Chapter 170 20. Immature Thoughts
The tip of the sword blade was pressed against Darkus' throat. If he moved even a little bit forward, the sharp blade would cut his throat.
"Too slow. Baine is obviously not a good teacher. Come again!" Malekith said angrily. At the same time, he retracted his half-sword and adjusted his posture again to prepare for an attack.
At this time, in the throne room, Darkus covered his eyes with a blindfold and practiced martial arts with Malekith. He was used to the darkness of the throne room, but the dark queen could still vaguely see something, so he chose to put on the blindfold. His idea of directly engaging in the most difficult blind fighting is that since the most difficult skill of blind fighting can be mastered, wouldn't it be easier to get twice the result with half the effort if you usually have a field of vision? Besides, it can be used if you encounter a lightless environment or when your field of vision is deprived. There is magic in this world. There are more weird and unpredictable magics, so just be prepared.
Malekith was not holding his Destroyer, but a half-hand sword with the same simple shape, which seemed to be from the same era as the half-hand sword held by Darkus.
The Destroyer is so evil. The sword-like Destroyer was forged by Malekith himself, symbolizing Druch's determination to destroy Assur's work. The Destroyer can disenchant an enemy with a simple touch and can even destroy a mage's mind. In terms of popular tabletop rules, this weapon can detect the enemy's magic equipment. If the dice points are high, it can directly destroy the enemy's magic items. If the enemy is a mage, if you are lucky, there is a chance that the mage will lose a level.
Darkus also retracted his half-sword, adjusted his stance and attacked directly. His upward move was accurately blocked by Malekith. Malekith then adjusted his grip and flattened the sword towards his thigh. At this point, he reacted quickly and struck Malekith's sword blade with the hilt of the sword. Malekith adjusted his posture again and raised the sword blade. The sword blade passed by Darkus' hand, accurately. Hitting the decorative part of the handle of the Hand and Half Sword, the Hand and Half Sword flew out of his hand. He lowered his posture and rolled towards the position where the Hand and Half Sword fell. He caught the Hand and Half Sword again and launched it. He suddenly stopped in his attack as the tip of Malekith's blade was pressed against his throat again.
"It's boring, although you are better than before." Malekith said in disgust, and at the same time retracted the blade again.
Darkus' previous martial arts instructor was Baine. Although Baine is already very strong as the master of the Black Tower, it still depends on who he is competing with. He and Malekith have been practicing all morning, and he is Didn't get any bargains at all. But he knew that Malekith had almost lost interest at this time, so he performed a very traditional elf apprentice etiquette on Malekith.
"It's time for you to eat, my lieutenant." Malekith nodded helpfully. He turned around and said while walking up the steps of the throne. The half-sword in his hand suddenly disappeared from his hand.
Darkus had no time to ask Malekith if he would eat. He knew that eating was a painful torture for Malekith. The juicy beef was like ashes in Malekith's mouth. Malekith is not the rich man in "The Intouchables". Who knows what the uncertain Malekith will think in the next second.
"My Majesty, shall we conduct a deduction this afternoon?" Darkus suddenly thought of something, and he wanted to verify it.
"Oh? How to deduce it?" Malekith asked with interest as he sat on the throne again.
"Let's carry out the follow-up deduction at the current point in time. I will play you and you will play the Phoenix Court?" Darkus said with a smile. He felt that he was going further and further on the road of jester and powerful minister. He wanted to change his strategy and tactics, landing in the bad land of Nagaryth every time, just to have a hairy idea, and then crash into the Griffin Gate despite the harassment of the Shadow Guards?
"Okay! This is a good idea and an interesting game." Malekith thought for a moment and said directly.
Darkus bowed again and left. The black steel door of the throne room slowly opened. He saw six Druchi standing outside. Four of them were the responsible black guards standing guard, and the other two were Malekith's. Aijerese and the captain of the Black Guard, Coran, first smiled at the four Black Guards. This is a classic. Now every time he comes out, he will smile at the Black Guards who are standing guard in shifts. It is just a simple smile. , nor speak. Sometimes he didn't know what he was laughing at. It might be that he could come out of the throne room intact again, or something else. He couldn't tell, but it was just fun.
Then Darkus smiled at Egerese and Coran. Egerese smiled strangely at him first, and the smile pulled the scars on his face. In this dark environment, there was a little After Aijirese finished laughing, he and Kolan saluted him. He ignored what Aijirese was laughing at and turned around and left.
At this time, Coran has just served as the captain of the Black Guard. He has not yet gained the trust of Malekith, the kind of trust that can stand beside Malekith with weapons.
Egilese and Kolan did not go in directly, but looked at Darkus's figure without saying a word for a long time. Only after Darkus turned around and disappeared from sight did they push the door and enter. They just happened to meet each other. See, the relationship in private is just like that. As the captain of the Black Guard, Coran is only loyal to Malekith. As the intelligence commander, Aguirethe is also only responsible to Malekith. The two of them will not violate taboos. What kind of eye contact is that of looking at each other.
The lower dining area of Malekith's Black Tower.
"My brother, is there anything that doesn't have eyesight today?" Darkus asked after swallowing the beef.
"No, maybe those bastards knew that you were following His Majesty the Witch King at the meeting yesterday, and not a single eye-catching person showed up today." After drinking the blood wine, Maranur shrugged and said in despair. , as if the fun suddenly stopped.
Then the Darkus brothers and their followers ate again, during which they talked about other things, such as the price of the black ark that was auctioned, etc. The powerful people of Krakalond did not take action. The powerful people like Hagrid Grave raised the price so high that the two-kilometer-long small black ark was sold for the price of the five-kilometer-long giant black ark. He shook his head speechlessly. In his opinion, this was a political game. It was purely disgusting. The price was raised in turn. Someone had to stand up and raise the price anyway. Young Master Newkel seemed to be making some kind of plan. Good? Will Karonde Carr be spared next time at the Claw Contest? He doesn't know yet.
Darkus entered the throne room again, and Egerethe and Coran had already left.
In the throne room, a table appeared out of thin air, with a large map placed on the table.
"My lord, shall we begin?" Darkus stood in front of the table, looking at the map in the pitch-black environment, and said after seeing that it was a map that included the entire medieval world.
"My lieutenant, there is good news about you. I think you will be very happy to know the news." Malekith walked down the steps of the throne and said jokingly.
Darkus looked at Malekith with curious eyes, his mind filled with doubts.
"My miserable mother found your clan mother and chose a good marriage for you." "
My lord, I don't think this is good news. Can I know who the other party is?" Duck Us took a deep breath. He knew why Egilese smiled strangely at him when he went out just now. Malekith's ears and eyes were really good enough. He knew what happened in the morning by noon, and the Hell Calamity Family There is a high probability that there is an informant from Aegirese in the mansion of Naggarond, and there may be more than one. It seems to be like a political game. The family clearly knows who the informant is, but they cannot move, and they have to disclose it to these informants appropriately. Some news, he thought for a while and then quickly adjusted his mentality and said speechlessly. "Druesala, my mother's maid, congratulations to you, my lieutenant."
"My Majesty, it seems that I have no choice?" Darkus said in great pain. He knew that there was a possibility that he would get married, but this was too much.
"My adjutant, your clan mother agreed, and I don't seem to have any reason to stop it? It seems you have no choice." Malekith walked up to Darkus and patted Darkus on the shoulder. , which is both comfort and ridicule, and also means to have fun.
"Shall we get started?" What can Darkus say, I don't agree with this marriage? When the time comes, let Malekith come forward to host the wedding ceremony? Have a lively one? He is only a participant in the rules now, not a rule maker yet. He is still some way away from becoming a rule maker. Since Malekith can't stop him, what can he say? The soldiers came to cover up the water and earth, and that was it.
Darkus took out a piece of brown paper and a shorthand pen from the arms of the noble robe and placed them on the edge of the map.
The witch lantern in the throne room instantly lit up, and the deduction began.
"Now I have to train a large number of spies, and then place these spies in the Phoenix Court and the high-level and civilian classes of various kingdoms of our cousins." Darkus said while recording on the vellum.
Malekith nodded and agreed, but he only expressed agreement and did not take any action. There was no way to take action.
In the first round, Malekith chose directly.
"Next, I will vigorously develop the navy. For example, I will send my adjutant Darkus to some suitable places at the appropriate time and use unconventional means to build some Black Ark bases." Darkus wrote with a pen He drew a circle on the turtle islands south of Lustria, and then said, "There is always a place suitable for us here. If it doesn't work, just go to the Boiling Sea to find it!" He then drew a circle on the islands in the Boiling Sea. .
Malekith was speechless and disgusted as he watched Darkus boasting about himself. What could he say? He didn't even bother to nod his head this time.
"Here, in the Cawchen Plain of Lustria, we carry out vigorous operations and continuously transport the gold, gems, grain, meat, tobacco and wine here to Nagaroth through the Black Ark." Darkus said At the same time, a winding line was drawn in Lustria and Naggaroth. He had already thought about clearing out the undead pirates on the Vampire Coast at this time, and launching attacks by sea and land at the same time. He had to succeed in one attack. He didn't want to accompany Luther Harken to waste time.
"I will order the construction of dragon ships and navy to strengthen Anaheim's defense. Strike?" This is already the third round. Malekith feels that he can't just stand around like a fool. He has to do something. , but after he finished speaking, he felt a little unconfident. He had always planted a large number of spies in Ulthuan, and he knew the Phoenix King's Court in Ulthuan.
Darkus doesn't know much about the politics of high-precision society for the time being. He only knows some fixed common sense, such as who the current Phoenix King is, who the Eternal Queen is, etc. He didn't refute anything after hearing Malekith's words, but he always felt that Malekith was talking nonsense. He nodded and prepared to record what Malekith just said on the other side of the brown paper.
"There is no need to record this sentence!"
"As the world's wealth continues to flow into Nagaros, I will find a way to use this wealth to stimulate the population growth of Druchi and find a way to create some potions that can give birth to multiple babies. (It seems that there is no such thing in the government), promulgate some policies appropriately, and then recirculate the wealth through monopolizing tobacco, alcohol and luxury goods, and repeat this over and over again." Darkus nodded, and then recorded.
"I will order to strengthen the magic defense system on the coast of Ulthuan, such as a barrier composed of moving islands and fog." Malekith hesitated, while thinking about the feasibility of what Darkus said. , he then remembered that previous expeditions had been at a disadvantage in terms of the number of troops. Coupled with the less loyal fear lords, the troops that could be mobilized each time were stretched thin. He also thought about and combined the intelligence from Ulthuan spies. Deduced what the Phoenix Court would do.
"After the Black Ark Shipyard in Krakarond completes the construction of the upper deck of the Black Ark, I will form a large fleet mainly composed of a large number of Black Ark, and use Ulthuan's spies to obtain our cousin's naval intelligence to launch an attack ."
"Interesting, continue, my lieutenant." Malekith directly chose to give up. He found that this was a one-sided deduction in the early stage. He was still silent at the beginning playing the role of the Phoenix King, but he soon discovered that according to the Phoenix King Ting's current approach can only be passively beaten.
"Here, here, here, and here! This?" Darkus drew several circles on the map in succession, and then he hesitated as he looked at the last circle, which was the southern part of Lustria. The Twilight Fortress of Assur, the other circles are the Dawn Fortress in the Southland, Tal Erathon on the Dread Sea, the Tower of the Sun and the Tower of the Stars, the Gate of Kallis, and the Lost Islands of Elatis. Tal Elitis and the Tower of the Rising Sun in the north, he did not choose to attack Ulthuan directly.
"Use the method of peeling an onion to remove the overseas strongholds of Asul first, and attack Asur's maritime trade while destroying the prestige of the Phoenix King's Court. Those maritime families in the Emerald Sea will definitely not want to see their own interests damaged. , will definitely let the Phoenix King Court dispatch its navy. Maybe we can win over them appropriately and offer them some benefits. While we make the Asur navy exhausted, we can also attack the prestige of Aislin. If it is a small group of Asur If the Er navy comes to support, destroy it directly. We will try to avoid fighting if the numbers are balanced. I don't think this is a shame or failure. Preserving these fleets can play a greater role in the future."
Darkus did not appear in Twilight . He thought a lot about the circle around the fortress. If the circled parts could be removed, then the Twilight Fortress would become a real isolated island, and its existence would be meaningless. The most important thing is that there is a spiritual vein underneath the Twilight Fortress. At this point, it is better to put it aside as the lizardmen's social situation is not yet clear. Once he organizes an attack on the Twilight Fortress, the Slann will definitely notice him.
Malekith did not speak, nor did he listen to what Darkus said. He was attracted by Darkus' novel strategic play, and for the first time he turned his attention to these overseas strongholds in Ulthuan.
"Here, here, here, and finally here." Darkus then drew on the map.
(End of chapter)