"Generally speaking, how reliable is this kind of gossip?"
Lorraine made a gesture:
"Seventy percent!"
Matthew pursed his lips:
"It's higher than I thought."
Luo Lan smiled and shook his head:
"70% of it is a rumor!"
"In the remaining 30%, there are only a handful of incidents where the truth is completely consistent with the news that has been circulated. Most of them are taken out of context and exaggerated."
"In fact, as long as you can get to know a certain number of bards - it doesn't need to be too many, it just needs to be popular and spread in a specific area, then you can influence the gossip and gossip in that area to a certain extent.
News stories don’t even require you to put in extra thought. In the process of spreading, someone will naturally add fuel and jealousy to you, and eventually various versions will be derived..."
Matthew stared.
It seems that the number of news channels is the same in every world.
"So maybe this is a rumor?"
Matthew asked.
Lorraine rarely gave a clear answer:
"not sure."
"Generally speaking, the probability that an incident of this level is a rumor is much lower than that of ordinary news. After all, it involves a powerful character at the level of Lord Thousand Changes. If the matter is completely a rumor, it can easily be falsified.
.”
"But it's a bit too coincidental for such a tidbit to pop up at this point in time."
"Personally, I tend to believe that Terraste deliberately spread the rumors in order to cooperate with you in building momentum. This can increase your credibility in front of other members after you successfully bring 'Jiasiliwen' back."
Matthew nodded slightly.
Luo Lan's analysis is reasonable and well-founded.
In fact, he also suspected that it was someone sent by Terraste who did it.
But no matter what.
He had to go to Snail Valley with Luo Lan to create a trace that he had been to Yongge Forest on the surface.
However, going to Yonge Forest is very troublesome.
during regular periods.
If you want to enter the territory of the night elves, you must at least be a core member of the Seven Saints Alliance.
You must send a request for access through the Silver Council to the Night Elves' diplomatic bureau, the Midnight Flower.
Then one to three working days later.
Only then can you get a reply from Yonge Forest.
The Eversong Forest usually does not refuse applications from mages, but they will also send one or two night elves to follow them.
In name, he is a tour guide.
In fact, it is to restrict the scope of human activities in Yongge Forest.
Compared to the openness of wood elves.
Night elves are almost completely isolated from other humanoid societies.
Relying on the unique resources and vast territory of Yonge Forest.
They maintain the last dignity and pride of the elves.
This is a group of intelligent beings that are difficult to deal with.
Even sea elves and wood elves are only slightly better than humans in the eyes of night elves.
But night elves also have an advantage.
Their royal family has sufficient and clear understanding of the outside world.
Although the clan has an indifferent and hostile attitude towards external forces including the Seven Saints Alliance.
However, the officials of Yongge Forest have still reached a highly close cooperative relationship with the alliance.
This is exactly the opposite of Jade Cangting.
Change to normal times.
Matthew's visit to Snail Valley Prison must be smooth sailing, especially after the Southern Division Legion took over.
But the current situation is.
The high-level mages disappeared en masse, leaving the Silver Council with nothing to do but destroy it.
Matthew couldn't find a way to contact the night elves officials for a while——
As early as when the abyssal army landed in the wasteland of rest.
Matthew sent several warnings and letters asking for help to the Silver Council.
However, the Silver Council's answer is always the same "please handle it at your own discretion".
Later, Fandral took the time to reply to Matthew with a useful message.
he told Matthew.
Most of the first-tier members of the Silver Council are busy dealing with the chaos on their own turf.
This all-round invasion of the abyss has made everyone anxious.
At the same time, it also exposed an extremely terrifying hidden danger in the Seven Saints Alliance——
After losing the top-level divine mage and high-ranking legend.
The so-called alliance is nothing more than a bunch of rabble.
What's even scarier is.
This is not entirely impossible.
Maybe one day the magicians and legends will get tired of this kind of nannying for the weak.
If no character similar to the Scourge Mage can appear by then.
So the disintegration of the alliance is by no means alarmist.
"Go and ask Yu Qi first."
"If you really have no choice, you can only forcefully break into the boundary of Yonge Forest once, and come out if you make some noise..."
Think so.
Matthew found the astrologer.
After hearing about Matthew's purpose, Yu Qi showed a hint of embarrassment:
"If it was before the invasion of the Abyss, then everything would be easy to handle."
"But the current situation is tense. I heard that there is a lot of chaos over there in Snail Valley. Even if I lead the way, if we go to visit now, we may be turned away."
"The leader of the Southern Wizard Legion currently stationed in Snail Valley is the fire mage Nubis, who is known for his unkindness and selflessness. My rank is below him. Only Lady Vivian is qualified to talk to him on an equal footing..."
After hearing this, Matthew patted his chest:
"We just heard that there was an accident in Snail Valley Prison, and we wanted to go over and see if we could help."
"If the Snail Valley defenders don't welcome us, we will leave directly."
After hearing this, Yu Qi stopped obstructing him.
Later.
He took Matthew on board a magic ship, and the three of them came to the bottom of the cabin.
On the floor of the cabin, a pattern of a giant beast was carved in white ink.
The beast had nine heads in total.
And the nine heads were shining with luster of different colors.
A large number of arcane runes are gathered here.
It gives people a confusing and mysterious feeling.
According to Yu Qi.
These are the teleportation arrays leading to the Wentian Terrace opened by the Southern Magic Corps in nine different locations.
The three of them stood on the eighth head.
Yu Qi took out an eraser and wiped it in the air.
The faint firelight flickered and disappeared.
puff!
The next second.
The scenery in front of Matthew began to slowly change.
There were gusts of wind in his ears.
Open your eyes.
White clouds like galloping horses passed in front of him.
Under his feet was a wooden platform that stretched above the clouds.
Countless huge gray-green feathers spread out around the platform like a peacock spreading its wings.
Matthew can feel it.
It is these feathers that provide great buoyancy, which allows the entire platform to float in the sky!
"I wonder if there is no one guarding the rooftop?"
"It seems that Snail Valley does have quite a problem!"
Yu Qi looked left and right, with a solemn look on his face.
Under his guidance.
Both Matthew and Lorraine saw a thick chain hanging downward next to the rooftop.
"Without this chain, Wentiantai would continue to rise and eventually enter the starry sky."
"In an emergency, soldiers or mages wearing slip rings can quickly descend to the ground through this chain..."
"But we probably won't need it."
Yu Qi quickly shook off three feathers.
In an instant.
The three feathers turned into three cranes.
Matthew and the other three rode the crane and soared downward along the chain.
After about two minutes of touching.
The vast Yongge Forest appeared in the three people's field of vision.
Matthew has sharp eyes.
Suddenly he saw the bright white glint in the southern part of Yongge Forest——
There is the only hilltop in the entire forest that is not covered by vegetation.
Snail Valley.
Overlooking Snail Valley from a high altitude, it looks like a white sand beach in an endless green sea.
If you look at it from the south.
The low mountains backed by the entire Snail Valley indeed resemble a snail shell in outline.
This place is extremely narrow and dangerous.
At certain times in history, it served as an important barrier for the night elves to resist the invasion of the southern forest trolls——
It is precisely because of the existence of Snail Valley.
The troll empire did not rule the night elves as deeply as other races.
The two parties only formed a nominal affiliation.
Therefore, in the hearts of many night elves, this dangerous green sea land called Gostil in the Elvish language has a very special meaning.
It's just that times have changed.
Trolls and gods fell one after another.
Yongsong Forest lost its enemies in the south, and the meaning of the Snail Valley Barrier also changed several times, eventually becoming a prison for evil people.
Now it has been taken over by the Southern Magistrate Corps.
It has become the only special place in the Eversong Forest that is no longer under the personal control of the night elves.
In Matthew's view.
The shape of the entire Snail Valley seems a bit like a super mini version of the Trace of the Dead.
It is dotted among the endless green sea of Yongge Forest.
It is undoubtedly extremely abrupt.
But at this moment, what is more abrupt is not the topography of Snail Valley, but the gray smoke and bursts of fire rising from the bottom of the valley!
"Someone is attacking Snail Valley Prison!"
Matthew was shocked.
He looked down from a high altitude and saw fierce battles breaking out in at least four places throughout the Snail Valley.
One side of the battle was evidently the Snail Valley garrison, dressed in the uniform of the Confederate Legion of Magisters;
The origin of the other party is very complicated.
The closest intruders to Matthew and his party were a dozen giant tempered spiders. These tempered spiders seemed to have been given a magic resistance-increasing spell. They did not retreat in the face of the firepower of the Southern Wizard Army, and even took the opportunity to kill two of them.
A low-level mage, which shows how terrifying his combat power is;
The invaders in the other three places were a group of demons, two tribes of wild boars, and a group of dragon robbers.
How did these creatures cross the powerful barrier of Yongsong Forest and suddenly appear in Snail Valley?
While doubts arose in Matthew's heart, he also keenly realized——
There wasn't a night elf present!
This is unreasonable.
Although the garrison task of Snail Valley was contracted by the Southern Wizard Corps, Matthew remembered clearly at the time that the sovereignty of Snail Valley still belonged to the night elves.
Yongsong Forest also stated that it would leave some night elf troops to assist in defense.
But now.
Where is the trace of the night elves responsible for assisting in defense?
"How to say?"
Yu Qi was a little worried when he saw this situation and came up to ask about Matthew's movements.
Matthew pointed to the mages working with the tempered spiders not far away and said:
"They can't hold it any longer."
"Help first."
The mouth of Snail Valley.
A group of steel spiders glowing with silver-black bodies are about to break through the preset positions of the Southern Magistrate Corps.
But at this time.
A thin figure suddenly fell from the sky.
The mages in the position looked at the man with a shovel in his left hand and a sickle in his right hand in surprise.
But seeing him working from side to side, he skillfully cut open the back of a steel spider with a shovel, and then used a sickle to gouge it frantically!
The man's actions can be described as rude.
However, in the blink of an eye, the steel spider that had caused them so much misery just now died!
Immediately afterwards.
More tempered spiders gathered around.
The man was about to be swamped by the spider swarm.
But in a moment.
Three phantoms condensed into a solid entity behind him——
Minotaur Skeleton;
Sage with two swords;
Chrome Nether Dragon;
Three big thugs appeared out of nowhere and beat the group of steel spiders to pieces in no time!
Mid-air.
Yu Qi silently put away the crystal ball——
As early as when Matthew summoned the three legendary undead, he interrupted his spell chanting.
But even so.
He didn't expect Matthew to be so fast!
"what happened?"
When Yu Qi slowly landed.
Matthew was already talking to the mages in the camp.
He asked everyone about the origin of the group of tempered spiders.
A mage who looked like a small boss stood up and explained loudly:
"We don't know what happened!"
"At six o'clock in the morning, we heard the siren, and then received the task of taking turns to guard the entrance of the valley."
"Colleagues from the previous two classes have withdrawn to the valley to help. It is said that the attack inside is more serious than here... Damn it, we obviously didn't let any monsters go, how did the valley get attacked?"
"Thank you for your help. Could you please tell me the origin of your names?"
This little boss dealt with it quite politely.
But Matthew could also see the vigilance in his eyes——
Yongsong Forest is indeed a semi-enclosed area, and it is rare to see races other than night elves here.
What's more, it's a tough guy like Matthew who carries three legendary undead souls.
If he hadn't killed those spiders three times, five times and five times.
If you say that Matthew is the mastermind behind the attack on Snail Valley, a lot of people probably believe it!
Upon hearing this, Yu Qi immediately stepped forward and revealed his identity.
Then Matthew also announced his home status.
After learning the specific information about the two of them, the little boss's eyes suddenly became much friendlier.
The eyes of the mages nearby looking at Matthew were full of admiration, surprise and envy——
no way.
While Matthew was talking to them, the legendary trio was posing POSS next to them.
Paige looked just average.
But the double-sword sage in the ink style and the chrome-gold Netherworld Dragon with its huge tonnage are so handsome!
No mage can refuse such a contract summon.
This is true even for mages in the realm of evocation.
"We heard there was a bit of trouble in Snail Valley, so we came over to check it out."
Yu Qi explained the purpose of the group’s visit:
"You may not know that there are even rumors that the Thousand Transformers Lord Jia Siliwen has escaped from prison..."
Hear this.
The little boss's expression suddenly changed.
He immediately refuted:
"That's definitely a rumor!"
"Although we encountered some attacks, they were generally under the control of the Fire Mage. No prisoner escaped from Snail Valley, let alone a big shot like Jia Siliwen!"
See the other person's reaction.
Matthew and Yu Qi couldn't help but look at each other.
The attitude of the little boss suddenly became much colder:
"Thank you very much for coming to help. I'm pretty sure that Snail Valley has been slightly attacked, but it's not a big problem."
"Originally, as two of us, the Fire Mage would personally come to receive us, but now you have also seen this situation. The adults have no time to get away for the time being. If you want to visit, you may need to change the time."
It was clear that he had issued an order to expel the guest.
Yu Qi negotiated with him several times.
The other party’s attitude is still quite stubborn:
"From a personal perspective, I really appreciate your help."
"But Snail Valley has the rules of Snail Valley. Every visitor must be reviewed in advance, otherwise he will not be allowed to enter. I'm sorry."
"Or you can wait outside the valley. I'll try my best to arrange notifications for you, but I'm not sure when I can see the Fire Mage."
Matthew shook his head and left.
He could feel the inner struggle of the little boss, but it wasn't a bad thing for him to stick to the rules.
Because Matthew didn't want to get involved in the muddy waters of Snail Valley.
He and Yu Qi walked around pretending to be outside.
period.
Yu Qi also explained to him what he knew about Snail Valley:
"The night elves' Golden Butterfly troops seem to have evacuated this place after the invasion of the abyss."
"It is said that a large number of demons have appeared near Xianrui, the capital of Yongge Forest. The golden butterflies evacuated to support the capital. There is nothing wrong with it logically."
"Have you seen that army in the valley? That is the Swift Wind Legion under the Fire Mage Nubis. Each high-level Swift Wind Mage has mobility comparable to the legendary rogue and unparalleled hunting ability. They can absorb the air from the void.
The power of the phase is added to one's own spells to give them stronger effects."
"They seem to be hunting something..."
The two walked around in the woods surrounding Snail Valley.
Except for some spider crawling marks.
Nothing else was found.
After a while.
They are ready to leave.
At this moment, Luo Lan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of them.
He was holding a lifeless body in his arms.
Matthew leaned over to take a look, and his expression suddenly changed.
But the corpse had no face, no fingerprints, and no gender!
It was a corpse that had all its elements devoured!
This is the method of the Thousand Changers!
"Where did you find it?"
Matthew asked hurriedly.
Lorraine placed the body on the ground and then shrugged:
"While you were talking to those mages, I found a spider with a bulging belly, so I went in to take a look and fished out the body..."
Matthew stared at the corpse, trying to get some information from it.
However, the Thousand Changers' methods are too ruthless.
Even with his perception.
It's also difficult to catch additional traces.
"It should be a male..."
"I can't be more than twenty-five years old. I'm neither tall nor short. I'm very thin. I look like a thief or some other branch of rogues..."
Yu Qi closed his eyes and then murmured:
"This is the truth the stars tell me."
Matthew and Loren looked at each other.
There are still not enough clues, and it is impossible to determine the identity of the deceased just from the information given by Yu Qi.
Just at this time.
Matthew noticed an item held by the deceased under his arm——
It was an opened scroll.
The scroll is made of sheepskin and has uneven and rough marks on the surface, which indicates that this blank scroll in the open space was once written by someone, but the marks on it were erased.
"It is also possible that it was not erased, but that the original spell runes were broken after the scroll took effect..."
Matthew gently stroked the marks on the parchment, and this feeling was also consistent with signs of cracking.
"There is an aura of evil spirits, very strong."
Roland pointed to the fragments of the parchment scroll and said:
"If Jia Siliwen really escaped from prison, this scroll must be closely related to her!"
Matthew agrees.
"What should we do with this body?"
Yu Qi squatted down and asked.
Matthew pondered for a moment, and finally said calmly:
"The corpse itself actually doesn't have much value. After being plundered by the Thousand Changers, only an empty shell is left. I will take it back to the cemetery and store it carefully for future disposal."
"You have also seen the situation in Snail Valley. The fire mage and his troops are quite repulsive to outsiders. They seem to want to completely suppress the news of Jia Siliwen's escape from prison. Even if you go to contact them now, I'm afraid
Nothing good will come of it, right?"
Yu Qi nodded.
Matthew straightened up:
"We can't tell now whether Jia Siliwen has really escaped, but we must make preventive preparations."
"Mr. Yu Qi, you have to contact Ms. Vivian about this matter, ask her for her opinion, and communicate with Fire Mage Nubis and others through her channels to further confirm Jia Siliwen's situation."
"I will return to Rolling Stone City. It is best to take measures to prevent the Lord of the Thousand Changers. God bless, I hope that Jia Siliwen is still in prison, otherwise it may cause a disaster for the entire continent of Irondor."
"And the world has enough disasters already!"
Yu Qi also sighed heavily.
Then the three people returned to Wentiantai with the body and the scroll.
Same as before.
There is still a lack of mage garrison here.
The three of them easily passed through the teleportation array on the stage and returned to the magic ship.
Yu Qi went to find Vivian.
Matthew immediately went to find Rhaegar and others, especially telling Richard to protect Qiuka.
The little white cat with the bloodline of the Thousand Transformers is an important presence in Rolling Stone City's fight against Jia Siliwen.
Matthew was worried that she wouldn't be able to resist the suppression of the bloodline of the ancestor of the Thousand Transformers.
But Rhaegar and Richard told Matthew not to worry about this.
obviously.
In terms of bloodline protection.
The Blood Flag family still has some heritage.
Then he returned to the cemetery and made some hasty preparations.
everything's ready.
Unfortunately.
Matthew didn't find Sif before parting, and he didn't know where she had gone.
Standing outside the portal leading to the Emerald Cangting from the cemetery.
Matthew couldn't help but ask Lorraine:
"How are you going to play Jia Si Liwen?"
Unexpectedly, the person who responded to him was an extremely charming and sweet female voice:
"Why do I need to play myself?"
"The Changer is everywhere."
"Matthew, do you really think that your friend is still the same person as before?"
During the conversation.
The other party gently touched his face with his right hand——
Luo Lan's face quickly disappeared, replaced by an extremely bright and plump beauty!
Even the clothes have changed into the half-covered skirts that were once popular in the Tianlun Palace era!
That moment.
Matthew's heart twisted tightly.
He felt an unprecedented attraction, which was the attraction engraved in the blood of the demon by the Lord of the Thousand Changers.
He couldn't feel any trace of illusion!
This real feeling.
Matthew couldn't help but ask:
"You're not really Jia Siliwen, are you?"
The big beauty smiled lowly:
"What do you think?"
She did not answer directly, but walked to the teleportation array with confidence and calmness, and then winked at Matthew.
Whoosh!
The light disappeared in a flash.
Only then did Matthew stand up and follow the opponent's pace!
"Why is this guy Luo Lan walking so fast..."
"I still have a lot of details that I haven't explained to him!"
Accompanied by Matthew and Lorraine, they successfully arrived at the Valley of the Divine Tree.
The sky is gradually getting darker.
This time.
Matthew didn't meet Biana outside that building.
He adjusted his condition.
Walked in side by side with Lorraine.
When passing by the corridor.
The first person he bumped into was Terraste, who was banging on the wall with a bamboo stick.
The latter turned sideways and looked at Matthew and the woman beside him.
A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Just at this moment.
"Jia Si Liwen" walked into the hall gracefully.
for a while.
All eyes were on her.
Matthew's heart lifted slightly.
The first one to speak was the evil spirit lord Omadouqi:
"Xiaojia, I haven't seen you for a thousand years, but your appearance is still gorgeous."
However, what he responded to was ruthless ridicule:
"Come on, it sounds like you and I have a good relationship."
"I don't know which bastard was avoiding me like the god of plague."
"The so-called God of Joy is just a stone covered with the priesthood of pleasure - that's right. You evil spirits have always liked to conceive by themselves. It's normal for you to refuse to explore with me the true meaning of life between men and women..."
As soon as this statement came out.
A look of surprise appeared on Omadouqi's face.
Mo Song, the traveler god, smiled softly:
"You're still so mean."
However, Jia Siliwen did not say nice things to him because of this:
"It's the same for anyone who stays in that damn prison for any length of time."
"Don't tell me that you didn't contribute to the original seal - Dematheus, I remember that you were the youngest among the gods in the heaven at that time. I wonder if things have changed now?"
The face of the Traveler God turned slightly livid.
He couldn't help but glance at Matthew, his eyes equally full of surprise and inquiry.
thereafter.
Several other people started to strike up a conversation.
However, Lorraine could always respond in an understated manner. Not only that, he also revealed many secrets unique to the gods in his words.
It's these little secrets that don't look very glamorous that greatly enhance her credibility.
Even Terraste couldn't help but quietly pulled Matthew aside:
"How did you bring the real Jia Siliwen out?"
Matthew just laughed and said nothing.
With the God of Scam still waiting to be replaced, the demigod Lorraine is the ceiling in the relevant field.
It is not unusual for the other party to know so many secrets of Tianlun Palace.
After all, this is what bards eat!
What's more, he is one of the best.
Luo Lan handled the first scene of contact with everyone very well.
Seeing that there was no need to take action himself, Terraste was even more happy to see the success.
But at this time.
The spirit body of the Great Elf King Nicholas, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up:
"Jia Sliwen is sealed in Gostil Prison. Even if you go to rescue her, it will take at least seven days to forcefully break the seal."
"I don't believe she is Grace Wen."
"I request a divination."
It seemed like she was cooperating with him.
Dragon Lich Stephanie also stood up:
"I can provide all the media needed for divination."
"I have long heard that the Great Elf King's divination spell is the most powerful in the material world. Why don't you let us see it in the world?"
Terraste rolled his eyes and was about to stop him.
However, Luo Lan had already responded with a sweet smile:
"You divine your fortune."
Nicholas looked at him deeply.
Then the Dracolich placed all the materials needed for divination in front of Nicholas.
However, the former night elf king did not touch the other media on the table.
He just grabbed a crystal ball and smashed it to the ground!
In an instant.
Nicholas intoned in an odd tone:
"Broken crystal, please respond to me with the truth."
"Is the cunning Lord of Thousand Changes, Jia Si Liwen, among us?"
Tens of seconds later.
All the crystal fragments trembled and floated together again.
They form a rough word -
yes!
that moment.
Nicholas had a look of astonishment on his face.
Matthew couldn't help but glance at Lorraine.
It happened that the other party also looked at me at this time.
But there seemed to be a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.