Under the guidance of the priests, Fangzheng walked through a dark passage and arrived at the dark elves' hall. There, he met the matriarch of the first family, who was also the supreme ruler of the city — Matriarch Koretha.
This dark elf was already very old. Of course, elves had a relatively long lifespan. Generally speaking, elves who had lived for hundreds of years still looked like minors. However, on this dark elf's face, there were wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and on his forehead. His silver-white hair also showed signs of turning yellow. This was enough to show that this dark elf was far older than the others, at least 600 years old.
Fangzheng raised his head, put his hands behind his back, and narrowed his eyes at Matriarch Koretha in front of him. Koretha, who was sitting on a silver-white spider-shaped chair, lowered her head slightly, and stared at him. Looking at this scene, the surrounding priests grimaced. Then, one of the priests gave a meaningful glance to the guard beside him. Shortly after, a dark elf guard roared and unsheathed his sword.
"How dare you! Who allowed you to look Matriarch Koretha in the eye?!"
Before the dark elf's voice trailed off, the thin sword in his hand whizzed out and pierced towards Fangzheng with a sharp aura of the sword. The attack was as agile as a rabbit and as fast as lightning. If Fangzheng did not react in time, he would at least end up with half his body crippled.
However, this was meaningless to Fangzheng.
In his eyes, everything in front of him seemed to be gradually slowing down, as if someone had started to play the whole scene in slow motion. Fangzheng could even clearly see the fluttering white hair of the dark elf guard. He held the longsword in his right hand, and in order to exert more strength, he slightly turned it half a circle. Along with his movement, the pitch-black blade began to flicker with dazzling flashes of lightning.
The dark elf guard leaped into the air, thrusting his sword at Fangzheng's chest along with lightning bolts.
Then … it stopped in the air.
"Sigh …"
Looking at the picture-like scene in front of him, Fangzheng sighed helplessly.
Why didn't he awaken the God of Space and Time? Judging from the scene before him, he should be qualified to compete for the position of the God of Space ….
As he lamented gloomily, Fangzheng stretched out a finger on his right hand and lightly flicked the tip of the sword.
At this moment, time began to flow again.
"Boom!!"
No one noticed what happened. All they saw was the dark elf guard attacking Fangzheng. Then, as soon as he leaped into the air, he flew back as though he was slapped by something and crashed heavily into a nearby wall. The sword in his hand broke into pieces and the dark elf guard's bones let out a crisp sound of shattering. Along with a mournful howl, the dark elf guard fell limply to the ground and no longer breathed.
"Crash!!"
At this moment, all the other dark elves took out their weapons and aimed them at Fangzheng. According to the rules of the dark elves, anyone who dared to do such a thing in front of the matriarch was already a declaration of war!
But just as the dark elves were about to swarm up and restrain this human, they saw Matriarch Koretha slowly raise her hand, signaling them not to act. Seeing Matriarch Koretha's gesture, the dark elves were a little puzzled, but they still obediently put down their weapons.
"Alright, what do you want from me?"
Fangzheng did not intend to say anything nice to an old woman with one foot in the grave. Although respecting the old and loving the young was indeed a traditional virtue, it also depended on who the person was talking to.
"How interesting, male."
Faced with Fangzheng's question, Matriarch Koretha chuckled.
"After hearing about your existence from my daughter, I originally intended to make you my servant."
Hehehe, an old woman who looks like she's in her fifties or sixties actually wants to find a lover.
If you weren't so old and dark, maybe I would have considered it.
"But your performance just now was beyond my expectations."
Matriarch Kaleisa didn't give Fangzheng a chance to speak. Just like all elderly people, she lowered the corners of her eyes and continued to speak.
"You killed the chief martial arts expert of the first family. According to the rules, I should have sentenced you to death. But now, I've changed my mind … After all, you've already shown your strength, so I'm willing to pay a price for it. From today onwards, I want you to become the chief martial arts expert of our first family. Are you willing to accept? "
"Mother?!"
Hearing Matriarch Koretha's words, Koretha's daughters standing at the side were shocked, and the other dark elves could not hide the shock in their hearts either. The chief martial arts expert was the highest position a male could obtain in a dark elf family, just like the commander of the guards in the palace. This position had always been held by dark elves, but now, Matriarch Koretha actually wanted to give this position to an outsider!
And a human at that!
"What's in it for me?"
Fangzheng raised his eyebrows. He was not interested in Matriarch Koretha's solicitation at all.
"I'm just an adventurer who happened to pass by this city. I don't intend to stay here for long, and I'm not interested in dark elves."
"How dare you!"
"How dare you!"
"How dare you speak to Matriarch Koretha like that!"
Hearing Fangzheng's reply, the surrounding dark elves roared angrily again. But this time, with the chief martial arts expert as an example, they did not dare to attack Fangzheng again. Otherwise, who knew if they would become the second unlucky person?
"Then, I'll use another method."
Matriarch Koretha still did not react at all. She was like a good-tempered old lady, smiling at Fangzheng.
"Since you're adventurers, I can hire you, right?"
Hearing this, Fangzheng thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Of course, no problem."
"Very well."
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Matriarch Koretha once again showed a satisfied smile.
"I want to hire you to do something for me … In fact, we've recently found out that several families are planning to attack us."
Saying this, Matriarch Koretha's expression turned a little colder.
"They won't succeed in their overconfident actions, but we're not willing to take the risk either, so I hope you can help us. In fact … the First Family will be carrying out an operation soon. You don't need to know the specifics. You only need to know that we're hiring you in the hope that you can ensure that this operation will not be disturbed or threatened by any external factors. "
Hearing Matriarch Koretha's words, Fangzheng thought for a moment again, then raised a question.
"So, what do I get?"
"Money, wealth, equipment — we can provide you with everything you want. You'll also receive the emblem of the First Family, which will allow you to move unimpeded in this city, and no dark elves will dare to cause trouble for you. If they do this, they'll be making an enemy of the First Family! "
"I want to be paid first."
Fangzheng once again made a request that was enough to make all the dark elves present want to pounce on him and strangle him to death, but Matriarch Koretha only nodded.
"No problem."
"Okay, then it's a deal."
The two of them exchanged a few more words before Fangzheng turned around and left. After he walked out of the hall, a tall Dark Elf Priest walked out and bowed respectfully to Kaleisa.
"Matriarch, we don't need to do this at all. This is really …"
"I have my own arrangements."
However, before she could finish speaking, Kalisa interrupted her coldly. At this moment, the eyes of this old Dark Elf flickered with a strange and cold radiance.
"Remember the Goddess' oracle. That's the most important thing. Besides … that's just a human. He doesn't understand at all …"
Saying this, the corners of Koretha's mouth curled up slightly.
"From the moment he entered this place, he can no longer get out."
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