novelraw Chapter 666: Snow
Chapter 666: Snow
"Big brother, it's so cold here oh..."
The Northern Border after entering autumn became even more bone-piercingly freezing. Especially following the elevation of altitude, that cold wind blowing against the face was exactly like bone-scraping steel knives to ordinary people, like wanting to dissect a person's facial skin off.
Even having already prepared clothes resisting the cold within the borders of the Sardin Woman's Country, even always staying within Fisher's embrace, little Alicia still felt exceptionally cold. Her small face buried within the scarf and hood was also flushing red, exactly like an apple.
Hearing this Fisher lowered his head, hugging her a bit tighter while simultaneously reaching out a hand pulling up the hood on her face that was blown down a bit by the wind, saying.
"We are almost there."
Since unlocking transcendent abilities before going to the beach, as long as he didn't use power, his application of Azanroth's blessing upon his body became increasingly proficient.
To increase Alicia's sense of security staying within his own embrace, and also to better exchange with the Lord of Fate, since leaving the beach previously he had always been in the state of dispelling the blessing. Anyway right now there's also no chaos beside him, possessing no necessity to use the blessing.
While beside Fisher, because Eimhart's "imperial throne" was snatched by little Alicia, he could then only stand on Fisher's shoulder. Although bodily he couldn't quite feel the cold, but his heart was chilled. He sighed a breath, looking at a patch of pure white, couldn't help but roast.
"Previously didn't have this feeling yet, now coming from Naris to the Northern Border again is truly two extremes. Saint-Nazareth is already so clean, while the road surface of the Sardin Woman's Country is still entirely horse feces frozen into ice blocks. I even said to rest a bit there, looking at that environment might as well forget it. This truly suffers this little brat, continuously traveling together with you two, not even having a rest."
"I'm fine, Mr. Book.""Yeah right, you better be."
Eimhart curled his lips, neither agreeing nor disagreeing saying.
However the Lord of Fate behind hearing Eimhart's words smiled faintly, speaking towards him.
"The current Nari people are exactly like ape-men being pulled out from a cave into a modern villa by Elizabeth. The prosthetic eyes exceeding ordinary human ranks, the Cardinals exceeding ordinary productivity adding her reforms regardless of size, all let Naris produce a metamorphosis exceeding common sense. Perhaps looking from the societal structure and culture, Naris still remains stagnant in ideologies from several years ago. But the solid matter yet can make everyone completely satisfied, feeling a life worlds apart from before. Clean sanitation, cheap commodity prices, sufficient high-paying employment positions, cheap medical care and housing, two plays an afternoon...
"Elizabeth exhaustively displayed benevolence for the Nari people, and Nari people also therefore nearly blindly loved and esteemed her, worshipped her, even revered her as a god. Every day outside the Golden Palace there are countless Nari people coming to prostrate themselves in worship to her. Following the bell sounds within the Golden Palace, viewing those bell sounds as guidance, providing reference for their own lives... But what is the price? Where did the so many energy resources demanded by Cardinals come from? The moonstone solely surviving in the world isn't enough to supply energy to the Cardinals manufactured by Naris in one month..."
Eimhart hearing this couldn't help shivering a bit, he couldn't help but mutter towards Fisher.
"Cannot tell she is still a sovereign possessing benevolence towards her own subjects, I still thought she was precisely an out-and-out antisocial personality."
Fisher sighed a breath, merely replying.
"Otherwise why do you think her father after betraying her would still hand over the military power to her. He should clearly know he himself let Elizabeth down in some matters. He still did so, is it not handing a knife to Elizabeth to stab himself and the favored Dexter?"
"...Right oh."
Eimhart slightly blanked, indeed didn't expect this bit. While Fisher merely calmly cast a glance towards the front, continuing to say.
"The logic within this lies in, besides her there is no longer anyone possessing the ability and prestige to grasp the military anymore. Prestige doesn't only come from her talent of winning every battle, but also comes from her benevolence towards soldiers. And precisely because of this, the military would rebel together with her, helping her shatter the Gothrin iron rule of 'none other than a male can be titled King'. She loves Naris, and is merely solely Naris... So when destruction arrives, what she considers is also merely solely Naris... So she believes: rather than passively struggling amidst destruction, might as well proactively grasp the leading authority winning everything."
Alicia completely didn't understand what Fisher was saying, merely sneezing in a childish voice within Fisher's embrace, incidentally hugging the ash urn Fisher took out previously in her embrace a bit tighter.
"Alright... speaking of which, auntie, you say why didn't you just teleport us directly to the entrance of the Wutong Tree ah? Still have to let us walk such a long distance here, walking for half a day not even seeing a single hair of a Giant Troll-kin, continuing like this this little brat will really freeze to death!"
Little Alicia hugging the ash urn hearing this immediately became anxious. She pitifully raised her head looking towards Fisher, seemingly questioning "will I really die".
This little guy previously still shamelessly said wanting Fisher to eat her, as a result now the trouble of life chaos upon her body is cured, sleeping well eating fragrantly every night before knowing to cherish life.
Fisher couldn't bear but reach out pinching her chubby little face. Suddenly fantasizing up, if the little baby in Raphaela's belly in the future is also as cute as little Alicia it would be great.
The Lord of Fate swept a glance at Eimhart, when blue veins on her head began to pop up again Fisher then abruptly opened his mouth.
"Shh, seemingly there's someone in front."
"Ah?"
Eimhart hurriedly hid behind the back of Fisher's head. Looking through Fisher's black hair that hadn't been trimmed for a long time, then very quickly saw several flags fluttering amidst the snowy ground in front.
Above the crimson flying flag surface, a white giant snake was currently flying above it.
It was precisely the flag of Schwari.
"Schwari's... emissary?"
Fisher opened his mouth while simultaneously turning his head looking at the Lord of Fate behind. She merely smiled faintly, replying.
"A just cause enjoys abundant support, an unjust cause finds little support. Secular allies can provide us help in the future, what's more the person coming still has a bit of origin with you, so exactly right..."
"Me?"
Fisher raised an eyebrow, standing on the original spot. And simultaneously, the flag fluttering in front also abruptly stood at attention. Following which a voice exactly like a lion's roar transmitted from there.
"What person?!"
Felt himself and the Lord of Fate?
Fisher looked towards the front, then suddenly saw an extremely nimble red figure carrying a gigantic broadsword rapidly darting out from the front, looking towards the direction Fisher stood extremely vigilantly.
That figure possessed a head of golden long hair with thriving hair volume. Many superfluous parts just drooped down onto her shoulders like this, forming natural cold-resisting clothes, and also exactly like a male lion's mane. While upon her head, there was also a pair of semi-circular, soft exactly like bear biscuits double ears also very dynamically shaking a bit amidst the frost and snow in the sky.
And when that person saw Fisher amidst the snowfield, her facial expression also slightly changed, changing from alertness to shock.
She shook the straight sword in her hand inserting it upon the ground, reaching out a hand unbelievably pointing towards Fisher.
"Wait, you... Fisher?! Why are you here?"
"...Filis?"
Yes, the person coming was exactly that Lion-kin Filis among Valentiina Turan's team previously.
Back then after resolving the curse within the Frostwood Sycamore Tree, after Valentiina Turan fell into the state of Nirvana, Fisher then besides Heidelin didn't see anyone else within the Snow Fox-kin tribe under the mountain... everyone else had severally departed rushing for their futures, didn't expect today surprisingly reuniting here again.
"What's going on, Filis, who came?"
Right at this time, behind a one-armed Schwari man wearing heavy fur clothes also hurriedly walked over. Lifting a firelock in his hand looking towards this side rather nervously, very quickly also seeing Fisher's group.
"Fisher? You... why are you here? No, shouldn't you be in Naris?"
Also a familiar acquaintance known back then, Balzac coming from Schwari.
"Ah?! No, how does he know you were in Naris previously?"
Eimhart unbelievably turned his head looking at Fisher. While Fisher hugging the Alicia within his embrace, cast a glance at the tight-lipped Lord of Fate behind him, yet still proactively welcoming forward.
"Filis, Balzac, long time no see. It's just, what is called 'I should be in Naris', did you guys know my intel from somewhere?"
Filis and Balzac exchanged a glance, mutually maintaining a tacit understanding without speaking. Merely simultaneously turning their heads looking anew at that blonde woman wearing weirdly following behind Fisher.
Passing a good while of recognition, they then simultaneously confirmed something, appearing hesitating to speak up.
Filis scratched her ears provoking one or two grains of white snowflake above her head not knowing what to say. It was Balzac who hung the firelock upon his body onto his back with one hand, opening his mouth saying.
"This kind of matter, reasonably speaking shouldn't you this person involved be the most clear..."
"What matter?"
Fisher roughly possessed a kind of ominous premonition vibrating in his heart. And Balzac's subsequent words also indeed verified his premonitions were always very accurate.
"Golden Palace's side has already widely issued a notification over there, about several days ago? That Empress of Naris intimidating the four seas getting married was already concurrently a political significance and provoking curiosity. In short, whether streets and alleys or political upper officials, Schwari from top to bottom is chatting about this matter... presumably other places of the world are also like this right, this is joyous news to the Golden Palace, so informing everywhere."
Filis nodded her head, also mischievously smiling carrying the straight sword inserted into the ground onto her shoulder. Incidentally sizing up the little Alicia hugged within his embrace as well as that blonde woman behind his back.
"Yeah, your identity as Prince Consort Fischer Benavides is almost known to the entire world, looking at it it's only you alone who don't know? Moreover surprisingly can also carefree and casually hug your wife and child running into the Sema Mountains?"
"Wife child? No, this isn't my wife, this is also not my biological child."
Fisher helplessly cast a glance at the Alicia with a face full of innocence within his embrace, the Lord of Fate behind him also opportunely shook her head.
"Good ah, then Valentiina Turan boss's side you always cannot escape right? Either way you just need to know, Wutong Tree over there definitely knows this news and that's enough."
"...That's also true."
Fisher sighed a breath, silently calculating the specific time a bit.
The "several days ago" they said was earlier than the time he and Elizabeth separated. Also meaning to say, before the honeymoon Elizabeth had already indicated the Golden Palace to widely issue this news to the world.
She clearly knew back then he possessed the blessing upon his body unable to be discovered by others, not even knowing when it could be unsealed she then issued this edict?
Fisher just felt this approach was exactly like issuing a declaration of war towards females having affairs with him spanning various parts of the world. Distinctly mainly two directions, one is the Northern Border in the north, one is the Southern Continent in the south. Exactly like declaring war sticked to their face...
"Then what about you guys, coming here representing Schwari uniting with the Wutong Tree?"
"Smart, right now Naris's momentum is becoming increasingly fierce, the forces of the West Continent are both insufficient to confront your Empress Elizabeth. So severally seeking forces outside the continent to cooperate. Not only us, but also Kadu; not only the Wutong Tree, of course also the Red Dragon Court in the south... Just happened we had cooperation with Valentiina Turan boss previously, so then dispatched me to come. Filis is only a thug I hired."
Balzac hearing this smiled faintly, but as he spoke also seemingly thought of something. The expression having a well-thought-out plan in mind also became suspicious up.
"Wait, you wouldn't happen to be representing Naris coming here right? This way we then precisely are enemies..."
"Hehe, if this guy was dispatched by Elizabeth, inside this team absolutely couldn't possibly exist females... Oh, even an agender relic like me also wouldn't exist, because she definitely would be jealous... Aiyo aiyo!"
Eimhart chuckled, the teasing expression hadn't even lasted a second before he was grabbed onto the book cover by Fisher, avoiding him talking nonsense blindly again.
"No need to worry, I didn't come representing Naris. Might as well say, right now I already thoroughly stand exactly opposing Elizabeth and Naris. My coming here is also to see Valentiina Turan. As for this little guy in my embrace, it's my teacher's granddaughter. This one is Aris, she is a... friend of mine."
Uh, because the paradox of crossing time led to this seniority seemingly being a bit weird, so Fisher also couldn't define the specific relationship between them.
Thinking carefully a bit, Aris's teacher or senior is Asuka Karasawa, he himself is Asuka Karasawa's teacher, then normally speaking he himself can be considered her grand-teacher.
But looking according to normal time, Aris is also an old monster who has lived for several thousand years. Looks like there's also no idea of revering teachers and respecting the doctrine... although also possessing no betraying master and ancestors that is.
Can't precisely say "you call me grand-teacher, I call you senior, let's address each other separately". Simply then calling a sentence of "friend" will do.
"Ha, then I truly must sigh a breath of relief... if you truly came for the sake of Naris, we could only beg you to let us off a path of survival, we can't beat you. You don't know, when feeling your aura the hairs on Filis' entire body exploded up, exactly like a ball..."
"Balzac!"
Filis's face turned black, grabbing onto Balzac's ear. Balzac's body without rank within the hands of the transcendent rank Filis was exactly like a little chick, hurting him making him hurriedly moan pleading for mercy.
Speaking of which, Lion-kin seemingly are also a trait of "yin and yang reversal", the same as Giant Troll-kin.
"You guys, are together now?"
Eimhart blinked his eyes, then repeatedly asking like this.
"..."
Balzac and Filis simultaneously blanked, following which simultaneously waving their hands retreating a step backward, exactly like extremely disdaining the other party.
"I am going to puke, truly... being colleagues with this dead lion is already more than enough. You don't know how she disgusted me these few years. Truly, when I close my eyes it's all those disgusting matters of hers..."
"Ha? It's me instead alright, who did you think has always been enduring you ah?! You this soft-legged shrimp, looking at you makes me angry..."
"If you have capability don't live in my house ah!? Helping you find a job, as a result the salary distributed all becomes your little treasury. Rent also not given to me... eating meals still wanting me to fork out money, why don't you go die ah? You this iron rooster!"
"Why are you so stingy, didn't I let you XX?!"
"Ha?! Don't think I don't know the notion of your Lion-kin, you still pretending you suffered a loss here... You clearly felt awesome to death alright, the one suffering a loss has always been me?!"
"Hehe, one-shot premature ejaculation man."
"Hehe, stupid egg waterfall lion."
"..."
Fisher with a black face covered the ears of the Alicia with an innocent face within his embrace. Even wanting to use life chaos to grow two more hands also covering the Eimhart on his shoulder. Although ultimately giving up, yet still making him couldn't help but directly cross over them walking towards the front of the team.
However the Lord of Fate behind heard with keen interest, only seeing Fisher walk far did she then reluctantly follow up.
The position the Lord of Fate teleported them to was not far in front from that patch of ruins he carried Valentiina Turan on his back to here previously, which was the Phoenix Bridge. Passing through the Phoenix Bridge one can precisely enter the territory of the Giant Troll-kin.
But seemingly since they entered back then that Phoenix Bridge had been destroyed. Also don't know if the people of the Wutong Tree have opened a new path again.
However they had Slimes there, perhaps also didn't really need a path easily entered by outsiders?
Right while Fisher was considering whether to directly fly over, amidst this patch of ruins anew covered by heavy accumulated snow since four and a half years ago before his eyes. A certain piece of white among it seemingly sensing the person coming, surprisingly began to tremble slightly.
"Beep beep, David detected visiting unit, currently scanning, currently uploading... scan complete, upload complete, beginning executing inquiry measures, activating... beep beep"
"What thing..."
"Hong long long!!"
Right when Fisher's ears acutely captured the tiny sound transmitting from the snowy ground, the next second, the pure white snow before his eyes instantly burst open. Stimulating the accumulated frost and snow flying into mid-air, turning into fog.
And within that fog dancing across the sky, a gigantic humanoid Cardinal exactly like a small mountain abruptly stood up. Under the concealment of that "white curtain", turning into a gigantic shadow flashing with the azure blue light of Cardinals.
Although that gigantic shadow looked to have sharp edges and corners, but movements were extremely agile. It was distinctly entirely different from those Cardinals Fisher saw in Naris previously.
Although those Cardinals of Naris were already sufficiently sci-fi and advanced. But that was also merely comparing against the steam machinery production tools Naris used previously; yet comparing against this big fellow before his eyes, those of Naris then instantly exactly like unrated lowest-tier were that pathetic again.
Wait, there are Cardinals here at the Wutong Tree?
That's right, Naris' Cardinals came from the Stormsea. The Stormsea back then didn't solely possess the Black Chieftain. But also his former ally yet nowadays backstabbed by him Iceberg Queen, Alajina is precisely located here nowadays.
"Ka ka ka!"
And in a split second, with speed synchronizing with Fisher's train of thought, that shadow then slightly trembling erected countless Cardinal weapons from within the body aiming towards the Fisher and Lord of Fate before his eyes. While simultaneously using an agile mechanical voice opening its mouth questioning.
"Beep beep, please tell David the visitor's objective, otherwise annihilated on the spot..."
"David?"
Fisher raised an eyebrow, the face of the Lord of Fate behind him also for the first time revealed a totally unexpected expression. While the gigantic Cardinal before their eyes merely continuing to say.
"A, alliance request, B, declare war invasion, C, returning seeking wife... Beep beep, special stipulation, this wife refers to Alajina, not Valentiina Turan..."
Fisher stared dumbfounded at the Cardinal before his eyes. While the Lord of Fate and Eimhart behind him also blankly looked towards him.
Yet hearing that Cardinal merely continuing to repeat up, urging him to select.
"Please select."
(End of this chapter)