, after three thousand years, this is something that several generations of my family have tried their best, but cannot achieve!
"The Lord is truly a man full of miracles."
Feeling surprised and happy, Erza couldn't help but sigh in her heart, cast an increasingly respectful look at Lei Xiao, and then couldn't help but kneel down and say: "Thank you very much, Lord!"
"It's just a trivial matter."
Looking at Erza's surprised look, Lei Xiao smiled faintly, and then said: "Okay, let's talk about other things later. The top priority now is to guard Star Star City, the gateway to the east of Lengyan."
"As you command! Lord!"
All the subordinates touched their chests and saluted, saying in unison.
After that, things went very smoothly.
Although the reinforcements from the traditional nobles quickly arrived near Wangxing City, they did not launch an attack on Wangxing City. Instead, they had a moderate encounter with the reinforcements from the new nobles who were dormant in the dark.
It seems that he obviously got the news that "there is a trap in Wangxing City. Even if the city gate is wide open, the New Nobles and the gang will not dare to enter." Then he turned to test the details of the New Nobles' reinforcements.
In the end, neither of the two sides, which were about the same strength, took advantage of each other, so they each retreated.
After all, under the premise of Lei Xiao's empty city plan, no one is willing to be the first to go to Wangxing City and let the other party reap the benefits.
It wasn't until night fell and the moonlight was in the sky that the Fanyin City Army led by Orr and the Gelin City Army led by Huo De finally arrived one after another. This made Lei Xiao's heart rest assured.
In the stomach.
"Okay, it's time to make statistics on the latest battle situation."
On the throne of Wangxing City's main palace, Lei Xiao smiled faintly and spoke to the subordinates standing respectfully below.
