Chapter 3196 Crystal Book
On the other side, Angel and Laplace came to the Rock Palace under the leadership of Quintela.
The Rock Palace is located deep in the jungle, and its appearance is very similar to the rainforest ruins style that adventurers are keen on.
The magnificent and dazzling huge palace is located on a small island in the middle of the lake. The palace looks plain from a distance, but you can find various geometric patterns when you look closely.
Unlike the low-key style of the palace exterior, the palace is very exquisite, with crystal murals and gem sculptures everywhere. If Luigi were here, he would probably like it very much, full of artistic beauty.
Walking along the sculpture corridor of unknown creatures, they finally came to a hall bathed in a halo.
There was no one in the hall, only a crystal book that was larger than Angel's body, placed in the center, illuminated by various colored beams. These furnishings all showed that the most important and crucial thing in this hall was this crystal book.
As Quintela approached, the crystal book opened automatically without wind.
When the crystal book was opened, a shadow of an old man with a beard poked out his upper body from the book.
Angel could feel that there was no soul power swinging around, nor was there any breath of illusion. This bearded old man should not be a soul.
However, he gave Angel a very familiar sense of déjà vu, a bit like the feeling of facing a tree spirit or a wood spirit.
"Spirit of the book?" Angel whispered.
The bearded old man glanced at Angel, as if responding to Angel, and sneered: "Humph, human wizard."
After speaking, the bearded old man looked at Laplace beside Angel again. After looking up and down, he said in a suspicious tone: "Time body?"
Laplace ignored the bearded old man, but turned to Angel and said: "Gleipnir once mentioned that there was a blue steel diamond dragon who loved to transform into a giant. In his castle lived a book spirit steward named Orshandro."
The implication was that this bearded old man was most likely the book spirit steward.
The bearded old man looked at Laplace in surprise, muttering in a low voice: "Gleipnir?!... How do you know this demon! No, she signed a contract at the beginning, and she would not leak the information of the Hundred Dragon Kingdom..."
"I understand, you are... the incarnation of that person?!"
Gleipnir will not leak secrets, but what she knows will definitely be known by other incarnations. Therefore, this girl with heterochromatic eyes is definitely the incarnation of that person!
The bearded old man suddenly retreated his waist and pointed at Laplace with a horrified look.
He still remembers the harm Gleipnir brought him. The incarnation of that person may be worse than Gleipnir!
The bearded old man had resentment in his heart, but more than resentment, he was afraid.
The other party was the incarnation of a terrifying existence that even the Hundred Dragon Kingdom was unwilling to provoke!
Laplace still did not give any response. Besides, she was not a incarnation, she was just the incarnation of the original body.
Laplace continued to say to Angel: "Gleipnir once made a sharp comment on this Orsandr. She said that generally speaking, book spirits are wise and knowledgeable, just like the old book in the southern region; but Orsandr is a little different. Its incarnation is a centaur."
"Centaurs are synonymous with alcoholism, violence and lust in divination."
"Although Orsandr is not a real centaur, he also has some common characteristics of centaurs."
"Alcoholism."
When Laplace said this, the bearded old man seemed to remember something sad. He wailed and lay on the pages of the crystal book, looking hopeless.
"Butler Orsandr, what's wrong with you?" Quintela didn't expect that he had just brought Angel over and hadn't spoken yet, but he saw the always arrogant Orsandr suddenly wilt.
Olsandro said in a weak voice: "Madam, please stop talking. I, I really don't want to recall that nightmare."
"Nightmare?" Angel looked at Laplace with curiosity in his eyes.
Laplace never cared what others thought, and seeing that Angel wanted to listen, he was ready to continue.
At this moment, Olsandro suddenly said: "Forget it, instead of letting the lady reveal my scars, it's better for me to tell it myself..."
Olsandro raised his head, looked at the unknown distance with confused eyes, and whispered what happened at that time.
The matter is actually very simple. In a word, Gleipnir took away all the fine wines that Olsandro treasured.
It was called to help a fallen book spirit return to his original job.
And Olsandro's master, the blue steel diamond dragon, agreed directly without any doubt.
At that time, when the dragonlet incident was just around the corner, Gleipnir, as a fortune teller, helped the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons a lot. Although he had already been paid, the mirror dragon of the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons did not mind paying more to build a good relationship with Gleipnir. So, when she asked for the fine wines from Orshandra's collection, she must be satisfied, right?
After discovering that Gleipnir liked "fine wine", the Blue Steel Diamond Dragon even said directly: "If we find better fine wines in the future, we will send them to you for selection first."
In the past, in order to satisfy Orshandra's alcohol addiction, the Blue Steel Diamond Dragon would also ask his subordinates to find fine wines.
Now, the fine wines found are just given to Gleipnir to choose, and the rest of the wine is still given to Orshandra.
In the eyes of the Blue Steel Diamond Dragon, this is a way to "have the best of both worlds".
But in Orsandre's view, Gleipnir not only robbed all the fine wines in his collection, but also picked the good ones first and left the inferior ones for himself when there were new wines in the future.
How angry he was! How resentful!
But no matter how angry or resentful he was, he did not dare to resist... The Blue Steel Diamond Dragon was very strong, and the backer behind Gleipnir was even stronger.
So, he could only silently endure the unbearable weight of this life.
This was Orsandre's nightmare, and it was also the reason why he had such a big reaction when he heard the name Gleipnir.
After listening to it, Angell also felt a little sympathetic to Orsandre.
Because as far as he knew, Gleipnir was not keen on drinking at all.
However, based on Angell's understanding of Gleipnir, she was so against Orsandre, it should not be just because she didn't like the "Book Spirit Corruption".
Angell looked at Laplace curiously.
Laplace did not speak this time, but used telepathy to tell Angel: "Gleipnir hates centaurs..."
To put it bluntly, Orsandr was angered.
Gleipnir himself had not been hurt by the centaurs, but the time body was made up of memories, which included not only Laplace's memories, but also the memories she fished out from the Sea of Mirrors.
The memories that occupied the main body of the time body were also Gleipnir's current "external appearance" - the fortune teller.
In the fortune teller's memory, she was abandoned by the centaurs and hated the centaurs.
This memory also passed on to Gleipnir.
It also caused Gleipnir to dislike centaurs.
In fact, Laplace could have eliminated this part of the memory when creating the time body, but she chose to keep it. Because emotional memory is a kind of motivation. It may not be the most important part of the memory, but it is the most indispensable part of weaving the personality of the time body.
Without this "hate", the time body may not be as complete as it is now.
In the same way, the reason why Luigi loves art so much is also inherited from the original body's memory. This enthusiasm and love, like the fortune teller's hatred for the centaur, are the webs that constitute the personality.
If it is missing, it means that the personality web is leaking.
After learning this secret, Angel felt more sympathetic to Orsandr... However, Gleipnir did not do anything extreme, but just asked for some fine wine, which shows that her self-awareness has actually gradually transcended the original body's memory. Otherwise, according to the original body's memory, the result of taking out anger would definitely not be just fine wine, but even Orsandr's ashes would be scattered.
On the other side, Orsandr, who told the whole story, lay on the crystal tree leaf listlessly, as if he was being comforted by Quintela, who didn't know how to comfort Orsandr, and could only stretch out his claws and pat his shoulder silently.
"It's over, I've actually..." Orsandr wanted to say 'I've let it go', but the word 'let it go' couldn't be said.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about this nightmare again." Olsandro turned to Quintela: "If you feel sorry for me, please help me buy a few bottles of good wine outside. The wine in Charles' Palace is very good."
Quintela hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "Okay."
At this time, Laplace sent a message to Angel: "The wine in Charles' Palace was sold by Gleipnir."
Angel: "..."
Ah, this...
He was still thinking, Gleipnir doesn't drink, but where did the wine go? Unexpectedly, it was sold to Charles' Palace.
Angel looked at Olsandro with pity, so he didn't tell him this miserable fact.
"You are a good dragon." Olsandro said to Quintela gratefully.
Quintela, who was issued a "good dragon card", did not comment on the purchase of wine, but pointed at Angel and Laplace and said: "These two are the distinguished guests of Lord Kukulus. They came here to see the trading list of the Rock Palace."
Angel told Quintela on the way that he wanted to see the products of the Hundred Dragon Kingdom.
And almost 90% of the products of the Hundred Dragon Kingdom this time are in the Rock Palace.
The name of the Treasure Dragon is not for nothing. Compared with other mirror dragons, the Treasure Dragon lineage is more keen on collecting all kinds of strange things, especially shiny gems.
The Blue Steel Diamond Dragon belongs to the Treasure Dragon. It is also the one with the most gems.
In addition, it has Orshanzhuo, a steward who is very good at managing the treasury, so this time Orshanzhuo will follow the Treasure Dragon lineage to this party together.
"Trading list? The party just started, I haven't sorted it out yet... But it doesn't matter, I'll sort it out now." Olsandro didn't know who Angell was, but Laplace was so concerned about this human, so his identity must be extraordinary.
So, even though Olsandro was still a little listless, he still forced himself to look for the crystal book.
The crystal book is Olsandro's body and his record text.
Not long after, Olsandro found the trading list this time.
He looked up at Angell: "I don't know, what kind of goods do you want to see, so I can find it for you."
Angell: "What is the main product?"
Olsandro: "Is the customer asking about the main product of the Treasure Dragon lineage? Or the main product of other mirror dragons?"
"...Treasure Dragon."
Olsandro continued: "Then what kind of main product of Treasure Dragon is the customer asking about?"
Treasure dragon is just a general term, and there are various gem dragons, including diamond dragons, gold dragons, mercury dragons, Algar dragons, secret dragons, etc.
After listening to Olsandro's long list, Angel felt his head swell.
"Don't talk about other things, just talk about your most distinctive products."
Olsandro: "Then..."
Angel took the lead and said: "Don't ask me about the definition of characteristics, you can decide for yourself."
Olsandro pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay, please look at this page."
The moment Olsandro's voice fell, the crystal book happened to turn to a certain page. The huge page was densely filled with words that Angel didn't recognize.
Laplace could understand this kind of text, but she didn't explain it, and directly gave Olsandro a cold look.
The latter shuddered and quickly changed the text on the page to common text.
This time, Angel could understand it.
The entire page was also written very densely, but what surprised Angel was that in such a densely packed page, more than half of them were introducing the same product.
A very special product that Angel had never seen anywhere else.
Its name - favors.
"Favors" was translated by Orshandra, and it is estimated that the original text is "dragon favors", anyway, the meaning is similar, that is, selling various favors.
But this "favor" is not the mirror dragon's own, but the favors owed to the mirror dragon by other races.
For example, the first row is the favors owed by a mirror sea scholar.
Moreover, Angel knew this mirror sea scholar.
"The favor of the scholar 'Longya Qin' in the Mirror Sea."
"Longya Qin gave a favor in order to read a secret book in the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons."
"Longya Qin has recognized that the favor can be transferred, but after the transfer, those who ask her to exchange favors must abide by the following points: 1. Do not let her do anything without bottom line; 2. The proposed favor exchange must not target the Yaxian Ancient Ruins; 3..."
"The specific value of the favor, please estimate it yourself."
"If Longya Qin does not abide by the rules of favor exchange, it can be submitted to the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons for arbitration."
With just a few lines of words, Longya Qin's favor was traded as a commodity.
After reading it, Angel was really eye-opening. In his opinion, favors are difficult to estimate, but in the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons, favors are commodities that can be traded.
From this, it can be seen that the foundation of the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons is too deep. They are not unwilling to accept the favor of 'Longya Qin'. It is likely that the Kingdom of Hundred Dragons does not value the things that 'Longya Qin' has paid.
So I just transferred this favor.