During this period of time, Xiao Zhi has become more and more comfortable handling various affairs, and he no longer needs to stay in the government affairs hall all day.
Sometimes he would go back to his home in Wood Spirit Village to rest, or do a few missions with his seniors, brush up dungeons and so on.
On this day, Xiao Zhi came to Hessen again to receive the experience gift package.
Before he entered the Palace of Skeletons, he felt that his eyes were dark, but there was some light leakage in the darkness. When he looked up, he saw Alifa's big head above his head. The big head has a large area, covering a large area of light, but the big head with only bones left is full of holes, so a lot of light is spilled through the gaps.
Xiao Zhi waved at it: "Alifa."
Alifa turned around happily: "Gu~"
Since Xiao Zhi played with it for the first time, Alifa always came to see Xiao Zhi, and brought his own toys every time.
Sometimes it is a bone of an unknown creature, sometimes it is a scary snake slough, and sometimes it is a piece of dead wood. Anyway, no matter what it is, it is playing with great interest, and there is no sign of it getting tired of playing.
Xiao Zhi already understood Alifa's meaning, he asked: "What do you want to play this time?"
Alifa opened his mouth wide, and a large pile of bright red fruits fell out of it. These fruits look like apples, but in fact they are pharaohs that can only be produced in Hesse. They are so hard that they can be easily smashed to death. They are generally used as casting materials, and the finished products are durable and durable.
It seems that Alifa is used as the latest toy.
Xiao Zhi picked up a pharaoh and weighed it in his hand, then threw it high into the air with a forceful throw, and then added a wind blade technique, smashing the fruit into the vast forest.
"Gu—" Alifa cheered, and flew towards the forest with a flutter of wings. Its huge body drew a white line in the air, and rushed into the forest, causing quite a commotion.
Finding things is one of Alifa's favorite games, and it is also known as his favorite game along with gnawing bones. Xiao Zhi can throw things as far as he wants, the harder it is to find Alifa, the happier he is. No matter how Xiao Zhi throws it away, it will be found in the end anyway.
Seeing Alifa running away, Xiao Zhi looked back, and when he turned his head, he saw Lance squatting on the ground guarding those Farago.
He stared at Farago for a while, then stretched out his hand and poked it as if he finally couldn't stand the temptation, and then poked it again, the bright red fruit rolled around on the ground, and when it reached a certain position, Lance moved it again It pokes back and looks like it's having a good time.
Lance was extremely tall and as strong as a hill, but at this moment he had an inexplicable sense of sight of a cat.
Strangely, Xiao Zhi actually had the illusion that both cats and dogs are perfect, but unfortunately...these two don't feel furry at all.
Not long after, Alifa came back.
Seeing that Lance secretly played with his fruit, Alifa was very angry. If it had hair, it would explode.
Alifa threw the Farago in his mouth, accelerated in the air suddenly, and rushed towards Lance with incomparable swiftness, his big mouth full of sharp teeth opened, as if to bite Lance into pieces.
As one of Hesse's knight commanders, Lance's own combat power is not bad, and he didn't hesitate in the face of Alifa's aggressive attack. He put Farago aside, and stretched out his hand to support Alifa's big body. The mouth blocked the blow.
Seeing this, Alifa exerted his strength again and rushed forward for a while, pushing Lance into the dark forest. Rumbling noises continued to be heard in the forest. Trees fell one after another and dust splashed everywhere. The battle must have been fierce.
In this way, Lord Hesse's generals fought with Lord Hesse's exclusive mount for... a fruit.
Known in history as the Weiguo War.
Xiao Zhi was already very calm about this, with Hessen characteristics, no surprise there.
He yelled into the smoky forest: "You two, restrain yourself, the lord may be dismantled if you quarrel."
Although Xiao Zhi has never seen Asen beat his subordinates, it does not prevent him from using Asen's prestige to frighten the poor children. You too.
The lord's vicious name was really useful, and the moment he heard this, the flickering in the forest stopped.
Asen's name is so terrifying, it can stop brats from fighting in the daytime.
Then Alifa and Lance came out from left to right, with a lot of dust and leaves on their bodies, and it seemed that they had rolled on the ground for countless times.
Alifa raised his big head, and looked at Xiao Zhi with grievances in his empty eye sockets.
Don't ask how he sees the grievance from the big black hole-like eye sockets, just ask the owner's intuition.
Xiao Zhi skillfully took out two pharaohs and shook them at Alifa: "Do you want to play?"
"Hey!" Alifa immediately forgot the grievance, and the huge tail flicked wildly with joy, kicking up a cloud of dust again.
Xiao Zhi threw the two Farago in different directions, and in the next moment Alifa's figure followed one of them and disappeared from his sight.
After solving Alifa, Xiao Zhi turned his head and asked Lance: "Why do you always play with its things secretly? No wonder Alifa always beats you."
Lance scratched his head: "It's fun."
Xiao Zhi: "Would you like to play again next time?"
Lance straightened out his broad and heavy chest: "Next time, dare to."
Xiao Zhi: "..."
You deserved to be beaten, let alone be beaten to death.
·
After bidding farewell to Lance and Alifa, Xiao Zhi returned to the government affairs hall alone.
The uproarious movement just now evoked a memory in him. Although it only happened not long ago to him, it has been six hundred years since now.
It was also in Hesse at that time, ZERO hadn’t been running for a long time, and Xiao Zhi’s level was quite low, but he was already able to come and go in Hesse with his flexible positioning, coquettish operation and familiarity with the terrain. .
As a qualified friend, he didn't forget about Asen when he was wandering outside.
After all, Asen stayed in Hessen alone, and he would be in a daze all day long, looking very bored, and urgently needed Xiao Zhi, who is a good friend, to inject vitality into him.
Although as a low-level small bag with no money in it, Xiao Zhi still often collects some local snacks and gadgets and brings them to Asen. Every time he sees Asen’s slightly smiling eyes when receiving gifts, Xiao Zhi I will also feel very happy.
The number of times he gave things was more, and Asen gradually learned to return gifts to him.
However, the content of the return gift is often a bit unimaginable, such as bright mushrooms that are poisonous at first sight, a big stone as tall as a person, and a big tree that has been uprooted.
On that day, Xiao Zhi was scratching his head at the things that A Sen sent to him.
It was a colorful egg, the color was extremely bright, it was bigger than a human head, and there were many weird patterns naturally growing on it.
According to the law of survival in the jungle, the brighter the color, the more dangerous it is, and the pattern on it is more of a warning.
Xiao Zhi asked: "What kind of egg is this?"
Asen shook his head: "I don't know."
Xiao Zhi: "Then...how did you get it?"
Asen thought for a while: "In the forest, there are many bones, in the middle, put... directly, take away,"
At that time, Asen couldn't speak very fluently, but Xiao Zhi could also understand what he meant: "There is an area in the forest where many bones are piled up, and this egg is right in the middle, and there are no other creatures around to guard it, so you just put it on the egg." It took it?"
Ash nodded, indicating that he was right.
Xiao Zhi: "..."
Analyzing from the environment of a pile of bones, this is probably some kind of predator's egg. If an egg is such an important thing, if there is no guard by its side, did it die in an accident, or... went out to look for food
If it's the latter, wouldn't it be crazy to wait until it returns to see that the egg is gone
A Sen was still looking at him innocently, and asked his soul question: "Xiao Qi, do you like it?"
Xiao Zhi broke out in a cold sweat: "..."
It's not a matter of liking it or disliking it, it's one of those... potentially fatal situations...
He was about to explain to Asen, and then put the egg back together with him, but there were already rustling sounds around him. It was a very dense sound, like many people walking towards this side at the same time, or something with many legs was approaching.
Both of them couldn't help but look towards the location where the voice came from.
In the dark forest, twelve eyes emitting a cold green light were rapidly approaching them.
Almost instantly, a huge spider appeared not far away. It had sharp long legs, was taller than two ordinary people, and had six pairs of eyes on its head. Stare at them.
Moreover, the spider has patterns similar to the surface of the egg, clearly showing what it is for.
Xiao Zhi and Asen looked at each other, they understood that something was wrong without words.
Xiao Zhi stretched out his hand and threw the egg in the direction of the spider, then pulled Asen and turned around and ran: "Hurry up, let's run!"
The spider caught the fallen egg and examined it carefully, but after a while it made an angry sound and rushed towards them, at the same time spit out a mouthful of poisonous spider silk towards them.
Xiao Zhi led Asen to dodge flexibly.
The spider silk touched the nearby leaves, instantly dissolving them, and green smoke came out.
Seeing this, Xiao Zhi and the two ran even faster. They kept jumping up and down in the forest, specially picking places where the gaps were narrow and difficult for big spiders to pass through.
The big spider chased after it desperately, but was held back by its huge size. Although it was destroying obstacles fiercely along the way, it was still farther and farther away from its goal.
Finally, the two got rid of the big spider.
Xiao Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, he turned his head and glanced at A Sen. At this moment, A Sen's body was covered with dead leaves and debris, entangled with silver hair, and a tree branch was stuck on top of his head, looking very distressed.
Xiao Zhi felt that his appearance was similar now, and imagining how embarrassed the two of them were, he suddenly couldn't help laughing out loud, he was so absorbed in the laugh that he couldn't even stand up, and finally just sat down on the ground and continued laughing .
Hessen was obviously gloomy and lonely, but at the moment it was filled with a happy atmosphere.
A Sen has been looking at him silently, his eyes are gentle and serious, he doesn't quite understand why his friend is laughing, but Xiao Qi looks very happy, maybe he is not angry with him
When Xiao Zhi finally had enough of a smile, A Sen gently stretched out his hand and removed the broken leaves from his hair.
Comparing reality and memories, Xiao Zhi, who was walking in the corridor of the Palace of Skeletons, suddenly felt like a child growing up.
Probably this is the melancholy that every old father will have.
·
A few days later, Xiao Zhi's trade zone plan was finally completed.
He tidied up the paperwork on the desktop, packed up the relevant content, and brought the paper on transportation planning that he had seen a while ago.
Xiao Zhipiao went to look for Lance: "I have two documents that I want to show the lord, Lance, do you know where to find him?"
Lance said: "The lord usually stays in the Hall of Bones. You can go to him directly, but there is only the lord inside. You may need to find it yourself."
Even after staying in Hessen for a period of time, Xiao Zhi still feels amazing about Hessen's unique style.
As the crown prince, Qianye Wu has the chief female officer, Ina, and several attendants by his side. Not to mention the Duke of Sharina, who is a high-ranking member of the Dory Alliance, not only has many attendants around her, but also has a very fine division of labor, and even her appearance and temperament are very good. At first glance, she looks like her harem.
But when he arrived in Hesse, Asen was the only one in the palace where the lord lived? Don't even have a waiter
Xiao Zhi asked: "The Hall of White Bones is so big, where exactly is it located?"
Lance spread his hands: "I don't know. Every time I go to find the lord, I knock on the door of each room one by one. If he is inside, he will answer, and if he goes out, there will be no reply. But sometimes the lord is inside. You don't want to talk, and you can just leave when the time comes."
Xiao Zhi: "..."
Sounds so capricious...
Lance warned: "Oh, by the way, remember, don't open the closed room without authorization, and don't touch anything in the Temple of Bones, or you will be very dangerous."
He bent down, clapped his hands on Xiao Zhi's shoulders, and said in an encouraging tone: "Come on, you will definitely come back."
Xiao Zhi felt himself getting shorter by Lance's big slap: "..."
How do you feel that you are going to some dangerous place, and there is a tendency to never return
·
With Lance's encouragement, Xiao Zhi stepped into the Hall of Bones.
Because the lord once stipulated that people who have nothing to do are not allowed to enter the Hall of Bones to disturb him, so Lance who has nothing to report today cannot come in with Xiao Zhi.
Xiao Zhi was wandering in the Hall of Bones, this was his first time entering this area exclusively for Asen.
To be honest, it didn't feel too good.
The place is empty, cold, and lonely. Even the wind seems to be dead. Only the occasional sound of the curtains rubbing against each other can be heard. There seems to be some ghost hidden in the shadows in every corner, waiting to pounce and devour people at any time, it is very suitable for shooting ghost movies.
Perhaps this is the hall that fits the Hesse style. After all, warmth and style are the pursuit of living people.
There are many rooms in the temple that are open, and the inside is empty, while others have closed doors, and it is not known what is in them. Xiao Zhi tried to knock on a few doors, but the inside was quiet and there was no response, it seemed that A Sen was not inside.
Xiao Zhi continued to wander in the hall, looking for a room that might contain Asen.
Finally, he found a door that looked the biggest, most gorgeous and most eerie. If it was placed in a game where boss fights were the goal of clearing the level, after opening this door, there would definitely be the biggest boss in the entire game hidden inside.
"knock knock knock"
Xiao Zhi stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the door.
However, the room was still quiet and there was no movement. Isn't Asen in the Hall of Bones today? Or just simply do not want to be disturbed, so keep silent? Xiao Zhi guessed.
He waited for a while, but seeing that there was still no response, he turned around and prepared to leave.
At this moment, a small muffled hum suddenly came from the room, like a subconscious cry of pain when a person was attacked, but he immediately closed his mouth to prevent the sound from coming out.
Although it was only a brief sound, Xiao Zhi still felt very familiar, that voice was like... Asen!
Arsen is in the room, and there seems to be something wrong with him.
Xiao Zhi's movement of turning around stopped immediately, he turned to the door again, reached out and knocked on the door again: "Master, are you inside? I'm Secretary Seventeen."
There was silence behind the door, without the slightest echo.
Xiao Zhi decisively chose between rushing in with the risk of being hacked to death, and leaving A Sen alone. He pushed hard, trying to open the door.
The door opened very smoothly, because it was not locked at all. Probably, there would not be anyone in Hessen who was brave enough to break into the lord's room directly, or those who were so brave might have died.
Everything in the room suddenly appeared before Xiao Zhi's eyes.
Just like the outside, the room is still empty, only the desk and chairs are placed, and behind the desk is a huge floor-to-ceiling window. From the window, you can only see the unchanging black forest of Hesse, which can't be called a view.
Frost was sitting on the seat, this time he didn't put on the hideous helmet, and his deep and beautiful features were revealed like this. But his brows were furrowed and his eyes were closed tightly, as if something was causing him pain.
Xiao Zhi's gaze lingered on Frost's body, followed the bright light on his forehead, and finally landed on the stone slab in his hand.
That's the memory tablet.
Xiao Zhi once learned about the memory tablet in the information about the secret treasure, so he naturally knew its efficacy. At the same time, Xiao Zhi also understood that it was a means used by Queen Dana to fight against the enemy, and the murals in the ant's nest were also very clear. It depicts how her enemies kneel in agony.
And now, Frost is obviously using the Memory Slate on himself.
Xiao Zhi was shocked, why would A Sen use it against himself? The function of the memory slate is to explore people's memory, whether it is buried deep in your heart or forgotten long ago, it can awaken it.
This shows that at this moment, Asen is using this crude method to find his memory.
That is to say... Arsen's memory has a problem.
Xiao Zhi thought of his unnamed arrest warrant, how many things did A Sen forget? Did you even forget his name? What kind of role does he play in the memory of his problem
I always feel that it may be a wretched adult man who is similar to coaxing ignorant teenagers, otherwise I would not like to file a wanted warrant...
Xiao Zhi shook his head, getting the thoughts that had run away out of his mind.
The more important thing now is to interrupt the influence of the memory slate on Asen. This way of spying on memory is a very dangerous behavior. Xiao Zhi remembered that it was recorded in the information about the tablet of memory that someone once became a fool after being attacked by the tablet of memory many times.
Xiao Zhi stretched out his hand suddenly, and pulled away Frost's hand that was pressing on the memory slate.
Out of control, the ray of light from the memory tablet attached to Frost's forehead disappeared.
Frost's closed eyes slowly opened, and the platinum eyes were still a little chaotic and painful at first, and then slowly focused, gradually becoming sharper from hazy.
He raised his eyes and looked at the bold clerk in front of him: "Let go."
A cold murderous aura permeated from his body, with a sense of discomfort like a face being cut by wind and frost, as if he would suddenly draw his sword in the next moment and cut the person in front of him in two.
Xiao Zhi's hand didn't let go, his eyes didn't flicker, and he looked directly at Frost: "Sorry, please forgive my presumptuousness, but excessive use of memory slates may make you get lost in memories , and bring a great burden to your body, please make sure not to use it again in a short time.”
Frost's eyes were like sharp knives: "Are you ordering me?"
Xiao Zhi still looked at him calmly: "I'm just making a suggestion to you."
There was a silence in the room, and there was a terrible low air pressure.
Neither of them spoke any more, and neither of them made any further movements. They confronted each other, neither of them willing to retreat. It's like two bows that have been stretched to the limit. Either one arrow shoots and kills the enemy, or the bowstring breaks and falls into self-destruction.
After a while, Frost raised his hand and shook off Xiao Zhi's restraint.
Just when Xiao Zhi thought that he was about to draw his sword to send him back to his resurrection point, he heard the other party say flatly: "Got it."
Then he stopped talking, probably to let him leave by himself.
Xiao Zhi still didn't leave.
Frost's cold eyes swept across, and the sense of danger in his eyes gradually increased.
Xiao Zhi did not forget his purpose of coming here, he put two documents on the table: "These are two plans for the future development of Hessen, please have a look at them."
Frost: "..."
He glanced at the documents on the table and said flatly, "You are the clerk, you can decide on your own."
It turned out to mean passing directly.
Xiao Zhi asked: "Aren't you worried that I'm playing tricks on the plan?"
It's about Hessen's future, if Xiao Zhi is a traitor from Blaise, or has some other purpose, and hides ulterior arrangements in the plan, what should Asen do
Frost raised the corner of his mouth, it was just a slight arc, but it revealed a bit of a king who controlled the overall situation: "Hessen is the only destination of the undead, and being strong is the supreme belief here. As long as I am still here The most powerful person, the master of Hesse, will not change, and no means can shake my position."
In Hessen, strength is everything. As long as he can guarantee the strength of himself and his army, he is the unique master here, and Mu Qiang's undead will offer him absolute loyalty.
Because apart from Hessen, there will no longer be a place for them on this continent.
Even if a person had great power and endless wealth in life, once he was lucky enough to transform into an undead creature after death, he would find that the world he was familiar with had no place for him to stand on.
His former friends, relatives, and lovers have all changed. The living people only have fear and hatred for him, and they will try their best to eliminate and purify him, so that he can get the so-called "peace of soul".
Or... use it to achieve some ulterior purpose.
Looking at the entire continent, only Hesse will truly accept the undead. Therefore, they must be strong. If they are not strong enough, they will be swallowed up by the living people who are staring at the outside world immediately. This is why most undead are warlike.
Frost is very clear about the laws here. It is always absolute power that determines the situation in Hesse. This is not a soil suitable for conspiracy to survive.
Xiao Zhi also smiled, and his face looked very gentle: "You are right."
Frost pushed the document towards Xiao Zhi: "Do it, I look forward to your results."
Xiao Zhi saluted him: "Thank you for your expectation."
After Xiao Zhi left, Frost's eyes were fixed on the closed door, with an unpredictable expression in his eyes, his face was expressionless, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking at this moment.
After a while, he withdrew his gaze, his knuckle fingers gently stroking the memory slate, but he didn't try to activate it again.