Chapter 448: Becoming More and More Unhuman
Melina watched her mother close the Codex of the Dead. Although she didn't know what the elders talked about, Melina felt that her mother was not in a good mood.
Although there was no visible change in her expression, Melina had been with her mother for a long time and could sense that something was wrong with Withered Rose's mood.
Melina quickly walked over to the Withered Rose and asked, "What happened?"
Withered Rose shook her head and said, "Your father is coming. The business in the Kingdom of Rage has reached the final stage, and then I will go back to the Underdark. You should stay with your father, otherwise you will be deceived by slaves to mine when you go back."
Melina felt a little embarrassed and quickly explained, "It was an accident! At first they said that the pickaxes they were given couldn't dig it up at all, so I proved to them that it could be dug up with just one pickaxe. Then they said that the pickaxe would break after ten attempts, so I proved to them that it definitely wouldn't break after ten attempts! Then they said it might not be ten attempts, but it was almost the same, so I could only prove it to them..."
Withered Rose said helplessly: "Then you used an iron pickaxe to dig through a mine tunnel."
Melina said excitedly: "Finally I proved that the pickaxe is fine!"
Withered Rose looked at her daughter and said helplessly: "If you continue like this, you will only be a burden to your father in the future. When can I expect you to help?"
"Ah? Father is in trouble again? Did he offend some goddess again?"
Melina is almost used to it now. Other people's fathers are at most addicted to gambling, lustful, or have no opinions of their own, are cowardly to others and violent to their families, or their families fall into poverty and sell their wives and daughters as slaves.
But her father is different. He does not have the bad habits of ordinary people. Not only is he successful in his career, he also takes special care of his family and his friends. All those who have helped him have been rewarded tenfold or a hundredfold.
The only bad thing was that every time he got into trouble he offended the gods.
This is a bit too much for mortals.
There have been mortals who have offended gods in history, but there has never been anyone like Amberxiu who has offended so many people and in such a wide camp.
Withering Rose briefly explained why Amber was targeted by Talos, and Melina was surprised and said, "It's the Lord of Storms this time? Father's ability to cause trouble is getting more and more exaggerated."
Even Melina can understand the horror of the Lord of Storms, and this makes Melina very worried. This time it is not the goddess that her father is best at dealing with. Can he solve the problem?
"Mother, what should we do now? Has father thought of a solution?" Melina asked with concern.
Withered Rose shook her head and said, "Talos is not so easy to satisfy. Your father ruined a wedding that He had arranged. I suggested that he marry the princess of the Kingdom of Rage, but he refused."
Melina asked in confusion, "Ah? Why would you suggest this, mother? You got really angry the last time I said something wrong."
Melina said something too much last time, allowing Amber to continue pretending that Mung Grey River married Ariel so that the Kingdom of Rage could be completely stabilized. As a result, the Withered Rose almost didn't give her a lesson in love.
I didn't expect that this time it was the Withered Rose who suggested it herself.
Withered Rose shook her head and said, "It wasn't a big problem before, and it could be solved without getting married. But this time, your father is in trouble again, and I can't help him."
In the past, Withered Rose could spend some money and borrow some people to help Amberxiu solve most of his problems, but now all the troubles Amberxiu encountered were related to gods. Withered Rose felt that she could no longer help, but instead she had to look for Amberxiu whenever she encountered trouble.
What made Withered Rose even more confused was when did she start to care about this kind of thing?
Does this have anything to do with destroying Ryan?
The Withered Rose is even a little worried now. She doesn't know how Amber will react when she dies.
This feeling was so strange that the Withered Rose didn't know how to deal with it.
So when she heard about the wedding, Withered Rose tentatively asked Amber if he was interested in marrying the Angry Princess.
In the eyes of Withered Rose, the princess of the Angry Tide Kingdom was no different from those drow elves. If Amber liked her and it could solve this problem, that would be a good thing.
But after getting a negative answer, the Withered Rose felt somewhat happy again.
If Amberse doesn't marry Ariel, how will he solve this problem? The Withered Rose can't bear to see Amberse being punished by Talos.
The last lich targeted by Talos was turned into a subordinate god by Talos and tortured for countless years. He only managed to escape by luck in the end.
Not every god is as lucky as Velsharoon. If they cannot escape, they will be tortured to death by Talos.
This feeling made the Withered Rose feel confused. What on earth was wrong with her? A feeling of irritability surged into her heart. It was the first time that the Withered Rose felt emotionally unstable because of something other than Ryan.
Just when she didn't know what to do, Princess Ariel suddenly came to the room of Withered Rose.
Ariel greeted Withering Rose, and then said to Ariel: "Last time I told you about going out to sea to hunt narwhals. There happens to be a whale harpoon ship going out to sea today. Do you want to go with us?"
Melina's eyes suddenly lit up.
After spending some time together, Ariel and Withered Rose can only be said to have a good relationship on the surface, but if we really want to talk about intimacy, it is more pleasant to get along with Melina, who doesn't seem to be very smart.
Ariel doesn't have many friends of the same age, and Melina, who seems to be innocent, is just the right person to make friends with. She can help Ariel escape from the heavy official duties and intrigues and relax her mind.
After a few interactions, the two of them became very close and would often go out together.
Melina glanced at her mother, and after getting the consent of the Withered Rose, she happily took Ariel's hand and left.
Looking at the backs of the two people, Withered Rose suddenly had a strange idea.
When Ryan is destroyed and I die, even if Princess Ariel really replaces me, she will probably be very good to Melina.
Withered Rose shook her head. This was not something she should consider.
Even though he had offended so many gods before, he couldn't do anything to that man. Talos thought it was the same and believed that he could solve it.
Amber Xiu doesn't know that his "love life" is so rich. He is now heading to the depths of the sea with another lady who is entangled with him.
The former Elf Queen Catherine was sitting in the Black Tide with Ambershu. Two months ago, Catherine was very curious about the airship.
But now, the drow elves have built two routes, from Silvermoon High Garden to the Dwarf Capital, and from the Dwarf Capital to the Orc Empire.
There are a total of six transport airships on these two routes, with cargo capacities ranging from ten to fifty tons. They are all operated by drow elves, and Catherine personally trains them one by one until they are sent aboard the airships.
Of the thousands of drow elves around Catherine, only thirty were finally able to board the airship. It was only under the influence of Catherine's unlimited charm that these thirty people were able to turn over a new leaf.
This shows how serious the "bad qualities" of the drow elves are. It will take a long time to get them to change for the better.
Each transport airship has only five drow elves, who are responsible for navigation, steering, handover with customers, etc. However, Amber's airship is installed with a large number of "intelligent undead", so it is relatively simple to operate.
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As long as the goods are delivered to the designated location, and both parties inspect the goods and pay for them, the drow elves do not need to do things like unloading themselves.
The first batch of freight business barely made any money in order to build up its reputation, and only barely covered the transportation costs. But the Drow Elf Route had already made a name for itself, and with more cargo being transported, it could start to make money.
However, Catherine spent a lot of time warning these drow elves not to use selling their bodies as a means of advertising. If Catherine had not discovered it early, these drow elves might have dared to use the airship as a mobile brothel to solicit business.
Amber Xiu actually supports Catherine's decision. There is no distinction between high and low business, but it depends on whether they will affect each other.
The reason he runs these routes is to earn transportation fees, which is part of the entire business. If he mixes other things into it, it will be difficult to manage and more likely to cause various accidents. What if the drow elves play too much and hit the console? Who will be responsible if it crashes?
The loss of any airship crashing would be in the millions of gold coins. Flight safety must be strictly observed to prevent any accidents from happening.
Catherine has been really busy lately. Not only is she taking care of the drow elves' route, but the underwater battle is still going on. Ryan's generals have gone back to fight, but the generals of the elves and the Unholy Song are still pushing the front line in the volcanic sea. The relationship between the tieflings and the elves is not very good, and neither side has a general like Anger Watson who can crush others with pure technology, so they often quarrel.
Catherine not only had to take care of the drow elves' route, but also had to show up occasionally to stop their internal fighting and ensure the smooth progress of the battle line. This was when she was too busy to handle everything, but Amber brought her out.
"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation." Catherine sat on the Kuroshio and sulked. She said to Amber Xiu, "I'm really too busy. Is there anything you really need my help with?"
Amber nodded and said, "You are the only one who can help me with this matter. I'm going to talk to the Kou Tao Fish Goddess."
Catherine frowned and said, "Are you going to blaspheme the gods again? As a friend, I want to advise you that greed is poisonous and will corrode your will. You already have enough wealth. Even if you do nothing, countless gold coins will flow to you. Why do you have to attack the gods again?"
Amber Xiu said helplessly: "What are you saying? When have I ever taken the initiative to cause trouble to the gods? Isn't it always the gods who cause trouble to me? I am always acting in self-defense."
Catherine chuckled and said, "If there were more people like you who defend themselves, the number of pages in the Book of Gods would probably be reduced by half."
"Katherine, you have become so weird. You have been polluted by the drow elves for so long. I'm afraid your pure soul has been tainted."
Catherine rolled her eyes at Amber Xiu and was too lazy to talk to him about this topic.
"You'd better explain yourself quickly. I don't have a mouth blessed by the Prince of Lies. I can't help you with deceiving the gods. Otherwise, I'll go back."
Amber could only repeat Talos's question, and then explained: "I need the help of the Kou-Toa goddess. Aiolos has disappointed Talos. As long as Ariel can go through Aiolos's script and survive these tribulations, I believe Talos will be satisfied.
"He just wants a hero. It doesn't matter if he is a man or a woman. So this time I'm looking for the Kou-Toa fish goddess. I hope he will continue with his previous plan, but change his target from Aiolos to Ariel."
Catherine said in surprise: "You are going too far. Last time you deceived the princess of the Kingdom of Raging Tide, and this time you pushed her out to suffer. You are too inhumane."
"Nonsense, I'm a lich, where is my humanity?" Amber asked back, "Just tell me whether you will help or not. This is related to the safety of your drow elves' shipping routes. If Talos gets upset and sneezes, all our ships will crash."
Amberxiu's words were not alarmist. Talos's will would directly affect the weather in this world. He didn't even need to do anything. As long as He got angry a few more times, thunderstorms would continue all year round, having a devastating impact on airship routes.
Catherine said, "I can't watch you push an innocent girl out to suffer. Even if the Lord of Storms is really angry about this, it's not a reason for you to harm innocent people. I would rather pray to the elven gods for help than for you to do such a thing. You were not like this before. Even if you schemed against others, you at least maintained the most basic morals. You didn't even want to kill a single one of the Ryan people who kidnapped an entire city. That's why I have been helping you. Why have you become like this now?"
Looking at Catherine's disappointed and sad expression, Amber was also stunned for a moment.
It seemed that what Catherine said was right. Her moral level was plummeting, and the key point was that Amber himself didn't even feel it.
This is the result of the loss of humanity. The Amber Order is becoming more and more cold-blooded and less and less human.
Amber was silent for a moment, then said: "Perhaps this is my fate. From the moment I turned into a lich, no matter how hard I try, I will only fall into the evil camp. Otherwise, why are the undead born evil?"
Catherine said, "I don't believe it. Other undead spirits can say that, but you are different. You don't even take the gods seriously. It's impossible that you can't handle this kind of thing."
"You think too highly of me." Amber Xiu shook his head and said, "No more nonsense. Since you don't agree to send Ariel to suffer, then what do you say we should do?"
(End of this chapter)