Law of the Devil

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Chapter 266 [Poor Heart]

This Blue Sea disciple actually took the initiative to mention the big snow mountain for the first time, making Dewey's heart move. But looking at Philip, it seemed obvious and nothing seemed to be hiding anything from him.

Perhaps… Although the Blue Sea is a man of the Great Snow Mountains, Philip, these ordinary disciples, really don't know?

Dewey thought for a moment, "What do you mean? ”

“The prairie people have always regarded the Great Snow Mountain as the highest being, and even their prairie king dared not defy it at the will of the Witch King.” Philip slowed down: “I see that this time with this envoy from Hammayeh, there does not seem to be any heavy snow mountain people. Duchess... have you forgotten the confession we wrote about Snow Mountain, the assassin we caught? ”

Philip certainly knew about the assassination of Eloo and the capture of him sneaking into Dewey's compound at night at the Watt Fortress in the Northwest Army.

Allou was later captured by Dewey and imprisoned in a duke's dungeon, where he wrote the confession under Dewey's “persecution”. Philip, as the chief clerk around Dewey right now, has seen these things, too.

When Philip mentioned it, Dewey was also moving, and both looked at each other for a moment and had to smile slightly.

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To say that the great snow mountain above which it was drafted is indeed a mysterious existence. On the grasslands, the wizards cultivated by the Great Snow Mountains are revered by all prairie people. And Snow Mountain is like a temple for the Roland Empire. However, the high status and prestige far outweigh the status of the Temple in the Roland Empire.

At least, in the Roland Empire, imperial power can still rival the Temple. Empire power is still firmly in the hands of the royal family and the centre of the empire. But on the meadow, the majesty of Snow Mountain is far from the king of the meadow!

The statement written by the female assassin, Errol, is very detailed. Above the Great Snow Mountain, nature is the highest ranking wizard king. The succession of each wizard king is only valid if appointed by the previous wizard king. Passed down from generation to generation, no exception.

Even the current wizard king, White River, is sad. Dewey found the suicide note of the last Witch King in the underground maze of Gilliant City, and knew that the White River grief had been seized by force, but in Eloo's confession, he made it clear. The White River is extremely prestigious on the snowy mountains, and its position is also very solid.

Only because, in Eloo's confession, he did not hide the means by which the White River grieved came to power, it also showed that the White River grieved defeated his teacher in that year, and the last Witch King came to power. Such transgressions would never have been recognized. It is only puzzling that, after being defeated by his own apprentice, the last Witch King, Gulanchou, finally chose to leave Snow Mountain without knowing where he was going. And even though Goranhew was defeated, before he left, he left his will, openly acknowledging his traitor as the new wizard king!

It's weird, I have to say. That's why the White River is so powerful, and even though it is disobedient, it was recognized by the previous wizard, which stabilized the position of the wizard king.

Above Snow Mountain, there are many strange rules, which are written down in Eloo's confession, except that the assassin, based on what she says she knows, can't help but seem to mess up anywhere she thinks about it. But even so, those rules on Snow Mountain, in Dewey's view, were very surprising to him!

Above Snow Mountain, the most mysterious nature is the witchcraft of Snow Mountain. Is it unusual to be able to confront the Imperial Magic Chamber? And what Allou wrote in his confession, on the snowy mountains, is that generations of wizards drill for witchcraft, but they have a very different habit than empire wizards: they value communication!

For example, the magic society that Dewey created last year in Tidu called the "Spirit of Sharing”, on the Great Snow Mountain, but it already exists!

Above Snow Mountain, the division of labour is clear. The overall organizational structure is divided into “three rooms”. The lowest level is "enter the world”, there are about 200 wizards on the big snow mountain, most of them belong to this “enter the world”, the so-called "enter the world”, which is probably the inner wizard, is often ordered to go down the mountain, bard back and forth on the grasslands, spread the faith on the grasslands, stay in the tribes, regardless of tribal size, equal treatment, spread the faith, while also helping the passing tribes heal diseases, teach some backward tribes how to take care of livestock, and even regulate some tribal disputes.

More than a hundred wizards have been walking around the grasslands all year long, and people on the grasslands have seen a great deal of worship. And the strict decree of entering the world that no wizard who walks in the mountains shall receive from any pastoralist or tribal chief a sum of gold and silver. The places of passage, whether chiefs or ordinary pastoralists, are treated equally, irrespective of their cost. In addition to good witchcraft, these oncoming wizards must also know medicine, astronomical geometry, etc., and often even teach nomadic tribes how to judge the onset of the rainy season based on the weather, how to chase water grass and migrate, etc...

The only thing, the wizard of the world, must not interfere in the politics of the meadows! Whether it's a change of throne or a war on the outside. These big things, the incoming wizard must not stretch out a finger to interfere, let it go by nature.

As soon as Dewey learns who the Blue Sea is, he connects the Blue Sea with this group of "joining the world” wizards! The Blue Sea is truly a learned scholar, and astronomical geology and mathematics seem to be proficient. Most of the time, the Blue Sea was a "joining the world” wizard on Snow Mountain!

And in fact, Dewey guessed well. Indeed, the Blue Sea came from this world and was once the chief of the world.

Beyond the world, there is a "set of scriptures”. This description of the "Between Scriptures" surprises Dewey even more! There are about seventy or eighty wizards in the "scripture room", who have been on the snow mountain for many years and have not even stepped down the mountain for most of their lives! These people, as described in the confession, are almost a fixed "research organization” in Dewey's view! Specializing in the research left over from the generations of witches on the prairie, for the results of the study of witchcraft, in the words of Arrow, these people seem to be some lunatics, or some crazy people. Ask nothing but daily research.

In addition, there is a "mixing room” above the snow mountain, which is primarily responsible for the training of witches. Every year, the wizards who “enter the world" walking on the grasslands choose to pick out some of the children they meet and send them to the mountains with exceptional qualifications. The "meeting room", on the other hand, is responsible for the reception of these children, the selection of special qualifications and the training of witches. In addition to cultivating new wizards, the gathering room is mainly responsible for matters on the snow mountain, which, in terms of status, is hidden above the other two rooms. However, this room has the smallest number. Over the years, there have been only about 120 people. But in strength, it's the strongest room on Snow Mountain. Most of the wizards in the room are white robes.

The hierarchy of wizards on Snow Mountain is less complex than that of imperial wizards. Only white and cloth. Generally speaking, ordinary wizards are clothes, and there is little demand for the colour of clothes, some in black or some in grey. And often the strength reaches a certain level, and after obtaining the consent of the Wizard King, he wears white clothes, which is the symbol of the senior wizard.

On top of these three rooms, the Witch King is supreme. However, this presence is also extremely mysterious. According to Allou's confession, although she is a disciple of White River Sorrow, she does not see White River Sorrow several times a year. It's just that most of them are studying in the "club room”. White River grief occurs for about a dozen days each year, at most, but only for a month, to personally teach the disciples, other times, hidden on one of the highest snow peaks on the snow mountain. It is forbidden for the Witch King to summon himself, nor for anyone to disturb him.

People on the prairie view Snow Mountain as a spiritual existence, and often prairie kings send people to worship under the mountain. Often difficult and important things happen, and the Prairie King himself comes down to the mountains to seek instructions from the Witch King. The Witch King is also definitely missing, send up to one wizard, with the blood skull under the banner to convey the will.

If the Witch King were on the mountain, he would send someone to pinch the blood skull flag to the King's Court if he had something important to tell the Prairie King to do.

According to Arrow's description, the White River mourns as if it had never snowed down a snow mountain, even though he was a wizard king.

Dewey and Phillip laughed at each other, and Dewey shook her head: "You're not the one who tried to fake the Snow Mountain Wizard, are you? ”

And Philip laughed, “That's not my fault. From that confession, the connection between the Snow Mountain Wizard and the Grassland Court was almost a one-line connection, and the way this connection was made was too loose. If you want to mess it up, as long as the Grassland King doesn't go to Snow Mountain for proof, it won't reveal a shatter. However, to pretend to be a wizard to lie to Hamuyeh, we have no choice. The assassin does not know if she will listen. If she refuses to do it, she won't do it, lest she reveals her blossoms and gives them a handle instead. ”

“The assassin...” Dewey thought: "She should do what she says. ”

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Negotiations were much happier the second day after that. Dewey has secretly made a deal with Hammayeh, suggesting that he can convince the Emperor to pull down his stationed troops on the prairie. However, Hammayeh is still bitten about the terms of compensation.

“Duke, I think your country is talking about some lions! Eighty thousand horses? You wrote only 30,000 copies on the first contract you drafted before!! That's $30,000, and it's definitely not working! Besides, 80,000!! ”

Dewey immediately rebutted: "But Lord Hammayeh, there was no word in the previous articles that our Empire would withdraw its troops! If we make concessions, can't you pay more? ”

“Eighty thousand... but too many!” Hammayeh even shook his head: “Although there are many horses on our prairie, after all, war horses are not ordinary horses, and among the five horses, it is not necessarily possible to pick a war horse!! I think the number of cows and sheep is acceptable, and this war horse is absolutely unacceptable! ”

Dewey looked down and shook his head immediately: "Absolutely not! Ordinary sheep and cows are worth nothing! A fine sword of our empire can swap two sheep on the prairie! Ordinary sheep and cows, what's the use of coming here? ”

Hamuyeh hey chuckles: “Duchess... since the two sides are talking peace, then brothers and friends will be in the future, your country wants so many war horses, are you ready to fight! ”

Dewey also fought back and drank: "So, who are you storing so many horses against? ”

The two sides argued for one morning and finally set the number of war horses at "30,000”.

Watching Hammayeh finally agree to this clause, Dewey doesn't know if she's happy or heavy in her heart!

Prairie people can easily pay for 30,000 horses... so what's their potential? They say there are tens of thousands of strings in a big tribe on the prairie! Bigger tribes can't mobilize 100,000 iron rides with a single order!!

So, grassland kings with the whole grassland, if war mobilizes, how many cavalry can they mobilize?!

Later, when talking about other reparations, Hammayeh offered to compensate 10,000 cows and sheep, and Dewey immediately laughed, saying that the horses were worth a lot more than cattle and sheep, and that the horses had 30,000. Did the prairie even count towns and sheep? Or does the prairie think that cattle and sheep are worth more than horses?

After half a day of discussion, 20,000 cows and sheep were finally finalized. Dewey asked for an extra 10,000 pieces of good cowhide, and Hammayeh thought about it and said yes. Of course, this 10,000 fine cowhides, not for the Empire, but for Dewey himself.

Hammuyeh had a great understanding of the official customs of the Roland Empire, and it was strange if the other side did not ask for benefits. He was relieved when he saw Dewey ask for a personal gift.

10,000 pieces of good cowhide is really nothing to the prairie people. Even Hammayeh himself can afford it.

In the end, however, the two sides stalled on two issues.

Duviso wants 5,000 slaves, Hammayeh dies and refuses, and the grassland population is already small. Every young man and woman is invaluable, and even slaves do not give way easily. Because of the custom on the prairie, once the battle begins, the prairie kings issue orders to enlist those slaves, and once the battle has been fought, they will be free. So slave warfare tends to be extremely brave, and the fighting power of the "slave cavalry" on the prairie also makes the Imperial Army very unscrupulous.

Count Billia, who participated in the negotiations alongside him, was puzzled by the death of Dewey and his desire for slavery. In the middle, he searched for an opportunity to take Duvalla outside, asking privately: "Duchess, we have no shortage of people in our empire. Five thousand slaves is only a small number. There's no need to argue over such small numbers. ”

Dewey smiled.

Of course he doesn't care about thousands of slaves. At the price of the Empire, the value of 5,000 slaves is nothing more than hundreds of gold coins.

Only, he values the slaves of the prairies! Prairie slaves are different from the South! Nanyang slaves can only do some labor. But slaves in the meadows are good at raising horses and grazing! More importantly, none of these people are good at riding!

“Count Billia… these 5,000 slaves, I want them for myself.” Dewey smiled and said: "As for its usefulness, I can't say it anymore. ”

Billia looked at Dewey somewhat puzzled and thought that the Duke was strange. His family was already extremely rich, but how could he care so much for thousands of slaves in the district?

Count Billia also has the intention of bringing this negotiation to an early conclusion. Thinking about it, while we were eating at noon, we quietly talked to Hammayeh. Describes Dewey's mind.

Hammayeh was also a little tired of this depletion. After listening to it, he immediately said: “It turns out that the Duchess is a VIP… In that case, it is different. Well, the slave thing doesn't have to be written on the contract. My own tribe, though small, has some slaves. It's only 5,000 numbers, it's not easy to collect at the moment... Well, I personally give the Duke 2,000 slaves, so consider it my Duchess Hammayeh and Duchess making friends! ”

Billia and Dewey said that Dewey was pretending to get rid of "what's so funny”, but he wrote a cool and quick signature.

Count Billia has always deliberately made out with Dewey, and naturally he will not let go of this opportunity. And to Dewey, he laughed: "What city is the Duchess going to build these days with so many slaves? Well, there are some slaves in my family. If the Duchess doesn't dislike it, I'll write back tomorrow and have 2,000 people sent to the northwest immediately. ”

Dewey thought, "What I want is a prairie slave. If I were a Nanyang slave, what would I do so much for? With a future king of the South, a slave of the South, in my hands, am I missing?

"Uncle Billia didn't know that I was going to build a ranch here to raise horse and horse animals, so slaves in general were useless.

Billia listened, a moment of silence: "Turns out what you're missing is a pastoralist. It's just that we haven't fought the grasslands in years, and there are very few grassland slaves on the domestic market. So, I went back to the tempo, and although it wasn't much, 300 or 500 people were able to pull it together. ”

“Thank you so much!” Dewey was polite, too, and responded with a sip.

Then Philip couldn't help but ask Dewey privately: "My lord… what do we want so many prairie slaves for? These guys are barbaric and not easy to tame... Besides, the northwest is desolate and it's not easy to build a large ranch. ”

“Where do I want it for myself!” Dewey shook his head with a smile: “Well, you heard what Gaida said, the last time I ran into Gilead, I let go of a prairie prisoner of war, the guy named Saladin! The guy is a bit skilled, ambitious and tactful, and of royal descent. I put him back, and I thought sooner or later this guy wouldn't split up on the prairie. Sending someone back is like burying a spark in the prairie! The only problem is that now that the guy is alone, there is no power, just don't have much climate in the short term... the thousands of prairie slaves I want are ready to give to him... and then, let's give him a ride... hey! ”

Philip suddenly realized and laughed.

Negotiations began smoothly in the afternoon, after all, the main conditions were agreed. Neither did Hamuil ask for anything more.

The grasslands' greatest desire is naturally the metal of the empire. There are no mines on the grasslands, and the most lacking is iron. However, the Empire strictly forbids the trafficking of any iron weapons to the grasslands, which is the law of the Empire. Hammayeh had no idea about the issue, and it was clear that even if he had imposed a ban on the empire's opening of iron weapons, the other party would never have agreed to it.

Only in the end did Hammayeh offer his final greetings above the wording of the book.

Dewey demanded a solemn apology from the prairie script and asked the prairie to assume the position of "seeking peace”. This is unacceptable for proud and disgraceful grassland people.

Cattle and sheep can give and horses can give a little. But Hammayeh refused to accept the offer of peace. Though it was only a name, Hammayeh died without letting go.

Dewey was angry in his heart, and all he had done was not willing to bear the charge of "selling the country”. If you “ask for peace”, I'm afraid you won't wait three days. If the news gets back, the Emperor will scold the streets for his reputation!

Moreover, in this case, De Saxony province in Dewey was the biggest victim. The prairie don't apologize, do you have to apologize yourself?!

But that seems to be the bottom line in Hammayeh's heart. Compensation can be paid, but if you bow your head and admit you are wrong, you will never agree.

Dewey didn't say much either, just stood up and glanced at Philip, which means: it looks like that move is still going to work!

With Dewey's uncomfortable face on his sleeve, Billia couldn't help but smile and say to Hammuyeh: "Well, since the sky is not early, then the rest of you might want to think about it and talk about it tomorrow. ”

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That evening, Dewey demobilized the guards around the dungeon, and one of them came to the dungeon when he pushed the door in. Aru was sitting on the corner of the wall with his knee in his arms and his head overhead.

Dewey hasn't visited her in days since the last "rude”. Alou is trapped here alone, and the pain in his heart is naturally beyond words.

That... that horrible tulip duke, that day...

But whenever I think about what Dewey did to me that day, I should have hated it, but Allou's fear of discovery, no matter what, can create a hint of hatred in his heart! On the contrary, the mind seems to have a few more expectations.

On the other hand, sitting alone, I can't help but think of that trembling smile on Dewey's face and those eyes...

He... the way he laughed, and his eyes, they were so beautiful...

After thinking that Dewey had almost stripped herself off that day and “treated" herself like that, and then suddenly got up and left, Allou's heart was filled with a complex flavor, as if there was a little bit of shame - a little bit of shame, of course, far from hatred for the enemy. Instead, he thinks, "How could he just walk away like that?" Am I so unattractive in his eyes?

Alone in this cell, these few days are truly year-round, the mind is disturbed, the thoughts are constant, inconsistent, but Dewey's face is always unstoppable. The more Alau wants to be scared, the more he looks forward to it...

Finally, when she heard the door open, her heart trembled suddenly: Him! He's here?

Looking up, I couldn't help but be surprised!

The man who walked into the room, dressed in a white robe, was clearly a witch's costume on Snow Mountain! Under the tall cape, the face can't be seen clearly, but over the other party's neck, there is a string of black beads, clearly the witch's costume!!

Her first thought, shocked by her heart, was: Is it someone on Snow Mountain who came to rescue herself? The teacher took himself seriously and sent a white wizard?

But then I heard this "White Wizard" smile lightly, the voice hidden with a hint of cunning and malice, the same laughter that I had been thinking about the past few days.

In shock, Allou had to lose his mind.

Dewey laughed and lifted her cape at random, revealing herself and looking at the female prisoner in front of her: "Look, do I look like a wizard in this dress on Snow Mountain? ”

“You... how did you get dressed as a wizard?” Erucius asked.

“Humph.” Dewey said softly, "I killed a white wizard myself when I was down in Gilliant City, and that's how I remember him dressed. Well, it's just that I can't remember very well, but I'm not sure. Can you help me see if there's anything broken? ”

After a moment of inactivity, Allou forgot to question Dewey's intentions as a wizard, just seeing Dewey, one heart flew to Dewey as if it were a blind brain, where else could he think of something? I couldn't help but listen to Dewey and look him in the eye and whisper: “Well... the robe should be shorter and the rest... is gone. ”

Dewey nodded with satisfaction and grabbed a dagger from his arms and cut a slice of the bottoming of the robe, then pulled out a bag from the storage ring and threw it far away to Allou, laughing: "Well, it's your clothes inside, put it on, and I'll do something with you later. ”

Clothes, clothes?

Allou grabbed the baggage that Dewey threw at him and opened it. It was actually a wizard's robe, but it wasn't white, it was black.

“What do you... what do you want? Why…” Eloo asked with some fear.

Dewey didn't answer, but looked up and down at herself and sighed: "Alas, there's still some blooming. Although the Wizard's robe resembles the style of the Wizard's robe of our Roland Empire, the texture of the materials is different. I recall implicitly that the white witch I killed that day, his robe was white, but as if it was not ordinary fabric. When I touched it, it felt slippery and soft, but it was sturdy, I didn't know what fabric it was. However, between rushes, I could only temporarily and randomly get this one, only in the middle of the night, the other party couldn't detect it... Hmm, he always dared not come up to touch a white witch's robe, though his identity was honorable. ”

“You… what exactly are you going to do?” Although Allou has a bit of an upside down to Dewey's spirit these past few days, after all, Dewey's glamour eye, although it can take away the girl's heart, Allou is still a man of Snow Mountain, and secretly feels Dewey's bad intentions, so he has to ask.

Dewey smiled slightly, approached a few steps, said something in Alou's ear. Alou listened and changed color: “You… I can never do such things! I won't betray Snow Mountain! You... you kill me! ”

“Again with the line 'Kill me'.” Dewey whistled deliberately and then reached out to pinch Ello's chin, who could have dodged his side, but he looked at Dewey's hand and somehow, he was soft and had no idea what he was hiding from.

Pinched this female prisoner's jaw, Dewey closes in, stares into her eyes, and whispers: "Don't worry, you'll do it! ”

Eye of Enchantment Currently, Allou is deterred by Dewey's eyes, and the brightness in his eyes disappears slightly. Finally, he has to whisper: “I... I... I...”

“You what?” Dewey's voice seemed to stick all the way into Ello's heart.

“I do…” Ello's voice sounds like a dream: “I will do anything you want me to do…”

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