mesbooks Chapter 1571 The Root of Doubt
Chapter 1571 The Root of Doubt
In the quaint castle hall where wave textures and water ripple textures are interwoven, looking at the merman princess who suddenly made a request to Lei Xiao, a group of our strong men were surprised, and their faces showed a bit of confusion and vigilance.
The reason why everyone showed this expression was because they realized something extremely strange, that is, the other party actually recognized Lei Xiao's identity at a glance.
You know, we neither revealed our intention nor revealed our identity. Besides, we were all wearing hoods, so the other party should not know this anyway.
"Your Highness, please stand up first."
Although Lei Xiao had the same question in his mind, he still bent down and helped the other person up.
While holding the other person's slender arm, Lei Xiao could clearly feel that the other person's body was shaking slightly uncontrollably, which was obviously a manifestation of tension and anxiety.
This, combined with the situation we just saw and the other party's words and actions, is enough to prove that something sudden and unexpected did happen in the capital of the fishman king here, which was even enough to threaten the life and death of the fishmen.
But no matter how you think about it, it is hard to understand what the fish people on the beach are praying for.
After all, the gods had long gone away and no longer favored the myriad races. This was something Jasmine and Theresa had mentioned not long ago.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao collected his thoughts, nodded slightly and said: "We don't even know the situation now, how can we help you?"
After saying that, Lei Xiao took off his hood and revealed his true face. Since the other party already knew his identity, there was naturally no need to hide it.
Besides, I had no intention of hiding my identity, but the other party shouldn't have recognized me so quickly.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I was too abrupt and didn't even introduce myself."
After Lei Xiao's reminder, the merman princess took a deep breath and her anxious mood eased a little.
She lowered her head slightly and took off the strange fish head mask. A fair face with colorful fish scales faintly appearing at the temples appeared in front of everyone.
The other person looked to be in his early twenties, and his delicate and exquisite face should have been full of vigor, but at this moment it was cloudy, and there were even tears in the corners of his eyes.
Lei Xiao looked at the other person carefully and nodded slightly.
From the appearance point of view, the wasteland fish people are almost the same as ordinary humans, except for some fish scales emerging near the temples and fish fins extending from the earlobes.
As for the merman princess in front of him, the colorful fish scales near her temples were faintly visible. If her ears were covered, it would be difficult to tell whether she was a merman or a human without looking carefully.
However, there was still a touch of nobility and grace on the other person's tearful fair face, and with the colorful scales on both sides of her temples like makeup, it seemed that she was indeed from an extraordinary family and had received a good education.
But these are not the main points. Before deciding whether to help the other party, there is one thing I need to figure out, which is why the other party knows my identity.
You must know that the purpose of his trip is to deal with the ruler of the Throne Corridor, the Broken Wing King, and his minions, and the other party is extremely powerful and their attacks are extremely ruthless.
If even a princess of a wasteland murloc could know his identity, what about the Broken Winged King who was so powerful that he could dominate the second-rate forces?
If there is any mistake in your actions, you will have to re-examine your next course of action.
"Your Majesty, the reason why I was able to successfully recognize your Majesty's identity was actually due to some guesswork."
The Mermaid Princess obviously noticed Lei Xiao's doubts, and quickly explained: "To be honest, Your Majesty, my basis is the token that the Stone Giant Chief just took out."
"Her Highness the Mermaid Princess also knows my identity?"
Hearing this, Lila's already frowned brows twisted into a knot as she carefully examined the fishman token in her hand.
"Your Excellency the Stone Giant Chieftain, Your Majesty the Human Race, this is what happened."
The merman princess nodded to Lila first, then turned to Lei Xiao and said, "In fact, I helped my father make these merman tokens. Each token contains slightly different identification magic patterns, so I can use the token to determine which clan leader the holder is."
After saying that, the merman princess waved her hand lightly, and a sea-blue fish-shaped emblem appeared on the token in Lila's palm, and then quickly disappeared.
"So that's how it is. So, Your Highness the Princess confirmed my identity first?"
Since she didn't like the murlocs in the first place, and when she heard that there were magical identification patterns on the token, Lila almost threw the token in her hand away with disgust, but she finally calmed down and asked with a frown.
"Yes, the Stone Giant Chieftain has been in human form for some time. Although he is wearing a hood, I quickly came to the conclusion."
The clear voice of the merman princess revealed sincerity and humility. It was obvious that the merman was not as weird and cunning as the rumors said. She nodded slightly and said, "It is well known that the stone giants and the half-titans have temporarily stopped their dispute and both deployed their troops on the border of the third-rate forces."
"According to the latest information I have obtained, almost all third-rate forces have already respected His Majesty the Human Race, which means that His Majesty the Human Race will definitely have some intersection with His Excellency the Stone Giant Chieftain."
“Although I don’t know how you all stood together, judging by the appearance of so many powerful human beings, as well as the powerful elves, dwarves and other powerful people under the command of His Majesty the Human Race, I have guessed that the leading visitor is His Majesty the Human Race!”
At this point, the fair face of the merman princess was obviously a little embarrassed, and she said again: "In addition, the reputation of us wasteland mermen is not very good now, and ordinary second-rate forces will not easily visit us. This further proves my guess."
Hearing the merman princess say this, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and felt a little relieved in his heart.
Since the other party is making inferences based on Lila's token, this is obviously a unique way of inference for the wasteland fishmen and will not affect his subsequent progress.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that you drove away the evil dragons entrenched in Wumeng Peak and wiped out the forbidden lich. This is enough to prove that Your Majesty is a wise and brave monarch. Please save us!"
The voice of the Mermaid Princess was once again filled with anxiety, and she pleaded, "We have racked our brains, but there is still no solution. If we continue like this, I am afraid that my father will be trapped and die in the palace of the Lord God!"
"What? God?"
Hearing this, Lila's beautiful eyes widened, her eyebrows knitted together again, and she said, "Your Highness the Mermaid Princess, do you want to hear what you are talking about?"
"I know this is hard to explain, but believe me, my father is really trapped in the palace of the Lord God. There are fist-sized strange white eyeballs everywhere, and the entire space is blocked!"
The merman princess' voice revealed obvious trembling and fear, and she continued, "They ruthlessly devoured my father's most elite guards and the generals and ministers who rushed in. They are also immune to all kinds of attacks. We have no way to deal with them at all!"
"Weird white eyeballs? Immune to all attacks?"
Jasmine opened her starry eyes wide and blurted out, "You mean 'eclipse'?"
After experiencing the Battle of Watch City and the recent incident at Dawn Fortress, this girl is obviously extremely alert to "Eclipse", to the point where her pointed ears twitch at the slightest sign of trouble and she listens carefully to everything around her.
"No, it shouldn't be 'Eclipse'. They don't parasitize, and there is no explosion of magical veins. They are just devouring everything close to the palace of the gods."
The merman princess's face was filled with fear, and she turned pale. She swallowed her saliva involuntarily and said incoherently, "I don't know what they are, but they shouldn't be Eclipses!"
"These fist-sized weird things are definitely not eclipses."
Lei Xiao obviously thought of something and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Your Majesty, what are they?"
Jasmine put her little face close to Lei Xiao, her face full of curiosity.
"They are probably Devouring Guards."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and responded: "I have fought with them before."
Needless to say, what Lei Xiao was referring to was naturally what happened in the sacred land of the Gorgon.
"At that time, I learned from the words of the old man in the sand robe that the huge underground space with a strange white texture was actually just the scene inside a finger bone of the old man in the sand robe, and those Devouring Guards were the defense mechanism in the finger bone. Although the old man in the sand robe had already fallen, those Devouring Guards were still fulfilling their mission."
"From this, we can see how huge the other party's body was in the past."
"In addition, through further communication with the old man in the sand robe, I learned that the huge desert in the territory of the Desert Alliance was actually formed under the influence of this finger bone. Such great power and such a huge body cannot help but make people suspect that the other party is obviously inextricably linked to the gods, or even the fallen god himself."
"Unfortunately, the old man in the sand robe has forgotten a lot of things and has no idea of his specific identity. But to sum up, the palace of the gods mentioned by the merman princess is probably not groundless. It must be similar to the sacred place of the Gorgon."
"Could it be that the similar beings here still remember their own identities, and that's why they call themselves gods? Does this prove that my previous speculation is correct?"
Thinking of this in his mind, a hint of curiosity flashed in Lei Xiao's eyes.
You know, ever since I met the old man in the sand robe, I have been curious about what this unimaginable monster is, but I can't figure it out.
Fei'er, Bing Lao and others who had experienced the blank era had no impression of these things and could not obtain any relevant clues from this aspect.
As for Old Booker and others in Guanwang City, I also asked them, and they also didn't know the existence of such a behemoth. In fact, the myriad races in that land have never found anything like it.
"Anyway, according to my previous speculation, these Devouring Guards and Eclipse do have similarities in many aspects. Perhaps there is indeed a connection between the two."
"If we can figure out its true identity, it may be able to help us survive the coming catastrophe to a considerable extent."
"Although the request from the merman princess is rather abrupt, this is also a good opportunity to get to know her. After all, apart from the sacred place of the Gorgon, I have never found a second place like this."
"Besides, the purpose of my trip is to reach a cooperation with the fishmen and deal with the Broken Winged King who is rampant in the Throne Corridor. This is also a good opportunity. As long as I help them resolve the crisis, it will be easy to reach a cooperation."
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Jasmine, Lila and others heard the former's affirmative words, and couldn't help but cast respectful glances at him.
I didn’t expect that His Majesty the Human Race had faced such an unheard-of strange thing. It is indeed extraordinary!
The merman princess standing opposite Lei Xiao had eyes full of urgency and desire.
Since His Majesty the Human Race knows the names of those terrifying things, and appeared here safely after fighting them, it means that His Majesty the Human Race must have the ability to deal with the other party!
In other words, her action of asking Lei Xiao for help when she was at her wit's end was undoubtedly an extremely correct choice!
"I understand. I will do my best to help you rescue your father, but in return, the Wasteland Fishman must choose to stand with us."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and nodded to the merman princess.
"As long as His Majesty can rescue my father, I will definitely achieve His Majesty's goal!"
The mermaid princess did not hesitate at all, and a look of great joy appeared on her fair face.
Around the merman princess, many merman ministers and generals who had rushed over were also excited.
You know, the Broken Winged King of the Throne Corridor had long planned to attack the Murlocs in the Wasteland, attempting to occupy the production areas of those water-attributed treasures. It was only because of the mediation of the old Murloc King that he was able to survive until today.
Once the merman princess's father, the old merman king, dies, the Broken Wing King will surely take action soon, and the mermen in the wasteland will surely be doomed.
All the fishmen clearly understood that Lei Xiao's subordinates had gathered the top powerhouses of semi-Titans, stone giants, humans, and a number of third-rate forces. This was undoubtedly an extremely powerful force! Maybe there really was a way to rescue the old fish king!
As for the powerful men around Lei Xiao, they were all on high alert, with high morale.
Although they have never fought against the Devouring Guards, they believe in Lei Xiao, and that is enough.
"There is no time to lose. Lead the way."
Lei Xiao nodded to the Mermaid Princess and said calmly, "We have limited time, and we must resolve this crisis as soon as possible." (End of this chapter)