Chapter 327 Blooming Festival
Alka and the others were resting in the flower forest, waiting for Jason and the others to come back.
It didn't make them wait long.
Jason and the other two walked in from the door.
"How about it?"
Hearing Alka's words, Jason smiled and nodded: "Just as you guessed, he wants us to wait on the island for a few more days."
Jason and the other two found a seat in the room and sat down.
Xia Dai asked: "What conditions did they offer?"
"We don't need to do anything. We just need to look around and travel around the city during the Blooming Festival.
If nothing happens, you will pay us 500 gold sails. If something unexpected happens, you will need our help.
We will pay you accordingly based on our help.”
Hearing these conditions, everyone nodded.
Very reasonable price.
One could even say the price is quite generous.
"Well, since we've accepted the commission, let's stay here for a few more days. And enjoy their grand festival."
Alka said, standing up.
Everyone nodded.
But Jason took out a map at this time.
“This is the city map layout they gave me.”
Alka took it and looked at it, blinking his eyes . There was not even a white dot on the map.
It's not that the map is not up to standard, but this place is really that clean.
Place the map on the table for everyone to look at, mainly to see the topography of the city.
As well as some major facilities, soldiers' patrol routes and defense deployment situations.
"Give us this map. It seems they trust us very much." Simon said, looking at the map.
Hearing this, Jason looked at him and then pointed at Alka's forehead.
Simon suddenly realized and slapped himself, he actually forgot this.
After all, the flower fairy has blessed it personally.
If you don't trust him, who can you trust?
Not trusting Alka means not trusting the flower fairy. This is impossible for these believers.
"Did you ask for some detailed data?" Alka turned to look at Jason and asked.
Jason nodded: "She told us a lot of secret information."
After saying that, Jason leaned slightly on the table, pointed at the map and introduced it to everyone.
"The original permanent population of this city should be around 120,000. Because of the festival, the city is now carrying about 160,000 people. This is a rough figure.
There are 500 soldiers transferred back, all of whom are in the second stage. There are less than 10 soldiers in the third stage. They are centurions and several squad leaders. "
This island is not small, but it appears very large because of the vines that entwine it.
It is more than enough to accommodate more than 100,000 people and seems very comfortable.
But there are indeed too few soldiers.
Jason continued, "Among the strong men on the island, four of the five flower knights are at the third level. Among them, the strongest one, Jilina, is at the fourth stage.
Here, when the festival is open, the Great Gardener and some of the ministers of his church will perform services.
The strength of the Great Gardener is at the seventh level, and the two priests next to him are at the fourth level. These are all the known combat forces on the island now."
Hearing this, Xia Daiti became a little confused.
"With the strength of the Great Gardener alone, just sitting here is enough to intimidate everyone. Why do you need our help?"
There is nothing wrong with this sentence, a great gardener whose strength has reached the seventh stage.
It can be said that he is the one who protects this place, the land of all spirits.
"That's where the problem lies. When the most important moment of the Blooming Festival begins, the Great Gardener will preside over the ceremony inside the huge Heavenly Flower. Not to mention him, even the two priests beside him cannot form any fighting force.
This ceremony is very important, it is related to the revival of the flower fairy."
After hearing this, everyone understood instantly.
The most dangerous moment is when the ceremony begins, and the main purpose of their staying is to prevent the enemy from sabotaging during that time.
"They even told us this kind of information. Does that mean they think the enemy is very likely to know this secret information?"
Jason nodded. “You know, it happens every year, and it’s been like that for many years. There have been a lot of attacks at the Bloom Festival in recent years.”
In other words, the enemy had already figured it out.
Alka thought for a moment and asked, "How long will the ceremony last?"
"It is said that it will take about 2 hours."
After everyone understood the basic situation here.
Alka said directly: "Since you have accepted the commission, you must do your best."
“This is the Flower of Heaven, and this is where the altar was built before. The distance between the two is less than 1 kilometer.
The altar is very dangerous because it is where the most people are and it will be very easy for chaos to occur.”
"So if the enemy really wants to cause sabotage, what will their demands be?" Matlisa asked with some confusion.
If it was to disrupt the ceremony, that would obviously be impossible.
Because the person presiding over the ceremony is a seventh-stage person.
They didn't know how powerful a seventh-stage being could be, but some of them had seen a seventh-stage being.
That was Lucelia who was once alive.
The patriarch of their clan is a seventh-stage strong man.
To put it simply, it is the key to blessing the prosperity of a force and enabling it to last forever.
In other words, it can be ranked among the best in the entire vast ocean.
Alka even suspected that he might possess a treasure of crown rank.
Of course, it's just pure suspicion.
"Maybe he just wants to cause trouble?" Juanlu said from the side.
Basically no one would be surprised when a cultist like this does these things.
Even if there is no benefit, just pure chaos, destruction and killing, it is enough for them.
There is nothing wrong with thinking this way.
"Okay, let's not think about this." Alka said and began to discuss with everyone. It would be best for them to divide into groups and wait in different places at that time.
Alka believed that the reason these people let them stay was not because of their strength.
Because even if we talk about it to the sky, none of their strength exceeds the fourth stage.
After all, the usefulness that can be exerted is limited.
But there is one thing that cannot be ignored.
That is the growth of the puppet army.
Although Alka and others are all in the third stage, they are all considered strong in the same stage.
And Alka himself is able to perform beyond his normal level.
But what caught the most attention was the puppet army, which consisted of more than seventy third-stage figures.
Even though it's small in size, its strength is beyond words.
Just these few dozen third-stage warriors increased their military power in an instant.
Since you want to help others and have accepted the commission, you naturally have to think carefully and let the puppet army play their due role and strength .
They must be allocated reasonably.
…
Two days passed quickly.
The curtain of the sky has just been torn away.
There was a noisy sound outside, which was full of joy and festive atmosphere.
Alka and his friends are making final preparations in the flower forest.
Although today is the Blooming Festival, they are not in a hurry now.
Because the ceremony had not yet begun, the head gardener and the priests around him were still making arrangements for the ceremony and had not yet started to get busy.
If the enemy doesn't pay attention and attacks at this time, they will have no chance of success.
It would be better to say that they are hoping that someone will sabotage them at this time, and it would be best if someone comes right now.
Then they did almost nothing and just celebrated someone else's grand festival.
After learning more information, I even got 500 gold for free.
There is simply nothing better than this.
But apparently the enemy wasn't that stupid.
Gilliana entrusted them with such important information, and it was obvious that an enemy attack was almost inevitable.
Alka and others were making final preparations, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
Lucelia stood on the table.
Below her were the puppet knights arranged in six neat rows.
Each queue had two teams of five people, and except for the flying group without wings, two people were removed from each team.
Both teams are led by a captain.
The flying squadron led by Jiu will form a separate team and be ready to provide support at any time.
They even carried a flag, and the background was the same compass on the island, but the pupils had become puppets with long hair, holding staffs and swords in their hands.
This is their knight team flag.
It can be said that it looks quite realistic.
Except for these 6 rows.
Behind Lucilia, there is a separate assault team organized based on everyone.
They are Er, who is based on Xia Deti, San, who is based on Julia, Si, who is based on Matresa, and Xuan, who is based on Alka.
And the last and final member of the Doll Girls, the dragon-man member Crystal, is modeled after the crystal dragon Urulius.
After she was created, she has been following Urulius to learn and understand the power of this dragon. She is also responsible for comforting and taking care of her.
All I heard was Lucilia saying, "Sisters, this is the first time that all of us are acting together, and this time we will play our best role.
This is our first battle as the Puppet Knights. This time we must bring out all our strength and show our might!"
“Go!”
"The Puppet Knights are invincible!"
"Long live!"
There were all kinds of confusing responses to Lucelia's speech.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like an elite regular army, and certainly doesn't look like a rogue army made up of thugs.
Because these puppet girls look silly.
"Is this really okay?" Matlisa couldn't help but ask as she looked at the group of puppet girls.
This looks really worrying.
After all, you may not really encounter enemies coming to cause trouble. If you get so excited, it will be embarrassing if there are no enemies when the time comes.
"Forget it, let them go." Alka said with a smile.
Really speaking, this can be considered the first battle of the puppet girls.
In all previous battles, it was usually Alka and his team that took action, and there was usually only one team of puppet girls, or at most two teams assisting on the side.
It is difficult to bring out the main advantages.
Thinking of this, Alka looked at Simon and said, "Are yours ready?"
Simon nodded and made an all-clear with his metal hand.
"Don't worry, it's foolproof. The whole city will definitely be within range by then."
Hearing this, Alka said nothing more and took the two doll girls from the table next to him.
He handed the two doll girls to Simon.
"I'm going to hand these two over to you. You must protect them well."
"Don't worry, Captain, I will protect her and myself." Ling, the deputy captain, lifted the hem of her skirt and said politely.
These two girls are the vice-leader Zero, and the core of the entire puppet girl group, Shi.
Alka smiled and nodded.
Simon also took the two girls and let them stay on his shoulders respectively.
Shi acted drowsy, leaning on Simon's shoulder, as if he wanted to fall asleep.
Simon had no choice but to take her down and place her on a floating structural platform nearby so that she could have a good rest.
Zero also came down to take care of her.
"Okay, let's go out."
Everyone nodded.
Then the girls were divided into simple groups of 11 people, leaving the flower forest and heading to the area they had already designated.
Lucilia, as their leader, also left with them.
If you want Lucilia to unleash her full strength, you must let her stay with the puppet girls.
After walking out of the flower forest, Simon and Alka and others left in different directions.
"It's so lively!" Xia Daiti couldn't help but say as he looked at both sides of the street.
The faint scent of flowers constantly surrounds me.
The residents and tourists coming and going are all wearing local costumes, embroidered with various beautiful flowers.
Various flower decorations are hung on both sides of the street.
"What's the moral of this?"
Mathilda looked at everyone and saw that they had placed a flower on their head, ear, chest, or waist.
Everyone puts it differently.
They had never seen such behavior before.
Alka looked at the scene and said, "Maybe there is some kind of meaning, like the different placements and the meaning of flowers or something."
Not far away there is a stall with various kinds of flowers on display.
There is some special soft ball at the root of the flower, which seems to provide nutrients to the flower.
All those used for decoration have such soft ball decorations at the base of the flowers.
"Let's go and take a look." Alka said and walked over with a few people.
Before the ceremony begins, they can enjoy the Blooming Festival.
Asking the boss in front of the stall.
"You must be from outside the country. It's rare to come to such an important festival." The boss said with a smile.
Then he began to tell the others: "Each flower has its own meaning. Putting it on different parts of your body and matching it with the meaning of the flower is your hope for a better future."
Hearing this, the three girls in the team immediately became interested.
Alka and his companions were also listening curiously, looking at the stall filled with all kinds of unknown flowers.
Mathilda picked up two lavender flowers that were shaped like trumpets.
He handed one of the flowers to Pororo.
"Here's this for you, put it on your chest."
As she said this, she placed her own flower on the chest of her flower dress.
Mathilda's dress is composed of light purple and grayish white patterns.
"Oh, ok, put it here?"
Although Pororo is a shark-man, he does not wear clothes.
He wore an open-chested light blue short-sleeved vest with bright silver patterns on it, like lightning.
The lower body is the matching shorts.
Matlisa looked at Porro and shook her head: "No, I'll put it down for you."
As it spoke, the snake's tail curled slightly, lifted up, and scratched Porro's chest twice, placing the flower straight.
"Well, this looks much better."
Xia Daiti placed a light pink flower with a hint of red directly on Alka's chest.
He also wore the same flower on his chest.
Of course Alka would not refuse this.
Julia looked at the flowers in her hand. The flowers in her hand were sea blue, and each petal on them was disordered.
It was even shaking slightly.
Slowly place the flower next to your ear.
Watching people's behavior.
Jason turned and looked at Juanlu.
Feeling Jason's gaze, Juanlu saw the flowers in Jason's hand again.
"Hey! Stop it and go away." After saying that, Juanlu casually picked up a pink and white flower and placed it on his chest.
"You really have no idea about romance." Jason said, picking up two identical flowers at random. The crystal in his hand spread upwards, wrapping them and turning them into crystal-like flowers.
Placed directly on his chest.
"Save this one for Urulius." As he said this, the flower disappeared in his palm.
That's how everyone is.
After decorating their own flowers, they integrated into the festive atmosphere.
Just like a real tourist, enjoying the Blooming Festival.
