It had only been one day since we had been separated from the silly big man, but the big man seemed very excited when he saw us. He blocked the door and waved hard to say hello, with an innocent and harmless smile on his face—— The trio of Iron Knights blocked by him should have prepared their charge formation by now. Literature Hall
"Big man, come and sit over here!" I waved my hand vigorously at the stupid big man, and at the same time Qianqian shouted towards the counter: "Boss, come again...you can watch how many more meals are served."
The veteran behind the counter squinted at the stupid guy, and then went to the kitchen to assign the work in person.
The stupid guy walked towards our table with big strides. As soon as he left the door, I heard Joseph's voice from outside: "Charge formation, prepare to charge... eh, wait a minute!"
Then I saw three people wearing the standard armor of the National Knights rushing through the door. The first one was the handsome elf Joe, and the second one was Joseph who was as strong as a bear (of course compared with the stupid big man). Looks like a teddy bear), the third person has red hair and wears women's armor, that is Anna - women are indeed given preferential treatment, even though they crawled in, at least they can lie on the two layers of human shields :Although these two layers of meat shields are covered with a layer of steel plates.
The steel plate hit the steel plate and hit the wooden floor again. Of course, there was a series of loud noises immediately. The few guests in the restaurant suddenly fell silent, and then there were loud squelching sounds everywhere around them: Now appear here Most of the people in this place are mercenaries from outside and ordinary soldiers under the Knights. Although the trio Joseph is a bit funny, at least they have knight titles and are considered an officer class here, so no one in the restaurant is embarrassed to laugh. Make a noise. But some people don't care about this. The old manager of the restaurant ran out after hearing the commotion outside. The old man was over fifty and was as agile as a young man. He shouted while running: "What little kid?" The bastards are dueling in the store again! This sounds like the sound of knight armor... are you three?"
The store manager, who was a veteran, obviously knew the Joseph trio. He looked at the three tin cans that were trying to get up from the ground, and judged at a glance that they tripped over the door frame when he rushed in: "This is a hungry can." Crazy?”
Trio: "..."
Three iron knights came over and sat across from us in disgrace, their armors clanking. I expressed my deep sympathy and ordered each of them a glass of bubble wine (that's what the locals call it anyway, it is a low-alcohol wine, but not beer. ). Thinking that it is not unreasonable for these three people to have been iron knights for fifteen years. Joseph patted Joe on the shoulder. The latter probably had a relatively healthy self-esteem among the elves, so he seemed particularly depressed. The former, as the three The leader of the group felt it was necessary to enlighten him: "Joe, do you still remember the Knight's Creed?"
The handsome elf man looked confused: "What did you say about 'control your emotions and don't get angry'?"
“The one about ‘enduring setbacks as training’.”
Then the two unreliable men laughed heartily at the same time, raised their wine glasses and knocked them vigorously: "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "For training!" "For the challenge!" "For the early promotion to the Knight of the Sword!" Don't mention this, sir..."
I couldn't help but focus on the red-haired lady in the trio. I was thinking about how a good lady like Anna, who looked quite upright, could form a team with two old and crooked people. Suddenly, I thought of this lady.
When my sister encouraged Qiao to let the stupid guy beat her fifteen times, she realized: people should not be judged by their appearance. This person might be the same type as Qian Qian...
"We've been looking for you for a long time." The stupid big man picked up the wooden wine glass and drank it in one gulp. He repeated the words he just said when he entered the door. The stool under his butt seemed a bit restrictive for this big man.
He dragged his stool back uncomfortably. "The camp outside is really big. You can even set up your own tent. It's much better than the military camp. I really want to change with you."
Bingtis glanced at the silly big man: "Didn't Qianqian say yesterday that she would come to the fortress to find you... Oh. These three are going out together, is there something serious?" As she said that, she looked at Joseph and the others.
. He looked like he was concerned that the matter had nothing to do with him: "Didn't you say that no one cares about the free mercenaries? If you, the Knights, have any official business, don't waste our time."
"This is the first time I've seen you like this..." Anna looked at Sister Bing in surprise, then waved her hand, "Don't worry, it's nothing serious, I just follow the rules to see how you are camping and see if you need help.
And do you need to collect some supplies in advance? If the mercenaries coming from afar are short of supplies, they can collect some from the fortress warehouse first, and then return after you complete the commission of the knights. After all, the three of us are also your guarantors.
, and you have a front-line unit like a spellcaster among you, so you have to act more responsible."
Bingtis immediately beamed: "Well, you have a bad temper with me. Most people are embarrassed to say that last sentence directly."
At this time, Joseph and Qiao clinked their glasses again, and the former breathed out the smell of alcohol: "The connection between the guarantor and the mercenary guaranteed by him should be considered a serious matter, right?"
Qiao cringed and held the cup: "It doesn't count if Anna says it doesn't count. You've been chasing her for almost ten years and you haven't realized this yet?"
When Qian Qian and Lin Xue heard that there seemed to be gossip in this, they immediately raised their ears. As a result, Qiao and Joseph continued to have a drink. Qian Qian continued to study the pile of gadgets she bought with a disappointed look on her face, while Lin Xue narrowed her eyes.
I opened my eyes and showed a weird smile. I suddenly realized something and suddenly I was covered in cold sweat: a peeping tom who can know what you are doing at any time and at any time is actually not scary. What is scary is that Lin Xue puts it directly forward, backward, left and right.
The guy who spies on your life, the things you don’t even know are exposed by others first. No wonder the profession of prophet is not easy to die in other places. This ability to attract hatred is simply equivalent to two battalions of defensive warfare or ten
Two Cicaro standing together...
"What are you thinking about? Is this young lady such an immoral person?" As expected, we have been happy enemies for several years. Lin Xueguang knew what I was thinking just by hearing her breathing. The eldest lady glanced here unhappily, "I am on routine warning.
Just a moment."
At the end, she added in a very low voice: "There is only one person that I have been staring at for a long time."
I was immediately moved and terrified at the same time: Fortunately, I haven’t watched porn since I had a wife...
At this time, our food finally arrived. I didn’t know what Qianqian wanted. In short, although the food in this world tastes a little strange, it is easy to accept. In front of everyone, these things that look like stews taste quite strange.
The restaurant owner also did a great job in preparing a simple and down-to-earth meal for the big guy: a bowl of noodle-like rice soup. I saw that the bowl was almost as big as the pot.
"This is the pot we use for cooking." The young man who served the dish heard me whispering and admitted it very honestly.
The psychic cat Xiao Hei jumped down from the big fool's shoulder. He stretched his neck and opened his mouth: "Feed me."
I was about to say that cats can't eat food that is too hot, but suddenly I remembered that this is a different world, and this black cat can't be treated as normal, so I quickly suppressed the question and changed the topic: "Big guy"
, are you used to living away from home?"
"What are you not used to?" the silly man rolled the noodles into small rolls with a fork and put them in front of the little black cat, while smiling honestly, "I have traveled a lot of distance before. Although I have never been to a big city,
But I don’t pick a place to sleep.”
"It's just not good to not have my own room," the little black cat pawed at the noodles boredly, "As a noble cat, I don't even have my own room. This is really sad - and my owner wants to
Sleeping in a room with three people."
"You are quite demanding for a cat," Joseph squinted at Xiao Hei, "Where you live is a small matter. You should worry about the clothes your master wears. After searching the entire fortress, there is nothing he can wear, and there is nothing he can wear.
Even if he found a long spear, he could only use it as a short spear, and the quartermaster almost went crazy - Why are you so big, you big man? I always thought that my body was big enough."
The silly guy had almost finished half the pot of soup and rice. Hearing this, he raised his head and smiled: "Eat more, fight bears, and you will grow taller."
Joseph rubbed his chin and thought for a while: "The first one is easy to explain, but I'm a little unsure about the second one."
While everyone was eating and laughing, the whole restaurant suddenly became quiet.
This situation happened very suddenly. One second, the small restaurant was filled with mercenaries and soldiers bragging and laughing loudly. The next second, needles could be heard all around. Those who were busy just now could
The faces of the chattering diners were frozen on the spot with emotions that had not yet completely faded away. It was as if a petrifying wind blew by in an instant. To be honest, everyone at the scene felt some kind of heart-stopping feeling.
breath, so that for a while no one dared to speak.
Except for the few of us - Qianqian continued to study the order in which the bowl of stew in front of her should be eaten to make it delicious, Lin Xue continued to slowly pick out the things she didn't like into my bowl, Pandora and Viska followed the ghost
As if he was quickly destroying the food in front of him with high-synchronized movements, Bingtis knocked on the table hard and spoke to the trio of iron knights opposite (these three were also stunned): "What's wrong with you? Are you stupid?"
"You don't feel it?" Joe, who usually doesn't talk much, looked at us as if we were monsters, "Hey, why do you act like nothing is happening?!"
"What happened?" Only then did Qian Qian notice that the atmosphere around her was wrong. She raised her head and looked around stupidly, "I didn't stop time... Oh, it didn't stop. That person just blinked."
At this time, the strange "quiet wind" seemed to have finally passed. The diners in the restaurant gradually regained their vitality as if they had just survived an earthquake. Many people were patting their chests and gasping for air, and then they were talking in low voices.
, everyone’s voice was much lower than before, as if that frightening invisible thing was still entrenched here, and its residual power was still there.
The few of us were completely confused. I even suspected that there was a female version of Stallone that only the locals could see running around naked in this place. Finally, Lin Xue raised her head and said: "You want to say Long Wei?" . ”
"Oh, it seems you have felt it. I thought there were really people who were immune to the oppressive force just like the legendary heroes," Joseph immediately slapped his chest and said carelessly, and his deliberately thick voice seemed to be To embolden myself, "Then why don't you feel nervous at all? Oh, I know... you have a good attitude."
I tilted my head slightly and looked at Miss Lin, asking through my mental connection: "Long Wei? What's going on?"
The eldest lady nodded imperceptibly: "There was a burst of coercion coming down from the mountain just now, but I didn't actually feel it. I only found out what was going on by directly observing the 'truth' with my own ability."
"Oh, no wonder I don't feel it," Bingtis listened in the spiritual connection, and suddenly realized. "That thing is based on personality to be effective, and it is effective for creatures lower than yourself on the life ladder. , completely ineffective against those higher than ourselves - let’s just descend from the void ladder and ignore these things.”
At this time, the trio of Iron Knights had gathered together to discuss nervously. Elf Joe, who had always been calm, was now a little confused: "Do you think this is the one who is coming..."
"I've heard that too," Joseph replied nonchalantly, "Sir Zoya has arrived. Do we have a chance to see the dragon this time?"
The stupid guy scratched his hair and asked in a rough voice: "Who are you talking about?"
"Dragon!" Joseph's expression was solemn. "The oldest and only ancient dragon with pure blood in the world. She rarely appears in front of the world, but she will definitely be present for matters related to Dark Moon. We got news a while ago that She is coming to the North Fortress..."
Bingtis's eyes suddenly flickered: "How old is the ancient dragon?"
"It is said that it existed before the First War, and it was under her leadership that the Dragon Clan participated in the war." Anna looked at us, slightly curious, "Don't you know this? It's a legendary creature. I listened to these stories all day long when I was a child. Big."
Of course we know that the dragons participated in the first war. This was mentioned in the Bible of the Goddess Cult, and this group of mysterious creatures will appear in every war, so although the dragons always act independently, It can be considered a member of the human coalition on earth. But the Bible does not say that there is an ancient dragon still alive to this day!
I think that dragon is already an immortal creature in this world.
"Let's go take a look." Bingtis suddenly said in the spiritual connection, "I know where the dragon is... Hey, I didn't notice it before, Chen. You have seen her before."
I was confused, but before I had time to ask, I was dragged up by Bingtis. Everyone hurriedly said goodbye to the trio of iron knights and the stupid guy, and then went directly to the church-affiliated corps station at the top of the fortress. The church army came from the local area. They are stationed outside the fortress like the second-line corps, but the Imperial Church Army directly led by the Pope is stationed on the top level like the National Knights. The upper area is heavily guarded and mercenaries are strictly prohibited from entering or exiting. Of course, this means nothing to us. When the time was determined, everyone went up without hesitation...
A group of people came to the fortress headquarters near the top of the mountain. This is a stone building almost half embedded in the hard rock. The part of it in the mountain may have been built directly by hollowing out the rock. We opened the invisible field,
It was easy to enter this stone fortress. Bingtis's louse spirit appeared from nowhere and led the way, leading everyone to the war conference room.
The reason why I know this is a combat conference room is because this large, brightly lit room not only has tactical maps around the Changqiao Mountains hung on it, but there is also a magic device in the center of the room that looks like a projection sand table, and more importantly -
-There is a sign hanging on the wall...
The guards here must have been pushed back, and the door to the room was closed tightly. After we walked in through the wall, we saw that there were only two people in the huge combat conference room. One of them was an old man wearing a purple robe with gold trim and a beard.
He was all white, very thin, but very energetic. He was standing next to the big table, with an expression on his face that seemed very excited. Bingtis pointed at the old man casually: "See, that's the Pope."
Standing in front of the Pope was a very tall woman. She wore an ordinary dark leather armor, short white hair, a slightly pale complexion, unusual lavender lips, and a pair of purple vertical pupils.
…Isn’t this the facially paralyzed lady I met when I got up early?
"See, that's a dragon." Bingtis pointed at the woman and said.
"I'll go! It turns out she's a dragon. I didn't recognize her when she turned into a human form." I scratched my hair. "Why did such a legendary creature pitch a tent in a mercenary camp and spend the night? She also experiences life like us.
Coming?"
"I didn't notice it either. Well, I probably didn't pay attention. In fact, as long as I distinguish it a little, I should have noticed what her true identity is. But at that time, who would have thought that I would meet such a person in the mercenary camp," Bingdi
Si snorted from his nose as he spoke, "Forget it, let's just listen quietly to their quarrel."
Yes, the atmosphere between the old pope and the oldest female Dragon King is not good. Thinking about the demonstration-like dragon power just now, it is obvious that the two people are having conflicts. They maintain a stiff atmosphere of silence, and they don't know.
A few meters away, a group of uninvited guests stood watching him. The old man was the first to break the silence. He tapped the tin stick in his hand on the stone floor: "Zoya, you are making things difficult for me."
"I've been in trouble for thousands of years," the white-haired Dragon King's voice didn't sound emotional at all. Although she was complaining, she couldn't even hear her anger. She seemed to be stating the facts, "I need to go to the moon.
Come on, talk to the people over there."
The old pope spread his hands: "The Dark Moon Lord may still be in a deep sleep, and the Blood Princess is in charge in the Moon Palace. Who do you think you can talk to? And when the Dark Moon Lord wakes up, the war will officially begin.
There’s no use for you to go up there.”
"Then I'll wake that guy up in advance. It's not an option for him to keep going round and round like this. What we discussed at the beginning still seems to be problematic - you have been reincarnated dozens of times, and you also know that this world is getting more and more complicated.
What's worse, the power of the artifact is weaker than the power of the demon, and this cannot be made up for by the hard work of mortals."
"So you really don't plan to come according to the ancient agreement," the old pope paused the tin staff in his hand, "But even if I nod, what can you do? You know that the four of us locked the Gemini teleportation station together back then.
Yes, if you want to activate it in advance before the official connection, more than three people must open the door. Lord Dark Moon is sleeping now, and the Blood Princess cannot listen to you - how do you get there?"