In the city of Faruzanlia, the capital of the Rekart Empire, the security in the city has been slightly unstable in the past two days, and the city defense troops have also been dispatched many times.
Obviously, by today, many ordinary people must have learned more or less some gossip from various channels. They know that the world will soon undergo a major reshuffle, and they also know that the empire The top management of the company will soon leave the capital and go to a place with an uncertain future, so some guys with ideas in their hearts began to become active.
But it is a pity that under the strong suppression of Emperor Barnhardt and the commanders of the four armies, those ill-intentioned careerists were quickly uprooted along with their forces. And then, as of today, the entire capital of the empire The city became calm again.
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The night was just right. Looking out from the window sill of the Royal Palace Castle in Faruzanlia City, the prosperous imperial capital was still as prosperous as ever. Pedestrians in the night market were coming and going, and it was so bustling.
In addition to ordinary citizens and merchants, the imperial knights holding high torches or magic lighting tools are also patrolling and patrolling in the special passages with high loyalty, and closely monitoring every dark place in the city. Corner, be careful to prevent those scoundrels from coming out again and taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
"..."
However, no matter how nice those nights were, Barnhardt was not in the mood to look, because at this time, he was standing in front of the window, silently looking at the magic sword Alhasato in his hand. Know what's on your mind.
"..."
After looking at it, he raised his head blankly and looked out the window at the prosperous imperial capital.
Once upon a time, Barnhardt always thought that as long as he got this magic sword, he would gain the absolute power to unify the entire continent and bring peace and hope to everyone?
But now, he found that he was wrong, and very wrong.
No matter how powerful the magic sword is, a foreign object is still a foreign object. In the face of absolute power, what can he do even if he obtains ten magic swords?
After thinking about it, Barnhardt subconsciously glanced in a certain direction in the night sky. Although there was nothing there and could not see anything, he still looked for a while before slowly taking it back. eyes.
That floating island...
That is the Azeroth Empire. It is said that just the orc tribe in it can send millions of powerful warriors to their world this time. And with that level of terrifying power, even if he has this demon What about the sword?
Although, those words about the orcs and the million warriors were all just said by Egbert. Barnhardt himself had never actually seen them. However, he did not doubt his old partner who was cautious by nature. if.
Therefore, the current situation of their empire is: if they want to resist, they will definitely not be able to fight, and there is no way to fight, because apart from sacrificing the lives of the soldiers in vain, it will have no effect at all!
Because of this, he had made the final decision to personally take the four generals of the empire to the floating island.
In addition to the last trace of stubbornness in his heart, he also had to see with his own eyes whether the floating island and the Azeroth Empire were really that powerful. Is it really possible to allow all ethnic groups to coexist peacefully after reunifying the continent and bring real peace and new hope to the world?
If it is true, maybe he will peacefully hand over his power and country?
After all, he climbed from an ordinary soldier to the position of the emperor. He has seen too much bloodshed and power struggle. If there is a force that he is willing to believe or worthy of his belief, he will And if it can replace him better, then maybe it is a good choice?
Besides, he doesn't have any good ideas now. The development of things has long been independent of his wishes. He has no choice...
"snort!"
After a while, Baharent snorted in annoyance, then turned around and walked to his throne. He leaned on the magic sword and slowly sat on his emperor's throne, and began to close his eyes and meditate. .
The day after tomorrow, he and Leon would set off to the floating island that he hated, feared and was curious about.
At that time, the best case scenario is that he can return here and be a little lord here, living the carefree life of a rich man with his queen and a group of old friends.
And the worst case scenario is that you may never come back...
Therefore, his decision and actions this time will definitely be very dangerous!
But there was no way, he had to go!
After all, there is still a glimmer of hope if you go, and if you don't go, you will completely lose that glimmer of hope. He, Barnhardt, is not one of those idiots in Karsus City. He naturally knows what to do. Make the best choice.
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"Well?"
"Egbert?"
At this time, I don’t know how long it took, Barnhardt, who was sitting on the throne with a sword, suddenly opened his eyes, and looked up strangely at his old friend who was walking towards the throne hall step by step. .
"It's so late, why don't you rest?"
"Or……"
"Are you like me and can't sleep?"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, Barnhardt joked like a self-deprecater.
In his opinion, it was normal for the other party to be unable to sleep. Anyway, Barnhart himself would definitely not be able to sleep. Otherwise, he wouldn't be sitting here thinking about things alone at night.
"His Majesty!"
"I just received news that a terrifying and huge explosion occurred south of the Esdru Temple!"
"As for the explosion site, all the forests within a radius of ten miles were destroyed."
Egbert was not long-winded. After approaching the throne, he straightforwardly reported what happened to him that he came here late at night.
"!!"
"What did you say?"
"Explosion? A radius of ten miles?"
Barnhardt was startled for a moment. He didn't expect that at this juncture, something so important would happen that Egbert would come to him personally in the middle of the night and report to him face to face.
"etc!"
"You mean..."
"To the south of the Great Temple of Esdru?"
After frowning and thinking for a while, Barnhardt stood up from the throne, and then walked quickly to the carvings next to the main hall, carrying his magic sword that he was unwilling to let go of while sleeping. In front of a huge mural with a map of the continent of Elsaria.
"The Great Temple of Light, to the south..."
"Here it is!"
"right?"
Soon, Barnhardt found the reference point on the map, and then stretched out the magic sword in his hand to the south and pointed at a certain approximate location.
"Here it is!"
"Go further north!"
"Right here not far from this lake."
Egbert didn't say anything, just walked over and corrected some of Barnhardt's mistakes at the end.
"But this is not our leader..."
"oh!"
"I remembered, this is now the territory of our empire. It originally belonged to Sarras, but we defeated it some time ago."
"Then, you said you would leave it to the Temple of Light to manage it, right?"
As he spoke, Barnhart gave a rare grin to himself.
Previously, in order to capture the Witch of Light, the relationship between their empire and the Lucilis Cult was very tense. Therefore, in order to ease the relationship between the two parties, Egbert proposed to move the deserted area they occupied. The mountain range was directly assigned to the Great Temple of Light, and the Lucilis Cult was placed in charge, and then their empire's attack on the temple was settled.
"but……"
"You just said... this area of more than ten miles was bombed into flat ground. Are you sure you are right?"
After laughing, Barnhardt turned his head and frowned in confusion.
He obviously knew what kind of terrifying power it would take to blow up an area of more than ten miles in an instant, and it must be enough to blow up his imperial capital of Faruzanlia, his palace and fortress, and the surrounding areas in an instant. They were all destroyed!
And with that kind of power, even the kind of legion-level forbidden magic released by the magisters of the Empire's Black Dragon Magister Legion, such as large earthquakes or meteorites, would not be able to reach that level of destructive power. .
"Yes!"
"And Your Majesty, the power is probably even more terrifying than what I said it is?"
"Just now!"
"Our nearby Imperial Griffin Knights have rushed to investigate overnight. At the explosion point, a large crater hundreds of meters deep was directly blasted into the ground, and the ground there was directly burned to the ground. It’s like glass!”
"besides……"
"The forests and vegetation in the surrounding area of nearly twenty miles have been burned away, the ground has turned into sand, the rivers have dried up, and there are raging magical turbulence everywhere!"
"That land is dying little by little..."
Egbert said quietly and added the situation at the scene bit by bit.
Although he didn't go there in person, he saw the tragic scene through detection magic and wizard's eyes. The situation was roughly consistent with what the Griffin Knights observed on the spot. In some places, the situation was even worse. .
"!!"
"Who did it?"
Finally, Barnhart understood the seriousness of the matter and asked with a straight face.
"have no idea!"
"But Your Majesty, many Imperial soldiers in the nearby Imperial post saw it. They all said that they only saw a white light shooting down from the sky, and then an explosion occurred, and the huge orange-red fireball reflected red In the sky, even people as far away as Elis City can see it.”
Egbert stated with a somewhat apprehensive frown.
Because, as far as he knew, a level of magic like that was considered magic? In short, even his teacher, the great magician Jessica, would never be able to use such magic at her peak. Therefore, this is the real reason why he immediately came to report to their Emperor. .
"A white light..."
"Falling from the sky?"
Barnhardt looked back at the map on the wall and began to think about it.
"But!"
"Egbert, I remember that there didn't seem to be any villages or towns in that place, right?"
"Why would someone bombard there with that level of magic?"
"etc!"
"you say……"
At this time, Barnhardt seemed to suddenly think of something, then quickly stopped talking, lowered his voice and asked through gritted teeth:
"Could it be..."
"That floating island was made by someone from the Azeroth Empire?"
"So, they deliberately chose that place where there was no one, and then demonstrated against us or the people in our world?"
The more Barnhard spoke, the more reasonable he felt, and at the same time, his expression became even more ugly.
If the explosion was really caused by those people from the Azeroth Empire, then they would have to go to the floating island to attend the conference and accept all the reasonable and unreasonable conditions of the other party. There really is no choice.
Although their empire has decided to go, there is still a huge difference between going on their own initiative and being forced to go by using terrifying weapons.
"Probably not."
"Your Majesty, look!"
However, Egbert shook his head and stretched out his hand to draw on the map of Elusalia continent on the wall.
"The floating island is located here, above the Yanfeng Valley Mountains. It has never moved."
"And that white light..."
"According to the description of the soldiers at the outpost, it seems to have been shot from the sky to the ground. The location is very different from the area where the floating island is located. It is not in the same direction and angle at all!"
As if he was afraid that the emperor would not understand, Egbert thought for a while and used light and shadow magic to create a white light that shone at the bombed area.
"!!"
"You mean..."
"Isn't it really made by that floating island?"
Barnhardt was stunned. He didn't understand. If the people on that island hadn't done it, then who else in the world would have that level of terrifying power?
"I am also not certain."
Egbert shook his head.
It's a pity that the imperial capital is too far away from that place. Otherwise, if he could see it with his own eyes, he would definitely be able to guess more things, instead of being so suspicious like now.
"..."
Barnhart fell silent.
He just turned around slowly with a heavy face and frowned at the map engraved on the wall, not knowing what he was thinking.
"!!"
"who is it?!"
Suddenly, Egbert yelled angrily.
Then, just when he took out his exquisite short wand and was about to cast a spell, a bright light of teleportation magic flashed, and soon, a strange guy wearing brown armor and a black cloak appeared. In front of the two of them.
"!!"
"There is an assassin!!"
"Protect Your Majesty!!!"
At the same time, around the throne room, a large group of Imperial Guards Lancers rushed out in time, and pointed the ice-blue sharp blades in their hands, which were obviously enchanted spears, at the man. The guy who broke in rashly.
"!!"
"Is it Bozanlu?"
"snort!"
"You rude guy, I should have revoked your teleportation permission earlier!"
After seeing the person clearly, Egbert relaxed a little and yelled angrily.
"You guys stand down first!"
Seeing that it was the demon Bozanlu, Emperor Barnhardt also frowned and relaxed, and waved his hand to repel the dutiful Imperial Royal Guards Lancers.
Barnhardt is obviously very familiar with the Bozanlu, and also knows the approximate capabilities of the other party. But now, with him and Egbert around, if the other party dares to make any small move, he will definitely be killed in the next second. It was on the spot, so there was no need to be too nervous.
"Say it!"
"Bozanlu, what can you do?"
Then, of course, Barnhardt asked rudely:
Because, after the floating island appeared and issued the ultimatum, their empire and the demons had basically nothing to cooperate with. And now, the other party came here alone late at night, presumably, there must be something important. ?
"certainly!"
"Your Majesty, I came here specifically to retrieve the magic sword this time."
First he looked at Egbert, who looked dissatisfied, and then Bozenru spoke slowly in a tone that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.
"Devil, Demon Sword?"
"!!"
"Do you want to die?!"
Hearing that the other party dared to say such rude and ignorant words in front of him, Barnhardt's expression changed on the spot, and while he clenched the magic sword, the power in his body began to surge crazily.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Seeing this, the Guards Lancers who had just retreated surrounded them again, and while protecting the Emperor and Egbert, they also aimed their numerous shining spear points at the tired man. of intruders.
"snort!"
"Bozanlu, you are too arrogant."
"You think you can get it?"
At the same time, Egbert also began to tighten his grip on the short wand in his hand again and began to prepare some kind of counter-magic.
"etc!"
However, after seeing the actions of Barnhardt and Eggbert, and seeing himself surrounded by heavy troops, Bozenru was not afraid, nor did he really intend to rob them.
"Don't you think..."
"I don't want to know what happened to the big explosion south of the Esdru Temple that you were just discussing?"
He just smiled ferociously and raised his head with a strange expression, looking at the slightly astonished Emperor Barnhardt and Egbert saying this.
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