Part Two The Human World Chapter Forty-Four An Invitation from a Noble Organization
Sandro pointed at Asa and said to the guest: "This guy likes to go out at night recently."
"Young people, this is inevitable." The guest nodded and smiled. His words were full of understanding and tolerance like an adult facing a child's problems, but the hoarse and unpleasant voice could make people's hair stand on end.
There was no way anyone else could make such an ugly sound. From the signature voice, Asa immediately recognized that this was the monster that almost blew him into pieces in the Whispering Forest, the undead that Bishop Ronis said
Mage. And now this monster actually understands me in the tone of an elder. This is definitely a weird thing.
Sandro had a lazy and weird look on his face, as if this was really just an ordinary friend who came to drink tea and chat. He stood up and said: "You guys chat slowly. I'll sit outside for a while." He turned around and walked out of the big house.
, and conveniently closed the door.
"Sit." The Lich stretched out her hand like a hospitable host and pointed to an empty stone table among the corpses. In this place full of corpses, she looked like a girl in an ancient book among flowers.
The scholar seems to be in harmony with the environment and seems to be a very suitable host.
Asa could hear his own heartbeat and breathing, echoing emptyly in the weird big house full of corpses and organs. He was the only living thing here now. He looked at the Lich with some caution, and walked over after hesitating.
Sat down.
Since this monster appeared in Sandro's old man's place and greeted him so politely, it probably wasn't here to cause trouble for him. At least Sandro had no reason to frame him. And it just so happened that he was very fond of the Necromancer Guild.
I am curious and want to hear what the necromancer wants from me.
"I thought our past misunderstandings would make you very wary." The Lich smiled. Her fake face should be Sandro's masterpiece. I don't know what kind of magic was used on it, but it can actually have expressions.
Change. "I would like to introduce myself first, so that I can save a lot of time explaining hostility and misunderstandings... I am a lich, you can call me Widnina, to put it simply, I am your classmate."
"Classmate?" Asa glared. He had never remembered having such an interpersonal relationship, let alone with a lich. Moreover, Vidnina was obviously a woman's name. Asa looked at it carefully.
The undead monster who claimed to be his classmate took a while to connect his sinister impression with the concept of women.
"Yes. I was once a student of Teacher Sandro, and I was also a student of Teacher Ronis. Then of course I am your classmate. Now you should know that we are not enemies anymore."
Asa was very surprised. It made sense that this undead monster was related to Sandro, but it was unbelievable that he and Bishop Ronis were both teachers and students. Although he was surprised, he did not clarify it, at least to himself.
In my impression, I have never regarded the old man Sandro and the Bishop as teachers.
"No need to be surprised. I don't know if there is any record of me in the Magic Academy... A long time ago, when I was a human, my name was Vidnina T. Geffenhardt. Now I am a lich, the most noble person."
A member of the most noble and glorious magician organization - the Guild of the Dead."
"Geffenhart? This... seems to be the surname of a royal family?"
A sound of bellows bursting came out of Widnina's throat, and Asa was startled before realizing that it was probably a light laugh. "The name is just a code name, and the surname is just given by others.
It has no practical significance. As a lich, the most advanced and intelligent being, these things have long been abandoned."
Asa frowned and looked at the monster from head to toe again. It was hard to imagine that this monster had such an amazing identity. He asked, "What do you want to see me for?"
Widnina's fake face showed a smile that seemed to be fake. "I can probably guess that you must be very depressed and troubled recently."
Asa couldn't help but nodded. Ever since Bishop Ronis forced him to accept that job, he had indeed been very bored and annoyed. All the things he came into contact with and the tasks he faced were all things that he was not good at and didn't know how to do it.
However, now he can't solve the problem in his own way as before, and is almost led by others. This feeling is really uncomfortable, and he feels that even his own mind seems to be becoming more and more sluggish.
.
"One of Mr. Ronis's biggest shortcomings is that he likes to impose what he thinks on others, regardless of whether others are willing to accept it or whether they are suitable to do it. This is probably the stubbornness unique to the elderly."
"Yeah." Asa nodded again. He couldn't help but feel the same way.
"So I'm here to help you." The kind-hearted classmate said.
"Help me? How?" Asa's eyes lit up and he asked.
"On behalf of the most noble, noble and glorious magician organization in the world - the Guild of the Dead, I invite you to join."
"I'm kidding. I won't do it." Asa refused almost without thinking. "Although I don't like to be a hero, I don't want to be a zombie."
"Hehehehe..." Although the lich's laughter should have been kind, it still gave Asa goosebumps, as if the corpses and organs in the room were moving at the sound.
"I think the biggest reason for your refusal is because of the reputation of our guild. Please allow me to explain that those are just the prejudices of secular people against us, and the misunderstandings of frogs in the well against the clear sky. Let me ask you first
, what kind of place do you think our Diya Valley should be?"
No one would think carefully about this kind of problem, and there was no need to guess. There were countless information from bards and legends. Asa recited a paragraph casually: "Zombies and skeletons are all over the ground, and all the sky is full of zombies and skeletons."
It’s ghosts and ghosts, a dead place without life, where necromancers eat human flesh and drink human blood to study how to resurrect demons..."
"Nonsense." Vidnina interrupted Asa's recitation with another burst of laughter that made the corpses jump. "The sunrise on the highest peak of the Shadow Spin Mountain Range and the mirage of Feilong Desert are definitely the most beautiful in the mainland.
One of the most wonderful scenery. From the icy peaks of the Shadow Spin Mountains to the spring-like plains all year round, and then to the hot valley bottom, the different climates allow all the most precious and rare flowers and plants in the mainland to grow in patches in the Diya Valley.
.I am sure that there will never be a place more beautiful than Diya Valley in the whole continent. As for the cultural atmosphere, I am not very good at describing it. I can only say that we have fine wines that even the emperors of various countries have found difficult to taste, and there are also wines that are worth the price.
Half of the royal family’s art collections on the continent have fine art collections, and at least three of its members are top-notch artists and musicians.”
Listening to the lich describing the most dangerous and evil place as the most beautiful tourist destination in what was probably the ugliest voice in the entire continent, Asa burst out laughing. This was probably the funniest thing in the entire continent. This classmate probably also
It can be regarded as the funniest undead monster.
But he immediately stopped laughing, because in response to his laughter, Widnina only smiled softly.
Although it was a fake face, it still looked weird, but the calm and unshakable self-confidence could be felt by anyone. Besides, a lich would never come here specifically to tell him a joke.
"In the past ten years, nearly a hundred people have gone through all kinds of hardships to reach Diya Valley. Of course, there are countless people who died in Feilong Desert and Shadow Spin Mountain on the way. Most of the people who found Diya Valley by themselves were
The most ferocious criminal and the most perverted murderer in mainland China. Killing without batting an eye is just the most basic thing these people have in common. Some of them enjoy dismembering young girls alive, some have a hobby of collecting people's faces, and some just do it because others despise him.
They slaughtered an entire village... They all hope to join the legendary Guild of the Undead, get rid of the wanted society on them, and enjoy killing and corpses more boldly. But what do you think their outcome will be?"
"Are they not allowed to join?" Asa asked. No matter who judged it, these people seemed to be born to be preparatory members of the Guild of the Dead.
"They are not worthy." Vidnina's voice was even worse when it expressed contempt, like using a file to file away iron sheets. "These garbage are not even qualified to leave corpses in Diya Valley. They have all become zombies or ghosts.
, always wandering outside the Diya Valley as coolies and guards. The Guild of the Dead is the most noble organization in the world. Only the smartest, most outstanding, and most elegant people are qualified to join. Many of them are great saints and sages in this society.
, a suave artist, or an industry leader who is proud of himself."
Asa really couldn't laugh at all. He remembered the three names Bishop Ronis told him. He asked: "The former president of the Empire Adventurer Guild, Agrenel, the businessman Nopolinot, Rondes
Ramado, the principal’s court magician. Are these people really from the Guild of the Dead?”
"Yes." The Lich was very frank and had no intention of hiding anything. "Teacher Ronis must have told you these. Now you believe it. We are all such elegant and outstanding people, how can we live like beggars?
Is poverty as miserable as a mouse? We have the ability, and of course we are more qualified to enjoy the highest enjoyment in the world."
Asa had to admit that this was probably the case. At least it was said that the famous businessman once bought a tourist city with good hot springs just so that he could bathe quietly. However, he still couldn't figure it out and asked:
"But your reputation is not all groundless. It is obviously an organization that engages in necromancy, how come there are so many powerful people in it?"
"I've said it before, those are just the wild assumptions of frogs in the well. You probably haven't been exposed to high-level magic, so you don't understand yet. There is absolutely no magic that is deeper, more subtle, and more powerful than necromancy magic.
It's artistic." The Lich waved his withered fingers and pointed at the densely packed corpses around him. "Look at the human body, how precise and perfect it is. Even the most precise work of the best dwarf craftsman, and a
A person's fingers are as crude as mud in comparison. Therefore, people who are not extremely smart and have excellent qualifications are not qualified to learn such advanced magic. And people flock together, so our guild is completely the highest in the world.
Shang, the place where the most outstanding people gather. It is definitely a very wonderful thing for you to join us?"
Asa remained silent and did not answer. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Why do you want me to join your organization?"
"Because you should join the Guild of the Dead." Widnina's answer was firm but her words were vague.
Asa smiled faintly, sighed, and said, "I think it's because of the leaves of the World Tree, the Sun Well, and your dark star."
Fortunately, Bishop Ronis had already told him the reason. After such a big detour, the real purpose hidden behind so many beautiful words should be this.
Widnina smiled, even her artificial eyes made of dead eyes narrowed.
She did not answer Asa's words, but just said the key point in a calm tone: "Teacher Ronis should tell you some inexplicable things. I can probably imagine what kind of cliché story it is, nothing more than
Something like evil unblocking and destroying the world."
"Isn't it?" Asa felt the pressure. What he learned from this classmate today was too abnormal, and it sounded like there was something even more eye-opening behind.
"I don't need to refute or explain at all. I just ask you to think about it with your own clear mind and realize that it is pure nonsense. I ask you, why do we want to kill everyone and turn this continent into a dead land? Is it possible?
Looking at the skeletons and zombies all over the world in a daze? Even the cruelest vampires would not have such thoughts. Besides, we are such a noble group?"
"Don't you believe in those gods of darkness and gods of destruction?" Asa continued to introduce stories and legendary routines.
"Believe in?" The Lich looked at Asa and asked, "Do you still believe in any gods?"
"No..." Asa shook his head.
"If you don't even believe in it, how can we still believe in it?" The lich's answer was a bit baffling, but Asa felt that he understood it vaguely. "Faith is for people with weak hearts to support their beliefs and
Spiritually. People who are truly mature and spiritually strong will not believe, they will only believe and believe what they see and feel.”
"It's not about destroying the world... it's about conquering the world." Asa thought hard, took a step back and found a more suitable reason.
"Conquer the world? It's so tacky and tasteless." The lich's laughter showed great contempt and contempt for this word.
"The desire to conquer is just a specialty of young people's passion that doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, or the filth of a morbid mentality where they want to transcend everything because of their low self-esteem. Is it really possible to trample the world under your feet? Impossible. You are still you, and you still have joy.
Anger, sorrow and joy, and we are still tired from living. How can people like us, who know the world well and have long transcended the desires of the world, still stick to those inexplicable desires. What's more..." The Lich's tone changed.
Extremely plain, yet powerful. "Even if we really want to conquer the world, we won't have to put in much effort."
Asa breathed a sigh of relief and finally showed a relieved expression. Because he was finally sure that this classmate was indeed talking nonsense. He never expected that a lich would have the ability and shame to make such a big lie.
But Vidnina didn't feel like her bullshit was about to be broken, and continued to speak in a light tone: "Conquering people by force is simply synonymous with stupidity. Manipulating people or controlling a country is such a thing.
, at least it is much easier than making a top-notch skeleton zombie. You must know that the society composed of people is a very weird thing. Countless mediocre people living at the bottom are very honest, simple and lovely, and obediently obey orders.
Officials and laws, and officials and laws obey the orders of the monarch and the king. Therefore, as long as we control the top few people, we control the entire country. With our ability, wisdom and means, we can launch several coups to help those who are easy to control.
What’s so difficult about someone trying to usurp the throne?” Vidnina’s voice was like a howling ghost, but she had to use a tone that was unspeakably unpleasant. “Even just out of interest, the guys in the guild can do it alone.
Just start a war."
Once again, Asa had to admit that this was probably true. At least Bishop Ronis had personally said that the court mage had started the continuous war between the principality and the surrounding countries for ten years.
"It is not difficult to make an entire country crazy and let them conquer the world. People not only surrender to social classes, but also crucially surrender their thoughts and feelings to religion, philosophy and some inexplicable values and beliefs. We
Among them are some masters of emotion who can understand and manipulate people's emotions like playing with puzzle pieces. It is easier to control ordinary people who are obsessed with the world than to tame a dog. As long as you grasp the threads of these religions and beliefs, you can completely control them.
Master the right method and they will follow you wherever you go, even to hell..."
"Okay, okay, okay..." Asa announced his surrender. Under this classmate's unparalleled eloquence, his mind was in chaos. He took a few deep breaths to straighten his brain, which was about to boil, and returned to the center of the problem.
"I admit that you are powerful, and you are indeed a concentration camp of masters. But I still don't know, why do you want me to join you? I won't believe it if it really has nothing to do with the Sunwell and the Leaves of the World Tree."
"As I said before, you should have joined the Guild of the Dead." Widnina's answer also returned to the unclear point, but added: "As for those relationships, after you join,
You will understand it yourself..." The green fire behind her eyes flashed. "The most important thing is that as soon as you join us, you will be completely free. What elves, what kind of wanted people from the church, are in front of us.
It's just rubbish. You can do whatever you want."
Asa took a long breath. After talking for a long time, he finally heard the most attractive and practical words to him.
"And I have also explained to you clearly the situation of our noble organization, so you don't have to worry about anything at all. I have even completed the membership procedures for you, and it has been approved by more than half of the members. All you have to do is nod.
"Vidnina looked at Asa with her dead eyes. "How about it."
Asa tried hard to think about it, but he still couldn't figure it out.
What Vidnina said just now is enough to overturn anyone's established concept of the Guild of the Dead. The conditions offered and the prospects shown to him are absolutely wonderful. Compared to the current situation where he is stupidly under Bishop Ronis of the Royal Capital.
He was dumbfounded and depressed, and it was like a new village of darkness. But he could feel that something was still wrong, and he couldn't tell where it was.
"Forget it." Asa finally sighed and refused.
Widnina smiled and didn't seem too frustrated. She took out a scroll from her arms and handed it to Asa. "There is no need to make a decision now. This is for you. Just come when you want to come."
Already."
Asa hesitated for a moment, but took it. Suddenly he remembered and asked: "Did you release the vampire in the hunting ground a few days ago? Can you tell me who did it?"
"We mostly do our own thing without interfering with each other. I don't know much about what other members do."
"Can you tell me who is your undercover agent in this royal capital?"
"I can't tell you this. You will know it when you become one of us."
"Okay. I've told you everything I want to tell you. Now I'm going back to Diya Valley." Vidnina took out a scroll herself, and after unfolding it, her whole body was enveloped in blue-white light.
"I hope you won't tell Mr. Ronis about my coming here, as that will embarrass Mr. Sandro."
"You don't need to tell me about this." Asa nodded. What if Bishop Ronis knew that the Necromancer Guild was inviting him? Maybe just send him to the dungeon for safety reasons.
As soon as Widnina's figure disappeared into the teleportation light, Sandro opened the door and came in. He glanced at the tail of the blue-white light, shook his head, sighed, and said to himself: "I really don't want to embarrass me.
Just don’t come here."
Asa looked at where the Lich was sitting in a daze for a moment, scratched his head and thought for a while, then turned to look at Sandru and asked: "Is everything she said just now true?" He could hear it.
Sandro was not far outside the door just now, and he should have heard everything he and Widnina were talking about.
"I don't know." Sandro replied angrily.
Asa looked at the old man and frowned and asked: "You seem to be friends with Bishop Ronis? Why are you hosting my classmate again? Which side are you on?"
"I'm not taking any side." Sandro's eyes turned white.
"What on earth should I do?"
Sandro's eyes widened and he said, "How do I know?"