As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain. The expeditionary army pursued Silver Claw's defeated army all the way to the outside of Silver Eagle Territory City.
Silver Eagle Territory, also known as "Eagle City", is located at the mouth of the Chahe River in the middle and lower reaches of the Ambergris River. Because of its relatively high terrain, it is named "The Land of Eagles and Birds". It has been the royal city of the Silver Claw Principality since ancient times.
Due to continuous fighting, the expeditionary force was very exhausted. After all, the Silver Eagle Territory was a territory that the Wei family had managed for hundreds of years, with lush branches and deep trees. No one can tell how many variables are hidden in it, so Chen Xing did not rush to attack the city, but retreated to Baiyingjiao, a large town closest to the Silver Eagle Territory.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
In the passage of the castle, the king came hurriedly, and the guards quickly gave way.
At this moment, the king's clothes were messy, his expression was anxious, his face and body were covered with dust, and the crown on his head was crooked, completely missing the look that a king should have.
However, what these guards didn't know was that earlier, their king was hunted down like a lost dog. Compared with that time, his current image was more than ten times better.
Perhaps only Wei Haitang himself knows how embarrassed he was at that time. Not even taking care of his own son, the situation can be imagined. Wei Haitang, who lost the twelve Knights of the Round Table, was like a tiger with all its teeth pulled out. He had no other choice but to escape.
In the blink of an eye, Wei Haitang rushed into the hall, shut out the others with his backhand, then rushed to the throne, groped around on the armrest, found a secret button, and pulled it hard.
"Click, click, click..."
The sound of fine gears came from under the throne, and the heavy throne slowly moved forward, revealing a secret passage below.
Wei Haitang looked around to make sure there was no one else in the hall, then turned and walked into the secret passage.
After a while, Wei Haitang came out of the secret passage, and the front suddenly opened up. It turned out to be a giant underground palace.
The beams and columns are carved with flowers, birds, fish, insects, flying dragons and flying phoenixes, and the decoration is extremely gorgeous.
In the center of the underground palace, there was a huge coffin.
There are several thick pipelines on the ground, one end is connected to the coffin, and the other end is connected to various large instruments against the wall of the underground palace.
The instrument's indicator light glows green and appears to be running. It's more like some kind of scientific research instrument than a coffin.
Arriving in front of the coffin, Wei Haitang's nervousness relaxed. It seemed that as long as he came here, he would be completely safe. But there was a little more anxiety on his face.
After pondering for a long time, he took a long breath, rearranged his messy clothes, patted the dust off his body, wiped off the stains on his face, and straightened the crown symbolizing the king on his head. After checking it several times and confirming that there was no problem, I came to the coffin, opened the control panel on the side, and entered a set of numbers.
"Unfreeze the program and start it!"
When he pressed the enter button, a mechanically synthesized female voice sounded from above the underground palace.
"Boom!"
The coffin vibrated and made a loud noise. All the instruments turned red and seemed to be running at full capacity.
"laugh……"
Cold mist sprayed out from the small holes in the coffin and lasted for several minutes until the cold air inside was completely exhausted. The coffin slowly rose, then tilted, then stood upright.
The lid of the coffin slowly opened upwards, and a figure came out and stood in front of Wei Haitang.
This is a very old man with very deep wrinkles, like black ditches, covering his entire thin and gaunt face. The whole body exudes a deep aura of twilight. Even if he is still alive and standing here with his eyes open, people can't help but wonder whether he will fall down and die in the next moment.
And it was such a dying old man who brought a huge sense of security to the Lord of Silver Claw.
"Did you wake me up?" The old man seemed to have just woken up and was still a little uncomfortable. His voice was hoarse and weak, and you had to listen carefully to hear it clearly.
The leader of the Silver Claw Kingdom knelt down towards the old man, raised his hands in the ancient salute, "Wei Haitang, the sixteenth generation leader of the Wei family, has met my grandfather!"
This old man is none other than Wei Tianyu, the fourteenth generation head of the Wei family.
Wei Tianyu was the first generation of legendary strongmen in the Red Earth World after the Cataclysm, the founder of the Silver Claw Principality, and one of the most trusted generals of Malan 22nd.
The title of Marquis of the Wei family was passed down from him.
Generally speaking, if there is no particularly great meritorious service, except for those who follow the monarch to conquer the world and direct members of the royal family, nobility titles such as marquis, duke, and grand duke will not be awarded.
On the Red Earth Continent, the royal family refers to the top nobles such as the Malan family of the Red Kingdom and the Zhao family of the Qing Kingdom. The royal family refers to the upper-class nobles such as the Silver Claw Wei family and the Red Dragon Maris family. The wealthy family refers to the Ye Yang of Gray Corner City. Local nobles like the Shiraishi family in Dashanling. As for people like Chen Xing, they are the lower-class nobles.
Wei Tianyu looked at Wei Haitang, and Wei Haitang was also secretly observing his grandfather. They have not met each other. Although there is only one generation in between, the time span of this generation is very huge.
Since the lifespan of an evolved person is much longer than that of ordinary people, and the king of the country has multiple wives, the age of the first wife may be hundreds of years different from that of the subsequent wives, and the ages of the offspring are naturally very different.
When Wei Haitang was born, Wei Tianyu had been asleep for who knows how many years. They can be called the most familiar strangers.
In Dr. 2591, Wei Tianyu felt that his end was approaching and his health was deteriorating, but none of his descendants were promising. In order to ensure that the rule of the Silver Claw Principality could remain in the Wei family and that the royal bloodline could continue, he chose cryonics technology to preserve his remaining lifespan.
Whenever a descendant encounters a catastrophe, he can come to the underground palace, wake him up from his slumber, and use legendary power to break the situation.
The password to unfreeze has been passed down from generation to generation, and only the leader of the Silver Claw Kingdom has it.
"What happened?" After a long time, Wei Tianyu spoke slowly.
Thinking of being chased by Chen Xing like a lost dog in the past few days and that her youngest son was also captured, Wei Haitang couldn't help but shed tears and kowtowed: "My descendants are unfilial, stupid and incompetent. Now they have been beaten at the door of their house. All I can do is disturb them." Grandfather, save your descendants from water and fire..."
At this point, Wei Haitang was already crying.
"Get up." The old man gently supported Wei Haitang's arm, "Children of the Wei family should not shed tears easily."
"yes……"
Wei Haitang stood up, then supported the old man and slowly walked out of the underground palace.
"Dudu, dudu, dudu..."
Just as Wei Haitang was awakening his grandfather Wei Tianyu, in the sky above the Second Red Dragon Army, the indicator light of the communicator was flashing in the luxuriously decorated aeroboat.
Lacey Maris sat slumped on the sofa, raising her head and staring blankly at the ceiling, letting the communicator ring next to her without any reaction.
"Princess, this is a communication from His Highness Gavin."
After much hesitation, the female adjutant chose to remind.
The communicator was quiet for a while, then rang again.
When the communicator rang for the seventh time, Lacey finally took the communicator from the female adjutant's hand and lazily pressed the answer button.
"you say……"
Her voice was listless, as if she hadn't slept all night, and her whole body was groggy and weak.
Gavin's excited voice immediately sounded over there: "Sister, you are right, Chen Xing is our biggest enemy!"
"Once he conquers the Principality of Silver Claw, the status of the Maris family will be severely challenged like never before!"
"We have to stop him!"
"My brother, have you finally woken up?" Lacey smiled bitterly.
"You are my smartest and most beautiful sister. I should have listened to you a long time ago." The other side said with some regret, "We had many opportunities before, but we all missed them..." Then he spoke with confidence. Manman said, "But it doesn't matter. As long as we, brother and sister, join forces, it will be easy to deal with a foreign upstart."
"Okay, let me think about it more."
After saying that, Lacey ignored what she wanted to say and hung up the communication directly.
She wanted to say, "It's too late..." but she couldn't.
Chen Xing defeated the two main armies of Silver Claw and the joint forces of the Four Nations Alliance, severely inflicted heavy losses on the leader of Silver Claw Kingdom, and became famous in one battle, like a slowly rising star on the Ambergris River. The prestige in the country is already at its peak, and trying to suppress it is like a dream.
Does this stupid brother think that all people in the country are blind? To attack Chen Xing at this time would be blatant treason!
There is an old saying in the Eastern Continent, water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. The people are water, and the royal family is the boat.
If the royal family is treasonous, then overthrow the royal family and replace it with another one.
"Dudu, dudu, dudu..."
The communicator rang again, and Lacey looked irritated. She gritted her teeth and wanted to smash it away, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw a line of Western Continental characters displayed on the screen.
father.
Suddenly, she had an unknown premonition.
The next morning, Lacey followed her father's request and came to the main hall of the Red Castle.
Grand Duke Salode was sitting on the throne, leaning on the armrests with his elbows, closing his eyes and concentrating. At this moment, his brows were furrowed and his face was pale. He no longer looked like the king he once was, as if he had suddenly aged into a teenager.
"Father……"
Grand Duke Salode opened his eyes, his eyes were empty and confused, like an old man. It took him a while to come back to his senses, and he smiled gently at Lacey.
"My eldest princess, you are finally here."
"It is the duty of a son to respond to his father's summons." Lacey forced out a smile, lifted up her white gauze skirt, and made a court curtsey to her father.
"Haha..." Grand Duke Salode laughed heartily. This is the eldest daughter he relies on the most. She has been extremely talented since she was a child. Not only is she among the best in studies, but she is also a hero among women in martial arts, with both civil and military skills. She rose to prominence as a young girl, and now she is a top-level sanctuary powerhouse who possesses the secondary pseudo-god "Manticore" and has awakened the heavenly weapon "Heron's Feather".
In time, it will become famous all over the world and become one of the brightest pearls on the world stage.
The father and daughter exchanged a few greetings. Lacey saw that her father was smiling bitterly, so she took the initiative to get to the point.
"I wonder if the father summoned his daughter to tell her something important in person?"
For unimportant things, video communication will do. Only when important matters related to the fate of the royal family would she be summoned to the palace.
Her hands clenched involuntarily, and her knuckles turned slightly white. She had bad premonitions, and every time they came true.
Archduke Salode's expression quickly dropped and returned to his frowning look.
After a long time, he slowly spoke: "Only our father and daughter know what happened today."
"Even from the crown prince, it must be kept secret."
"Understood." Lacey nodded slightly.
"Since September 20th last year, our old friend, Novasad, the symbol of the Red Dragon Principality and the patron saint of the Maris family, has lost contact with us..."
Grand Duke Salode's words were like a bolt from the blue, and Lacey was completely stunned. The world in her eyes seemed to be collapsing and annihilating. The red dragon Novasad used to be her biggest reliance, but now, she doesn't have any trump cards that she can use.
She only felt dizzy and shaky.
"Deng Deng..."
Her calves softened and she almost lost her balance. In order to maintain the body's balance, the long pointed heels hit the ground hard, making a crisp sound.
And what Grand Duke Salode said next made her fall into the eighteenth level of hell.
"The expeditionary force is approaching the Silver Eagle Territory and may attack the city at any time."
"Wei Haitang's grandfather Wei Tianyu is still alive. Like me, he is a legendary strongman who possesses the False God Mercury Flying Eagle."
"According to the usual practice, Chen Xing, the supreme commander of the expeditionary force, will definitely ask the country's leader to take action and use the power of legend to fight against legend."
"But in this case, Novasad's disappearance will be exposed, and the Maris family will fall into a huge political crisis."
"I need you to convince Chen Xing not to ask for help from the military or Princess Aaliya. He can ask Duke Zilan Dongfang Xuanyuan for help, or he can conquer the Silver Eagle Territory on his own."
"You are my most trustworthy and reliable daughter. In such a critical moment, only you can save the Maris family."
"I know..." Grand Duke Salode's voice became a little difficult. "You and Chen Xing seem to have some misunderstandings, but you are both young people. Relatively speaking, it is relatively easy to reach a consensus..."
Lacey's nails pierced her palms, and the hatred in her heart was like a torrential flood, but the expression on her face did not change at all. She was still cold and noble, like a swan with its head held high, looking down upon all living beings.
It's just that this swan's breasts seem too big...
Swelling and full, ready to come out.
The astonishing size and round curvature are like big white steamed buns freshly baked, exuding warmth and heat, making people unable to help but swallow their saliva.
In the last life, Chen Xing once looked at the cover of a magazine and sighed, "If I can take a bite, this life will be worth it."
"I understand." Lacey nodded calmly, saluted, and exited the hall.
After a while, Lacey returned to her princess tower. She stood on the balcony and stared at the sky for hours.
Until night falls, the stars are shining brightly.
A shooting star streaked across the sky, bringing her thoughts back to reality.
She stepped into the bathtub, took a shower, put on a thin white dress, sat in front of the dressing table, and put the golden armband on her snow-white arm.
Then she looked in the mirror, pulled out a piece of red paper from a delicate envelope, put it between her lips, and wiped it gently.
She raised her head, and the face in the mirror was so beautiful, her lips were as red as blood, and she was enchanting.
Then, she rang the bell on the small table beside the bed, called the maid, and put on a pair of high heels with thin leather straps for her.
Finally, she tied her waterfall-like hair behind her waist, tied it with a golden ribbon and tied it with a bow.
After doing all this, she called the female adjutant.
"Prepare the aerostat and take me to White Eagle Point."
The female adjutant was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly, "Are we going to attack there?"
"I'm going to inform the others now!"
According to her understanding, if she wanted to attack the expeditionary force, she would have to bring the Second Army with her.
Lacey glared at the female adjutant, who suddenly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave and felt chilled all over.
"Did I guess wrong?" The female adjutant stuttered because of fear and nervousness, "Eldest Princess, didn't the Eldest Princess go to White Eagle Point to kill that person?"
"If you say one more word, I will cut out your tongue!" Lacey's eyes flashed with coldness, as if she was about to kill someone if she made the slightest mistake.
The female adjutant shut her mouth knowingly. She remembered that the last time the eldest princess got so angry was when Archduke Salode made Gavin the crown prince.
At this moment, Lacey was in a state of ice and fire, with lava and molten iron rolling inside her body, like a volcano about to erupt, but her appearance was like a thousand-year-old iceberg, so cold that her teeth chattered.
