Violet and the Thorn Bird

After a few days of rest, Gal could no longer see any signs of injury.Not only did the scars disappear, but even the inside of his body seemed to be rapidly adjusting itself, and healed completely in just a few days.

Instead, Borg slept for two days. He slept soundly under the blanket, and he was unconscious when Gal borrowed his right hand when night came.

"He's almost dead." Gal rubbed Belle's belly, "If it wasn't for him, he was still breathing."

"It's just sleeping." Gray was studying Gal's dagger, and he couldn't put it down. "This is the aftereffect of Vulcan's mark. The Valkyrie made him move for real."

"I don't understand." Gal turned his fingers around his head, "I know that the highest praise of the gods is to give the mark, just like the Valkyrie with the mark of the god of ice and snow, so she can mobilize frost and snow fog. But I I have never heard that this kind of blessing will have sequelae, and Anke Lie is not so stingy, even bargaining for the blessing of believers."

"This is not a Vulcan problem." Gray said, "It's a Borg problem. The marks of the gods often bless two ends, one end is on the believer, and the other end is on the token. For example, the Valkyrie Heloise, she wears a The mark of the God of Ice and Snow, her Rek spear also bears the mark, so when she holds the spear, she is the real Valkyrie of the Ice Lake. Borg is different, he has the mark of Vulcan on his body, but he has lost it The other half is burned in the fire and sealed in the stone. You can imagine that Borg can only play half of his strength. The Valkyrie is right. Although Borg is still a leopard after leaving the fire, he is not as sharp as him. fangs, and I’m afraid there’s something wrong with the imprint.” Gray looked troubled, and he scratched his head, “You know... Borg is a half-elf. The people of Violet never recognized him, when he took over from his mother When the fire was burning, he had already become the enemy of Violet. And Pope Feige was his elder brother's friend. At the beginning, Borg received the king's reward in St. Forth, and the Pope sealed the Vulcan mark in the temple... We think there is a problem with this mark. Because so far only the other half of Borg left the imprint will appear out of control, he must rely on deep sleep to appease and adjust, otherwise it will be very bad."

"Bad?" Gal turned the cub over again. "That doesn't sound good."

"He's going to get extremely irritable." Gray was terrified, "Oh...it's hard to control myself."

"Then he'd better sleep." Gal said, "...I think he's already cranky."

"I'm glad to see you get along so well," Gray said heartily. "Borg is weird. He doesn't like women and he doesn't like men."

"It just didn't have a chance to show it, and believe me, he's going to be incredibly passionate about his lovers, beyond the ordinary," Gal said, "if he ever had one."

"It's all right, you guys... hey, your cubs don't look too well," Gray said.

"It ate something it shouldn't eat, and it hasn't digested it yet. I went to see that Dr. Darren, but Belle couldn't spit out his bitter juice. It might have a fever, and it's always been hot." Gal worried Says, "I finally understand why mothers worry so much about what their kids eat."

The cub blocks its face with its big ears, an unhappy gesture.It was buried in Gal's palm, sullen, and hadn't even purred today.Gal was a little worried. He kind of liked Belle.

"You should ask Fanny." Gray suggested, "She has more authority over these things than human doctors."

"You said it ate peeping eyes," Fanny took off her glasses, and with her thick red hair tied up in disorder, she crawled out from the mountains of books and held the cub in front of her eyes to observe, "The snotbeast is really Eat everything, but I have never heard of anyone who can eat the peeping eye, it is a miracle of Vulcan, a high-temperature thing. It shouldn't be alive."

"That crystal ball isn't hot." Gal avoided the books at his feet and sat on a small bench. "It was cracked. I threw it to Belle as a toy, but it ate it. The ball was really hot." Is it the peeping eye?"

"To be precise, it is part of the peeping eye." Fanny said, "The Pope is a very powerful guy. He carved the fire into the peeping eye, and turned the peeping eye into thousands of crystals. Every temple Wizards all carry it, and they can share eyes anytime and anywhere, as long as they are caught by a wizard, they have been stripped naked by the temple. You said it was cracked? Did you smash it?"

"I didn't," Gal said. "It opened right in front of my eyes, defenseless."

"That's impossible." Fanny returned the cub to Gal, "Listen my friend, the god of fire, Anklie, is the proudest among the gods, and the miracles he left behind will never be alarmed easily, you must have scared it .I can't get the cub to spit it out, but we can try to digest it completely."

Fanny turned around, pushed away stacks of books, and led Cal through her low and cramped wooden house, and then entered a very open stone cave.There are no torches here, and the space is illuminated by beads inlaid between the stone walls. Manuscripts, glass instruments, and transparent specimens can be seen everywhere, all of which are strictly labeled.

Fanny flipped through a manuscript and came out, "Thank God it's still there. Let's get some saliva from the corpse picker, beards from the wilderness ratmen, scales from the magic snakeman, and eyes from the abyss thornbird."

"Wait a minute, friend, what did you just say?" Gal suspected he had heard it wrong.

"The eyeball of the thorn bird." Fanny poured all the bits and pieces into the container, "Don't make a fuss, it's not the incarnation of the devil king, it's just an onion ball produced by the Forest of Magic. We like to call it the eyeball of the thorn bird."

She poured a viscous green liquid into it, and without turning on the fire, the container seemed to be boiling.Belle didn't like the smell, and it retreated into Cal's chest, wrapping itself tighter with its ears.

"Drink it baby." Fanny pinched her nose and handed the bowl over, "Hurry up."

Belle pretended not to understand, Gal pulled it out of his chest, covered its ears tightly to its nose, drank it all in one go, then swayed in Gal's arms as if drunk, and finally fell over .

"Get up and check tomorrow morning." Fanny said, "If the stomach goes down, it is digested. But I remind you kid, it ate the peeping eye. If the peeping eye assimilates with it, then its eyes are likely to become The eyes of the temple." Fanny said, frowning, "I don't think you would like to be stared at by a group of old men sleeping? Or with Borg."

"Thank you, I will pay attention." Gal picked up the cub, "You are such a good person, Fanny."

The Pope dozed off for a while. He sat with his head propped up in the temple, and countless crystal balls were silently spinning and floating behind him.None of the wizards standing below dared to disturb the Pope's sleep. They were silent, like a group of statues.

"I'm sorry everyone." The Pope finally opened his eyes, "Where did we just talk?"

He looks suave, flowing gold in the blink of an eye.The god stone crown on top of his head is a bit crooked, because his sitting posture is not straight.There are many golden patterns on his snow-white robe, and the strongest invisible shield is hidden under his tenderness.There was a red ruby ​​on his thumb as a finger puller, and a slender pattern of flames appeared under the finger ring, which was buried into his cuff along the arc of his graceful wrist.

"Search in Ice Lake City." The archbishop remained motionless while holding the book, "You said the devil is there."

"Yes, Demon King." The pope raised his fingertips slightly, and a crystal ball floated over immediately. He twirled the crystal ball in a bored manner, "The cold winter in the northern district is coming, and Ice Lake City will become a paradise for high-level adventurers. The temple cannot be passed through." Interfere with the management of the Valkyrie, after all, the Valkyrie believes in the God of Ice and Snow. But the Demon King must pass through Ice Lake City to enter the kingdom, I hope someone can stop him."

"Give it to Heloise." The older wizard leaned on his staff, "She is the most upright inheritance of the God of Ice and Snow, and she has the responsibility to resist the Demon King for mankind."

"But she has nothing to do with the mercenary group." The bishop said, "The Lake family is rebellious. Although they have been guarding the border wall as a human line of defense for a long time, they often go against the king's wishes. The mercenary group is An unrighteous person who makes a living for money, Heloise can't correctly distinguish between friend and foe. It's not that I don't trust the loyalty of Lake Lance, I just question Heloise's judgment."

"Then please leave it to the Holy Knights." The young gentleman who spoke for the Grassland Green family said, "Randolph is the king's eternal shield, he absolutely obeys His Majesty's orders, and he hates the mercenary group and will not join forces with it. "

"However, he can't even protect His Majesty's unicorn." The old wizard said, "This is the fault of the Paladins. I never made such a mistake when I was the head of the team. I don't doubt Randolph's strength, but I trust Heloise even more."

"You should go with the Knights." The gentleman smiled. "After all, Borg even dared to persecute the wizard of the temple. Maybe your emotion in front of him will make him wake up and apologize."

"Randolph failed first, and the temple has not yet been held accountable." The wizard said in a deep voice, "The Green family's hands have spread all over the country. Do they even have to intervene in the decision-making of the temple?"

"No one can interfere with the decision-making of the temple." The bishop shouted loudly to stop the two parties, "Wisdom belongs only to His Majesty the Pope."

"Talking makes people wise." The pope flipped his finger and watched the phantom appearing in the crystal ball, "but you can continue later. The dark clouds have arrived, and the snowstorm is about to appear. In addition to the devil, there is also the dragon knight Xiao En. Threat. The abyss has not disappeared, and evil is still gestating in it. We should go hand in hand. Listen to gentlemen, the crusade order must be spread in every corner of the kingdom, whether it is the Lake army or the Green family, everyone should show sincerity .The temple will issue the highest reward for the leader, I reiterate here.”

The crystal ball suddenly lit up, and the pope's voice pierced through the entire kingdom.

"Fight against the Abyss Demon King. No matter who it is, as long as he brings back the head of the Demon King, I will personally send the blessing of Vulcan, and swear that the door of the temple will always be open for him. I will regard him as a lifelong friend, no matter what Whenever and wherever, as long as my friend calls, I will sing and fight for him."

The wizard leaned down, "I will send the news to Ice Lake City immediately, and praise your generosity and kindness."

"I praise your generosity and kindness." The gentleman respectfully said, "The Green family will always obey your call."

"Dick," said the pope to the bishop, "the king needs your voice. Go, St. Forth is waiting for you. Give your majesty my regards."

"I will set off for St. Forth immediately." The bishop bowed to the ground devoutly, "Praise you, my supreme master."

Gal sneezed again. He bowed his head in the palm of Borg, the temperature in his left eye gradually decreased, and dawn had come quietly.

"Don't rub your nose on my hand." Borg, who had been sleeping all the time, raised his left hand to cover his eyes, his voice was hoarse and tired, "If you get a little bit of it, you're dead."

"You woke up too late." Cal, who hadn't slept all night, was finally able to lie down next to him, his left eye was slightly open with pain, "Don't talk Borg, let me sleep, if you make a little more noise, you will be dead. "

After a few seconds of truce, both of them sighed at the same time.

"This damn seal." Gal blocked his left eye, "Vulcan, this scum, if he is still there, I should have skinned him."

"The whole world is begging Ankle to bless you," Borg said. "You will be hanged."

"Freedom of belief." Gall said, "Does the temple even care what underwear I wear?"

"The Pope is not so boring," said Borg, "he only cares about what underwear the devil is wearing."

Gal said, "... honey, you're not comforting me at all!"

"The snake man is the brother of the devil, and you are the brother of the snake man." Borg turned sideways and stared at Gal, "Then what is your relationship with the devil?"