Vol 6 Chapter 14: before entering
In the middle of the night, the sky was drizzling, and the cool breeze was blowing slowly.
In a port on the southern edge of the country of fire, a tall tower stands quietly on the shore. The strong light from above is like a sharp sword, piercing into the depths of the darkness, and shining a rain like a thin needle. .
Next to the dock building below, there are more than a dozen ninjas standing on the shore, each holding an umbrella, so that the small raindrops slap on it.
Orochimaru stood at the front, with an umbrella in one hand and the other in his pocket, quietly looking into the distance. In this dark night, the deep darkness could not block his sight, the sea in the distance. Slightly undulating, the silky silver threads that descended from the sky connected the sea and the sky.
In the distance, he could see three ships breaking through the slight wind and waves, thinking about the pier moving forward, and the distance between them is rapidly pulling in, which is by no means the speed that the ships themselves can achieve.
It should be some kind of word spirit that accelerated the sailing of the ship. Orochimaru is not very familiar with the so-called periodic table of word spirits, so he is not sure whether it has the ability to achieve similar effects.
Behind him, Konoha's group of Joinin, Yuhi Kung, Moonlight Blast, Shisui, Hyuga Nisari, and others stood silently behind Orochimaru, all holding umbrellas.
They also saw the three ships that became more and more obvious on the sea. One of them was a mixed-race, and the other two were the Kakashi and Asma fleets that were in charge of assistance before.
"Ready to be vigilant."
Orochimaru said in a low voice
After the order, the ninjas quickly scattered around, standing on the shore separately, to eliminate any possible danger before it happened.
Apart from his side, the sea fleet was also very cautious. They stopped when they were still a certain distance from the coast. There was no anchor for it to stop, but under the effect of some kind of word, it just followed The waves rise and fall without any major movement.
At this time a lifeboat or two was lowered from the boat, and the half-breeds jumped from it, and they were ponchos and rowed toward the shore in the wind and rain.
At a glance, Orochimaru didn't see the familiar Angers from above. This is also normal. In this case, it is better to use some sailors who are not very useful to find out the situation than the mixed-race high-level Angers and others. Show up in person to conserve strength against possible dangers.
When the strong sailors rowed to the shore, Orochimaru nodded and asked, "When are you going to continue?"
"Mr. Henkel said that the repair will take about an hour, and then we will take a boat to the entrance of Nibelungen. At that time, I hope you will honor our agreement."
"Naturally, we have been looking forward to this mission for a long time."
It was confirmed that there was no problem here. The sailors made some kind of gestures on the boat, and one of them emitted intermittent strong lights with a frequency of three long and two short. After that, the boat that stayed on the sea began to continue sailing, Soon it was close to the shore.
The anchor was fixed, and the people on the boat began to descend one by one. Orochimaru watched. At the end, Angers and a rickety old man walked down the same line, knowing that the other person was also sending a letter back. of Henkel.
"What about the holy corpse?"
The holy corpse refers to the body of Constantine, which is now stored in a golden coffin. In the previous exchange, they determined a rule, that is, the word Constantine is no longer mentioned in the ninja world.
Because in the power system of the dragon race, language occupies a considerable part, and the language of words used by the hybrids today is the language of the dragon race in ancient times.
Therefore, they believe that the four words Constantine will cause a bad change in the outside world to some extent, and this change may not attract attention in normal times, but at this moment they are beside them Constantine corpses, they might react, amplify this force, and attract some people's attention.
In particular, Norton, who is also the King of Bronze and Fire, is also the brother of Constantine's attention.
Therefore, they refer to the corpse of Constantine by the holy corpse.
Before, Orochimaru had not seen anyone bring down the golden coffin described in the letter.
As for items like these, Orochimaru doesn't believe that Angers and Henkel can safely let them out of their sight.
Or, there are anti-counterfeiting measures that reassure both of them?
The mixed race still secretly dispatched a master?
"The location of the holy corpse is probably the safest place." Angers was still wearing his usual black suit. He held an umbrella in one hand, and the other hand seemed to be relaxed and upright.
"The secret party's alchemy item, numbered 666, is the exclusive number of the legendary demon. Although I am not a member of the secret party, I have heard a little about this item."
Henkel did not bring an umbrella, nor did he share an umbrella with Angers. He was wearing a raincoat and his leather boots stepped on the rain-soaked ground, making a crisp sound.
He said in a slightly smiling tone, "In legend, anyone who touches the coffin will incur irreversible bad luck. Even if it is just touched, it will be in danger of death or even death within three days."
"If it's just like this, it's not enough to guarantee absolute safety." Orochimaru said
In other words, there is no security effect at all.
There are as many people in this world who are not afraid of death as there are people who are afraid of death. As long as a little benefit is insignificant to them, at least one third of the people in the world can be willing to sacrifice their lives for this.
"Of course, but I won't know about it later." Henkel shrugged, "I'm not a member of the Secret Party after all."
"That's because..." Seeing what Henkel meant, Angers deliberately lengthened the volume, and then laughed
"Sorry, I forgot that there is a big businessman Henkel here who is working hard to maintain the economy for our secret party in the rear. If only Mr. Orochimaru is no problem, after all, in the previous two cooperation, I believe that the relationship between us Friendship, it doesn't matter if you say 666 information, but this kind of information is often of extremely high value, in front of a businessman, it's not in line with the rules for me to say it for free."
His almost undisguised taunt made Henkel froze, but the next moment he returned to nature, and he just sighed and said, "That's a pity, after all, even a businessman, there are people who don't just pay for value. when."
Orochimaru didn't listen to them anymore, he said lightly, "Let's go back to the resting place first, there may be a long journey ahead for us to be nervous."
He turned to leave, but Angers and Henkel didn't catch up immediately, and only took steps after looking at each other, as if they had to keep walking side by side.
As Angers said before, he was uneasy about giving his back to Henkel.
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At this pier, Konoha temporarily built houses one after another for the half-breeds and ninjas who came to rest at this moment.
This house is divided into two factions that oppose each other, and is divided on the edge of the city, which is closer to the port from the center of the city, so that people who disembark can get a rest as soon as possible.
There is hot water in the house and some novels and comics for relaxation, and if you want more, you can go to a hotel called the Red Theater not far from here to find some women to relax your body and mind.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in various port cities. After sailing on the sea for an unknown amount of time, the first thing that thirsty sailors do is often to go to similar places.
But at the moment, these hybrids and ninjas are all elites, and their self-control ability is not generally strong. Each of them entered the arranged room with an umbrella or a raincoat, and drank a cup of warm tea.
The reason why it took so much effort to build these houses is mainly because Orochimaru felt that since he had the first opportunity to communicate with the world where the mixed race is located, there will undoubtedly be more in the future. Send fleets to communicate with each other.
So it is better to build such a building complex in advance, both for the present and for the future, which just shows that Konoha attaches great importance to the mixed races.
"In our myths and legends, 666 symbolizes a devil, and an alchemical weapon named after this string of numbers is naturally extremely terrifying."
In Orochimaru's room, Angers rudely poured a cup of hot tea for himself, then leaned on the chair and said comfortably, "In addition to the effect Henkel said before, he also has the soul of the contractor. The ability to connect, the devil, is so good at using souls and contracts."
"With the help of this contract, I can see everything around '666', and I can transfer myself and the surrounding space there in an instant, that is to say, whether I take '666' and disembark the holy wreck, there is not much difference of."
There was no Henkel in the room, so Angers explained the effect of the golden coffin, and after finishing speaking, he added, "Originally, the elders said that the effect of '666' could be told to Henkel and the others, but I am very concerned about them. I don't have a lot of goodwill, and if it's not really necessary, I don't bother to mention it to them."
He lifted the teacup lazily, then blew it close to his mouth, as if he couldn't wait to add some water.
Hearing Angers finish speaking, Orochimaru nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "That guy is indeed very dangerous."
He sensed the extremely terrifying power contained in Henkel's squat and short figure, and it was no wonder that even Angers was so afraid of each other.
"At the beginning, there was a world war in our world, and it didn't involve the Dragon King. It was purely a war between our hybrids. Although we don't want to admit it, we may not be as good as Henkel and the others in dealing with hybrids. "
"Slightly heard." Judging from the combination of previous information, it should be that Angers and Henkel joined forces between the mixed races at that time to fight against the forces of the previous Qiwuhai member Uesugoshi.
Angers said with emotion, "We originally joined forces, and victory was inevitable, but in order to accelerate the arrival of victory, Henkel and the others secretly developed an extremely terrifying killer."
"At the end of the war, the research and development of the big killer was completed, and they put it into the other side's hometown. At that moment, it was like a million suns rising. After a long time, a huge mushroom cloud shrouded almost the entire Sheqi Bajia, and I don't know how many hybrids died because of this."
Speaking of which, he suddenly smiled sarcastically, "Speaking of useless things for a long time, really... Sometimes I wonder, is it really old for me, who is over a hundred years old? I heard that after people get old It will become verbose."
After listening, Orochimaru shook his head and said, "As far as I know, your hybrids have a high advantage over ordinary humans in terms of life expectancy."
"No matter how superior it is, it is rare to be over a hundred years old. After all, the longer you live, the more you lose and the more you fight. In this never-ending war, I have seen too many people die voluntarily. The old guy. At that time, in the land of water, Uesugoshi had the strength to break through the siege, but he chose to perish with an honorable next-generation species at the cost of his own life."
There was emotion in his words. Perhaps in such a sentence, he had lost many friends, and he did not know how much of his own emotions were contained in this sentence.
Orochimaru didn't understand this feeling, but just echoed, "This is normal. If you continue to live, you will suffer more hardships Then it is normal to choose to give up."
"Hehe, I sometimes think, is it possible that I also lack a little motivation to continue living?" Ang Ge chuckled and shook his head with a smile, "But that kind of motivation should never appear to me. Good. If the God of Fate was listening to our conversation just now, then I beg you to cut off the previous paragraph."
It always feels like you just set something up...
I've seen a lot of ninjas on the battlefield who say, 'After this war, I'll go back to my hometown to get married', 'My child is about to be born' 'What kind of sound, I'll take a look at' such words, Orochimaru always thinks What Angers said just now can also be classified into it.
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Throwing away some of the thoughts in his mind, Orochimaru continued to speak with that calm look
"The area we are going to this time is directly Cassel Manor?"
Guessing that the tea was no longer as hot as it was at the beginning, Angers took a sip to try the temperature, and then said, "Yes, don't you have our token in your hand? With that badge, the Gate of Nibelung You will be teleported to the entrance of the manor in an instant, which is a privilege that Menek specially opened, which can facilitate us a lot, at least save a considerable part of the journey."
"Who will be there?" Orochimaru needs to assess the combat effectiveness of his side at that time. Although from the previous communication with Norton, the Dragon King may not have the intention of making a move, but he can't help it.
"Lord Mayek, Viscount Charlotte, Marquis Gambett, these are the three elders of our secret party, and for the first time, there are also the current leader of the secret party, Menec Cassel, and the Lionheart Club he leads. Other than that, it's us."
He took a sip of his tea and added, "Of course, I'm a Lionheart myself."