Sitting in a luxurious carriage, looking out the window at the changing scenery as the height continued to rise, Wang Yu was a little surprised. Can a little person like himself have the opportunity to meet the king?
It's not that he has low self-esteem or anything, it's just that he feels a little too fast. He has only been in this royal city for a few months, and his strength can basically only be seen.
"Probably because of the professor and Captain Shugein. If the professor still has the identity of a dragon, his status will definitely not be as simple as it seems."
Wang Yu analyzed the reasons for being summoned this time and concluded that it was still attributed to the identities of Siege and Xiugeyin.
The carriage was driving on the road that carried the peak of the palace. The height of this peak called the "Throne" was exaggerated. It would take at least half an hour for the carriage to reach the top of the spiraling road.
In this world where the highest level of physical transportation is similar to a train, such exaggerated roads are quite rare.
However, this seemingly troublesome mode of transportation is mainly for envoys or guests. The wide roads and the magic crystal lanterns dotting the entire mountain peak on both sides are also used to a large extent to demonstrate Arestle's strong national power. As for the face project, everyone knows it.
As for the way in and out of the palace, although it is relatively expensive, considering the financial resources of the royal family, it is completely affordable to use a large teleportation circle.
The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down. When it was almost approaching the palace, there was no need to rush so fast. There were clouds of smoke outside the carriage window, making it look misty.
Wang Yu's eyesight is very good and can penetrate clouds and fog. In this way, he can see the blurry buildings of the royal city. The scenery is indeed great.
"It's true that it's easy to defend but hard to attack, but if they all come to the palace, this kingdom will not be far from being destroyed."
In Wang Yu's opinion, this palace built on a mountain peak is indeed a bit flashy. In his opinion, most of its functions are more ornamental than practical.
"But if the main function is to maintain the authority and superior image of the royal family in the hearts of the people, then it is indeed qualified. And I seem to have thought less about it. Sometimes the role of being easy to defend and difficult to attack is not to deal with foreign enemies, but also with your own family. .”
While thinking, the carriage had arrived near its destination and continued to slow down little by little.
The carriage stopped, and Xiugeyin, Sieg, Xiaer and Wang Yu got out of the carriage together and came to the main entrance of the palace.
After all, Aviya was not a member of the Night Blade special operations team, so she did not follow. Instead, she chose to stay at home on Red Maple Street and wait.
Three teams of well-armed Imperial Guards lined up in front of the main entrance of the palace. They had giant swords, heavy armor, and magicians flying around with their permanent levitation skills. This gatekeeping procession was an exaggeration.
A heavy-armored knight who looked to be the captain walked up to Siege and Shougeyin. After bowing, he politely asked them to show their IDs. It seemed that Siege and Shougeyin were still known to many people. All procedures must be followed.
Sieg took out the piece of parchment. The knight captain handed the piece of paper to a magician who fell from the sky for inspection. He respectfully greeted the four of them. The metal door slowly rumbling with sound. Open it, showing the interior of the magnificent hall to the four people.
"The king is a very powerful man. If you feel pressured later, there is no need to resist. Just keep your head down and you will feel better." Sieg turned his head and reminded Wang Yu and Xiaer who were here for the first time.
"Ah, this." Charles scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
"Yeah." Wang Yu's response was much simpler, but what he cared about was that he thought he would see the king's stand-in or send messages through the air this time, but he didn't expect to see the king himself.
Doesn't this take into account issues such as assassinations, or does it not matter at all because of the absolute strength and home field advantage?
The decoration of the palace is unexpectedly simple, and it does not have the nouveau riche style of deliberately flaunting its power and wealth. Generally speaking, the word "generous" can be used to describe this Arestle palace.
The internal buildings all have very high domes, and the decoration style is that of a classical style. From the perspective of people like Wang Yu who don’t know much about art, this kind of decoration with simple masonry and sculptures is better than the kind of decoration with famous paintings. The ones that deliberately express the so-called artistic atmosphere are much better.
This palace, which looks as majestic from the outside as the royal city in Dark Souls of Earth or other medieval-era games, also looks similarly shocking from the inside.
It is wide and complex. You can see a large number of soldiers and servants coming and going in this large palace that is easy to get lost. Some are patrolling, and some are diligently cleaning this palace, which has too many places that need to be cleaned. .
Many civil servants with the unique medals of Aleister officials as identification hurriedly passed by holding documents and papers with wet ink.
When they saw Sieg and Sieg, they looked a little startled and then stopped respectfully to salute Sauge and Sieg. It seemed that the status of the two in Arestle was indeed very high, and this time The incident also caused a lot of trouble for these officials to deal with.
The palace is full of busy atmosphere. The turmoil caused by the demonic invasion is far from over. The end of the incident is just the beginning. The liquidation and recovery after the incident are only now officially underway.
There is no need for any waiters to lead the way. Shugeyin and Zig are enough to lead the way. A few people can just walk straight along the largest aisle. The surrounding decorations gradually become more luxurious, and more and more people are fully armed. Soldiers also began to appear.
The defense was being upgraded, and it was obvious that the four of them were close to their destination. These soldiers did not cast their gaze over them, but Wang Yu could clearly feel the feeling of being watched.
These feelings of being watched not only come from these soldiers who can feel powerful even if their breath leaks, but also partly from the building of the palace itself.
The magic circle embedded in the wall here is watching them all the time. If you want to take action here, death without a burial place is a normal outcome.
The parchment was shown in front of the two guards who had obviously reached the level of the Great Knight guarding the gate. The two gatekeepers pushed the heavy door open, and in front was where the king summoned them.
The moment Wang Yu followed Shugen and Sieg into the room, he caught a glimpse of the king sitting on the throne out of the corner of his eye.
It was a man with a very majestic face and white beard and hair. He looked somewhere between middle-aged and old. At this moment, his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was closing his eyes to rest. When the door was opened, his eyelids relaxed. Lift slowly.
Wang Yu didn't feel that there was anything special about this king who was said to be very powerful. Even his appearance seemed to Wang Yu to be that of a handsome middle-aged Western man.
As for the aura brought by the majestic face, Wang Yu felt like the extremely serious class teacher in high school. His face was majestic, but when it came to anything else, it was gone.
However, Wang Yu kept releasing all the time, and the ripples with a range of three meters that were not blessed by the void captured the changes in the status of the other three people in the special operations team around him.
When the door opened, the three of them were all shocked. Shugen and Sieg only paused for a moment, and it was obvious to Ciel.
This guy who is usually very cheerful and not afraid in front of his boss is now acting a little unusually reserved.
It's not the kind of feeling that arises due to psychological tension when meeting a high-ranking person. In that case, Charles will tremble, but now, Charles is just acting unusually "quiet", feeling very constrained.
His head, which had always been looking straight, also lowered, avoiding looking at the king. Charles's abnormal behavior also made Wang Yu realize that the king did have some kind of aura, but it was just like the professor's dragon power. Wang Yu You can't feel it or notice it.
To avoid appearing too outrageous, Wang Yu lowered his head as Ciel did and walked into the palace where the king was "quietly".
Walking into the palace where the king is, you can feel that there are many people standing around, probably ministers of the palace, but as a courtesy when meeting the king, none of the four people can turn around and look around.
Sieg and Shugeyin should have met many times. Wang Yu didn't care. This guy Charles probably wanted to look around the most, but under the double pressure of etiquette and the king's aura, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything. idea.
All four of them knelt on one knee, put their hands on their chests and bowed their heads slightly. Arestle's traditional etiquette was somewhat similar to Earth's.
"Get up." The king's majestic voice sounded, and the four people also raised their heads. From observing Ciel's subtle performance, with the king's words, the aura should have weakened a lot, at least Ciel's The feeling of being constrained disappeared a lot.
Continuing to observe with his peripheral vision, Wang Yu noticed that among the people who should be very important standing next to the king's throne, there was a guy he was familiar with, Brother Garcia. Wang Yu's peripheral vision noticed that he was looking at him with a smile. , nodded slightly.
"Your performance in this incident was very good. When ordinary members of the Night Blade were anchored in "Darkness of the Sky", they quickly discovered the origin of this incident. Although they did not successfully prevent it, the timely processing was also reduced. There were a lot of casualties and losses and I'm satisfied."
"Wang Yu, Charles Ryder, and Edward Lyon, these three newcomers performed very well in this incident."
"Your captain has already reported your contribution. After this, your rewards will be handed over to you by the Minister of Finance soon, especially Wang Yu. You can choose a rare item that is not at the strategic level. This is your help. A reward for recovering a strategic-level rare item."
Wang Yu was a little surprised. He recovered a strategic-level rare object? Why don't I know, but if there is any benefit, I just take it and think about what to do.
"However, there is one thing that makes me very dissatisfied. I, Doron Charlemagne, am very dissatisfied with this..." The king's tone before could be said to be full of majesty and calmness, but at this moment his tone suddenly turned sharply, and there was a deep coldness in it. Brewing.
A certain kind of aura swept over the entire audience at a certain moment. Except for Wang Yu, who couldn't feel the aura, everyone else's faces turned pale.
Ciel, a guy who was probably at the bottom of the field in terms of strength and didn't have the experience and mentality of those ministers, almost collapsed when his legs went weak.
Fortunately, the king's sudden burst of momentum lasted for a short time, otherwise it would be difficult to say how many people would kneel down on the spot.
"According to the reported news, this incident was not even caused by people from the Kingdom of Seventan, nor was it caused by some creature in the void, but by our own people, the nobles of the kingdom..."
"Punya Ryder, a member of the Ryder family, started preparing for the demon summoning ritual a few months ago. A large number of residents in the walled area were marked as materials and transferred within a day and the ritual was completed! This is The explanation your Ryder family gave me?"
The king narrowed his eyes and glanced at a man standing on the side of the palace, the current head of the Ryder family, Hessen Ryder.
"I'm sorry, this is a serious mistake by our Ryder family. Purnia may have been obscured by something or changed her vision of the future, so she behaved like this, and we think it is likely that, devil."
"Devil...? But I can also see the sincerity of your Ryder family. It seems that this matter is indeed Purnia's personal behavior."
"Historically, the ability of your Ryder family has indeed resolved many dangers for the kingdom. I will not hold any charges this time, but you must do what you should do next, understand."
Doron Charlemagne thought for a moment, and then responded. He seemed to pick up the Ryder family's problem casually and then put it down gently.
"Thank you, His Majesty Doron, for your kindness and trust." Hessen Ryder saluted respectfully, and then stepped aside.
"Sure enough, as long as it is not a complete rebellion, the king cannot give up the Ryder family's special ability that can save the kingdom from danger. It is a very simple and useful method to use it lightly and use both kindness and power. Now that he has put it down, he will vomit behind his back. I don’t know how many things will come out.”
Wang Yu had been observing Charles's wildly changing and tangled expression when his father was being interrogated. It was a bit funny, but Wang Yu had expected the handling of the Ryder family's actions in this incident.
"But I won't let go of the next family so easily. Colin Moriarty himself has been eroded by the void and has completely become an existence that needs to be cleaned up."
"The personal maid is also the housekeeper, Hela, who has been involved in the theft of many rare objects. Many cases of lost rare objects are also related to her. This time, with the help of Wang Yu, the heavyweight strategic item "Time-Made Hourglass" was recovered. object, so I shouldn’t have any objections to Wang Yu’s reward.”
Wang Yu was a little surprised. It turned out that the guy he killed was called Hela? She actually had a strategic-level rare item. It seemed that she was in too bad a state to use it when he attacked her. Otherwise, it might not be that easy to kill her.
"At the same time, during the large-scale investigation and manhunt of the Moriarty family carried out by the Imperial Army after the death of Colin Moriarty, they discovered a lot of information on private handovers and intelligence sharing with the Kingdom of Seventan. In other words, The Moriarty family has committed treason..."
The king's tone was cold as he cleared up the charges against Moriarty, a large aristocratic family that had the same theoretical status as the Ryder family.
"Thressi, McOton, and Hyde, these three families, you are too close to the Moriarty family. I will only give you a warning this time. You will not be let off so easily next time..."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"clear!"
"I promise, never again!"
The heads of several named families were sweating on their foreheads, and they hurriedly respectfully promised and thanked the king for his mercy.
"The hero of the investigation of Moriarty's treason this time is still the Night Blade's special operations team. The intensity of the battle with the void creature is obvious to all, so here is a special award to Sieg Wilsbach, Xiu Gein Smoak, the new Order of Dominance.”
"Ciel Ryder has changed from the first heir to the royal heir in the Ryder family's succession."
"Wang Yu's status as a civilian in his country has been changed to the same status as the Viscount, but he does not enjoy the fief. As compensation, his status in the Blade of the Night will be upgraded by an additional level by the special operations team."
"Edward Leon...his father said there is no need to reward him, so I won't give him any extra rewards."
"Secretary of Finance!"
"exist!"
"Take them to get what they deserve."
"yes!"
After thanking the king for his generosity, the four members of Night Blade were led out of the palace by the Minister of Finance.
The door is closed.
The king glanced around at the people present.
"Having said that, I don't want to see anyone from the Moriarty family in Aleister territory anymore."
"clear!"
"yes."
One after another, responses echoed throughout the palace.
