Last Totem Novel - Chapter 407
Chapter 407 Reservation
Dr3714-4-30. On the last day of April, the spring breeze blew the ground gently. Silver City 13 was lush and full of vitality.
Early in the morning, the thin dawn awakened the sleeping city. The green grass was stained with morning dew. Whenever there were cars passing by, they would bring waves of cyclones, and they would swing like a woman with weak waist.
At this moment, the Divine Hall of Prayer Rain was completely silent. Looking around, the hall was far-reaching and long. The oil lamps on both sides of the stone walls were emitting dim flames. Occasionally, a gentle breeze blew past, bringing with it flames that gently swayed, causing the surrounding environment to become even more strange and profound, mysterious and unfathomable.
“Push … Push … Push … Push … Push …”
In the silence, a crisp sound of iron boots came from far to near and finally entered the side hall. Compared to the main hall, the fire here was warm, the furnishings were simple, and the floor was covered with a gold-painted red carpet. It was simple and luxurious, low-key and elegant.
“Sister, Xiaoqing is here.” Mu Yuqin nodded slightly and reported to Mu Yu Ling Lan. At this moment, the former was dressed in a thick, light blue power armor. The chest of the power armor was engraved with a crescent moon and a silver cross. It was the customized version of Notre Dame’s second-generation psionic power armor, Moonlight. The latter wore a large white silver-trimmed sacrificial robe and a crown made of silver chains and jewel pendants. He sat upright in an oak high-back chair, looking elegant and graceful.
The crown that You Ge wore at the Council of Elders a few months ago was called the Sun Crown. Its entire body was made of golden chains and seven-colored gem pendants, and its style was modelled on the Moon God Crown. The only difference between the two was that the metal chains that made up the main body of the crown were different. The material of the sun crown was pure gold, and the material of the moon god crown was mysterious silver.
Beneath the Moon God Queen’s crown, there were twelve “small queen crowns”, symbolizing the twelve main gods beneath the Moon God. At this moment, Mu Yu Ling Lan was wearing the crown that represented the Rain God’s “Moistening All Things”. All the jewelry pendants were in the shape of water droplets, as if it was raining.
“Has everyone been staffed?” Mu Yu Ling Lan asked without turning her head.
“It ‘s ready, Mu Yuqin reports in detail, “The current deputy commander is Peter’s Spike, Brandon’s third great-grandson, Chiang Wen, Jiang Xiao’s fifth brother, and Colin’s second great-grandson. The deputy chief of staff is Jiang Wen and Jiang Xiao’s fifth brother.”
“Is Spike obedient?” Mu Yu Ling Lan asked.
“Mother once said that Spike was a devout follower of Rain God, unlike the rest of the Peter family.” Mu Yuqinxin replied.
Mu Yu Ling Lan pondered for a moment and said, “Yes, Mother told me that too. However, I still need to send someone to monitor him.”
“How’s little Tommy?” Mu Yu Ling Lan asked. Little Tommy was the person that Old Di had introduced to her in private the last time she went to Tieshan Town to gather personnel. He had a Tier 3 psionic talent. He was fourteen years old this year, and his skin was white. However, because he was too small, he was unable to wear a standard psionic power armor.
“People from Tie Zha?” Mu Yu Ling Lan turned to look at Mu Yu Qin Xin and asked doubtfully.
“Strictly speaking, they are from Old Di.” Mu Yuqin said in her heart.
“Why didn’t you say it was Lena Euclid’s?” Mu Yu Ling Lan asked.
“She has disappeared for almost four years.” Mu Yuqinxin replied.
“Mm” Mu Yu Ling Lan pondered for a moment and said, “Let him be Spike’s orderly.”
“If he was a devout follower of the Rain God, how could he avoid the eyes of the Rain God?” “Alright, you are big sister. It’s up to you.” Mu Yuqin shrugged her shoulders and said.
Mu Yu Ling Lan glanced at her, got up and walked to the side of the long table. On the table was a large map. Mu Yu Ling Lan pointed to an open space about 1200 km southeast of Sand Wind Castle and said to her, “This is the final location of the Storm Stronghold. Come and take a look.”
After looking at the map for a while, Mu Yuqin was puzzled and asked, “Why are you here?” Judging from the surrounding environment and the location of the other edge strongholds, this was not an ideal location. It seemed to be too far ahead.
“From the looks of it, our position isn’t too good. We are easily surrounded by swarms of insects. But what if that’s the case?” As she spoke, she picked up a chess piece representing the stronghold and placed it on a high ground thirty kilometers southwest of the Storm Stronghold.
“But who would build a stronghold here?” Mu Yuqin asked.
‘”Tie Zha ~” Mu Yu Ling Lan smiled and said.
Mu Yuqinxin immediately understood her sister’s intentions, but after thinking for a while, she asked worriedly, “Does he have the ability?”
“Not before, but since he took the lightning hammer, he should have one.” Then, Mu Yu Ling Lan analyzed it in detail.
First of all, the strongholds of the merchant forces were mainly located in the southeast of Sand Wind Castle, furthest away from the Temple forces in the northwest of Sand Wind Castle. If Tie Zha wanted to develop in the future, it would definitely participate in the competition for resources in Desert Five and Mirror Sea through third-party companies.
Secondly, these two strongholds formed horns and could occupy a large area of low ground in front of them. There were already about 20 ore spots discovered in the surroundings. As long as they paid the officials of Windsand Castle enough, they could directly mine them.
However, the only disadvantage of choosing this stronghold was that the southeast side of Sand Wind Castle was not the defensive area of the Fifth Army of the Dawn Expeditionary Army, and the essence of merchants was to pursue profits. Therefore, the merchant forces were like a pile of scattered sand. If they encountered a large-scale wave of insects, the border strongholds would be swallowed up due to lack of support. The Dawn expeditionary army and Sandstorm Castle would not send reinforcements until the situation was in a complete mess.
“What if Tie Zha doesn’t come?” Mu Yuqin hypothesized.
“Then let’s talk to the priests of the Starlight Divine Hall.” As he spoke, Mu Yu Ling Lan pointed at Silver City No.9, Elk City, which was located in the center of the central continent.
A few days later …
The Big Dipper, which set out from Black Alley a month ago, crossed the Sky King Sea and arrived at a small port in the southwest of the Far East, Cape Harbor.
Although Cape Harbor was located in a corner of the Far East Continent, it was no different from an isolated island. This place was separated from the gathering places of the clans of the Far East by mountains that were even wider than the Heavenly King Sea. Therefore, all supplies at Cape Harbour can only be shipped by sea. Similar to Iceland, it was a transit point for maritime trade, where ships were overhauled and refuelled, sailors were resting and entertaining, and traders were bargaining.
As the Big Dipper had suffered damage to many parts of its hull during the hunt for the electric eel and the subsequent attack by the deep-sea tiger shark, it could only sail to Cape Harbor for repairs before heading to the Ancient Temple to the north. From the charts, it would take at least two months.
Cape Harbor, like Iceland, belonged to a neutral zone with a mix of dragons and snakes, but to Tie Zha and the others, it was no different from a paradise.
After docking, the captain brought everyone ashore and stayed at a familiar bar.
“Tonight, everyone, have a good drink. The boss here is my cousin. It can be said to be the safest place in the world.” Upon entering, the captain and the owner of the bar embraced each other warmly and praised Haikou.
“Yeah! Drink, long live!” Lilith coaxed.
“Have you heard the story of the rabbit and the fox?” Tie Ling whispered in her ear.
‘”Yes,” said Lilith.
“I’ve heard you dare to drink?” “I’m not a rabbit.” “What does this have to do with rabbits? This story tells us that if a girl drinks too much, her butt hurts ~” Tie Ling said seriously.
“Didn’t the captain say that this is the safest place in the world?” Lilith said innocently.
Tie Ling suddenly opened her eyes wide to look at Lilith, as if she had found something on her face.
“What’s the matter?” Lilith touched her face subconsciously.
“It looks like I’m pregnant.” After a while, Tie Ling commented.
“Ah! Why?” Lilith asked in surprise.
“Didn’t you hear them say that? Believe the captain’s words, you will be pregnant.” Tie Ling said.
“Is it that scary?” Lilith revealed an expression of disbelief.
“Didn’t you notice that I’ve been keeping a distance of more than five meters from him?” Tie Ling said.
Lilith furrowed her brows and thought for a moment. There was indeed such a thing, so she opened her eyes wide and asked, “Is what you said true?”
“Of course.” Tie Ling crossed her chest with both hands and said with a serious expression.
A moment later, everyone split into several tables and sat down. The captain ordered a roasted sheep, a large vegetable and fruit salad, and a large barrel of ale.
“I wish us all the best and obtain the treasure.” Said the captain, raising his glass.
“Long live the Black Sea King!” Accountant was the first to stand up and shout.
“Long live boss!” “Long live the Black Sea King!” “Long live the treasure!” The sailors all responded.
“Treasure?” Tie Zha turned to look at Hagrid, who was sitting beside him. Under the gaze of the former, the latter had a calm and indifferent appearance, completely unaware of it.
“Tell me more clearly.” Tie Zha lowered his voice and said in a deep voice.
“Boat tickets” Hagrid leaned over and whispered.
“I mean, where did you get the treasure?” Tie Zha asked.
“Ha” Hagrid laughed dryly and said somewhat embarrassedly, “Thunderhammer.”
“What if it’s not money?” Tie Zha continued to ask.
“We have this” Hagrid clenched his fists and smiled. His meaning could not be clearer. There was no one among the captain’s pedestrians who was a match for the two brothers.
Tie Zha rolled his eyes and ignored Hagrid.
“I didn’t expect you to be so shameless.” Bi Tianye, who was eavesdropping on the two brothers, whispered.
“Since when am I not shameless?” Tie Zha narrowed her eyes and hugged Bi Tianye to her right, whispering in her ear.
“When are you going to let me go?” She looked at him and asked.
“Whenever I feel safe, I’ll let you go.” Said Tie Zha.
“Can …” Bi Tianye pleaded obediently, “Let me speak to the sisters so that they won’t worry about me.”
“I think it’s good. Let them worry for a while longer.” Tie Zha grinned and said evilly.