April 6, Avalon.
Isabel sat quietly in her study, looking through the letters sent back.
"It's really interesting."
She stretched out her fingers to flick the letter paper and chuckled: "What do you think, Lord Hermes?"
As early as a week ago, Isabel sent a letter to Xing Antimony, expressing her intention to have a "formal state visit."
Star Antimony did not respond to the news immediately.
Although Avalon and Star Antimony are separated by the sea, this will not easily affect the transmission of news.
Because such international-level letters are all handed over to the church for delivery. The apostle "Winging Fire" of Si Zhu is keen on sending items for others, and letters delivered by apostles and transported by the church can also maintain information security to the greatest extent. So there is no possibility that "the letter was lost" or "the letter was sent but has not arrived yet".
After such a long time, Xing Antimony did not reply...but he replied immediately after the Theocracy started recruiting troops yesterday.
But Isabel was neither angry nor angry, but had a smile in her eyes and a leisurely demeanor.
Her eyes became brighter and brighter, and she already had the calm temperament of a monarch.
"They are afraid, Your Majesty."
Mycroft Hermes said without raising his head.
Wearing a thin sweater and a white shirt, he sat across from Isabel, sorting out documents slowly.
Compared with last year, this fat seal-like man has obviously lost two laps of weight now.
On the one hand, it is due to fatigue... On the other hand, it is also because of this reason that his adaptability to the Dusk Path has weakened. The obviously abnormal "steady and solid obesity" is largely due to the physical inertia caused by the overflow of adaptability in his twilight path.
After all, neither his and Sherlock's father or mother, nor any other members of the family are fat. And Mycroft himself is quite self-disciplined, and there is no trace of his habit of gluttony or gluttony.
He became so fat because his adaptability to the Dusk Path has exceeded his energy level - this is a very typical path out of control. Not all loss of control will make people crazy or turn into deformed monsters. Becoming fat is also a milder form of losing control.
Now, as his workload gradually increases, Mycroft's adaptability to the Dusk Path also deteriorates.
The flesh on his face has faded a lot, and you can already see a little bit of Sherlock. He is much more handsome than before, and he already has a look. Compared with Sherlock's image of a thin young man, Mycroft's face is still square and square, but he has a calm and upright air.
He exhaled, put the documents upright, put them away gently on the table, and said slowly: "Obviously, those... little actions of the Theocracy scared them.
"Originally, they may have been worried about your visit. But now that the Theocracy has begun recruiting troops, they do not dare to refuse your visit. In other words... they are eager for you to hurry up. Arriving at Star Antimony. It's best before the elves arrive."
Mycroft looked at the Queen's guards in the corner of the room and asked with a chuckle: "You think I'm right. "
"Although we don't know why the Church suddenly lifted its neutrality and resumed conscription..."
The oldest Queen's Guard casually replied: "But Since that was a joint decision between His Majesty the Pope and the cardinals, it must be correct.
“Those human beings should have replied. This is a courtesy. What's more, the person in charge of that country now is not the king, but the Queen Mother. They heard the news about the Theocracy's conscription and then wrote back... This seemed very ridiculous. It was as if the Theocracy's conscription was to punish them. "
"They are not qualified! "
Another elf who looked much younger than Isabel smiled and made a clear voice: "Not enough! My instructor said back then that if one day the elves form a paladin army again, then we must be fighting against the enemies of the world. "
"Indeed," the queen's guard, who looked to be in his thirties and had the most mature temperament, nodded. "If the church wants to clean up the torn Herasl, there is no need to recruit troops. of. Those people in the Empire always thought too highly of themselves - even at the peak of Herasl, there was no way that His Majesty the Pope would change the traditions of the Theocracy for this reason.
"Based on my understanding of the church, this is mostly to fight against enemies at the apostle or even Tiansi level. The purpose of lifting neutrality in advance is just to not make people feel confused and fearful at critical moments, but to allow people to adapt in advance. ”
She is the eldest among these guards, so she has never had a clear and clear understanding of Star Antimony, but she does know the empire quite well. She always felt that it was actually part of the Herasl Empire... She didn't even know how many parts the Herasl Empire was split into and what their names were.
"Since they are so anxious, let's not be anxious yet."
Isabel did not correct her words, but just folded the letter leisurely: "The time will be set in a week. , let them dry first. And Aiwass plans to go over and do something first... to save him trouble."
Now that she has a child, her style of doing things has become obviously calmer.
After Aiwass and Aleister merge and take off the Holy Crown, Aiwass can meet Isabel again in the dream world.
Knowing that Aiwass was safe and well, Isabel finally felt relieved.
Through communication in the dream world, Isabel also learned of Aiwass’s plan.
Aiwass plans to go to the Narcissus Principality first and meet up with his mentor - Master Chongbo has already sent out a message to recruit archaeologists for a long time.. Aiwass's archeology tutor Bud has also been sent there by Isabel, and Aiwass should be on his way now.
It is said that the ruins contain the remaining power of Tiansi, and Aiwass is very concerned about it.
However, as one of the very few dual-path fifth-level experts in the world, Aiwass will definitely not have any problems.
What's more, Aiwass said that there will be a cardinal accompanying him this time.
"But it's normal for Star Antimony to be panicking," Isabel said casually to Mycroft, "I heard there was something going on over there...white tide?"
< p> "Well, a kind of undead disaster. It is said that Valentine VII did not prepare a funeral when he died, so he faked his body. Some people also say that he became the earthly apostle of the Winter Division... After all, there is a blood relationship."Mycroft nodded: "It hasn't expanded yet, it's only affecting a small area. The undead transformed by the former king have a special characteristic...that is, they It won’t lose much of its original extraordinary abilities, and it will retain almost complete sanity and memory.
“I think this is another kind of Moon Child—a cold Moon Child. Maybe call it the Son of Winter? Haha..."
Mycroft said and smiled.
If this happened in Avalon, he would definitely have a huge headache - the previous one Her Majesty the Queen got up with resentment and turned into an undead, saying that she wanted to return to the royal capital and take over the royal power. However, her behavior was to kill everyone else and transform them into undead with high intelligence like herself. It's troublesome to control it or not, and no matter how you deal with it, it will definitely come true...
But since it happened on Star Antimony, Mycroft was happy to watch the fun.
< p>He knocked on the table and asked Isabel, who was able to communicate privately with Aiwass: "I heard that it was a conspiracy in the Ziggurat? It was the price they paid for the Winter Maiden to be promoted to the Winter Division in order to fight against the Red Prime Minister. Now that Hong Xiang is dead...what does the Ziggurat say now? ""The Ziggurat does not intend to deal with this matter. They plan to cut off from the Winter Maiden to a certain extent. "
Isabel really knew this. She said directly: "On April 9th, the ziggurat will rise from the ground and fly to Avalon. I have prepared a place for them to stay... and arranged to go directly to Yingjia Village. They will like the death energy and the power of dusk in Eagle Point Village... and the Wild Hunt can also form a barrier to prevent the leaked undead from entering the world of ordinary people. "
This is something she and Aiwass have discussed.
Mycroft was stunned: "If I didn't ask, you really wouldn't tell me, my lord. ! ”
“Because there is nothing to deal with in the short term. Most people wouldn't know that Ziggurat had come to Avalon, and there was no rush to recruit students. We don’t have a soil that is intact enough to accept necromancy yet… I had The Glass Steps last monthNewspaper" subtly began to influence public opinion, but it would take several special events for people to accept coexistence with the Necromancer. "
Isabel smiled, quite proudly: "I am also working, Mr. Hermes. Not everything depends on you. "
Mycroft shook his head.
A little helpless, but also a little relaxed.
"By the way, there is one more thing -"
p>Isabel suddenly said: "Do you know the 'Second Legion'? "
As we all know, there is only one Griffin Legion in Avalon.
Mycroft nodded hesitantly, shook his head, and said euphemistically: " I may or may not know. "
"Don't be afraid, Sir Hermes. "
Isabel said cheerfully: "It's not a bad thing. That was the man Ligeia had taken away from me.
"The people inside include Haina and David. After Haina became a royal guard, David, who had become a warrior before, also gained a newfound hope beyond the path at the end of the month. Occupation - 'Black Knight'. Aiwass said that he has long wanted to embark on the path of transcendence... Now he is finally satisfied. Compared with being a demonologist, this profession is more suitable for him. ”
< p>Of course Mycroft knows what the Black Knight is -That is the new profession created by "Lan Malok" of the Anti-Titian Division.
That really belongs to their "ancestor" - although they are not from the same family, after so many years, they can be more or less related.
"I plan to form a brand-new legion. The era of warriors has arrived, and we cannot continue to rely on the air cavalry. As for the black knight, this profession that transcends the path will still have the opportunity to become a professional in the future. Ligeia’s profession. I plan to recruit a new batch, and the end of the month has passed... The first batch of black knights should have appeared by now." Isabel said with a smile: "Can you help me. Me, Lord Hermes?"
"...Then which department should these black knights work in?"
Mycroft realized that a large amount of work was coming. Approaching, he covered his forehead in pain.
“Let’s take the Inspectorate. Compared to inspectors whose abilities and personalities are biased toward discipline and surveillance, the Black Knight, who is obsessed with revenge and justice, is more suitable for supervising power itself... and is also more suitable for doing things that are not suitable for it. Things that are done openly."
Isabel narrowed her eyes slightly: "As the path of Avalon gradually becomes more complicated, we certainly hope that people will have more and more voices. You can no longer be restrained and unable to freely show your own path like in the past... but you also don’t want those who are bewitched and bribed to mix with the crowd and cause chaos.
" With the hybridization of paths, society will become relatively freer, but it will also become more chaotic - both Herasl and Star Antimony have proven this.
"The Avalonians are also HerculeanPeople of Rasl, we also have the opportunity to restore the glory of Rasl. But at the same time... we must also be wary of Herasl's fall. < /p>
Isabel said calmly: "Although it is difficult, it is the right way. So we have to go, but we can't go with confidence. We have to go carefully - being right means It’s difficult, because nothing in this world is easy.”
After staring at Isabel for a long time, Mycroft suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly.
For a moment, he seemed to see the shadow of the old queen in Isabel...
This little princess... no, this young queen is growing up at a speed of So fast.
It’s only been a few months.
"...It's so fast."
Mycroft murmured.
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