Fire February 8, 795 of the New Calendar, Frey Empire, Redcar.
The atmosphere in the capital during the day seems to be as serious and stable as ever. No matter how colorful the night here is, the residents during the day are still quiet and peaceful. They tend to vent their accumulated uneasiness or depression and other negative emotions at night, and Put positive emotions such as diligence and lawfulness during the day. From ordinary city residents to ministers in the palace, everyone abides by the work they should do and contributes their share of power to their home and city-state.
Of course, most of them knew that their team was fighting outside.
Most of the soldiers and civilians across the empire have a non-committal attitude towards the war. This is not caused by their pity or indifference towards the other party, but because of their trust in their own legions - since the establishment of the Fleur Empire, large and small We fought countless battles, but we rarely suffered losses. No matter what the initial cause of those wars is, in the end it is usually resolved by the empire on the victorious side as the victor. Since the founding of the country thousands of years ago, countless nearby regional forces have come and gone in history, but the empire has always stood. This is not only related to their natural admiration of force, but also because of the endless victories brought about by these thousands of years. Strong self-confidence and military power. Therefore, every time a conflict or battle breaks out, most of the soldiers and civilians across the empire have the attitude of fighting first. Even if their side is not just, they will discuss it after the fight is over.
The same is true for the war with the principality, and it can even be said that it has always been like this - as the only two remaining major forces in the free world, the war between the empire and the principality has appeared countless times in the past history, so I will not list them one by one. The final results of these large and small battles, as well as the successive status relationships between the Empire and the Principality in these years, are enough to prove the strength of the Empire over the Principality. When citizens of the empire walking on the streets saw businessmen from the principality, even their greetings were mixed with condescending elements, not to mention some officials and soldiers who held the power of the empire. A strong attitude revealed involuntarily. As the military minister of a certain generation of the empire said: "We don't need to bow to anyone, because no one can have the face to bow to us after being defeated by us."
But today's Redcar seems to have a touch of impetuous air.
The air first came from the palace. It is said that the young lion emperor broke his most beloved glass, and then drove out the male and female attendants and guards around him. After that, an emergency came from the palace After hearing the news of the meeting, the Royal Guards responsible for protecting the security of the capital were also mobilized to secretly strictly control access to every corner of the empire. As time went by, the officials at all levels of the empire who came and went became more and more sophisticated. More and more are coming. Some keen citizens, such as vendors and major associations, have smelled some unusual meanings, and many forces operating secretly have even obtained first-hand information from certain channels.
Unlike the ignorance of ordinary city residents, they received first-hand information about the battle reports from the front lines of the empire.
The citizens of Redcar may still think that the emperor is in a bad mood today, but they know it - because of the intervention of certain people, the empire has suffered another defeat in the past ten years, regardless of the final outcome of this defeat. What was the reason? After all, it was a defeat that the emperor could not accept. Unlike countless other people who saw the result in their eyes, as the ruler of the empire and the young lion, Drenier was obviously not because of any glass. He was angry because the cup was broken. He was shocked that the frontline troops were defeated by a mere mage and crushed the cup.
"I think you all already know the general story of what happened."
It is still a gorgeous palace, but at this time, the decoration of various gems and steps in the hall is slightly inferior due to the brightness of the day. The ministers who hurried over due to the urgent summons had not even wiped the sweat off their foreheads when they broke out in a cold sweat because of the news exposed by the emperor.
"What is your evaluation of...the Mage Council's proposal?"
"This is our failure."
Several ministers in the seats were silent for a long time. Finally, the white-haired military marshal took the lead and stood up: "The empire... has not suffered such a defeat for a long time. As the highest officer, I It’s hard to escape the blame.”
The Lion Emperor waved his hand vigorously, and Marshal Reid had to sit back slowly. However, the old face seemed to have become older, and the dazzling white hair seemed to have lost its original luster.
"Bernard's guilt does not need further evaluation." The emperor's voice was still strong and deep: "What I want you to say is...how to treat the woman waiting in Zaraha City."
"Of course, drive her back!"
The fat Minister of Finance, Pamuir, was as excited as ever: "The Empire never accepts this kind of negotiation! If you want us to bow to the Principality, let us really speak with swords and guns on the battlefield!"
The minister with parted hair waved his fists and his voice was equally impassioned. But after only two seconds, he slowly sat back because the man sitting in the emperor's seat in the center was staring at him with narrowed eyes. look.
"...Susas."
"His Majesty."
"what is your opinion?"
"...I don't know." The young man paused, and then continued: "I only know...to send the information to you intact."
"snort!"
Although the dull cold snort was brief, it echoed in the corners of the palace, giving everyone who heard it a suffocating feeling. But the next moment, that feeling disappeared, because the emperor had turned his gaze in another direction.
"Caldera, tell me."
"The minister believes that... someone should be sent to the meeting."
"you!"
The Finance Minister was about to stand up with his barely visible neck, but was interrupted by a young man on the other side: "I agree too."
"Oh?" The lion set his sights on the pale young man: "Simon, this time...what do you know?"
"I know more than you, Your Majesty, will ever know." Simon, who still kept a smile on his face, first gave the emperor a respectful courtesy, and then continued to echo the prime minister's previous words: "But from what we have Judging from the existing information, there is no harm in talking to the representatives of the seven-person parliament..."
The emperor did not answer, but continued to look at him with a dull look.
"...Okay." The pale man shrugged indifferently: "I...I really don't know what that woman wants to do, but...what I know is , she must have information that I didn’t have before.”
"It's my information." Simon repeated: "It's not Susas's."
The emperor's eyes opened a little.
"The Council of Mages has never made such a move." Simon replied calmly: "So I believe that she...or they must have a reason to do this."
"Why don't we hear their reasons...or justifications?"
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"Hey, hey, hey...what do you want to do, can you explain it first!"
"There's no time to explain, just follow us first...it's really heavy..."
"It's time for you to lose weight."
"The laborer himself weighs two hundred kilograms, and this armor weighs more than one hundred kilograms. It would be strange if it doesn't sink... Hey, hey, you are abusing the wounded!"
"Okay, brother, stay calm. Art, keep an eye on him and don't let him move... How do you use this thing?"
"Just stick the sword in."
"...Why doesn't it work? Is my sword too short?"
"...Let me do it."
"..."
"Why no response?"
"By the way, which way did you twist last time..."
"left."
"Then twist it to the right..."
Next to the huge square pit, Nan Tieshan was lying on the ground. He looked at Duan Qing and Xue Ling Huan Bing with some amusement. They were guarding the wall and studying mysteriously, just like two people who were studying. A primary school student studying some taboo matter.
"Any reaction?"
"...I didn't hear anything."
"Did I guess wrong again?"
"Maybe there was a malfunction elsewhere." The woman in the black cloak shook her head: "Maybe it was because of the previous battle..."
"It's really hard not to have a mage. I want to recruit a mage when I go back. Although it's hard to say whether anyone in our broken guild will take notice... Hey, hey, don't move yet, let me Feel it."
"...You can feel something, and you don't know magic."
"How do you know that I can't... No, how do you know that people who don't know magic can't feel it?" Duan Qing said angrily: "Give me a chance first and let me try... ..."
"I'm talking about you two!"
The big man lying on the side still unable to move couldn't help shouting: "What on earth are you doing..."
call!
A gust of swaying wind suddenly blew past him - in front of everyone's eyes, the platform that had previously soared into the darkness passed by them at an extremely fast speed with the sound of wind, and then sank directly to the bottom of the giant pit. .
"...It went down!"
After a period of silence, several people shouted.
"How do you make it stop... No, no, how do you make it come back?"
"Currently we only have the method to rotate the small hole...but we should have the method to make it come up."
"Turn left quickly, turn left..."
"Don't rush me, I've already turned back."
Not long after, the black platform passed by them and soared up again.
"...Let's study how to stop it." After another period of silence, Nan Tieshan said helplessly: "Otherwise I will be scared to death sooner or later, this thing is silent. .....”
"No, maybe we can."
Duan Qing thought for a while, then nodded to Xue Ling Huan Bing: "Let's unscrew it first. Can you...can catch up later?"
"I should be fine."
"That's okay..." After indicating that the other party could start, Duan Qing quickly ran to the side of the black-armored man and dragged him up: "Brother, you are also ready."
"what to prepare?"
As soon as an ominous feeling arose in Nan Tieshan's heart, the black platform passed by him again, but this time, the woman had quickly twisted the long sword in another direction, and then pulled out her weapon.
"Prepare......"
Grabbing the opponent's heavy body, Duan Qing gritted his teeth and threw Nan Tieshan down the pit.
"Facing the impact!"
“Ahhhhh——”
Boo!
At the same time as the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, Duan Qing glanced behind him, and then shouted to the young man beside him: "Art, follow me!"
"Huh? Oh..."
The latter hesitated for a moment, and then was pushed down by a huge force.
"You still expect him to dance by himself..."
The expected feeling of falling did not appear. Art hurriedly opened his eyes and found that everyone had arrived on the platform and was moving rapidly as the platform rose. The woman's voice came from behind him, and just as he was about to look back, the scene in front of him suddenly blurred - that was the feeling of the hall surrounded by green light they were in before, flashing before their eyes.
"You guys..." The big man in black armor was still lying flat on the black stone: "Do you want to murder me, the captain?"
"Don't worry, we've already taken the elevator." Duan Qing squatted aside and said, "Right away..."
"We're almost at the end."
The speed of the platform is very fast. They have experienced it before, but Duan Qing has no idea where this platform can take them. He can only hope that the things left from ancient times can be used as much as possible. Take them to a higher place, as close as possible to the top of the mountain that the players yearn for, and at the same time pray that this device, which may have been through for thousands of years and can't even find the switch, will not have any problems on the way. After all, they have already embarked on this road of no return, and it seems impossible to find any switch to send them back.
The players were okay, but the NPC... looked at the young man from the Nosir tribe who had been accompanying him, and Duan Qing silently recited Amitabha in his heart - No matter what is on it, you still ask for blessings. Come on, boy.
But in the end, the worst-case scenario that was imagined did not happen - the extremely fast platform reached the highest point it could reach in no time, and when everyone emerged from the obviously much smaller hall, They immediately discovered a strange device standing quietly next to the elevator.
"From a structural point of view, this thing should be able to control this platform." After checking the tattered device that was scattered on the ground, especially the small hole on the back of the device, Xueling Huanbing first issued the order Conclusion: "This is good, we can still go back..."
"Rom!"
The young man who had been silent until now suddenly rushed to the corner of the stone room: "Rom!"
Others looked in the direction of Art and saw a figure who was dressed vaguely like the Nosier tribe, lying on the ground near the exit. But judging from the initial state, that person seems to be dead.
"Rom! Oh, Rom, how could you die here..."
After checking, Duan Qing shook his head at the rest of the people, and then looked at the young man who was crying and didn't know what to say. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had some friendship with the Nosier tribe, seemed to be responding to what he was calling. There was still some impression of the name, and he explained in a low voice: "He was once a young warrior, and he should also be a young man who failed to pass the test..."
"...Then it feels strange that he died in this place...Hey, where are you going?"
Duan Qing rubbed his chin and began to instinctively think about some possible reasons. However, before he could sink into his thoughts, the crying young man suddenly stood up from the ground and wiped himself. face, then gritted his teeth and rushed out from the exit.
