Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 144: The Beautiful Harpy
Entering the hall, there is a long stone table in the middle, which is already filled with food served on stone tableware, and there are several stone chairs around the stone table.
The not-too-spacious hall was filled with various stone carvings almost in a stacked manner, which was the habit of underground creatures.
The underground world does not produce wood, and almost everything is made of stone. In the light of the fire on the wall, what he saw here gave Luke a feeling.
Stubborn and old-fashioned.
This is also a common character among underground races.
Luke sat in the upper seat, looked at the food on the table, and immediately lost all appetite.
Mosses and fungi are dried in the shade and ground into powder, mixed with water to make a paste, and then fermented and dried into cakes, which are the staple food of underground creatures. There is nothing to complain about this kind of food, but this cake looks like dark green excrement. In the absence of light, out of sight, out of mind, and you will eat it. However, in order to welcome the King of Dragon Kingdom, the Scarlet Banshee Tribe used torches to illuminate the hall so that all the food could be clearly seen.
In addition to the untouchable cakes, there was a whole plate of squirming bugs, with a saucer next to them. Something with a shell had been gutted and placed upside down in a stone bowl, with white pulp and sticky innards exposed, and some very expensive spices carefully sprinkled on top.
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I have to admit that the Scarlet Banshee Tribe was very thoughtful in preparing such "abundant" food in such a short time.
But Luke didn't want to touch it at all.
"Chief Romanchenko. The news of the assassination of several Shadow Clan members has reached Dragon Country. I am very concerned about these terrible incidents. I wonder if the assassin has been caught?"
Chief Romanchenko seemed a little restrained in front of the Dragon King. She was a young Shadow Clan member who had a barren territory and a weak Harpy tribe on the edge of Gruzerei, and was at the bottom of the Shadow Clan's contempt chain.
From the time she was born till now, she has never seen any important figures.
This is the first time in a thousand years that the King of Dragon Kingdom has visited Gruzere, and his first stop is his own tribe. This is definitely a major event that can be boasted about for hundreds of years.
Seeing that King Taotie did not touch the food, Chief Romanchenko did not touch the food either.
In response to King Taotie's questions, Chief Romanchenko told her what she knew.
Although the Dark Chieftain is the supreme ruler of the Gruzerai underworld, he is like a purely spiritual leader and has not issued any orders since the end of the ancient war.
It was not until the world began to become turbulent and a crisis affecting the Shadow Clan was predicted that the Dark Chief announced the reorganization of the Shadow Assassins.
Not just any Shadow Clan member can join the Shadow Assassin Group. Members of the Shadow Clan must undergo numerous tests and strict selection, and only those who pass all of them can be considered Shadow Assassins.
Among the Shadow Assassins, there are seven Phantom Assassins, who were tested and awarded by the Dark Chief himself.
In order to join the Shadow Assassin Group, the Shadow Clan who were scattered throughout Gruzerei and were domineering in their respective tribes gathered in Deep Well City.
Assassination appears during the selection process of Shadow Assassins.
"I thought I was too weak to join the Shadow Assassins, so I didn't go to Deep Well City, and therefore I didn't know the details." Chief Romanchenko finally said self-deprecatingly: "Even though the Shadow Assassins tried their best to investigate these assassinations, the assassinations still didn't stop, which scared me even more and made me dare not go to Deep Well City."
The information the Harpy could provide was indeed very little.
But at least we know that the Shadow Clan is taking action to deal with the turmoil in the world.
The Shadow Assassin Group brings together the top assassins of the Shadow Clan. During the ancient war period, there were an estimated 40 to 60 Shadow Assassins, who were active throughout the entire war period, and many Archangels and Elders of the Shining Gold died in their assassinations.
Contributed many legendary stories.
The reconstruction of the Shadow Assassins shows that the Dark Chief is ready to fight another ancient war.
The Shadow Clan was assassinated in Deep Well City, and the Shadow Assassin Group was helpless, which was a huge blow to the morale of the Shadow Clan.
Who did it?
There is too little information to make a judgement.
We can only wait until we reach Shenjing City to learn more information.
Now that we’re done talking, do you want to eat?
Luke looked at the table full of rare delicacies and said to Chief Romanchenko, "Your hands are very beautiful. If you were in the human world, someone would definitely ask you to be a hand model for luxury goods.
I'm very curious, the arms of a harpy should be a pair of eagle wings, why do you have such beautiful hands?"
When Luke saw Chief Romanchenko's arm, he became very curious about it, so he specifically looked for information about Chief Romanchenko from his cell phone data.
Harpy Romanchenko is a very ordinary Shadow Clan member with relatively weak strength, and can only be barely classified as a five-star hero.
In the information of the Anno game, Luke found a screenshot of the Harpy Romanchenko. Her arms were a pair of eagle wings, not human arms.
This is very strange!
Gruzere, deep in the Antarctic underground world, is an isolated island in the world, and it is more difficult to contact the outside world than hell.
Now the outside world has undergone major changes due to my arrival.
But how could my arrival cause a harpy on the remote border of Gruzerai to change its arm?
What is this butterfly effect?
Speaking of his hands, Romanchenko couldn't help but stretch out his arms and look left and right narcissistically.
"I like this arm, too. It was given to me by a human being, using what I think is called extraordinary biological transformation technology." After saying that, Romanchenko shook her arm, and her arm turned back into an eagle wing as it shook. " I'm surprised that humans have mastered such amazing technology now. No wonder the angels said that human civilization is threatening ancient civilization."
There is a lot of information in Romanchenko’s words!
Luke focused and asked one question after another: "You said that humans came to Gruzerei?"
Chief Romanchenko transformed the eagle wings back into arms, and then answered, “Although Gruzerei is far away from the secular world, human adventurers still come here occasionally.
The one who modified my arm was a human adventurer.
He lost his way in the darkness of the mountains, but my warrior found him and saved him. In return, he gave me a pair of arms using his extraordinary bio-modification skills.
"What's the name of that human? Is he still here with you?"
Chief Romanchenko thought for a moment and replied, "It's been a long time... I'm not sure he told me his name, I called him 'The Lost One' and he accepted it.
After he gave me the arm, he proposed to go to Deep Well City, and I never saw him again. "
"When did this happen?"
Chief Romanchenko replied helplessly: "There is no day and night in the underground world. The creatures underground do not have the same strong sense of time as the creatures on the surface. I have no way to accurately answer this question."
Luke then asked Eiffel for a pocket watch.
"This is a machine invented by humans to record time. It's called a watch." Luke explained the purpose of the watch in detail to the curious Chief Romanchenko, and then said, "I'm giving it to you. I hope you like it."
When Chief Romanchenko heard that King Taotie was going to give him a watch, he quickly took the pocket watch.
She looked at the hands moving on the dial and asked devoutly, "Is the time locked inside?"
"No, it's just recording the passage of time. I know a little bit about human's extraordinary biological transformation technology. The transformation of your arm cannot be completed in a few hours. It will take at least ten days and multiple operations.
Anesthesia is required for every surgery.
I ask you, when the Lost One anesthetized you, was it local anesthesia in your arm or general anesthesia?"
Chief Romanchenko thought again: "At first, it was just the arm that was anesthetized. But the arm was not flexible, so I went under general anesthesia. When I woke up, I could control my arm as easily as my claws."
Luke asked again: "You are a member of the Shadow Clan, and you have a very strong mental power. Simple anesthetics cannot make you completely unconscious. Can you recall what the Lost Ones did to you at that time?"
Romanchenko thought carefully and finally shook his head: "I can't remember... Maybe his anesthetic can numb his mind as well."
Luke couldn't help but sigh in his heart that no matter which world it is, women who love beauty are easy to deceive.
The risks of systemic anesthesia, including mental anesthesia, cannot compare to two beautiful arms.
It is not known what the Lost One did when Romanchenko was under general anesthesia, but he must have done something other than modifying his arm, otherwise he would not have needed to anesthetize his mental realm as well.
The Lost One is not lost at all, the Harpy Romanchenko is his prey.
He took advantage of Romanchenko's love of beauty, gained her trust step by step, and finally anesthetized her... and did whatever he wanted to her.
There are so many harpies in the underworld, why did the Lost Ones target Romanchenko?
Because she is from the Shadow Clan.
She has Shadow Parasite.
Luke suddenly connected the dots.
In the entire human civilization system, the only one engaged in research on shadow parasites is probably the Golden Shield Empire's Extraordinary Biological Research Institute.
The management ability of the Extraordinary Biological Research Institute is full of loopholes, as can be seen from the birth of the mouse in the dark night.
If the Shadow Parasitic Meta-Iterative Energy can flow out of the Imperial Extraordinary Biological Research Institute once, it can flow out twice... and more times.
Moreover, the Institute of Extraordinary Biology was once under the control of the Cross.
During the Great Purge before Queen Christina ascended the throne , the Imperial Extraordinary Biology Research Institute was also affected, and there was a serious lack of management for a period of time. Although the Empire quickly took control of this important department, the disappearance of some personnel and experimental subjects is still an unsolved case.
Is this human called the Lost One a missing extraordinary biological transformer from the Imperial Extraordinary Biological Research Institute?
He stole the research data of Shadow Parasite and moved his studio to Gruzere. This is the lair of Shadow Parasite, and there are too many objects to study.
Seeing that King Taotie fell into deep thought, Chief Romanchenko also realized that there might be something wrong with this extraordinary transformation.
In fact, she had this worry a long time ago, but because the transformation was so perfect and there was nothing wrong with her body, she deceived herself and was completely immersed in the appreciation of her arms.
"Your Majesty! Do you suspect that the Lost One deceived me and did something I didn't know about while I was under anesthesia?"
Luke looked at Chief Romanchenko, “I think you realized something was wrong, but we can’t be sure if he performed additional surgery on you.
I know a very powerful supernatural biological transformation master. If you are willing to accept his examination, I can send a dragon to take him to Gruzel. If the Lost One really tampered with your shadow parasite, he should be able to see it. "
Realizing that his Shadow Parasites might have been tampered with by the Lost, Chief Romanchenko was both frightened and angry.
"I am willing to be examined. If he really touched my Shadow Parasite, I must find him and let him know the consequences of angering a Shadow Clan member."
Luke said, "Not only you are looking for him, I am looking for him too. Is he really in Deep Well City?"
Frustrated, Chief Romanchenko shook his head. "Now I'm not sure if he's in Deep Well City. Looking back, a lot of the things he did were very strange. He might just be a liar."
Luke said confidently: "At other times, he may not be in Deep Well City, but he is definitely here now."
"Why?"
"Because Deepwell City now has the most concentrated Shadow Clan in Gruzerei. If the Lost One's target is the Shadow Parasite, he must be hiding in Deepwell City at this time."
Romanchenko immediately said, "Please allow me to accompany you to Deep Well City. I must find him and get to the bottom of this matter."
"Of course, I also need a guide to take us to Deep Well City." After confirming a mission to Deep Well City, Luke turned to Chief Romanchenko and asked, "You just said that an angel appeared in Gruzere and brought some information."
Chief Romanchenko answered absentmindedly, “I also heard from other Shadow Tribe members that an archangel visited Deep Well City and met the Dark Chief.
It seems that the current turmoil in the world is because human civilization is challenging ancient civilization.
I didn't believe it at first, but that human actually dared to think of Shadow Parasite. Humans are really despicable."
Romanchenko's casual remark sounded a wake-up call to Luke.
He had a hunch that the assassinations of several Shadow Clan members might be related to the Lost Ones.
If this is true, if it is not handled properly, it may cause the entire shadow civilization to hate humans.
"Let's find out the truth first." Luke stood up and said, "I'm full! Please arrange for me and my dragons to rest. I will arrange for the dragons to take the extraordinary human biological transformer to Deep Well City as soon as possible."
Chief Romanchenko was so absent-minded that he didn't even notice that the food on the table was still there.
She stood up as well, leading Luke and the Twilight dragons to their accommodation.
After settling down in the Scarlet Banshee tribe, Luke sent the black dragon Bale and a twilight dragon to the lower city of Saint Lun City in the Golden Shield Empire.
At that time, the Prime Minister of the Empire will issue an order to let the extraordinary biological transformer Melken follow the two dragons to the Deep Well City of Gruzerei.
