Something's wrong with my undead

Chapter 578: Elerith
At the same time as the prison break was taking place in Mercury City, Heine, who was thousands of miles away in McCalla, had just received a notice from Hilda.

The latter's "Nardele Project" is about to be launched, and he is invited to come to the underworld for assistance.

But he didn't rush to set off, but asked Louden to help him call Huihui over.

Soon, "George Hui" came to the study.

Heine was stunned.

Why did she change her holster?
“Anara has returned to Zanluo Plateau,” Huihui took the initiative to explain.

Heine was a little surprised: "She finally came out of her autism?"

"Yes."

Huihui nodded.

This Zanluo, leader of the Quetzalcoatl tribe and also a mother, had her mind destroyed by hatred, and then received treatment in Macala. However, she fell into intense self-loathing because of Sanji's words "I hate her".

Over the past six months, she has been so autistic that she has completely given up control of her body. She would only come out to help Huihui at critical moments and then continue to be autistic.

Now she has finally come out.

Heine understood the reason after a little thought.

"Is it because of Melvin?"

"Yes, some time ago, in order to collect more information, I approached Ms. Melvin in Solace's Psychology Research Group. At that time, I learned from her some troubles in getting along with children. Perhaps these contents resonated with Anara, and she took the initiative to beg me to get in touch with Melvin more. Later, after talking more, she seemed to understand some of it and figured it out."

"Oh……"

Heine nodded slightly.

He knew about the contact with Melvin.

Because Duoduo was also in McCalla during that time, whenever the two of them met, they would talk to each other very closely...

Unlike brothers who often talk about everything from the city gate tower to the hip axis, he focuses on a broad topic and can switch it at any time.

The topics discussed by these two besties were quite focused. They started from the normal background of the characters and delved deep into them, talking about their mental journey, trying to figure out human nature and the emotional entanglements behind it. From time to time, they also discussed the possibility of a certain development from the perspective of fan fiction, with the main focus being to get to the bottom of things and not stop until one was dead.

Moreover, the taboos in the topics, the delicate emotions, and the exaggerated scale are really addictive. There were several times when Heine was so fascinated by the listening that he almost forgot about the main business.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that Melvin left, otherwise Heine, who had listened to too much street literature, wouldn’t know how to look her in the face.

"So why did you call me here?" Huihui asked.

"The first news is that Hilda is really dead," Heine said.

This is what Hilda told him "herself" yesterday.

Hilda, a researcher at Veritas, was killed by the pollen of the plants she cultivated yesterday in the laboratory due to an operational error. The news was reported in the newspaper, and was later noted by Lothian, who brought it into the underworld and shared it with the two.

Just as Hilda thought, after providing Scrooge with the pot of dreamweed, she became the only disturbing factor who might know what had happened to Helenda.

This factor was quickly eliminated.

Even this incident was attributed to the camp as "the curse left by Collins killed his successor", and the office was subsequently thoroughly cleaned up.

Fortunately, Hilda made preparations in advance, so she survived.

This is why she was eager to launch Operation Nardele.

After the human researcher Sir Collins accidentally destroyed his body and was forced to become a lich, it only took him half a year to turn himself into an erratic madman, moving further and further away from a rational researcher.

Hilda didn't want to become like that herself.

While her humanity remains, she hopes to use research to create a plant body for herself that truly matches her mind.

Vegetative people are also people!

It’s better to be a vegetable than a lich!
"I wonder if her death will have an impact on Melvin and Opry, and then on the Basque Chamber of Commerce," Heine said. "After all, her move was quite unnecessary for us."

This is also what he is worried about.

The reason why Hilda told Melvin the news immediately after the accident was mainly because she wanted to repay the favor.

The six-member council has never been united, each representing the interests of one side, and they have only temporarily formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

Therefore, if Scrooge really controls Helenda, then the latter will definitely infringe on the interests of his "allies".

In this way, Melvin, who knew the details of the day in advance, could use the clue to form an alliance with Scrooge's opponents, either to split the six-member council or to protect himself.

If you don't look at it from a God's perspective, then this is undoubtedly the best solution she could come up with in that situation.

But she still knew too little.

Because from the beginning, Heine never intended to let Melvin go against Scrooge.

They were even prepared for the Council of Six to ask for technology.

As long as they dare to ask, we dare to give!

Take all the technology and make money by opening a factory!

The bigger the factory, the better; the higher the output, the better; it can even be renamed Veritas Cyclone.

Anyway, the more "whirlwinds" there are, the lower the mages' demand for energy stones will be, and the lower the price of the stockpiled energy stones will be.

By then, the energy stones will be very cheap, and McCala will buy as many as he can. After all, this thing is really useful to McCala!

Unfortunately, Hilda couldn't know about this.

She always believed that Melvin, like herself, was a fighter against powerful oppression, so she took this action of "Please accept my last ripple, Meimei!"

Now we can only think of ways to deal with it.

Seeing Huihui thinking, Heine said the second piece of news:
"Tillemans sent a message from Ventus. I heard that Her Highness Renee was placed under house arrest four days ago, and the royal family has blocked the news from the outside. If she hadn't known someone in the Mercury Court, perhaps we wouldn't know this now."

After hearing this, Huihui, who had been frowning, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's it, then it's okay."

"what happened?"

"Originally, I was also worried that Duoduo's plan would be disrupted, but as of now, Scrooge does not intend to use overly radical means to threaten Opry, so he will still use the old-fashioned method."

Heine asked curiously, "What's the same old thing?"

“Off-field pressure.”

Huihui explained: "What can be confirmed at present is that after the meeting between Helenda and Scrooge that day, the Grand Master must have realized the abnormality on the side of Macara, but he still does not think that the problem lies with Macara, but with the three countries related to the shipyard, or someone is secretly planning to use the power of these three countries to fight against Veritas.

“So, there have been so many changes in the past four days.

"In the north, Buqina was recalled to Dragon Island, and then a storm of public opinion against the Temple was set off in various places. In the south, Ian encountered three assassination attempts. Although he escaped danger, because the assassins were all elves, this also intensified the dwarves' dissatisfaction with the elves. In addition, Renee was placed under house arrest...

“Obviously, this is aimed at the shipyard.

"To put it another way, if it weren't for the mess that Zhuoyang and his team had made in Delmines that diverted the public's attention, if it weren't for Ian's prior training, and if it weren't for Renee's contributions behind the scenes that were enough to counter 'treason', then this shipyard would have been like a candle in the wind, shaky and on the verge of collapse, and the pressure from the three countries themselves would have made cooperation a mere empty talk.

“Once the cooperation ceases, so will this shipyard and the ‘future’ it represents.

"At that time, Melvin can only do two things. Either he seeks help from the Council of Six and relies on Veritas to solve the problem; or he seeks help from the Lion King and hands over the factory and technology by selling shares. Only in this way will Veritas take action to 'protect its own business'."

At this point she spread her hands and said, "Scrooge has always done this. This time it's just path dependence. He doesn't bother to threaten a woman. He just thinks it's troublesome. So I say Melvin is safe for the time being."

"But according to what you said, the next temptation will never end?" Heine thought: "Won't it be sooner or later that we will face Veritas directly?"

"In fact, it has already begun. When Scrooge becomes suspicious, it is only a matter of time before we are exposed."

Huihui said, "We have been doing this right under their noses for more than a year, and it is a miracle that we have not been discovered by the all-powerful mages. Now, Nikis has agreed to let us accelerate the expansion of the inner world to the north, and Hilda is going to launch the Naldelai Project. If this is done, then in a month, we will be able to truly solve the hidden dangers in the north and east, and truly have two allies we can trust.

"Then the era of hiding will be over, and we will have the confidence to face Veritas head-on."

Although he had been preparing himself mentally, Heine still felt suffocated when Huihui said it so bluntly.

That's Veritas.

After hundreds of years of seizing wealth, countless resources have gathered on the island...

But he quickly calmed down.

Confronting does not mean going to war.

At least not in the literal sense of the word.

Ever since the magic net was laid over the entire continent, the people of Veritas have long since withdrawn from war, a business with high costs, slow results and low profits.

War is naked robbery, but trade is a higher form of robbery.

In addition, as the countries gradually forced themselves into a dead end because of their beliefs, they no longer needed radical means to get what they wanted, and naturally would not rely on war.

Just like Huihui said, this can also be considered path dependence.

At the same time, this can be seen from the number of extraordinary people.

After all, people in the underworld have said that the quality of the souls of the living is getting worse and worse. There haven't been many high-level extraordinary souls in so many years. It's time for the living to reflect on whether they are working hard enough and whether they are seriously delivering high-quality undead souls to the underworld.

This is what McCulla has done so far - running on a different track from the Veritas and avoiding being dragged into the area where he is best.

Thinking of this, Heine felt relieved.

Seeing his expression change, Huihui couldn't help but be amazed.

If there were players around, she would sigh and say, "The psychological quality of these natives is really good."

Just as she was sighing, Heine suddenly asked:
"So when should we attack the Sanctuary of Zanluo Plateau?"

Huihui almost fell off her chair.

Not bro...

Your mental quality is too good! ?
Shouldn't we be thinking about how to deal with Veritas's dirty tricks now?

Why are you trying to speed up the expansion...

She hesitated and said, "I don't think there's any rush over there. Even Veritas has never had any..."

"Precisely because they can't think of it, so if we take action at this time, won't we be less disturbed?" Heine asked back.

Now it was Huihui’s turn to think.

like……

It makes sense!
As players, their biggest advantage is knowing what's going to happen in the future.

But because of this, in her mind, things always develop along a "fixed timeline".

Now that Heine reminded her, she suddenly realized that the Zanluo Plateau would be a treasure land that had not been touched by mages, just like the dilapidated palace under the Deathclaw Mountain.

Maybe there is everything they want to know...

"We'll arrange it when they come back!"

Huihui said seriously: "I have a feeling that we will find something incredible in Zanluo Plateau!"

……

Mercury City.

The "prison break" operation has come to an end. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Elerith wouldn't have believed that three level 6 skeletons could escape unscathed from the siege of four level 7 Radiant Sentinel Trees.

No, not just get away with it.

They guided the four trees to attack each other in a way that they could not understand at all. For a moment, the vines and roots as hard as steel were intertwined and it was impossible to tell who was hitting whom. When the four trees angrily pulled up their roots and prepared to set off, they were shocked to find that they were connected together, hand in hand. As one of the trees moved forward angrily, the other three were also knocked down, and then the roots swung around and entangled each other even tighter.

Then, the group of skeletons bypassed the fallen sentinel, easily tore open the birdcage, and rescued Sleeping Beauty.

If it were just that it would be fine, but the key is that they acted incredibly fast!

This even made Elerith wonder if these shining sentinel trees were contaminated.

Fortunately, the movement here attracted the attention of the guards. Only about a minute had passed since the three monsters started fighting. The guards' shouts and footsteps came from not far away, waking him up from his shock.

Just as Eleris was hesitating whether he should take back his cloak and bow and hide, the skeleton that had just been pierced by the strong wind walked in front of him.

Feeling the terrible wind pressure from the other party, Eleris couldn't help but lower his head.

He was also a ranger, and he knew how terrifying the "gorgeous performance" just now was.

That is a skill that even Windtalker Tillemans may not have mastered.

A line of words suddenly popped up.

"Now lend me your necklace, ring, mail, and robes."

Not Big Brother...

You haven't returned my bow and cloak yet!

Although Elerith cursed in his heart, he still did it.

He knew now was not the time to dwell on this.

In addition, the most important thing is that his ring, necklace and robe all have the effect of increasing movement speed.

And as a magic-bound equipment, you have to take it with you no matter what the other party wants to do.

With Elerius almost stripped naked, President Sa was fully armed.

"Well, make do with it."

He looked himself up and down and sighed.

Then he threw the other person's outermost robe to Wei Dianyuan.

After the Northeastern man put it on, he immediately summoned Huiyu from the stone whistle.

As the huge bird bathed in pale golden light appeared, Elerith seemed to see hope!
He understood, this was their escape route!

Just when he excitedly wanted to jump onto the bird's back, he was stopped by the Holy Light Skeleton.

"You are a hanger-on."

He pointed to the bird's claws.

"what?"

Elerith was about to retort, then he saw the skeleton archer holding the bird claw on the other side, and the head with soul fire swaying was facing him.

Like a warning.

The silver elf swallowed his words and walked forward to hug the other bird claw obediently.

Zhuoyang jumped onto the bird's back, carrying the unconscious Leni, while Wei Dianyuan activated the windproof barrier on his robe.

"Activate the combined magic circle of the ring and necklace." Mr. Sa reminded.

Elerith did not ask them why they knew everything, he just did as he was told like a puppet.

At this point, can he still resist?
No.

Then enjoy it.

Four rings and a necklace lit up, and then a green airflow enveloped Huiyu's entire body.

It let out a happy bird cry and flapped its wings to soar into the sky.

When the high-level buff is added to the low-level monster, the effect is multiplied several times, making Huiyu's speed more than three times faster than before. What a joy!
When the guards finally arrived, all they saw were four conjoined trees and a huge hole in the birdcage.

They looked at each other, with only one thought in their minds.

It's over now!

...

As the "Holy Bird of Eternal Dawn" appointed by the Luku people, although Huiyu is of low level, it has a high affinity for Holy Light, which allows it to ignore most of the Silver Elves' anti-air spells - the latter are all related to Holy Light without exception.

But generally no one would ride on Huiyu to the airspace of Mercury City to cause trouble.

Because Huiyu's level is not high and his speed is not fast, and the Silver Elf's archer is not just there to do nothing.

But this time it was different.

With such an expensive buff, and with Mr. Sa's many years of experience in "illegal flying", he has already been familiar with Mercury City's air defenses, and the anti-aircraft shooters on the ground can't hurt Huiyu at all.

If they dare to ride birds for an aerial battle, the end result will be that they will be taught a lesson by the shadow arrows of the Northeasterners and the flying shield of Brother Yang.

So I’m not afraid at all!
However, this operation, which is common in the eyes of players, is extraordinary in the eyes of Eleris.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he left the high-risk area above Mercury City. He also had the opportunity to ask:
"You are also Hidden Veins?"

Mr. Sa: “I am not.”

Elerius was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "You are so humorous..."

"The Council of Elders are all idiots."

Mr. Sa said simply.

Eleris' smile froze on his face.

A kaleidoscope of things began to flash before his eyes, with scenes from his life over the past several hundred years appearing before his eyes.

"You...are you kidding?"

The middle-aged elf almost cried as he struggled to his death, "How could you not be a member of the Wilderness House?"

"I'm definitely not."

Mr. Sa was very honest.

Eleris suddenly became angry: "Ahhh, I——"

"Then I won't return these equipments."

"…I'm fine."

Elerith fell silent.

It’s not entirely because of what the other party said.

The main thing was that he felt the bird's claws holding him loosened a little.

He wouldn't fall to death, but he might be shot to death.

He had witnessed the other party's shooting skills with his own eyes.

"What do you want to do?" He asked calmly, "You know the way of communication of the hidden veins, and you have taken away Her Highness Renee. Are you enemies of the royal family? Then can we be considered allies?"

Mr. Sa: “You are right this time.”

Eleris breathed a sigh of relief.

however--

President Sa: "Since we are allies, then we don't need to return these equipment for the time being, right?"

What the hell are you...

Eleris would not believe the other party's "temporary".

"They are bound to my soul," he struggled.

"We can untie it."

"..."

Eleris closed his eyes in pain.

"it is good."

Because he was in so much pain, he didn't say much along the way.

He looked down at the changing scenery beneath his feet. The colors of the forest changed from highly saturated gold and silver to gray, then slowly faded, and finally turned into a gray-green mist that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Occasionally, you can see the ruins of the once beautiful city through the fog.

"Nardelai."

he murmured.

Then the big bird fell down, and after three hundred years, he stepped on this barren land again.

"We're here."

Mr. Sa turned around and looked at him:

"You know Desti from Rotbranch Post, right? We need to gain her trust."

Elerith's gaze suddenly became sharp.

"You want to drag her into this? She's innocent!"

"She is also a hidden vein."

"What!?"

Eleris's expression changed instantly.

"How can this be??"

"Believe it or not, something is going to happen inside Nardele, and if you don't help, she will die. Believe it or not, I'm asking for your help not because you have to, but because it can save a lot of trouble, and also for the sake of this bow."

Mr. Sa stroked the bowstring gently, and the bow shook as if it was whimpering.

In fact, it was the bound weapons resisting him, but under his deliberate control it turned into a kind of sad melody.

Wei Dian Yuan: "You are the only one who loves warriors purely? Even dogs won't believe it."

President Sa: "Shut up, you minotaur!"

Faced with this blatant warning, Eleris could only sigh.

"I'll take you there."

(End of this chapter)