Arcane Journey

Chapter 203 Meeting of Two True Goddesses
The outline of Mokou Town gradually appeared in Helisite's line of sight. She glanced at Brian. He was concentrating on revising the drawings of the wizard's tower. The way he frowned at that time made her smile.

She leaned comfortably on the soft cushion, lightly closed her beautiful eyes, made her mind quiet in the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness, displayed the observation ability, and looked at the whole picture of Mokou Town with great interest.

This was Brian's first territory, recalling his lofty ideals, she felt that she had to stand with him.

After all, one day in the future, she may also become the mistress of the territory.

Thinking of this, Helisite couldn't help but feel a little shy about this spontaneous thought.

She shook her head slightly, concentrated, and performed psychic powers.

She saw that the ground was coming towards her, and the whole world was spread out below, like a colorful scroll.

Everything is extremely clear, and you can have a panoramic view of the whole territory of Mokou Town and all kinds of people and things during the carriage ride.

She looked down on Mokou Town as a soaring eagle. From a height, the tall towers became chunky, and the city walls looked like lines on the land.

She saw a druid on the balcony, observing the sky with a polished alchemy tube, while frowning and scribbling on a parchment scroll.

The purple dragon knights of the Kingdom of Cormyr practiced swordsmanship in the castle square, holding real weapons made of stainless steel in their hands, and a strong ogre working in the stables easily carried the anvil on his shoulders , as if an ordinary person lifts a sheaf of rice and sends it to the forge of the blacksmith's shop.

In the depths of the castle, tall oak trees contemplate their reflection in the lake, their leaves rustling in the cold wind.

More of a city than a town, she thought.

On the tall and majestic city wall, a group of mountain dwarves were busy reinforcing, repairing and refitting. Three wizards unfolded the drawings and carefully inspected the eighteen arrow towers standing on the city wall.

After observing carefully, Helliste couldn't help but be surprised to find that what the three wizards detected was not the arrow tower, but the spell turret that needed to be manually triggered.

This is an extremely dangerous construction between a trap and a construct.

Powerful wizards use it to guard important areas in mage towers and guilds, and priests house it in temples.

In every city in the mainland, there are only a handful of forces that can use spell turrets to act on the city walls in large quantities.

Because this kind of structural building is not only completed when it stands on the city wall.

Not to mention the expensive materials consumed, whether it is the energy to activate the turret, or the caster for maintenance and control, it requires a huge expenditure.

The cost and expense of building a spell turret make it far less cost-effective than other war equipment such as ballistas, arrow towers, and catapults.

Helisite spread her psychic energy, and sure enough, although the eighteen spell turrets have been completed, the energy core has not yet been activated.

She wasn't worried about that.

She knew that Brian had his own deep meaning in doing this.

She continued to set her sights on the inside of the town, which was the completed Sifang Avenue.

This neat and ordinary road made her feel a strong visual impact, which was different from any city she had seen before.

It's not that the buildings here are so shocking, but that everything inside is very neatly planned, more orderly than any city she has ever seen.

The most conspicuous straight and spacious main road leading to the lord's castle in the town is divided into four passages by white and yellow paints. Carriages traveling back and forth are located in the two passages separated by a solid line in the middle, while pedestrians walk in the outside the road.

There are hidden drains and outfalls on both sides of the road.

A hundred meters apart, there are also green wooden barrels for storing garbage. Several goblin cleaners in the same attire clean up the garbage on the road or the excrement left by horses and livestock from time to time.

Everything seems to be in order.

Because a horse-drawn carriage that violated the road rules just because it lost control has been stopped by a patrolling guard.

The businessman who got off from the carriage quickly and respectfully accepted a ticket, signed his name, and then took out a few coins before letting him go.

Pedestrians passing by seem to be familiar with this scene, and they are no strangers to it.

Accustomed to seeing the free play and imaginative creativity of the architects of Silvermoon City, Hellist actually felt a pleasing feeling in the rows of novel and neat buildings and roads in this town.

This is a beauty of order.

She couldn't help but recall a sentence Brian once told herself:

The beauty of order is also one of the laws of formal beauty in artistic creations such as music, poetry, art, and design.

Because the law of the beauty of order is discovered and extracted from our daily life, the growth of all things in nature changes and orderly, such as the feathers of birds, the leaves of plants, the growth of flowers, etc. The beauty of order is characterized by repetition, gradual change, and regularity. law.

These characteristics constitute a strong aesthetic sense of order.

Helisite only took a few glances, and gradually fell in love with it.

She likes this neat and clean environment, and the civilians here can also play various roles under the aesthetic sense of order.

Thanks to the efforts of the goblin cleaners, there is no feces on the roads. Even though there are a lot of people here, there is no such foul smell in the air. Even the orcs and trolls know to wear clean and tidy clothes.

Helisite watched everything she saw silently. She was a psion who could keep her mind at peace at all times, but the further she got to the back, the more surprised the expression on her face became.

Because she knows Brian very well, I am afraid that in the whole world, there is no one who knows him better than her.

It's really hard for her to imagine how Brian managed to build all this while occupying Mokou Town in such a short period of time after returning to the surface from the Underdark.

As the saying goes, 'see the whole leopard at a glance'.

Seeing this orderly town, she knew what kind of spectacular spectacle it would be if Brian were to build a floating city suspended in the sky.

He once said to himself that he wanted to establish a country that popularized magic to all people.

Although she is a psion who masters psychic powers, she thinks that both magic and psychic powers are like an art.

Great and sublime art can create beautiful and extraordinary things.

Herrist came back to her senses and slowly opened her eyes. She saw that Brian had ended his focused revision of the drawings at some point.

Recalling the stunned look he saw on the drawings that had been modified by her, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, and a smile floated across her face.

"How do you feel, do you like it?" He noticed her smile, arranged the drawings, and asked with a smile.

When he asked this, it was obvious that he already knew that he was observing his town through psionic power just now.

"I like it very much." Helisite nodded slightly and said truthfully.

During the chat between the two, the convoy soon came to a square in the center of Mokou Town.

At this moment, the square was already full of people who greeted them.

Undoubtedly, these people were all part of Brian's team during the process of occupying and ruling Mokou Town.

For example, during his absence, the old sword saint Baleris who was temporarily appointed by him as the acting lord, the merchant Graal who was in charge of the logistics of the entire town, the dragon vein warlock Salo who was in charge of the town guard, and the purple dragon knight and battle mage , as well as the wizards of the Silver Scholars Association, and even the people from the Temple of Knowledge and the Church of the Mother Earth, were attracted by this battle.

Not to mention the large group of melon-eating people who gathered here out of curiosity.

Everyone knew that it was their newly appointed mage lord who had returned.

Since the battle with Shade City ended, their lord has disappeared directly.

Under such circumstances, it is natural that some suppressed forces, as well as spies or eyeliners who will stay here in the City of Shadows and Zhentarim, began to have a little bit of floating thoughts, or spread rumors that the mage lord of Mokou Town had already Just died of some kind of accident.

For example, the version of Accidental Theory said that the lord of Mokou Town died from a wrong spell study, was shot to death by a ferocious wild boar when he was out hunting, and said that he was strangled to death because the ferocious wild boar was difficult to swallow and digest.

Conspiracy rumors run that their lord is already dead at the dinner table, because the failed Shademen secretly dispatched a legendary Shadowguard assassin to poison his food.

Another version said that the disappearance of the mage lord in Mokou Town was definitely caused by the old swordsman Baleris, because he was the lord's bodyguard, and once the lord disappeared, he became the acting lord.

In short, as the days of Brian's disappearance increased, the version of the rumor became more and more mysterious by some rumormongers hiding in the tavern.

However, when everyone learned that the lord of Mokou Town had appeared in the town with such a high-profile appearance, the so-called rumors of various versions naturally collapsed at the first touch.

As a result, a large group of people eating melons all stretched their necks, wanting to see if the lord they had disappeared for so long had really returned.

Brian was wearing a dark purple cloak, and his messy black hair was brushed a little by him.

He stepped down from the carriage, and under the puzzled eyes of most people, he bent slightly and gracefully made an inviting gesture.

His act of invitation immediately attracted everyone's attention, including a group of subordinates who were still kept in the dark by him.

They were all wondering what kind of person would make their lord so important.

They saw a graceful figure stepping out of the opened curtain.

This mysterious female elf, with long silver hair hanging down to her waist and a plain dress dancing in the wind, most people were deeply shocked by her beautiful face and cool demeanor.

"It turned out to be the newly appointed city lord from Silvermoon City." A well-informed and wealthy businessman couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing Helister's face clearly.

His exclamation was like a blockbuster falling into the crowd. Most of the people were shocked in place like a wooden sculpture of clay, staring at the otherworldly figure dumbfounded.

Silvermoon City is known as the 'treasure of the Northland', the core of the Silver Federation, rich and beautiful, a good country that cannot tolerate evil, naturally everyone knows it.

When everyone learned that their lord invited the Lord of Silver Moon, one can imagine the shock in their hearts.

Although the newly appointed City Lord made them feel very strange, the title of 'Silver Moon City Lord' and the meaning it represented had to be taken seriously.

What's more, this is a female elf with extraordinary appearance and outstanding temperament.

Brian held Helliste's slender hands, helped her off the horse, and then walked towards the welcoming crowd.

His high spirits looked like a lord leading a hostess to inspect his territory. Although he had a confident smile on his face, he was not at all complacent.

"This is the city lord from Silvermoon City, Ms. Hellist Muttering of the Moon, this beautiful and noble lady, condescended to come to our territory from a long distance, let us welcome her with the highest respect .”

Brian pointed to the quiet Lord Yinyue beside him, raised his voice, and said to his subordinates.

This is the choice he made with the consent of Helisite.

And the reason why he introduced Hellist so high-profile was mainly to tell everyone, including his enemies, about his relationship with the Silver Federation.

In this case, his enemies would at least have a little more concern when targeting him.

All of a sudden, the crowd responded with thunderous applause and cheers.

Obviously, beautiful women are always welcome no matter where they are.

Facing this kind of scene, Helliste showed a quiet and elegant smile on her beautiful face. She inadvertently leaned towards Brian, and then nodded slightly to his subordinates. The long silver hair in the shawl , followed by a slight shake.

Her clear and indifferent expression, coupled with an extraordinary and refined temperament, and a sudden shallow smile, immediately made people feel like a spring breeze and shocked countless eyeballs.

Even Brian couldn't help but look sideways, and couldn't help thinking sourly in his heart, it was difficult for him to make her laugh normally, but on this occasion, she unexpectedly showed a smile that made him feel comfortable.

Seeing this, and the lord of Mokou Town personally admitting Helisite's identity, the hearts of his subordinates immediately set off a huge wave.

The female lord of Silvermoon City accepted her lord's invitation and suddenly condescended to visit Mokou Town. Obviously, no one thought that she was here to cooperate with a frontier town like Mokou Town.

Because the two sides have no basis for cooperation at all, even if there is, they will send members of the Silver Federation to directly meet the king of Cormyr, not a small town lord.

The most important thing is that their lord and the Lord of Yinyue stood very close while walking, so close that people could guess their intimate relationship at a glance.

The results are obvious.

Their lord had been missing for so many days, so it turned out that he had gone to pick up the lord of Silvermoon City, and what was even more unbelievable was that he really brought her back.

As the acting lord of Mokou Town, Balleris, seeing this situation was extremely shocking, and he even couldn't believe it, as if he was dreaming.

He used to be an adventurer and a mercenary, so he naturally knew how important it was for someone who was recognized by the Silver Moon Dragon Queen of the Northland to become the Lord of Silver Moon.

Moreover, as a Juggernaut who is infinitely close to the legendary realm, with his keen insight, he can deeply sense the vague aura emanating from the Silver Moon City Lord.

Legendary field!

Not only did he guess that the Lord of Silver Moon was a legendary powerhouse, but he also believed with certainty that the other party was definitely not as simple as an ordinary legendary powerhouse.

Otherwise, how could it be possible for her to be recognized by the proud Jinlong and make her the spokesperson of the Northland.

While Balleris was shocked, he was also extremely relieved.

After all, the enemy they were facing was the City of Shadows, and even though he had the Kingdom of Cormyr behind him, he was still a little worried.

Now, their lord has met the Lord of Yinyue, and the relationship between the two is still extraordinary. This is definitely a huge boost for Mokou Town.

However, what puzzled him was how this female lord from Silvermoon City, who was so powerful, fell in love with her lord.

Graal, the fat merchant standing beside Balleres, didn't think so much.

Regarding the lord's sudden disappearance, as a core member, he naturally knew the reason the most, mainly to save his child who was trapped in the magic book.

Of course, his own lord took advantage of the effort to save people and brought back City Lord Yinyue by the way, which made him admire their lord lord.

Although he had already learned the news about Lord Lord and City Lord Silvermoon from his child Sissy, the effect was naturally quite different from what he saw with his own eyes.

At the same time, he also secretly rejoiced in his heart, what a wise choice he made back then.

With Lord Yinyue's relationship, he can take this opportunity to open the trade channel between the coast of Falling Star Sea and the Northland, and accumulate more wealth for Mokou Town.

Brian brought the lord of Silvermoon City to Mokou Town. Some people were happy and some were worried.

Apart from those forces hiding in the dark and trying to resist him, even Pastor Karina of the Church of the Mother of the Earth looked at Hellist who was standing with Brian, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. .

"Hey, this is a good cabbage that has been pigged."

A burly tauren appeared behind Karina, and laughed and laughed: "It's a pity that some people seem to want to be humiliated by pigs, but I'm afraid they don't have a chance."

"Why are you here?"

Karenna was too lazy to talk to the tauren druid in Jade Garden, in order to divert her lost mood, she asked casually, "You're just staying in your own grove fishing and playing cards, what are you doing here. "

In fact, when she saw the lord of Mokou Town for the first time, she was deeply attracted by his calm and composed demeanor.

After simply exchanging some knowledge about the development of agriculture with him, I was completely fascinated by this wise mage lord.

She thought she could take advantage of the celebratory banquet after the battle, relying on her appearance and identity, to take the opportunity to chase the lord into her hands in advance.

Although when she became a pastor of the Mother Earth Church, in order to focus on her beliefs, she made a vow not to marry and have children for life without hesitation, but this does not mean that she will forbid her own desires, so she has secretly made a vow in her heart. The lord of Mokou Town regarded him as his lover.

Who would have thought that after only disappearing for a few days, someone would be there first.

Karina secretly regretted letting him slip away the night of the banquet.

If she had known that she had come directly to force her at the beginning, she might still be able to succeed with her own strength, she thought to herself, the more she thought about it, the more she regretted it, regretting that she did not attack him because of her instinctive shame.

"I don't want to fight!"

The tauren's indignant words interrupted her contemplation.

The old cow exhaled a puff of white gas from its nostrils, and said to her, "May I ask, when playing cards, do you like playing cards with someone who curses when you lose and cheers when you win?"

"I don't want to play cards with such idiots." Karina blurted out without thinking.

"That's right, the crow, the old deer, and the others don't want to..." the tauren scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a rather depressed expression.

Karina was amused by the Tauren's words, and the smile on her face also dispelled the sorrow in her heart.

After calming down, she understood what she should do next.

Obviously, she would not give up so easily.

The Northland is so far away from the Kingdom of Cormyr, and she lives in Mokou Town, there is always a chance that the two of them will break their bowstrings.

Just then, there was a slight commotion ahead.

When Brian looked around the chaotic location, he saw a group of battle mages in purple cloaks, and the chaotic crowd automatically moved out of the way.

Then, he saw Myrcella Lauer, the female lord of Araby City, leading more than a dozen battle mages, walking towards him.

Seeing that the female lord of Araby City came to his territory in person, he was not only not happy, but felt that her purpose for coming here was ulterior motives.

After all, he got his purple dragon seal ring from the lord's sister, Sisera, and the means of getting it didn't sound very honorable.

At this time, he led Hellist of Silvermoon City to make a high-profile appearance in Mokou Town, and unexpectedly met the female lord of Arabey.

This made him feel inexplicably guilty.

So much so that she subconsciously thought that this aggressive female lord might have come to ask Xingshi for a crime, calling him a scumbag.

If she really scolded herself in front of so many people and stood up for her younger sister, the scene would be unimaginable...

However, considering the character of the Duchess, he thought it was impossible.

Besides, although he really wants Helister to fall in love with him, in fact, he has no special relationship with Helister on the surface, and he can't make a fuss if he wants to.

At that time, the Silver Moon City Lord will come forward to clarify the facts and defend himself.

He knew Helliste's character and believed that she would do so.

"Why did the Duchess appear here?" Brian still couldn't help asking his acting lord Ballerith.

"My lord, during the period when you are not in the territory, Duke Raul often comes here to inspect." Balleris replied, "Moreover, she also sent a group of spellcasters to the back mountain of the Rock Bunker to communicate with the Silver Scholars Association." Together, I will prepare the obsidian brick enchantment spell for you to build the wizard tower."

When Brian heard this, his expression relaxed, and he couldn't help but cast a grateful look at the female lord.

After all, as long as he didn't come out for Hesaiah, then he would be relieved.

At this moment, he really likes a teaching of the Goddess of Love: Love is not exclusive.

In his opinion, when it comes to women's problems, children only make choices, and if conditions permit, it is really fragrant to have all of them.

He is not a prudish person. When he meets a woman he likes, he will naturally try to catch her up, so he won't be able to make her cheap for other men.

He had already decided that when he was done with the affairs here, he would find Hesaiah who had dedicated himself to himself.

After figuring out the problem, Brian was about to meet the duchess and talk to her, but he was embarrassed to find that the other party didn't look at him at all, and went straight to Hellist, leaned over and smiled slightly:
"Welcome to the Kingdom of Cormyr, honorable Lord Silvermoon."

"I'm Myrcella Raul from Arabe City. Nice to meet you." The Duchess extended her slender white palm to Helisite and introduced herself politely.

Brian's intuition told himself that Duke Raul of Arabe was indeed flirting with himself just now.

He didn't care about that.

However, seeing that in the game world, the two female lords whom he once regarded as true goddesses unexpectedly met on such an occasion due to his own reasons, he was still a little inexplicably proud.

The temperament of these two true goddesses, one is elegant and refined, the other is gentle and graceful, appearing here at the same time, and standing together, even Brian himself was deeply attracted, not to mention the melon-eating crowd watching, I'm afraid he stared so hard that his eyeballs dropped all over the floor.

At this moment, the news that the Lord of Silver Moon and the female lord of Arabey appeared here at the same time had already spread throughout the town, so that the square was filled with crowds.

"Herister Moon's Whisper."

Glancing at Myrcella, the female lord of Arabey, Helliste's beautiful eyes showed an inexplicable vigilance. She shook hands with her briefly and said softly, "I'm glad to meet you, too."

Seeing that the two have communicated and become the focus of attention, Brian is also happy to use it as a background board.

In fact, to be honest, he didn't really like the occasion.

However, just when he was secretly rejoicing, Helisite's next move immediately made him feel like a thunderbolt.

"Duke Raul, it really is better to be famous than to be famous. Brian has actually told me about you in detail."

There was a hint of a smile on her beautiful face, her right hand gently held Brian's arm, and she said to Myrcella in a gentle and pleasant voice:
"Welcome to Mokou Town as a guest. I would like to express my deep gratitude to you for your help to Brian. If there is anything that needs help in the future, on behalf of the Silver Federation, I will definitely help you."

Helisite's voice was soft and sweet as usual, but her tone of voice seemed to be the mistress of the territory.

Her straightforward and intimate behavior immediately caused the crowd to explode, and Brian, who wanted to keep a low profile, suddenly became the protagonist of the audience.

Brian even vaguely heard a few vulgar words: "Have you seen how awesome our lord is? He even conquered the incomparably noble Silver Moon City Lord!"

Brian was stunned by the astonishing words blurted out by this usually quiet elf.

The tone of her speech was already expressing her intimacy with herself to everyone.

For this kind of thing, if it were on other occasions, he would naturally be very happy.

But when he glanced at Myrcella's slightly narrowed and meaningful eyes looking at him, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"She was right."

On such a delicate occasion, he forced himself to calm down, looked at the duchess, and said with a smile, "I have learned from Balleris that the duke has helped the territory. For this, I am deeply grateful , Duke Raul."

"It's just a little effort, and I'm doing this for the Kingdom of Cormyr."

Myrcella's silver-gray eyes rested on Helliste, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Miss Whisper of the Moon is coming to the Kingdom of Cormyr for the first time. If you don't mind, I sincerely invite you to my mage tower. Be a guest."

"I'm very sorry, Duke Raul."

Hellist met her meaningful eyes, and said in a slightly flat tone, "I promised Brian to stay with him for a few days and help him build the wizard tower."

"In this case, let's go to the back mountain of the Rock Bunker together." Myrcella Lauer still had a warm smile on her face, and gracefully made an invitation gesture, "Please, ma'am."

"Glar, Ruyin." Brian said to his two subordinates, "Have I got all the materials I need?"

"Everything is ready, my lord." Graal replied with a very respectful expression.

"All the obsidian bricks have been enchanted, and we will wait for you to come back." The moon elf mage looked at Hellist and Myrcella with a strange look, and replied with a smile, "The old dragon turtle is waiting there too. looking at you."

"Then go to the back mountain and start building the wizard tower." Brian gave the order.

A group of people hurried towards the back mountain of the rock bunker.

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(End of this chapter)