Walking up the stairs, Hitzfeld saw at a glance that there was another chair to the left of the main seat.
But there isn't enough gap.
The hem of the dress she was wearing was too thick, so the people on that side needed to move their chairs a little further in for her to make way.
Tilting his head slightly, the first to bear the brunt of the attack was Theo the Blood Slayer.
He didn't know what perfume was, and he didn't even look at them until they came up, and his face was always facing the old blood mage.
"Just pass through me!"
Luca took the initiative to stand up and pull out the chair.
"This is a very interesting discussion. To be honest, although I like making incense, I don't have much time to spend on this craft. Compared with you, I don't deserve the title of master. Come on, Hitzfeld, we can communicate when we have time in the future."
This was basically a gesture of goodwill, and considering his status, these words were quite serious.
Theo frowned, coughed, and moved his chair back a little.
"Thank you." Hitzfeld smiled at the old man, "but it's more convenient for me to go this way."
Thus, the banquet officially began.
The lid was opened, and new dishes were served. The whole hall quickly became noisy, with the host's signature loud voice occasionally heard. This was not the high-end cocktail party they had imagined in advance.
Xia Yibing stood behind the girl the whole time, like an ordinary follower.
"Come on! Cheers to the victory of the Kingdom of God!"
Agor is very good at creating a good atmosphere. It can be said that everyone at this table is introverted, with the captain perhaps as an exception. However, the huge difference in status between them makes him afraid to speak loudly to others.
The host's ability was very valuable - the strong man toasted this one from time to time, and talked about that one's interesting stories from time to time. Although the guests did not have the same enthusiastic reaction as him, they at least curled up their lips and listened to him with interest.
Captain Xiu De was restless.
Indeed, he got what he wanted... he came to the banquet as he wished, and even ate next to Agor, but he found that he could not express his demands further.
If there was anyone at the table who responded most enthusiastically to Agor, it was Lianqi.
This was his enemy. He had had a big fight with Liangchi in the union, and the relationship between the two sides was completely broken. So every time the captain finally got to the point and wanted to talk about the conscription order, Liangchi would always deliberately change the topic to another direction.
Hitzfeld saw all of this, and after thinking about it, she decided to help him again.
"I wonder if you know the relationship between this Hashemite sister and the captain?"
During a negotiation, Hitzfeld casually mentioned this and successfully drew everyone's attention to Hasim.
"Yes."
Blood Mage Luca suddenly said, "I did hear that Sister Hashem was once called Hashem-Shude."
Oh……
Even Theo was slightly moved now, his eyes wandering between the little nun and the captain.
"Oh? Could they have been father and daughter?" Agor was obviously intrigued. "But I feel like you two aren't close... What on earth is that..."
"Hasim-Shude was once the captain's adopted son, sir."
Farrell, who was standing at the back, came out to explain.
"They separated because of their different philosophies, and Hashem-Shude later became a Hashemite nun."
"So that's it!"
The Governor looked dazed, as if he hadn't noticed Hasim's ugly expression.
He looked at the captain with concern: "Now that your adopted son has run away, who will be the heir next?"
"This is exactly what I want to ask for your help, Your Excellency!"
The captain first looked at the girl with gratitude, then looked at Agor sincerely: "My only daughter is not yet an adult... but I happened to be drafted again, I hope I can give her some time, at least until she grows up..."
"No!" Li Anqi was so angry that his nose was almost crooked. He was the first to object: "What do you mean by adults... Is there any law in this world that stipulates that we should treat children well? Those blood beasts... Is there any litter of cubs that can avoid natural enemies with this identity?"
He was obviously trying to gain support, and Theo nodded his chin and his bald head shook slightly.
Indeed, none of the people who hold high positions in Port Inian rose to prominence because they were cared for all the way.
"Destiny has its own smooth path for all living beings."
Sister Marian spoke up.
The voice was so charming that Xia Yibing felt her mouth dry just listening to it.
"I heard that your daughter has longed for a life in the church since she was young. If you are worried about her, why not let me train her? That way, no matter who manages your fleet, its enemies will have to take this relationship into consideration."
Agor exclaimed loudly, he thought it was a good idea.
The captain was almost dying of anxiety.
He always felt that things had changed within the church and that it was no longer as respected as it once was, so he certainly wasn't willing to hand Billie over to the other side.
But he had no excuse to refuse.
What could he say?
In front of these big shots, he couldn't bring himself to tell those clumsy lies.
Is it to say frankly that he does not trust the church?
That's really seeking death!
"I'm curious." Hitzfeld interrupted again, "Once a conscription order is issued, it cannot be changed? Why does this thing exist?"
In the conversation just now, she has already impressed everyone with her profound knowledge.
Are you kidding... She is another mysterious master. Maybe her knowledge is relatively backward compared to the mysterious system of Aisha Continent, but because the level is too high, any theory thrown out can cause emotional shock.
So no one dared to ignore her, including Agor, who thought about it seriously, then stood up and asked everyone to pick up their own cutlery.
Everyone did as he was told, and Agor pulled away the tablecloth.
Only then did they notice that there was an intricate pattern carved on the table.
The pattern showed a wild beast... This thing looked particularly strange, with eight arms, shaped like a spider or an octopus, but with a slender body and a human face in the shape of an inverted triangle, split lips with flush teeth, a big smile on its face, and human palms at the ends of its wrists.
this is not……
Hitzfeld's eyelids twitched, and he tried his best to suppress his emotions.
"If you insist on asking why, I can only show you this."
Agol stretched out his hand towards the table.
"It's called Improl."
"I was once one of the nine Blood Knights..."
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Blood Knight Improl...
After these words were spoken, not only Hitzfeld and Xia Yibing, but also the other guests were slightly moved.
The high platform was obviously designed on purpose. There was no need to be shy when talking here, and the people below would not be able to hear clearly. This formed a topic circle that only a very small number of people could participate in, and the noise coming from above was just a foil.
"This should be a sea monster on the Blood Sea." Captain Xiu De said uncertainly, "Although I have never seen a similar monster with my own eyes, there have been rumors circulating on the sea, and the characteristics of the monster described are the same as this one."
"I know about the Blood Knights, and I know there are nine of them, but I don't know their specific names." Blood Mage Luca also spoke up, and he looked at the Governor: "Will we have the honor of hearing more?"
"Of course - oh! Of course..." Agor waved his hands quickly, "It's an honor to say that I'm honored! This is just something that hasn't been made public yet!"
In order to avoid being noticed by the guests below, he threw the tablecloth to Farel, sat down again, tore a piece of unknown bloody beast meat and put it into his mouth, chewing while mumbling: "If I really want to talk about this matter, it has to be connected with the current war."
“Are you referring to the war against the mechanical rebellion?” Theo asked.
"Yes." Agor nodded, his thick lips slightly curled up, "Everyone knows that there is a war now... The civilization with the same origin split in the middle, one completely turned to nature, and the other tried to change its fate through technology."
"Let's not discuss which one is better, okay?" He waved his left hand in the air like a conductor of a symphony orchestra, "Let's just talk about the connection... Our Majesty is obviously extremely dissatisfied with the stalemate of the war. After all, they are not weak. They have the most floating city fragments, and the aerial fortresses they built with them are difficult to attack. They have always been a nightmare for the front line."
"We also have floating cities, right?" Hasim finally couldn't help but interrupt, "And it's a new city that doesn't rely on prehistoric technology at all! We should be better than them!"
But this behavior violated taboos - although Farel also stood in the attendant position, he was a member of the host's family and his status was equivalent to the steward of the venue. As long as the host did not say that he was wrong, no one else had the right to criticize him.
It’s different with Hashem. To put it bluntly, if you weren’t Sister Marian, would you be qualified to stand here?
The Blood Butcher Theo was the one who paid the most attention to this. He immediately sent a "death stare" to Hasim. Poor Hasim had just finished speaking when he met this gaze. For a moment, he felt countless distorted blood shadows pressing towards him and he couldn't help but take a step back.
Just one step, because that view is blocked.
"The punishment ends here." Sister Marian approached Theo, "The church will also restrain her."
"What kind of constraints do you mean?" Hitzfeld thought that Theo would stop while he was ahead, but he was not polite at all and even mocked Sister Marian: "I've heard a lot... about the 'creation' of nuns. You collect beautiful girls everywhere but use them as shells, right? Dig out their brains, and then transfer the selected brains into them..."
He didn't finish because the atmosphere at the table changed completely.
In Hitzfeld's perception, Sister Marianne exuded extremely strong mysterious fluctuations, and from where she sat, the boundary between the void and reality was distorted. For a moment, she seemed to see this person sitting in the starry sky, and there was a vague shadow... a shadow deeper than the universe was crawling under her feet and behind her.
"boom!"
There was a loud bang above the dining table.
A cluster of fireworks... but it was made of flesh and blood. The meat bag exploded in mid-air like a balloon, splitting into hundreds of thousands of fine meat threads, swaying gracefully in the air.
The guests below thought that this was a trick specially put together by the big shots to warm up the audience, and they all clapped and cheered. The warm atmosphere kept flowing towards them from all directions, which actually washed away a lot of the tension.
"There won't be a next time." Sister Marian glared at the old man, half in anger, "...your skills have become more sophisticated."
"It's just a small path." Luca smiled as he tore the beast meat. "A craftsman who is only skilled in blood and bones cannot compare with the sublime mystery."
Sister Marian shook her head to show that she did not agree with the statement, but she also had no intention of pursuing the issue further.
Theo glared at the old man with a dark face, while Hitzfeld looked at the captain and found that he was livid as expected.
What Theo said...
If that's true, the church doesn't collect beautiful girls to train them, and Billie would be in danger if she went to the church.
She looked at Hasim again, wondering if her body had originally belonged to someone else and was simply occupied by Hasim's mind.
"I am still very happy to see this scene." Agor was very satisfied with their restraint. Everyone sitting here knew who this was giving face to.
"Come on! Let's continue... where were we just now? Oh... Sister Hashem mentioned... well, we also have a floating city."
“Yes, we have some too.” He nodded and looked at Luca. “We must give a toast to our blood mages here. It is because of their research that we can keep up in this arms race.”
The others raised their glasses, and Hitzfeld followed suit.
Unlike other people whose cups contained various drinks, her cup contained only plain water - in fact, she hardly touched the food on the table, as she knew very well what kind of creatures some of the meat came from.
Xia Yibing witnessed this scene from behind, frowning and lost in thought.
What does Agor mean by this?
The Corrupted Blood Kingdom also has a floating city, and this floating city is different from the Mechanical Kingdom? And the blood mage group has made great contributions in this matter?
Combining all the information together, she felt that the only possibility was... that the floating city of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom was a specially modified fortress that did not rely on machinery and was probably powered by modified flesh and blood - or biological organs.
She couldn't help feeling disgusted when she imagined a bunch of wriggling tumors floating in the sky.
No wonder blood mages have such a special status, she thought further.
Just from Luca's modesty just now, we can tell that this career system is independent.
The Church and the Bloodslayers both rely on mystery and draw strength from mysterious sources, but the Blood Mage does not need to do this. He can become powerful just by using spells that specialize in blood and bones... Under normal circumstances, this can easily be labeled as heresy.
The reason why there aren't any is because they are so useful.
The existence of the Mechanical Kingdom has further strengthened their status. The Corrupted Blood Kingdom cannot be without blood mages, because they still need these people to maintain and create more flesh and blood fortresses.
“But it’s not enough to just not fall behind.”
Agol clenched his fist and waved it fiercely in the air. "We must tap into greater strength and greater potential, defeat those enemies in one fell swoop, and then seek to escape from here!"
He said detachment—
So everyone here is very clear about the fact that they are actually living in a land of exile...
"So your majesty is interested?" Theo frowned. "The power of the nine Blood Knights?"
"Legend has it that nine drops of knight blood combined into one are enough to recreate the blood of salvation. By merging with that blood, any living being can reach the level of a God Lord."
Luca also whispered, "So the conscription order has always been for the purpose of exploring the tomb of the Nine Knights? We have to have this captain... What did you find?"
"Well..." Banana-faced Liangchi rubbed his hands and was about to answer, but was interrupted by Sister Marian.
