Chapter 420 Seeing the Crystal Ball Again
Erica had only met Mo Cheng once in Hesen Town, and they were in a hostile battle at the time, so she only had a vague impression of Mo Cheng's appearance.
At that time, Mo Cheng's holy light and violent aura left a much deeper impression on Erica than his appearance.
Mo Cheng's appearance changed through the [Seventy-Two Transformations]. It didn't matter whether Erica recognized him or not. She only needed to recognize Theresa beside Mo Cheng, and recognize that the abnormal pupils of Mo Cheng at this time were dragon pupils that would only appear when the purity of his blood reached a certain level.
Isabella and Theresa were sent by her to contact Mo Cheng. Now she came back with someone, so it goes without saying who that person is.
"plz follow me."
Erica led the way in front, and Mo Cheng and Theresa followed behind and entered the building.
As for Eugene and the other dragonborns, they obediently accepted Erica's punishment and were made to stand for three hours with their hands and feet nailed to the ground.
Those nails only pierced the flesh and did not hurt the bones. For the Dragonborn, as long as they pulled out the nails and disinfected themselves, this degree of wound would heal in no time.
Following Erica into the building, Mo Cheng discovered one thing, that is, Erica's prestige in this place is very high.
Whether it was the unruly Dragonborn who obeyed her punishment of standing for three hours, or the fact that many people along the way greeted Erica after seeing her, Mo Cheng could tell whether these people were sincere or pretending.
They really do admire Erica.
The three of them walked forward and soon came to a room. Judging from the decoration and layout, this should be Erica's office?
Erica made a cup of tea for Mo Cheng and Theresa. Looking at the other party's skillful tea-making technique, although he didn't know what the twists and turns were, Mo Cheng felt that the tea-making technique was very beautiful, with a feeling of flowing water.
"I thought..." Mo Cheng said after Erica sat down, "You would settle the score with me last time in Hesen Town."
As he spoke, he picked up the black tea and took a sip. The question coming from his mouth made Mo Cheng raise his eyebrows slightly.
The taste was unexpectedly good, even someone like Mo Cheng who didn't often drink black tea found it delicious.
Although he himself couldn't explain exactly how delicious it was.
"It was just an accident. I hope it didn't cause any trouble to the little girl you were protecting."
Erica sat up straight, legs crossed, hands folded on her legs, "We have cancelled the original mission. Don't worry, no one among the Dragonborn will take that mission again."
Unlike Mo Cheng, Erica didn't seem to take that fight seriously, even though she was just a little bit away from being killed.
"Can you tell me who issued the mission to assassinate Lilia?"
"Viscount Joestar, although he did a good job of covering it up, I investigated afterwards and found that he was the one who issued the mission."
Erica did not hide anything, and gave a direct answer even when Mo Cheng asked a question that was a taboo in the industry, such as who issued the task.
It was indeed Viscount Joestar.
Mo Cheng confirmed his guess, although this question did not actually require much verification. Apart from Viscount Joestar, no one else would kill Lilia, a civilian girl.
However, this question also allowed Mo Cheng to test the Dragon Cult, or Erica's attitude towards him.
Their attitude towards himself, or rather towards the Dragonborn, was very good. If Mo Cheng had not known in advance what happened to the Dragon Cult, he would have thought that this was a good organization.
"I want to join the cult, what should I do?"
After understanding the other party's attitude towards him, Mo Cheng did not hide too much and directly stated his intention.
He joined the Dragon Cult in order to use their power to search for the instruments in Winterhold, and secondly, since he had [artificial dragon bloodline] in his hands, he was naturally the savior of the dragon race.
The Dragon Cult is the organization with the largest number of dragonborn on the continent of Khorvaire, and it is the best place to recruit people.
Hearing Mo Cheng's initiative to join, Erica couldn't help but smile, "There are no conditions for joining the cult, you just need to volunteer and test your bloodline so that we can better help you exert your power."
As she spoke, Erica took the two of them to another place. The door was covered with a curtain. The thick black curtain absorbed all the light, and no one could see what was inside through the curtain.
After pushing aside the curtain and walking in, and seeing clearly what was inside, Mo Cheng's expression suddenly became very strange.
"So, the way you detect the origin of your bloodline is also using a crystal ball?"
Behind the curtain, there was a huge crystal ball, as big as a yoga ball, and behind the crystal ball was an ancient wall covered with ancient characters, as if it had been taken down from somewhere and placed here.
Erica looked at Mo Cheng. Although she didn't know why he reacted this way, she still explained:
"A pure crystal ball is the most effective carrier for [detection]. Moreover, this crystal ball was dug out from the dragon's treasure house. It has a strong detection effect on the source of dragon bloodline. There is no pure crystal larger than this on the entire continent."
That was true, but Mo Cheng always felt something strange when he looked at the crystal ball in front of him.
This was the third time he had come across the crystal ball with a detecting function. The first time Dorothy used it to test his love life, the result was a blast.
The second time was when Winterhold Magic Academy tested Lilia’s qualifications, and it also went awry.
He doubted that this test would explode the largest pure crystal on the continent of Kovare.
After all, he has a criminal record.
“Is testing necessary?”
Mo Cheng's question also made Erica a little embarrassed. "Only by understanding the bloodline origins of the members can we avoid some avoidable conflicts when issuing tasks."
When a dragonborn becomes powerful, they will, to some extent, inherit the habits of the dragon from which their bloodline originates. For example, the red dragon bloodline and the gold dragon bloodline will dislike each other, so when assigning tasks, they will try to stagger the two sides as much as possible to avoid them being together.
Since that was said, Mo Cheng had no choice but to put his hand on the crystal ball and asked, "If I accidentally explode this crystal ball, I don't have to pay for it, right?"
Erica shook her head and found Mo Cheng's worries a little funny. "This is a crystal ball that has been preserved by the dragon's magic, and it is extremely pure and hard. It's just impossible to detect the source of the bloodline..."
"Gera!"
Before Erica could finish her words, the crystal ball suddenly made a sound that was definitely not pleasant.
