Chapter 1,417 Above the Dark Moon

I learned about the blood princess's deeds as I wished, but it wasn't what I wanted to hear. *Literature Hall*

This blood princess really did great things, and the terrifying impression she left on the hearts of the allied forces on the ground is still being passed down word of mouth to this day, hundreds of years later. Although it is not that I have never seen a combat force that can kill an entire legion by one person - even one person like Pandora, but the feeling of watching something from the perspective of a bystander is definitely different from watching something as the party being killed. Although None of the shorter-lived races in the terrestrial coalition have experienced the Fifth War, but you can still feel the disaster from the frightened expressions on the faces of those rough soldiers when they mentioned the words "Blood Princess" The sexual crusade had a profound impact on people on earth. If the Blood Princess hadn't been imprisoned on the Dark Moon, she alone might have dealt a devastating blow to the morale of the coalition forces. However, I still haven't been able to find out what I want to know - no one knows the origin of Blood Princess, and no one knows if she has any other real name besides "Blood Princess". The second-in-command of the devil who ruled the dark planet during Jun's slumber seemed to appear out of nowhere, and there is no trace of her in any official history. After I went back, I looked through the classics of the Goddess Cult and all the forbidden books that Bingtis had "shun", but I couldn't find this name, or even the suspected character.

According to formal historical records, Lord Dark Moon has always been the only commander of Dark Moon's power. The Blood Princess is like an evil shadow hiding behind Lord Dark Moon. If it hadn't been for a failure organized by the people on earth during the Fifth War, expedition, I am afraid her name will not even appear in folklore.

The information we heard from Joseph and Anna brought us new confusion: the blood princess was a member of the "Four" thousands of years ago. According to the old pope and the dragon girl, she was the one who saved the world back then. One of the four people - now we guess that these four people have been executing some kind of plan since the end of the war thousands of years ago. The purpose of this plan seems to be to protect the world, but how does the story of the blood princess sound? Something is so wrong...

Bingtis was also confused after hearing what I inquired about. Now, instead of understanding the origin of the Blood Princess, we do know some of her "deeds" that have nothing to do with the "Savior". The female gangster feels that there are only two possibilities for this situation, or there is another shady story behind the foursome. , the conversation we overheard between the old pope and the dragon girl was just the tip of the iceberg of the truth, or the true situation of the expedition during the Fifth War is open to question - only four soldiers escaped alive, including three All the people on earth's knowledge about the Blood Princess are based on the description of the only half-crazy soldier, and the fact that all but four of the expeditionary force survived. Therefore, the legends circulating among people on earth are not necessarily true.

In addition, we are becoming more and more curious about the condition of the artifact. Now everyone tends to believe that the "artifact" mentioned by the Dragon Girl and the Old Pope is the Starfield USB flash drive we have been looking for. In theory, it should be just a storage device, but we didn't expect that it would cause such a stir in this world. What a mess. The Dragon Girl and the Pope mentioned that some kind of "demonic shadow" was released from the artifact. That demonic shadow seemed to be the culprit causing the turmoil in the world. Think of the state of the Dark Moon Demon. The shadow of the devil is easily associated with the "abyss". However, after using limited probes and magical techniques (we did not dare to use scanning equipment with a large range for fear of accidents), we did not find any abyssal reaction on Dark Moon, so the "Devil's Power" released from the artifact What exactly the "shadow" is has become a mystery.

In short, these messy things kept everyone discussing for most of the night. Bingtis couldn't help but want to hit the moon with an "all-seeing eye", but Lin Xue and I joined forces to remonstrate him. Small-scale magic is fine, but things used to scan the entire planet are best not to be used indiscriminately. In addition to the Goddess of Life's talent of using native life to perceive all things, any planet-level scan may be detected by the fallen apostles. The accuracy of those bastards' monitoring of this world has reached a crazy level. They not only detect the intensity but also the breadth of the detection. . A scan with an effective range exceeding a radius of five thousand kilometers, whether it is psionic energy or divine magic, will be detected by them: this is to prevent the Imperial Army from secretly setting up additional scanning stations and outposts in this "unconcerned world".

Of course, we don't have much confidence to say that the fallen apostles are crazy, because the Imperial Army's sensitivity to this "three-no-things world" is about the same level... Our movement restrictions here are based on the Imperial Army's alert level. As long as something can be seen by one's own people, it can also be seen by the enemy. As long as you insist on this, you will be right.

The day passed like this. The dragon girl Zoya shouldn't wait too long, maybe she will leave for Dark Moon at any time, so Bingtis sent her last two remaining louse spirits to the northern Dark Moon portal to conduct round-the-clock surveillance there. , just waiting for Zoya to send us a signal as soon as she takes action.

But before that happens, an unexpected person comes to visit.

This is everyone's second day in the North Fortress. Qian Qian led the Pandora sisters to the mountains early in the morning and wandered around. They probably won't be back until noon. Bingtis and Lin Xue went to the fortress in the name of shopping. Although I didn’t quite understand what to buy in a “town” that looked like a giant military camp, I didn’t bother to care about them, so in the end I was left alone to look after the house in the camp.

I set up a lounge chair in front of the tent and spread out my hands and feet to bask in the sun, while Dingdang woke up with a relatively normal biological clock. The little thing poked its head out of my pocket and ran circles on my chest like a morning exercise. As soon as I lowered my head, I could see this cute little thing, and my mood became more relaxed and happy under the influence of this cute thing. And at this moment, I suddenly felt a slightly familiar aura approaching quickly - considering that there were no other mercenaries around, and the dragon girl Zoya had disappeared early in the morning, so right now The breath approaching here is obviously directed at him.

I put the jingle into my pocket and looked up into the distance. What appeared in the morning light was a figure on a horse. He was a tall and handsome man, riding a horse of the National Knights. He was fully clothed. Like a knight who is ready to fight the devil, the most eye-catching thing about this man is not his face that can be directly swiped to enter the Oscars, but his pointed ears that clearly have elf characteristics - these are not iron. Is Joe the only one among the Cavaliers trio who seems to have some moral integrity?

The well-trained military horse trotted all the way to me and stopped steadily. I raised my hand to greet the people on the military horse: "Hey, Qiao, why did you come out alone today? What's the matter? Let's talk first. We will not take over…”

I didn't finish my words, because I found that the expression on the face of the handsome elf man in front of me was not right: there was a bit of urgency, and a bit of a look at death, as if this iron knight really planned to fight the devil to the death.

"What's wrong?" I jumped up from the recliner. Joe was not curious about the strange-style chair under me. He jumped off the horse neatly and said in a sharp tone, straight to the point: "Where is the woman you said is going to find the Blood Princess?"

I blinked and looked at the elf soldier in front of me, and suddenly had an ominous premonition: "What do you want to do?"

"Just tell me where she is. This is very important." Joe came up and wanted to grab my arm. I jumped back half a step and said, "Wait a minute, don't be so excited. My orientation is normal - why don't you tell me Whatever you want to do, I will definitely not cooperate. By the way, you don’t want to ask that woman about going to Dark Moon to find the Blood Princess, right?"

Yesterday, in order to inquire about the Blood Princess with Joseph and the others, I casually revealed something about the Dragon Girl. Anyway, it was just a casual mention at the time. They didn’t know who Zoya was, let alone thousands of years ago. The previous stall was a mess. But I didn't expect that Joe would run over in such a hurry today. His nervous look meant that he was really going to fight the big devil!

Qiao looked at me with burning eyes for a while, and finally seemed to feel that a "newbie mercenary" would not affect any of his plans, so he nodded in a bachelor's manner: "That's right. I want to go find the Blood Princess."

I looked up and down at this male elf whom I didn't know much about, and suddenly remembered that when I was chatting with the Joseph trio about the Blood Princess yesterday, he never said a word, and I didn't pay attention to him at that time. Looking back now, there seems to be something wrong with his performance at that time. "Do you have a grudge against the Blood Princess?"

"You are really weird. Most people won't ask this first: they don't know what to say when they hear the name Blood Princess." Qiao forced a smile that looked like crying from the corner of his mouth, "Just think of me as That monster must have a grudge. Anyway, it’s my biggest wish in my life to go to Dark Moon to find clues about the expeditionary force. I know it sounds a bit crazy, and you don’t need to know the specific reason. Anyway, now I see hope in you. ...I know who the white-haired woman you are talking about is. If she really wants to find the Blood Princess, then she will definitely be able to do it, but I don’t know where to go to meet that adult. Haven’t you met her? ?Tell me where we met, why did that adult talk to you, and did she tell you how she planned to get to Dark Moon?"

I stared at this slightly incoherent male elf in shock, wondering how he, the lowest knight, could know so many things - he definitely didn't know the secrets from thousands of years ago, but he obviously guessed it at once The white-haired woman who is going to Dark Moon to find the Blood Princess is the Dragon King. The dragon girl has been living in the human world incognito for so long. There may indeed be others besides the old pope who know her true identity, but theoretically it should not include an iron knight who has not been promoted for fifteen years...

But in any case, Bingtis and I’s plan does not include taking outsiders to the moon - our trip is to thoroughly deal with the artifact, and it is not a free ride on the seven-day tour of Dark Moon. It is basically necessary to bring Qiao with us. Even if there is an extraneous problem: someone must be sent to protect him. Just when I was thinking about how to push this matter away, another familiar voice came from the side: "Just tell him, this wilted guy usually looks quiet, but as long as he looks right, Others can't help. Although I don't know how he decided that you can let him go to Anyue."

I followed the sound and saw Joseph and Anna standing side by side not far away. Both of them were fully armed like Joe, and their horses snorted beside them. The only difference between these two and Joe was: their faces I am not prepared to fight like the devil with the bitterness and hatred, but there is an expression of being prepared to die...

"You..." Joe stared at his two companions with wide eyes. This action showed that he originally came out without telling Joseph and Anna.

"We have known each other for more than 20 years," Joseph came up and patted Joe on the shoulder. "I am usually a rough guy, but I can still tell what a brother who has known me for more than 20 years is thinking in his heart."

These words were spoken with great affection. Joe couldn't help but have a touched look on his face, until Joseph couldn't help but said the second half of the sentence: "Of course the more important thing is that you talk in your sleep at night. We live in the same dormitory, and I start at twelve o'clock at night." I started to listen to your action plan, and after listening to it for a full three hours, you were talking in such detail even in your sleep..."

Joe's face was as red as the sunset, and Anna patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Don't worry, only Joseph knows about this anyway - and you know why no one except this idiot wants to share a dormitory with you, right?"

Seeing the three of them getting more and more playful as they chatted, I finally couldn't help it anymore. Jumping to the side and shouting: "Wait a minute, wait a minute! I haven't spoken yet! No one has promised to take any of you to the moon. At least one of you can explain first, why did Joe come to me?" ?”

What I meant was how did Joe know that the white-haired woman who asked about the Blood Princess was the Dragon King, and why he knew that the Dragon King wanted to find the Blood Princess. After all, our family's official status here is "Freedom" Mercenary". Joe's original intention was definitely not to find a group of mercenaries to change his fate against the odds. This was at best a springboard - at least that's what the other party thought.

"Most people really don't know what background this loser has," Joseph said with a nagging smile and patted Joe on the back. The handsome elf man was not annoyed at all when he was called a loser. It was obvious that this was a threesome. He was given the nickname he was used to internally, "Qiao knows a lot of things. Some of them are even secrets that can be described as 'top secret'."

I looked at Joseph with searching eyes and motioned for him to continue.

"You already know about the Blood Princess and the expeditionary force, right?" Joseph looked at Joe's face and seemed to have received acquiescence before continuing. "At that time, the person who strongly supported and personally formed the expeditionary force was one of the commanders of the coalition forces, the female general Angel of the Elf tribe. After the first batch of troops lost contact, General Angel Angel personally led the second batch of troops to set off. Later, she and other soldiers They died together in the hands of the Blood Princess. Qiao is the son of General Angeli."

I opened my eyes wide in surprise: life can indeed be more dramatic than drama.

"So my biggest wish in this life is to go through the door in the opposite direction and go to Dark Moon in person." Qiao lowered his head and spoke in a low but determined tone, "I may also die at the hands of the Blood Princess, or I may die in the hands of the Blood Princess. Other Dark Moon Demons have it in their hands, but as long as there is a ten thousandth chance, I will find out what happened to the expeditionary force, even if it is just to find the place where Mother died in battle."

"Qiao has always felt that the entire annihilation of the expeditionary force was very strange," Anna said cryptically. "He insisted that General Angeli would not make such a big mistake, and... he said that General Angeli was very relaxed before setting off. And she told him with confidence that she went to Dark Moon not to fight, but to negotiate with someone... Qiao thought that person was the Blood Princess. I know this sounds a bit sensational, let alone the other members of the coalition. Generals, even Joseph and I can't believe it, so just listen to it. Anyway, you only need to know that Joe is a descendant of the first elven family. Although the family has declined, he still knows a lot of secrets. Including the identity of the white-haired woman you met once - hey, it's useless for me to tell you so much, you are probably even more confused."

I have been staring at Joe with wide eyes for a long time: This time he just doesn't want to go, I have to tie him to the moon!

The Blood Princess and the expeditionary army indeed both had their own problems!

As for Joe, his story does have twists and turns, but it’s also very cliche. This is a story about the descendants of a big family with great hatred and bitterness, working hard to clear away the sins of their ancestors, and longing to regain the glory of the family. Joe comes from the most prestigious military family in the elves. His parents are both outstanding generals, and the latter is even more legendary: the female elf named Angeli is considered to be comparable to the legendary heroes of ancient times. figure. At least when he was young, Joe lived a peaceful and affluent life like all similar aristocratic children and received a strict aristocratic education. As long as nothing happens, he will become a child like most of the talented children in the family. Soldier, and gradually rose to the position of general: just like his legendary mother. However, the Fifth Dark Moon War and the disastrous expedition ruined everything.

The 50,000 most elite soldiers of the coalition forces on the ground and the heroic generals respected by all ethnic groups were all wiped out in just a few days. Regardless of whether the initial formation of the expeditionary force was approved by several other commanders, as the original initiator of the expeditionary force, Angeli became the biggest "culprit". People seemed to need to vent their anger on a person who could no longer resist. In order to alleviate the fear brought by the Blood Princess to them, General Angeli became the "commander who made the stupidest mistake" in the Fifth War, and was accused of three-digit crimes. For this elf general, the only fortunate thing is that she also died on the moon together with other soldiers of the expeditionary force - this sacrifice finally offset half of her guilt.

But her family was removed from the elves' "honorary families" and soon declined. Joe's father fell into ruin after that, and the rest of the family stayed away from the military (or were kicked out of it). It was not until hundreds of years later that the pain caused by the Fifth War slowly subsided, that Joe was allowed to sign up for the army as an elf civilian, and became a knight of the Gondor Empire together with his two alien traveling companions - an elf or an elf. They refused to accept him, so he could only join the Human Empire.

But although humans with shorter lifespans can forget their hatred faster than elves, Joe's identity still brings him some trouble. The Iron Knight Trio is the famous trio behind the wheel of the National Knights. Among them, Joseph is because of a broken chain, Anna is because of being short-sighted, and Joe is because of issues left over from history...

(Tell me two things. First, Qidian has started to evaluate the annual works. Although I don’t know what the rules are and I don’t know how the votes are calculated, it looks great. Let’s vote for it. The second thing is if you want to If the spirit is to be released as a peripheral product, what do you want it to look like? A picture album, a desk calendar, or something else? Maybe I will post a poll in the forum to collect opinions... Please give me a warm response!)