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Chapter 681 The Undercover of the Holy See

Silver Castle.

Under the night, the stone-gray castle stands quietly in a corner of the city-state.

The lights inside and outside the castle were dim, and if there were not some shadows that vaguely walked past the city wall, it would have looked like a deserted castle that was silent and deserted.

Silver Castle, where the Duke of Silver lives, does not have the appearance of an aristocrat at all.

It has no tall spires, nor luxurious decorations, and it is made of gray stone bricks that are the same as the city wall. From a distance, it looks like a huge and bulky stone pier.

From the architectural style to the faint blood in the air, it all shows what kind of city-state this is.

...

This is probably not a Hongmen banquet.

Therefore, the clothes prepared by the maid for Xu Shuo were mainly neat riding clothes, with some fierce style of the people in the extreme north. The shoulders, chest, limbs and elbows of the riding clothes had armor attached.

Seeing this, Xu Shuo was thoughtful. It seems that the Duke of Silver wanted to take him to another place tonight, otherwise he would not have prepared this outfit.

It can be seen from this that the other party should be a person who is agile and somewhat petty.

While he was washing up again, there was a bit of noise outside.

Xu Shuo walked out of the room and followed the sound, and saw Zuo Fang standing in the hall with a solemn face, and a middle-aged man with gray hair wearing a thick plush cloak beside him.

After seeing Xu Shuo, Zuo Fang's eyes lit up, with admiration and excitement in his expression.

"Your Majesty the Pope!"

He immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted skillfully.

Xu Shuo nodded to him, then looked at the gray-haired man standing beside him.

The gray of the hair was a very light color in his eyes, and it was almost the same color as his own hair at one point.

With weak eyesight for so long, Xu Shuo can barely guess what color the opposite person should be from the spectrum of the grayscale gradient layer.

"I never thought that the Pope of Light would actually be willing to come to my barren northern land in person."

The man looked at him and made a faint sound.

Xu Shuo smiled lightly, and walked down the spiral staircase, his eyes fell on the Duke of Silver with special meaning.

"Before you came, your soldiers told me that there was a banquet?"

He didn't respond to the other party's words, but just looked around as if looking for where the banquet was.

The Silver Duke looked at him: "You can eat it if you want."

As he spoke, the Silver Duke waved his hand to order the knights around him to go on. After all, he hadn't prepared anything before.

Which decent person comes here for a feast?

The place where the banquet was held was on the terrace on the third floor of the castle. It was freezing cold and there were still snowflakes.

But this place can see the extreme northern mountains.

The Extreme North Mountain Range is the largest mountain range on this continent, spreading seemingly without end, from the inland Andas Mountains in the east to the sea in the west, faintly wrapping the entire human continent in a half circle.

The Silver Castle was not built in the center of the city, but in a corner of the city, the place closest to the mountains.

"The attack of monsters is irregular, and it is possible at any time of the year. If the garrison fails to send back the battle report in time, you can quickly find out their movements here." The Duke of Silver said slowly.

"Beacon towers can be set up." Xu Shuo glanced at the mountains.

"too slow."

The Duke of Silver poured himself a glass of animal milk wine, and then poured another glass for Xu Shuo. As for the standing Zuo Fang, there was no more.

He continued expressionlessly: "Warcraft are different from ordinary beasts. They are very fast, and any one of them can easily run thousands of miles. It only takes half a quarter of an hour from when they run out of the mountains to the Silver City. "

His voice was not too fast or too slow, with a kind of lukewarm feeling, and the expression on his face remained unchanged as before.

Just looking at his appearance, I can only feel that this should be a rather stable man.

Xu Shuo suddenly said, "The duke doesn't seem to have explained yet, why did you arrest me halfway?"

The Silver Duke glanced at him: "Is the girl next to you a half-breed elf?"

Xu Shuo looked at him without saying a word, waiting for the next sentence.

It's not surprising that the other party would know about this, because when they met with the Silver Shield Legion in Fort Kasser, they didn't shy away from it except that they concealed the existence of the dragon.

And the Silver Shield Legion got the news, maybe someone had rushed back to the Silver City-State long before dawn, in order to convey the latest information to the Silver Duke.

If not, when I was in the coniferous forest before.

There was no need for the Silver Shield Legion to separate him from Sola.

Probably because he knew Sola's special identity, so he didn't intend to bring him to the Silver City-State.

"Most people in the Silver City-State..."

The Silver Duke said slowly: "Actually, they are all descendants of the mixed blood of the ice and snow elves, including me."

Zuo Fang, who was listening quietly beside him, widened his eyes, feeling a little stunned.

After Xu Shuo was stunned, he suddenly realized.

The silver city-state is so close to the extreme north mountain range, it is not surprising that there will be hybrid descendants of humans and elves, and there should even be more hybrids than other regions.

But the Silver Duke is actually a descendant of mixed blood...

That was indeed a little surprising.

so what?Does this have anything to do with refusing Sola to come to Silver City?

The Duke of Silver continued: "However, due to the purification of the Holy See, the elven blood of the descendants of our city-state is not active. It exists in a dead state in the body, and at most it will cause some changes in appearance, but our essence is still pure human beings. "

The only large church in the extreme north is in the Silver City-State.

It has existed since thousands of years ago.

However, the descendants of the elves of the Silver City-State?

Xu Shuo's eyes moved slightly. His Excellency the Pope didn't seem to know about it?
It is estimated that during the battle of faith thousands of years ago, in order to guard against the ice and snow elves coming out of the extreme northern mountains, the Holy See of Light at that time stayed in a Church of Light in the Silver City State, and took measures against the mixed descendants of elves here.

But why do you want to do this?
"There are high and low elves."

The Silver Duke seemed to see what he was wondering about.

The same pair of silver-white eyes stared at him, and said calmly: "The high elves have a suppressive effect on the blood of the low elves, even if that blood is dead."

Xu Shuo paused suddenly: "So you were suppressed by the opponent in the battle in the Extreme North Mountain Range a few days ago?"

"Ah."

The Duke of Silver nodded: "If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't let her escape, and it's even more impossible for the Nine Thousand Silver Shield Army to be unable to stop her."

Speaking of this matter, the always calm eyes of the Duke of Silver finally burst into a fierce light, and his aura was also extremely fierce, as if he saw the scene that night again.

Obviously, he was almost able to keep people behind.

As a result, the suppression in the blood suddenly broke out, and most of the Silver Shield Army was suppressed, even the monsters that rushed in front of them were hard to resist.

That night was truly a loss.

Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows: "So you mean that Sola's bloodline may be higher than yours, and you are worried that you will be suppressed by her?"

Lord Baiyin said in a low voice: "Any elf bloodline is more advanced than ours, because our bloodlines have almost disappeared, and we can no longer tell which one is the inheritance, only a little residual characteristic is still in the body."

"The Holy See did this back then..."

Xu Shuo squinted his eyes: "It should be to prevent you from believing in the Goddess of Dawn, right?"

The Duke of Silver was drinking the beast milk wine, but he turned his head and thought for a while after hearing the words: "There should be more than this reason, I found that the elf's body also seems to have some problems."

"Body?" Xu Shuo paused.

"During the previous battle, the elves exuded a kind of blood that didn't look like them, which made her very painful."

The Silver Duke said: "Elves will no longer enter the mainland for no reason."

"This time it is only your Holy See and the Royal Family of San Vallo who want to act. It is different from the situation a thousand years ago, and the elves who have been silent for thousands of years should not be born just at this time.

"But the elves have also walked out of the Extreme North Mountain Range this time, unless there is some reason for them to do so.

"For example, is it related to the continuation of their race?"

The Duke of Silver had a pensive expression on his face, and the expression in his eyes was not gentle, but quite sharp.

After Xu Shuo listened, he had some guesses.

Combining what the black dragon said, with Sola and his purpose of coming to the extreme north, it is not difficult to guess.

——Dragon Curse!
In Sora's suggestion, the curse in their bodies will cause people to die at the age of 20, or suffer other disasters.

A curse that even mixed blood can't dilute.

It can be seen from this that for purebred elves, the power of this curse should be even more terrifying.

Xu Shuo said with emotion: "Your Excellency, you are so predictable. As you think, I also think that the elves appeared for the continuation of their own race."

The Silver Duke looked at him: "What do you know?"

"Before I tell you, shouldn't the duke say something?" Xu Shuo smiled.

"I am sworn against the royal power." The Duke of Silver said expressionlessly.

"Ok?"

"Silver City-State has long wanted to overthrow the royal rule of the San Vallo Empire. No matter what the Holy See of Light wants to do this time, I will cooperate well." The Duke of Silver said again.

When he said this, he bit down a few words with ulterior motives, and cast a meaningful look at Xu Shuo.

Yes, he has perfectly hinted at their faction mission this time.

——[Overthrow the royal rule of the San Valo Empire. 】

Xu Shuo leaned back on the back of the chair.

Now that the identity of the Duke of Silver has been confirmed, and this person is not a lunatic like Luo Kun, Xu Shuo didn't mind telling all the information about the elves.

However, he still concealed the traces of the Dragon Clan.

Thinking about that dragon's status is not so important now.

Let's wait until they meet.

Although a few people were chatting on the open-air platform, but there was a roof covering their heads, so the fluttering snowflakes did not fall on their bodies.

Soon.

The banquet prepared by Silver Castle was set up.

Yes, it was "framed".

It was a huge grill with skinned unknown beasts on it.

The animal meat rack was already roasted when it came up, it was two or three meters huge, and it was carried up by several knights together.

After Zuo Fang saw it, his expression was a bit disgusted.

This is your family's banquet, right?
The Duke of Silver has already begun to roll up his sleeves: "Eat early, and after eating, I will take you to the Extreme North Mountain Range to take a look. It's not that I don't want to leave here, but the situation over there is too complicated."

Xu Shuo looked at the grill and fell into thought.

I looked at the empty table again, but couldn't find any tableware.

He felt that eating like this seemed to be disrespectful to the Pope, although in fact he didn't want to eat it.

The Duke of Silver had already tore off a warm animal leg with his bare hands, and said while eating: "Also, I chose to bring you here first to hide the sight of the king's capital."

"Is there anyone here in the capital?" Xu Shuo asked.

"Yes, a white-clothed bishop." The Silver Duke said, chewing the animal meat slowly.

"Wait, the white-clothed bishop of the Holy See?"

Before Xu Shuo had any reaction, Zuo Fang, who was about to quietly tear some animal meat for himself, was startled.

The Duke of Silver nodded: "Well, I'm worried that you will go to the church after you come to the Silver City-state, and it's not good if you attract the other party's attention when you enter the city, so I thought I'd better let my people bring them here."

The Holy See of Light has undercover agents from the empire.

Xu Shuo was really not surprised at all.

After all, His Highness the Nineteenth Prince Wald is a member of the Holy See, so isn't it fair that the empire also has an eyeliner in the Holy See?

Xu Shuo was just curious: "Where is he always in the Silver City-state, how did you find him?"

The Duke of Silver said with a blank expression: "After that night in the Extreme North Mountains, many people left the Silver City-State, and many people entered the Silver City-State.

"I asked the Silver Shield Legion to pay close attention.

"As a result, someone sneaked into my Silver Castle that night. At that time, I was still pretending to be seriously injured, so I didn't act rashly.

"After he left, I followed him secretly, only to find out that he was the bishop in white."

When he said this, the Duke of Silver didn't show any fluctuations in expression, as if it was quite common for the Holy See to appear undercover.

Indeed normal.

The dukes stationed in the extreme north are all members of the Holy See, so it is not surprising that the empire also has people in the Holy See.

Zuo Fang was dumbfounded: "Why don't you play Infernal Affairs here?"

"Did he come in from outside?" Xu Shuo asked.

"Well, I asked the knight to inquire about it. I heard that the extreme north was the last place where he preached. He should be able to get the mark of the sun crown and be promoted to bishop after visiting this place, so the priest in the Silver Church treated him very well. Very respectful."

When he said this, the Duke of Silver glanced at Xu Shuo, as if he was looking at something.

After looking at it, he asked again: "Is the mark of your God of Light so easy to get?"

Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Don't talk nonsense, the God of Light doesn't like this kind of believer with bad intentions, it is impossible for him to get the sun crown mark."

"But when he showed it to the priest, it was indeed a bit like the sun crown mark, but it was incomplete."

"It's not difficult, magic can do it."

Xu Shuo made a similar magic for Sola.

As long as the imprint of the moon is replaced by the sun crown, it is still possible to fool the layman. From this point of view...

Priests in the Silver Church have a lot of water.

In fact, this is not unfair. The extreme north is so desolate and barren. Even if the believers of the God of Light really worship the God of Light, they probably don't want to stay here for a lifetime.

Thousands of years have passed since the battle of faith, and the current Holy See of Light doesn't really care much about the crisis of the elves.

Therefore, the strength of the disciples assigned here is probably not very good.

"However, since half of the people on the opposite side are in the extreme north, we can also seize this opportunity."

Xu Shuo rubbed his chin and said.

If the camp is divided into five people this time, then there are now two people on the opposite side near them.

Three against two shouldn't be difficult, right?

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(End of this chapter)