Shadow Covenant

Chapter 185 "The King of the Deep Sea"

Woody's voice was calm, but his expression was difficult to understand, apparently caught in memory.

"Once upon a time, there was a couple who were engaged, but for some reason, he left his fiancée and chose to leave his hometown, but he promised that he would come back and tell her what he had seen along the way..."

Kaqier naturally did not have any objections. It was too late for him to be happy when Woody told the story, but when he heard the beginning, he was taken aback for a while, but soon he was drawn by the story of the protagonist in the story.

The story this time really has a sense of déjà vu, but he didn't make a sound, but chose to listen quietly.

The story develops smoothly like this.Couples, fiancées, leaving their hometown, returning, until later, the two got married naturally, but the good times didn't last long, and within a year, the woman who became his wife suffered from a strange disease, even if it was a life invited from the city. The goddess priest is also helpless against her...

The man tried countless methods, but none of them could make his wife's condition get better. Instead, it went from bad to worse.Finally, when Woody talked about the return home man, in order to redeem himself, he would sell his soul to the devil to gain power, so as to redeem his seriously ill wife.

Kazir is extremely worried about the fate of the protagonist, but also full of hope.

"Is he going to succeed now?" He couldn't help asking.

"not successful!"

Woody glanced at Kaqier and replied calmly.

The power brought by the devil made him lose control of himself, and the negative hidden danger of becoming stronger brought about by killing made him end the life of his seriously ill wife in advance.

Woody finished the story of the mortal and the devil in a very flat manner, which was boring and ordinary, a bit like religious fables warning believers not to believe in the devil.

But these are things he has witnessed with his own eyes.

"What a fool, how can you believe the words of the devil, they are devils who play with people's hearts, and take pleasure in deception and lies."

"If you want me to say it's not impossible, if you want me to change to be a king."

"Wake up, there is no king in Navia..."

……

In the carriage, someone expressed his feelings in the bumpy carriage. This is also the opinion of most people, and it is difficult to empathize with them. Most of them are happy people watching and talking about fun.

However, Woody turned a deaf ear to their words and echoes. Instead, he stared at the Northland boy in front of him and spoke slowly.

"Kaqier, what do you think?"

The Northland boy seemed to be still immersed in the first tragic story that Woody told today, and it was difficult to struggle out. His freckled face was full of sadness, and he only woke up when he heard Woody's call.

But he didn't answer Woody's question honestly for the first time, but asked anxiously.

"Is what you said true? It's a story, right!"

For some reason, he desperately hoped that this dramatic plot was just a story, but the only answer he had was Woody's calm face with unrecognizable emotions and anger, and his slow shaking of the head, and that it was no different from the past. tone.

"You can think it's fake. Anyway, at the end of the story, the boy and his fiancée died together. They perfectly conformed to the contract and the devil's mark, and they will be together forever."

"What do you think of the ending of this story?"

In this way, Woody spoke the cruelest truth in a flat voice, and kept asking.

At this time, Kaqier, who seemed to have just woken up, shook his head blankly and replied.

"I have no idea!"

"I have no idea?"

"Yeah, I don't know. If Sif and I had encountered such a thing, I would definitely choose to seize every opportunity to save him. Even if it is a devil, as long as I can prevent death from taking him away, I will agree to sign a contract." The contract, but at that time, I will not be as naive as him, making promises that are easy to be manipulated and misinterpreted, I will seek greater benefits, so that the devil cannot take advantage of loopholes, and I will not let me be stimulated, emotional Out of control... I will not go against my ancestors..."

Woody repeated his words, this sentence seemed to press a certain switch in his body, it was the first time that Kazir's desire to pour out was so strong, completely overturning the things done by some protagonists in Woody's stories, Then he used the remedial measures he took for granted to solve the matter, and even showed a rare satisfied smile after he finished speaking.

After hearing this, Woody just showed a faint smile and asked.

"Are you a scholar?"

"No."

"Then do you understand hell language?"

"don't know."

Kaqier, who seemed to understand something, added with a stubborn face.

"Then I can learn it. There must be someone in the Northland who understands this."

"Innocent."

Woody shook his head helplessly when he heard this.

"The devil understands more than [-] ways of writing the language of hell, and he is proficient in thousands of ways to make you sign a contract and add contract regulations without knowing it. Do you think you can play with it in the contract? Or You think you can trick it."

"You're like a kid negotiating with a dragon, thinking you'll be safe by putting a few fences around you to keep it out."

"Then what should I do? Can I just watch her die?" Kazir's face was extremely pale, and his expression was tangled, as if he was caught in a decision like the protagonist in a story. Asking Woody is actually asking yourself.

Woody looked at him and sighed helplessly.

"You have no choice. Your only choice is to reject its temptation. In the face of absolute strength, no one is willing to tell you the rules."

"His original sin is that he is weak and guards something that is difficult for him to guard. Even if it's not him, it's the same for someone else."

Woody's words are very straightforward, and he almost nakedly analyzed that the situation of the male protagonist in the story stems from his weakness. In the face of the merciless purgatory creatures, praying for their blessings is not as good as trying to solve it.

"Okay, this time my story is really over!" Woody stood up without hesitation this time, because he noticed the movement on the luxury carriage, and Cecil, who had been meditating all night, seemed to be ready for her today. Spells, given the rare opportunity, he would naturally not miss this opportunity. After she got out of the carriage, Woody also rode on Grape and followed...

The original plan to arrive at the Golden River Valley in the early morning has been shattered by the heavy rain. Now the distance traveled by the Angry Winter Merchant Group has only reached four-fifths of the plan, and there are still a full five minutes before arriving at the rest point of the Golden River Valley. one-third of the distance.

However, at this location, the Angry Winter Merchant Group has returned to the business road built by the kingdom. The gravel road is no longer in the forest of whispers, the yellow mud road artificially walked out, the road condition is no longer bumpy, and the most important thing is that the rain has stopped. Few, although the sky is still gloomy and gloomy, and the sun cannot be seen, but this is good news.

"Good day, Miss Cecil."

Woody yelled from a distance, and Cecil, who was surrounded by guards, immediately felt it, and turned around to see the black-haired boy riding a tall horse.

"Good day, Mr. Woody."

Cecil replied with quite formal noble etiquette. If it wasn't for riding on a horse and the surrounding wild weeds and bushes to destroy the original forest, it might make people think that this is At a ball given by a duke.

"What's matter?"

After Woody got close, the court mage asked in a low voice that only two people could hear clearly, but her face was still quite surprised. She never thought that Woody would come to her on his own initiative.The guards around her had already moved ten steps away from Cecil with interest, leaving space for the two horses running side by side, a man and a woman of similar age.

"Walk around, I still had some doubts yesterday and didn't figure it out, I want to ask again today."

"Oh, what doubts do you have, didn't I make everything clear yesterday?"

When Woody said this, Cecil was a little bit at a loss and couldn't understand it, just like eating fried noodles the night before, and a friend who was with you the next day asked you if the kebabs were delicious.

"Watch out, someone!"

Of course, before Cecil fell into deeper self-doubt, she was quite sharp-eyed and saw Woody lift the magic ring that her teacher gave him, although she didn't know what its effect was , but as an item shot by a legendary mage, it is naturally not a mortal thing, so Cecil was a little surprised when he saw the crooked but not fully formed warning common language built by the power of faith on the ring, but Soon he returned to his normal face without any emotion, as if he hadn't seen anything.

"Thinking about it, since I don't understand it, let me explain it to you again."

"You all retreat, I will go for a walk with him, I don't need your protection."

She tried to control her tone calmly, and the latter sentence was explained to the guards around her. As an advanced spellcaster who has stepped into the ranks of eight-ring spells with one foot, Cecil no longer needs heavy guards like before. Protection, in order to avoid the surprise attack of assassination and beheading.

Whether it is the golem or the trigger spell engraved on the robe and the chain accident spell, etc., it is much better than a bunch of guards whose professional level has not reached ten and has completed the advanced threshold.

The guards immediately dispersed after hearing the order, and returned to the team. Only Cecil and Woody walked on the road with their backs on two horses. Many people showed envious expressions towards Woody. Well, in the entire Angry Winter Merchant Group, the only one who can be in the same communication position as His Royal Highness Cecil is this foreigner of unknown origin.

This also caused many people to really start to suspect whether their Highness Cecil, the Pearl of the Northland, had really taken a fancy to this mysterious and handsome outsider who looked a little smaller than her.

Black hair and golden pupils.

But the strength is exceptionally strong.

The discussions behind the scenes were wind and rain passing by for the two of them, leaving no trace in their hearts at all.

Woody was running on the muddy road while driving the grapes. As a magical thing, the grapes seemed to have never-tiring energy after being invested with the essence of the star world. When the outline of the caravan could no longer be seen, Woody let the grapes Slowed down, and the phantom horse that Cecil was riding also arrived in the blink of an eye. Compared with Putao's bright eyes, the phantom horse seemed more dull, but the speed was not slow, and it arrived almost at the same time as her.

The road after this rain is slightly less muddy than the previous one. There are only some accumulated water on the flat gravel road, and there is a refreshing smell in the air. After washing, the Whispering Forest is even more Quiet and quiet.

Seeing Woody stop, Cecil got off his horse knowingly, then picked up the staff, and directly set up a circular ritual array that integrates silence, vision blocking, and damage protection in an open space in the forest. , and at the same time, "counter-magic" to prevent prying eyes was arranged around, the purpose is to make this conversation foolproof.

When the magic circle was built, Cecil took Woody directly into this place. At present, she can display the highest level of posture. She has always believed in this young man in front of her. That's why he didn't say anything. That's why Searle followed him.

"what happened?"

Cecil asked solemnly.

"Yesterday, I found out that something is wrong with you. Since you said something about overseas, you have become very strange."

Just like the intelligence attributes that spellcasters must require, Cecil is not stupid to be able to complete the path of spellcasting that elves may take hundreds of years to complete at such a young age. After thinking about it for a while, I knew exactly what Woody wanted to emphasize.

"Is it dangerous overseas?"

"It's possible, I'm just worried that Demogorgon will make a comeback."

Woody has already figured out the wording, and he can completely take his worry as a backhand for suspecting the prince of the abyss.

"Then you mean..."

Cecil's face became a little ugly. After all, if what Woody said was true, then his previous behavior of concealing it also pointed out that there might be...

Inside ghost.

Believers who have fallen into the abyss?
But... before leaving Palermo, Cecil didn't even feel any strangeness. Even if the matter in Green Brook Town was resolved, she now thinks it was just a coincidence. It happened to meet the tribe of man-eating apes in order to provide sacrifices. Given to the demon lords of the abyss to besiege Green Brook Town, the demons were not aimed at them at all, but what Woody said today can be said to have truly refreshed her worldview.

"Then why is there danger at sea?"

Cecil secretly intends to observe the people around her and whether she has informed others of her whereabouts. At the same time, she also does not forget to wonder why Woody associates the sea with the abyss demon.

"If your teacher is here, he can definitely answer your questions."

"Do you know saltwater swamps?"

"I know, the 88th floor of the bottomless abyss is the salt water swamp, and it is now under the control of Di Mogaogen."

Cecil answered very quickly. There are some of these in the outer planes, and some planes even have detailed geographical knowledge. At that time, the mages who took this class seemed obsessed. Gorgeous and colorful, far beyond their imagination.

"Then you should know what is under the salt water swamp."

"Shadow... sea?"

Cecil could barely recall the name.

"Then do you know who the demon lord is?"

Facing Woody's question, Cecil seemed to have returned to the scene when she heard the teacher explaining the outer plane when she was still a sorcerer apprentice a few years ago.

She still can't forget the evil emblem drawn on the blackboard where she was teaching.

It was a big mouth full of sharp teeth surrounded by six tentacles arranged in a spiral shape, and the original appearance of its owner was still difficult to see.

King of the deep sea.

Dagon.

In the bottomless abyss, the only alliance Dagon established was with Demogorgon.

(End of this chapter)