dark moon

Chapter 405 The Talk Begins

A long red carpet was laid all the way from the steps of the City Hall to the front of the City Hall Square. Four small vehicles drove into the square silently, stopped accurately in front of the red carpet, and changed back to their usual equipment. The shadow chasers, along with the little girl Delia who was dressed in costumes - at least what she thought was costumes - walked out of the car. There were already several officials-looking people waiting there on the red carpet. Eight of them had just As soon as we got off the car, several people came to greet us.

The surrounding irrelevant personnel had long been dispersed, and the guards were far away, so several officials no longer concealed themselves. The leading official stretched out his hands, held Shuer's hand firmly, and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome everyone. The arrival of envoys from another world, I am Millen, the Speaker of the City Hall of Sky City No. 170-[-], please allow me to represent all humanity in Brown Star to pay tribute to all the envoys."

"Praise the Holy Spirit, praise the Lord." Shuer used his free hand to draw a circle on his chest. After making a few gestures, his glowing fingers crossed in front of the speaker, "In the holy name of the Sunless Moon, , bless the brown star, bless the Speaker, and may the friendship between the two worlds last forever."

"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Messenger." It was obvious that the Speaker had already known the identity of the Holy Priest of Shur, and had learned about the characteristics of the actions of the Holy Priests in the native world from ancient records, so he was not surprised by his performance. He smiled naturally and turned around to guide, "Envoys, please come in. We have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Please." Shuuer also responded with a professional smile of a cleric, and the two walked side by side towards the inside of the city hall. The others naturally followed the two camps on the left and right, and climbed up the stairs on the red carpet. Disappeared through the doors of City Hall.

Normally, the city hall is always a busy scene, with staff from various departments coming and going, but today is different. Today's city hall is silent. All departments are on vacation, and no staff members show up. Of course, there are still a lot of people The number of guards stationed in the building can be regarded as three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, ensuring that no irrelevant person will enter the city hall.

Under the personal guidance of the Speaker, the Shadow Chasers walked into the room on the side of the building. As soon as they entered the room, everyone's lips twitched.

The room is not big, only more than 200 square meters at most. Two long semicircular tables are placed in the middle of the room, facing each other, near the door. It should be a place prepared for the shadow chasers, because the wall opposite them is flat. There are hundreds of display screens, and there is a different face on each screen. Most of them are middle-aged people in their 50s and [-]s, there are also a few elderly people, and there are no young people. Obviously, These are the people who attended the meeting today. No wonder the black market president said it was a global meeting. Presumably these people are the senior leaders of each floating city, representing their own cities and participating in the meeting through remote communication.

As soon as the Shadow Chasers entered the door, everyone in the densely packed images on the wall stood up. Shuer smiled, caressed his chest slightly and bowed to the display wall: "Shur Wright, represents the world of Parvatiga. , on behalf of the gods of Pavatiga, on behalf of the members of the various tribes of Pavatiga, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to the intelligent creatures in other worlds."

The people in the video, including the speaker next to him and several officials following him, also responded with their own local understanding. Everyone did not know what etiquette should be used to respond to these visitors from other worlds, so the black market president was specially asked to come forward. Discussed with Xiu Er.This is a matter of course. The local world has never experienced communication between worlds and has no similar experience. If you don't want to make a joke, you definitely need to ask the other party's opinion first. This is also a sign of respect.

In fact, Shuer didn't know, but he could make it up, so the two parties agreed in advance that they would just use the etiquette commonly used in their respective worlds.In fact, this is not entirely made up. The various races in the world of Parvatiga always do this when they have formal contact. From this, it can be seen that there is nothing unreasonable.

"Allow me to introduce you to the envoys." After both parties were seated, Speaker Mirren stood up again and pointed to a middle-aged man in uniform next to him, "This is the representative of the city's military and the supreme commander of the entire army. General Lannett."

"This is the director of this city's research institute, Dr. Solstad."

"Ms. Natalia, Director of the City's Life Archives." "Mr. Clement, Minister of Economic Affairs, Head of the Storage and Transportation Center."

"Ms. Jessica, Minister of Industry, Head of Production Center."

Every time someone was introduced, the corresponding person would stand up and greet him. When Clement from the Economic Department was introduced, the Shadow Chasers looked normal on the surface, but they felt quite strange in their hearts.

No wonder the black market can operate unhindered in this city. No wonder the black market always has a variety of quota products in its inventory. No wonder the black market dares to say that it can have a certain influence on the city hall's decision-making.Because their president is one of the few people who control the highest power in the city, Clement, who is responsible for storage, transportation and economy. All transportation of goods must go through his hands. In addition to him, even the speaker of the city hall , I’m afraid it won’t be able to support the operation of the black market.Although he changed his voice when he said hello just now, his usual demeanor and small movements still revealed his identity.Of course, maybe he didn't want to hide it at all, but the shadow chasers were also very sensible, and they all cooperated with him to pretend that they never knew him.

"Nice to meet you all." After both sides introduced each other, Xiuer hardly said any polite words and went directly to the topic, "Time is money. This is a common truth in several worlds we have traveled through. I think you should There are also similar mottos. We are not expected to stay in this world for a long time, and we cannot tolerate squandering it. Besides, wasting time is shameful. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone abandon the usual politeness and say what you have to say. I think, Gui If Fang attaches so much importance to this meeting, it can’t just be to chat with us about the local customs.”

"Since Mr. Seure is so blunt, we are offended. As the convener of this meeting, let me ask a question first." Clement, the president of the black market and the city's economic minister, asked first, "We would like to know the characteristics and history of your civilization."

"Oh, I understand." Shuer had already guessed that the other party would ask similar questions at the beginning. After all, no matter any kind of cooperation, it is a prerequisite to understand the characteristics of each other's civilization. "The characteristics of our civilization are completely different from yours." It’s different, we are an advanced civilization developed from magical civilization.”

"Magic?" It was obvious that the expressions of many city representatives on the display wall were a little strange. This word that only appeared in ancient legends made them feel very strange.

"Mia, Mirity."

"Hoo", a ball of flames and an ice cone instantly appeared on the left and right sides of the mountain elf. The scorching hot and cold temperatures made the officials on the opposite side have to admit that this was definitely not an illusion. At the same time, Militi snapped her fingers and ten Several groups of eerie green flames surrounded her, and a lingering black gas emerged from around her, filling the conference venue.

　I'm guilty, I got a little lost in playing with things last night. As a result, today's update of this chapter is really not possible. Not only has it shrunk, but the main topic that I expected to enter will also be postponed to the next chapter, hehehe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)