Chapter 438 Premonition
"You like to raise these wolf cubs, but I am not interested. I just want to maintain the stability of the tribe and let the people live a good life." Yarna's voice was cold, trying to bring the topic back on track.
Helica's sudden change of topic showed her refusal.
"If you want your tribe to live a good life, you should lead your tribe to surrender to the Zhenbing tribe instead of planning this here." Helica gently stroked the wolf cub's head and said calmly:
"After surrendering to Zhenbing, if nothing else, you Winter Hammer at least no longer have to worry about food."
"Swords and hoes never share the same workshop." Having said this, Yarna no longer tried to persuade Helica. She stood up and said coldly: "When we win the new king and obtain the northwest barley, I hope you will not regret it, let alone come to our Winter Hammer." After finishing the last sentence, Yarna turned around and opened the door curtain, and her figure disappeared into the wind and snow.
"Great Elder, go and see War Mother Yarna off." Helica didn't seem to pay attention to Yarna's words at all.
After receiving the order, the great elder quickly stood up and chased after Yarna.
After a while, "The door curtain was opened again, and the great elder walked in.
"Sent away?"
"Well," the Great Elder glanced at Helica, considered his words, and asked in confusion: "War Mother, why did you reject Yarna's proposal?"
"Zhenbing has Sunaifa, and Winter's Hammer now has that sheep family member who doesn't know the truth. Great Elder, what do we have?" Helica asked calmly.
The elder was speechless for a moment, stunned for a moment, and seemed to have some realization.
"We have nothing, which means that no matter which side we are on, we cannot obtain equal status. In this case, why should we take the risk to take sides?"
Helika drank the horseradish water in the cup in one gulp, and looked at the little wolf cub still grunting in her arms, with a deep light shining in her eyes.
Neutral means that no matter which side succeeds, they will not have the corresponding merit of "following the dragon", but it also means that they do not have to bear the risk of failing to side with the team.
Phoenix.
Since the end of last year, a nationwide "rat-catching" campaign led by the Public Security Bureau has basically caught all the "rats" hiding in Phoenix.
After each tribe paid a high "ransom", the rats were sent back to their respective tribes.
However, starting from this year, after the tribal integration plan was launched, the entire Phoenix personnel combination became a mixed bag.
Milo walked out of the city hall and looked up at the sky, which was filled with sunset.
Before the arrival of the new king, he was the third-ring ice mage of the Zhenbing tribe and a member of the elders of the Zhenbing tribe.
Hence, after Goude came to power and began to drastically reform the political system, because of his status as a "senior", he was able to obtain a neither high nor low position in the city hall.
It seems that his status in the clan has dropped significantly, but Milo is not dissatisfied, because in comparison, today's living standards have also improved significantly.
"Elder Milo!" As he was admiring the sunset scenery, a cry came from behind him.
Milo turned around, saw the person coming, and said with a smile: "How many times have I told you, don't call me elder, that is a thing of the past,
There are no elders in Phoenix now."
“You’re used to it and you can’t change it.” The visitor was a middle-aged strong man. He scratched the back of his head and said with a simple smile.
"Is there something wrong?" Milo asked.
"It was Maurice who called me to come to you, saying that he has something to ask you and wants you to go to his house."
Hearing these words, Milo's expression changed slightly, but the extent of the change was so subtle that the middle-aged man could not notice it at all.
"I understand, please make this trip." He nodded.
"You're welcome. If it weren't for your care back then, I would have died in a wolf's mouth. This trivial matter is nothing." The middle-aged strong man said loudly.
After the middle-aged man left, Milo's eyes suddenly darkened.
He is an orphan. His parents were killed by earth-line creatures during a hunting trip very early.
Although the tribe will assume its obligation to support orphans, life must be completely different if there are parents and without parents.
So Milo's life was not particularly good when he was a child. During a cold winter, he almost starved to death.
But later, he awakened the Zhenbing bloodline, and the bloodline level was extremely high, and everything changed.
He was promoted to a third-level mage all the way, and later became an elder of the Zhenbing tribe.
What may seem like an ordinary life trajectory is actually hiding a big secret.
Because, in fact, the ice bloodline that Milo awakened was only one level. The reason why he became a three-level mage was because the people from Winter's Hammer quietly came to him and were willing to provide him with ice marrow to help him improve his bloodline.
As a price, after he becomes the elder of the Zhenbing tribe, he needs to provide the Winter's Hammer with Zhenbing's confidential information, and even do things for their Winter's Hammer when necessary.
Because of the experience of almost starving to death in the cold winter, Milo did not want to live a hard life anymore. In addition, his parents passed away early, so his bond with the tribe was not deep.
Hence, after a brief hesitation, he agreed and gained his current status.
Over the years, Milo has sold a lot of information to Winter's Hammer, and has also done a lot for Winter's Hammer to harm the interests of the Zhenbing tribe.
"After last year, most of Winter's Hammer's secret agents in Phoenix were caught. I am the only important secret agent left by Winter's Hammer. In order to avoid exposing me, they have not contacted me for a long time, but now they have contacted me...,
It must be something big."
Milo frowned. He had noticed something was wrong. He felt a slight rejection in his heart, but he could not refuse.
When you get on a pirate ship, you have no choice but to get off the ship. It’s not that easy.
With worries and resistance in his heart, Milo came to Morris's home.
Morris is another hidden secret of Winter's Hammer in Phoenix.
Compared to the fact that he is a native of the Zhenbing tribe, Morris is an outsider.
However, Morris has been in Phoenix long enough, and he is usually more vigilant in doing things and has become very "localized", so he managed to escape by chance during last year's "mouse-catching" operation.
Enter Morris's house, Milo found that there was someone he didn't know.
"This is Alik, who has the same identity as us." Faced with Milo's questioning gaze, Morris explained.
Milo nodded and sat down at the table.
"The two of you are coming here this time because of the War Mother's order. He wants us to do something, which should be our last mission in Phoenix."
"Last mission, what does this mean?" Milo had just raised his brows, and Alik had already asked first.
"Because after this mission is completed, Phoenix will no longer be able to accommodate us, we will go back to Winter's Hammer directly."
Hearing this, Alik snorted, but Milo felt a chill in his heart.
Return to Winter's Hammer?
He was not willing at all.
As an official of the city hall, Milo is extremely aware of Phoenix's current changes and prospects, and is full of longing for his future life. However, when he heard this kind of "news", his heart could be said to have suddenly gone cold.
"What is the mission this time?" Alik asked again.
"The new king." Morris replied directly.
「What?!」*2
Alik and Milo expressed shock at the same time, pointing at themselves, "You mean, you want the three of us to deal with the new king?"
Isn't this a big deal?
Let War Mother Yaerna come, she can't even handle the matter, let the three of them come?
"You don't have to be so surprised. Of course, I didn't ask you to attack the new king in Phoenix...:... Milo, you should know something. Every once in a while, the new king will go to Valar Bay and stay there for a long time. "I don't know exactly what the new king is doing on the Valar Bay side, but what is certain is that the new king has gone to Valar Bay alone the last few times. This is a good time for us to take action."
"The new king doesn't have much strength...as long as we can control his movements." After saying that, Morris looked at Milo.
Because Milo is responsible for dispatching the guards at the gate of Phoenix.
"The two of us first went to Phoenix to ambush on the only way to Valar Bay. As soon as you receive the news that the new king has left the city, immediately follow him out of the city and find us. When the time comes, we will take action together to capture the new king alive and escort him back to Winter's Hammer."
"The new king is indeed not strong, but once we take action, Sunaifa will immediately come after us after receiving the news. Kathleen, the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, was once a hunter of the Snowfield Guardian, and is the best at tracking. We can't escape far at all." Milo frowned and said, his words full of rejection.
"Someone will come to help us, don't worry about that, and...don't forget, our tribe has given you countless resources to be where you are today, and over the years, you have done many things that have harmed Zhen Bing's interests." Morris snorted coldly, as if he had seen through Milo's inner thoughts, and nodded at him.
Milo, who left Morris's house and returned to his own home, sat by the bed and thought for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh.
Even if he was unwilling, he could only obey orders in the end.
Because he has done too many things that are detrimental to the tribe, and once exposed, Zhenbing will never tolerate him, so he can only hold on to the Hammer of Winter.
Fortunately, although Gothe is the new king, as Morris said, he does not have much strength to be considered a first-level mage.
For this reason, when Sunaifa insisted on supporting Gaode as king, he still resisted in his heart, always feeling that it was too childish.
However, Milo gradually became convinced in the face of a series of earth-changing things that Gothe did, not to mention that a few days ago, Gothe also awakened the pure-blooded Iceborn bloodline like Sunaifa.
Fortunately, Gothe has just awakened the Zhenbing bloodline. As a third-level mage, he must be able to capture him personally.
In a year or two, he won't have this ability.
Thinking like this, Milo had already gone out again. He found a random reason and asked the tribesman responsible for guarding the city gate to notify him as soon as he found out that Gothe had left the city.
In the practice room, Gothe opened his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face.
In the mana pool, the icy blue mist-like mana cultivated in "The Secret of Ice" has expanded slightly compared to when he first rose to the level, and can already support him to cast three tricks.
In fact, he has not been practicing "The Secret of Zhenbing" very much these days.
But because his training room is close to the ice jade sycamore, the concentration of magic power is equivalent to the fourth-level spiritual land, and the ice element is extremely rich, so he can enter the country very quickly just by "hanging up".
On the other side, on the emerald mana crystal cultivated from the "Aoki Immortality Sutra", less than half of the 61st lines have been condensed.
This is because the Dragon Bird Blood Bacteria still has some remaining medicinal power. After Gao De successfully promoted the ring, it was gradually refined and absorbed by him.
Everything is difficult at the beginning.
The fact is that for Gaode, the most difficult stage of practice so far is the apprenticeship of a mage.
As the level of the mage increased, his practice progress not only did not slow down, but even became faster and faster.
From a mage apprentice to a first-level mage, it took Gaode 21 months, not counting the original training time, but from a first-level mage to a second-level mage, it only took him 19 months.
At the end of today's practice, Gaode took a short rest, then closed his eyes again and entered a state of concentration.
Nearly a week has passed, and he has gathered all the materials for the magic potion that he lacked, mixed it into a magic potion, and drank it in one gulp.
Now, just wait for him to build the spell model.
These days, although he is busy with work, Gothe still builds all the spell models of [Summoning Mount] and [Spider Web Shelter].
[Summon Mount] (Conjuration System, Second Level):
Summon a spirit with extraordinary intelligence, strength and loyalty as a mount, and establish a long-term contract with it. The mount will appear in an unoccupied space within the casting distance.
You can choose its appearance from the following forms: war horse, pony, camel, elk, dog.
The mount is actually a type of fey or demon (your choice) rather than a regular creature type. In addition, the mount can understand a language you know.
Your mount can help you whether in combat or not, and the pact between you brings you closer together. When you are mounted on this mount, any spells you cast that only target you also affect the mount.
The mount will disappear when it takes fatal damage, leaving no physical residue. You can also use an action to dismiss the mount at any time to make it disappear.
While the mount is within 1 mile of you, you can communicate with it telepathically.
You cannot use this spell to own more than one mount at a time. You can use an action to release the mount from its contract and make it disappear at any time.
【Spider Web Shelter】(conjuration system, second level):
Creates a shelter made of sticky webbing with a hanging door that is large enough to house a Medium creature.
The walls of the shelter are one inch thick and opaque, completely shielding anyone within them.
Spider silk is sticky enough to stick to twigs, leaves, dust, and other lighter objects, allowing you to use it to cover your shelter, but only tiny, powerless creatures will be stuck to the web.
The shelter door is completely waterproof and insulated when closed. The shelter takes fire damage normally and is as flammable as wood.
When the spell ends, the sanctuary quickly decays and disappears.
The latter realizes Gaode's long-standing fantasy of using magic to solve camping problems in the wild.
The former can be used as his means of transportation on land. With Tuanzi and Storm Soul, he has a means of transportation on land, water, and air.
More importantly, the additional effect obtained by [Summoning Demon Pet] after being added by Wind Spirit Moon Shadow allowed Gothe and Flora to bond.
Hence, he always has a little extra longing for this kind of summoning spell.
I hope that after adding points to Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, there will be surprises similar to "Flora".