Chapter 125: Your Majesty, Don’t Be This Way, This Old Witch Doctor Is Quite Bothered

Chapter 125: Your Majesty, Don’t Be This Way, This Old Witch Doctor Is Quite Bothered

Soon, everyone arrived at a great hall. The layout of this hall was somewhat like an opera house, but inside were various devices, machine parts, and even Array Crystals.

Moreover, Louis smelled a faint, salty, damp scent — this place must be close to the sea.

He glanced at the doors at the far end; behind them should be a seaside cliff.

In front of the doors, there was a huge curtain covering a massive object — it looked like a building five or six stories tall!

Around the curtain were many workbenches of various sizes, mechanical parts, and huge mechanical arms.

A coldly beautiful woman in a high-collared black robe was standing icily before that enormous curtain, examining the thing.

[You feel like this person’s aura is a bit similar to Disney’s Evil Queen — perhaps this beautiful woman once also asked the Magic Mirror who was the fairest in the land.]

[You are a bit curious, but this woman also seems to be in a rather foul mood. You decide to…]

[A. Get involved in the business between Archie and her, learn her identity from Archie — Archie will introduce you (though it’s unnecessary since she overheard your earlier conversation with the King and already knows who you are). Reward: Woman’s murderous intent toward you +10, random attribute +1]

[B. Bow respectfully along with Yingling and the others, and put on a fawning smile (she knows you have Ign’s permission and won’t dare to make trouble). Reward: Woman’s murderous intent toward you +10]

[C. Ignore her completely. Reward: None]

At this moment, when Yingling saw that woman, she nearly fainted from fright. Her cigarette butt even dropped out of her mouth.

Louis walked over to stand beside the woman. He looked up at the large curtain.

It seemed that with Louis there, Archie was full of confidence. He swaggered over in three or five steps, jumped onto a mechanical arm on a nearby workbench, pulled out a cigar, and lit it for Louis. Then Archie gave the woman a slight respectful bow, took two puffs of his cigar, and chuckled.

“What a coincidence. Don’t worry about the pilot issue, I found the most suitable Ace Pilot. His Majesty Ign granted permission too.”

The woman gave Louis a cold glance and then walked away.

[The woman’s murderous intent toward you +10]

Seeing the woman pass by her, Yingling quickly pulled Lilith into a respectful bow. Louis looked at the woman who had just passed him, took the cigar Archie handed him, took a puff, watched the woman’s rear, and asked, “Who’s that pretty little lady?”

[The woman’s murderous intent toward you +Max]

[— You saw the woman’s back stiffen slightly, but her footsteps didn’t pause. She maintained her aloof composure.]

[This was already the second time she felt murderous toward you — the first time was during your assessment, she was also present in a way.]

[A little ant with barely enough Mana to qualify for a minor playing card, daring to stir up trouble here? Truly oblivious to the danger!]

[But she likes the outrageously bold, the more arrogant and daring, the more fun it will be to torture them in the end…]

“That is Her Majesty Delphinia,” Archie said, blowing out smoke.

[Dexterity +1]

Louis suddenly understood — he hadn’t recognized her with clothes on.

Louis stroked his chin, his expression a bit odd.

How did ‘Ign’ and Delphinia have a child?!

That child looked so much like Ign! And looked a lot like Ocris too, definitely Ign’s own flesh and blood. And definitely Ocris’s younger brother.

As for the dragon horns, His Majesty Ign probably also had horns when he was young.

Ocris likely also had horns when she was little.

So it was certain this child was Ign’s own son.

Could it be Her Majesty Delphinia actually married Ign for a period of time? And then was replaced by her mother-in-law?

But…

Louis couldn’t help but look toward the now-departed ‘Her Majesty Delphinia’ in the distance.

As an old Witch Doctor, Louis had some confidence in his own eyesight.

This Her Majesty Delphinia didn’t look like she’d given birth — instead, she seemed like a maiden!

However, he might be mistaken.

After all, Witch Doctor methods are not quite the same as Western or Chinese medicine.

One must emphasize observation, inquiry, smelling, and touching.

Just ‘observation’ alone definitely isn’t enough. Inquiry — Ask ‘Ign’ if this child was laid by you and another Ign? Ask her, the one who died was actually your husband, so this child is your posthumous child?

Ask her, after disguising yourself as Ign, you discovered you were pregnant and were completely dumbfounded. Luckily your adopted daughter helped take the blame, so everyone thinks this child is from Ign and Her Majesty Delphinia?

Asking like that, people would definitely say you’re crazy.

Should he ask Delphinia? Ask her, did you marry your stepmother?

She’d definitely also think we’re crazy.

So ‘observation’ and ‘inquiry,’ two of the four methods, are definitely not workable.

That leaves touching and smelling.

This is my mother-in-law, after all — treating a patient this way is a bit impolite. But as a Wizard, turning the unknown into the known, constantly delving deeper in exploration, is part of the duty.

The old Witch Doctor Louis sighed, feeling somewhat bothered.

…

Perhaps because the King was inspecting today, the area outside had been cleared. So just now, nobody was here.

While chatting, Louis stood before a large table, looked at the world map on it, and suddenly froze.

Is this a Warcraft map?

Is this a Warcraft map?!

Louis suddenly pointed at the continent in the north and said, “Is there a Lich King over here?”

Archie and Yingling looked at each other in utter confusion, then woodenly shook their heads.

Louis looked at Yingling and Lilith’s little ears — seems there are no fox spirits in the World of Warcraft.

He leaned down over the map to look closely, finding it only somewhat similar. Actually, the differences were quite significant; it wasn’t the world of Azeroth.

Louis couldn’t help but let out a huge sigh of relief.

Archie suddenly remembered something. He jumped onto the table and pointed at a continent in the Mystic Sea between two landmasses.

“Remember, Louis, you are from ‘Panda Continent, Cloud Kingdom.’ The ‘Wizards’ there are very special, the planes are very special, the foreigners are very special — seems like everyone can use spells… Anyway, it’s very mysterious. Very few people have been there. So I prepared a Cloud Kingdom resume for you.”

“Just remember you’re very impressive — talk less, maintain an air of mystery.”

Not long after, when Archie finished a cigar, the Yordles and Goblin Engineers all returned. Besides these engineers, there were also some humans and Yordles wearing tight-fitting suits and carrying glass helmets under their arms — they must be the Ace Pilots.

The place suddenly became lively and noisy.

To Louis’s surprise, many of the engineers were actually Witches or Wizards. And everyone was aware of each other’s identities.

Archie explained that many old engineers were once people from the Warhammer of the God of War and had advanced their studies at certain Wizard academies. Many technologies of the Son of Lant came from Magic.

Of course, if any Wizard heard this, they would be utterly baffled — how come we don’t know we have technology?

Obviously, these Yordle and Goblin Engineers had applied the magical knowledge they learned to engineering.

Soon, Louis met the Grand Engineer, Mr. Lant. He wore large goggles and was dressed like a punk. Upon seeing Louis, he took out a stack of documents and excitedly said a bunch.

“When you were in the mysterious ‘Cloud Kingdom,’ did you really pilot planes for over twenty years?”

“…”

“You must be my Ace Pilot!”

It seemed Archie had not only hyped up this foreigner Louis quite a bit before, but also fabricated a particularly impressive resume for him — Ace Pilot.

That record was the stack of documents in Lant’s hand — it even had Louis’s photo. The resume also said he was a Prince and had participated in such-and-such war. The various official seals were all very complete. It looked absolutely real.

Louis glanced at it and looked woodenly at Archie.

Archie blinked his eyes, meaning ‘I made it up.’

Louis was speechless.

‘These Goblins’ ability to forge things is truly extraordinary.’

Lant was quite excited, but the many Son of Lant candidate pilots were full of resentment. Hearing Archie boasting beside them, one of the Ace Pilots couldn’t help but spit on the ground — What’s so great about that? We’ve also been piloting planes for over twenty years, okay?!

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