Wizard From Afar

The heavy knock on the door resounded for a long time like a playing Hong Zhong Dalu.

Deadly still.

All the elves held their breath and stared at the front door of the longhouse.

The door that was knocked suddenly exceeded everyone's expectations.

Middle, with his back to the door, said nothing, his expression froze on his face.

The nervous little wizard didn't even dare to look back, for fear that he would see the scariest image in his mind-the female elf Liya walked into the long house with a bleak look and raised it in her hands. Holding the head of the black hair wizard, he told himself in a trembling and painful voice: "I'm sorry, Ain, I can't betray my clan, I can't betray the Morning Star Forest..."

No, no Will do! She promised herself that she would not hurt Loren!

The silence lasted for a whole minute.

"Who is it?!"

The first person who couldn't hold back was Elder of the Barren Tomb Forest: "No matter who it is, don’t you know how sacred Elder’s discussion is? Isn’t it? No one is allowed to open this big fan before the discussion is over..."

"Boom...Boom——! Boom——!"

Three rough knocks The sound of the door hit Elder Lin's face like a merciless mockery, causing the violent Elder's cheeks to flush, and the companion beside him used a lot of strength to push him back to the seat.

Middle is still smiling, but he is no longer as gentle as he was at the beginning, with a touch of coldness.

The foggy moon court war dancers guarding the cloud crown tree have all taken refuge in themselves, and the only morning star forest war dancers who are likely to inform the news have also been placed under house arrest, and the warriors of the remaining settlements have been transferred. The imperial missions are being besieged by war dancers several times larger than them. Even if they escape and break through by chance, they will be blocked under the cloud crown tree...

So what happened?

At this time, no matter what, someone should be impossible to run out and disturb oneself to "persuade" the Elders to completely cut off the ties with the empire and take refuge in the Kingdom of Azores-their blood relatives.

Where did it go wrong, and who actually broke his plan...

"Bang——!!!"

There was a loud noise, The door was knocked open.

The heavy impact sound reverberated in the long room over and over again; the dazzling light shot through the door into the dim hall.

Almost at the same time, all the Elders in the house couldn't help but squint their eyes and turned their gazes to the door; the little wizard and Midel, with their backs to the door, also turned their heads "tacitly" , Either in horror or astonishment.

A laid-back silhouette appeared outside the door and walked in towards them step by step.

"Sorry, sorry... everyone, I am really sorry."

The lazy tone, there is no sincerity to apologize; but the whole hall is absolute silence, there is no slightest movement.

The leisurely footsteps stopped, the visitor tilted his head, and looked calmly across the long house for a week-shocked and confused Elders, the azor elves with a green face... There is Ayin Rand whose eyes are full of worry.

He opened the mouth and said faintly: "I'm late."

"Loren——?!"

The little wizard cry out in Surprise, the color of surprise flashed in her eyes-she almost had to do her best to resist the urge to jump directly and hold the other person in her arms.

How many times, how many times did I really think that he was caught by Liya...

"...Anyway, you are finally here, Lord Loren Torino, or... Imperial Envoy , The Duke of Byrne."

When the longhouse was still confused, or at a loss or still in surprise, Elder of the Morning Star Forest took the lead to get up, not humble or overbearing to the black hair wizard. Bow and salute:

"But I have to remind you that once the door of the chairperson of the Elders is closed, it will not be reopened unless it is over, otherwise it will invite disaster—more importantly, it’s right. The disrespect of elf customs."

Elder's voice is sonorous and condescending like an elder scolding Junior; but Loren, with his head down, has already heard the meaning of his words, and the corners of his mouth are slightly raised.

The incident of your late arrival has already made Elders in other settlements very dissatisfied. Lower your posture and we will stand by your side. This is what the words of Elder Lin of Morning Star revealed. meaning.

"Let me once again sincerely apologize to everyone, sincere elders...Although I have visited the Morning Star Forest, I really don’t know much about the customs of the elves."

Loren returned the courtesy without being humble or overbearing, while keeping Ayin behind without a trace; the little wizard, who was completely surprised, was as well-behaved as a little bunny: "However, speaking of customs, there is a special word in the empire's vocabulary. Used to express different races..."

"Don't discuss any customs anymore!"

The Wuyueting Elder, who recovered from the shock, got up quickly, with a tight face. Staring at the black hair wizard very nervously: "Please tell us first, how exactly did you enter the Wuyue Court, and how did you avoid the guards of the Wuyue Court war dancers outside the door?!"

The long house was quiet again, and the Elders with different expressions invariably frowned--especially the Elders in Wuyue Court felt a little breathless.

"Guards? I didn't see any guards." Loren deliberately bypassed the first question, and casually replied: "If you mean those who hear my name, they will rush The guy who came up to kill me... um."

Loren, with a leisurely look, recalled a little bit of what happened not long ago.

He originally planned to find a way to rescue Liya who was under house arrest, but the female spirit Spirit Fruit was still as alert as before, and took the opportunity to run away when one fell down.

I helped her bring down the second one.

Then a few war dancers guarding the cloud crown, as soon as they heard their name, they pounced like a mad dog; but I was lucky, because this time there is no need to restrict any means. .

Rock will destroy the terrain, separate them one by one, and then the mental horizon determines the coordinates of each one, and one by one cleans up... The war dancers who encountered magic for the first time, completely All caught off guard.

Sure enough...just and honorable infiltration is the most suitable for you. It is really dangerous to engage in an ambush and sneak attack; anyway, as long as no one sees oneself and no one stops oneself, no one knows that he has sneaked in.

Well, that's it.

"I have made them pay the price they deserve."

Such an answer made the expressions of the Elders even more ugly.

The due price... what is the due price?

Could it be that all the foggy moon court dancers of the garrison cloud crown tree were given by the duke alone...

The elves wanted to exclaim "This is impossible! "But the fact is that the opponent stood in front of him intact, and there was not even a guarded war dancer outside the door.

In the long house, there was a dead silence again.

Until Elder Lin broke it again.

"What happened to the army of the empire?!"

He stood up suddenly, and Elder Lin pointed to the face of the black hair wizard and yelled: "You keep on saying Said it came for friendship and peace, but quietly mobilized an army of thousands of people and hoarded on the border of the ancient wood forest. Is this also a manifestation of the friendship and peace of the empire?!"

Shocked The little wizard shrank his neck and pressed his lips tightly.

Only this question is absolutely unavoidable.

She knows that the matter of mobilizing the army has nothing to do with Loren, and it should have nothing to do with Ruben. It is probably the instruction of the Duke of Lothar and His Majesty Eckhart II in the Sky Palace... But in the elves This was not the case in the eyes of him, they would not distinguish the "Duke of Byrne" in front of him from the empire behind him.

In their view, the elves were deceived by the empire, and they also used their unilateral "trust"-cheating them with the so-called "peace and friendship", but in fact they secretly wanted the entire ancient The elves of the wood are wiped out.

Although this sounds absurd, the elves do think so; as for the emperor of the sky palace... he might really be able to do it!

"Let me answer your two questions separately-firstly, the empire mobilizes troops to gather in any corner of the empire. It belongs to the internal affairs of the empire and has nothing to do with the elves of the ancient wood forest. "Loren looked around for a week, smiling and replied:

"Just as the empire does not interfere with how the elves hunt, the elves should not ask how the empire will mobilize his army—this is a friendship between the two sides. A sign of mutual understanding is even more a prerequisite for peace."

But although Elder in the barren hills is irritable, he is not stupid. He does not eat the black hair wizard's "flicker" at all: "Yes. Well, if we put thousands of warriors on the edge of the forest to "hunt", will the empire also..."

"Secondly, I have a lot of I will reply to you with detailed information." Loren replied suddenly, not forgetting to glance at the deserted mound Elder Lin who was interrupted by himself:

"Sorry, you asked me to answer the question. Yes, at least please let me finish."

coldly snorted, Elder Lin sat down abruptly, his face full of anger after being "humiliated".

A scornful smile slipped through the eyes of the black hair wizard.

"First of all, the mobilization of the army itself is true, and it is definitely an order from the Sky Palace." With his hands back, Loren opened the mouth and said in a deep voice:

"But the matter of building fortresses on the border and garrisoning thousands of troops is nothing but nothing!"

"How do you know?!" Elder Lin still couldn't bear his temper.

"I just know." Loren's eyes swept away coldly: "Because I am a messenger appointed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Sky Palace, and among my followers, there is also one from the Sky Palace. Guards."

"If you still don’t believe me, then you can detain us in the Wuyue Court and wait for three to five days to see if there is an army of thousands of people over the ancient On the border of the wood forest, attack the elves’ settlements!"

Faced with Loren's extremely confident "declaration", the voice of rebuttal in the longhouse suddenly weakened a lot.

"But I’m very curious about the movement of Lothar’s army, even within the empire, it’s quite confidential information, except for Lord Lothar and the mobilized Knights, even me It was only known through His Majesty’s guards."

Loren took a step forward, ignoring the Azores beside him, and deliberately looked at the Elders in the longhouse with a confused look: "Excuse me, everyone... How did you know?"

The atmosphere suddenly became weird.

Ain, standing behind Loren, and all the elves Elder, unanimously cast their gazes silently at Midel, who never said a word.

I felt that the Azores, who was locked in by all eyes, was still calm on the surface, but his heart was completely filled with inflated anger.

He finally understood what was going on.

This "Duke of Byrne" named Loren Torino, he first sneaked into the Wuyue Court under the name "Edward", and obtained the information he wanted from his own hands; then he deliberately released the Imperial Envoy Tuan, and made himself think that he had found his painful foot and attacked. When he was about to make a final decision, he would stand up and end his plan and crush his plan completely.

This is an opponent who is more cautious than a snake and more cunning than a wolf...I am careless.

Although you are very clever and big, but you are only smart-the war dancers gathered in the misty moon court have begun to besiege the camp of the imperial mission, the seeds of hatred have been planted, and it is impossible to remove Come out.

Even if these corrupt and weak, attempt nothing and accomplish nothing Elder Elder is reluctant, they cannot avoid the war with the empire. They can only turn to themselves and take refuge in the Kingdom of Azores.

The winner of this game...still himself!

"It's me."

With his hands on his back, Midel raised his eyes calmly: "I found the news and told you Elders."

Loren turned his head, his eyes still full of confusion and curiosity: "Sorry, I'm here for the first time today, may I ask if you are..."

"Friends, you still need to be so contrived Huh? Your Honorable'Edward'?" Midel deliberately lowered his voice, squinted his eyes and looked at Loren's eyes:

"It's a good method, unexpectedly wonderful— —It’s a pity that even if you really have the ability to walk the heavens-defying road, you are already powerless now."

"You mean..."

"Your The small'imperial mission' is being besieged by war dancers who are several times or even more than ten times more passionate. They will all be dead in a quarter of an hour."

"These corpses, this The hatred... is the declaration of war from the elves to the empire!"

"Really?" Loren chuckled, "But you didn't expect that since I know this, why can I stand now? Here, how can I talk to you peacefully?"

Middle lifts the head, with a trace of suspicion in his startled eyes, and a fear of some kind of bad foreboding.

"I am the lord of the thirteen lords of Byrne, the duke of the Torino family; the dwarf fortress collapsed under my feet, and the centaur tribe fell before my eyes; I defeated the army of ogre and tore my hand Evil God’s apostle; my army has conquered the grasslands, across the glaciers, swept the hills, and trampled the ground."

Loren narrowed his smile and raised his head slightly (this is also what Charlotte learned ), glanced at Middle with a contemptuous look:

"Dare to ask...who do you think I am?!"