Another Life: Elf Archer

The exquisite automaton walked onto the auction stage and struck the first blow in the money war.

This auction house floating in mid-air is described every year as a small golden platform. In fact, the main body of this building is just some tall and handsome pillars.

The stigma, carved with intertwined honeysuckle leaves, looks like a flower basket filled with flowers and plants. The slender column body and solid column base are all obvious ancient Greek Corinthian column style.

The only thing that separates these pillars from people's impression of the holy and solemn ancient Greece is probably the color and decoration of these pillars.

Everyone who comes here agrees that these golden pillars are indeed made of gold, and they also appreciate that the shining flowers and plants on the capitals are carved from precious stones that are rare in the world.

These pillars form a hexagon, with no roof at the top. Looking up, you can see a starry sky plated with the light of jewels. There is no base at the bottom, and a piece of flowing gold sand is the floor of the hall.

What is money? It is the power that can lift people high into the sky, stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods, and make the stars in the sky dim.

The steps and corridors made of pure white marble go around the golden pillars and lead to VIP boxes of various sizes, like a string of luxurious pearl necklaces.

All boxes have a spacious balcony, where you can see the auction items and automatons in the center of the hall, as well as the bids in other boxes. When the entertainment program is on, you can also use this screen to adjust the angle and distance according to your own preferences. , enjoy an unparalleled viewing experience.

Only when the owner of the box chooses to open the invisible curtain can others see who is in the box.

It's like only the person who provided the item takes the initiative to show off, and others will know where it comes from.

However, there is one exception.

Not only did he know who was packed into these boxes at this moment, he also knew where these auction items came from, who obtained them, and where they went.

The Duke who was accused by Hyde did not react at all. The only change in his expression was probably to express his disdain.

It seems that he is more concerned about his family's income today, and more concerned about who will eventually end up with the large-scale auction item in front of him.

Hyde shrugged, sat back, studied the copper bell at hand, and seemed to want to bid.

He didn't intend to use this to blackmail the Duke, he just wanted to express his attitude and suppress Nick's anger.

Regardless of financial resources, manpower, or even the Duke's own force value, they are not something they can easily offend, not to mention that Y still needs his help, and he has already helped a lot.

From the Duke's words and his attitude, it can be seen that this local snake in the City of Usher not only has a close relationship with the high priest of the elves, Engus, but may also have some affection for the elves themselves.

Nian Nian rolled his eyes and raised the sweetness in his voice: "Your Majesty the Duke."

Nick and the twins twitched at the corners of their mouths. Qi Youfeng lowered his head and held his forehead, thinking that Nian Nian had made great progress in some aspects recently, and he had gradually mastered some extremely lethal tunes.

Unfortunately, this kind of lethality has a fixed target, and it is far from the kind of style that can turn all living beings upside down.

The Duke was also quite helpless and sighed: "There are too many women who throw themselves at me every day. If you have any plans for me, you might as well fix your face first."

Nian Nian was stunned, blushing, slapping the table and jumping up:

"Go away, who has designs on you? I'm just lowering my profile and asking you in a nice voice if you can help me repair the Moon Spirit Bow. You're just trying to show off your feelings for me."

The "arrogant" Duke lowered his head slightly and looked at himself.

After being taken care of by his attendants, the Duke's ten fingers were covered with various rings. The layers of gold and silver shoulder straps, pearl necklaces, tapestry belts and gem brooches also covered up the simple clothes. At first glance, From the looks of it, the simplest thing on this man's body is probably the golden crown set with a sapphire the size of a goose egg.

"A stand-up guy with lots of jewelry." Nian Nian turned his head, looking like he couldn't bear to look at her.

"Jealousy is one of the original sins of mankind." The Duke disagreed. He took out a gold cane and rubbed the fist-sized diamond on the head of the cane.

"I'm not a human being, and neither are you." Nian Nian glared at him and was immediately dazzled.

The Duke is dressed like this. He doesn't have to do anything. Just standing under the light or sunshine is enough to cause serious harm to the elves with excellent eyesight.

"Jealousy is one of the original sins of life." The Duke nodded and changed his words obediently.

Nian Nian was speechless and felt as if he punched cotton wool, so he subconsciously put his hand on the Yueling Bow.

"Once that bow breaks, it turns into a pile of sawdust."

Nian Nian withdrew his hand and looked at the Duke.

The Duke stopped talking or looked at anyone in the box. Instead, he looked towards the terrace, tapping his cane with his fingers and closing his eyes leisurely, as if he was quietly enjoying the beautiful music coming from outside the box. .

Every note is a number, every melody is a sparkling purple gold coin.

"20 purple gold coins, twice."

"Twenty-three hundred thousand purple gold coins."

"30 purple gold coins, once."

The automaton's unwavering voice mechanically repeated different contents, finally attracting the attention of several people in this box.

"What is being auctioned today?" Nian Nian curiously walked to the balcony of the box and looked out.

In the center of the golden hall, a black square floated quietly, and it was impossible to tell what it was.

"r" replied the Duke.

"riiibl" Nick, who was half-collapsed on the sofa, suddenly sat up, and the twins quickly walked to the terrace, staring at the stationary black square in surprise and suspicion.

"What is r?" This was a word that was not translated by the simultaneous interpretation. Qi Youfeng was a little confused.

"fir, aa"

Fortunately, English is still a common language. Qi Youfeng understood the twins' explanation, but did not understand the meaning of the explanation.

Nian Nian thought for a while: "One is the whole, and the whole is one. This is one, and it is also the whole."

"Sounds like a very familiar theory." Qi Youfeng understood.

"Based on the academies under the Holy Church, there are four basic magic elements in the Gaia continent, earth, water, wind and fire. In addition, it is the original power of the elves, which is divided into plant life and the creation of the world. A kind of divine light given by God.”

The twins introduced briefly.

"But many alchemists insist that besides this, there is a fifth kind." Nick looked at the Duke who seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"Otherwise, why wouldn't these chaotic magic elements affect each other if they are all around us? Then there must be a fifth element that is used to fill and isolate, just like sea water holds sand and stones."

After hearing a certain key word, Nian Nian suddenly became a little more serious, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"And for alchemists who pursue life toward death, they also believe that this fifth element is the origin of the other four elements, which is one, all, nothing, and everything."

"However, I've never heard of anyone being able to extract pure R alone."

"One million purple gold coins"

The unconscious automaton seemed to suddenly have feelings. This quotation was like a heavy hammer, which silenced the entire audience.

"It's like I have never heard of those fat and wealthy businessmen actually fighting for such a thing that has no real value."

The Duke opened his eyes and smiled: "This is naturally because the people participating in the auction now are not fat and wealthy businessmen."

"I recently discovered an interesting phenomenon when I was cleaning up the scum and garbage in the City of Usher."

Nick unceremoniously took credit for his busy years.

"Quite a few dark mages have moved their families and no longer hang out here."

"Yes, the City of Usher is becoming more and more deserted. It needs to introduce some lively things." The Duke replied, but his answer was wrong.

"Greed seems to be one of the original sins of mankind," Nick asked with a smile.

"Actually, I prefer to call it ambition, or arrogance of overestimating one's capabilities." The Duke nodded.

“It’s okay not to overestimate your own capabilities.”

"Isn't that so? To be incited by someone casually and to try to take back the unwarranted glory and authority from the Holy Church. In this way, perhaps it is better to describe it as stupidity."

Nick didn't answer.He already knew what he wanted to know.

Those dark mages in Usher City must have been recruited by the royal families of various territorial countries. Considering the great popularity of the Chinese wood deity before, and looking at the craze caused by today's auction of purely scientific research significance, what difficulties can there be? Guess

The nations of the human race are about to begin to rebel against the rule of the Holy Church.

But according to the nature of their mercenary group, they seem to be members of the rebel army.

Nick's expression suddenly changed, he lowered his head and made a few strokes, sending out two messages.

"Will Sarah and John be okay?" Nian Nian also thought of the True God Temple in Simil and the joining ceremony these people had gone through.

"I hope not. I'll go back to the Temple Academy tomorrow to have a look." After Nick finished speaking, he looked at the Duke again.

"Do you need this thing to repair the Moon Spirit Bow?"

The Duke nodded with a smile, his white teeth shining brighter than the pearls on his neck.

Nick also nodded, stood up from the sofa and walked to the terrace.Following his footsteps, a whirlwind rose in the box.

"You can't take it away. Even if our auction house doesn't have enough security, the others are not blind idiots." The Duke reminded.

"I think"

Nick raised his head, and the Duke seemed to have been stabbed by a chair. He jumped up with a clinking burden, staring at the sky of the auction house.

A dozen black shadows passed through the air, two of them seemed to be curious about this small golden platform floating in the air, and they were turning sharply and swooping down.

When the dragon's wings blocked the light of the starry night, the boxes in the auction house were like frightened eyes. They finally opened their closed eyelids, staring intently and in panic.

Dragon

A giant dragon that only exists in distant legends

And in the box where Nian Nian was, Nick's figure had disappeared without a trace.