[Rebirth Fantasy] Seven Dragons

"...But I don't think it's a foolish thing to pursue such a world."

"I also understand that this is a very difficult thing. If you drag the whole Helaishi to do this, you will probably get nothing but destruction... So, I don't expect Helaishi to be able to do it Too much, I just hope that Horace can become a place of selfless devotion to knowledge, a place that can let people all over the world know that in this world, there is a place in the southeast, here is a place, a place A place to learn..."

In the empty auditorium, the audio and video created by the legendary spell "Return in Time" played the less formal speech that Messaka stood here before. At the end of the last sentence, Messaka raised his hand slightly in the video The coughing figure gradually disappeared, and dots of fluorescent light fell in the center of the dim auditorium, and right here, all the powerful people in the city of Heles who are currently going out, Berks, Ragel (Halasa), and Constanley, stood. , Tracys, Diff, Marla.

Every one of them is an existence that shakes all directions.

However, in the deserted hall, these people were all in a daze at the moment.The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

Those remarks that Mesaka said, those things that Mesaka thought about, are things that people born and bred in this world have never thought of.After all, in this world that advocates extreme personal force, it is difficult to have the concept of "collective", and it is also difficult to have the concept of "everyone", even if they have lived long enough to see the existence of many dark and bad things , At most, they wanted to get out of this helpless filth, so they established Horace, they became necromancers, they said, life is impermanent, full of chaos, filth and pain.Death signifies tranquility, order and eternal beauty.

But they never thought about a world without hunger, slavery and ignorance.As Messaka said before, in this world, slavery is everywhere, and ignorance is taken for granted.

"Human. Although I only have some fragmented and more than one person's memory fragments, listening to these words, the emotions that belong to people can't help but surge. I think, if possible, we should assist Saka to do what we can Things." It was Ragal who spoke, and it was also the corpse witch "Poison Cloud" who was aliased as Harasa in the Land of Bones.

Raggle was not transformed into a necromancer from the main plane, he was born in the Land of Bones, but what is more special is that Raggle, who had not yet become an immortal at that time, came along with many of his kind in a summoning of the undead. On the main plane, I met Berkes at that time.

Raggle is the first undead with self-awareness that Belkis has encountered, and it is also the undead who made Belkis understand some information about the Land of Bones.In order to thank the other party, Berkes accepted Lager as his student.As a result, Raggle is no longer the same as other undead in other Bonelands.In terms of character and thought, I am more inclined to be a person.

Trixis looked complicated, she pursed her lips tightly and remained silent.

"Humans are the most oppressive race among all races. What Saka thinks, if you really want to work hard for it, it seems to me a sad futile act." Ms. Constanley who raised a different opinion, This dignified and beautiful woman is so pessimistic about human nature.

"Sister Constanley, you can't say that. I agree with Uncle Ragel's words. Anyway, according to Saka's words, what we have to do is not difficult." Mara said carelessly.Tracy, who was silent at the side, glanced at Mara faintly, and the red-haired woman yawned boredly with her mouth open.

"Actually, Saka discussed a proposal with me a few days ago." Berkes pondered for a while, then suddenly opened his mouth. The others turned to look at him in doubt. Berkes held on to his cane, as if organizing his words, and paused , and then said: "Saka wants to improve the image of our Helaishi and Necromancers in the eyes of the world. Saka believes that the external reputation of a power is very important, and our Helaishi has done a good job in giving people's image. very bad."

"Huh?" Diff asked gruffly, not caring. "What do you care about what other people think?"

Berkes shook his head, "Sarkar said that it hasn't been too long since we were separated from the Silver City-State, and those old guys in the Silver City-State know what kind of character we are...We Helaishi It has not been established for too long, and the world has not yet become too hostile to us... However, we are always a family that deals with corpses and souls. After a long time, it is easy to give people an evil feeling. "

"so what?"

Berkes lowered his gaze, with a bit of bitterness in his voice, "There will be self-proclaimed righteous guys knocking on the door every day, there will be all kinds of inexplicable spies trying to sneak in, and even wars will continue to befall us. And all of this happened because we were identified as evil." After a pause, Berkes continued, "Just like what happened to Ms. Deloris."

Diff was startled when he heard this, and frowned. They are all old guys who have lived for hundreds of years. They didn't think about these things before, but now that they are pointed out, it is natural to know how many possibilities they said will happen.

"Then, what exactly does Saka want to do?" Constanley asked next to her.

"Let the outside world know us, Saka hopes that we can hold some festivals and open Helaishi for outsiders to visit, and if a positive impression is established later, Saka plans to build another city on the edge to accept Refugees of all ethnic groups, absorbed into our group... Well, Saka has only roughly said these things so far, I think she should have more detailed plans." Berkes said something roughly, and helped He lifted the brim of his hat, and finally said: "Now Saka is the lord of the city, and I support her."

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As far as the impression of Horace is concerned, perhaps disgust or indifference or some people may be a little curious, but after all, cold and terrifying is the first impression of them from the outside world.Even if some adventurers lost in the foggy forest were rescued by them, even if some of them were grateful for it.Such an impression is inevitable.

Thinking about those skeletons wandering in the mist and forests, terrifying ghouls, and transparent ghosts whose feet don't touch the ground... makes people feel an unstoppable sense of fear and resistance in their hearts.

However, since June, the month of tea, the news that Helaishi will hold a summer festival in August, the month of Lanlango, has gradually spread in many parts of the southern part of the mainland, and this news has even begun to spread to other farther regions. Local sprawl.

"Any visitors who put down their arms, no matter where they come from or what occupation they come from, as long as they don't come here with malice, they can visit the summer festival belonging to Helaishi."

All over the place, people were astonished, discussing the news like a frying pan, as if they were warming up for the summer, adding a sense of dryness.The human society in the south - the Greyhound Principality, the Bull Principality, the Silver City-State, and even the Holy Griffin Empire are discussing this news.

"Herce, didn't you mean a group of ascetic races? How could such a festival be held?"

"Those guys shrinking in the mist, talking mysteriously, who knows what's going on?"

"Would you like to go? Saka, the city lord of Horace, personally declared that the news is true. I'm a little curious about what Horace looks like..."

"There must be a conspiracy..."

"I heard that there are beauties inside. Some adventurers said that when he got lost inside, a very glamorous woman saved him..."

"Do you believe the rumors? Be careful to go in and be turned into a skeleton."

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Most people think that there is something tricky about Horace's actions, and they avoid it, but there are still some people who don't hold a grudge against Horace and want to see it.Of course, there are also spy scouts dispatched by various countries and forces who pretend to want to sneak in to inquire about intelligence.

In the month of Tumi, nearly half of the continent was slightly commotioned by the news of He Laishi.The culprit who caused all this was at this moment in an open space in the courtyard of his house, playing with some trivial magic tools that he had collected from wizards everywhere.

As for the commotion outside, Mesaka did not pay any attention to it except to ask Lagard to prepare more manpower to maintain order.And Helaishi, the quiet place, is also busy these days under the various orders she issued.Countless skeletons opened the stone slabs on both sides of the street, and placed plants or decorative sculptures according to the plan.The creaking sound of these skeleton joints can be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Some impatient wizards came to question what Mesaka was up to.Once the scale was not small, more than 20 necromancers came together in a group, "What is the city lord doing with this summer festival? And let outsiders in... Sorry we can't understand."

Regarding these doubts, it could even be said that there were some complaints, Mesaka said with a straight face and only said a few words: "Whoever has the ability will sit in my position! Now I am the lord of the city and must listen to me!"

A group of people dispersed awkwardly. Although the current life is not very quiet, compared to dealing with those tedious affairs that give them a headache, this little trouble is nothing at all.

I was busy with various matters of the summer festival in the conference hall. Fortunately, the management team of Helaishi has been set up now, and Mesaka has also selected many talents with management experience from the new generation of necromancers. Messaka's meddling alone was enough to wear her down.

After returning home, Messaka also played with these gadgets from other wizards. Many of them were the accidental products of those wizards' experiments. Messaka looked interesting, and some of them were really interesting.Thinking that maybe it can be used in the festival, I bought all of them.

Another spark exploded from the small magic tool in his hand, a burst of smoke and dust filled the air, and a cough came from among them.Not far away, Wei, who was brewing soup, looked at this side helplessly. After the smoke cleared, Mesaka's blackened face was revealed.

Wei went into the room and came out with a washbasin towel, frowned slightly, and stood in front of Mesaka with a washbasin, "Let's find a way to get rid of the cold poison in your body first. You can't leave these things to other people." Do people do it?"

Messaka washed his face, wiped it, then played with the scattered small magic devices on the ground, and said with a faint smile: "With those medicinal soups pressing down, the cold poison is not too much of a hindrance, but these, There's a little urgency."

Wei squatted down beside Mesa Ka, looked at the parts spread on the ground, pursed her lips, and looked at Mesa Ka who was concentrating on fiddling with these parts with repair tools, her eyes showed a little lonely look, During her time in Helaishi, she found that she couldn't help Mesaka in many ways, whether it was about Helaishi's affairs, the cold poison in Mesaka's body, or the mysteriousness of Mesaka at the moment. something to do...

This feeling is not very good for Wei.Wei flicked the magic device in front of her with her fingers, and suddenly said, "Sometimes, it's good to think that I'm also a mage."

Messaka, who was fiddling with her, stopped her hands and turned her head to look at Wei. Seeing the look on Wei's face, she was slightly taken aback. Then she understood why Wei suddenly said this. Resting her head on Wei's shoulder, she suddenly called out: "Sister."

Wei turned her head to look at Mesaka in astonishment, their faces were almost touching, their breaths intersected with each other, and they could feel the warm touch of the exhaled breath on their cheeks, mouth and nose.Wei was a little stunned by Messaka's calling, and she couldn't even react for a moment. Messaka hadn't called her like this for too long.In fact, even when she was a child, Mesaka rarely called Wei like this because of time travel.

Mesaka leaned her body weight on Wei's side, narrowed her eyes slightly, "Leaning by Wei's side is very reassuring and comfortable. I really want to be like this forever."

Wei's lips moved, but she didn't say anything, she just put her arms around Mesaka's shoulders, and hugged her tightly, in a tight posture.

The light mist turned the scorching sun into a slightly warm light, and the figures of the two people stuck together in the fog. After that, there were whispers and laughter from time to time, and in front of the overlapping figures, the people around them The scattered, emotionless cold magician parts seemed to be coated with a layer of warm color.