At night, in a seaside resort hotel on the outskirts of the city, Bing Zhixie was lying on a chair next to the swimming pool and looking at the vast starry sky. After Hurington found such a pleasant hotel, Alice had no intention of going there.
Enjoying all this, she held various newspapers bought from the stalls in her hands. She read carefully every article about the warring parties between Demon Moon and Saint Vicoia, and all the news she got made her even more worried.
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The battle situation on the front line was unfavorable to Demon Moon. In less than half a month after the war resumed, Saint Bikoya's army had already breached two fortress cities on Demon Moon's front line and occupied five military strongholds. He had served the empire for 37 years.
The famous Demon Moon General 'Immortal General' Edward died on the battlefield in 2001, and all 35,000 of his elite men were wiped out. Apparently Saint Vicoia had made complete preparations for the restart of the war.
The only good thing is that the 'endless chasm' defense line built by General Philippe Ruhl is still there, and has successfully repelled no less than 6 attacks by the Santa Vicoia army. However, the 700,000 troops assembled in Santa Vicoia have
They have arrived at the war frontline on the 5th of this month and are preparing to launch a new round of offensive against the 'Endless Moat' defense line.
Hullington came to the balcony with two glasses of 'VISA' and handed one to Alice. Alice didn't respond and was still looking at the swaying branches not far away. Hullington had no choice but to put the wine on the balcony.
On the fence, he jumped off the balcony and walked to Bing Zhixie: "Why don't you comfort her?"
"I'm thinking about something." Bing Zhixie lay quietly on the couch, letting the night sea breeze blow continuously on his scarred body.
Hullington said: "Are you just lying here and doing nothing?"
"How was your time at the bonfire over there?"
Hullington said angrily: "I...I can't speak to you, but she is your apprentice."
Bingzhixie said: "I said I was thinking about something."
"What's the matter?" Hullington asked: "There is nothing more important now than comforting your apprentice."
Bingzhixie said: "I'm thinking about how to send her back to the Demon Moon Kingdom."
Hullington was stunned: "You want to send her away?"
"Um."
Hullington thought for a moment and said: "Yes, it is better to send her back than to let her worry here. Her parents must also hope that she can be around at this time. Have you thought of any solution?"
Bing Zhixie turned to look at him.
"What do you mean? Me?" Hullington pointed at himself and said, "You mean you want me to send her back."
Bing Zhixie nodded: "As a price, I will give you 50,000 gold coins as a reward."
"50,000 gold coins." Hullington glanced at Alice, who was still lost in thought on the balcony, and turned around and said, "This is not good, I..."
"100,000."
Hullington was stunned and said angrily: "I'm not doing it for money. Have you ever asked her opinion? Is she willing to go back?"
Bing Zhixie said nothing.
Hullington said: "She is your disciple now, you should learn to respect her."
Bingzhixie said: "Letting her go back is the best choice."
"But you have to let her decide for herself."
After a while, Hullington said again: "By the way, did you arrive at Bubble Street early during the day today?"
"yes."
Hullington said angrily: "Then why did you wait until the end to take action? Do you know that our situation was very dangerous at that time, and that you were 100% sure to rescue Alice and me before death?"
"No."
"Then why didn't you come out earlier to resolve this matter? Can you just watch us die and see Alice get hurt?"
Bing Zhixie showed an unhappy look on his face: "Are you blaming me? You have always been very clear about my attitude. I don't like to cause trouble, but you always keep causing all kinds of trouble. Are you and that person?
Is it my responsibility to gang up on gangsters?”
"Okay, you're awesome, I can't compete with you." Hullington tugged on his collar and drank the wine in the glass in one go.
"What are you arguing about?" Alice was awakened by their quarrel and jumped down from the balcony and came over.
Hullington said: "Your master has decided to let you go back."
"Why?" Alice looked at her master eagerly.
Bing Zhixie just said calmly: "You should go back."
"No, I don't want it." Alice said, "I'm very worried about my country, but I can't help much if I go back. I want to continue traveling with you."
Bingzhixie said: "But you can't go where I'm going next."
"Where?"
"Sindmore, the capital of Saint Bikea," Bing Zhixie said.
Hullington was also surprised: "Why do you want to go there all of a sudden? We traveled thousands of miles from the north to get here. Aren't you just going to the Eastern Continent to find clues about that special rune stone?"
Alice suddenly remembered that her master had said something like this in the tavern, but she didn't know why.
Bing Zhixie's answer was simple: "The plan has changed, I decided to go to Sindmoor."
It turned out that he received a letter at the bank. In the letter, Linda asked him to come to Xindmore as soon as possible. There were important clues about Long Ling. After thinking about it, he decided to give up searching for Long Ling in the Eastern Continent temporarily because Elly
In the letter written to him by Si's uncle Rost, the clues about the presence of Long Ling in the Eastern Continent were too vague. He only asked him to look for Crescent Bay, which had long been forgotten in the Eastern Continent. Moreover, the letter also said that about Crescent Bay,
The Luo Shen Kingdom in the southern subcontinent has been searching for many years, but in the end he still found nothing. He thought that instead of searching aimlessly for the Crescent Bay that he didn't know existed, he should look for more valuable clues.
Alice said: "I can also go to Sindmore."
Bingzhixie said: "You can't go there. That's the capital of Saint Bikea, and they will definitely recognize your Princess of the Demon Moon Kingdom. If you are caught by them, it will bring even more serious consequences to your country."
s consequence."
Alice said: "I can disguise myself and they won't recognize me."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hughington also expressed opposition to this matter: "Alice, I also think you can't go, it is very dangerous, and your life will be in danger."
Alice said: "I'm not afraid of danger. Haven't we experienced too many dangers along the way? Just in the Bubble Street just now, in the misty forest of Guiniz, in the Shuiyun Stream of the Ten Forbidden Lands, in the north
Danluer in the snowy field, when did I not experience life-threatening danger?"
Hullington said: "But this time it's different."
"What's the difference?"
Hurlington said: "The dangers of those events are accidental and uncertain, and you will definitely be in danger in this matter. You are the princess of the Demon Moon Kingdom, and you should know that superpowers like Saint Bikoa,
Their military strength and how many powerful people they have, your master can't protect you."
"I... Anyway, if I don't leave, I won't go back." Alice shed tears: "Master, you promised not to drive me away, how could you keep your word? You can't lie to me.
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Bing Zhixie was silent, he didn't know what to say.
The next day, Bingzhixie still failed to persuade Alice to leave, so he had to take her on the rest of the trip. Because he decided to go to Sindmore due to a temporary change of route, Bingzhixie did not want to stay in this city for too long.
After breakfast, he, Alice, Hullington and the other three people hurried to the docking port of the airship in the suburbs. Just after leaving the city gate, Bing Zhixie suddenly stopped on the path among the woods.
"What's wrong? Did you leave something behind, or did you forget something?" Hughington asked.
Bing Zhixie turned around and looked at a big tree in the woods: "Come out, you have been with us all day."
After a while, a beggar came out from behind the big tree.
"Ah, it's that beggar." Alice shouted, "I saw him in the tavern yesterday."
When the beggar approached, Bing Zhixie said, "You have been following us since yesterday. What do you want to do?"
The beggar said: "I want to go on the road with you."
Hurlington was stunned and said, "Are you coming with us? Do you know where we are going?"
The beggar said: "No matter where you go, I am willing to follow you."
This time, not only Hullington, but even Bing Zhixie couldn't understand. He looked carefully at the beggar in front of him. He was about 1.8 to 1.9 meters tall, with a broad face, a high nose bridge, and a big mouth. He was very tall, but always shrunken.
He has a slightly bent neck and a gray beard. He looks to be between 55 and 60 years old. Because of his dirty appearance, he may actually be younger than he looks.
Hullington said: "No, I will not allow a stranger to go on the road with us."
The beggar immediately said: "I am not a stranger. My name is Stanley. You will get to know me soon. I am willing to do anything for you. I can help you carry your luggage. I can also help you clean your room and buy things for you in the future.
All of these are fine, I am willing to be your servant."
Hullington said: "We don't need you to do this, we can do it ourselves..."
Bing Zhixie suddenly said: "Do you know us?"
"No, I don't know him."
"Then why do you want to come with us?"
The beggar said without hesitation: "I want to leave here, I want to have a better life."
Bing Zhixie looked at this man in confusion, but stopped talking.
Alice said: "Why didn't you find someone else but us? Do you think we are children and want to harm us?"
The beggar hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I definitely don't dare. I saw you fight yesterday. You are so powerful. I don't dare to do such a thing. I have gone to other people, but they all hated me because I was too dirty and smelly, and they were unwilling to let me go with them.
So I hope you can help me."
Hurlington said: "If you were a beautiful woman, I would be willing to help you, but it's a pity that you are a man and a bad old man over fifty years old."
The beggar suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "I am sincere. As long as you can be nice to me, give me food, give me a place to live, and prevent me from becoming a beggar on the street again, I will be satisfied."
Alice looked at the beggar and said sincerely, and said to the master: "He is so pitiful, can we take him away?"
Bing Zhixie said nothing.
Hullington said: "Alice, you have to be more vigilant. Suddenly an unknown person approaches you. You should be wary of him. He might have some bad ideas."
"No, even if you kill me, I won't dare to do anything bad to you. I just want to leave the life of a beggar. I really... I really don't want to beg anymore..." The beggar actually cried as he said this.
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Alice cried so much that her nose was sore and she said, "He is just a beggar. My master is so powerful, how dare he have bad ideas against us?"
Hullington said: "Maybe he is a thief. He stole our money and ran away. Beggars are basically thieves. There are many valuables on our airship."
The beggar thought for a moment, seemed to have made up his mind, and said: "Let's sign a contract. It's not a contract on paper, it's a magical contract - Siggar's agreement. With this, you don't have to worry about my betrayal."
You guys."
This is a spiritual imprint contract. The recipient cannot mentally betray the giver, otherwise he will suffer severe mental torture. However, this magic cannot be forcibly signed unilaterally, and there is no situation where both parties will be controlled by the other party.
, is a relatively equal magic contract, and it is also one of the few contract magics that is not prohibited from being learned by the Holy Garden. This kind of magic contract is mostly used in commercial trade, where both parties promise to each other on a certain thing or business, or simply
The party promised not to betray the other party. The branding contract signed on this condition will be automatically released after both parties are deemed to have reached it mentally. This magic can also be released by a psychic magician.