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Chapter 109 Body Emblem
After Madeline came in, Xia Yibing asked her a pointed question: "Come over here, how is Hasim now?"
Madeline spread her hands and said, "I wanted to discuss this with you guys as well... It's okay, I knocked her out."
"Oh, you handled it pretty well then."
"..." Hitzfeld looked at Xia Yibing and then at Madeline, and suddenly felt that these two women were a little scary.
"Aisun." Xia Yibing had already received the envelope from her subordinate. She checked it herself first to make sure there was nothing strange on it before handing it to the girl on the bed. "Can you take another look?"
After all, this is Aisha Continent.
In a land shrouded in mystery, some methods can only be seen by professionals.
Hitzfeld took the letter and looked at her with some resentment, "Don't you feel that you have changed?"
"What changes?" Xia Yibing stared.
"Our... that kind of spiritual connection, have you forgotten that our bodies are different after we were born in the Dragon Tomb?"
It seems that she hasn't had the opportunity to use the sword skills for a long time, and Xia Yibing almost forgot about it.
"How is that possible?" The woman stood there and shook her head. "Even if I forgot, I can remember it every time I see the ice skates... Oh - you mean I can also see those things because of this connection? You said I can't see them but I can feel them?"
"If we follow the philosophy of the mystical path or the blood mage, then what we did at that time... well, let's call it a combination. It can be seen as 'taking the organization of the Fire Blade as the core and giving the clan a new form'."
"This is also a kind of flesh and blood spell." Hitzfeld nodded in affirmation. "Using the Fire Blade and the Long Summer Blade as the medium, you turned me into your follower. That's why our relationship later... well, became a little too close."
Is this something I can listen to?
Madeline's eyes moved back and forth between the two men's faces, and she discovered that it wasn't just Hitzfeld who was blushing; her wise Director Imaer was also quite charming.
"Hey! Okay, I roughly know what's going on." Xia Yibing nodded, "It was indeed like this for a period of time, but to be honest... since you got... um, that thing, this connection has actually become a little weaker."
She was talking about the dead bone ice needle.
Before that, she had enough control over the girl. Although she never wanted to force her too much because of respect for her, if she wanted, Hitzfeld couldn't refuse.
But everything changed after she got the ice needle. When they met again in that nightmare, she felt that the girl had become extremely unfamiliar, and the feeling of "control" had faded a lot, so she was so worried at the time, afraid that she would lose her.
"So which me do you like better?" Hitzfeld asked as he flipped through the envelope, narrowing his eyes.
"Of course--" Xia Yibing opened her mouth to answer.
But she suddenly paused, realizing that there might be a trap hidden in this question.
Oh, of course I like the completely defenseless Aisuen...that kind of fragile feeling, like a little bird or a squirrel, which gives people only pity.
But this answer shouldn't be what she wanted, right? She was actually very strong-willed... Especially when facing Lengdis, she had the opportunity to embrace family affection, but she still resolutely made that choice.
These are two completely different images, one is delicate and cuddly, the other is proud and strong. Xia Yibing originally thought that she would definitely vote for the former, but when she compared the two images together in her mind, she suddenly realized that the former could not be compared with the latter at all.
"I like you now." She immediately changed her words, "You still have a family-like relationship with me, but you are independent and autonomous enough. You are much more beautiful now than when you were weak. Just like what you said before... there is a beauty of contrast?"
"Cough... cough cough!" Such rude words sounded like a confession. Madeline kept coughing beside her. Hitzfeld lowered his head to open the letter, but everyone could see that her face was red again.
Should I not get involved?
Madeline was feeling bitter.
I just want to know what's in the letter... I should have read it earlier.
"Anyway..." Hitzfeld didn't even dare to look up at the man, "Anyway, you have to know... your connection with the mysterious master is still there. You may not necessarily be able to see the danger bestowed by the mystery, but you can definitely feel it..."
Clearing her mind of distractions, she forced herself to focus on the envelope.
It was no different from the previous letter, with the same strange blood-red emblem: there was a figure in a large circle, the sun was rising behind the figure, and a row of shadows spread out from the feet of the figure.
Only this time, when her eyes were fixed on the emblem, a line of small words appeared in blood-red ink underneath the emblem.
If you stare at it, it will appear. If you look at it, it will disappear. So you can only use your peripheral vision as much as possible... She can see clearly that the small words read "Blood and Bone Mage Society Emblem: Body Master Emblem".
"Body Master..." The girl uttered this word quietly and shook her head, "It seems that the situation here is more complicated than we thought."
Without saying a word, she opened the letter and Xia Yibing moved closer to her, even putting her head on her shoulder to read it.
He glanced at her and said nothing, then Hitzfeld read along:
Dear Esun Hitzfeld:
I believe that with your intelligence, you have guessed what was going on when you first heard about this letter - yes, although I have long wanted to get to know you in this way, I still want to make sure that you are neither pawns of the church nor spies sent by the Mechanical Kingdom. There is no better development than "being attacked by Clint" to prove this point... Please forgive me for not rushing to your aid at that time. After all, I didn't expect them to act so quickly. I promise that I will give you a gift that will satisfy you.
Are you surprised? Actually, no, we have received news that a very bad change has taken place in the church, with extremely bad consequences. So everything you saw yesterday, the laughter, friendship, and joy were all illusions. The conflict between the church and the human king is about to break out, and our Blood Mage Guild, strictly speaking, the Blood and Bone Mage Guild, will firmly stand on the side of the human king. We have never changed our position.
I must remind you here: you must understand what kind of war you are involved in. The source of all this hides a shocking secret, not just as shallow as the Tomb of the Nine Knights. We are bound to disturb the things sleeping in the gray fog.
It is not convenient to go into details in this letter. If you are interested in cooperating with us, please come to Neptune City first. You can find us at the union branch there.
Your loyal admirer: Luca Piracon]
"So I was the only one who didn't notice anything during last night's meal?"
Hitzfeld was still lost in thought when Madeline's complaints came from the side: "Aren't they in the same group? The people from the church and the corpse-retrievers' union must be on one side... What about the rest? Luca and the governor?"
"Agor is most likely loyal to the Human King." Xia Yibing analyzed, "He and Luca are on the same side, but it is hard to say whether the Corpse Retrievers' Union is on the same side as the Church."
"why?"
"Didn't you read the beginning of the letter? He also mentioned a possibility, that is, a spy sent by the Mechanical Kingdom." Xia Yibing's face was not looking good. "Their fear at that time was not fake... Then the appearance of the 'Purple Aurora' is very suspicious. Combined with the theft of the sea chart, the person who did this targeted both the Human King of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom and the Church. Then it must be the Mechanical Kingdom. They also want to find the Tomb of the Nine Knights!"
Of course she was unhappy. No one would be happy if so many outsiders interfered in their "family affairs".
"The result may not be bad." Hitzfeld pondered, "We have too little intelligence now, and our forces here are too weak. If we go to sea with Agor as originally planned, we will definitely be involved in the dispute between the three parties."
Madeline raised her eyebrows: "Isn't it already involved?"
"But we have the ability to expand our power." The girl shook her head, "For example, we can use our identity as a perfume maker to attract followers, or even go to the capital to be conferred a title. Don't you want to bring more people to protect you?"
Madeline fell silent.
Xia Yibing was thinking whether the next step should be to go to Neptune City to find Luca.
After all, the situation has now unfolded: the Blood Mage Guild is the Blood and Bone Mage Guild in disguise. This organization was founded by Sina, who was unwilling to be controlled by Eclipse and wanted to work independently... and Eclipse's power in Aisha is not as strong as previously thought. This can be seen from the fact that they are forced to accept the existence of blood mages and cannot touch the Human King... So there are actually only two paths before them, either help Sina to deal with the church, or help the church to deal with Sina.
To be fair, she didn't want to choose either option.
But on the one hand, they have already fallen out with the church, and on the other hand, Xina probably doesn't know they are coming yet, so they can take advantage of the situation and let them continue fighting.
"Actually, there is a third way." Hitzfeld muttered beside him.
"Hmm... This is not the notification I expected..."
Could it be that what she said was...
As soon as a thought came to Xia Yibing's mind, she heard a knock on the door.
I walked over and opened the door, but the view was empty.
"Boom boom boom!"
Lower your head again.
She saw a mechanical spider crab on the ground.
……
In another time and space, the moonlight is bright.
A full moon hung high in the night sky. Under some mysterious influence, most of the gray fog on the sea dissipated, revealing a gray-black sea surface and the rest... a maze completely outlined by a wall of fog.
In the control room of the Pierre, almost everyone was staring at Tenize, watching him carefully steer the ship through the maze, trying not to encounter any gray fog.
"It feels like holding back some desire and not letting it out..."
Everyone's breathing stopped for a moment, and even Tenney turned around to look at the wooden man.
Darent raised his hands to his chest: "Gentlemen... I'm talking about excretion..."
"You really like this kind of joke, don't you?" Torres couldn't hold it in any longer and glared at him viciously, "Do you want us to plant you in a manure pit? After all, wood can survive by eating fertilizer. Oh—"
Before she could finish her words, she was hit by Cybert's elbow. The nun hated this stupid companion so much - he didn't even notice that there was a second wooden man here, and there was also the tree man Baliu!
"how do you feel?"
Ignoring the farce behind, Leon and Ethan guarded Teni Ze on the left and right, "Don't worry about them, just focus on sailing."
"It's not a big problem." Teni resisted the urge to look back and said while driving, "A maze of this level... I'm telling you, it's too easy..."
After all, he had been driving the boat for so many days, and there were no obstacles in the water. At the beginning, he could drive the boat however he wanted. It was very suitable for novices to practice. After he became proficient, with his skills, passing through the maze was effortless. As long as he was careful, there would be no problem.
"It's quite simple..." Bariu fiddled with the periscope beside him, "How strange, what is the use of this maze?"
Not only is the distance wide, but due to the overall size of Hippocampus Fjord, the complexity is also extremely limited. Any ship can pass through it smoothly as long as the boatswain has eyes. So what is the meaning of its existence?
"Is it possible," Ethan speculated, "that this was formed naturally, a coincidence, and it didn't intend to make things difficult for us?"
"Impossible." Queteini retorted: "Many corners are not smooth enough to be formed naturally. For example, the two turns we just made are both right angles to each other. There is no such coincidence in the world."
Leon and Baliu looked at each other, smiled at each other, and said nothing.
As time goes by, Turner's confidence is also increasing.
This is a good thing, he is becoming more and more like a serious person.
As for why the Pierre did not sneak directly to the end of the maze from underwater - this is because they suspected that this thing contained some kind of information, similar to the rules of a game, and they needed to participate in it to get clues.
"The premise is that this layout was really left behind by someone." Ethan shook his head, "I'm increasingly not convinced that this is the case."
The disappearance of the fog is easy to explain. It is related to the full moon. Every time there is a full moon, the tides will change greatly. This can also be considered an influence. Although I don’t know why, they can indeed be connected.
But if that's the case, then whoever planned all this even took the moon into account?
Every full moon disperses the gray fog and leaves behind a maze of fog walls... Is this something a human can do?
"I...I think I know!"
Teni suddenly shouted excitedly: "I know what this maze is!"
"Hurry up and tell me!" Li Ang urged.
"It's letters!" Teni turned his head back and forth excitedly, "It should be ancient Sarai... It's not a maze! It's a combination of letters! This is a message from God!!!"
No one else was able to speak because they were shocked - was this really something that could be done by human power?
"Are you sure?" Darent was unconvinced. "How can you be sure they are letters?"
"Nonsense... I've learned it!"
Turney turned back.
"I did learn some ancient Sarai... in Puslint, and I am obviously the most artistic person on this ship. You can't doubt my taste!"
"Then tell me which letters they are and what do they mean when spelled together?"
