Bernal pointed to the seat in front of him and said: "Sit down, Ms. Qianzhuola. After following me, you have to be lucky that I can't feel the slightest murderous aura from you, otherwise you would have been a corpse."
Qian Zhuola sat silently on the seat pointed by Bernard, taking off the black hood, revealing a beautiful face with silver-white hair, scars, and gray skin. The pointed ears belonging to the elf were missing the hood. The restraints unfold quietly in the air.
"Have you, the Golden Dynasty, come into contact with or encountered shadow creatures? You have a strong smell of them." Qian Zhuola asked coldly.
Bernal leaned his two-handed sword on the table and said with a normal expression after hearing Qianzhuola's words: "Are you referring to those people who have been possessed by shadow-like creatures and sneaked into the city these days?"
"You met a 'possessed person'? Why are you okay? No, are you said to have been possessed?" Qianzhuola's pupils widened, and she was about to stand up and retreat.
Even Bernal was amused by Qiandra's reaction. His calm face showed a smile: "I killed all the possessions with one knife, including those who wanted to run into my shadow."
Chapter 129: "Captive"?
Qian Zhuola's silver-white eyes showed surprise, and she couldn't help but say: "How did you prevent the shadow creatures from parasitizing in your shadow? I have never seen anyone able to stop them without any protection."
Bernal raised a finger, shook it, and said calmly: "It's not 'stop', but 'kill'."
Then he showed a thoughtful expression and said: "After I killed those sneaky people, the shadow creatures that came out of their bodies were very weak. I think it may be because they can't adapt to the light of the golden tree. "
Qianzhuola fell into deep thought, and then said: "We in the Glen Alliance accepted Lord Roland's invitation this time precisely because of the huge golden tree above your Golden Dynasty city that is always emitting golden light."
Bernal narrowed his eyes slightly and did not answer, but motioned for the other party to continue speaking.
"Although the various countries on the continent of Salid do not yet understand the shadow creatures, the elves of our Glen Alliance have been fighting against them for two epochs. They do not have any emotions that intelligent creatures should have, as long as they can be obtained by the group They will do even the most dangerous things for their own interests. Their main place of activity is not in the material world, nor in the etheric world, but in a space full of shadows and without any light." Qianzhuola spoke slowly, A brief introduction to shadow creatures.
"And the exit of that space was sealed in our city of the Glen Alliance, until the seal was destroyed by a traitor hundreds of years ago. Although we made repairs in time, some shadow creatures still took the opportunity to escape. After being tracked by the tribe, In the end, it was determined that most of the shadow creatures escaped into the Charles Empire." Qianzhuola said: "However, the relationship between elves and humans was very tense at that time, and we could not enter the human empire openly, so we had to sneak in to look for shadow creatures. But the clues about the shadow creatures were quickly interrupted. The tribesmen who entered the Charles Empire discovered that the top brass of the Charles Empire were deliberately shielding the shadow creatures, making it difficult to investigate and hunt down, and even lost several compatriots as a result."
Bernal raised his head after listening to Qianzhuola's words: "Does this mean that your people have been fighting against this evil creature?"
Qianzhuola nodded: "Yes, but we still can't understand the principle of the birth of shadow creatures. They don't seem to appear out of thin air, but they don't reproduce. They are like demons living deep in their hearts. In their survival In the space, if you have a deep obsession with something, it will suddenly appear in your shadow and become what you think or desire in your heart, and then swallow you whole, and finally Become like you."
"So all our compatriots in the Glen Alliance have suppressed their emotions since birth, and even gave up their faith for this, just to seal these evil shadow creatures." Qianzhuola said.
Bernal nodded with some understanding: "I see, that's why you have such an attitude towards the two children buying flowers. You are afraid that some of you will like flowers. When you enter the space where the shadow creatures are, You have something in your mind and you get killed, right?"
Qianzhuola nodded with a painful and helpless expression: "Yes, as elves, how can we not like nature. But we cannot and cannot love things that you think are sparse and ordinary."
Bernal spread his hands: "Well, I sympathize very much and feel sorry for what happened to your Glen Alliance. However, this doesn't have much to do with the content of our conversation, does it?"
Qianzhuola looked at Bernal and said, "No, there is. Not long ago, when my people entered the space where shadow creatures live to clean up before leaving, they discovered a disharmonious place."
Bernal raised his eyebrows.
Qianzhuola said: "My people saw a beam of golden light blooming in the shadow space. Although the light could only shine within a few meters, it was really shocking to us because no light source could exist in that space. We relied on our hearing. The shadow creatures around us were actually fearing and fleeing from that beam of light. When my tribe got closer, they discovered that the beam of golden light was actually emanating from a stone, which made people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts. .”
An idea flashed through Bernal's mind, but he was not sure yet.
Qianzhuola took out a cloth bag from her clothes, carefully took out the contents and placed them on the table.
"This is the stone that emits golden light. Unfortunately, not long after my tribesman brought it back, this stone lost its power and turned into an ordinary stone."
Bernal recognized the stone at a glance: "It is indeed a warm stone."
Qianzhuola's face showed joy for a moment, and then she covered it up: "Do you know this stone? Can you please tell me in detail, we in the Valley Alliance are willing to spend money to purchase this stone in large quantities."
Bernal showed a regretful expression: "I'm very sorry, Ms. Qianzhuola. This kind of stone is not very common even in our Golden Dynasty. The piece in your hand may have been encountered by someone from our Golden Dynasty outside. Used by shadow creatures."
Qianzhuola was slightly disappointed, but quickly calmed down: "I think so, how could such a precious stone be made so easily."
It's pretty easy to make, but the materials are a little hard to did not say this in his heart.
"So you came to Stonewell City this time because of the golden light emitted by this stone?" Bernal asked.
Qianzhuola nodded: "Well, we have searched all the information and found no kind of light that can emit light in the shadow space. Only the golden tree of your Golden Dynasty that always exudes golden light has not been investigated, and the light emitted by this stone has not been investigated. The light also happens to be golden, so we came here to try our luck. From your answer, we can know that this stone is indeed related to your Golden Dynasty. For us in the Glen Alliance, the purpose of coming here this time has been achieved."
Bernal suddenly said at this time: "Speaking of which, what can your Glen Alliance get from that weird space?"
Qianzhuola's eyes showed confusion and confusion: "I don't understand what you mean, what can we gain?"
Bernal said: "I have encountered those shadow creatures. It is not difficult to destroy them with the help of the people you brought here, even if you can only use hearing in their territory. In other words, your Glen Alliance actually You have long had the ability to severely injure shadow creatures, but you have never done it. Instead, you have sealed the entrance. Well... your approach reminds me of a word - captivity."
Chapter 1: Dessert
Bernal is not the kind of person who is convinced by the good-looking elf in front of him after just saying a few words about his tragic life. Perhaps the elf who first established the Rivendale Alliance wanted to keep those shadow creatures sealed inside. But the elves behind them may not necessarily have the same beliefs and ideals as their ancestors.
In this case, the key point comes, why Qianzhuola and other elves would rather go against their own nature as elves to seal shadow a little thought, Bernal could guess what benefits the Glen Alliance would definitely get from that weird space.
Perhaps the lower elves of the Rivendell Alliance do have the idea of maintaining world peace and eradicating shadow creatures, but the higher-ups may not necessarily do high-level organization is a fool, and they will not do things that are not profitable.
For example, the Holy Pope State, which has been actively resisting the followers of the Chaos Evil God in the north of Salid Continent, and the Holy Empire of France, which provides free troops and material support, those high-level officials are really so kind-hearted and considerate of the lives of Salid Continent. ?
If anyone really thinks so, then Roland will laugh his head off.
He has asked people to check the information, and also asked the elves and dwarves. The materials cut off from the members of the Chaos Evil God can be sold at a good price, and they can provide considerable help in the field of forging or magic.
There is no such thing as "free" in the true sense. The price you have to pay has already been measured by the weight on the other end of the scale.
Bernal looked at Qianzhuola, whose facial expression had not changed. He took the dishes that had just been brought from the hands of the young male boss, placed them on the table, and gently pushed one of the plates in front of her.
"The ether used by you elves of the Glen Alliance is completely different from the elves of the Songyue Dynasty. Compared with them who are good at using life energy, whether you used spells to attack children on the street or spells to stop bleeding after a broken arm, That kind of ether is full of corrosiveness and...regeneration? Sorry, I'm not very good at finding adjectives to describe it accurately. Although it sounds contradictory, it is the fact." Bernal said: "Ms. Chindra, I I think you should also understand in your heart whether I am right or not. This kind of ether energy with two contradictory properties is the benefit you get from the space of shadow creatures, right?"
Qian Zhuola's pure white eyes flashed with a chill, and her uninjured palm subconsciously wanted to place it on the hilt of her she immediately realized that she couldn't defeat the opponent with her own skills. Even if Bernal in front of her looked defenseless and enjoying the meal that was served to her, Qiandra was sure that once she swung the knife, the handle would be against it. The two-handed sword on the table will chop off his head at a faster speed.
Bernal said unceremoniously: "It can only be said that it is a pity for those elves in your Glen Alliance who do not know the truth. They have lived in your lies of 'maintaining world peace' all their lives."
Qianzhuola lowered her head, was silent for a moment and said: "We don't want this, so we were so excited when we saw this 'warm stone' that can emit light in the shadow space..."
Bernal shrugged and ruthlessly interrupted the other party's long-prepared words: "You don't need to explain so much to me. I'm not interested in the divisions within your Glen Alliance. You have your difficulties, and I also have my life needs." Continue. If you want to cooperate with the Golden Dynasty, you can go to Mr. Roland to make an appointment for negotiation. I am just an ordinary martial arts instructor and I am not interested in this kind of thing."
Then he pointed to the plate in front of Qianzhuola: "It's better to finish all the food. Mr. Roland hates people who waste food."
Qianzhuola was actually extremely speechless after hearing what Bernal said. An "ordinary" instructor? She had never seen a martial arts instructor from a human kingdom who could make her defenseless.
But she really came here this time to understand the origin of the "warm stone". After hearing Bernard say that Roland hated people who wasted food, she still frowned, stretched out her long fingers, picked up a piece of cake and tasted it.
As expected, Qianzhuola did not find it delicious, because she had already lost her sense of taste to avoid unnecessary hobbies. To her, this sweet cake was like chewing a ball of soft and tasteless cotton.
But soon her expressionless face showed an expression of surprise, not because she tasted the food, but because she noticed a strange energy that she had never felt before entering her body, which made her feel that she had not experienced it for a long time. I felt comfortable, just like lubricating the rusty gears in the magic instrument.
But soon this energy disappeared, leaving Qianzhuola with a feeling of loss.
Then she immediately woke up and looked at the food on the plate in front of her as if looking at an enemy. She raised her head and asked Bernal: "What energy is in this plate of food?"
Bernal pointed to the hot stone she placed on the table and said: "I don't know exactly what Mr. Roland asked the Golden Tree to do to the ingredients for making food, but if they are all the works of the Golden Tree, I want to work with him. The energy contained in the hot stone is the same, which is the so-called golden blessing.”
Qianzhuola frowned: "Blessing? Do you know what this word means? Only when gods send miracles to their believers can it be called blessing. How dare you, the Golden Dynasty, use it..."
The gray elf of the Rift Valley Alliance interrupted her words mid-sentence. Her eyes opened slightly, her pupils showed an incredible expression, and she said in a bitter tone: "Wait a minute, is that golden tree...or is Lord Roland... ...?"
Bernal shook his head, stopping the other party from continuing to speculate and said: "Your idea is wrong. Don't think wildly, and don't spread some strange rumors, Ms. Qianzhuola. Please give the remaining food to Just finish eating and leave, I have my own things to deal with later, so I can't spend too long in this store with you."
Qianzhuola then realized that the other party had already finished the food on the plate and was waiting politely for her to finish the food in front of her.
The gray elf of the Rift Valley Alliance stood up and said to Bernal in an apologetic voice: "I'm very sorry, I can't eat this plate of food. The blessing energy contained in the food is a bit too attractive to me. In order to produce Unnecessary dependence. This is really a deadly drug for us, and please understand that I can no longer enjoy the food on my plate."
After saying that, the female elf performed the etiquette of the Glen Alliance and said goodbye to Bernal.
Bernal showed a pityful expression and ate the food that Qiandrala had not touched. While chewing, he sighed: "The elves of the Rift Valley Alliance are simply more dehumanized than the people who volunteered to become the guards of the Golden Tree. "
Chapter 131: Founding Ceremony [-]
A few days later, the founding ceremony held by the Golden Dynasty went smoothly in front of the royal hall of the old Storm King.
The knight captains of Grek's Royal Army raised black flags with golden trees and lions, wore majestic armor and cloaks, and stood with their backs straight on both them stood soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the royal army who were also well-dressed in armor.
Thirty homeless knights from the Storm Legion were guarding the audience where Roland was about to speak. These knights in bright silver armor glanced sharply at the envoys from various countries who were constantly being directed to their seats in their respective areas by welcome waiters dressed as dignitaries.
Of course, more King Grek's army and exiled soldiers who have not entered this area are on guard throughout Stonewell City.
Although the pedestrians on the street were a little nervous about the sudden appearance of these soldiers standing guard at various street intersections, they were not particularly afraid in their these few days, the king's army and the exiled soldiers maintained order without making any difficulties, and their impression of them became much better.
The most important thing is that whenever these pedestrians are in trouble and seek help from these soldiers, they will really they are looking for a lost child, catching a thief, or helping to carry goods from a damaged carriage into a store, the royal army and the exiled soldiers are very enthusiastic to help those who encounter difficulties.
Businessmen who often come and go to the Golden Dynasty for business or mercenaries looking for work are not surprised by this, but those who come to the Golden Dynasty for the first time are a little surprised.
The businessman whose carriage was accidentally damaged on the street and all his goods fell on the ground was surprised to find that the residents not only did not take advantage of the chaos to pick up his goods, but came over to help pick up the scattered goods and put them beside the road. Then this The royal troops patrolling the streets passed by and set up a warning circle at the intersection, allowing subsequent carriages to pass through other streets, and then came over to help the merchant move the goods to the road.
However, the help of King Grek's army made the merchant look embarrassed. He thought that he would inevitably have to bleed a lot to give these soldiers money.
As a result, when he took out the money bag and handed it to the leading knight, the other party shook his head and rejected the merchant. At the same time, he told him that the spare carriage was already on the way, and he must ask him to deliver it after the merchant transported his goods to the destination. The carriage was returned to the following locations and so on.
This series of actions by the king's army made the merchants feel dizzy, thinking that a large part of the profit gained from doing business in the Golden Dynasty would definitely be taken away.
As a result, it was not until a few days later when the merchant had sold almost all his goods that no official person came to ask for money. It was not until he uneasily asked the merchant in the shop next to him about the situation, that the latter explained with a suppressed smile. I understand what's going on.
"Squeaky-" The dark brown solid wood door of Stonewell Castle was pushed open. The wooden doors that had been baptized by time opened to both sides with a heavy and vicissitudes of life. Guests from the diplomatic missions who participated in the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China filed in.
Envoys from the Holy Empire of France, the Charles Empire, the Songyue Dynasty, the Glen Alliance, Stoneheart Castle, the Offician Council, the United Kingdom of Bexun Humanity, and even the Holy Pontiff State all sat down and arranged under the guidance of the dignitaries. position.
On this day, the dwarves of Stoneheart Castle also wore the clothes of their own race for formal occasions to show their respect and gratitude to Roland's help, a group of dwarf warriors sent secretly from Stoneheart Castle have learned the pyroxene magic from the border area of Lienia.
It's just that the magic teacher who taught them was a little depressed to find that these dwarves preferred the Pyroxene magic taught by the magicians from other classrooms to the Highmore Hammer and Highmore magic taught by the magicians from Haimo Classroom. Cannonballs.
Other magic teachers from magic classrooms watched these dwarf warriors raise the generated sea hammers and rush forward to smash the training dummies. The corners of their mouths twitched and they looked at the equally excited people beside them. The dwarves cheered for their colleagues from Haimo Classroom, who suddenly felt that they were out of place.
As the representatives of Stoneheart Castle, Karn Ironhammer and Karai Bloodstone are wearing clothes made of a lot of diamonds, gold and ivory. They also wear crowns made of mithril and black iron on their heads. These are the dwarves. Royal appearance surprised Roland, who had been dealing with them all the time. After all, in his impression, the two dwarf brothers were both wearing coarse cloth and working in the forge with dusty faces.
The dwarves behind the two men were wearing heavy plate armor, which also caused other members of the envoy to talk about it after seeing it.
After all, except for the costumes of the two leading dwarf princes, the other dwarves simply looked like they were here to fight.
And these dwarves from Stone Heart Castle did not look good on the envoys from other countries, especially the elves of the Songyue Dynasty who looked over from time to time.
Chapter 132: Founding Ceremony II
Karn Hammer's temper has not changed, especially when facing those pointed-eared and long-legged he saw Jerolul of the Songyue Dynasty looking curiously at him, he raised the non-combat ceremonial hammer in his hand and shouted back.
"Are you pointed-eared elves envious of the gems and gold we wear? Or are your elf lords too poor to dress up your pretty faces? Look at the thin clothes you are wearing, ha, If any of you are frozen later, I can give each of your pointed ears a cotton-padded coat to keep out the cold."
Karn Ironhammer's sarcastic words reached the ranks of the Songyue Dynasty, causing dissatisfaction among the Holy Tree elves such as Jerolul.
In order to prevent conflicts between dwarves and elves, Roland deliberately arranged many envoys from other countries between the two areas, but he still did not expect that Kahn Hammer's loud voice could shout so far.
Stoneheart Castle and the Songyue Dynasty arranged missions from three human kingdoms, including the Kingdom of Beixun, which had never had any conflict with the Golden Dynasty.
The representative of the Beixun Division is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man with a slight stubble on his chin, short black hair and a weathered appearance that makes him look very wore a griffon ring on his head that could only be worn by members of the royal family. Hearing the sound of Karn Hammer, he smiled in an amused manner.
The representative turned his head and said to the man next to him who looked almost the same as him but was obviously much younger and a little nervous: "I didn't expect to see an impromptu performance by the dwarf and the Holy Tree Elf before Duke Roland's speech. .”
Although the young man is strong and seems to be very capable of fighting, he obviously rarely goes out. This time, he was dragged over by his father to see the glanced awkwardly at the envoys from other countries, fearing that he might behave the representative spoke to him, he seemed to wake up, and then said sheepishly: "I'm very sorry, father. I was a little unfocused just now. What were you talking about just now?"
The representative of the Beixun Kingdom patted his son's strong shoulder kindly and said, "Don't be nervous, Tex. You have done a good job as my heir, but you still have a shortcoming that needs to be corrected."
Tex's slightly relaxed body immediately tensed up when he heard the last sentence. He blinked uneasily, swallowed and stuttered and asked: "It's...what is it? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing today?" Is it rude?"
His father smiled, shook his head, and said, "No, you are dressed very appropriately for such an occasion today. I mean, you have to learn to be confident, my son."
Then he glanced at the podium that was guarded by knights in silver armor, and said thoughtfully: "You are not young anymore, maybe I should let you go out of the house to experience something. Maybe this Golden Dynasty is very suitable for you. .”
The conversation between the father and son of the Beixun Kingdom continued, and the melodious voice of Jerolul was also heard from the other side. Some people who had never seen an elf even thought that this voice was better than any singer they had ever heard. many.
"You dwarves have always had such vulgar taste. Wearing diamonds and gold on your body is like a nouveau riche who can't wait to show off what you have for people to see." Jerolul said sarcastically: "But thinking about it, You dwarves often hide in dark mines, and your eyesight has deteriorated very seriously, so it is normal for you not to be able to see the noble clothes of our elves."
The elves wear clothes similar to long skirts. The clothes of male elves are light gray, while the clothes of female elves are pure white. Their silk clothes are dotted with shimmers, which are the remains of the sacred tree believed by the elves of the Songyue Dynasty. The blessing below.
Jerolul is naturally wearing pure white elf clothing, and she is a bit more special compared to Horascus and other elves in the Songyue Dynasty’s light emanating from the two of them is brighter, which means that the two elves have personally seen the will of the holy tree, and this light is the blessing given to them by the holy tree.
"Ha, that's better than you elves dressing up like torches at night!" Kahn Hammer said unwillingly.
Kale Bloodstone on the side couldn't stand it, so he stretched out his hand and put his grumpy brother's shoulder on his shoulder, making him sit in his seat.
On the other side, Jerolul was naturally stopped from taunting Karn Hammer by Horascus beside her.
"Don't let those representatives of the human kingdom see the joke, Jerolul." Horascus said with a beautiful frown.
Jerolul showed a pitiful expression to her friend: "But that smelly dwarf said that the long skirts we were wearing were too thin to keep out the cold."
Horasgus said: "That is a problem of the other party's cognition. He has never seen the clothing of our elves, so naturally he doesn't know the warmth effect of this clothing."
"But even though I'm very unhappy, I actually think what the stinky dwarf said makes sense. I've long thought that our elves' ceremonial costumes don't need to be so thin. I'll discuss it with the lord when I get back." Jie Laurel changed the subject, catching Horascus off guard.
At this time, magnificent music sounded in the sky above Stonewell City, and Roland's figure appeared on the podium. His gentle voice reached the ears of all the people in the Golden Dynasty's territory through the golden tree.
"Dear people and guests, be well, and listen to my promise: I am the lord of the Golden Dynasty, Roland. At this moment, the founding ceremony of the country will be held for the world. After witnessing it together, I will take charge, don my military uniform, Declare your ambition. May the Golden Dynasty be in my arms and dominate the world."
Chapter 133: Founding Ceremony III
With the appearance of Roland, his gentle and somewhat majestic voice resounded in the ears of every intelligent race illuminated by the light of the golden tree, and with the active blessing of the golden tree, those who heard the voice thought it was a human being. A kind-hearted elder smiled and chatted with him in front of him.
