Chapter 202 The meeting of two true goddesses
The outline of Mokou Town gradually appeared in Helister's sight. She glanced at Brian, who was modifying the drawings of the Wizard Tower attentively and seriously. , the frowning look at that time made her couldn't help but smile.
She leaned comfortably on the soft cushion, gently closed her beautiful eyes, and let her mind fall into silence in the sea of spiritual consciousness. She used her observation ability and looked at the entire scene of Mokou Town with great interest.
This was Brian's first territory. Recalling his lofty ideals, she felt that she had to stand with him.
After all, one day in the future, she might be able to become the mistress of the territory.
Thinking of this, Helist couldn't help but feel a little shy about this idea that came to her spontaneously.
She shook her head slightly, concentrated on using her psychic powers.
She saw the ground coming towards her, and the whole world spread out below, like a colorful picture.
Everything is extremely clear, and you can have a panoramic view of the entire Mokou Town and all kinds of people during the carriage ride.
She overlooked Mokou Town like a soaring eagle. Viewed from a high place, the originally tall towers became short and fat, and the city walls were like lines on the land.
She saw a druid on the balcony, observing the sky with a polished alchemy tube and scribbling on a parchment scroll with a frown.
The Purple Dragon Knights of the Kingdom of Cormyr practiced swordsmanship in the square of the castle, holding real weapons made of fine steel in their hands. A strong ogre working in the stable easily killed The anvil is carried on the shoulders, like a normal person lifting a sheaf of rice to the forge of the blacksmith shop.
In the depths of the castle, the tall oak trees were meditating on the reflection in the lake, and the leaves rustled in the cold wind.
It’s more of a city than a town, she thought.
On the tall and majestic city wall, a group of mountain dwarves are busy reinforcing, repairing and renovating it. The three wizards unfolded the drawings and carefully inspected the eighteen arrow towers standing on the city wall.
After observing carefully, Helister was surprised to find that what the three wizards were detecting was not the arrow tower, but the spell turret that needed to be triggered manually.
This is an extremely dangerous structure between a trap and a construct.
Powerful wizards use it to guard mage towers and important areas in the guild, and priests place it in temples.
In various cities on the mainland, there are only a handful of forces that can use spell turrets on city walls in large quantities.
Because this kind of structural building is not only completed when it is erected on the city wall.
Not to mention the expensive materials consumed, whether it is the energy to activate the turret or the casters to maintain and control it, a huge expenditure is required.
The cost and price involved in building a spell turret makes it far less cost-effective than other war equipment such as ballistae, arrow towers, and catapults.
Herister spread her spiritual energy, and sure enough, although the eighteen spell turrets were completed, the energy cores had not yet been activated.
She was not worried about this.
She knew that Brian had a deep meaning in doing this.
She continued to focus on the town, which contained the completed Sifang Avenue.
This neat and ordinary road gave her a strong visual impact, which was different from any city she had ever seen before.
It's not that the buildings here are so shocking, but that everything here is planned very neatly, with a sense of order than any city she has ever seen.
The most conspicuous road in the town, the straight and spacious main road leading to the Lord's Castle, is divided into four passages with white and yellow paint. The carriages traveling back and forth are located in the two passages separated by solid lines in the middle. Pedestrians walk on the outside road.
There are hidden drainage channels and drainage outlets on both sides of the road.
A hundred meters apart, there are green wooden barrels for storing garbage. Several goblin cleaners wearing the same clothes clean up the garbage on the road or the excrement left by horses and livestock from time to time.
Everything looks very orderly.
Because a horse-drawn carriage that had just lost control of its vehicle and violated road rules had been stopped by a patrolling guard team.
The businessman who got off the carriage quickly and respectfully took a ticket, signed his name, and then took out a few coins before letting him go.
Pedestrians passing by seemed accustomed to this scene and were not surprised.
Accustomed to seeing the free and imaginative creativity of Silvermoon City's architects, Helister actually felt a sense of pleasure in the rows of novel and neat buildings and roads in this town.
This is the beauty of order.
She couldn't help but recall what Brian once told her:
The beauty of order is also one of the laws of formal beauty in artistic creation such as music, poetry, art, and design.
Because the laws of orderly beauty are discovered and extracted from our lives, all things in nature grow in an orderly manner, such as the feathers of birds, the leaves of plants, the growth of flowers, etc. The characteristics of orderly beauty are It is repetitive, gradual, and regular.
These characteristics constitute a strong aesthetic sense of order.
Helist just took a few glances and gradually fell in love with this place.
She likes this neat and clean environment, where civilians can also play various roles under the beauty of order.
With the efforts of the goblin cleaners, there is no excrement on the road. Even though there is a large population here, there is no filthy smell in the air. Even the orcs and trolls know that they are clean and tidy. dress.
Herister silently watched everything she saw. She was a psychic who could maintain peace of mind at all times, but the further back she went, the more surprised the expression on her face became.
Because she knew Brian very well, and I was afraid that there was no one in the whole world who knew him better than she did.
It was really hard for her to imagine how Brian could build all this while occupying Mokou Town in such a short period of time after returning to the surface from the Dark Territory.
As the saying goes, ‘You can see the whole leopard when you look at one spot’.
Seeing this orderly town, she knew what a spectacular sight it would be if Brian really built a floating city suspended in the sky.
He once told himself that he would establish a country where magic would be popularized among all the people.
Although she is a psychic who masters psychic powers, she thinks that both magic and psychic powers are like an art.
Great and remarkable art can create beautiful and extraordinary things.
Herister came back to her senses and slowly opened her eyes. She saw that Brian had stopped concentrating on revising the drawings at some point.
Recalling the stunned look on his face when he saw the drawings he had modified, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, and a smile appeared.
"How does it feel? Do you like it?" He noticed her smile, arranged the drawings, and asked with a smile.
He asked this, obviously already knowing that he was just observing his town through spiritual energy.
“I like it very much.” Heliste said truthfully with a slight chin.
While the two were chatting, the convoy soon arrived at a square in the center of Mokou Town.
At this moment, the square was already filled with people greeting us.
There is no doubt that these people are all Brian's people who gradually joined his team during the process of occupying and ruling Mokou Town.
For example, during his absence, the old swordmaster Baleris who was temporarily appointed as the acting lord, the businessman Graal who was in charge of the logistics of the entire town, the dragon warlock Salo, the leader of the town garrison, as well as the purple dragon knight and the war mage. , as well as the wizards of the Silver Scholars Association, and even people from the Temple of Knowledge and the Church of the Mother Earth, were also attracted by this battle.
Not to mention the large group of people who gathered here out of curiosity.
Everyone knew that it was their newly appointed mage lord who was back.
Since the battle with Ghost City ended, their lord has disappeared directly.
Under such circumstances, it is natural that some of the suppressed forces, as well as the spies or informants who will stay here in the City of Shadows and Zhentarim, will start to have a little bit of floating thoughts, or create rumors, saying that Mo Mo The mage lord of Kou Town died long ago in some accident.
For example, the accidental version says that the lord of Mokou Town died due to a mistake in spell research, and was crushed to death by a ferocious wild boar while out hunting. It is also said that he was strangled to death because the ferocious wild boar was difficult to swallow and digest.
The conspiracy theory rumor is that their lord died on the dining table long ago because the failed Shadowmen secretly sent a legendary Shadow Guard assassin to poison his food.
Another version said that the disappearance of the mage lord in Mokou Town was definitely caused by the old swordmaster Balerius, because he was the lord's bodyguard, and he became the acting lord as soon as the lord disappeared.
In short, as Brian disappeared for more days, the version of the rumor became more and more bizarre by some rumormongers hiding in the pub.
However, when everyone learned that the lord of Mokou Town appeared in the town in such a high-profile manner, the so-called various versions of the rumors were naturally self-defeating and collapsed at the first touch.
As a result, a large group of people stretched their necks to see if their lord who had disappeared for such a long time was really back.
Brian was wearing a dark purple cloak, and his messy black hair was slightly combed by him.
He stepped down from the carriage, and under the puzzled gazes of most people, he leaned slightly and made an inviting gesture gracefully.
His invitation immediately attracted everyone's attention, including a group of subordinates who were still kept in the dark.
They are all curious about what kind of person makes their lord pay so much attention to him.
They saw a graceful figure walking out of the door curtain.
This mysterious female elf, with waist-length silver hair hanging loose, wearing a plain dress dancing in the wind, her beautiful face and cold temperament, deeply shocked most people With.
"It turned out to be the newly appointed city lord from Silver Moon City." A well-informed and wealthy businessman couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing Helister's face clearly.
His exclamation was like a bombshell falling into the crowd. Most people were like wooden and clay sculptures, shocked to the spot, staring at the otherworldly figure in stunned silence.
Silver Moon City is known as the 'Treasure of the North', the core of the Silver Federation, a country of good and rich beauty that cannot tolerate evil. Naturally, everyone knows about it.
When everyone learned that their lord invited the Lord of Silver Moon City, one can imagine how shocked they were.
Although this newly appointed city lord feels very strange to them, the title of 'Silver Moon City Lord' and what it represents have to be taken seriously.
What's more, this is a female elf with extraordinary appearance and outstanding temperament.
Brian took Helister's delicate hand, helped her off the horse, and then walked towards the welcoming crowd.
He looked in high spirits, just like a lord who was patrolling his territory with his mistress. Although he had a confident smile on his face, he was not at all complacent.
"This is the city lord from Silvermoon City, Ms. Heliste Moon Whispering. This beautiful and noble lady has condescended to come to our territory after traveling thousands of miles. Let us welcome her arrival with the highest respect. "
Brian pointed to the quiet Lord of Silver Moon City beside him, raised his voice, and said to his subordinates.
This was a choice he made with Helister's consent.
The main reason why he introduced Helister in such a high-profile manner was to tell everyone, including his enemies, about his relationship with the Silver Federation.
In this case, his enemies will at least have a little more worry when targeting him.
In an instant, the crowd responded with thunderous applause and cheers.
Obviously, beautiful women are always welcome no matter where they are.
Faced with this scene, Herister's beautiful face showed a quiet and elegant smile. She inadvertently leaned towards Brian, and then nodded slightly to his subordinates. , the long silver hair shawl swayed gently.
Her clear and indifferent expression, coupled with her otherworldly temperament, and her sudden smile, immediately made people feel like they were bathing in spring breeze, and made countless eyeballs pop.
Even Brian couldn't help but look sideways, thinking sourly that he usually had a hard time making her laugh, but on this occasion, she unexpectedly showed a smile that made her feel comfortable.
Seeing this, and the Lord of Mokou Town personally recognizing Helister's identity, his subordinates immediately felt huge waves in their hearts.
The female lord of Silver Moon City actually accepted the invitation of her own lord and suddenly condescended to visit Mokou Town. Obviously no one thought that she came to cooperate with a border town like Mokou Town.
Because the two sides have no basis for cooperation at all, even if they did, they would send members of the Silver Federation to directly deal with the king of Cormyr, rather than a small lord of a town.
The most important thing is that their lord and the lord of Silver Moon City stand very close to each other while walking, so close that one can guess their close relationship at a glance. The results are clear.
Their lord had been missing for so many days. It turned out that he had gone to pick up the city lord of Silver Moon City. What was even more incredible was that he actually brought her back.
As the acting lord of Mokou Town, Balerius, seeing this situation was extremely shocking, even a little unbelievable, as if he was dreaming.
He was once an adventurer and mercenary, so he naturally knew how important it was to be recognized by the Silver Moon Dragon Queen of the North and become the Lord of Silver Moon City.
Moreover, as a sword master who is infinitely close to the legendary realm, his keen insight can deeply sense the vague aura exuded by the Lord of Silver Moon City.
Legendary Realm!
Not only did he guess that the Lord of Silver Moon City was a legendary powerhouse, he also firmly believed that the other party was not as simple as an ordinary legendary powerhouse.
Otherwise, how could she be recognized by the arrogant Golden Dragon and let her become the spokesperson of the Northland.
While Balerius was shocked, he was also extremely pleased inside.
After all, the enemy they faced was the City of Shadows. Although he had the Kingdom of Cormyr as a big backer behind him, he was still a little worried in his heart.
Now, their lord has met the lord of Silver Moon City, and the relationship between the two is extraordinary. This is definitely a huge help to Mokou Town.
However, what puzzled him was how this female lord from Silver Moon City, who was so powerful, could fall in love with his lord.
Gral, the fat businessman standing next to Balerius, didn’t think so much.
As a core member, he naturally knows the reason for the sudden disappearance of the lord. It is mainly to save his children who are trapped in the magic book.
Of course, his own lord used his skills in rescuing people to bring back the Lord of Silver Moon City, which made him admire their Lord.
Although he had already learned the news about the Lord Lord and the Lord of Silver Moon City in advance from his child Sissi, the effect was naturally very different from what he saw with his own eyes.
At the same time, he was secretly glad that he had made a wise choice.
With Lord Silver Moon's relationship, he can take this opportunity to open the trade channel between the coast of Falling Star Sea and the Northland, and accumulate more wealth for Mokou Town.
Brian brought the city lord of Silver Moon City to Mokou Town. It can be said that some people were happy and some were worried.
Except for those who were hiding in the dark and trying to resist him, even Pastor Kalina of the Church of the Mother Earth had a look in her eyes when she looked at Helist, who was standing with Brian. There was a touch of sadness in them all.
“Hey, this is a good cabbage that has been eaten by pigs.”
A burly tauren appeared behind Kalena, laughing and mocking: "It's a pity that some people look like they want to be fucked by a pig, so I'm afraid they don't have a chance."
"What are you doing? Here?”
Kalena was too lazy to pay attention to the tauren druid of the Emerald Garden. In order to divert her disappointed mood, she asked casually, “Don’t you just stay in your own little place?” Fishing and playing cards in the woods, what are you doing here?”
In fact, when she first saw the lord of Mokou Town, she was deeply attracted by his calm and calm temperament. .
After briefly exchanging some knowledge about agricultural development with him, I became completely fascinated by this wise mage lord.
She originally thought she could take advantage of the celebration banquet after the battle and rely on her appearance and identity to catch the lord into her hands in advance.
Although when she became the pastor of the Mother Earth Church, in order to focus on her faith, she made an oath without hesitation that she would not marry and have children for the rest of her life, but this did not mean that she would restrain her desires, so She has secretly regarded the Lord of Mokou Town as her lover in her heart.
Who would have thought that after disappearing for only a few days, someone would get there first.
Karena secretly regretted that she let him slip away on the night of the banquet.
If she had known that she would have come directly to force him, she might have succeeded with her own strength. She thought to herself, and the more she thought about it, the more she regretted that she had not attacked him out of instinctive shame.
"I don't want to fight!"
The tauren's indignant words interrupted her meditation.
The old cow blew out a wisp of white air from his nostrils and said to her, "Let me ask you, when playing cards, do you like to play cards with a person who curses when he loses and cheers when he wins? "
"I won't play cards with such a fool," Kalina blurted out without thinking.
"Yes, Crow Old Deer and the others are not willing either..." The tauren scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a rather depressed expression.
Kalena was amused by the tauren's words, and the smile on her face also dispelled the sadness in her heart.
After calming down, she understood what she should do next.
Obviously, she won't give up so easily.
Northland is so far away from the Kingdom of Cormyr, and she lives in Mokou Town, there is always a chance for the two of them to break up.
At this moment, there was a slight commotion ahead.
When Brian followed the chaotic position, he saw a group of battle mages in purple cloaks. The chaotic crowd automatically gave way to a path.
Then, he saw Myrcella Raul, the female lord of Arabe City, leading a dozen battle mages, walking towards him.
Seeing that the female lord of Arabe City came to his territory in person, not only was he not happy, but he felt that her purpose of coming here had a hidden meaning.
After all, he obtained the Purple Dragon Seal Ring from the female lord’s sister Hisela, and the method used to obtain it does not sound very honorable.
At this time, he led Herister from Silver Moon City to make a high-profile appearance in Mokou Town, and unexpectedly met the female lord of Arabey.
This made him feel inexplicably guilty.
So much so that I subconsciously thought that this aggressive female lord might have come to Xingshi to question him and call him a scumbag.
If she really scolded herself in front of so many people and stood up for her sister, the scene would be unimaginable...
However, considering the character of the duchess, he After thinking about it carefully, I think it is impossible.
Besides, although he really wanted Helist to fall in love with him, in fact, he and Helist had no special relationship on the surface, and he couldn't make a fuss about it.
When the time comes, the Silver Moon City Lord will come forward to clarify the facts and defend himself.
He knew Helister’s character and believed she would do this.
"Why did the Duchess appear here?" Brian couldn't help but ask his acting lord Balerius.
“My lord, while you were away from the territory, Duke Raul often came here to inspect.” Balerius replied, “Moreover, she also sent a group of spellcasters to stay behind the rock bunker. Shan, together with the people of the Silver Scholars Association, prepare the obsidian brick enchantment spell for you to build the wizard tower."
When Brian heard this, his expression relaxed, and he couldn't help but cast a grateful look at the female lord.
After all, as long as he wasn't standing up for Hesiah, he would be relieved.
At this moment, he really liked the teachings of the goddess of love: love is not exclusive.
In his opinion, when it comes to women, only children make choices. If conditions permit, having them all is the most fragrant thing.
He is not a prude. When he meets a woman he likes, he will naturally try his best to catch her, so as not to take advantage of other men.
He has already decided that when things here are finished, he will go find Hesiah who is willing to devote herself to him.
After figuring out the problem, Brian was about to meet the Duchess and talk to her, but he was embarrassed to find that the other party didn't even look at him. He came straight to Helister, leaned over slightly and smiled:
< br>"Welcome to the Kingdom of Cormyr, the distinguished Lord of Silver Moon City."
"I am Myrcella Raul from Arabel City. Nice to meet you." The Duchess said to Helister He stretched out his delicate white palm and introduced himself politely.
Brian's intuition told him that Duke Raul of Arabe was indeed trying to make a fool of himself just now.
He didn't care about this.
However, he was still a little inexplicably proud to see two female lords in the game world who he once regarded as true goddesses unexpectedly meeting on such an occasion due to his own reasons.
The temperaments of these two true goddesses, one elegant and refined, the other gentle and graceful, appeared here at the same time and stood together. Even Brian himself was deeply attracted, not to mention those The melon-eaters who were watching were probably so wide-eyed that their eyes dropped to the floor.
At this moment, the news that the Lord of Silver Moon City and the female lord of Arabey appeared here at the same time had already spread throughout the town, so that the square was filled with people.
“Heliste Moon murmured.”
Looking at Myrcella, Arabey’s female lord, there was an inexplicable vigilance in Heliste’s beautiful eyes. She shook her hand briefly and said softly: "Nice to meet you too."
Seeing that the two of them had communicated and become the center of attention, Brian was also happy to use it as a backdrop.
In fact, to be honest, he actually didn't like such an occasion.
However, just as he was secretly rejoicing, Helister's next move suddenly struck him like a thunderbolt.
"Duke Raul is indeed more famous than the first sight. In fact, Brian has told me in detail about you."
Her beautiful face was covered with a slight smile. , holding Brian's arm gently with his right hand, and said to Myrcella in a melodious and sweet voice:
"Welcome to Mokou Town as a guest. I would like to express my deep gratitude to you for your help to Brian. If you need help with anything in the future, on behalf of the Silver Federation, I will definitely work together to help."
Herister's voice was soft and sweet as usual, but her tone of voice was as if she was the mistress of the territory.
Her straightforward and intimate behavior immediately caused the crowd to explode, and Brian, who wanted to keep a low profile, suddenly became the protagonist of the audience.
Brian even vaguely heard a few vulgar words: "Have you seen how awesome our lord is? Even the noble Lord of Silver Moon City has been conquered!"
Brian was stunned by the astonishing words blurted out by this usually peaceful elf.
The tone of her voice was already indicating to everyone her close relationship with her.
For this kind of thing, if it were on other occasions, he would naturally be very happy.
But when he glanced at Myrcella's slightly narrowed and meaningful eyes looking at him, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
"She is right."
In this delicate occasion, he forced himself to calm down, looked at the duchess, and said with a smile, "I have already returned from Ballery. I’m deeply grateful for the Duke’s help to the territory.”
"This is just a simple effort. I am doing this for the Kingdom of Cormyr."
Myrcella's silver-gray eyes rested on Helister, and an inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Mutter of the Moon This lady is visiting the Kingdom of Cormyr for the first time. If you don’t mind, I sincerely invite you to my mage tower.”
“I’m very sorry, Duke Raul.”
Herister. He met her meaningful eyes and said in a slightly calm tone, "I promised Brian that I would stay with him for a few days and help him build the wizard tower."
"In that case, then we will Let's go to the back mountain of Rock Bunker." Myrcella Raul still had a warm smile on her face and made an inviting gesture gracefully, "Please, madam."
"Gral, Ruin." Brian said to his two subordinates, "Are all the materials I need ready?"
"Everything is ready, Lord Lord." Graal He replied with an extremely respectful expression.
"All the obsidian bricks have been enchanted and are waiting for your return." The moon elf mage looked at Helister and Myrcella with strange eyes, and replied with a smile, "Old The dragon turtle is also waiting for you there."
"Then go to the back mountain and start building the wizard tower." Brian gave the order.
The group of people rushed towards the back mountain of Yanbunker.
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(End of this chapter)