Chapter 64 The New Alliance
Although Asa had guessed the metaphor of the emblem on the back of his hand, he decided to ask the previous question.
"Your Excellency, this is..."
"Although the certificate of the contract is recruited by mercenaries, I do not intend to use mercenary groups to restrain you. You are still free. You can join any organization or camp at will."
Asa breathed suffocated. This time he came, he was ready to be asked to withdraw from the Shadow Thorn. He never expected that the Son of Nature not only did not mention it, but also allowed him to remain free. What is this? Isn't it that he is not afraid of him leaking some top secret information?
Seeing Asa's confusion and doubts in his eyes, Link had no intention of explaining it. This could not be explained clearly in just a few words, especially in this situation. They could see and talk to each other, but some words could not be said in front of Bridge.
"It's almost time to go back."
Doyle bit his lower lip and stared at the newly joined "companion".
He was so uncomfortable that he was staring that he was once again experiencing the strong pulling feeling of teleporting to this strange place when Asa wanted to say something.
As a generation born after the invasion of the undead, Asa has never used the portal that once penetrated all over the continent and did not know that this is the unique feeling of teleportation.
Since the new rank tester is still in the experimental stage and cannot start teleportation by speaking like teleportation, Bridge, Doyle and Assa left the material space with the assistance of Link. They did not know that the specific location of this place called the "Arena" is on the unattainable ladder.
The surrounding scenery instantly turned back to the union hall. There were more people here than when they left. They were talking about what had just happened. Seeing the four people suddenly appear, the noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and everyone's faces were full of curiosity.
On the register of union-specific record members, the enchanted paper shows the results of the two testers.
Without the power given by God, Doyle's rank has been reduced from a master to an expert. No new elements were used. In addition, the original fighting method was too dependent on divine power. If it weren't for the basic swordsmanship to support the scene, I was afraid that the ancient souls would have a lower evaluation of her. On the other hand, although the weapon was shot down, his rank was the same as Doyle, which made her very dissatisfied and yelled to compete with Asa again.
Link blocks the irritable Doyle and asks Asa to leave first, he has his own way to contact him.
The wanderers disappeared among the onlookers and soon disappeared.
Seeing that someone really measured the position, the crowd in the hall asked for a try. Yoda, who was responsible for the reception, was overwhelmed and had to turn her attention to her boss for help.
Bridge approached Link and asked in a low voice if it could be put into use. The answer was no. There were still some areas that needed to be improved, such as returning to the teleportation site, strengthening the law of cause and effect, etc. The disappointed Bridge could only let Yoda announce that the tester still needs to be debugged.
The final step of this legendary prop is completed in the warehouse. The only thing that can really use the law of cause and effect when repairing and resetting the rank tester is to use the only one teleportation, imitating it from the Hall of Mirrors.
Link made a slight modification to the rank results observed by the ancient souls. He engraved runes in the giant high-energy crystal that Bridge had just arrived from the Xindu headquarters. The results of the arena test can be displayed at the same time as the register.
This adjustment was proposed by Bridge himself. He believed that an enchanted paper could not satisfy people's vanity, especially for those who were eager to show their strength and wanted to gain recognition.
In order not to clash with the upcoming Hall of Mirrors meeting, Link asked Bridge to postpone the news that the stair tester was re-activated for a few days.
As a representative of the Son of Nature, Link took it for granted to attend the second Hall of Mirrors meeting held two days later.
Unlike the last time, the initiator this time is more influential, and the content discussed also determines the future destiny of the entire continent.
The representative of the morning light is naturally the initiator, Francesca, the great priest who is the earthly peddler of the sun god.
The representative of the dwarves is the patriarch of the eight major clans.
Currently, there is only one group of wood elves.
As the only sage, Hornheim's success is naturally Bard.
As for the human nobles, the empire had long been in name only, and the regent was just overthrown, he had no choice but to let all the princes participate.
Orcs and night elves were absent as usual, especially after the collapse of the Natural Alliance, they had no need to participate.
Link was the only neutral camp in this meeting and the last one to be present.
"Everything is here. Let's start our issue this time." Francesca, in the name of the supreme leader of the Morning Light Sect, asked all races to form alliances again to fight against the upcoming counterattack of the undead.
Even if the underground they live invaded by the undead, most of the dwarves still pursued an attitude that ground war had nothing to do with us.
The Wood Elf had expressed his opinion that he was on the same front as the Son of Nature a few months ago.
The new Duke of Krenberg, who had restored his real name, voted for granted.
Duke Esson, who was seized from his fief, but still enjoyed the title, also chose to join the Anti-Dead Alliance.
There is also the Duke of Befest. As Link's friend, Gonzalez stood on Link's side unshirkable.
The remaining three princes, Kolk, who was the regent, was removed from the list because of Franny's depravity. He knew that the drinking duke had been stripped of his title and was imprisoned in the headquarters of Chenxi.
What surprised Link was that the generals under Duke Esson were instigated to rebel and seize the Duke of Kabail, who was willing to join the alliance. He thought that the Duke of Kabail, who was inexplicably ignorant of the undead, would object.
Duke Erasius abstained from the storm at the beginning of the invasion of the undead. Because of his friendship with Hornheim, most of the territory was raised to the sky by the mages and turned into a floating island scattered with space. Even if the war broke out, Erasius would be the last human territory to be broken by the undead, so the duke was not anxious about the possible war.
The last thing left was Hornheim, all the representatives were waiting for the decision of the Sage Bard.
For a long time, Hornheim has been a force that cannot be underestimated, and can even be said to be crucial. It is affiliated with humans and independent and transcendent. It is precisely because of Hornheim's neutral attitude that indirectly causes the situation of human beings being suppressed by the undead. If Hornheim also joins the Anti-Dead Alliance, the outcome of the war may be rewritten.
Bud did not vote immediately, and the hall of mirrors was so quiet that only the nervous breathing sound was left.
Link had no expression on his face, but his hands that were in his sleeves were tightly clamped.
Without Hornheim's mage, fighting against the undead would be an extremely difficult battle.
Could these guys go back on their word, right? But Bray promised me to fight against the dead. If they dare to say no, I will immediately ask Bray for an explanation!
As if he had guessed Link's thoughts, Bud, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.
"Honeheim will follow the agreement reached by Sombrey and the son of nature Link from top to bottom." Without much words, the dwarf who abstained from the abstinence changed drastically and Duke Erasius's face.
The priesthood change that happened a few months ago was blocked by Hornheim. It was only announced that the subordinate god Bree replaced Lorelei as the new magic god. The news leaked from the spider web was that Bree successfully seized the throne of the gods after receiving the assistance of the son of nature who had entered the world forty years. What's even more exaggerated is that there are rumors that Bree's denomination forty years ago was also related to the lifeweaver summoned by the pillar from another world.
No one took this matter seriously, but now it seems that it is true. Otherwise, why did the Son of Nature, who had just arrived in Edgar for less than a month, easily reach an alliance with Bree?
Except for the few who knew the truth, all the participants, especially those who were not familiar with Link, and even those who had only met at the Hall of Mirrors, were thinking about the authenticity of this matter and the meaning behind it. If Bree and the Pill formed an alliance, they would also re-examine the proposal initiated by Chenxi.
He pulled his hands out of the wide dress sleeves he had borrowed from Sevis to attend the meeting, and held them together, deliberately highlighting the ring worn on his index finger. Link heard a few obvious sounds of air thrust.
"Anyway, you will know sooner or later, so you can just say it directly. That's right, as the rumors say, not only is I an alliance with Malik, but the Shadow God's transformation camp is indeed related to me. You can even use the saying "It's a decision made under my influence." Link added: "The alliance will not force it to join, but... if you don't join the alliance, you will not ask for help from the alliance in the future if you are persecuted by the undead."
The dwarf chiefs exchanged their opinions in the almost lost ancient dwarf language, and from time to time there were a few fierce arguments, obviously discussing whether to join the Anti-Dead Alliance.
Orlando, who had nothing to do, raised his hand to greet Link. His attitude did not change much from the time he was a bard. He was a smart man. Since he knew that Link did not like cumbersome etiquette, he would not deliberately use meaningless things to alienate his relationship with Link.
Gonzalez had a lot to say, but unfortunately the occasion was not allowed, so he could only try his best to maintain the attitude a prince should have.
After a period of not short time, the dwarves changed their original attitude and agreed to join the Anti-Dead Alliance led by Chenxi.
Seeing that he was only abstaining from the right, Duke Erasius's eyes flashed and his face looked extremely ugly, but in the end he still did not make any decision.
Morning light has not as strong as humans. Francesca is satisfied with such a result. If it weren't for Link's implicit threatening words, the dwarves who had not suffered enough would not have changed their attitude. The undead invaded only part of the underground areas near the north, because of the existence of night elves, the undead would not have penetrated too deeply into the territory of their former allies. This led to the dwarves not fully faced the threat of the undead, and stubbornly believed that this was a war on the ground and had nothing to do with them.
Chapter completed!