Awakening of Rebirth

El and, Statar.

On the way here, I passed through several villages and towns, and met all kinds of dwarves. One day, Jiang Zheng suddenly compared the height difference between them and Baozi, and came to the conclusion that "dwarfs are taller than others". He patted Baozi on the shoulder.

"Actually, you are not short, at least you are considered tall among you dwarves."

As a dwarf who grew up in a human country, Baozi has been ridiculed countless times because of his height since he was a child, and he has long been used to it. At that time, Jiang Zheng suddenly joked about this, and he was really rubbing against the dwarves around him subconsciously. I made a comparison when passing by, and found that Jiang Zheng was surprised, happy and ashamed when he was not joking. He trotted back to the main army, scratched his head, and his eyes were full of unconcealable joy and embarrassment. se.

Speaking of which, as the most prosperous capital of the Dwarf Kingdom, Statar often has human business travelers coming here to buy and sell, and there are also tourists from other countries in the streets and alleys. Changsheng and his party have already discovered this when they left Cosmon. In this way, it is also expected that their arrival did not receive any obstruction or strange eyes.

The four of them were looking for a place to stay, when suddenly a tall man rushed past, knocked Jiang Zheng staggeringly, and almost fell down.

Chang Sheng on the side quickly reached out to stabilize Jiang Zheng: "What's the matter with that man!"

Jiang Zheng frowned and rubbed his shoulders, and turned around to take a look. The person who bumped into him had already run away, leaving only a distant back. He was supposed to be a passer-by with no quality who would forget about it when he scolded him, but that person was at that moment. The things stuffed into her palm made her unable to calm down.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Jiang Zheng didn't respond, Chang Sheng couldn't help being nervous: "Are you all right? Does it hurt?"

"It's okay...it's really bad luck." After Jiang Zheng said, he put away the note in the palm of his hand as if nothing had happened, waved his hand, and said no more.

Soon, the four of them found an inn to settle down, packed their luggage, gathered in Jiang Zheng's room, closed the doors and windows, and spread out the internal map of the Jakaron Palace that they got from Laki.

"Do you think this Lagi's words are credible? Is it possible that the road he pointed us to is a trap?"

After Jiang Zheng finished speaking, the four of them looked at each other.

After a few seconds of silence, Jiang Zheng continued: "Raise your hand, let me explain my point of view: Lackey's tone of voice is very sincere, and from my personal experience, it doesn't seem like he is lying. But this person's identity is a Mystery, on the surface, is a poor blacksmith, but he gave us a map of the interior of the Karen Palace, and a token that is said to allow us to enter it smoothly. He took out these things, and mentioned the black dragon himself, obviously knowing what we want to do , but apart from the superficial things he has shown, we don't know how much he knows about the black dragon or about us, and what considerations he has in mind."

Jiang Zheng said, shaking his head, and said: "In my opinion, no matter whether he lied to us or not, just because he was an old friend of Ron and his words are full of trust in Ron, we can't trust him." he."

She stretched out her finger and pointed at the sign Lagi made for them on the map, and said: "Even if he is really out of kindness, it does not rule out the possibility that he has been deceived and used by Ron. Ron and the demons set up an ambush in advance, and this ambush is definitely not to kill us."

Chang Sheng looked at Jiang Zheng suspiciously.

"Let's temporarily establish all the previous assumptions." Teacher Jiang's small class started: "Lilith and that..."

"Aige Loryn." Baozi reminded.

"Well, these two demons have been following us since Taran. They are not small. They left Wodo and without the protection of the priests. They obviously had so many opportunities to attack us, but in the end there was only one The action is the time when we got the keel of Wuwanghai and wanted to send us to the devil world."

But that time, did those two demons really want to send them to the demon world?It doesn't seem to be.

Ron Bernard, who was far away in Taran, suddenly learned of their danger, and "rescued" them without thinking, regardless of the danger, and sent them to Erhe with great urgency, and entrusted them with a heavy responsibility.

All of this seems so logical at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it is full of loopholes.

The Mingluo family has lived on the bottom of the sea for generations. Even if they know something about the outside world, it is the news brought by Hilda a long, long time ago, so she will never know the existence of Ron. Taking a step back, even if she knows However, at the most critical moment, she couldn't choose to ask for help from a human mage who had only been alive for a hundred years. After all, the elf priests of Wodo are more trustworthy, and the closer the distance, the easier it is to lend a helping hand.

The timing of Ron's rescue was terribly coincidental, and he was so eager to send them here, the real purpose in his heart had already been revealed.

"If I'm not mistaken, the keel is indeed sealed here, but for some reason, or the persistence of the guardians, they cannot take it out. Just like the seal on the bottom of the hopeless sea, if it weren't for us, the guardian spirit would never be able to take it out. It is impossible to hand over the keel."

Blindly nodded, and said: "The priest said that we must gather the keel bones before the black dragon is fully awakened and break the seal, and throw them into the cracks in time and space. What the demons want is to borrow our hands to get what they can't get." keel, and then resurrect the black dragon in a gigantic blood sacrifice."

"Yes, we are still safe now, but the Vodo tree of life can't last long, and Taran's seal is no longer guarded, maybe after we get Erhe's keel, we will no longer be useful. "

Jiang Zheng looked at Chang Sheng, hoping she could understand what he said.Now the situation has basically reached the point where either you die or I live. Tafil's last reminder to Chang Sheng before she left was "Nightmare", which seems to imply that many people are either voluntarily controlled by others, or they are not. Unconsciously exploited, no longer trustworthy.

"We've come to this point, whether we can leave Erhe alive or not depends on ourselves."

What Jiang Zheng and Blind said made Chang Sheng frowned: "What should we do?"

Even if there are mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, if you have a narrow escape, you can't retreat.

It's just this road, how should I go, so as not to fall into the trap designed by others?

Jiang Zheng pondered for a moment, put away the blueprints, and said, "Let's split up first, Blind, Baozi, thank you for checking the density of Jia Kalun's defense." Then, he patted Baozi's shoulder: "No problem, right? "

"Of course it's no problem!" Baozi assured him earnestly and solemnly.

Changsheng has a more impulsive personality, and he can't hide things well on his face, so he is not suitable for sniffing out news.In comparison, Blind Kung Fu is good, thoughtful, and calm. Although Baozi doesn't talk much on weekdays, his reaction ability is definitely not weak. Sometimes he looks dull, but he is actually very clever. In addition, he is a dwarf. Movement is naturally more convenient.Entrusting this kind of matter to the two of them is more reassuring than entrusting Changsheng.

"What about me?" Chang Sheng didn't want to sit still.

Jiang Zheng thought for a while and said, "Come with me for a stroll."

"what?"

Jiang Zheng got up and grabbed Changsheng's wrist and dragged it out: "Let's go!"

***

Changsheng didn't want to be idle, but Jiang Zheng assigned the task to Baozi and Blind, and led her to wander around this strange place like a traveler, leisurely strolling the streets.

Looking at Jiang Zheng's appearance of being loyal to eating, drinking and having fun and completely forgetting about business, Chang Sheng almost put the anxiety in his heart into every dissatisfied look in his eyes.

Such anxious Jiang Zheng could see everything in his eyes, and naturally understood and understood Chang Sheng's mood.

"I know it in my heart." Jiang Zheng said.

In this way, she dragged Changsheng for a stroll all the way, and finally came to an ordinary tavern in an alley, took a deep breath outside for a while, and walked in calmly with Changsheng.

In the corner, three strong men were drunk and punching, laughing loudly, causing the family at the table next to them to roll their eyes at them frequently, but this didn't change anything.

By the window, one was holding a flagon and didn't drink for a long time, and the other was moaning and complaining about the unsatisfactory things in his childhood. The girl opposite kept an embarrassed but polite smile, wanting to comfort but Do not know what to do and comfort.

And there is a special table in the middle, a human man with a high ponytail, a black glove on his left hand, and a white bandage on his right hand from between his fingers to his elbow, is sitting high on the wine table, talking happily, surrounded by people The eyes of the few people were all focused on him, and they were amazed for a while, and booed for a while.

Jiang Zheng sat down at the side and listened carefully. The man was talking about the legend of "the minstrels come and go".

The name Luoyi is no stranger to people in El and the mainland. It was a legend more than 100 years ago. A bard who claimed to be drifting from the sea came here and told people that in the seemingly vast and boundless On the other side of the sea, there are other continents, and there are many countries.But he felt that life was too short, and he didn't want to die without doing anything before he experienced too many things, so he decided to stay away from his hometown, write all the interesting people or things he had seen into ballads, and wander around.

The demons came from the coast to the east of the unnamed island. They dug mountains and reclaimed the sea, connecting the unnamed island with El and the mainland. According to the area east of Ainota as the country, this group landed from the unnamed island.He went through life and death, passed through the realm of the demons, went to Ainota with many scars, and went to Eggert after several twists and turns, bringing many unheard of exotic stories.

The story told by the human man was very contagious, and the people on the side were stunned.But these old things that have been said to be bad for a long time, no matter how well they are said, many people will not believe them and dismiss them.

They would rather believe that Luo Yi had a rich imagination and made up so many beautiful or wonderful stories, rather than believe that a human from the sea had the ability to pass through the demon world alive and come to the kingdom of humans and dwarves.

After all, if all this is true, then what exotic story can be more exciting than Luo Yi's own story?

"Speaking of this, Luo Yi was originally a famous person in our Eggert. He is well-informed and has outstanding military power. At the beginning, our king intended to reuse him, but he never agreed, but it was only a year or two. He suddenly disappeared." The man suddenly turned around, crossed his legs, reached behind him and grabbed the flagon to take a sip, and said: "Everyone should have heard of something related to this person's disappearance. rumors?"

"I heard that I fell in love with a daughter of a rich family. Her hands and feet were not clean, so she was dealt with privately." The people who joined the fun said, and wiped their necks with their hands, and whispered: "My brother said that his friend's friend The mother of a relative or friend saw the man's body lying in the east lane of the city with her own eyes."

But someone immediately retorted: "How many layers of relationship do you still believe? The king appreciates him, and it's just a matter of which girl he wants?"

"I heard that he was infected with a strange poison brought by the demons. He didn't live long. Not only did he die in a terrible way, but he also let the poison spread in the palace. It was suppressed from above. It was more than 100 years ago, the year that person disappeared, didn’t we come here with many witch doctors, warlocks and mages from foreign races? It’s for this.”

"It was just a recruitment call."

"It's said that the wind has been suppressed. Such a big movement is calling for help. Of course, we need to find a nice way to say it."

"impossible?"

"Why is it impossible?"

"Someone said long ago that they saw him sneaking out of the sea from the west bank with their own eyes, and they didn't know where they went."

"Come on, then you also believe it?"

Listening to so many people arguing, the man just raised his head and drank without saying anything.

"You mean, why did you suddenly disappear when you were alone?"

"Yes, tell me!"

The man hiccupped under the urging of the audience, and said: "I went to sea, went to another continent, found a girl I like, and stopped wandering ever since."

For a while, everyone booed again and again, full of disdain.

This uninspired peaceful ending is not at all worthy of the legendary name of Luoyi.

The man looked indifferent, touched the knife in his waist seemingly casually, and the surroundings immediately became quiet, the atmosphere was tense and awkward, only he stood up slowly with the flagon in his hand like a normal person, shouting He said: "Check out."

Chang Sheng looked at the man in a daze, and saw that after paying the bill, his eyes suddenly turned, met her eyes abruptly, and turned away as if nothing had happened, leaving a lingering fear in his heart.

The man's eyes seemed to be implying something to her...

Jiang Zheng asked the dwarf next to him with a gossipy face: "What is the background of that man?"

"Mogg, the bounty hunter who suddenly became famous a few years ago, has nothing to say about his ability. Rich people like to ask him to do things." The dwarf lowered his voice and continued: "But that character is... tsk tsk, in short, it's a mess. After becoming famous, the price has always been extremely high, and I often ask for more pay in the middle, otherwise I will slap my ass and leave."

"Thank you!" Jiang Zheng said, and put the water money on the table. Just as he was about to remind Chang Sheng to keep up, he saw that she had already chased him out.

The man wobbled for two streets, and finally got into a deserted old alley, stopped and said with a smile: "I know what you want."

Jiang Zheng said, "Tell me about it."

"The wings of the black dragon have been burned by the furnace of hell for thousands of years. The anger of hatred has long been enough to burn everything. After countless impacts and repairs, the four-square seal has already been overwhelmed. That old immortal Wodo has to use other means. After that, the man turned around and tilted his head to look at Jiang Zheng, saying: "She gave you the power of the phoenix, so she is going to put all her eggs in one basket."

Changsheng subconsciously grasped the handle of the knife, protected Jiang Zheng behind him, frowned and said, "Who are you?"

The man put away his drunken absurd appearance, and his expression became serious.

He said: "I am a person who has different paths with you, but has the same enemy."

"Which kind of enmity is the same?"

"The devil."

"Then you have many enemies."

"But now you are the only ones who can easily enter and leave Garkaron."

Jiang Zheng couldn't help but look at Chang Sheng, smiled, pretended to be stupid and asked, "How can we have that ability?"

"The Nelson family has served the royal family for generations, and Lord Lackey is a close friend of the king. If a ridiculous incident hadn't happened, he would not have resigned and retired. Although he has been away for decades, His Majesty once gave him a dagger, promised that if he is willing to return, the past will not be investigated, and all the glory and wealth will still be enjoyed by him."

He said: "You get his help and go with you, and I can go in and out of Jakaron at will."

"Oh." Jiang Zheng responded, and smiled: "You have to gain trust if you cheat a child." She pressed Chang Sheng's hand holding the knife, shook the note with the address of the tavern, and said: "Call us here, and tell another story without beginning and end. If you want to hint at something, you'd better make it clear. It's too oblique, and it's not conducive to cooperation between you and me."

"What do you want to know?"

"You know everything."

The man was silent for a while, then squatted down against the corner of the wall, and said, "I haven't finished the story just now."

Jiang Zheng nodded: "All ears."