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Chapter 399 Roland Bond of the Gods and Total War ([-])

This is the first time for Sonia to come here. The seats of the twelve committee members are arranged in a circle in front of the conference hall, and their eyes seem to penetrate all the secrets.

"Guardian of the Holy Tomb" Baldwin said first: "Miss Countess, knight, please tell us what happened in Odessa. I would like to know what the wise men in Medini are doing?"

This issue is one of today's topics, and Griffith has already made a lot of preparations for the report.According to the caliber of the official report, he narrated that his squadron happened to pass by and discovered the attack on the Medini Vault. The powerful and abnormal psychic energy fluctuations made him unable to sit idly by, so he led the team ashore to investigate possible violations. The wizards of Odessa, who signed the armistice agreement, launched a surprise attack and seized some dangerous sealed items.

The two seized Sealed Artifacts have already been handed over, and the investigation report on them has also been distributed to the dignitaries present.Why is the committee still calling today's meeting?What do they want to know?
Griffith stopped after reporting.There are a lot of secrets hidden in him, and he is very worried that there will be a demigod with a special way to see through his identity as a war knight.

In his opinion, the demigods appearing in this meeting room are the most powerful group in the entire world, more knowledgeable and effective than the Senate, if they are willing to spend extra events on the report of a certain event, it must be Because it can bring them considerable benefits, or it is enough to make them nervous.

"A terrible conspiracy, I can feel it," commented Gryffindell, the "foreseeer" here, with a strange inversion sentence, "haunting us, the darkness of psionic energy is always haunting us. The best investigators, we must send .”

The elder, who was said to be able to predict the future, spoke in an unhurried manner, and Griffith couldn't help but wonder if Erza's enthusiastic and flamboyant character would roll her eyes when facing the Beacon principal.

Undoubtedly, Tiberion has high prestige among the committee members, so it was up to him to answer the seer's concerns: "The incident of the Maiden of Anjou and the coming of Odessa has brought to light the conspiracy in the dark—our enemy, hiding In the virtual world, there is still a constant threat to the existence of this world, and there is a special plan to shield our perception.

"How inconceivable, my lords, that we turned a blind eye to the enemy at hand, until they murdered my old friend, wise Avignon, may his soul reach the source."

"Without restricting and destroying the belief in the Holy Light over the years, believers of the Outer Gods would never have easily infiltrated our grassroots churches," the most powerful and noble Paladin Baldwin immediately took the topic, "Now , more than [-]% of the local Holy Light Chapel does not have a suitable big clock, not enough monks, and there is no complete management system for personnel and finance."

"You don't need to emphasize the difficulties in every meeting," the chief astronomer Galilei said. "The other six gods in the Church of the Seven Gods don't even have one member in this committee, let alone two."

His Majesty Francis, Patriarch of the Holy See, just smiled kindly at this and said nothing.From Griffith's point of view, he is a modest, wise, and interested little old man, without the mysterious aura of other demigods at all.

Headmaster Tyburion hurriedly brought the topic back, and looked in Griffith's direction: "On your way back, sea monsters attacked your warship and took away the daughter of the Kumansha family. You and Brenhill The two captains of the ship are commendable for their brave pursuit. During the pursuit, what else did you find?"

This has actually been reported earlier.Griffith replied briefly: "Odessa tried to hold a mysterious ceremony, but we couldn't get close to the core of the ceremony. Naila von Kumansha captured amazing power from there, and I'm sorry." What you know is not as good as the adults."

The Void's life-weaving God's Hand, Nara, has invaded the Dreamlord's domain and has taken some key powers or items.From Professor Julian's records, Griffith also learned of the existence of hybrids and the connection between Aaron and the Iseus family.

For this matter, Griffith did not intend to explain.After all, Aaron was the one who was prophesied to bring balance between the darkness and light of psychics, and was the favorite of Tiberion, and talking about information against him now might arouse Headmaster Hormonwatts' dissatisfaction.

"We must take action. The believer of the god of the undead, Naila, has joined the sacrifice of the chosen one. His power clearly remained on the monster last night," said a demigod-level demon hunter, "Guardian of Order" Ms. Edina Lightblade waved her hand, and said in an irresistible and irresistible manner, "The evil god of the undead almost destroyed a city, if his followers take more power, there will be more than one city next time gone."

The highest members of the Arcane Council agreed with this.Then, after some more questioning about the contents of the report Griffith had already submitted, they prepared to end the interview.

At this time, Salorian, who remained silent all the time, said: "Mysterious world leaders, under the current circumstances, should we terminate the Sacrifice of the Chosen One? Lord Gryffindell the Forerunner, what omen do you see? ?"

Gryffindell just shook his head: "Believing and deceiving, I feel it; the conspiracy of the Outer Gods, we must beware."

"Please let me reiterate my opinion, honorable adults," Lady Aviana Sylph spoke, "we are being watched by shadows, and we ourselves still don't know where the danger comes from. Escape is useless , we must unite to meet the coming enemy."

"Enemy?" Assassin demigod Salah asked, "Before that, can Canaan reveal to us what happened that night, Governor Vilannoy, I pay tribute to him again, this terrible enemy , is it one Outer God or two?"

"What one or two?"

"Is there more than one?"

This question is like pouring a spoonful of water into a frying pan, and the calm demigods are fidgeting one by one.

"Lord Tiberion," the newly promoted member, Sequence 5 "Mysterious Lord" Yashor Ahan asked anxiously, "Please forgive my ignorance, but I just heard from you that the Outer God who seems to threaten the world Not just the god of the undead in Void Realm?"

"It's not just him, this is your answer, I'll answer you for the elves," said the world's chief huntress Ms. Edina Lightblade impatiently, "More than a year ago, the half-elf soldiers in Canaan began A mysterious cult spread. An elf commander was killed because of this, and a noble lady was captured by the cultists and prepared to be used as a sacrifice of evil consciousness to awaken the maharaja of the dream.

"According to the found religious tokens and clues, this is a hidden ancient god belief, pointing to the ancient god who is in charge of plagues and dreams."

Griffith and Sonia didn't dare to take a breath, and listened to the committee members present.A certain mysterious existence "sent dreams to the creatures waiting to be rescued" in the name of "the master sleeping in the abyss", and it was the chief culprit that caused Griffith and Galadia to be in danger in Canaan.

"What made the Outer Gods appear together?" Someone asked at the scene, "Could it be that we are about to face an invasion from the void?"

The meeting was chaotic and everyone was talking.

Some people objected and demanded that the sacrificial ceremony be terminated until the layout of the Outer Gods was found out; the other faction, headed by Tiberion, firmly demanded that the sacrificial ceremony be held as planned.

The quarrel was fruitless.Soon, Griffith and Sonia were invited out, and walked down hundreds of steps to leave the temple.

……

"Will you fight?" Sonia asked anxiously.She was going to the Palace of Sanssouci to attend the royal banquet next, but she was in no mood at all.

"At least I haven't seen signs of war yet," Griffith reassured. "Wars don't just happen out of thin air. There has to be a definite event that ignites the sparks. We just finished fighting a big war in the fall, and we won't see signs of it anytime soon." .”

Together, the two arrived in the town of Bremi near the Golden Horn.There, Gilles de Ace, Joshua, Karen and others, as well as many guards and servants of the Lamor Mansion, were waiting for them there.Earl Sharon had just arrived with Fiona and Lana.

A large number of elders preparing to attend the New Year's meeting are gathering near the Palace of Sanssouci from all directions.Due to the large number of people, they rented many hotels and houses in the town to accommodate their own cars.

Gilles de Ace came to Griffith and sent him a letter: "Miss Countess, Captain, Count Roland de Sissel sent someone to send an invitation not long ago, inviting the captain to attend his to the party, saying that you will definitely not refuse."

Such a hasty and impromptu invitation?Griffith looked at Sonia, her schedule was all arranged in advance, and she was going to have dinner with Xialong's family and several elders.So, he could only leave and went to Roland.

The location of the dinner was unexpected, not the usual taverns and restaurants, but in a gorgeous palace, decorated with colorful flowers.Many guests drank and danced here, and countless carriages blocked the nearby streets.

Griffith's first reaction was whether he had come to the wrong place. If these people were all invited by Roland for dinner, it would be too many.He came to the door, showed his invitation, and the servants immediately led him into the main hall, where he joined the drinking and dancing crowd.

What is Roland going to do?
Griffith looked around for a while, but didn't see Roland. At that time, he saw many people distributing brochures, and an area in the center of the hall was cleared, as if something important was about to be announced.

He was going to pick up a brochure to see what happened.

"Mr. Knight."

A sweet voice stopped him.A slender and beautiful girl is coming this way.She was wearing an evening dress with charming lines, and her high-heeled shoes made a sound of scratching the heartstrings with her elegant steps.

Her face was beautiful and familiar to Griffith.

"You are……"

"Mr. Apprentice Knight, you have become a knight!" The girl clapped her hands happily, "I'm Tina from Izmir, I didn't expect to meet you here."

That's right, that's the name.Griffith remembered that he had just left the front line, and she had served the first meal in the tavern in the rear.Mutton with unshaven skin, leaves from an unknown tree, and some apples, radishes, and honey cost him a huge sum of a silver man!No matter how I thought about it afterwards, I felt that I was bullied by the people in the city.

Why did the hostess come here?

"Hey~~~" Tina circled around Griffith twice, "Your outfit has completely changed, you are so beautiful and decent, you almost don't recognize it. But your eyes are still sharp, and your smell is still awe-inspiring! The usual work is very hard, the double sword silver oak leaf knight eagle badge is not cheap~""

"I remember, um, you were planning to go to Baiyelan to join relatives." Griffith recalled, and remembered the matter of the hostess.

A year and a half has passed since that day, but it feels like many, many things have happened, and Griffith feels that the distance is like a story from another world.

"Yes!" The hostess pulled him to the side of the sofa and sat down, looking at the knight with shining big beautiful eyes.

When Griffith first met the hostess, she had no concept of clothing and fashion.In my impression, Tina was wearing a patched dress made of uncomfortable linen, hard and astringent, and bad workmanship would even hurt her arms.

The hostess in front of her has completely changed.Her hair was clean, her lips were red and soft, and her dress was a light pink silk dress, thin and bold, and it was new and unwashed.Her nails were painted with light red oil paint, and her fair neck was light pink in the warm sunshine, and she also wore a silver necklace.

Griffith smelled a very pleasant peach aroma, and he vaguely felt that Tina had a distinctive mature smell.

He was worried that something might happen to the girl on the way to Byerland alone, but Tina looked very healthy, well-dressed and well-dressed, her complexion was beyond imagination, and she was even prettier than before.This made him feel better, and he nodded with a smile: "You look good, you have adapted to the life of Byelan."

"I can adapt anywhere!" Tina opened a small bag of her own, "It must be the guidance of fate that we meet again. Sir Knight, please get a bond issued by the West Territory Industrial Manufacturing Company!"

"What what?" Griffith didn't turn the corner for a while.

The hostess took out the brochure from the pouch like magic:

"This is Lord Roland de Sissel's bond. The Verona Restoration Committee provides a credit endorsement, also called Weifu bond. The initial bond redemption period is set at 6 months, and it can be renewed for 3 months after maturity, but The longest duration is 8 years. The coupon rate of the bond reaches 4% per year, the theoretical risk is almost zero, and the return is higher than other commercial paper, so its function is basically equivalent to currency! It can be circulated in various fields and is the most valuable in the world. bond!

"The legendary knight Roland issued this kind of bond several years ago!"

Griffith looked around and saw that other people were also exchanging this bond.

It turns out that when Roland invited me to dinner, he actually meant to sell me bonds. No wonder he didn't arrange it in advance!
(End of this chapter)