Chapter 473: The Countdown Begins (Part II)

In Mithril's hall, the atmosphere was serious and tense.

Ziggy withdrew his gaze from the tall and mighty statues that stood around the Mithril Hall, and he straightened his clothes and swept the crowd in front of him. As the time approached, there were more and more people in the Mithril Hall, and in addition to the twenty-five council members who were bound to be present, according to the council's rules, whenever the Soragon Mountain Territory Council wanted to make any important decision that involved the interests of other parties, it was inevitable that all the powerful representatives of all parties in the Soragon Mountain Territory would be invited to participate in the hearing. Of course, due to the agreement that no troops should be stationed, most of the people who are stationed here are only representative figures, and the same is true for Ziggy. He stood here not as an envoy to the Land of Light, but as an emissary of the Elonic Foundation in the mountains of Soragon. And the envoy of the Kingdom of Light is someone else.

Hum.

Thinking of this, Ziegy raised his eyebrows, he squinted, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes to look at a bald old man sitting not far in front of him, although the old man was wearing a gorgeous dress, but he was sweating profusely, his left hand pressed the armrest of the seat tightly, and his right hand was holding a white handkerchief to wipe his forehead.

A waste.

Of course, Zige knew what the other party was nervous about, although he was the envoy of the Land of Light, but this old immortal guy did not have the responsibility of an envoy at all, these days, many people have heard of the content of the upcoming resolution of the Solagang Mountain Lord's Council, and this old guy is no exception. But at the moment, this is obviously not a good thing for him. A diplomatic envoy goes unnoticed in times of peace, but bears more attention in times of war. But the old man in front of him obviously didn't plan to stand on this stage by himself, after all, once he entered a state of war, then someone would definitely put all the charges of "poor communication" and so on on on his body.

This is also the reason why Ziggy looks down on him, in Ziggy's view, he can't see the future situation clearly, and only looks at the current situation only dogs, not humans. The difference between humans and dogs is that they can look up at the horizon with their chests held high. But the dog can only lie on the ground and only see what is in front of him.

He's just a council-bred dog who cares only about his status and future, but doesn't see what happens next.

Thinking of this, Zieg couldn't help but smile slightly.

At this moment, suddenly, the originally slightly noisy and noisy conversation disappeared, and the entire Mithril Hall was silent. It was the height of summer, but Zieg easily felt a cold chill penetrate into his body through his finely textured woolen jacket, and even his soul couldn't help but tremble.

He turned his head away, then narrowed his eyes slightly.

A tall knight shrouded in black iron armor strode in, two dark red points of light flickering through the narrow black slit of the helmet. Beside him was a young man with a demeanor who looked to be only a weak crown, wearing a pitch-black night gown, the blood-red satin red dazzle of the placket, the cuffs and collar were hollowed out, his brown hair was meticulously combed back, and his right hand wrapped in silky white gloves held a pitch-black magic circle. After noticing the gaze of the crowd, the man stopped. He waved his hand gracefully to everyone, and a smile that was enough to fascinate everyone appeared on his pale, handsome face——— and a pair of fangs between his pale white lips.

Vampiric species.

Ziggy retracted his gaze, and at the same time lowered his head, taking a deep breath to calm himself, if Ziggy still had any doubts about the plan, then except for the old council leader who was currently missing, there was only the Night Dragon Kingdom. Although logically speaking, this plan is beneficial and harmless to the Night Dragon Kingdom. But who knows what those dead people think all day long? Not to mention the most cunning vampire of them all. Ziggy is not unheard of rumors about them, their charming charm. Soul-stirring voices and keen senses can make them aware of all hidden lies and hostility.

Ziggy initially sent someone to investigate, but he dismissed this idea after both of his spies became idiots and were sent back——— fortunately, for the sake of strict secrecy, the people Ziggy sent at first were just guys who didn't know his identity at all, otherwise, Ziggy would have had a hard time imagining that he could still be sitting here.

Two dark, dead figures flashed past Ziggy's side, and did not stay by his side, but Ziggy did not move, at this time, the two undead were already standing in front of the messenger of the Kingdom of Light, the damned vampire was greeting each other with a friendly and false smile, and after hearing the other party's greeting, the old guy also hurriedly stood up, hurriedly, and carefully returned a salute to the vampire in front of him.

Incompetent waste.

Looking at the old man's hesitation, timidity, and fear of avoiding the vampire race, Ziegy took a deep sip in his heart. Although this mission is said to be led by the Alanic Consortium and has nothing to do with the Council of Light, Ziggy did not reveal the entire plan to the old man from beginning to end. He didn't believe the old fool, and now it seemed that he had made the right choice, and if he had told him the whole thing, I'm afraid the damn undead would have figured out all their thoughts by now.

But the trouble doesn't stop there.

After a few words of greeting with the old emissary of the Council of Light with a smile, the vampire took the Death Knight back to his place on the other side, although in this border area, the undead can coexist peacefully with the living, but it does not mean that they can stay in harmony with each other. After all, the death gas on their bodies is similar to poisonous gas to a living life, and if they stay by their side for a long time, it will even be life-threatening.

And at this time, the horn sounded.

This time Ziggy didn't have to look back to know who was coming, but he still turned his head to look at the figure who walked in through the doorway, his whole body as if shrouded in light. The white and flawless wings stretched out from behind her like a cloak, the white background and gold-edged robe wrapped the slender and slender body, the colorful Ayn stone turned around her, the round, white face was not very beautiful, but with a little sense of delicate and refined. She closed her eyes tightly and let her golden hair flutter in all directions, and at the sight of her appearance, almost everyone subconsciously took a step back, for fear of desecrating some of their own long-lasting memories.

There is, Overseer.

Seeing this woman, Zig frowned, and the mountain leader of Solagang gathered all the major forces. But at this moment, the most eye-catching people here, apart from the Dragon Kingdom of Light and the Dragon of Night, are only the Overseers belonging to the Duchy of Moon and the Guardians of the Kingdom of Law.

It's also strange to say, obviously in terms of national strength, the Night Dragon Country and the Light Dragon Country are the most powerful countries on this continent, but they are in the Soragon Mountains. The most respected are the Overseers from the Duchy of Moon, followed by the Guardians of the Land of Law. The Night Dragons were ranked back because of the fear of immortality among the living, while at the bottom were the Radiant Dragons——— and their wanton behavior in this land really didn't make any good impression on the natives here.

The Ombudsman of the Duchy of Moon is not responsible for any specific matters, before arriving in the Soragon Mountains, Ziggy had done a special investigation on this matter, the position of Supervisor has existed since the two countries signed a treaty and the Duchy of Moon was in charge of supervision, but no one knows what its duties are, according to the results of Zige's investigation, this position seems to be idle at all. There is no use for anything other than the name. Since the appearance of this position, it has never interfered with, or influenced any opinion of any of the Soragon Mountain Lords, and more often than not, the Overseer has not shown his face at all. As if she didn't exist at all.

But Ziggy was puzzled by the fact that an unruly idle man was held so highly respected in the hill realm that even the natives he hired made no secret of their admiration when talking about the Overseer. But the reason was never stated. But Ziggy didn't think much of it. The most he could think of was that perhaps compared to the strength of the Night Dragon Kingdom and the oppression of the Light Dragon Kingdom, the Principality of Moon was more friendly and helpful to the Soragon Mountain Territory. Maybe it's because these guys love the house and the black are so interested in the Overseer?

But now, she has appeared.

Seeing this scene, Ziggy felt a little flustered inexplicably, he remembered this feeling very clearly, it was when he was an adult, the first time he accepted family affairs to prove his worth, at that time he was a hairy boy, a big fart thing, but he made his heart tremble, although he remained calm on the surface, but until the end of the mission, after he submitted the report to his father, the fierce heart in his chest that almost jumped out of his throat calmed down. It was the first and last time Ziggy felt such nervousness, and he hadn't felt anything like it since.

But now, inexplicably, Ziggy suddenly felt a little flustered.

Vampires, Overseers, and Council ———— Ziegy subconsciously pressed his chair, and suddenly a trace of unease emerged, he felt for the first time that maybe the Soragon Mountain Territory Council should not have such a tradition at all, and now, all the forces have come together, in addition to them, there are also dwarves (for them who have always regarded themselves as the masters of the Soragon Mountain Domain, of course, they cannot not participate in this kind of occasion), and even the representatives of the elves......... What happens next? Moreover, how come the people who I sent out a long time ago to contact and surround the old council leader have not been rewarded until now?

Ziggy suddenly found that he could not grasp the situation a little, and he clenched his fists, and a thought came to his mind for the first time.

Perhaps, this mission was not as smooth as I imagined?

The sun's rays shone on the corona, and the dark shadows moved slowly.

There is only half an hour left before the start of the meeting.

The dimly lit corridors are deserted, only the heroic statues that stand on either side tell the story of the past of this chaotic land.

"Boom ............"

A deep voice sounded, and then a stone slab that had been flat began to slowly sink, revealing a dark, just hole, and then several figures crawled out of the cave.

Thankfully, it seems to be working.

After seeing the familiar scene in front of him, Rod couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although it was exactly the same as the strategy in Rhodes' memory along the way, but this is reality after all, with the example of the previous necromancer mutant lich. Rhodes was a little skeptical about these now, and it wasn't until he saw the magnificent statue in front of him that Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief. After that, the journey was quite smooth, if it was a copy, then the underground worm should be the boss, and now that Victor helped them block the boss, then naturally there is no problem. 、

Anne poked out of the hole, and then put down the old council leader who she had been holding in her hand. Then he gritted his teeth and shook his hand——— Although the old council leader is not very heavy, it is still heavier than the pure gold heavy shield, not to mention that he is a human being, but it is not a weapon shield with a flat perimeter and can adjust the center of gravity.

"Here it is............ Between heroes? ”

The old council leader's eyes widened in surprise, as a person from the mountains of Solagang, of course he knew what kind of place this was. Among the heroes is the place where all the sculptures of the LinkedIn of the Solagang mountain are preserved and their great lives are recorded, and almost every mountain man has come here to pay homage to the heroes——— but they would never have imagined that there is such a secret passage underneath it.

"Ahem."

Rod coughed, and only then did the old council leader recover from his stupor, and he turned his head and glanced at the young man in front of him suspiciously.

"Who the hell are you?"

This is a question that the old council president has always wanted to ask, but only now has he asked it. After all, there are too many things in the knowledge of the Dao, this secret Dao. He didn't even know the Dao himself, but he was so familiar with it, how many secrets did he still know?

Of course, the old council leader didn't know that in Rhodes's eyes, there was no secret in the Solagang Mountains.

Rhodes didn't answer the question, he reached out and knocked his mask, then took out his pocket watch from his bosom and shook it in front of the old council president.

His meaning was clear.

We don't have time.

“………………………”

The old council leader stared at the man in front of him, he stared at the black mask, as if he wanted to see something from it, but after a moment. He sighed. Then. The old council president spoke.

"Don't think I don't understand your mind, young man. This place is more familiar to me than you. I know that there are people who are paying attention to it, who want to change it, who want to possess it, who want to destroy it, and even some people who don't pay attention to it at all. This is our land......... But it doesn't quite belong to us. ”

Saying this, the old council leader suddenly raised his head.

"But we're not just shivering in the corner, letting others decide our fate."

As the words fell, the old man turned around and strode forward. His old voice came with a majesty that had never been felt before.

"Come with me, I don't know how many small people in the council are thinking about it now, maybe when they see me, they will directly stab me to death."

Hearing the old council leader's words, Rod narrowed his eyes slightly, and then he turned his head to look at the three people who followed him.

"Now we have completed the first step of our mission, but listen, none of us know what will happen next. As the Council Leader said, the power here is complex, and what we touch is only a thin line, neither the undead nor the Council of Light is so simple. ”

Speaking of this, Rod frowned, the matter of the Solagang Mountain was in a uproar at the beginning, but the problem was that Rod was not in the Solagang Mountain at that time, and the Solagang Mountain during this time period was unfamiliar to him, and the clues obtained through historical research in the future were not necessarily useful here. And the truth is that if they hadn't come, then to a large extent the old council leader would have been killed, and then the proposal to attach to the Night Dragon Kingdom would have been proposed, but what about the original motive for this proposal? Just because of the oppression of the Sola Gang Mountains by the Radiant Dragon Kingdom? Rhodes felt that it was not so simple, that mobilizing the masses to force and conform to their ideas was the general interest, not the original intention——— and sometimes the motive and the state of affairs themselves had nothing to do with each other.

Thinking of this, Rhodes suddenly remembered something.

"Lijie, Marlene, do you know what the Dao Overseer does?"

“?”

Hearing Rod suddenly ask this question, the two girls were slightly stunned, and then they both shook their heads.

"I don't know, Rod."

"My sister never told me anything about the Overseer, I'm sorry, Mr. Rhodes."

………………………

Hearing the answers of the two, Rhodes frowned, the position of Overseer has always been a mystery in the hearts of players, especially the Duchy of Moon, because in the official official rank of the Duchy of Moon, the position of Overseer is second only to the Grand Duke, almost above 10,000 people under one person, but its specific effects and duties are vague and unrecorded.

Rhodes had a chance to get the position, and his popularity had already been brushed up. But at that time, the war had broken out, and the Solagang Mountains had been annexed by the Night Dragon Kingdom, and the position of Supervisor naturally lost its meaning. But for now, the Overseer should exist, right?

Thinking of this, Rhodes pondered for a moment.

"Marlene, Lijie, Annie, I want you to go back the way you came, but don't leave the secret passage for now, and keep in touch at all times......... I don't know what the road is for, I always have a bad premonition. ”

The air is a little cold, and if you take a deep breath, you can even feel wheezing and coughing, I don't know if it is Rod's illusion, he always feels that the entire Solagang Mountain seems to be very depressing, something is wrong.

Rhodes couldn't say anything wrong, of course he knew that the safe return of the old council leader would cause some fighting, but at the moment this weird feeling was far more than ordinary petty fights, and even he himself was in the game, only when facing some large-scale battles and challenging those powerful and invincible bosses, he only had this feeling.

"Let Victor prepare them to evacuate at any time, and by the way, help him kill that bug."

There is nothing to worry about the underground worm Rhodes, Victor's strength is basically similar to him, plus the cover of Anne Marlene and Lijie to deal with that worm is no problem, as for the rest of the goblins——— it should be given to Joey and them to gain experience.

Thinking of this, Rhodes didn't say anything more, now the old council chief had walked to the entrance of the hall between the heroes, and was turning his head to look at himself, he didn't have any time to waste, after instructing the three of them a few words, telling them about the weakness and threat of the underground worms, Rod closed the passage, and then a few dodged to the old council leader's side.

And just then, a heavy bell rang.