novelraw Chapter 1604 Interlude: The First Xinghai Internal Meeting
Chapter 1604 Interlude: The First Xinghai Internal Meeting
Chapter 1604: The First Xinghai Internal Meeting
Pfft!
Santa Claus fell from the sky and landed heavily on the hard ground.
"Hiss..." He covered his red nose, got up from the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner, and looked around.
Which world have I been thrown into?
The lush green spaces and forests form unique gardening shapes that embody artistic beauty. The gorgeous white marble floors form a network of roads that extend in all directions, dividing large tracts of gardening forest areas.
In the distance, you can vaguely see an extremely grand and magnificent castle complex, which stretches and undulates like a huge fortress city.
Further away, as if at the end of the other side of the world, stood twin spiral trees that were so magnificent and gorgeous that they could not be praised in words.
The two trees penetrate the sky and the earth, reaching the universe. Countless brilliant spots of light fall from the sky, and brilliant galaxies hang upside down from the treetops, forming a brilliant and colorful waterfall in the sky.
The spot of light floated down and landed on Santa Claus, then melted away like a snowflake without a trace.
In the blink of an eye, Santa Claus felt a warm current flowing throughout his body. The hidden dangers in his body caused by the battle in the previous world actually healed themselves, and even his conceptual power was replenished a lot.
...Drops of grace? Golden tree?
Santa Claus Nicholas was a man of wide knowledge. After seeing the spiral twin trees and experiencing the grace himself, he naturally guessed the true identity of the twin trees.
So this is the world of Elden Ring? It's not the same as what I remember. Why are the golden trees in pairs? But it doesn't matter. Since the boss summoned me here, I don't need to think too much. I just need to do my best to contribute my strength.
Santa Claus is trying his best to show off his skills in front of the boss, and he just got a powerful summoning object not long ago. Maybe he will be the No. 1 among the members of the Star Sea?
Just when he was happily imagining that he was about to be favored by the boss, a familiar scream suddenly came from the sky.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
I saw a figure falling from the sky and crashing towards the ground.
Is that... Spectrum? Santa Claus rushed over to catch her, but found that Spectrum was caught in the palm of a giant dragon's claws that suddenly appeared.
Enemy attack! Santa Claus immediately summoned his large sack of gifts. Just as he reached into the sack, a low, harsh and strange voice came from behind him:
"Please don't attack my sisters, Master Nicholas."
Huh? Santa Claus turned around and found a huge rock dragon squatting behind him, looking into his eyes with its head lowered.
"You, you, you, your sister? You know me!" Santa Claus almost bit his tongue. Seeing that the ancient rock dragon had no hostility, he did not use his own means of attack.
“Our supreme God is awaiting your visit, Lord Nicholas.
I am Igoshanks, and I will take you to the Everstar Fortress."
As he spoke, the ancient rock dragon named Igoshanks gently lowered his wings and neck to make it easier for Santa Claus to climb onto his back.
As the dragon wings vibrated, Santa Claus discovered that there was an extremely large sky dragon city floating high in the sky. A large number of ancient rock dragons were flying freely in the dragon city. The scales of each giant dragon were shining with the sun, just like the glowing golden dragon scales of Egoshanks.
Yongxing Fortress is located in the center of the Star City. The castle that towers into the clouds is the reception room of Xinghai Ark specially used to receive distinguished guests.
In the luxurious hall corridor, Santa Claus and Spectrum meet.
"Nicholas!" Spectrum no longer looked frightened, but now he looked very happy: "Long time no see!"
"It didn't feel like long at all." Santa noticed something strange about the spectrum and asked, "Has your 'personality mirror' changed?"
"Well, there has been a shift, not much but it's more towards the offensive level."
Spectrum proudly stroked the ring on the index finger of his right hand.
Santa's eyes widened when he noticed the ring. Before he could say anything, the heavy door at the end of the corridor was pushed open.
Quetzalcoatl Ricardo stood inside the door and asked curiously, "Why don't you two come in?"
"Ricardo!" "Quetzalcoatl!"
The three met for the first time since the Diablo world and happily chatted.
At this time, Spectrum and Santa Claus noticed that there was a strange woman wearing a hood and a robe standing next to Quetzalcoatl Ricardo. She said nothing, but just stayed quietly beside Quetzalcoatl.
“I felt the heat of the gold coins, and then I received the message of the leader’s summons, so I relaxed the fire of the outsider.
Then I found myself in this world.”
Quetzalcoatl looked around the luxurious palace and said, "This place is really amazing."
"Ah?" Spectrum was confused: "What's so great about it?"
She just thought the art design style here was pretty good, but she didn't realize what Ricardo meant by "amazing".
At this moment, a female voice suddenly sounded in the hall: "It seems that you can't see the truth that Quetzalcoatl sees, Dodorina."
Upon hearing the voice, Spectrum immediately exclaimed: "Bast!?"
A figure emerged from the shadowy corner of the hall. It was Night Shadow Bast. She raised her hand and greeted the three people easily: "Hi, everyone."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you're not going to join the sea of stars, are you, Bast?" Santa Claus was confused and excited.
You should know that Bast is a well-known figure among outsiders. He can be regarded as one of the top lone wolf outsiders, on par with the Doomsday Dragon, the Great Doll, and the Witch.
If Bast really joins Xinghai, doesn't that mean Xinghai also has 'pillar' level cadres like Spiral?
"Hey, you guys are so busy looking at the kittens, no one is paying attention to me?"
Ma Yuanli, dressed in a black high school uniform, sat on the chandelier with a smile on her face, overlooking everyone.
Witch!
At this moment, even Ricardo's poker face changed drastically, and the hooded woman next to him was also a little shocked.
Witch and Night Shadow have all joined Xinghai? This time Xinghai can really compete with Helix!
As soon as Bast and Mo Yuanli appeared, they focused most of their attention on the woman next to Quetzalcoatl.
"...Quetzalcoatl, you are amazing."
Mo Yuanli blinked first, then gave an ambiguous smile.
What? Spectrum looked at Mo Yuanli and then at the woman next to Quetzalcoatl, with a gossipy look on his face.
Could it be that this hooded woman is someone very important?
Just as everyone was chatting in groups of two or three, happy laughter rang out in the hall of Yongxing Fortress—
“It’s nice to see everyone here intact.”
Hearing this voice, everyone immediately fell silent and bowed towards the throne at the top of the hall.
Heather sat on the throne with a friendly look on her face, not acting like a leader at all. She clapped her hands with a smile:
"Don't be too nervous, everyone. I didn't call you here to fight, but to take this opportunity to introduce the new members.
Bast, Mo Yuanli, I believe everyone has either known him or heard of him before, so I will not introduce him in detail.
The three of them are the veteran members when Xinghai was founded, Santa Claus Nicholas, Spectral Dodolina, and Quetzalcoatl Ricardo... Oh, Ricardo, I have a new respect for you."
Heather looked at the hooded woman and nodded slightly:
"What do you call this lady?"
The hooded woman beside Quetzalcoatl was no longer as cold as she was at the beginning. She took the initiative to kneel and salute, her voice melodious and gentle:
"You may call me Emeria, the great leader."
Emeria? Spectrum blinked, and then his face suddenly became horrified, and he glanced at Santa Claus in panic.
What the hell! Emeria!? Quetzalcoatl, what earth-shattering thing did you do!?
At this time, Quetzalcoatl slowly began to introduce to everyone the origin of Emeria and her relationship with himself.
Emeria, the being known as the 'God of the Sky' in the world of Zendikar in the Magic: The Gathering series.
The mermaids in that world do not belong to the sky, but some of them believe in Emeria and believe that the gods will bestow extraordinary wisdom on devout mermaids.
But they had no idea that the god they revered and worshipped was actually called Emrakul, the most distant and ancient ancestor of the Eldrazi Titans.
The Eldrazi are a nightmarish, monstrous, aether-dwelling race whose lair lies within the black void of the multiverse.
The Dark Eternity is similar to the Warp in the Warhammer world, filled with a raw substance called Aether. Only planeswalkers can survive here, and they can stay for a limited time. Most creatures without a planeswalker spark will be instantly torn apart by the raw entropy and flowing mana that fills the Dark Eternity.
As one of the three oldest Eldrazi Titans, Emrakul originally had no gender, but based on the symbols of faith generated by the worship of gods, she began to use the image of Emeria to communicate with people in subconscious dreams.
The true form of the Eldrazi Titan, which is invincible in the eyes of mortals and capable of destroying the world and even the universe, is actually just a projection of Emrakul's true self hiding in the dark void.
Her nature urged her to devour everything and destroy everything.
In the world of Magic: The Gathering, Emrakul devoured many worlds, and as a result, created an irreconcilable conflict with the planeswalkers who could create sparks to travel through the world.
Just as the struggle between the two sides escalated and the planeswalkers were about to seal Emrakul on the moon of Innistrad, the couatl appeared.
Emrakul originally thought that Quetzalcoatl was just a new planeswalker. She transformed into Emeria and appeared in Quetzalcoatl's dream, ready to destroy his sanity, but unexpectedly saw the skull gold coin shining with golden light.
Emeria, who had to suppress her hostility, communicated with Quetzalcoatl for a long time and learned that there was a bigger world beyond the world and that there were all the heavens and worlds.
"I want prosperity, not destruction. Unfortunately, my nature as an Eldrazi titan urges me to destroy everything.
But with Ricardo, I found I was able to control my impulses.
I long to look at the world with a peaceful gaze."
Emeria... no, she should be called Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. She knelt on one knee sincerely and told the great leader her wish.
Quetzalcoatl took Emeria's hand and looked at Heather: "Chief, Emeria's destructive and devouring nature is suppressed by my concept of 'snake'. I will be her caretaker, and I will also be her shackles. Please believe me."
He knew that Heather didn't like the kind of lunatics who wantonly destroyed the world and killed mortals, and Quetzalcoatl himself didn't like that either, so he had to explain it clearly for Emeria.
Heather smiled and waved her hand: "Of course I know, if you still have evil thoughts and only know how to destroy and devour, you will be captured the moment you enter the Star Sea Ark, Miss Emeria.
Even if you were a world-level life tool, the ending would not be the same."
Realm! Level! Santa Claus screamed in his heart. He thought that he had obtained the real Godzilla as a "sleigh reindeer", which was a surge in combat power. But Quetzalcoatl was even more ruthless. He got a realm-level life tool in just a few world rounds!
The spectrum next to him also looked lost. I need the boss's help to get an Abyss-level life tool. Feathered Serpent only needs to act as a gigolo to trick the world-level life tool into becoming a licker? This world really only cares about looks! ? The problem is that Feathered Serpent is not handsome. Why do these life tools have such weird tastes!
Bast and the Witch were also a little surprised. Their life tools were also at the realm level. In theory, Quetzalcoatl Ricardo could sit at the same table with them and Speed Woman and Captain Dragonfly.
“The reason we summoned everyone here this time is, on the one hand, to let everyone get to know each other, so that there won’t be a flood that washes away the Dragon King Temple in the future.
On the other hand, I want to tell you about the changes in the landscape of outsiders that are about to happen.
I have killed the new pillar of Spiral, 'Star Shell'. You guys should be careful not to be caught by another new pillar, 'Rick Sanchez'. If anything happens, use gold coins to call me.
The leaders of the War God Realm, the Doomsday Dragon and the Evil Food, also died in my hands. But one thing is one thing, there is no need to deliberately make enemies with the remaining members of the War God Realm. Just keep a normal mentality.
What you need to pay attention to are the strangers. I have a little understanding of the behavior of this group of crazy people. If you can't beat them when you meet them next time, don't fight them head-on. Either ask me for help or run away quickly.
The gold coins have been upgraded. If necessary, you can come to the Star Sea Ark to rest when you leave the current world and go to the next world.
Intelligence exchange, healing of injuries, weapon upgrades, all can be done in the Star Ark."
As he spoke, Heather stretched out his hand from above the hall, and the ball of light that sealed the vicious dragon Nidhogg flew into his hand.
"This Nidhogg is a product of the ninth level world, and its strength is quite impressive. I was originally planning to give it to Quetzalcoatl, but Quetzalcoatl's strength has skyrocketed now, so I'll give it to Santa Claus."
Snap! Heather snapped her fingers and the ball of light automatically flew in front of Santa Claus.
Seeing Quetzalcoatl waving his hand to show that he didn't care, Spectrum also pointed to the light ring on his index finger ostentatiously, and Santa Claus then accepted the ball of light shyly.
I always get favors from the boss, first it was the Bull of Sky and now it's Nidhoggr. It seems that I have to work harder, otherwise I will be left behind by Quetzalcoatl and Spectrum.
Everyone chatted for a while, accepted the grace of the drops to cleanse their bodies' wounds and replenish their energy, and then said goodbye to Heather one by one, leaving the Star Sea Ark and heading for their own unknown worlds.
Finally, Heather was the only one left in the hall again.
He leaned back on his throne and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are your plans next?" Qishi quietly appeared beside the throne and asked softly.
"Let the weapon men act separately. I will maintain the conceptual form of the Rustless Promotion, and leave the collection of intelligence and the crystallization of the flame to them."
Heather adjusted her sitting position and slowly closed her eyes:
"As for myself... I will be in seclusion in the Star Sea Ark.
Find the most perfect ultimate conceptual body direction through the conceptual body.
Until next time, Rick Sanchez,
Only one of the weapons and the gadgets will survive..."
In the hall, there was only the figure sitting on the throne.
Other than that, there was silence.