Can't move!
Unable to think! It was as if everything around him had fallen into some kind of incredible stagnation! Bernard finally understood why the guard at the door did not stop the intruder, but stood there like a statue.
It's not that they don't want to, but they really can't move at all.
In particular, the air in the surrounding environment seemed to suddenly become extremely heavy and dense, just like water with gel added.
The brain had clearly given orders to the legs, but they were firmly restrained by the huge invisible resistance.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the breathing that sustains life is still normal, otherwise the person would suffocate to death within a few minutes.
Just as Bernard was gradually losing his awareness of everything around him, an even more powerful force suddenly descended from the sky, dispersing the invisible resistance that had originally enveloped his body, causing him to fall to his knees on the ground with a plop, gasping for breath. His expensive suit was soaked with sweat in less than ten seconds.
fear!
The intense fear that could not be described in words! For the first time, he intuitively experienced what gods and demons meant to mortals.
Although Bernard was not clear about the identity of the Princess of Hell, he understood that she had not been targeting anyone from the beginning to the end. She had only released a little insignificant energy and power to suppress the guards who might prevent her from entering the room.
"You should go out to the party first. I have something more private to say to this lady. Remember, you didn't see or hear anything just now."
Zuo Si directly issued an expulsion order to the merchants.
After all, no matter how much Gracia is despised by the lords of other levels of hell, she is still a unique form of the great devil and the only offspring of Asmodeus.
You should know that many mortals who go to the sixth level and are charmed and controlled by it, or simply want to prolong their lives and have to have relationships with it, will often have their vitality drained away within a few seconds and turn into a dried corpse.
Therefore, even if she comes in the form of a possessed body, it is enough to cause unimaginable mental and physical impact on mortals.
Not to mention that Bernard has no professional level at all, and his physical and spiritual strength is at best only slightly stronger than that of ordinary people.
If one is exposed to the gaze of the Princess of Hell for a long time, one will either involuntarily become her loyal slave, or gradually transform into a half-human, half-devil form in purgatory.
"Understood! Thank you for your protection."
Bernard didn't even dare to wipe the sweat off his face. After giving Zuo Si a look full of gratitude, he turned around and rushed into the corridor outside without saying a word. The fat all over his body was shaking uncontrollably.
As soon as the businessman walked away, the door was quickly slammed shut by the guards who were under the control of the charm.
Zuo Si calmly poured a drink for the uninvited guest, then stared at the other's charming eyes and asked with interest: "Excuse me, honorable queen of lust, what do you want to do by coming all the way from Baator to the material plane to see me? It can't be just for the letter of authorization, right?"
Gracia raised a finger and gently placed it in front of her small nose and shook it: “No, no, no, dear Soth, it's not just a piece of authorization.
Instead, my father placed a huge threat over my head out of thin air that could usurp power at any time.
Think about it, if it were you or any other lord, would you accept such a result? The answer is obviously no.
For the devil, nothing is more hateful and disgusting than a superior suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
So I have every reason to talk to you about this in private.
What's more, this is just one of the many reasons why I came to see you.
In addition, I am particularly interested in the little moves you made on the fourth level.
Especially the pleasure demon named Glamir, what is her relationship with Firna? Why did the originally calm situation suddenly become tense as soon as this guy arrived at the fourth level?
Even the cunning and sly Bilel began to lose his temper because of this?"
“Hahahaha! I have to admit, your simplicity and directness make me feel very uncomfortable.
If only all the big devils in hell could be like you.
That way I don't have to spend a lot of time and effort making various gestures to hint so that all the lords and their staff can clearly understand what I want to express. "
Zuo Si couldn't help laughing.
He now finally understood why Asmodeus wanted to leave his daughter to him to teach for a period of time.
Compared with several other hell lords who have been struggling in conspiracies and intrigues for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, Gracia is really a little silly and cute.
In particular, this lack of patience, which may have been inherited from the nature of the succubus, always likes to solve problems in a simple and rough way, resulting in almost all of Gracia's plans not having very good confidentiality measures.
It is obviously a conspiracy that needs to be hidden, but it will soon become known to everyone.
For example, her actions against several other level lords were actually well known to the other side, and they even knew who the spies planted in their court were.
The reason why they chose to remain silent and not take action was not because they were afraid of the reckless rookie in the political power circle of hell, but Asmodeus, the man behind her who was in charge of everything.
But this silence and tolerance cannot last forever.
If Gracia doesn't learn to be a qualified player before the opponent explodes, she will be kicked out mercilessly.
Either he would follow in his mother's footsteps and become a tragic political victim, or he would be severely punished and lose his position as lord.
Anyway, in hell, fools and weaklings are not worthy of climbing to high positions and gaining power and status.
Their failures will only become negative examples in textbooks, serving as a warning to other devils.
"What do you mean? Are you making fun of me?"
Gracia frowned subconsciously, and her expression became obviously ugly.
This was undoubtedly her second immature flaw.
That is to show one's joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, and seriously lack the forbearance and insidiousness of smiling but hiding a dagger.
This aspect was fully demonstrated when she was still the lover of Viscount Mamman, a third-level lord.
Whether it is openly rebelling against Asmodeus, the lord of hell, or criticizing the existing system and power system.
To be honest, if Gracia didn't have the identity of the Princess of Hell, if she were any other devil, she would have died countless times.
Looking back at the long history of Baator, no one who disobeyed Asmodeus could survive.
Basically, they were either dealt with quickly or inexplicitly appeared on the list of casualties in the bloody battle.
As an extremely lawful evil plane, you want to launch a bottom-up coup in Hell? Don't make trouble! Such behavior itself is a challenge to the existing order, and will also cause rejection from the entire Hell plane.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult for a low-level devil to usurp the position of his superior.
If you want to succeed, you will need the support or acquiescence of a higher-level devil without exception.
This is just like the feud between Bayer and Zariel, which seems to be two devil dukes competing for the position of the first-level lord.
But in fact, it is the big boss behind the scenes, Asmodeus, who chooses the most suitable leadership talents according to the needs of the situation.
Zuo Si was undoubtedly one of the few people who really understood the rules of hell. He responded with a smile: "No, this is not a mockery, but a compliment.
Because there is a sincerity in you that other demons seriously lack.
This is a very precious and rare quality.
If possible, I hope you can keep it up.
Compared to those lords who always like to beat around the bush, I prefer you the way you are now.
As for the relationship between Gramiel and Ms. Felna, didn't you find out from the latter? If I remember correctly, you and Ms. Felna should be very close allies, right? "
moment!
Gracia's face became extremely gloomy. She raised her head and stared at Zuo Si's deep black eyes. She wanted to explode several times, but when the time came, she forced herself to endure it.
Because she knew that in her current possessed state, it was impossible for her to defeat the other party.
What's more, Zuo Si, the crown prince of hell, has never been alone, but has several subordinate lords whose strength is not inferior to that of the real lords.
Among them, the succubus queen Mecanthust and the former first-level lord, the Angel of Khorne Zariel, are not easy characters to deal with.
After several minutes of silence, Gracia suppressed her anger and said, "Do you have any misunderstandings about the alliance between lords? In hell, the so-called allies are just using each other to maximize their own benefits.
If something involves core secrets, no matter how close the relationship is, no one will reveal a word.
Unless I provide concrete support when a conflict breaks out between Fierna and Bilel, she won't give me an answer easily.
But if I did so, it would be equivalent to interfering in other levels of internal affairs and risking severe punishment, which would violate at least three hundred laws. "
"But how do you explain that Ms. Fierna was willing to tell me this secret?"
Zuo Si asked back with a smile.
This sentence was like a sharp sword, instantly piercing through Gracia's last fig leaf, causing her to grow in anger and shame: "Enough! I came to the material world to talk to you, not to be humiliated!"
"Don't get me wrong, this is not a humiliation.
I just want you to understand a most basic truth, which is also what Asmodeus wants to convey to you through my mouth.
In the game of politics, strength is the root of everything.
When you are strong enough, you don't need to spend too much time and energy to find out those unknown secrets.
Because there will be countless people who will bring their secrets to your door in order to please you and borrow your power.
But if, on the other hand, you are not strong enough, even if you build an intelligence system that covers the entire hell, how can you ensure that those spies and agents will not be bribed and used by the enemy? In fact, ever since Asmodeus helped you to the throne of the lord of the sixth layer, you have been a thorn in the eyes of other lords.
After all, the devil hates people who have no achievements or experience to sit in high positions out of thin air.
This will cause them to uncontrollably develop a series of negative emotions such as envy, jealousy, resentment, etc. in their hearts, and they will have the urge to bring you down.
But you did not choose to keep a low profile and accumulate strength in advance, but instead kept expanding your influence by violating the unspoken political rules, frantically provoking and testing the bottom line of other lords.
So all these factors combined together are the motivation behind Asmodeus signing that authorization document.
He doesn't want to reduce your power, but he is using me as an insurance.
Once other lords start to make trouble, I can just take out this authorization and pretend to imprison you, then others will lose their legitimate reason to take action.
When the storm is over, you can regain your previous identity and status and become the lord in charge of the sixth level again."
Zuo Si directly told all the arrangements made by the Lord of Hell.
Because in order to properly handle this matter, we first need to establish at least a trusting relationship with the Princess of Hell.
Otherwise, he would rather treat the authorization letter as waste paper than get involved in such trouble.
Gracia squinted her eyes and savored the words carefully, trying to analyze what was true and what might be lies to deceive herself.
After about ten minutes, she finally raised her cup and drank the drink. She cautiously asked, "How do I know that after you use that authorization to imprison me, you will take this opportunity to usurp the ruling power of the sixth floor, or even turn me into a puppet and plaything under your control?"
Zuo Si replied meaningfully: "It's very simple! We can sign a legally binding contract.
You may not believe it, but I actually don't have much interest in continuing to expand my influence in Hell.
So there is absolutely no need for you to regard me as an enemy.
Just the opposite!
I think we could be good allies.
They even joined forces to interfere in the power struggle taking place on the fourth level, supporting Ms. Filna to defeat her father and become a true lord.
By then, the Ninth, Fourth, and Sixth Planes will form a close alliance and become a powerful force that cannot be ignored in the complex political game of Hell."
There is no doubt that Gracia was very excited by this proposal.
After all, she has been causing troubles everywhere since she came to power, and one of her main goals is to kill the lord of the fifth floor, the Ice Prince - Levistus.
It was this guy who killed Asmodeus' wife, the previous Queen of Satyrs, during the Great Purge.
As punishment, he is now imprisoned in a giant block of ice and can only maintain his rule through proxies.
But soon, the Hell Princess realized that there was a huge loophole in this proposal, that is, how to help Firna defeat Grand Duke Bilaier. She raised her head and asked, "Did you plan it from the beginning to use the authorization letter to control me and then use me to intervene in the power struggle on the fourth level?"
“Smart! Ever since I got the authorization letter, I have been waiting for your visit and have prepared more than one backup plan.
After all, in this cooperation, you can not only gain a close ally, but also escape punishment for violating laws and rules by exploiting loopholes afterwards.
The most important thing is that through this event all the lords will realize that you are not alone and helpless, thus getting rid of the previous bad situation of being surrounded by enemies.
As for the price paid for being controlled by others, it is nothing at all, right?
At least I won't want to pull you down from your position as Lord of the Sixth Level."
After saying that, Zuo Si took out the legal document granted to him by the Lord of Hell and gently shook it in front of the other party.
Seeing the clear terms and her father's signature, Gracia's expression suddenly became very gloomy.
But soon, she put on a charming smile, stretched out her right hand to touch Zuo Si's cheek, ears and hair, and kept twisting her body like a snake and whispered in his ear: "You are right, dear Soth. But I think our relationship should not be just that of allies, but can be closer."
As the last word came out of her mouth, Gracia controlled the half-elf tiefling body to kick off the boots on her feet, and then her clothes, skirt, and shorts fell to the ground one by one.
After a while, she was naked.
But the experienced Zuo Si remained unmoved and reminded: "I suggest you not to continue, otherwise a certain goddess will be unhappy."
"Goddess? Who is it? Tell me about it."
Gracia obviously did not take the warning seriously, but instead pressed her whole body forward and bit open the buttons one by one with her bloody red lips and white teeth.
After all, gods are not rare in hell, and there are many kingdoms of gods in almost every level.
Especially the second level - Dis, there is an entire street where all the gods live.
There are literally as many gods as there are dogs.
And they are all very weak gods.
Therefore, the top demons generally have no fear of God, and only regard it as an intelligent creature and potential partner that is as powerful as themselves.
But just as Gracia leaned over and was about to bite his waist, a terrifying and powerful divine power gushed out from Zuo Si's body.
The next second...
She felt that her consciousness was being squeezed out of this world by divine power. Her face was filled with horror, and she asked loudly, "What...what on earth is going on?"
But before he could hear the answer, his consciousness returned to his body on the throne on the sixth floor.
Several bewitched mortals who were crawling in front of the throne had not yet realized the danger. When they saw the Queen of Devil react, they immediately rushed forward and wanted to lick her toes.
As a result, as soon as he got close, he was whipped all over the head and beaten into a pulp.
Not to mention a mortal few, even the snake, scorpion and lust demon servants nearby might not be able to dodge the violent attack.
Needless to say, they all became victims of Gracia's venting of her inner dissatisfaction and anger.
Because unlike succubi, lust demons have no patience at all.
Especially when using beauty to seduce a target, a succubus is usually very patient, wearing down the target's vigilance and alertness little by little, eventually making the target crazy and obsessed with her.
But the lust demon does the exact opposite.
As long as seduction fails once, they are very likely to choose to force themselves on the other person.
Therefore, when mortals resist the temptation of lust demons, they are often much more dangerous than when they resist succubus.
Of course, Zuo Si had obviously anticipated Gracia's expulsion. After the other party's aura completely disappeared, he couldn't help but laugh and teased: "Look, what did I just say? You don't understand how closely Talona is staring at me.
Anyway, I have said everything I need to say.
The rest depends on your choice..."
Before he finished speaking, the half-elf tiefling who had been controlled by Gracia finally regained consciousness from his dazed state.
She looked around blankly at first, and when she found herself stripped naked in front of a strange man, she was so scared that she squatted down and curled up into a ball, asking in an extremely nervous voice: "You... who are you? What did you do to me? Where is this?"
"Calm down, young lady. Use your brain and recall what happened before you lost consciousness. Then you will realize that I am not the reason why you are here."
Zuo Si bent down, picked up the clothes, skirts and boots on the ground and threw them over.
The half-elf tiefling didn't have time to think about it, nor did he care about the shyness of changing clothes in front of strangers. He dressed again at an extremely fast speed.
Through the mirror hanging in the room, she clearly saw that what she was wearing was not her usual casual clothes and leather armor, but a beautiful low-cut backless dress.
Not only are she wearing expensive stockings on her feet, but her boots are also obviously designed with fashionable hollows. Not only do they have high heels, but they are also inlaid with pearls as embellishments.
By searching her confused memories, the girl quickly recalled that she had been captured and sacrificed by the cultists. She also understood that it was some powerful and evil consciousness that controlled her body and led her into this completely unfamiliar place.
As for the clothes, they were obviously taken off by the other party.
Otherwise, if she was raped, the extremely fragile silk skirt and top would definitely not remain intact.
Thinking of this, she shuddered involuntarily, feeling as if she had had a long and horrible nightmare. She grabbed her arms tightly and hugged herself. She raised her head and asked in a slightly timid voice: "Did you drive away that terrible demon and save me?"
"No, it was the goddess Talona who drove the other party away and saved you. By the way, the one occupying your body is not a demon, but a devil."
Zuo Si casually made a cup of hot cocoa and handed it over, motioning the frightened little guy to drink it.
"Thanks……"
After realizing that the young man in front of him had no ill intentions, the half-elf tiefling took the cup with both hands and began to drink from it in small sips.
With the intake of theobromine and caffeine, the nightmare-like feeling finally subsided, and the shivering body began to become warmer and warmer.
After she finished drinking it all, she mustered up the courage to ask, "Do you know why those lunatics arrested me and what they did to me?"
"They arrested you because your purgatory bloodline makes it very convenient for the devil to possess you, that's all." Zuo Si answered nonchalantly.
"Purgatory? The devil? So I'm not the offspring of the devil, but the offspring of the devil?"
The half-elf tiefling opened his mouth wide with an expression of disbelief and shock.
Because before this, both she and the people who adopted her thought that features like her tail and horns came from her demonic bloodline.
But it’s no wonder.
After all, whether it is a demon half-blood or a devil half-blood, the reason why they are all called tieflings is mainly because most mortals cannot tell the difference between them.
Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "Yes. And if I'm not mistaken, you are either the descendant of Gracia, the Lord of the Sixth Layer of Baator Hell, who left behind in the mortal world, or someone among your ancestors has signed a contract with her. Otherwise, it would be difficult for ordinary purgatory bloodlines to withstand such a huge will and power."
"So...what are you going to do with me?"
The half-elf tiefling asked the most concerned question with a nervous look on his face.
In her opinion, she was under control and had trespassed into such a place without permission. It was obvious that she was here to cause trouble, and she was afraid of being implicated and being resented.
After all, the girl has experienced being used as a punching bag and taking the blame more than once.
As the most excluded and oppressed group at the bottom of society, tieflings are regarded as criminals, disasters, and worthless trash in most cities.
After catching Tieflings, many towns would even treat them like dark elves, throwing them into prison without any trial or investigation, or simply killing them.
"You didn't do anything wrong, why should I punish you? In fact, you can leave at any time and do what you want."
Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders with a very generous look.
"Really? Then I'll leave?"
The half-elf tiefling was overjoyed, lifted her skirt and slowly began to back away.
It can be seen that she has obviously received some training as a thief, and her pace and sense of balance are very good.
Her movements were not deformed at all by the pair of high-heeled boots on her feet.
Zuo Si didn't say anything, but just raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation, watching the other party retreat to the entrance and push open the closed door, then turned around and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
As soon as the half-elf tiefling ran away, Zuo Si gave an order to the demon elf assassin who was hiding in the corner of the room and waiting for orders.
"Follow her and find out her origins and family background."
"As you wish, Master."
Fed walked out of the shadows, placed one hand on his chest and bowed, then turned into a gust of wind and disappeared on the spot.
After a period of training and development, she has now become a feared killer in the underworld of Amn, and has also gathered a group of shadow thieves who no longer want to participate in the guild war.
It seems like they are trying to set up a new organization.
At the beginning, Renoir Bloodhead wanted to subdue Fed through threats, intimidation and suppression, so that he would continue to work for the guild.
But soon, Benfid used blood and death to make this "boss" who was used to giving orders from a high position understand that she was no longer the same person she used to be.
Within a week, eight senior executives were assassinated one after another, and their eyeballs were cruelly dug out and placed next to the bodies, leaving only two bloody and horrific eye sockets.
Perhaps others did not understand what this meant, but Reinol Bloodhead instantly understood that the other party was scolding him for being blind.
In order to prevent this terrible demon elf assassin from joining the enemy camp, he finally had no choice but to reconcile and acquiesce to the other party's existence, allowing it to continue to recruit soldiers and strengthen itself.
Currently, Fidd has about forty men under his command, all of whom are elite members of the Shadow Thieves Guild, with the lowest level being a thief at level 7.
Obviously, the bloody guild war with no hope of victory for a long time has led to a strong war-weariness within both sides.
After all, a guild war is not an open battle between two armies, but assassinations, poisoning, sneak attacks, and destruction of the opponent's business and transportation lines.
Since there is no way to know where the attack will come from, everyone must be on high alert.
This state may be able to last for a few days, but it will definitely be unbearable for a long time.
The direct manifestation is that the middle and lower classes are very likely to betray and be bribed.
When it is impossible to confirm who are the enemies and who are the allies around, it is naturally a good choice to join the neutral Fed.
As for the guild wars in Askatra and even the entire Amn, Zuo Si always held the idea of constantly bleeding both sides, in order to completely eradicate this cancer in society by letting them kill each other.
Moreover, he drew a clear red line, and anyone who dared to cross it would be immediately hit by a dimensionality reduction attack, so the situation was under control from beginning to end.
Gracia's appearance was just a minor incident and did not affect the coronation ceremony in any way.
Just two days later, under the gaze of countless envoys and representatives, Zuo Si put on the crown that symbolized supreme power and officially became the emperor of the Amn Empire.
On the same day, Shan VII, as the emperor of the Shan Empire, publicly announced his abdication and passed the throne to his designated successor, Aisha.
Immediately afterwards, the supreme rulers of the two neighboring empires announced a marriage contract.
The Shane Empire and the Amn Empire officially merged to become the West Coast Empire.
Although many people have heard about this matter a long time ago.
But when it really happened, it was like a bombshell, triggering a series of chain reactions.
Especially its enormous size, even Sel, who was on the other side of the Falling Star Sea and was ruled by the red-robed wizard, felt nervous.
Fortunately, after the merger, Zuo Si had no intention of expanding outward at all. Instead, he shifted his focus to internal reform and construction.
With the launch of a large number of infrastructure and water conservancy projects, the entire country is like a constantly accelerating train, bursting with unprecedented vitality and vigor.
All the tools previously developed in cooperation with the Church of the God of Craftsmen are now put into large-scale use.
This includes propeller technology that allows ships to be unrestricted by wind, and the power naturally comes from the magic net spread across the planet.
Since it doesn't take much energy to make the propeller turn, all you need to do is make a magical device.
All ships can significantly increase their speed by spending less than 1,500 gold coins for modification.
In this way, it can compete with airships without losing out.
In addition, a super-large carriage with constant levitation technology began to be put into use, greatly improving the transportation efficiency between villages and towns.
This kind of carriage is probably more than twelve meters long and can transport dozens of tons of goods and hundreds of people at a time. It can be easily pulled by two horses, and there is no need to worry about getting stuck in a mud pit and unable to climb out due to rain.
Because of the levitation effect, no matter how much cargo is loaded inside, it has no weight, so it is very suitable for connecting villages and towns.
Airships and ships are used for large-scale transportation between towns.
The only drawback is that each of these large horse-drawn carriages, which function like trucks, is very expensive and is simply not affordable for ordinary farmers.
Therefore, it can only be centered on towns and cities, with the government being responsible for unified operation.
There is a saying that goes, if you want to be rich, build roads first.
Public transportation system is as vital to a country as blood vessels to the human body.
Under the powerful transportation capacity of this two-tier system that far exceeds that of other places in the entire continent of Faerun, both agricultural and pastoral production and the flow of goods are accelerating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The most intuitive feeling of the civilians is that travel has become easier, various agricultural products can be easily sold, finding a job has become easier than before, and income and living standards have been significantly improved.
Most importantly, as subjects of what is probably the most powerful empire on the continent of Faerun, they feel very safe and no longer have to worry about the wars that might have broken out in the past, nor the threats from monsters in the wilderness.
Because they believed that according to Zuo Si's usual style of treating enemies, if there was anyone who was not afraid of death and dared to cause trouble, the emperor of the empire would lead his invincible army to wipe out the enemy without leaving a single one alive.
Compared with the backward feudal and parliamentary systems, the benefits of centralization and unification are undoubtedly easy to feel.
Although at the beginning, many people were worried about whether Zuo Si could really handle such a vast territory, population and completely different customs and habits in different places.
After all, no one in the continent of Faerun has ever established and ruled such a large country.
But Zuo Si proved with his actions that this was a piece of cake for him.
With a population of less than 20 million, it is a small country that cannot even make a splash among modern countries on Earth.
There were neither land conflicts nor class conflicts within the country, and all resources were abundant. Even national consciousness had not been awakened.
Perhaps the only things you need to pay attention to are religious conflicts and the threat from monsters in the wilderness.
Is it difficult to rule such a country? After being busy for a while and confirming that the bureaucratic system could operate on its own, Zuo Si quickly delegated power to the cabinet and accepted the invitation to go to Dragon Spear Castle to attend the opening ceremony of this underground city.
He was looking forward to seeing what kind of gift the dark maiden Eilistraee would give him as a token of gratitude.
As night fell, a ray of bright moonlight shone through the excavated skylight toward the main entrance of the temple.
Kui Lu, who had already taken off all her clothes, raised the silver sword in her hand high and began to dance with a very elegant and beautiful movement.
With her, there were about thirty high-ranking priests.
Some of them looked very young, and it was unclear whether they were malnourished or underage.
After all, the dark elves are much shorter than their surface compatriots.
Others are obviously over 600 years old, with many wrinkles on their faces and skin.
But no matter whether they were old or young, they were not wearing any clothes and they all held silver swords in their hands, which was quite like a group square dance.
Lirael Baenre, as a chosen one, is obviously one of them.
The rest of the believers who came to participate in the ceremony were basically wearing nothing or very little, and at a glance, the entire field of vision was blurred.
Needless to say, this environment and atmosphere made Zuo Si feel very embarrassed.
Because he was the only fully dressed person there, and he had no intention of taking it off.
It's nothing else, it's just that he can't be like other dark elf men and remain completely unresponsive when faced with so many curvy women.
To be honest, Zuo Si had no idea what kind of torture, abuse and humiliation these poor fellows had endured in order to be able to completely get rid of their physiological and instinctive desires and not have the slightest fantasy about the opposite sex.
On the contrary, as the dance and ceremony continued, many men held hands and even hugged each other.
Just when he was about to count how many pairs of good friends there were among the dark elves present, the dark girl Eilistraee finally arrived.
Just like the last time they met, she was still naked and began to dance in front of countless believers. The shining silver light was like a curtain that kept changing with the rhythm.
As the band of more than a hundred people played the goddess' favorite music with all their efforts, they tried their best to avoid any mistakes under the coordination of the conductor.
There is no doubt that for the followers of the Dark Girl, music and dance are the most sacred and inviolable parts of all religious ceremonies.
This process lasted for a full ten minutes, and Iristri finally ended it with a gorgeous farewell.
But her stopping didn't mean the celebration was over, it just began.
When the believers saw the goddess stop, they immediately began to dance in pairs around the ray of moonlight shining through the temple entrance.
There are normal male-female combinations, as well as many male-male or female-female combinations.
It is not difficult to tell from their intimacy during the dance that they are basically lovers.
Such a high proportion made Zuo Si start to worry whether the population of this underground city would experience negative growth in the future.
Just as he was keeping quiet and trying not to attract the attention of people around him, a playful smile suddenly appeared on Iristri's face. She walked towards him with steps dance, extended her right hand and made an invitation.
"How about dancing with me?"
"Uh - forget it. You know, I'm not used to this kind of occasion."
Zuo Si decisively chose to refuse.
On the one hand, he is really not good at or likes dancing, and on the other hand, he really can't accept dancing without clothes.
"What about fencing?"
Iristria raised her exclusive artifact, the Moon Sword.
"I can accompany you for a while."
Zuo Si slowly drew out the dog-killing sword he carried with him and performed a pleasing sword-holding salute according to the movements he learned from his cheap teacher, Solin.
Seeing this, Iristri's eyes lit up slightly: "I didn't expect you also learned swordsmanship?"
"I was forced to learn it by others, and I seldom practice it on weekdays. I hope you won't laugh at me later." Zuo Si said self-deprecatingly with a smile.
Then he took the lead in launching an attack at lightning speed.
After all, the other party is a master of the swordsmanship, and you can tell without even thinking about it that you will not be able to win.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Just as Zuo Si expected, his attack was easily parried, blocked, and dodged by Eilistraee.
Although there was a hint of surprise and joy in the latter's eyes, the gap between the two sides was visible to the naked eye.
After a while, under the guidance of the dark girl, the fencing gradually evolved into an alternative and graceful sword dance.
Zuo Si obviously noticed something and began to learn by following the other party's pace.
(End of this chapter)
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