[Ravenstern]
Palace Council Room:
The morning light shines through the stained glass, casting colorful patterns on the long table in the conference room.
Eight-year-old Luca was wearing the ceremonial robe of the Falcon Family, sitting on the main seat with a serious face.
He tried hard to tighten his baby-fat cheeks, but his thick eyelashes kept trembling.
Fortunately, the two people on his left and right made him feel at ease.
The person on the left, the imperial warlock Barbara, still firmly supported Queen Meve after his death.
The person on the right, Order of the Falcon's new knight, serves as his valet. Although she never reveals her face, her presence fills Luca's heart with a familiar sense of security.
Barbara holds the scroll in his hand and is telling the ministers about the recent policies of Northern Kingdoms.
The ministers around the long conference table listened with great concentration.
Obviously, since the death of Queen Meve, Falcon Family, with the assistance of Barbara, has steadily occupied a dominant position.
Although the current political situation is complicated, the ministers all know that Barbara is supported by two major forces, Magic Academy and Witcher Order, and she has good relations with many nobles.
If they continue to resist the [resident rights] and [hunting rights] policies left behind by Queen Meve during his lifetime, I am afraid they will not end up better than Brownie.
Since you can't resist, just lie down and enjoy it.
Anyway, if the policy is fully implemented, they can still gain some benefits.
Although these benefits are less than before the policy was implemented, at least you can save your life, and you can still drink wine and watch dancers dance when you get home. Isn't this kind of life pretty good?
Barbara is extremely happy. Now she has finally gained the real recognition of Luca and the person next to her. She needs to make decisions on some major national affairs.
She was reading the document when her hands suddenly trembled and almost tore the scroll apart. She remained silent and turned pale.
Barbara just glanced towards the west through the colorful windows, and then said loudly, "Today's meeting ends here."
The ministers already knew the contents of these two resolutions and were happy to relax. After politely taking their leave, there were only three of them left in the palace.
Little adult Luca asked seriously, "Ms. Barbara, what happened?"
"It's just that Magic Academy has something to do. Please forgive me for being rude, Your Majesty."
"It doesn't matter. This policy has been basically implemented anyway, and there is nothing else to do today."
"Then, Your Majesty, would you like to go back and rest first?"
"Okay, I just have to go study with the teacher for a while."
Luca The tall knight behind him lifted him off the chair and led him towards the palace.
During this process, the tall knight looked back at Barbara, who nodded.
The knight sighed softly, and the voice seemed very familiar.
"What's wrong? My guardian." Luca asked, raising his little face.
"Nothing, Your Majesty, let's go."
"Okay."
This tall knight is Queen Meve, and she is not dead.
In order to protect the little falcon Luca, she chose to drink the medicine modified by Dean Mary himself.
Although the medicine saved her life, it also had other effects.
His face became rougher, and countless fine hairs grew on the surface of his body, making him look like a savage.
At the same time, his body became taller and taller. He was originally about 1.8 meters tall, but now he has reached two meters. His strength has become stronger, and all the hidden diseases in the past have been wiped out.
She knew very well that assuming the position of queen with this appearance would inevitably spread rumors that Northern Kingdoms Queen Meve turned into a monster.
So, she chose to abdicate and used Barbara's illusion to create a fake burial.
Now, she has successfully become a knight of Order of the Falcon, guarding Luca.
After the two left, Barbara seemed to have exhausted all his strength and slumped down on a chair nearby.
"Rose, The roses on Xiya's body have disappeared..."
Feicui The earring suddenly broke, and pieces of jade mixed with teardrops fell on the blue bricks.
Barbara looked at the ground, dazed for a moment, then hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief, wiped the broken jade and wrapped it. This was a gift Xiya gave her on her birthday last year.
[Noldor Forest]
Peripheral edge.
Many adventurers composed of Itinerant School warlocks and mercenaries are wandering here.
They had long known that Dick and Xiya had entered the forest, but no one dared to break in.
In fact, they didn't even do anything like setting fire outside.
Because the existence in the forest is extremely terrifying, but fortunately she never leaves the forest.
At this time, a highly respected Bishop Eternal Fire suddenly said "Hey".
Seeing everyone's confusion, she explained, "The witch's aura has dissipated. Could it be..."
Just as he was talking, several poisonous oak arrows shot out from the forest. With a sound of breaking through the air, they penetrated into the wet soil in front of the feet of many adventurers around them, and their tail feathers buzzed.
Everyone immediately became alert and looked into the depths of the jungle with weapons in hand. Soon, a male elf walked out of the forest.
Even though Noldor Elves saw hundreds of adventurers, he remained extremely calm, "Xiya is dead, please don't wander around in front of our territory."
After hearing this, the adventurers turned their attention to the bishop of Church of the Eternal Fire.
The bishop seemed unsure, and turned to look at the Itinerant School warlocks on the side.
After the warlocks gathered together to discuss, they nodded to the people around them.
"Oh, damn, I didn't catch anything." One adventurer said dejectedly.
"Then we have to go to Fire Church to get some benefits. Duncan promised it, whether it comes true or not..."
"Forget about these things, let's go to Free City to have some fun. I'm really exhausted these days."
After some discussion, the adventurers finally left Noldor Forest, and the holy land of Noldor Elves returned to its former peace.
Not only Bishop Eternal Fire could see something strange, but also the astrologer in the [Bacchus Empire] palace reported it to Emperor Marius.
The news quickly spread throughout the continent.
Those who coveted the secrets of Xiya's body, or wanted to arrest her for the bounty, or those who wanted to kill her out of so-called justice, all stopped their actions, as if hunting witches had never happened before.
As for who can avenge the nearly a thousand adventurers killed by Dick?
These people had a tacit understanding and never mentioned the matter again. They only cursed Xiya as "World-Destroying Witch" after getting drunk, but no one dared to mention revenge against Witcher Order.
Nowadays, some adventurers only pray in their hearts that the new leader of Witcher Order will never vent their anger on their partners after their death.
[Deep-Sea World]
deeper.
Extremely dark and extremely quiet.
Suddenly, two house-sized blood-red lights Blink instantly illuminated all the surrounding plankton and fish.
The unknown creature seemed to have just woken up from a long sleep, looking extremely hungry.
The dark water suddenly boiled, and tens of thousands of luminous jellyfish burst together, using the last blue light of their lives to reveal a terrifying silhouette - a huge octopus.
A siphon vortex with a diameter of 30 meters formed in the mouth of the giant beast, and even the rock formations on the seabed were torn apart with terrifying cracks.
The 15-meter-long sperm whale was rolled into the mouth of the giant beast like a defenseless rag doll.
When the octopus closed its mouth, a large amount of scarlet spilled out, dyeing the dark deep sea red.