Song of Time – Dusk Awakening Verse

On Tuesday, December 12, the weather was clear and cloudless. On this seemingly special day, the much-anticipated mercenary convention finally opened with waves of fanatical calls.

The honeycomb-like hall of the guild was surrounded by a large open space with high red walls. The Frsaris flag with black background and red stripes hung all over the wall, which was undetermined in the strong wind and looked very serious. There were countless high and low stone tables and stools in the surrounding wall, which were arranged in a disorderly manner. The tables were also full of people of all colors. At this moment, they all stared silently at the high platform in front of the main entrance of the hall.

The high platform was empty, with only a six-meter-long blood-red flag hung with a golden roaring lion head and thick brown cow hair at the bottom, swaying like a lion’s mane. Four guards wearing heavy armor of black knights guarded the corners of the high platform. Among them, the red flag stood proudly, the ruler of Rock City, the "Red Lion" Admiral Salerno.

The nearly half-a-hundred-year-old veteran on the battlefield still has his eyes on the spot, wearing a black lining and red general's dress, a fierce cloak hung across his chest, red hair fluttering with majesty. He held a machete on his waist, slowly scanned the crowded crowd under the stage, calmly preached: "You all come from afar, all the distinguished guests of my rock city. After today's event, the competition is about to begin, and the rules for the ban have long been established. Announcement, I hope you will keep it in your heart. Finally, I wish you all the best for the contestants.

After finishing these brief opening declarations, he nodded slightly to the female adjutant who was guarding the stage, and then stepped into the guild hall accompanied by the rumbling salute on the city gate at the rear.

The feast spread immediately after the salute sounded. Participants' seats in the high wall are the first to be enjoyed. Countless wines and delicacies from all over the world are sent up like a stream. The onlookers outside the wall also gather together, and find like-minded friends to put on the banquet, laughing and laughing. Continuously. There are mechanical puppets who are responsible for delivering meals everywhere along the boulevard, curling up on a crawler belt, holding a tray, and constantly moving through the crowd. The hot aroma rose to the sky with the sound of cannons, and the city was really full of joy and lively everywhere.

Yun Xuan leaned against the stone chair next to the high wall with his pipe in his mouth, looking at the countless figures in front of him, but he was not disturbed by the festive celebrations at all. Next to him were two teenagers, Jiehai and Yunuo, both of them covered in cloaks and did not speak, and sat down in the low pressure with their heads down.

He deliberately chose the farthest corner, and then recruited an invisible wall of light to surround it. Some people saw that the empty seat wanted to come to the guest and couldn't get close, and couldn't break the shield. As time passed, naturally no one would come to bother. The three of them occupied the table alone, without the slightest pride, the table was deserted, and there was no sadness or joy on their faces, just like the unique place in this feast.

Yun Xuan snorted for a long time and finally turned his eyes from the banquet scene back to his apprentice. Looking at the clean but somewhat shabby cloak, the conversation from last night came up in his mind. .

After checking the information, he fell asleep in the bookstore. When he woke up, it was almost dusk, and he hurriedly teleported to Rock City. Unexpectedly, when he entered the hotel, he heard that the South Island was attacked by a beast. Jiehai’s mother may have been killed. The terrible news, suddenly felt horrified: Has this black mist monster actually developed to such a scale?

Although all those cruel and weird people talk about it, they are nothing more than scabies compared with the more serious divine power catastrophe, and he should not think much about it. It's just that the matter now involves this mysterious little apprentice himself, but it makes him feel a little different.

He looked at the dull and soulless teenager under the dim light, and couldn't help but sigh, and asked softly whether he wanted to go home first to see what happened. He had his own way to take people back and forth quickly. Unexpectedly, the young man stood silently for a while, but unexpectedly rejected his proposal.

"I want to... stay here and participate in the competition." Jie Hai lowered his head, trembling with his fists clenched, as if suffering from great pain, "I heard... after the meeting, an encirclement and suppression operation will be launched. , I... I must participate!"

The vow that the boy gritted his teeth still reverberated in Yun Xuan's ears, causing him to frown slightly. The beast attack on the South Island is a strange one. If you don’t go to the scene and only rely on a few reports and rumors, you will give up the hope of finding your relatives? He didn't know why the little apprentice made such a choice, maybe it was because of extreme grief and anger, but instead turned into an endless hatred...

Moreover, the encirclement and suppression operation is so dangerous that it is easy for apprentices to participate in it, but looking at the way he is now... he can only slowly unravel... Yun Xuan turned his mind several times, and became calm. After taking another cigarette, just thinking about whether to order some food and drink to fill their stomachs for the two teenagers, I faintly heard a sharp curse coming from a distance. This sound... he stood up involuntarily, and the more he heard it, the more he felt like the fat bird at home. When he frowned, he turned into white light and jumped out of the shield, then looked up.

A crowd of people gathered at the squeezed long and short table in front of him, blocking his sight tightly, and he could only hear the chirping sound. He wanted to go up high to see what was going on, and he saw a white light flashing in the crowd, and a semi-circular shield blinked and expanded, pushing the onlookers all over. The little lavender figure stood in the middle of the shield. The noisy bird was squatting on her shoulders. The white feathers all over her body exploded into a ball, and the white stars appeared in her small eyes. It was obviously angry. Li still reluctantly scolded: "You dare to look down on this bird! You don't even inquire who this bird is! Bring that dish over, hurry up! Otherwise, be careful that this bird hits your place!"

This gluttonous stupid bird has always been rampant, watching the mercenaries all over the room with their brows and sleeves rolled up to fight, but they are not at all stubborn, just staring at the food covered by the round lid. The people who had suffered outside the shield stood up cursed and scolded and stood up, all kinds of lights appeared frequently, just to exaggerate this bad breath, they felt that the white light in front of them was extremely bright, and they were dazed by the bright light. eye. Everyone is good at fighting all year round, and the reaction is not too slow. He turned around and rubbed his eyes and shook his head, then turned his head and opened his eyes. The front was empty and there was no trace.

Regardless of how those mercenaries who have nowhere to vent their anger scolded the street, there was one more person in the small site surrounded by the light wall at Yun Xuan.

Miyou wrapped a gray cloak that Yun Xuan came from nowhere. He tilted his head and looked at the two older brothers who hadn’t seen each other for many days in the study room. He turned to look at the priest who seemed to be displeased with his stern face, and hugged him tightly. Ahuang, who was shrinking in her arms because of a guilty heart, still said nothing.

Although Jiehai and Yunuo were in a very bad mood, seeing this girl who rarely showed up, they still said a few words of hello in a spirited manner, but they did not receive an answer, and they had no intention to talk anymore, so they sat boringly. No words.

Yun Xuan took another cigarette for a while, glanced at the fat bird with eyes closed and pretended to be dead, took the pipe and knocked it on the stone table, and asked, "What's going on?" He didn't ask. When asked about this, the fat bird exploded his hair again, staring at his small eyes and complaining to him rightfully.

Just now, it took a seat with the girl excitedly, and was drooling about to have a good meal, but it watched as the fragrant food floated in front of it, but none of it stopped, and it was suddenly anxious. eye. It doesn't know something. Although this mercenary event is free to eat and drink, it has different status after all. The seats of the peripheral mercenaries only sent some ale first. Before the meal was served, Xiao Miyou, a "new mercenary", was naturally included in this list.

Fat Bird is usually arrogant and indulgent. If he has patience, he will serve the food if he is noisy. Later, he still uses the magic to stop the waiter who delivers the meal. In the end, he provokes the anger and refuses to admit his mistakes.

Yun Xuan was speechless for a while after listening to it complaining. He really didn't know where Fat Bird had heard about this mercenary meeting, so he came over to eat with a face, no matter whether it was welcome or not. Ordinarily, this is not a big deal, but right now there is a mixture of dragons and snakes in the city, and this stupid bird is short-sighted all day long. If one accidentally causes a disaster like the previous capital, it will not end well. He deliberately drove people back, but this stupid bird didn’t know what it meant to be obedient. I was afraid that the two ignorant and fearless little guys would have to sneak out afterwards, and simply collected the pipe and leaned on the stone chair and said, “I’m about to sign up. Team competition, since you happen to be here, let's follow along."

"I want to be beautiful, this bird won't be with you..." Fat Bird squinted his eyes and flicked his feathers, then climbed up on the girl's shoulders with a grin. He adjusted his wings first, and then glanced at him contemptuously.

The priest stared coldly at the idiot who was so cheap that he could help me. He hummed and said nothing. His whole body was full of white light, wrapped in two young boys and a young girl, and turned into a ball of bright white training and went straight into the sky. There was an empty table and eight chairs, and a group of low-level mercenaries who looked dumbfounded around.

There was a lot of farce in the corner here, and on the other side of the banquet hall, the bowman Rhea also encountered a bad thing that he could avoid.

According to the seating arrangement of the venue, Rhea, who is a team leader and an A-level mercenary, was naturally seated in the central hall and enjoyed the highest level of hospitality. It's just that her status as the lord of the North is really embarrassing in Rock City. Secondly, she really didn't want to sit with the dead opponents of "Ghost Wings", so she stayed in a few tables surrounded by the team members and laughed and drank with everyone. , Cheerful and happy.

Although the "Ice Bear" team has a small number of people, it has more than 30 people in total when it counts in logistics. It is far less powerful than the "Ghost Wing" family, but the members are mostly related to each other, and the cohesion is naturally extraordinary. These dozens of people were sitting in enclosures and submerged in the overcrowded banquet hall. No one would have noticed it. However, the silver-bearded giant was really eye-catching. After drinking for three rounds, troublemakers finally came to the door.

Five thin silhouettes with silver cloaks lined up the crowd and stood at the table. The first one looked like a leader, wearing a gorgeous light armor decorated with gold feathers, his face hidden in his hood, and he spoke unceremoniously. Name: "Rhea Turner, I heard that you were fooling around here all day long. I thought it was a joke. I didn't expect it to be..."

He concealed the second half with a cold smile. During the meeting, the team members immediately exploded the pot, and they all clamored to stand up to demonstrate. Squad leader Anare usually admired his eldest sister the most, and when he heard this, he shot the case first, holding the magic guide on his waist and shouting angrily: "Kid, keep your mouth clean!"

With his grasp of the weapon, the four guards behind the man immediately held on to the thin blunderbuss that resembled a long beak at his waist, ready to rescue them at any time. The speaker was fearless. He didn't look at him at all. He only stared at the female archer who was leaning on the stone chair like an unheard. Then he turned his head to look at the angry giant Han Latis. Shamelessly said: "The Turner family is really inferior to one generation... Barred is not as cheeky as you."

As soon as his voice fell, Ria, who was still indifferent, suddenly changed his face when he heard him calling his father's name directly. She squinted her eyes and dangled the half glass of dark red wine in her hand, gently placed the wine glass on the table, then looked up at the five cloaked men in front, and smiled contemptuously: "Eric, you don't hide in What are you doing here in your own bird cage?"

Her understatement of sarcasm is at the heart of the silver-haired youth. Since the fall of the Arcadina Fortress, Keoni led the floating city of Falenia, known as the "Holy Land in the Sky". Because of the constant threat of war, many defensive facilities had to be built. The iron bumps produced in the dark fort are stacked in layers around the gorgeous and elegant Saint White Stone Tower, just like the ugly fences erected around the territory, and even the good people secretly gave the slanderous nickname "Bird Cage" to make self-satisfaction. The noble lineage of the Kaioni clan loses face.

He suddenly got out of control when he thought of this emotion, he couldn't help but flipped his cloak to reveal his long silver hair. Xue Baijun's face was bruised, and he gritted his teeth and stared at her and shouted: "Shut up! If it wasn't for your father's negligence of duty, I Kaioni How can the collar fall into this situation!"

"Bold!" Latis was so angry that the blue eyes flashed by the **** accusation. He slowly stood up while holding the axe handle, staring down at the silver-haired young man, staring down at the silver-haired young man, his eyes were as cold as watching a dead person, and the four guards were shocked. Step up and stand in front of his young master.

The other party seemed to be arrogant, but Rhea was even more calm and did not look at the villain. She took her own glass of residual wine and sipped it casually, and said blankly: "You are not qualified to talk to me like this. The matter of the year has long been concluded. If the Keoni family still has objections, even if the Lords Council is called, I will be with you at any time.

"Don't think that if you have the Asker family to support you, you can be unscrupulous!" The silver-haired young man snorted again when he heard the words, and his red eyes filled with anger and resentment: "Sending in the city of the enemy So shameless! Rhea Turner, don't forget your identity!"

He seemed to believe that the other party would never dared to make a move, put aside his harsh words and pulled his hood again, leading the guards to turn around angrily, and quickly disappeared among the crowd.

"Big sister, do you want to..." Analei curled his brows and stared, staring at the place where the rude person had disappeared, using a gesture of pulling his neck harder than a knife, trying to lead people to vent their anger.

"...Sit down and drink." Rhea didn't seem to care what the silver-haired young man said and where he went. He just looked at the red wine in the glass, so that there was fire in his mind and there was nowhere to vent. After cursing a few words, he sat back on the chair and drank a booze.

The female archer gently turned the wine glass thoughtfully, and suddenly turned her head to look at her uncle. The giant man’s face was stiff, his beard and hair were open, and his killing intent was rolling in his eyes. He was obviously angered to the extreme, but he still stood motionless as a pillar. It took a long time before he slowly settled on the seat with the hilt of the knife, and his mouth was tight. throat.

She looked at the face that was full of freezing cracks by the polar cold wind, and felt a little sadness floating in the silence, and she couldn't help biting her lower lip, her eyes cold as ice. The dilemma the Turner family has encountered over the years is more than this cynicism. Nowadays, the life in the ice city is dying. If it does not take advantage of the mercenary guild as a shareholder to take advantage of the situation, how can you find the glory of the past!

As for Keoni's rumors, she didn't bother to pay attention to it. The clearer was clear. Her spine, which had been straight for more than ten years, would never bend a little bit.

Although those guys with higher eyes are hateful, they are also members of the Northern Federation after all. They can't easily do it, but if they meet in the game... Her cold eyes turned to the high platform in front of the guild hall, looking at the blood red lion. Touqi, a warm sneer finally leaked from the corner of his mouth.

The people in the rock city were full of liveliness and joy, filled with a festive atmosphere, but in a flat mountain about five or six kilometers away from the city, it was full of silence. Except for the densely packed puppet soldiers standing like wooden stakes, only the central one was left. Round metal sphere.

This sphere looks like an inlaid football enlarged countless times. It is about fifty meters in diameter. The upper part is full of the latest light energy conversion panels. It is in the sun against the bright golden glow, and the lower part is made of alloy casting. The finished protective armor is connected with several transmission tracks with a width of more than one meter underneath, and the speed of movement will definitely not be slow.

This metal ball is a kind of mobile experiment platform specially made by the Academy of Sciences, commonly known as the "Star of Wisdom" or "Comet" for short. All the devices in the ball are driven by light energy converters, which is very convenient to use on the go. Of course, the cost is also quite expensive, and it is absolutely impossible for people who are not the first to enjoy such treatment.

At this moment, the white light in the semicircular laboratory at the center of "Comet" was so bright that it was almost dazzling. On the side of the wall are piles of countless strangely shaped puppet machines. At the center is a square platform a few meters wide surrounded by a crystal energy tube with glittering golden light. On the platform is a silver airtight cabin, one covered in a black robe full of snow and white chaos. Fa's figure is burying his head in what is busy beside the stage. Behind him stood a black-clothed, dark-haired young man, but it was the special envoy of the elders who was dismissed by Gloria in all possible ways-Leodor Turing.

This special envoy with a debt-collecting face all day, but now rarely shows an anxious look. He stood quietly outside the square, looking at the old man waving his arms at the desk in front of him, listening to a very regular magic buzzing, but his heart was always hanging and unsteady, and finally couldn't help asking again. : "Your Excellency, I don't know when you will be free...Can you make another one?"

After he asked Mu Li for a while, the white-haired researcher seemed to suddenly notice his presence, and mumbled without looking back, "I will wait until I finish the test."

"Your Excellency, the order in Rock City is extremely chaotic now. If this part of the core is missing, nearly half of the guards will not be able to drive it. I'm afraid it will be difficult to ensure safety after entering the city..." Leo Duo's white face turned into a paper ball. , I want to persuade a few more words. The busy elder finally became displeased. He turned his head and said softly: "You are too noisy, please get out quickly."

This old man who is fascinated with research has a short and tousled beard, holding colorful wires with unknown functions in his hand, and the thick multi-faceted engineering glasses on the bridge of his nose resemble a crab with teeth and claws, twelve lenses of different sizes stretched out. Almost half of his face was covered. He is the owner of this "comet", the deputy dean of the new Academy of Sciences, Professor Bert Vera.

The old professor Fang turned around to see who was making the noise, but he forgot to replace the high-precision magnifying glass. He felt a glare of white light before his eyes. He could not help but take off the engineering glasses with a sound of "Ouch", wipe the corners of his eyes, and then squinted. Seeing the black-haired young man, he suddenly said: "It's you, when did you come?"

It seems that those words have been said in vain...The envoy was ignored by him as air for a long time, shaking his mouth and daring not to be angry, he repeated his intention again, focusing on the control that was missing. The core, and the troubles that will arise from it.

The old man shook his head without thinking about it, "Then what are you in a hurry, just go to Rock City in a few days later."

When he turned back to continue the unfinished inspection work, Leo Duo stepped forward and urged: "Your Excellency, you are here to watch the ceremony on behalf of the Academy of Sciences. You can't stay outside the city forever."

When he said this, the old researcher shook his head even more: "What is there to go to in that city, it is noisy and noisy all day, I can't bear it."

"Then... you should always go to see Miss Villa in the city."

Hearing the words, the old man was stagnant, and he thought about it for a long time before turning around and nodding at him: "Well, you come to me tomorrow to get it."

The envoy was finally relieved when he saw his promise, and without saying more, he bowed and walked out of the room slowly.

The old man silently cubed the table, still holding the colorful wires with both hands, thinking about his daughter who hadn't seen each other that year, and couldn't help but smile. This girl is always eccentric, and she was too boring in the Academy of Sciences a few years ago. She clamored for "self-reliance", but she didn't expect that she really made a career.

He remembered that when the girl proudly showed herself the "Caro" manufacturing process, only warm and softness remained in her heart, and smiles appeared on her cheeks covered by white beards. I was anxious this time, but forgot to bring her some gifts... He grabbed the wire with some embarrassment and scratched his hair, then looked at the airtight cabin on the platform, shook his head and chuckled lightly.

Just so, why not teach her this new technology... The old man made up his mind and left the matter behind, put on a lot of engineering mirrors again, and focused on continuing the inspection work.

As he kept working back and forth, he finally heard a soft bell in the laboratory representing the completion of the test. The airtight chamber shook slightly and stretched out, exposing a frame made of pitch-black fallen silver in the middle. Skinny puppet soldiers. The blood-like crystal wires are connected in series on the smooth and unmarked metal body of the puppet, and bursts of energy golden light flashing and flowing, it is not too terrible to look at.

The old researcher held the platform with shaking hands, and stared at the puppet almost feverishly, looking back and forth following the energy pulse, continuously for a while. About 1 minute or so, the control core hidden in the head of the puppet was finally full of energy. The puppet soldier trembled a few times and opened his eyes suddenly, revealing a pair of electronic blood pupils that were deep like a red moon.