Luna, in a daze, sat on the armchair where Hermione was supposed to sit.
Then there was silence.
Not only Luna, but after that, everyone on the tower platform fell into silent waiting one after another under the influence of Hermione who kept silent.
Today's negotiation is the same as what was agreed with the twin zombies at the beginning. The time and place were all chosen and decided by the humans. But in fact, the location can be accurately determined in advance, but the time is very difficult.
According to the other party, since the Lord of the Living Corpses still had to deal with the demon going south, three days after the agreement was made on that day, the other party limited the specific appointment time to the morning of the fourth day.
Therefore, whether the time is short or long, they need to wait patiently here for a period of time.
It must be said that this feeling of waiting around with nothing to do is actually very bad. Everyone has no idea about the future; everyone is actually secretly uneasy about the recent negotiations; and everyone is even more tired and uneasy about everything they have experienced in recent years.
To be able to persist in resisting in the face of so many powerful enemies such as Haierbo, living corpses, demons, etc., they don't even see much prospects and hope. All they rely on is just a belief.
It was a rebellious belief that was planted by the original Maka, nourished by the abilities and achievements of Hermione and a few others, and sprouted out of the grief and reluctance of losing her hometown and family and friends.
However, just three days ago, everyone saw the body of the person who had planted faith in their hearts - the man who was extremely talented, who had defeated two generations of Dark Lords alone, and who could even get better and better despite being targeted by the ancient dark wizard Haierbo. Qiang, the young and strong man who seemed to always be so calm and unhurried, actually died
No one dares to believe it, but they have to believe it, because this seems to be the fact, a fact that has been completely exposed in front of everyone.
Today, the strength of Harry, Safina, Hermione, Delphi, Blois, Sarah... these people have been fully demonstrated. They can use powerful and mysterious magic to eliminate large numbers of living zombies, kill high-level living zombies, and defeat demons several times. They can design and deploy powerful ancient magic formations to withstand massive armies of living zombies and demons. The joint attack lasted for a long time, and even if they were finally defeated, they did not lose too many manpower.
And even among such a group of people with different abilities and abilities, but all of them surpassed most modern wizards in terms of magic, none of them could find any abnormalities in the ice coffin or the body in the ice coffin. .
Then the thought in everyone's mind that "Mr. McClain may not be dead" became the only abnormality.
Therefore, although everyone has been busy preparing for the past three days, everyone's hearts are in chaos. Some people even begin to wonder if what they are doing has any meaning.
Obviously, this confusion is the same for everyone at the moment - even Hermione and Delphi, who have more speculations about Maka's death, before the speculation in their minds is really confirmed, they and others Just as uneasy, just as worried, just as confused.
So they all waited here, extremely uneasy, but forcing themselves to wait patiently. Those on the tower, those under the tower, those on defense, those on guard, they may not all be aware that they may have an answer soon, but other than habitually trusting Hermione's dispatch and arrangements, what else can they do
As a result, time slipped away bit by bit as everyone waited silently.
…
The sky refused to clear up as most people expected, but remained gloomy, as if it would rain again at any time, making the roads Hermione walked yesterday even more muddy.
It was very quiet around the tower. The wizard volunteers always held their wands tightly in their hands and never relaxed for a moment in accordance with the prior orders. This team, which had fought against armies of zombies and demons, had already experienced first-hand the strict discipline. In addition, most of them did not know about McClain's ice coffin. At the moment, they just regarded it as performing an important defense task, and most of them behaved normally.
It was still quiet on the tower platform, although... perhaps "dead silence" would be more appropriate to describe it.
Of course, if you remain silent for a long time, someone will inevitably speak first.
"Hermione," it was Harry who spoke, "I know you must have your reasons for letting Luna negotiate with the other party on your behalf. Otherwise, with your character, you would never do such the most dangerous thing. I will only go into battle in person... I won’t ask you what the reason is, but don’t you need to give Luna some advice and tell her what to say later?”
Harry spoke first, and before Hermione could answer, Ginny couldn't help but add:
"Yes! And I think Luna hasn't even figured out the situation yet. This is not only dangerous for herself, but also if the living zombies really want to negotiate and cooperate in a while, they won't be able to negotiate, right?"
However, after hearing Harry and Ginny's concerns, Hermione quickly shook her head.
"Why do you underestimate Luna? Many times, she just doesn't want to think too much. In fact, her wisdom is no less than any of us... Of course, I will choose her to sit there today. It doesn't matter." She said this, and then said, "In fact, she is also the only one among us who has a direct relationship with the living corpse. Today she will be more suitable and more suitable than all of us. More qualified to do this.”
Although Hermione's words basically meant no explanation, these side reminders alone were enough to make everyone wait a little more patiently.
Of course, perhaps among the people waiting silently here today, no one is more patient than Luna. Since she had been in a trance for the past few days, even sitting there now she was not sure what she was waiting for, but this did not prevent her from putting aside all her thoughts. I continued to be in a trance.
Until... The sky became gloomier, and as soon as one looked up, one could remember the seemingly boundless lead clouds above the British land.
"Crack-boom!"
A bolt of thunder suddenly fell, scaring away the seagulls on the reef.
"Is it going to rain again?"
When everyone on the platform was waiting in silence in the atmosphere where a shower was approaching and the air was sticky, without any warning, a thick, slightly hoarse voice spread through everyone's ears.
Everyone was startled and suddenly looked up, but they didn't know when a burly figure as black as ink appeared on the empty seat opposite Luna.