The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 81: The Blue Bird of the North (Part 1)
"On October 29th, the flames landed and the river was polluted. Ayala said to her partner: ‘I will wait elsewhere’."
Jonah didn't want to look down at this vague prophecy again and again, but his fingers nervously touched the rough papyrus repeatedly.
He can't control himself.
To celebrate the astrologer apprentice waking up from a long coma, Toba just slipped out and got two bottles of fresh ale from nowhere. The golden liquor gurgled in the glass, spitting out attractive bubbles and For the aroma, the guests of a51 raised their wooden wine glasses. Of course, Mr. Jonah’s cup was filled with the secret "Mushroom Farm" brand meat porridge, which is a special treatment for patients.
"We should say a toast." Elliott proposed.
Toba looked at Xibi helplessly, the grasshopper stabbed Long Ji who was beside him, and Long Ji smiled and said: "For good health."
"Of course, for good health!"
"For health!"
"A good body is the most important thing!"
The pitchfork partners raised their glasses and met, and even Yekong’s eyes were bright and cheerful.
The ale flowed into the esophagus and turned into a slightly drunk warm current. Long-lost chats and laughter sounded in room a51, and people tacitly did not take the initiative to mention the close at hand tomorrow.
Sibbi was talking about the big and small news that happened at Cherry Crossing in the past eight days, and Toba truthfully reported the recipes for every dinner during the eight days. Jonah stroked the smooth mane of the unicorn while After drinking the hot viscous liquid in the glass, my anxiety was calmed down a lot. ——Perhaps, just suppressing anxiety in a deeper place in my heart?
Jonah’s hourglass was thrown aside, and time passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, night fell, the brazier was lit, and Toba prepared a sumptuous dinner.
Putting a piece of plump fresh black gold hamster meat into his mouth, Jonah was suddenly startled: "Oh, my work has been interrupted for so long, how can I tell my father?"
"It's okay, Your Excellency Jonah, the head of the room has already pooled up the money to pay for your room for a month." Elliott ignored Toba's winking expression and said.
"Toba, this..." Jona looked at the peasants in Bazelal, wondering what to say.
"Oh, what, hahahaha." Toba blushed and smiled awkwardly. "I have a small task to complete. Let's go first. Please take your time, adults, and rest early." , Stood up and fled, the door of the room that had been punched with a big hole earlier was lightly knocked and turned into a pile of broken logs of various shapes scattered on the ground, and the huge figure of the head of the room panicked and fled in the night. Far.
"I'm going too." Sibi waved to everyone and rushed out the door lightly.
Jona was stunned for a while, "Just the two of them, doesn't it matter?"
Rose Knight put down the dinner plate: "Don't worry, it's just a meeting with the employer. There is nothing dangerous. Now our personal and property rights are protected by the clause."
"Speaking of this," Jonah also dropped his fork, "what are you going to do tomorrow? Tell me."
Is Elliott said: "My lord of the room specially ordered not to tell Lord Jonah, this..."
"I have the right to know." Jonah said forcefully.
The Rose Knight looked at Long Ji in embarrassment, Long Ji pondered for a long time, and sighed.
"Okay." Elliott said sternly, "This is a vvvh-level, extremely difficult task. It was jointly released by ten V-level room tenants. This is unique in the history of Cherry Tou. Mr. Hachime made the Pitchfork small queue the first in line to undertake the task, that is to say, under the premise that we give up, other teams have the right to take on the task."
"Why?" Jona was puzzled.
"After the twenty-three brutal Twilight Arena matches, the combat effectiveness of most teams dropped significantly. Before the new blood was added, the Pitchfork team became the second-ranked combat team in Cherry Pass, second only to v2. 'Debris'. In this mission, v2 itself is the publisher of the mission.” The Rose Knight explained.
Jonah said: "I understand. Wait, there is the new team in room a61, Mr. W..."
"After obtaining the trophies of the Twilight Arena, the team disbanded."
Jonah nodded. "Disbanded, of course."
"The rewards of the mission are amazing. No one would have imagined that V-level tenants would pay such valuable things as rewards for the mission." Elliott showed a strange expression.
Jona stared at him puzzledly.
"Tickets, Lord Jonah. To be precise, it is the boarding quota. This time, there are 23 tickets sold by Dad, and each ticket comes with four attendant seats. The reward for this mission , Are two places for boarding as entourage." said the Rose Knight.
It took a few seconds for Jonah to react, staring at Long Ji in surprise: "In other words, you still have a chance to go back to the south?-Although I don’t know why you have to go back, but I think that must be very important."
Long Ji nodded slowly: "Yes, our first reaction is also like this. Very pleasantly surprised. But immediately, I said to Eli that we can't accept this task. That is pure death."
Jonah looked at the Rose Knight again.
Elliott looked a little gloomy: "Participating in the Twilight Arena, putting the entire team in extreme danger, is a matter of repeated consideration. After all, the trophy is a ticket, five boarding places, and five The quota allows most of us to avoid the chaos of war and settle down in the relatively peaceful southern continent. This is worth our risk.
But only to accept vvvh-level missions for two boarding places,—that is to say, for the needs of Miss Long Ji and Elliott, the entire team embarks on a journey of a life of nine deaths. That is Extremely stupid behavior. We expressed our attitude to the head of the room on the spot. "
"Really, a life of nine deaths..." Jona murmured, "But I guess Toba will take on the task without hesitation, for you."
The rose knight lowered his head: "Yes. Mrs. Chamber and Miss Sibi, regardless of our obstruction, signed the task list. According to Clause 40-3, any two of the team accepted the task as the whole team. The team accepted the task.—At that time, they didn't even look at the content of the task."
The silver bells in Long Ji's hair tinkled. Jonah looked at her, only to see her side face twisted out of the door, and her swan-white and slender neck.
"Is it stupid? Such a move." Jonah seemed to ask, but also to himself.
"Very stupid, benefit is not proportional to effort." The Rose Knight pursed his firm lips, "As stupid as the chivalry we believe in."
The room was silent for a while.
"So, what exactly is the task?" Jonah cleared his mind and asked again.
"The mission has no content, only goals. The goal is: to delay the pace of the Zawi Empire cavalry, and to ensure that Cherry Du is not directly threatened by the regular army before April 27.
Mr. Hachime released several reconnaissance missions a few days ago. The intelligence brought back by the field team showed that the Mortima Fortress was breached by the Golden Hammer Corps. Her Majesty Queen Wenger IV of St. Boren and Bazelal Her Majesty Queen Abidel I led the remaining members of the royal family of the two countries to withdraw eastward. They will reach the Sucasa Canyon on April 26 at the earliest, and continue eastward through the hilly area into the cherry crossing.
Your Excellency Jonah should have heard our report that Mr. Dan Sutherland in room v7 has obtained two ferry tickets through various channels, ready to welcome the two queens to cross the holy river by boat. "Elliott drew out the long sword casually, and dipped his wine on the small table by the bed to draw a topographical map.
The eastern part of Bazelal is a rolling hilly mountainous area. There is only one road leading to the Cherry Crossing, which is the valley path that Jona once walked through the Sucasa Canyon and the "Silva's Tears" in the miraculous grassland.
"I... don't quite understand." Jonah frowned.
Elliott didn't know how to express it, and thought for a while, "In short, now there are three forces in Cherry Crossing.
First: Daddy. In response to the actions of the Zawi Empire, Dad did not make any response, and still faithfully implemented the 55 additional terms;
Second: The royalists headed by Mr. Dan, mostly composed of the old nobles of Saint Boren and Bazelard, are ready to welcome the two queens;
Thirdly, the wealthy merchants in the remaining V-level rooms and the nobles of other countries are the people who issue the vvvh-level tasks, our employers. "
"Well, go on." Jonah said.
"This year's Colombo Spring Hunting Festival is April 27, so the ferry will set sail at 12 noon on April 27.
The third faction who owns the ferry tickets tried every means to ensure that the ferry can sail on time, and the two queens became a factor of instability.
It should be noted that behind Her Majesty, there are elite troops of the Golden Hammer Corps of the Zawi Empire, and there are even rumors that the commander of the Golden Hammer, storm knight Izakios himself is pursuing the army. among. "
Jona immediately remembered the Golden Dragon Knight Qiaopu, the leader of the Guards of Izakios, who had seen him in Madame Duran's Black Cat Cafe in the Sukassa Valley. Only a dragon knight who had escaped his mount possessed such a huge combat power, and Jonah could not imagine how terrifying the storm knight himself should be.
"Although the third faction has a certain degree of confidence in the strength of the father, it still wants to reduce the unknown factors to the minimum. Therefore, they jointly released the vvvh-level mission and sent the strongest team to delay Zawi. The footsteps of the Imperial Legion. With that said, does Lord Jonah understand?" Elliott asked.
"Completely understand." The astrologer apprentice nodded, "This is indeed a death mission!" He stood up abruptly, and sat back again because of his weakness and dizziness.