Just being a dark elf in Warhammer

Chapter 291 141. The Game between the Riddlers

"Skin Lizard, just bring Yinxi Huzi, and let the sorceresses I brought to deal with the magic. Can Nakai be contacted?" Darkus asked again at the end. He didn't know. Is there any room for Kami and Nakai to fight under Queza, but they still need to be prepared in case the passage is suitable and they can get in.

"It should be possible!" Lord Huahua said.

Strictly speaking, the ancient giant lizard Nakai does not belong to any city in Lustria. He only appears when there is a need or important nodes and events. At other times, he wanders in the jungle, maybe only Dak The Slann lords in front of Wus knew where he was wandering now.

"Itaza's Gorok, and Chakua's Tehenhoin." After finishing speaking, Darkus looked at the attitudes of the three previous Slann lords. As for Shakspati, he ignored him. Okay, Shakespati has just returned less than half a day ago and still doesn’t understand many things.

The strange thing is that this operation may have something to do with Queza and the Skaven, right? Or maybe it was because Darkus brought Shakspati back and his prestige increased, so the three Slann magic priests did not object to Tehenhoin appearing on the list.

After all, Darkus is not a Slann Demon Priest created by the Old Saints. He has no prejudice against Sotek, the god of faith of the skinks. Sotek is the Ancient Saint who did not run away during the great invasion and started to remain anonymous. , or a belief in God born through faith, it doesn't matter, he has no intention of doing this, he is just a pragmatist, not a scholar.

The premise is that Tehenhuoyin and his Red-crowned Skinks don't become the kind of uncontrolled religious lunatics, just like the high-level members of the Cain sect formed by Hal Gonthy Helibon and the group of death witches. Let alone further influence and shake the rule of Darkus and the Slann lords over the lizardman society.

As for the living sacrifice and the throwing of the bird into the snake pit, he wished that Sotek's power could be enhanced to protect the skinks, because while protecting the skinks, he was also protecting the group of lizardmen in disguise. , protect the Lustria continent, protect this world.

To put it bluntly, the ultimate interests of Darkus and Sotek are the same.

"Can Chakas send out another temple guard team?" After seeing that the Slann lords agreed to Tehenhoin's joining, Darkus continued to ask.

"Okay!" Lord Huahua said again.

"I'm here to guard the temple." Lord Mazdamudi also spoke.

"That's it, I have to go back and rest." Darkus nodded after finishing speaking to the Slann lords. He began to walk out of the divination pool and put on clothes. Halfway through, he continued, "By the way. , you will also go tomorrow. If necessary, cut off the magical wind flowing into Queza. I don’t want to fight in a narrow space with the stinky Chaos Demons who suddenly ran out of the portal and smell the stench they emit. , that feeling is really disgusting.”

Darkus took a plate of cocoa beans and Lustria specialty fruits, and a jug of wine to find Malekith. He had not had breakfast yet because of his busy work, but breakfast was no longer important. He could feel that Malekith became a little strange after coming out of the gap. Based on his own experience, he speculated that Malekith should also have entered the illusion. Maybe he saw something else, and then he wanted to confirm it to him. Next, maybe the conversation for a while is important? Important enough to become a turning point in history?

"This is so fucking weird." After thinking about this, Darkus raised the fruit plate to his eyes and said. After that, he walked around the pyramid but couldn't find Malekith, so he asked what he could do. After sleeping, Genevieve realized that Malekith was sitting on the shady side outside the pyramid.

"My Chief Consul, I didn't expect you to be so busy after coming to Lustria." Malekith, who was staring blankly in the distance, heard Darkus' footsteps and chuckled without moving his head. said.

"I can't help it. I am the same as the high priest and the oracle in the Lustria continent." Darkus put the fruit plate between the two of them and sat down and said. After finishing speaking, he did not eat. Instead, he was stunned as he looked into the distance. For a moment, he wanted to close his eyes and just lie here and sleep.

Since Darkus sat down, Malekith has shifted his attention from a distance to the fruit plate next to him. He is recalling what he had for the last meal. If he remembered correctly, he should have eaten on the dragon ship when he was taking the flagship dragon ship Indragnir to Asuryan Temple, but he really couldn't recall what he had eaten. Perhaps because of rejection and hatred, he deliberately blocked that memory in the thousands of years since he put on the Midnight Armor.

"Did you encounter an illusion in that gap?" Malekith asked slowly, breaking away from his memories.

"I slept with your mother." Darkus, who was about to fall asleep, almost subconsciously said this sentence, but his remaining reason suddenly froze after saying the word "and", and he half-closed and half-opened his eyes. His eyes suddenly opened. He unscrewed the lid of the sea dragon skin kettle and poured a large gulp of wine into it. After finishing the drink, he carefully said the first scene of the illusion he encountered. Language is an art, and he didn't. Speaking so bluntly, he was worried that Malekith would suddenly punch him, after all, his identity was on the line.

Darkus is not one of those unreliable fear lords. If those fear lords are not afraid of death, they can talk to Malekith about his affair with his mother in person. Maybe the uncertain Malekith will be in a good mood. Sometimes he laughed it off, but he was different. He was now what Malekith called a friend. Saying the same thing through a change of status was completely different.

As Darkus described the scene in the room in depth, Malekith began to raise his head and stare at Darkus, and his fists gradually tightened, as if he was going to punch Darkus in the next second.

Darkus was particular about sticking to one point. He did not describe to Malekith the beautiful yet heroic face, the toned figure, the strong arms, the well-developed back muscles, and the With his plump front and back and his impulsive desire always ready to burst out, he focused on his conversation with Morathi.

"In other words, I am already dead in this scene?" Malekith asked with some confusion. He was not surprised by his death in Dax's vision. He was more curious about the time, place and figure. Of course, he didn't mean to write a composition, but he might be able to figure out something through these details.

"It seems so, and if there is no accident, I did it through some long-term planning." Darkus shrugged and said. He did not look at Malekith's reaction, but lowered his head and picked up a handful of cocoa beans. He grabbed it in his hand, then threw one into his mouth and chewed it.

Darkus threw a few cocoa beans and chewed them. Seeing that Malekith didn't respond, he raised his head and glanced at Malekith. Although Malekith was scary in the eyes of other Druchi, he He is not guilty at all now, and he doesn't feel guilty for killing Malekith in the illusion. After all, it was all false, and it is less reliable than the prophecy of destruction.

Darkus and Malekith looked at each other for a long time. Finally, he found that Malekith seemed to be looking at him, but in fact he was not looking at him. Instead, he was lost in memories and thoughts. He shrugged and ignored it. , but continued to eat.

"What about the second act?" After a long time, while Darkus was eating, Malekith came back to his senses and asked.

"This scene is interesting. It is in a hall that I have never seen before. The only thing I can be sure of is that the hall is in Nagaroth. The sorceresses loyal to me in the illusion have placed pipes in the hall in advance, waiting for the loyal ones to After your Druchi arrived, the fire oil in the pipe spurted out, and then the Druchi who was loyal to me came out of the side door." When Darkus said the last word, he suddenly stopped talking, and he adjusted He leaned his body against the pyramid and stuck his head out to look around. After seeing Druchi who was not around, he whispered, "I saw Sirsis lying on the ground."

"oh?"

"Then Sirsis was killed by Dorian." Darkus looked at Malekith as he spoke, with a hint of shock and suspicion on his face.

"Anything else?" Malekith asked with interest. He was now very interested in Darkus seeing this vision.

"Kullan Blackhand died of exhaustion after being besieged by Vranais, Cerere, Baine, and Shakala."

"Shakara?"

"Yes." Darkus shrugged and said, "I once saw them during the Battle of Grond. They were the Killing Sisters in Hagrid Grave Arena. If I hadn't If I’m wrong, she should also be Edreze’s divine choice, and by the way, she came with the ship this time, on the Tower of God’s Blessing of the Evil Party in Loxia.”

"It seems that your Edreze sect has gained another strength. However, that group of killing sisters usually believe in the Lord of Blades, and only a few believe in the God of Bloody Hands." Maleki Si nodded and said.

"This is the problem, Kai... The Bloody Hand God and his sect in the mortal world are a trouble after all. We have to solve this hidden danger at the critical moment. After all, it is only temporary, and we have used various methods to Rejecting the God of Bloody Hands, it seems to me that we need a God of War who only knows how to fight in any way." Darkus looked at Malekith and said seriously, this was the first time he asked the horse Reki revealed the reason for the establishment and large-scale expansion of the Edreze sect.

Malekith looked directly at Darkus, the orange eyes on the Midnight Armor flashing in and out. He became a little suspicious, and he was also a little shocked. Darkus had told him before that he would establish a sect about the Lord of Blades. At first, he thought that Darkus just needed a power similar to his Black Guard, but then He couldn't go straight, so he adopted a religious method. Occasionally, he thought about the possibility that Darkus just said, but he never thought that Darkus had such great ambitions, and a mortal actually tried to interfere with the gods. .

In addition, what shocked Malekith the most was that Dacus's ambitions always showed up in strange places. Dacus' layout and grand chess were bigger than he imagined. He didn't even know this now. Whether it was right or wrong, it was something he could control.

"Let's not discuss this issue for now. After all, I am the chosen one of the God of Bloody Hands." Malekith looked at Darkus' somewhat narrow expression and said, and he laughed at the end.

"By the way, has your vision ever stopped? To be precise, a dark figure wearing a black robe with no face visible appeared." Darkus also laughed. After all, Malekith is the God of Bloody Hands. Malekith told him the matter himself. He took a sip of wine after laughing and said, and his expression became serious as he spoke.

"I can say with certainty, no!"

"Treat me as a rookie, bully me because you think I'm weak, right?" After hearing Malekith's words, Darkus's expression changed drastically, and he took the drink he had not swallowed from his mouth through his teeth. He choked out, then yelled angrily.

When Malekith heard Dacus yelling, he knew that Dacus had encountered something he had never seen before.

"A dark figure appeared in my vision. Rory talked a lot and gave me two choices. Then he asked me to go up and enter a door. On the way up, I thought of something and turned back. I chose Another option."

"oh?"

"I chose to wear the Midnight Armor." Darkus said seriously, staring into Malekith's orange eyes.

"I'm curious, why did you choose to wear the Midnight Armor? I know you, at least for now you will never choose this path." Malekith also became serious.

"It's because I wouldn't choose this path, so I chose to wear the Midnight Armor! After all, it's just an illusion. There's a saying, you've come, but if you don't experience it, wouldn't it be in vain?" Dak Wus spread his hands and said with a smile, and then his expression became serious again. He continued, "Although it is an illusion, it really hurts."

"How do you feel when you put on the Midnight Armor?"

"Pain and endless torture, when the steel nails connecting the armor parts were driven into my body, I regretted my decision. But I did not regret my decision, because I found that I could move around wearing the Midnight Armor And fight, but I can't control the Midnight Armor..." Darkus stopped there at the end. He thought briefly and then said, "You should understand that feeling, that kind of pain and torture. To me, they are all false, because those feelings are transmitted from the Midnight Armor to my body and will, rather than using the feelings of my body and will to drive the Midnight Armor. There is an essential difference between the two. , to put it bluntly, only you before can control the Midnight Armor."

"I understand, of course I understand. I have been wearing this armor for more than five thousand years!" Malekith cast his gaze into the distance. He didn't want Darkus to see the look in his eyes now. , he didn’t want Darkus to see his weakness, he said rather sadly.

But soon, Malekith seemed to discover something. He heard a loophole in Darkus's words. Darkus was talking about the past, but not the present and the future. He didn't think Darkus would Confused, and combined with the appearance of Darkus in his illusion and the Yang Yan Sword on his waist, he quickly thought of something, but his various superimposed emotions quickly suppressed his desire. The urge to ask questions.

"Time is a river. When you stand in the river, you can see the upstream and downstream. Everyone's flow is unique, and they have different ways and means to achieve their goals and pursue what they want." Darkus gnawed Fruit said hesitantly, while the other hand continued to move with the words.

Darkus is now sure that he did meet Lilith in yesterday's dream. The figure squatting on the deck and nagging was Lilith. Apart from Lilith, only Morayig Heg has this ability. , but the problem is that Mauraig Hege has no motive for doing this, otherwise there will be more terrifying existences, such as Qingbao Tianzun and his true disciples. But having said that, at a critical moment in his dream, fog would rise up to obscure his vision, as if to protect him. All combined together, only the Goddess of Mist, Rad Lily, the Pure Girl, and Lilith have this ability. The important thing is that these two gods are one god, and Rad Lily is just one of Lilith's many vests.

"Carlos, do you still have any impression?" Darkus suddenly asked as he thought of something.

"Of course, my father banished this Chaos Demon in the Maelstrom. This is an honor that belongs to my father. As his heir and successor, I have no reason not to remember it."

"That's the problem." Darkus began to tell everything about Carlos' abilities and what he did during the invasion.

"You mean?" Malekith thought of something and asked uncertainly.

"Although the vision I saw was a bit ridiculous, it did cross the river of time, and there are very few people with this ability. So I kept mocking the black shadow in the second act, but he always said My ridicule was indifferent, and I even acted out the scene where your father killed Carlos. I thought that the dark figure was an echo of Carlos! But soon, in the third act, I discovered that it was, but it was not. , not exactly.”

Before Malekith could say anything, Darkus went on to say that he was sleepy now. He was afraid that he would fall asleep or lose consciousness and say something he shouldn't have said, so he wanted to end the conversation immediately.

"Because in the second act, the dark figure behaved very... very stiffly! But in the third act, when the dark figure spoke again, he showed urgency. It seemed that something had happened, and there was not much time. He started to worry. It was as if he was urging me. Even though it was only a moment, I still captured it, and that kind of emotion was something that Echo didn’t have.”

Malekith once again thought of something. Combined with what Darkus said, he felt that there might be some problem on his side, which caused the shadow to react like that.

Darkus then began to recount the scene he saw in the third act, laughing as he spoke.

"The sight that the shadow thought was scary, that would scare and terrify me, was like a joke to me."

"What does that horrible sight look like to you?"

"The lizards and giant beasts of Lustria died in large numbers, until the entire continent sank. The maelstrom of Ulthuan was lifted, and the magical winds of the Two Pole Gate began to gush out uncontrollably. Chaos demons kept emerging just like during the Great Invasion. The King of Gods and the incarnation of the Bloody Hand God were constantly fighting in the inner sea of ​​Ulthuan. The elves who were still in the civil war witnessed the sinking of Ulthuan. It was the successive disastrous defeats against the Chaos Demons, the disastrous defeats that we had exhausted in various methods and battles, and we, who were unable to recover, finally ushered in the end, and this world was wiped out in the vast universe like tiny dust. "Darkus raised his head suddenly. He looked directly at Malekith. After a moment, he said slowly and seriously.

Malekith fell into silence after listening to Darkus's words. He followed Darkus's words and imagined this terrible scene. He felt now just like that moment in the illusion, and he was a little ashamed. , if this is really the case, then the various behaviors of Darkus will be explained. Whether it is what he saw in the illusion or what has happened now, Darkus has a kind of foresight that he does not have. And the big picture, all he thinks about is...

At this moment, Malekith seemed to have entered a hallucination again. He saw the face in front of him that looked exactly like his former best friend Alandrian, and saw the same feeling he saw in his father when he was a child. Hero? He was in a daze for a moment, but Darkus' words brought him back to his senses.

"You mean there's something in the vision that wants to possess your soul?"

"Yes." Darkus answered with absolute certainty, then went on to talk about what he had just learned at Shakspati and the details of the chase in the maze.

"That's what I said. I felt something passing by me quickly, but I didn't feel anything, and I didn't hear any angry shouts."

"All my emotions are coming to me." Darkus said with some annoyance. He paused and then said seriously, "If that existence occupies my soul, maybe the future in the illusion will become a reality. "

"Old God, ha!" Malekith snorted coldly. He didn't know how much of Darkus' words were true and how much was false. Maybe this? Is it also a cover-up? The Darkus in front of him has been occupied by the remaining power of the ancient god? Became a stranger to him, Darkus? Are you trying to confuse him by saying that what you say is true or false?

Then, Malekith thought of something else. He thought of the secret code in the fog, but the secret code might also have been spoken by that being after usurping Darkus's memory. Uncertain, he kept thinking, it would be great if he could use black magic to read Darkus's memory, but he couldn't do this. If the Darkus in front of him was familiar to him, he used black magic to read Darkus' memory. Magic Darkus will be useless, and those toads and lizardmen will burst out and attack him immediately.

However, Malekith quickly confirmed that the Dacus in front of him was indeed the Dacus he was familiar with, because only Dacus in the entire Druchi dared to be like this with him, like a friend. , conduct respectful and equal exchanges, unless that being can adapt in a short period of time to the point where he cannot notice any changes at all.

What's more important is the unconcealable joy that Darkus felt after seeing the big toad in the mist. He knew what Darkus really wanted, and that being had been helpless with the toad. That kind of emotion came from the heart. It can't be expressed in any case, unless the ability of that existence is related to emotions?

"You didn't encounter anything there?" Darkus was a little disbelieving. He looked at Malekith and asked with narrowed eyes.

"No, I couldn't even control the illusion at that time, I could only watch passively." After Malekith finished speaking, he felt something was wrong. He turned his head and looked into Darkus's eyes, as if Darkus understood Like him, he also knew Darkus, and he knew that Darkus was beginning to doubt him, and even became slightly wary.

At this moment, Malekith felt a little angry. He couldn't think of how to explain it to make Darkus believe that what he said was true. He felt like he fell into Darkus' rhythm for a moment, and he didn't know what to ask next.

Suddenly Malekith thought of something. If he was possessed by that strange thing, then the final result of the vision might be correct? Because he was no longer of Aenarion's blood at that time in the illusion? And what was Darkus so sure of, so he didn't believe in the result, didn't admit it, and desperately rushed into Asuryan's holy fire to find him?

Darkus had already stood up now. Looking at him stretching his waist and moving his body, he actually stepped back a little warily.

"I don't know how to explain all this damn thing, but aren't you curious about what I saw in the vision?" Malekith said with some annoyance after seeing through every move of Darkus.

"Sorry, I really don't want to know. I'm even worried that what I heard will have some other effects." Darkus' alert nerves became more alert. He could now vaguely guess that Malekith was in the illusion. He didn't know whether to praise or ridicule what he saw. He felt that Malekith was too stubborn at the moment. He wanted to confirm something in a hurry, but he didn't dare to ask. However, Malekith's behavior was serious from the side. The Malekith now is the Malekith before, but not the Malekith before.

Darkus regretted bringing Malekith to Lustria again. Malekith glimpsed a glimpse of the future in the river of time, whether it was certain or uncertain, which was of no benefit to Malekith himself. , all kinds of doubts and speculations will continue to weaken Malekith's power, and Malekith will face the kind of pure pain in the true sense.

Even if Darkus now combines what Malekith saw in the illusion and told Malekith the real truth, it still won't be able to solve the problem. The sheer pain might defeat Malekith in the process of preparing for war. Rekis.

Hatred supports Malekith's pain and suffering, and torture and pain support Malekith's hatred. This is like a stable positive and negative pole. Once one end collapses, the consequences are unimaginable. Maybe Malekith Keith will rely on will and belief to hold on, but no one can say how long it will last.

Hatred is like a tide. Once it fades, what is revealed is regret and unwillingness. Regret and unwillingness will continue to erode Malekith's heart like self-punishment, followed by physical pain and torture.

The balance has been disrupted, and what awaits Malekith will be...

Darkus couldn't bear it just thinking about it. If he couldn't hold on for long, he would collapse. He would even organize forces to occupy Lothern at all costs, and then go to the Asuryan Temple to rebirth from the ashes, or kill himself with a knife. .

"No need to explain, I believe you." Darkus raised his hand to indicate, and sat back after speaking. He looked directly at Malekith again and said seriously, "In short, you don't have time. Too much, or our time is running out, my lord.”

Malekith looked at Darkus with confusion. He didn't understand the second half of what Darkus said for a while.

Darkus reached out his right hand and tapped the Midnight Armor with his fingers, then took it back. His expression began to become distorted and painful. This was not because his fingers were burned by the Midnight Armor, but because he had worn it before. Midnight Armor, although he could not feel the true pain of Malekith, he could still resonate with it.

"My Majesty, you have to rely on yourself from now on. Of course, as the consul, I will support you with all my strength, but you have to hold on. No one can help you, including your mother. , you can only rely on your will to overcome it! If you really can't hold on, look at Sunfire Sword and remember your heroic father, Aenarion! Don't wait until the end and I really become you like in the illusion. , is that your fate, let alone my fate!" Darkus decided to stud, he didn't say anything, but he said everything, he believed that Malekith would definitely understand.

Malekith did exactly what Darkus expected. He understood everything in a moment. He understood everything. He didn't need to ask Darkus anything. He was already very sure that the current Darkus knew everything about him in the future. He didn't know that this Darkus, who looked exactly like Alandrian, was sent by the gods to guide him, or something else. Or what information did Darkus get from the old woman, the chosen one of Morayig Heg?

Similarly, Malekith knew why Darkus knew the exact location of the Sun Sword, and chose to bring him here so that he could get the Sun Sword back with his own hands. He also understood that what he saw in the illusion was real, and what he felt outside the illusion was also real. In the end? Ah……

"There will be a large-scale joint event tomorrow. This matter is very important and affects the world! As Umak, the ancient saint, I now extend a sincere invitation to you." When Darkus said, he stood up again and stretched out his arms. He took action and placed it in front of Malekith.

Malekith seemed to have completed a certain psychological transformation at this moment. He also stood up and solemnly stretched out his armored hand, controlling the temperature of the Midnight Armor and holding it tightly on Darkwu. The inside of Si's forearm.

After holding it for a long time, they slowly separated.

"I can't hold it anymore. I'm going to sleep. By the way, after the Lustria matter is settled, I have to go to our group of cousins ​​who live in the trees in the old world. Speaking of which... forget it. Alright, I’m going to rest.”

Darkus didn't say that. He knew that Asrai of Athel Loren was, in a sense, a subject of Malekith's former colonial rule in the Old World.

This chapter is actually very important. This chapter paves the way for the next big chapter.