Annihilated Lilith

Chapter 55 55. Rainy Night Tales (1)

"Why are you so obsessed with finding Moss? Is it because it is a mythical beast in your country? Dahan, right?"

Finding a time to be alone, Emma finally raised this question to Huazheng that had troubled her for a long time.

Although it has not been confirmed, judging from the importance the academy attaches to this apprentice, Huazheng should be a well-known family in his own country.

It is difficult for people with a certain status to risk their precious lives.

Huazheng looked around to make sure that no one nearby could hear her next words.

"That divine beast is of great importance... Even the dean, I didn't tell the truth about this question. I only said that it was out of uncontrollable curiosity. But since you are the senior sister asking, I can tell you."

Even the dean doesn't know the real answer?This was beyond Emma's expectation.Huazheng was a little ashamed of how much she trusted her.

It may also be because a secret is like a poisonous thorn, and it is too difficult to bear it alone. Only by sharing it with someone who will never reveal it can we persist in guarding it.

"In the culture of the Hua Kingdom, mythical beasts are often associated with the monarch, 'If there is a king, there will be, but if there is no king, there will be no'. It means that they will accompany the king to come to the world."

"So you came to look for the beast under the king's order?"

Huazheng shook his head and said: "No, I'm for the next king... Hua Guochao is currently in chaos. The emperor... that is, the king is seriously ill and unconscious, but he has not yet set up a heir. In this case Now, all fourteen princes have the possibility of succeeding to the throne."

"You want...to support the new emperor by borrowing the legend of the divine beast accompanying Ming Jun's birth?"

"That's right. Although An Dahan's traditional status is not as high as that of dragons and phoenixes, it has a special meaning in this dynasty, that is, it is the mount of the founding emperor."

Because of this friendship with his companions on the battlefield, the emperor named this beast "Sai Tai Sui" and released it to the forest after he succeeded to the throne.Since then, its image has been embroidered on court clothes as a royal totem.

"Unfortunately, Yan Dahan has disappeared in our country and has not appeared for hundreds of years. By chance, I got a sailing diary of a merchant. It specifically mentioned that there is a magical creature Moss on the holy mountain of the Duma continent. , is the same kind of creature as the Yan Dahan in our country. If I can find it, I can make... the eleven princes served by my family become the new emperor."

No wonder Huazheng risked his life to go to the holy mountain.But it's too difficult. Finding magical creatures that even Mr. Robin has never heard of is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

But it would take a little miracle for the No. 11 prince to ascend the throne.

"Then it looks like you won't give up on exploring the holy mountain..."

"No! However, after this experience, I have gained self-knowledge, so I won't go rashly again for the time being. Fortunately, the emperor just fell into a coma for a long time, and the warlocks of our country saved his life with the Golden Elixir."

As long as the emperor does not die for a day, the dispute between the princes and princes cannot be settled.This kept Hua Zheng's slim hope from being completely shattered.

A country thousands of miles away needs a mythical beast to establish a new king, which sounds like a big deal.But to Emma, ​​after hearing it, it was nothing more than a "neighbor's family matter" and had nothing to do with her.Once the curiosity is satisfied, it is locked up as a secret.

No wonder Huazheng was willing to tell herself but not the dean.

People at the level of the dean are involved in the interests of the state. In order to maintain diplomatic relations with Hua, there may be other considerations that affect Huazheng's plan.

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Mr. Milton returned to the academy after "disappearing" for two full months. This can also be confirmed from the side that the academy dedicated to training female sorceresses does not pay much attention to the actual combat study of gymnastics.

Although he has realized this for a long time, Hayward still inevitably complains.

Fortunately, Mr. Milton also seemed to have a guilty conscience. In addition to the normal class scheduling, he also specially increased extra-curricular tutoring time for several proud students.

As for what kind of difficult task he has carried out for such a long time?Hayward and several other seniors who participated in the counseling together tried their best to find out.

If it's a tricky extermination of monsters, Mr. Milton will not keep silent, and he should even use it as a case to share with the apprentices.

Then there can only be two situations, one is the latent mission, which is not glorious for the former paladins, and needs to be disgraced or hypocritical; the other is that this mission has not been completely completed, Mr. Milton just completed it The part that you are responsible for cannot leak secrets and cause the risk of disrupting the process.

Hayward's enthusiasm was projected too much on inquiring about Mr. Milton's secrets, but it actually distracted Emma from the pressure.You must know that she almost couldn't bear it several times, and she wanted to explain everything about the vampire castle to Hayward.

Thanks to Mr. Milton for showing up in time and saving Emma from the fire.

After that, what finally made the apprentices turn their attention away from Mr. Milton was actually a latest "haunting incident" circulating in the girls' dormitory.

Perhaps because of nature, even the future female sorceresses are interested in all kinds of bizarre and supernatural stories.

Although the teacher has repeatedly emphasized that the soul will only come to this world for a short time under the summoning technique classified as black magic, and it is impossible to exist spontaneously for a long time.But it does not prevent the girls from interpreting this as driven by unknown magical powers. After all, "learning is endless", magic should not be defined by boundaries.

Emma still remembers that when she first entered the academy, she had already heard a lot of anecdotes about this ancient castle, including armor that would wake up at night and wander around in a certain corridor, and would slash with a sword when she saw anyone; The ghost cook in the movie will use magic creatures and even human flesh to serve night tourists; once an apprentice was stopped by someone who looked like a teacher in the corridor and asked to help her move things, but she lost her way while walking , and finally when he was exhausted, he found that the things in his hands had turned into a pile of bones...

None of these stories have been corroborated for more than a year.Among them are some daring junior apprentices who deliberately sought the truth, left marks on every piece of armor, and risked being caught to visit the kitchen at night.

Of course, there was no gain, just a waste of effort, which attracted the ridicule of the seniors.

I always feel that these are fabricated by a certain class of seniors for pranks, and then accidentally passed down from generation to generation.

The closest thing to the tone of these stories in the real world should be the labyrinth in the basement where the monsters are kept.However, under normal circumstances, students can't get in at all, and Emma's mistaken entry at that time was also confirmed to be a problem with the barrier at the entrance.

Shortly after the accident, Vice President Passy found an opportunity to announce the existence of the labyrinth to prevent similar incidents from happening again.After all, the labyrinth is meant to guard against intruders, not innocent apprentices.

But this time the rumor is slightly different, it is very new, very real, and spread too fast.It spread rapidly among the towers of the dormitory like a virus.When the teacher noticed it, it was too late to stop it, and everyone knew about it.

For a rumor with such influence, there must be a credible "opportunity" as a prerequisite, and it should be used as an opening when it is told.

This opportunity can be some kind of condition that triggers a supernatural event, some ritual, some moment, some unintentional act.

It can also be a reasonable background story, causing enough obsession to make the wronged soul greedy for the world and linger for a long time.

The type of opportunity this time is the former, and the trigger condition is "rainy season".

(End of this chapter)