Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty: After the Famous Paintings
"I, how could I know the cause of the whole incident?" Under Xiu Yi's deliberate guidance, the eyes focused on Ni Jian finally made someone feel overwhelmed, and immediately declared that he had nothing to do with this matter, he shouted, " Why me again? Huey Worster, don’t think that you can slander me because you have a unique point of view in analyzing things, I don’t know anything!”
"Of course you don't know the exact reason, but you have the answer I need." Xiuyi's words seemed extremely unpredictable, "I just need you to answer my question."
"I have the answer you need?" Ni Jian scratched his head inexplicably, and glanced at the people who were also a little surprised by Xiu Yi's seemingly inconsistent speech, "Then you ask, as long as it is something I know. Tell you."
"The first question, it's something I've been thinking about since I joined the 'Fire Space'," Xiu Yi began to ask, "You guys are doing mercenary missions in the human world, and you went to the demon world to hand over to the human world. What is this place for?"
"This is also one of the missions. We are here to carry out the mission." Ni Jian said, "To carry out a mission to transport special valuables. The client's target location is Ganusebit, the largest city on the border of Worst. And the place where we will take over the mission is Aoraki, which is also close to the border area, and the shortest and easiest route is to walk along the border, that’s it. You can ask Mibert and Marika, they also know about this.”
"Second question, what kind of valuables is it? Is it worth the army's robbing?" Xiu Yi glanced at the two who nodded and agreed with Yiren's speech, and then cut to the core of the question, "Or, are you Accepted the commission without knowing what it was?"
"I don't have a brain and I have a limit. If I don't even know what the delivery is, I'm going to be an idiot."
Ni Jian snorted coldly, "Besides, the reputation of our 'flame space' is not easy to come by, and it would be uneconomical to destroy our reputation because of transporting unidentified items or even stolen goods. I am very careful about this. Don't worry, although the things we transport are well-known in the human world, they are definitely from the right source, except for some thieves who will be eager to move because of its own value, the army has no reason to be tempted by it."
"How much is a reputation worth? What is the practical significance of having a good reputation in one's life? Your joke is really not funny at all." Xiu Yi scoffed at Ni Jian's statement. Although there may be some problems in expression, his peculiar thoughts aroused the thinking interest of everyone present, especially Reinas, who had some feelings, had the most obvious reaction. "For me, the most important thing for a person is to live like himself, to live without complaints and regrets, and to be able to leave evidence of his own existence like a real person who once lived in this world. This is the essence of life. The most authentic way of life, although chasing fame and fortune can be glorious for a while, but what is the use of that?"
"Leave the evidence of my existence..." Reinas murmured Xiuyi's definition of life with her cherry lips, and a look of deep memory flashed in her beautiful eyes, "What is the evidence of my existence?"
"Aren't you still alive? That's enough," Xiuyi couldn't help but smile when she heard Reinas' raving, "Even if the past life didn't leave a mark worthy of becoming an eternal memory, as long as you pursue it from now on. , To create is enough, the road of human beings is blazed by oneself, there is no fate that is destined to be done or accepted, at least I believe so.”
"But life in this world is to accept the arrangement of fate. Don't you want to resist fate?" Marika felt that she couldn't accept Xiuyi's argument. As a priest, she couldn't accept such idealistic thoughts, "not to mention , unless you can know what your own destiny is, the thought you want to resist may be a part of your own destiny. You are just walking in your own will and thinking that you are voluntary, but in fact you are still driven by the wheel of fate. the way it's left and right, isn't it?"
"It does make sense, but we seem to have strayed a bit from the topic. Now we should talk about what the entrusted item is." Xiu Yi smiled mysteriously, and used a clever excuse to turn the topic back on track. He obviously didn't want to make a further discussion on this aspect, but no one knew the whole story: "I said Ni Jian, what reason do you have to explain that the army won't want to fight for that entrusted item?"
"The reason is very good. What does the army want a famous painting by a famous artist for? Even if it is worth half a million silver coins, it would be unbelievable to spend 10,000 people hunting down it." Ni Jian carefully took out a palm-sized pocket oil painting framed in gold from his waist pocket and said, "This is the one, the most valuable of the living painters in the human world is Lee Jay Weiss. Painted by Bolt three years ago, it is currently the smallest and most beautiful painting in the Three Realms, "Sinking Clouds and Maple Falls."
"Lee Jeweis Bolt?" Xiu Yi's complexion suddenly became very strange, and the complexions of Void and the old alcoholic also immediately became unnatural. It's not so weird as it is to laugh. On the contrary, Xiaoqi, who has been nestled in the leather bag on Xiuyi's waist, dispelled everyone's doubts with one sentence, but it also made the people present fall into a new situation. In a round of surprise: "Dead Xiuyi, isn't that the artist's name among the seven pseudonyms you used in the human world?"
"No way?" Except for the three people and one snake who knew about it, everyone present shouted together, "Are you Lee Jeweis Bolt?"
"I really want to deny it, but I am the only one who has used this name for five years in the human world to sell paintings and sell them." Xiu Yi's wry smile seemed really secretive, "The one who handles the sales process is Void, you ask him understood."
Everyone turned their gazes to the void, and the swordsman also looked very regretful, but this regret was obviously directed at Ni Jian who expected him to deny Xiu Yi's words: "I'm sorry, what your highness said is the truth, he A total of 24 paintings have been painted under this name, and the last work "Red Cloud Sunset" three years ago after this "Sunset Cloud" was also handled by me."
"Boss, you are really amazing. It turns out that your hand is worth at least half a million silver coins!" Mibert's cast-down gaze seemed a little disgusted, but his intention was completely exposed in the next sentence, "What? Draw me a picture every now and then, even the birdman hanging upside down from a tree."
"It's fine if you don't sign it," Xiu Yi deliberately ignored Ni Jian's face that turned blue again, and pretended to be extremely serious, "After all, the thing you want me to draw is too ugly, and it may affect the name. the value of……"
"Xiao Qi, you said that Xiu Yi used seven pseudonyms in the human world." Marika was more concerned about other things, "Then besides the artist's name, what are the other names?"
"Hmm... the name of the writer is Gost Lord, the name of the poet is Yalu Dinger, and the name of a chemist named Foo, this name means 'stupid' in the ancient language of the devil world... Hey! What's the matter with you?" Only after saying half of the other six names, Xiaoqi heard the sound of "Plop, plop" sounded outside the bag one after another, as if a wooden stake fell to the ground, followed by Xiuyi's wry smile and the other two knowing. sigh of the person.
In fact, in the woods outside the bag at this moment, the only people who could still maintain a standing posture were Xiu Yi, the old drunkard, and Kong Kong. It was Mibert who fell to the ground foaming at the mouth after hearing the first name, followed by Ni Jian who was about to stand up and fainted again, and at the exit of the second name, Marika fell to the ground because her feet were extremely stiff. Limp and collapsed under a big tree, Reinas, who persisted the longest, only heard the third name, and fell straight on his back.
For them, this stimulus is indeed too strong.In the nearly twenty years of the human world's history, only ten people have been forever engraved in the history books as those who made the greatest contribution to the human world during this period. Except for the three masters of the human race who were evenly matched with the demon army and belonged to the field of combat, the remaining seven people are all great figures who have made great achievements in the field of non-combat, and are therefore honored by people in the human world as "seven warriors". saint".
Just now, they heard the names of four of them from Xiaoqi's words. If their guesses were correct, the remaining three names would probably only be concentrated on one demon.
And that demon was the man standing in front of them with a wry smile, Huey Worster.
"Aru Dingle, the founder of classical poetry, Goster Lord, the pioneer of legendary literature, St. Lee Jervis Bolt, who painted magnificent natural scenes in a magnificent and realistic style, and invented the combination of magic and chemistry. Fool of technology..." Reina's voice almost moaned, "All these people are your aliases?"
"The name is just a symbol and does not represent the real identity of the individual. Now you should know the meaning of this sentence." With a wry smile, Xiu Yi took the painting "Luoyun Shenfeng" from Ni Jian on the ground, mocking herself The meaning was fully revealed in a somewhat depressed tone, "Unexpectedly, I was in a mercenary group rushing to escort my paintings... What a great irony!"
"No way, boss," Mibert seemed to be dying, "The remaining three people in the 'Seven Saints'..."
"You don't need to guess, it's all His Highness." Kong Kong's answer ruthlessly cut off the doubts of several people, and drew the whole incident to a clear conclusion, "He likes to play tricks of changing names and identities the most, and he is deeply poisoned except by the demon world. There are also the human world and the heavenly world, and I don't know how many similar identities His Highness still has."
"Oh, my God! It turns out that Lord Celandus, who has been nominated three times as the chief priest of the church, is the most thorough theological research, is a demon?" I finally understand why this character who is a dragon but never sees an end Marika, who shied away from the appointment, finally passed out, and the serious blow to her belief has never reached the level it is today. "The demons are more devout than believers in gods, my God!"
"Dr. Vero, who promotes the low-cost medical system for civilians, is this guy who uses bottles and cans of weird potions to torture people all day long?" Ni Jian felt that his emotional madness index began to rise sharply, "I thought he was sent by God The messenger who saved the common people!"
"If I tell my partner in the Thieves Guild that a demon race created all the cooperative guilds in the Three Realms, I will definitely be treated as a lunatic and sent to a mental hospital," Mibert murmured, "The outrageous things these days are getting more and more serious. The more I have, the more I can't stand it."
And at the moment when the original "flame space" trio and Reinas shocked Yu Xiuyi with a new layer of mystery was unveiled, the core figure of the whole incident suddenly stared at the painting in his hand and shouted: "No, this is not My painting, it's just a fake."
"What?" At this moment, even Kong Kong and the old drunkard were stunned.
"Lost it?" Julian, who was sitting in the tent with a big horse, was not surprised to see his panting subordinates trembling in front of his eyes, and his cold tone was full of sarcasm, "Your long-distance running of 20 kilometers every day Where did all the training go, and even a few mercenaries couldn't catch up?" "They are not ordinary mercenaries!" The hapless ghost with a mournful face argued, "We could maintain a constant distance of 700 meters from the opponent in the first three kilometers, but after five kilometers, they suddenly quickened their pace and followed the one who was riding on the ground. The boy around the swordsman's neck took out a small flag and a stopwatch, and said, "The sprint stage is about to break yesterday's record, come on, come on." Several people on the other side ran faster than horses as if they had been wound up , just three or four minutes pulled us down nearly two kilometers, and the result..." "You mean that I should have sent cavalry to chase after it from the very beginning?" Julian's sharp voice sounded suddenly, "You idiot! We originally wanted to disguise the whole incident as an encounter between ordinary bandits and mercenary groups and end it." , how can there be any reason to send cavalry to fight? And will the general bandits in the Warster Empire have cavalry? If it falls into the eyes of those caravans, aren’t we showing off our feet?” "My lord, please calm down. It is true that the opponent's strength this time far exceeds the previous estimate, and the first and second captains have also tried their best." The crisp voice of the gray-haired girl resounded like a yellow warbler in the tent. "From my subordinate's point of view, it would be okay to send cavalry at that time. It is just necessary to kill the caravan that was originally a witness. Although the ending is a bit troublesome, it is also feasible." "Your words make sense, but the main problem is that the group of idiots brought by these two people are not able to catch up with each other." Julian's tone was still cold and merciless, "As you said, I Don't punish them, but after this incident, the daily training volume of the two brigades will be doubled!" "Yes!" The two captains, who were thankful in their hearts that they would not suffer immediate guilt, glanced at the girl gratefully, and left the tent tremblingly with a little weak footsteps. "Your Excellency is angry, this is not a good thing, at least for your original identity, it is a big taboo." Looking at the backs of the two people going away, the girl suddenly said, "Even if it is because of that thing, it is not worth getting angry. After all, it didn’t belong to us in the first place.” "It doesn't make any sense to say that. The action against it must be carried out immediately. The people above will not understand our difficulties." Julian's expression remained cold and ruthless, "Although we lost it, the other party has already They are completely surrounded by our side. We also know the general direction of progress. If there are no accidents, we will know their exact position by this time tomorrow, and by that time, everything will be completely over! " "Accident..." There was a worried look on the girl's eyebrows, "It happened once today, maybe..." "There will be no more accidents, absolutely not." Julian's tone was affirmative. Perseverance, "Their fate has been decided, and there will be no change."
"Isn't this His Highness's painting?" Xu Kong was quite surprised, "Is it a fake?" "A well-made counterfeit is worth five or six hundred silver coins from a general artistic point of view, but it's far worse than my original painting." Xiuyi smiled like a fox, "This painting's The imitation was very successful, it was probably copied stroke by stroke by a professional, and even the subtleties were so realistic that people who hadn’t seen the real painting would probably be fooled.” "Then what is it lacking?" Reinas looked at the painting carefully and asked with some doubts, "I also think it is a bit wrong, but I just can't find the specific reason." "Look, style, and the artistic conception contained in the painting, these three points are not the same, and everyone who has seen my painting should have this feeling." Xiuyi smiled, "I remember what happened in the 'Twilight of the Gods' A year ago, one of my works seemed to be resold by a middleman to the Temple of Odin. If my information is correct, there should be only the "Sea Pavilion and Moon Shadow" in that battle out of the 23 existing works in the Three Realms. lost in the middle." "It was probably burned by the people of the Faen Protoss in the flames of war." Reinas' eyes dimmed, "Freya, who likes that painting the most, often took me to look at it hanging on the west side of the temple. She said she loved the poignant atmosphere." "It's impossible, absolutely impossible!" Ni Jian seemed to think of something, and jumped up abruptly, "If it's fake and only worth five or six hundred silver coins, why did the client spend two thousand silver coins to entrust us to deliver a painting?" Fake paintings? And what you are talking about is just a matter of perception, and you are not the only one who decides whether it is true or false. Do you have any tangible evidence?" "If it is true or false, I am the number one calligraphy and painting appraisal master in the devil world, and I also have the highest appraisal qualification certificate issued by the consumer rights association in the devil world." Xiu Yi's smile became more obvious, "If you think this is not enough, I also have a piece of evidence that it doesn't use the same paint as I did." "Different? What raw materials did you use?" The unanimous question was immediately answered by a person who likes to play tricks the most. The degree of perversion is beyond words. Only a few people who knew the answer early on did not have additional reactions like vomiting and fainting. "It seems to be the most poisonous Rhoda caterpillar in the devil world, crushed and squeezed juice, plus the powder mixed with slime's liquid brain and the rhizome of Bartola piranha, that's all." "You, you paint with the paint made from this special raw material?" Trying to suppress the revulsion in her stomach, Reinas looked at a demon with a glimmer of hope, "You You're joking again, right?" "I'm serious, don't forget that my rich chemical knowledge is not in vain." Xiuyi's attitude seemed to be pity for the protoss girl who was too stimulated, "Indeed, the smell of these three things It smells bad and has a disgusting corrosive effect, but when combined together, the toxicity will restrain each other and form a kind of pigment essence with a delicate fragrance. As long as it is blended with the basic raw materials with various pigments, it can It is made into a kind of paint with special adhesion, no matter how many winds, frosts, rains and snows, it will not change the color of the painting." While talking, Xiu Yi casually pulled out the kettle beside the void, poured some water into his palm, and pressed his entire palm onto the oil painting before Ni Jian stopped him: "If it is painted with this kind of paint, Even if it is dropped into water, it will not produce any color fading, but although this painting is a good imitation, it does not use this kind of pigment." "Oh my God!" Amid the appalling cry of Yiren, the originally extremely artistic and beautiful oil painting turned into a rubbish work completely covered in colorful oil paint under Xiuyi's hands, "Damn bastard What the hell are you doing? Even if it’s a fake painting, how can I explain to the client that you destroyed it like this!” "The client is not a fool. The painting he wants you to escort has no meaning in itself, you just keep looking at it." Facing Ni Jian's accusation and the censure of everyone who felt the same way, Xiu Yi just smiled faintly , even stretched out a finger further, and split the entire painting that had been soaked in water from the middle into two halves.And at this moment, a small hole suddenly appeared on the wooden substrate on the back of the painted skin, and a green drop-shaped gemstone fell from the small hole. Xiu Yi, who had been prepared for this, gently reached out to catch it under the dumbfounded eyes of everyone, and carefully showed the gem in front of everyone: "I don't think I need to say anything more now, I want to know why we Let the hunted see for themselves." "Tears of the Goddess of Mercy?" Marika, who was a priest, was the first to recognize the meaning of the gem itself.The astonished complexion fully explained the shock in her heart: "Isn't this one of the three magic tools necessary to activate the legendary ultra-wide-range resurrection magic 'Creation and Rebirth Curse'?" Everyone's faces turned pale, not only because this thing is actually a super water magic amplifier that all magicians dream of, but also because the country that this thing should belong to is not here, but thousands of miles away. Gareth Theocracy, a religious country hostile to the Huaster Empire, which does not believe in gods and demons. Its appearance only shows one thing, that is, an earth-shattering event happened in the country that claimed to be protected by the Creator God, and even one of the three magic weapons for protecting the country that launched the maximum resurrection magic was lost, and He also wandered to a foreign country that was not friendly to him. "Well, as expected of a clergyman who has received strict priest training in the Theocracy of Gareth, he will never forget something he has seen once." Xiuyi stared at the green gemstone rolling in his palm, and his slightly dark eyes passed The mysterious light reflected by the gem is like the phosphorous fire from the deepest part of hell: "This is the magic weapon for protecting the country that was lost in the theft of the temple in the church three months ago, which can restore the priest The magic booster item that achieves the best magic effect, the tears of the goddess of mercy." "That is to say, this is stolen goods?" Ni Jian couldn't help swallowing, "According to your statement, this is the ultimate goal of those who pretend to be troops to intercept and kill us?" "This is indeed the opponent's purpose, but it is not correct to say that it is stolen goods. At least according to normal procedures, the army responsible for managing national security and military security has the right to come to us openly and demand that it be confiscated." Edit Yi's smile looked like he was laughing at someone at the moment: "But the army has no such plan, because the price of making everything public is that the Worst Empire must return this tear of the Goddess of Mercy, at least as a superficially still A country that has established good diplomatic relations with the Theocracy of Garris must do so." "Could this thing be useful to the army?" Reinas seemed a little puzzled, "Isn't it an augmentation item for water magic? For the army, it can only maximize the effectiveness of water magic that mainly assists defense. This kind of magic The weapon should have no offensive use." "Water-type magic and ice-type magic have common characteristics, and the effect of magical implements that can amplify water-type magic on ice-type magic is also quite amazing. As for the killing effect of ice-type magic, you should be very clear. After all, you grew up in the northern country. Goddess." Xiu Yi explained with a smile: "The magic corps of the Huaster Empire are famous and powerful in the three realms, but as we all know, what this magic corps lacks most is magicians of ice and dark magic. The lack of the former is mainly due to Ice magic is very difficult to learn, and because it consumes five to ten times more mana than fire magic, the rarity of the latter is entirely due to the fact that the Demon Realm Army recruits such magic talents and this It is caused by the overall attributes of the magician itself. Now, it is a good time to strengthen the magic corps. As long as they have this magic weapon, even a third-rate ice magician can use the forbidden spell that only advanced magicians can use. " "Is it the strengthening of the military's capabilities?" Reinas didn't seem to have a good impression of this sentence, "Just to strengthen the combat power in order to kill more people, is this the way for a strong country to survive in troubled times?" "It is better to be strong enough to kill anyone than to be weak enough to be killed by anyone. This is always the case in times of war." Xiuyi's words seem to be very profound. Even if you don’t want to, you must walk the road of being the overlord and the king. This is not a matter of ideals and ambitions, but the environment.” "Environment..." Reinas's thoughts were obviously in chaos, it seemed that her past experiences reminded her of something, "I often saw when I collected the battle spirits of the warriors under the command of Odin, those who were in the war Most of the people who still maintain a sense of justice in the vortex died in various conflicts of interests or conspiracy because they were too kind and persistent, and then became the heroic warriors in the "Twilight of the Gods" because they did not follow the rules of the tyrant. Do you walk in the way of rulers and kings?" "In this world, there are many people who are suitable for doing certain things, and there are also many people who are not suitable for doing certain things, and the latter are the so-called 'ordinary people'." Xiuyi's smile seemed to have an indescribable Sadness and helplessness, "And among the former who belong to the 'extraordinary', there are many people who have not achieved their dreams throughout their lives, not because they have never worked hard, but because of the reality, what you see People are part of it." "Reality?" Reinas' doubts continued unabated, "What are you referring to?" "Not everyone who has worked hard can make their dreams come true. In this world, besides 'dreams' and 'seriousness', there is another thing that exists in reality, and that is 'time situation'." Xiu Yi Youyou said: "That is, the environment as a whole combined with the right timing and the situation to achieve dreams, and this is what those unfortunate people do not have. This incident may also be the current situation of the current Warster Empire" 'One of the actions of this kind of rare magic props, maybe this is the only way to reflect one's greatest value in troubled times." "But it also needs to be pushed by someone, and this is what I want to know." Marika couldn't help but furrowed her brows tightly. As a priest, she hoped that this magic weapon of the Theocracy would be able to Return to the original owner, "Is this the idea of the royal family of the Warster Empire, or is this the meaning of some people in the military?" "I don't know about this. The dark side of politics is also reflected in the military. As far as the imperial family's meaning does not conflict with the interests of the military, it is difficult to judge where the specific idea was born. For you Maybe it’s better not to know about this aspect.” Xiuyi shrugged his shoulders chicly, and made a look of indifference: “I only know that our enemy is probably planning to take it away by means of robbery. The Worst regular army left, and the source of the disaster is this 'Tear of the Goddess of Mercy' that you inadvertently received the entrusted mission." "Can we talk to each other?" Mibert's thoughts may be more direct, and the resulting childishness is inevitable. "If they want us, we can give them. Wouldn't it save us from going to war?" "That's a good idea, who is going to negotiate with the other party? You?" Huey laughed, "They still plan to kill us when they believe that we don't know, if they know that we have the inside story of the whole thing , Do you think it is possible for them to let us live? The dead will not speak, soldiers and politicians know this, if both are involved, what do you think will be the result of us obediently handing over things?" "Death has no place to die." The old drunkard was still smiling when he said this terrible conclusion, as if he didn't know what the word meant, "And according to your personality, you will never bow your head and admit defeat obediently, yes Bar?" "Of course, the person who wants to admire me must be able to survive after being punished by me, whether it is an enemy or a friendly army." Xiu Yi's face once again showed the kind of people who make everyone admire him. A trembling and weird smile: "Since they want me to hand over things, they have to accept the test of my first law of evil. I hope they will have that self-awareness." "The first law of evil?" Everyone, who was silent like a cicada, only prayed secretly in their hearts for the unknown enemy. The name alone can make people feel uncomfortable, plus Huey Worster, who rarely brags about the technique of manipulating people, I believe most people will know what kind of mixed effect it will produce. In fact, Huey Worster's actions did not disappoint them, because the vicious meaning expressed in the next command-style words from his mouth really made everyone fall in love with them. Because this fully embodies the first article of his theory "If you want to punish people, you must first learn to punish them", there is only one meaning. The 180-degree irrelevant topic change and inexplicable weird speech from the beginning to the end are the direct impressions of this sentence made by the people who have not yet fully understood the meaning of his overall actions. "Yes, that's it, you will be very happy to know its exact content." Firstly, Xiu Yi's strange smile was used as the introduction, and then the strange words that made everyone fall to the ground together was the key point, "But before that, Let's take a special hot bath first!" And at the same time, in the camp of their opponents. "We found them," the gray-haired girl's report was succinct. "They are in a forest ten kilometers away. They are currently in a state of suspension. According to your instructions, no manpower has been sent to conduct reconnaissance." "Very well, it's faster than expected. The falcon we spent five years cultivating is not in vain." Julian nodded with satisfaction, "The specific strength level of the other party is not yet clear, it is safer to send people than to send animals , Let the other party think that it is best to be safe, and it is really bad to startle the snake." "Yes, but I don't understand why you only send the falcons for three hours of reconnaissance. When we train them, we should have specially exercised their endurance. Three groups of falcons can do 24 hours of uninterrupted reconnaissance. The girl seemed to hesitate for a moment before asking, "Only for three hours of reconnaissance, it will be troublesome if the other party changes its position and finds it again." "It's a way to exercise their memory, and their memory is also a skill of reconnaissance." Julian smiled, "And don't you think it's strange that there are always one or two eagles flying around your head? thing?" The girl suddenly realized, but Julian didn't finish talking: "And I think it's necessary for me to let them do something I don't know, because I want to see, this brings me an unexpected surprise." 'Flame space', how many unexpected things will it create." "Challenging the things you don't know and foreseeing the impossible is the biggest reason for your extraordinary mind," the girl sighed helplessly, "but it's probably also one of your weaknesses." "However, this weakness of mine has never been a threat to my actions in reality, and this time is no exception." Julian said lightly, "If I'm not wrong, they should be setting the next course now. Plan for what they call 'missions'." He did guess right, and absolutely right. The only thing that doesn't seem to be what he expected is the location and circumstances of his opponent's course-setting meeting.And the main person who caused this little accident is still Huey Worst, who he doesn't know, a super prank expert who will bring him more "surprises" and "shocks". But more importantly, what this pruning expert was thinking this time was not just pranking people.
"Lost it?" Julian, who was sitting in the tent with a big horse, was not surprised to see his panting subordinates trembling in front of his eyes, and his cold tone was full of sarcasm, "Your long-distance running of 20 kilometers every day Where did all the training go, and even a few mercenaries couldn't catch up?" "They are not ordinary mercenaries!" The hapless ghost with a mournful face argued, "We could maintain a constant distance of 700 meters from the opponent in the first three kilometers, but after five kilometers, they suddenly quickened their pace and followed the one who was riding on the ground. The boy around the swordsman's neck took out a small flag and a stopwatch, and said, "The sprint stage is about to break yesterday's record, come on, come on." Several people on the other side ran faster than horses as if they had been wound up , just three or four minutes pulled us down nearly two kilometers, and the result..." "You mean that I should have sent cavalry to chase after it from the very beginning?" Julian's sharp voice sounded suddenly, "You idiot! We originally wanted to disguise the whole incident as an encounter between ordinary bandits and mercenary groups and end it." , how can there be any reason to send cavalry to fight? And will the general bandits in the Warster Empire have cavalry? If it falls into the eyes of those caravans, aren’t we showing off our feet?” "My lord, please calm down. It is true that the opponent's strength this time far exceeds the previous estimate, and the first and second captains have also tried their best." The crisp voice of the gray-haired girl resounded like a yellow warbler in the tent. "From my subordinate's point of view, it would be okay to send cavalry at that time. It is just necessary to kill the caravan that was originally a witness. Although the ending is a bit troublesome, it is also feasible." "Your words make sense, but the main problem is that the group of idiots brought by these two people are not able to catch up with each other." Julian's tone was still cold and merciless, "As you said, I Don't punish them, but after this incident, the daily training volume of the two brigades will be doubled!" "Yes!" The two captains, who were thankful in their hearts that they would not suffer immediate guilt, glanced at the girl gratefully, and left the tent tremblingly with a little weak footsteps. "Your Excellency is angry, this is not a good thing, at least for your original identity, it is a big taboo." Looking at the backs of the two people going away, the girl suddenly said, "Even if it is because of that thing, it is not worth getting angry. After all, it didn’t belong to us in the first place.” "It doesn't make any sense to say that. The action against it must be carried out immediately. The people above will not understand our difficulties." Julian's expression remained cold and ruthless, "Although we lost it, the other party has already They are completely surrounded by our side. We also know the general direction of progress. If there are no accidents, we will know their exact position by this time tomorrow, and by that time, everything will be completely over! " "Accident..." There was a worried look on the girl's eyebrows, "It happened once today, maybe..." "There will be no more accidents, absolutely not." Julian's tone was affirmative. Perseverance, "Their fate has been decided, and there will be no change."
"Isn't this His Highness's painting?" Xu Kong was quite surprised, "Is it a fake?" "A well-made counterfeit is worth five or six hundred silver coins from a general artistic point of view, but it's far worse than my original painting." Xiuyi smiled like a fox, "This painting's The imitation was very successful, it was probably copied stroke by stroke by a professional, and even the subtleties were so realistic that people who hadn’t seen the real painting would probably be fooled.” "Then what is it lacking?" Reinas looked at the painting carefully and asked with some doubts, "I also think it is a bit wrong, but I just can't find the specific reason." "Look, style, and the artistic conception contained in the painting, these three points are not the same, and everyone who has seen my painting should have this feeling." Xiuyi smiled, "I remember what happened in the 'Twilight of the Gods' A year ago, one of my works seemed to be resold by a middleman to the Temple of Odin. If my information is correct, there should be only the "Sea Pavilion and Moon Shadow" in that battle out of the 23 existing works in the Three Realms. lost in the middle." "It was probably burned by the people of the Faen Protoss in the flames of war." Reinas' eyes dimmed, "Freya, who likes that painting the most, often took me to look at it hanging on the west side of the temple. She said she loved the poignant atmosphere." "It's impossible, absolutely impossible!" Ni Jian seemed to think of something, and jumped up abruptly, "If it's fake and only worth five or six hundred silver coins, why did the client spend two thousand silver coins to entrust us to deliver a painting?" Fake paintings? And what you are talking about is just a matter of perception, and you are not the only one who decides whether it is true or false. Do you have any tangible evidence?" "If it is true or false, I am the number one calligraphy and painting appraisal master in the devil world, and I also have the highest appraisal qualification certificate issued by the consumer rights association in the devil world." Xiu Yi's smile became more obvious, "If you think this is not enough, I also have a piece of evidence that it doesn't use the same paint as I did." "Different? What raw materials did you use?" The unanimous question was immediately answered by a person who likes to play tricks the most. The degree of perversion is beyond words. Only a few people who knew the answer early on did not have additional reactions like vomiting and fainting. "It seems to be the most poisonous Rhoda caterpillar in the devil world, crushed and squeezed juice, plus the powder mixed with slime's liquid brain and the rhizome of Bartola piranha, that's all." "You, you paint with the paint made from this special raw material?" Trying to suppress the revulsion in her stomach, Reinas looked at a demon with a glimmer of hope, "You You're joking again, right?" "I'm serious, don't forget that my rich chemical knowledge is not in vain." Xiuyi's attitude seemed to be pity for the protoss girl who was too stimulated, "Indeed, the smell of these three things It smells bad and has a disgusting corrosive effect, but when combined together, the toxicity will restrain each other and form a kind of pigment essence with a delicate fragrance. As long as it is blended with the basic raw materials with various pigments, it can It is made into a kind of paint with special adhesion, no matter how many winds, frosts, rains and snows, it will not change the color of the painting." While talking, Xiu Yi casually pulled out the kettle beside the void, poured some water into his palm, and pressed his entire palm onto the oil painting before Ni Jian stopped him: "If it is painted with this kind of paint, Even if it is dropped into water, it will not produce any color fading, but although this painting is a good imitation, it does not use this kind of pigment." "Oh my God!" Amid the appalling cry of Yiren, the originally extremely artistic and beautiful oil painting turned into a rubbish work completely covered in colorful oil paint under Xiuyi's hands, "Damn bastard What the hell are you doing? Even if it’s a fake painting, how can I explain to the client that you destroyed it like this!” "The client is not a fool. The painting he wants you to escort has no meaning in itself, you just keep looking at it." Facing Ni Jian's accusation and the censure of everyone who felt the same way, Xiu Yi just smiled faintly , even stretched out a finger further, and split the entire painting that had been soaked in water from the middle into two halves.And at this moment, a small hole suddenly appeared on the wooden substrate on the back of the painted skin, and a green drop-shaped gemstone fell from the small hole. Xiu Yi, who had been prepared for this, gently reached out to catch it under the dumbfounded eyes of everyone, and carefully showed the gem in front of everyone: "I don't think I need to say anything more now, I want to know why we Let the hunted see for themselves." "Tears of the Goddess of Mercy?" Marika, who was a priest, was the first to recognize the meaning of the gem itself.The astonished complexion fully explained the shock in her heart: "Isn't this one of the three magic tools necessary to activate the legendary ultra-wide-range resurrection magic 'Creation and Rebirth Curse'?" Everyone's faces turned pale, not only because this thing is actually a super water magic amplifier that all magicians dream of, but also because the country that this thing should belong to is not here, but thousands of miles away. Gareth Theocracy, a religious country hostile to the Huaster Empire, which does not believe in gods and demons. Its appearance only shows one thing, that is, an earth-shattering event happened in the country that claimed to be protected by the Creator God, and even one of the three magic weapons for protecting the country that launched the maximum resurrection magic was lost, and He also wandered to a foreign country that was not friendly to him. "Well, as expected of a clergyman who has received strict priest training in the Theocracy of Gareth, he will never forget something he has seen once." Xiuyi stared at the green gemstone rolling in his palm, and his slightly dark eyes passed The mysterious light reflected by the gem is like the phosphorous fire from the deepest part of hell: "This is the magic weapon for protecting the country that was lost in the theft of the temple in the church three months ago, which can restore the priest The magic booster item that achieves the best magic effect, the tears of the goddess of mercy." "That is to say, this is stolen goods?" Ni Jian couldn't help swallowing, "According to your statement, this is the ultimate goal of those who pretend to be troops to intercept and kill us?" "This is indeed the opponent's purpose, but it is not correct to say that it is stolen goods. At least according to normal procedures, the army responsible for managing national security and military security has the right to come to us openly and demand that it be confiscated." Edit Yi's smile looked like he was laughing at someone at the moment: "But the army has no such plan, because the price of making everything public is that the Worst Empire must return this tear of the Goddess of Mercy, at least as a superficially still A country that has established good diplomatic relations with the Theocracy of Garris must do so." "Could this thing be useful to the army?" Reinas seemed a little puzzled, "Isn't it an augmentation item for water magic? For the army, it can only maximize the effectiveness of water magic that mainly assists defense. This kind of magic The weapon should have no offensive use." "Water-type magic and ice-type magic have common characteristics, and the effect of magical implements that can amplify water-type magic on ice-type magic is also quite amazing. As for the killing effect of ice-type magic, you should be very clear. After all, you grew up in the northern country. Goddess." Xiu Yi explained with a smile: "The magic corps of the Huaster Empire are famous and powerful in the three realms, but as we all know, what this magic corps lacks most is magicians of ice and dark magic. The lack of the former is mainly due to Ice magic is very difficult to learn, and because it consumes five to ten times more mana than fire magic, the rarity of the latter is entirely due to the fact that the Demon Realm Army recruits such magic talents and this It is caused by the overall attributes of the magician itself. Now, it is a good time to strengthen the magic corps. As long as they have this magic weapon, even a third-rate ice magician can use the forbidden spell that only advanced magicians can use. " "Is it the strengthening of the military's capabilities?" Reinas didn't seem to have a good impression of this sentence, "Just to strengthen the combat power in order to kill more people, is this the way for a strong country to survive in troubled times?" "It is better to be strong enough to kill anyone than to be weak enough to be killed by anyone. This is always the case in times of war." Xiuyi's words seem to be very profound. Even if you don’t want to, you must walk the road of being the overlord and the king. This is not a matter of ideals and ambitions, but the environment.” "Environment..." Reinas's thoughts were obviously in chaos, it seemed that her past experiences reminded her of something, "I often saw when I collected the battle spirits of the warriors under the command of Odin, those who were in the war Most of the people who still maintain a sense of justice in the vortex died in various conflicts of interests or conspiracy because they were too kind and persistent, and then became the heroic warriors in the "Twilight of the Gods" because they did not follow the rules of the tyrant. Do you walk in the way of rulers and kings?" "In this world, there are many people who are suitable for doing certain things, and there are also many people who are not suitable for doing certain things, and the latter are the so-called 'ordinary people'." Xiuyi's smile seemed to have an indescribable Sadness and helplessness, "And among the former who belong to the 'extraordinary', there are many people who have not achieved their dreams throughout their lives, not because they have never worked hard, but because of the reality, what you see People are part of it." "Reality?" Reinas' doubts continued unabated, "What are you referring to?" "Not everyone who has worked hard can make their dreams come true. In this world, besides 'dreams' and 'seriousness', there is another thing that exists in reality, and that is 'time situation'." Xiu Yi Youyou said: "That is, the environment as a whole combined with the right timing and the situation to achieve dreams, and this is what those unfortunate people do not have. This incident may also be the current situation of the current Warster Empire" 'One of the actions of this kind of rare magic props, maybe this is the only way to reflect one's greatest value in troubled times." "But it also needs to be pushed by someone, and this is what I want to know." Marika couldn't help but furrowed her brows tightly. As a priest, she hoped that this magic weapon of the Theocracy would be able to Return to the original owner, "Is this the idea of the royal family of the Warster Empire, or is this the meaning of some people in the military?" "I don't know about this. The dark side of politics is also reflected in the military. As far as the imperial family's meaning does not conflict with the interests of the military, it is difficult to judge where the specific idea was born. For you Maybe it’s better not to know about this aspect.” Xiuyi shrugged his shoulders chicly, and made a look of indifference: “I only know that our enemy is probably planning to take it away by means of robbery. The Worst regular army left, and the source of the disaster is this 'Tear of the Goddess of Mercy' that you inadvertently received the entrusted mission." "Can we talk to each other?" Mibert's thoughts may be more direct, and the resulting childishness is inevitable. "If they want us, we can give them. Wouldn't it save us from going to war?" "That's a good idea, who is going to negotiate with the other party? You?" Huey laughed, "They still plan to kill us when they believe that we don't know, if they know that we have the inside story of the whole thing , Do you think it is possible for them to let us live? The dead will not speak, soldiers and politicians know this, if both are involved, what do you think will be the result of us obediently handing over things?" "Death has no place to die." The old drunkard was still smiling when he said this terrible conclusion, as if he didn't know what the word meant, "And according to your personality, you will never bow your head and admit defeat obediently, yes Bar?" "Of course, the person who wants to admire me must be able to survive after being punished by me, whether it is an enemy or a friendly army." Xiu Yi's face once again showed the kind of people who make everyone admire him. A trembling and weird smile: "Since they want me to hand over things, they have to accept the test of my first law of evil. I hope they will have that self-awareness." "The first law of evil?" Everyone, who was silent like a cicada, only prayed secretly in their hearts for the unknown enemy. The name alone can make people feel uncomfortable, plus Huey Worster, who rarely brags about the technique of manipulating people, I believe most people will know what kind of mixed effect it will produce. In fact, Huey Worster's actions did not disappoint them, because the vicious meaning expressed in the next command-style words from his mouth really made everyone fall in love with them. Because this fully embodies the first article of his theory "If you want to punish people, you must first learn to punish them", there is only one meaning. The 180-degree irrelevant topic change and inexplicable weird speech from the beginning to the end are the direct impressions of this sentence made by the people who have not yet fully understood the meaning of his overall actions. "Yes, that's it, you will be very happy to know its exact content." Firstly, Xiu Yi's strange smile was used as the introduction, and then the strange words that made everyone fall to the ground together was the key point, "But before that, Let's take a special hot bath first!" And at the same time, in the camp of their opponents. "We found them," the gray-haired girl's report was succinct. "They are in a forest ten kilometers away. They are currently in a state of suspension. According to your instructions, no manpower has been sent to conduct reconnaissance." "Very well, it's faster than expected. The falcon we spent five years cultivating is not in vain." Julian nodded with satisfaction, "The specific strength level of the other party is not yet clear, it is safer to send people than to send animals , Let the other party think that it is best to be safe, and it is really bad to startle the snake." "Yes, but I don't understand why you only send the falcons for three hours of reconnaissance. When we train them, we should have specially exercised their endurance. Three groups of falcons can do 24 hours of uninterrupted reconnaissance. The girl seemed to hesitate for a moment before asking, "Only for three hours of reconnaissance, it will be troublesome if the other party changes its position and finds it again." "It's a way to exercise their memory, and their memory is also a skill of reconnaissance." Julian smiled, "And don't you think it's strange that there are always one or two eagles flying around your head? thing?" The girl suddenly realized, but Julian didn't finish talking: "And I think it's necessary for me to let them do something I don't know, because I want to see, this brings me an unexpected surprise." 'Flame space', how many unexpected things will it create." "Challenging the things you don't know and foreseeing the impossible is the biggest reason for your extraordinary mind," the girl sighed helplessly, "but it's probably also one of your weaknesses." "However, this weakness of mine has never been a threat to my actions in reality, and this time is no exception." Julian said lightly, "If I'm not wrong, they should be setting the next course now. Plan for what they call 'missions'." He did guess right, and absolutely right. The only thing that doesn't seem to be what he expected is the location and circumstances of his opponent's course-setting meeting.And the main person who caused this little accident is still Huey Worst, who he doesn't know, a super prank expert who will bring him more "surprises" and "shocks". But more importantly, what this pruning expert was thinking this time was not just pranking people.