Something's wrong with my undead

Chapter 539: Fight for Us, Madam

"They won't quarrel?"

In the Green Leaf Tavern, Siara, Huiyue, and Melvin sat at a table, and William next to them couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice.

It was noon and the tavern was not open yet, but the Gray Moon lady seemed to be of some importance and with just a few words she requisitioned the place as a temporary meeting room.

Of course, she said "50 contribution points/hour".

"They came here to discuss business, why would they quarrel?"

Duoduo, who was sitting opposite him, smiled and said, "But you, you are the nominal person in charge of this business, but you let your mother sit there."

William curled his lips and looked at Melvin with tenderness.

"My mother is the only one who doesn't go into a trance when dealing with these things. If it helps her get over that period, I can do nothing."

"Of course not. Career is the best medical beauty for women." Duoduo said casually.

"Medical beauty?"

William was stunned: "What is medical beauty?"

"Something like the 'fountain of youth', but more of a spiritual thing that makes people look more confident and radiant from the inside out."

Duoduo explained a few words and changed the subject:
"That Gray Moon lady—see that?"

"Well, what? Is she also a beneficiary of 'medical beauty'?" William joked: "Is she a silver elf? Why is her hair this color?"

Duoduo: "No, she is a genuine night elf, but you are right, she was not as radiant as she is now before she represented the three princesses."

"So you're planning on having me help you with publicity?"

"Of course not. Now all the elves in the Whispering Forest are fans of Leni. Her influence has spread from Misty Valley to Ventus and will reach Mercury City sooner or later. Now that you're here, why don't you consider investing in this potential stock?"

William suddenly became interested. He sat up straight and asked, "Food or weapons and equipment?"

It is indeed these two things that the elves are most lacking right now, and the elves have been facing a food crisis for a long time.

But this is not what Duoduo wants to say.

She shook her head: "Although these two things are important, there is another thing that is more urgent."

William's mind worked quickly, and he soon understood what she said.

"You mean the mystic of Nardele?"

"Yes." Duoduo nodded.

The miasma wasteland Naldelai, the largest blight scar in the Mercury Forest.

In the past, the mystics from Veritas guarded the place, and when the magic network was paralyzed, they retreated to the nearest town.

Now that the magic network has been restored, they can't wait to leave the Withered Scar and head west to check the communication station in the Whispering Forest.

Eventually they will reunite with the Basque caravan coming from the south at the Green Leaf Court, and then catch a ride back to Veritas.

It seems that these wizards are tired of staying in the forest and want to go home early.

Once they actually enter the territory of Fog Valley, they will discover the abnormal meta-flexibility here and the fact that the local magic network has been disabled.

The more than 2,000 people on the airship also discovered this.

But because Ms. Melvin didn't say anything, most people thought it was just the aftermath of the disaster and didn't pay much attention to it except for a few complaints.

"So, what do we do?"

William asked, with a hint of eagerness in his eyes.

Duoduo: "Our intelligence shows that the group of mages have just arrived in Ventus."

William frowned: "So slow? We are already here, why are they still... They shouldn't be riding in a carriage, right?"

Duoduo shrugged. "Yes, the mages who valued their lives too much were worried that the rift in the sky would swallow the giant eagle without professional protection, so they insisted on riding in the carriage. This gave us enough time to send someone with a background and prestige that would gain their trust, lie to them that the 'mission has been changed', and then take them deep into the fog valley."

William held the teacup and asked knowingly, "This person can't be me, right?"

Duoduo also smiled: "Of course it's not you, it's your mother."

William almost choked to death on a mouthful of tea. He put down the teacup and said in disbelief, "Why can't I?"

"The leader of that mystic team is the famous 'Fox Shadow' Luo Xian. How could you possibly let him obey you?" Duo Duo pouted: "Besides, you don't want Ms. Melvin, who has just recovered from a serious illness, to lose her most beloved son so soon, right?"

Hearing the name, William's face twitched a few times, but in the end he said nothing.

He thought to himself that it was no wonder these guys were so cautious... and if it was Fox Shadow Loxian, he might not be able to handle it.

This sixth-level battle mage was famous for his 100% duel win rate in Veritas before joining the Lion King's pioneering department.

It's not that his fighting skills are so superb - although he is strong, he is not so strong that people can call him invincible.

Because he is so smart and always wins in various ways - both on and off the court.

The most famous of these was his victory over a seventh-level wizard, Galwen the Shield.

The latter is a famous shield spell researcher in Veritas, proficient in various wizard shields.

The cause was that Galwen accused Lothian's "liquid shield" of plagiarizing his "water wave barrier" patent, and the matter was going to go to court.

But as Lothian filed for a duel, Galwin readily agreed in order to save an expensive lawyer's fee.

In his opinion, there was no reason for him to lose.

But the result was that he really lost, and lost miserably.

Because Loxian maintained the water wave barrier throughout the battle, and every aspect was exactly the same as the patent he applied for.

This put Galwin in a dilemma.

If he destroyed Lothian's shield, he would be violating advertising laws - he claimed that the water wave barrier could resist spells one caster level higher than itself.

By then, the Advertising Supervision Bureau of the Institute of Truth will not let him go, and neither will the Magic Inspection Department.

And those companies that have purchased the patents will surround him like hyenas and tear his flesh.

But if he can't break the opponent's shield, he is doomed to fail.

So, in a duel that should have required full concentration, Galwyn fell into serious internal friction, as if there were two little men fighting in his mind, and he was eventually defeated by Lothian when he seized the opportunity.

The worst thing is that afterwards, Lothian boasted that what he actually used was a "liquid shield", and hyped it up with the gimmick of "cross-level victory", making a fortune.

Instead, the victim, Galwin, was gradually ignored.

However, over time, Luo Xian was deified by those who like to do good things and became a little proud.

Then he offended Pavel of Keywest Security, who threatened to ban him. In order to avoid his enemies, Loxian had to hide in the development department of Lion King. He had to travel such a long distance to avoid disaster. This can be regarded as a kind of "those who do evil will eventually perish".

"If it was this guy, then Ms. Melvin might not have been able to deceive him."

The more William thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

Rather than worrying about Melvin losing his son, he was more worried about losing his mother.

"Don't worry, we will make arrangements." Duoduo smiled.

...

The atmosphere of the initial conversation among the three ladies was quite strange.

Melvin was skeptical of the positions of the Nessians and the elves, and the latter two did not fully trust the Veritas.

So the two sides spoke in a roundabout way, full of temptations and ridicule. But as the adjustment period passed and the topic turned to commercial interests, the tension gradually became less intense.

This is also related to the personalities of the three people.

Ciara was not very good at beating around the bush, and the people of Nice seemed to be born to abide by and maintain order.

Huiyue, on the other hand, is an out-and-out soldier, and she is not good at these things either.

As for Melvin, she should have completely dominated the conversation since she was able to 1v2 from the beginning.

But as time went on, she felt that the hostility of the other two was not so strong, and even a little friendly, and sometimes they didn't understand her sarcastic subtext at all - the bad words others had said to her did not anger these two people, at least they were not as painful as she was at the beginning.

So over time, she gradually adapted to this low-intensity environment and realized that she didn't need to roll around like a porcupine covered in thorns to intimidate others, so her aggressiveness naturally weakened.

She even felt a little ashamed of herself.

It was one of the few times her conscience condemned herself.

Before we knew it, the negotiations ended in a relatively mild atmosphere.

"…So, this is how it was allocated in the end."

Melvin breathed a sigh of relief, she felt the shadow in her heart was being dispelled.

She secured a considerable sum for the Basque Chamber of Commerce and Opry.

Siara and Huiyue looked at each other, and neither of them said anything.

The biggest significance of their coming here is to hide McCara behind the game, so that Melvin and William - even though they are now considered "their own" - will also believe that it was the elves and the Nice people who divided McCara and wanted to join forces to fight against Veritas.

Only by deceiving your own people first can you better deceive the people of Veritas.

This was the policy set by Heine.

The deal was done, Melvin relaxed, and the conversation turned to other areas.

"Are you really planning to use this place to fight against the Institute of Truth?" She looked at Ciara with a little curiosity.

This is not the first time the two have met.

But the last time they met, Ciara was just an ordinary Nice servant.

In name they seem to be servants of God, but in the eyes of the Veritas they are not worth mentioning.

And now, the identities of both of them have undergone subtle changes.

Melvin herself lost the confidence to rely on Veritas. At the same time, in her eyes, Ciara was more than just a servant.

She once again represents the Shadow Temple.

According to the Nice people's promotion procedures, this means that it won't be long before she goes to Saint-Cité and joins the real upper echelons of power.

“This is clearly cooperation, where does the confrontation come from?” Siara pursed her lips and smiled, still not letting go.

Melvin ignored her cover-up and said to himself: "The population here is only 20. In Veritas, any other island except the first islands has a population of one million. In other words, if these people go to Veritas, they can only fill up one district on a certain island.

"Population is the root of everything. If you really want to make a difference, you'd better find a way to increase the population of Macara, whether it's immigration or slave trading... To put it bluntly, as long as there are more people, even if the Institute of Truth wants to raze this place to the ground with forbidden spells, it must consider the pressure of public opinion from various districts on the island. Otherwise, a sparsely populated Macara may face something more terrible than the Holy Light Judgment."

Huiyue couldn't help laughing and said, "Ms. Melvin, why do nice words always sound sarcastic when they come out of your mouth?"

Melvin's face froze slightly, and he couldn't help but look away.

"I didn't mean that."

"In fact, I had similar questions a long time ago, and I told these words to the lord here... the staff." Ciara also smiled and said, "Guess how he responded to me?"

"How did you reply?"

"What if all of McCala's less than 100,000 people are extraordinary people? What if one-tenth of these extraordinary people are high-level combat extraordinary people? If one-tenth of these high-level extraordinary people are elite enough to fight one against a hundred, then do these 1,000 people count as an army of 100,000 people?"

Melvin was stunned at first, then laughed: "But this is impossible."

“That’s how I replied to him.” Siara shrugged, but there was no trace of teasing on her face.

It was as if he was saying, "Believe it or not, I believe it anyway."

Melvin's smile gradually faded and his brows furrowed.

——Does this mean that the Nessians and the elves have already regarded Macara as their training ground?

The Legacy of Sai Weng has an extraordinary effect in training fighters?
For no reason, she recalled some memories that she had originally resisted -

That was what I experienced in the illusion of the underground palace.

Later, William mentioned a similar thing when he was using "desensitization therapy", in which he played an eighth-level combat mage, and the feedback and accumulated experience when using certain spells were still applicable in reality.

And that man named Rick Esley is so familiar with underground palaces and illusions, it is possible that he can build a test underground palace in McCalla...

"Have you - I mean - McCalla achieved anything in this regard?" she asked.

——She took the bait.

Huiyue and Xiala thought at the same time.

"It's like this, there is a group of mystics from Naldelai..."

Huiyue spoke slowly.

……

……

A day later, Melvin was taken aboard the Fire Copper airship.

Nominally she came to see the "prototype" of the new airship, but in fact she also came to see the "training results".

The high heels made a crisp sound on the deck of the airship paved with blue falcon eye stone, and Melvin suddenly caught a glimpse of withered air.

She had been to the Whispering Woods before, so she was familiar with this atmosphere.

"Why does it smell like dead air? Wasn't it cleaned up properly?" she said to herself.

No one answered. The boat seemed empty and the crew member who brought her here had already gone down.

Suddenly, Melvin looked forward and saw a skull wearing standard armor emerged from the cabin and walked towards him.

Seeing the golden soul fire swaying in the other party's eyes, Melvin suddenly trembled.

A memory that made her tremble with fear was awakening...

She vaguely remembered that the "Mad King" she saw in the illusion seemed to be like this.

But at that time, His whole body was charred black, emitting thick smoke with a sulfur smell, and He looked like a demon.

Swah——

A holy, warm white light fell on her, and Melvin's living shield did not trigger, which was undoubtedly a blessing of some kind.

She felt her chaotic thoughts being smoothed out and her fear being driven away by warmth.

"A great blessing of peace..."

She raised her head with a complicated expression and looked towards the source of the spell.

"who are you?"

(End of this chapter)