Ella cut a piece of steak on the plate into dozens of tiny pieces with a table knife. She looked confused and just kept repeating this action.
"Ella?"
The girl didn't respond, and only recovered after Lily poked her shoulder.
"You seem to be very concerned about that envoy? It doesn't matter. With His Majesty's invitation letter, Lord Nodens will most likely fulfill your wish."
Lily interpreted Ella's abnormality as her worry about whether her wish could be fulfilled.
"No...I just feel that Mr. Messenger is very familiar to me."
"Familiar? This is normal. We met Him together at Wendel's celebration."
"That was not what I meant."
Ella shook her head and said, her eyes became confused again.
"It should have been earlier...that's right, before coming to Snow Country."
"Ella..."
Lily withdrew her hand, and she and Ashley looked at each other, each seeing worry in the other's eyes.
"You'd better eat something first. You said it before, right? Mental health is very important for a magician. You are too tired now."
Ella was silent for a moment, then accepted Lily's words.
She stuffed something into her mouth mechanically, but she couldn't feel the taste of food at all.
Nearly two hours have passed, and from the extremely fast receding scene outside the window, it can be seen that the speed of the dragon car is very fast, but even so, it seems that there is still a long distance from the destination.
If you really want to get to the moon by the stairs of Etmenangi, it may take far longer than expected.
The palace-like carriage even has a large bathhouse like a natural lake. On the smooth marble corridor, two rows of headless goddess statues dump kettles downwards, and hot water from unknown sources pours into the bathtub from afar.
One of the maid puppets was speaking in an incomprehensible way, and she seemed to be the head maid here.
She enunciated clearly and asked the guests to take a bath, which is one of the necessary etiquettes before meeting the gods.
Both the food and the clean water contained magical powers that matched perfectly, fatigue was swept away, and the girls' states were restored to their most perfect state.
At this time, the ripples spread across the water in the same direction, and the slight vibration was fleeting.
The head puppet maid appeared at the end of the corridor. She saluted respectfully and held the washed and dried clothes in her arms.
Chapter 73 Nodens
Leaving the carriage, what appeared in front of me was an incomparably vast space, the ground was covered with gray stones and silver-white fine sand.
The majestic temple stands in the center of the desolate land, the distance between the starry sky is shortened, and it becomes within reach, no——this place may be located between the starry sky.
"Are we on...the moon?"
Lily muttered to herself, she raised her head, and saw the land behind the thin clouds, it was a mountain range and country covered by white snow, the legendary city standing on the snow mountain, and it was also shining with lights at night, A world full of life.
"That's the land of snow... This one is winter, and that's Wendel?"
The confusion made her legs go limp, and she almost sat on the ground.The earth that used to be under your feet appears above the sky, and the world extends infinitely into the depths of space where the end cannot be seen.
After a long time, she realized that her body had no tendency to fall, and she stood up with lingering fear.
Under the guidance of the envoy, the three of them passed through the tall door, which was different from the grandeur of the dragon carriage.The light in the temple seemed a little dim, and there were almost no decorations in the stone hall.
Although you can feel the bright moonlight on the stairs to the sky, when you actually arrive here, what you see is just a dark and barren world.
The vastness of the stone hall, with domes hundreds of feet high and sculptural doors of enormous proportions, does not seem to have been built for creatures of similar size to humans.
At the end of the temple, there is a tall throne that is completely black. It stands on a high ground where fine silver sand accumulates. The starlight shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows, adding a bit of brightness to it.
A small old man was sitting on the throne. Compared with this throne, which was more suitable for giants, his figure looked extremely thin and funny.
The old man only occupied an inconspicuous area on the Black Stone Throne, almost hidden under the shadow of the starlight.
The old man's body was wrapped in a shabby black robe, and his gray beard without majesty hung down from his upper lip and cheeks to his waist.
Ella inadvertently looked up, and she found that the old man's face seemed to be covered with a dark fog, making it difficult to see clearly.
Only a pair of abyss-like pupils penetrated the dense fog, as if even the soul would be attracted by this abyss, and there was no possibility of returning.
A shadow like a black curtain obscured Ella's sight. She felt a chill in her heart and hurriedly lowered her head and cast her gaze on the ground in front of her toes.
[Do not look directly at gods] This is an iron rule of mysticism.The old man in front of him was by no means some ridiculous being, but a real god.
The oppressive feeling in the air is almost condensed into water mist, making people breathless.
At this time, the old man's voice blew away the mist and thick clouds, and the oppressive feeling in the air suddenly disappeared:
"You are here at last, my honored guests, let me see... you may call me Mr. Nodens."
Before Ella spoke, the old man continued:
"Ella Williams, I already know what you want to pray for. One is for the country of snow, and the other is to return to the world you know."
Ella saluted sincerely. In front of the other party, everything about her seemed to have nowhere to hide.
"As you say, great Mr. Nodens."
Although the expression could not be seen clearly, the old man seemed to laugh.
"Then I'll just say, I know the world you were in before, and it's not impossible to return there. I can tell you where the 'door' is."
Ella's eyes lit up. Although the meaning hidden in the other person's words was very vague, it did give her hope of returning to her "hometown".
"As for the first thing—"
The old man's smile became a little weird.
-
Erwin sighed, bundles of documents were piled up on the table, and the tea in the cup was gradually getting cold.
He wore the custom-made dark blue gown that is the status symbol of a court mage.
After the death of the unnamed lord, he was appointed by His Majesty as the new court mage with obviously insufficient qualifications. In the Snow Country, many magicians who were older or had stronger bloodlines were very dissatisfied with this.
But this is a preordained result. In the Snow Country, no one can raise objections to that Majesty.
What's more, after the teacher's guidance, Erwin is not afraid of those so-called great magicians now.He looked at the black notebook prominently placed on the desk, and shook his head involuntarily.
After inheriting the position of court mage, Erwin also inherited the heavy workload she left behind. He had less and less time to study the teacher's notes in recent days.
After finishing the first stage of work, he picked up the black notebook and flipped through a few pages, and a pure white feather was placed here as a bookmark.
The incantations recorded on this page are very difficult to understand, and Erwin hasn't made any substantial progress for a long time.
Abstract symbols and unknown complex languages were piled up messily on the paper, and Erwin's understanding and research directions were recorded in the blank corners.
What he saw on this piece of paper, which looked like a child's scribbles, was an indescribably shocking beauty.
Erwin thinks that his talent is insufficient, probably only the former court mage who has passed away, or his teacher Ella Williams, can reach such a level on this thorny road.
A question has always troubled Erwin, why did the great lord die, and what did she see in the depths of the tundra?Erwin, who was ordered to be stationed outside the abyss at that time, did not know about it, and the people who returned from the abyss also avoided answering this question. Erwin saw the lingering despair on the faces of those experienced knights. .
At this time, the crisp sound of wind chimes sounded not far away.
"Come in."
Erwin prefers a quiet environment when dealing with work or studying magic, and even the maid has been arranged elsewhere by him for various reasons.If there is nothing important, the subordinates will not bother themselves.
The king's servant named Senak entered the room,
"Your Excellency, His Majesty invites you to discuss matters."
The expeditionary force returned to the city through the tundra almost sleeplessly. They had arrived at Falissa a day ago, which was not far from Wendel.
Erwin nodded, then put the notes into the interlayer of the drawer, got up and followed Senac to leave.
In the meeting hall in the main castle of Farisa, opposite the round table facing the gate is the King of the Kingdom of Snow. On both sides of the round table are the chief knight Hester Hogle, the honorary earl Charles Moria, and Fali. Viscount Albert, lord of Shacheng.
There was an empty seat on the left side of the Snow King, and at his signal, Erwin took the seat that belonged to the former court mage.
Chapter 74 True Nobility
"Very good, everyone is here."
The Snow King nodded. He spread out a piece of parchment on the table. It was the research report of the former court mage on the capture of living cold spiders. Before the expedition, she had completed most of the information, and the rest Part of it is completed by apprentices in recent days.
It contains various data about this creature, as well as reference results obtained from various experiments.
The results of the experiment show that this is a kind of life with great defects, and their rapid evolution is not without cost, it is an irreversible process that consumes life to complete.Even if they succeed in destroying the Snow Country, these cold spiders will probably self-destruct before long.
Some kind of high-level power delayed this process, and it was probably the work of the son of God under the abyss. If he could be killed, all the cold spiders would be destroyed along with it, right?
But even if this is not possible, the process cannot be delayed indefinitely.
Investigation data shows that the Cold Spider itself has no ability to reproduce. Those eggs should be just the product of consuming resources of the same quality and injecting magic power. The resources themselves are not infinite. When the world is swallowed up, they will also be destroyed together. .
The court mage left a targeted weapon design on the parchment according to the species' communication method, body structure and other factors.
Erwin couldn't help but sigh, that Your Excellency was indeed very outstanding. She left a precious wealth in her inheritance, and he was far from being able to compare with her.
On the other hand, he could hardly contain himself and sneered,
"This kind of creature is really... stupid and pitiful. It took so much effort to find a bigger grave for itself?"
The atmosphere at the round table was a bit dull.
The Snow King signaled Senac to spread the map on the table, then pondered for a moment, and drew three curves on it with a quill, the last one staying in front of Wendell.A very concise defense map was quickly presented on the desktop, which included the movement trajectories of each regiment, and the defense line was mainly a ring city relying on natural and dangerous terrain.
Charles and Albert immediately changed their expressions. The first few curves almost cut off most of the Snow Country's territory, including several large populous cities. Giving up these territories means giving up millions of civilians!
"Your Majesty, this—"
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