He Gaitou stepped on the ice ladder and gradually went deeper into the ground.
The surrounding walls are made of large ice bricks. The alchemy torches along the way are burning with white ice flames, exuding wisps of cold air.
This is the ice prison.
The road He Gaitou was walking only led to the warden's room.
He was very familiar with the environment here. But this familiarity did not bring him warmth.
Even if he wears a heart-shaped ice ring, there is still a chill in his heart.
He Gaitou knew that even though he had been away from the ice prison for many years, it had indeed brought a profound psychological shadow to him. And this shadow has not dissipated to this day.
He was once a prisoner in an ice prison.
"Ah haha, old friend, long time no see." The warden stood at the door, raised his arms, and greeted him warmly.
It is very rare that the warden of the ice prison is not a snow elf, but a human.
He is a gold-level mage.
The Ice Prison is the top prison in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom. A human serves as the warden. This is very rare in the political ecology of the kingdom.
"Lord Warden." He Jiabao bowed slightly to the Warden of the Ice Prison.
The warden of the Ice Prison pretended to be displeased: "You are still so outspoken, just call me by my name."
As he said that, with a warm smile on his face, he welcomed the hijab in.
But He Gaitou understood very well. The enthusiasm and smile of the ice prison warden could not represent his true attitude.
Perhaps, this is the difference between humans and elves.
As for He Gaitou, he prefers to deal with snow elves. The latter's business-like style and calm tone are more genuine than the human smiles.
For humans, smiles are often their masks, hiding worldly desires.
Just like this time.
The warden of the Ice Prison came to welcome He Gaitou with such desire.
The warden's room is not spacious.
He Gaitou knows that it was not like this before.
After the current Warden of the Ice Prison took office, he made great efforts to save money and took the lead. As a result, the space in the Warden's Office was reduced, and the magic circle that once expanded the space was cancelled.
However, He Gaitou knew that this was a political show by the warden of the ice prison. In fact, he secretly gained more than the previous ones.
The real thing that the Warden of the Ice Prison makes the most is his hijab.
Although the warden's room is not large, the desk is extremely huge, almost like a bed, occupying the largest space in the room.
Across this huge desk, the two of them sat down one by one.
The seats here are also exquisite and carefully decorated.
The Ice Prison Warden's seat is obviously much higher. Originally, humans were taller and had to generally resist the elves. But after He Gaitou sat down, due to the different height of the seat, he was obviously a head shorter than the warden opposite.
This gave the ice prison warden's gaze a natural overlooking angle.
The warden of the Ice Prison looked at He Ge's head with a smile on his face and said with emotion: "In a blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed since you left here."
"I still remember at that time, I was just a deputy warden."
"Thanks to you, I won the championship of that national duel. Because of this credit, I was able to win the subsequent election and was eventually promoted to the warden here."
The Ice Sculpture Kingdom has a policy that whenever there is a national duel, prisons in various places will recommend prisoners to participate.
Prisoners will have their sentences reduced based on their respective achievements.
Hejitou was a beneficiary of this policy. After he won the championship, the kingdom directly pardoned his crime.
Of course, this is also because his crime and sentence are not serious.
Even though the warden's tone was very polite and he looked like he was thanking him, He Gaitou knew that the other party was deliberately mentioning him.
There are at least two meanings in the warden's words.
Not only shows kindness, but also hidden expectations.
So Hijab responded.
"Back then, I was able to be exonerated and regain my freedom, all thanks to the warden."
"I have always kept this kindness in mind. Over the years, I have been trying every means to repay it. Unfortunately, your status is much higher than mine, so I can only pay some meager thanks."
Every year, He Gaitou must send at least 3,000 gold coins to the ice prison warden.
"This time I come to visit you, sir. I also have a very good business deal that I would like to discuss."
The warden of the ice prison suddenly showed an interested expression.
He relaxed his body, leaned back on the chair, squinted his eyes, looked at He Hijab, and said in a leisurely tone: "Oh, tell me in detail."
He Gaitou: "I know that there is currently a prisoner in the ice prison called Bingshang."
"This person used to be at the gold level, but he was a victim of the magic potion [Better Future]. Now he has fallen to the silver level."
"I want him to participate in this national duel and let him challenge someone."
The warden immediately frowned.
"Stop it."
"As you know, although the Ice Prison is the top prison in the country, it only has one recommendation quota."
"Bingshang is a sick man and cannot be beaten. Even if he can be beaten, he is only at the silver level now."
"I know that he was once in the gold level, maybe in the silver level, his combat power is very outstanding."
"But it's no use!"
"At the end of every national duel, the gold level still plays the leading role."
"Silver level can only step aside. No matter how wonderful they play, they can't reach the late stage."
"I'll be honest with you, I'm still waiting for my achievements in this national duel."
"Currently, the candidate we have decided on is called Shi Tu. He is a magneto-earth elemental. In our internal competition, his combat power is quite outstanding, surpassing the others. I am very optimistic about him."
"According to his combat power, he can't beat Long Meng, but he definitely has the strength to compete for the top five."
He Hijab smiled: "Master Warden, don't be anxious, just listen to what I have to say."
"You still don't know who I want to challenge Bingshang."
Warden of Ice Prison: "Who?"
"Dragon suit." He Hijab replied.
"Is it him?" The ice prison warden suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Of course he had heard of dragon suits.
Far more than once.
The dragon boy's reputation spread widely. He defeated and killed gold-level players at the silver level, a feat rarely seen in a century.
As for the dragon suit played by Zong Ge, after arriving in the royal capital, he accepted invitations to duels many times and won continuously without losing.
Although these achievements were not as amazing as Fujituro's one, they also solidified his reputation and won the attention, support and support of many people.
The Warden of the Ice Prison knew more than that.
He also learned that the mount potion sold by the Dragon and Lion Mercenary Group is also very popular. Everyone who has used it says it is good!
He also used it on his own mount Warcraft, and was very impressed by the Dragon Power Riding potion.
Of course, that gold-level dragon riding potion was a gift from someone else.
Hearing He Gaitou mention the dragon suit, the Ice Prison Warden's eyes suddenly showed a light of understanding.
He said: "The dragon suit's combat power is very strong, and it is the only silver-level one. It is generally believed that he is the ceiling of silver-level combat power. At least in this national ceremony duel, there has not yet been a strong competitor for the dragon suit.
.””
"If I remember correctly, his recent winning streak has reached 17 games, right?
"If this trend continues, his winning streak will continue to increase. It would not be surprising if it reaches 100 games."
"This is mainly because there is currently no gold level to initiate a duel against him. In fact, this situation may not happen. Unless the dragon server takes the initiative to challenge the gold level."
"The atmosphere of dueling in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom is very strong, so the public respects it and pays attention to courage and fairness."
"So, basically there will be no gold level to take the initiative to challenge the lower level. This is too shameful. And in the silver level, for the dragon server, there are almost no challengers. From this perspective, the silver level of the dragon server
That’s a huge advantage for him.”
"Unless he takes the initiative to challenge, other gold-level players will accept it, and then the battle between him and the gold-level players can be facilitated."
Of course, if other factors are involved, such as huge profits, hatred between the country and the family, etc., the gold level will also challenge the dragon server. This is not a normal situation.
This type of gold level will naturally be looked down upon by others and will not be welcomed.
"If other gold-level people really invite him to a duel, Dragon Server can refuse it directly. He will not be implicated, and the people will not be too disappointed. After all, if a silver-level person refuses a duel with a gold-level person, this
It’s very normal.”
"In this case, Bingshang is very valuable. If Bingshang challenges Dragon Server, the situation will be completely different."
"Bingshang was once at the gold level, but now it has fallen to the silver level. This is an undoubted fact."
"Precisely because he was once at the gold level, Bingshang's combat power should be unique among the silver level."
"He can definitely pose a threat to the dragon suit!"
"If Bingshang invites a duel, the dragon server will almost certainly accept it. Just because Bingshang is now at the silver level. Once such a duel is achieved, it will immediately arouse enthusiastic attention. Because of the reputation of the dragon server, the audience who pays attention to this duel,
Will be all over the country!”
After analyzing this, the warden of the ice prison looked at He Gaitou: "In recent years, the business of your gambling shop has been getting bigger and bigger."
"So, you want to make a big fortune out of this. You want to design and control a nationwide gambling game?"
Although the Warden of the Ice Prison was asking questions, his tone and demeanor were very confident.
He felt that he had guessed He Ji Tou's plan.
"That's right." He didn't cover his head and nodded immediately, directly admitting it.
This is indeed one of the purposes of the hijab.
Just like the duelist Mi Fang, because Shizuka's family is involved in the potion business, in order to attack business rivals, Mi Fang's motivations for targeting Zong Ge and He Gaitou are also complicated.
On the one hand, the warden of the ice prison saw through it, and He Gaitou wanted to make a bet and profit from it. On the other hand, He Gaitou was a duelist, and it was in his own interest to defeat his own enemy.
The duelists want to recapture the body of Jia Bing and Lin, the leader of the Ax Gang in Blood City.
According to their speculation, these gold-level corpses would not be easily abandoned by the Dragon and Lion Mercenary Group, and should still be in their hands.