The summer noon of the empire is always mixed with heat and intense light, especially in the imperial capital, which is in the center of the inner city of the Burning Empire, and there is no river passing through it, which further exacerbates this sense of impetuousness in people's hearts.

Even so, the little emperor still couldn't take off the heavy imperial emperor uniform, the uniform embroidered with dragons and flames, symbolizing the greatness of the eastern country of the Flame Empire all the time.

The tall carriage belonging to the emperor soon stopped at the entrance of the palace of the Flame Empire, and Zhou Xing, who was the manager of the palace, stopped all his work from the morning when the emperor left in an airship and waited at the gate of the palace.

"Where's that Dark Demon Master Karl?"

After jumping out of the carriage impatiently, the little emperor walked briskly towards the palace and asked Zhou Xing eagerly.

"Your Majesty, he is still in the Imperial Library. As you ordered, I have selected a dozen of the strongest guards of the empire to monitor him in two shifts, day and night. And all kinds of food and daily necessities he needs are delivered on time. Zhou Xing replied after the little emperor.

"That's right, whether he is loyal or not doesn't need to be discussed for the time being, but the dark demonic power he has mastered is what the empire urgently needs now. The matter of Lin Gu, the ruling of Gubin City, was indeed my mistake, but I didn't expect Lin Zhao to use Long Qingqian's anti-rebellion action to take advantage of me, it's a pity. The little emperor said regretfully.

"Yes, if the ruler of such an important transportation and military artery as Tanibin City wants to rebel, he can just find an excuse to attack directly like Ankeshan. Moreover, he is still the ruler of Tanihama City, and with such an identity, it is easy to mobilize the imperial army of all the cities. Zhou Xing echoed.

"Yes, he disappeared in Tabin City with Yan Sheng, and he has been found now. It's ridiculous that the Yan Fa even used the excuse that he found Lin Gu and escaped. You say," said the little emperor, stopping halfway from the palace gate to the inner emperor's ruling palace.

"What does Your Majesty command?" Zhou Xing lowered his body and wondered.

"As the emperor of the empire, is there endless betrayal from the beginning of the succession?"

Faced with the little emperor's deep soul-touching question, Zhou Xing did not dare to answer easily. He knew that as an emperor, although such a question was just a simple emotion on the surface, if the answer was not thorough, he would naturally be estranged from the emperor. As the manager of the Imperial Palace, he has become the closest group of people to the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, I don't know. ”

"Yes, how can you understand this when you are not in my place. Those imperial families who were polluted by mortal blood, as well as those who themselves had a strong mortal bloodline, couldn't appreciate what Long Qing had brought at all. If they don't want another war in the world, then war must be used to stop it. Unless," said the little emperor, his face lowered, and he said in an eerie tone that sent chills down his spine, "unless there is a force that can destroy the world." ”

While the little emperor spoke, the invisible cold aura emanating from his body really made Zhou Xing feel a winter feeling that was diametrically opposed to summer, and that feeling was not only the opposite of the weather, but also the opposite of the blazing temperature.

"Let's go, in the past few days in Longqing, everything in the Imperial Palace has to be handed over to you. ”

Looking at Zhou Xing, who stopped there in a daze, the little emperor had to raise his voice and remind.

"Oh, yes, Your Majesty. Zhou Xing agreed, still following the little emperor and the guards around him who were fully armed and wearing airtight steel armor, and advanced towards the emperor's ruling palace.

The imperial palace of the empire was first built in the Yanjun period, and at first it was only one-fifth of the current area, with the imperial ruling palace as the center and radiating other buildings outward.

Because the imperial palace is at the core of the imperial capital, which is the core of imperial politics, it has been the most heavily defended area of all empires in the 500 years of imperial history.

In addition to the various areas of the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Palace also included some palaces where the Emperor lived, as well as the outer palaces where the insiders of the Imperial Palace lived. Since the little emperor did not have a spouse, and the imperial family did not have many people who dared to let the little emperor stay with him, except for a few close ones, those residential areas were particularly deserted.

On the contrary, the military station on the edge of the palace has been extremely hot since Longqing's preparations, like the sun in the sky that dares not look directly at it with the naked eye. The library of the imperial capital is interspersed between several palaces of the imperial government, and has become the most accessible place in the center of the imperial palace.

Incidentally, the Imperial Warehouse and the Imperial Tomb are located on the edge of the Imperial Palace on the edge of the Imperial Capital on the border of the Dragon Clan ruins. It is precisely because of this environment that the little emperor dared to set up the altar in the imperial tomb, so that the dragon clan that would reappear in the future could come out.

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Flame Empire, Imperial Capital Province, outside the Imperial Library.

"All of you are waiting here, and you are not allowed to enter without my orders. The little emperor commanded to enter after the door to the library had been locked by the surrounding guards.

"Your Majesty, your safety ......" Seeing this, Zhou Xing asked with some concern.

However, before he finished asking his question, he was directly interrupted by the little emperor waving his hand.

Under such circumstances, he had no choice but to retreat and wait for the Emperor with the guards.

With a "boom", the Imperial Library closed again, and the little light that had just penetrated from the outside disappeared and turned into pitch black.

This library was often visited by the young emperor when he was the crown prince, but this time it was more of a surprise and a thirst for knowledge, and now, faced with the choking dust that bounced off by the air currents, the cobwebs that condensed in the corners of the walls, and the faint light that flickered through the exterior windows, it was difficult to connect with the previous scene.

After covering his mouth and coughing a few times, under the sound of the little emperor's boots stepping on the wooden floor of the tower, he easily walked up the stairs that had been intact a month before, but now covered with cloudy liquid from nowhere and black to moldy stains, slowly suppressed the disgusting feeling, and walked towards the second floor of the library.

If the environment on the first floor of the entrance can be counted as hell, then the second floor of the library can obviously be called heaven, if not the space where the Lord is located, at least it can be regarded as purgatory a level lighter than hell.

On the second floor of the library, there was still no light and breath penetrating, and with the few kerosene lamps left in the slight darkness, Carl was still wearing the black long-distance running he had when he met Ye Mingyuan before, holding a heavy black and purple book with a dragon printed on the cover, and his eyes were fixed on it without moving at all.

It was as if for him, the time of the entire universe was nothing more than a book, and it was as if he was just a faint speck of dust in this dimension, and if he wanted to see a corner of the whole world, he had to melt his body and mind and dedicate himself to the unbright path of boundless knowledge.

"Is this the book I read with Lin Zhao that time?" the little emperor asked, and walked straight up to Karl.

"Your Majesty. Karl closed the book with a slight flustered and replied respectfully.

But he did not bow on one knee like the other officials of the empire, perhaps expressing some resistance in his heart.

"Since you are a Dark Demon Source Master, and you have been reading the Dark Book for so long, and now that Lin Gu is not here, you can only explain the power of darkness to me. The little emperor said, taking off his gloves and gently waving the dust from the seat that was not very obvious, and sat down opposite Karl's previous seat.

"I knew that when Ye Mingyuan was separated from me, something like this would inevitably happen. Is the darkness of the empire now revealed?" Karl asked with a look of distress.

"Can you answer me a question before I answer you?" asked the little emperor.

"Your Majesty, please speak. ”

"Can I believe in your loyalty?" the little emperor asked, sticking his head out in Karl's direction and looking at him with serious eyes, hoping to give him some oppression.

"Believe it or not, it's up to Your Majesty to yourself. But as a Dark Demon Origin Master, as a subject who wants this empire to prosper, I only hope that Your Majesty can cancel or suspend Longqing. Because where light appears, darkness also appears, and this is a matter of balance, and no one can stop it. Karl replied earnestly.

"Your words are similar to those of the dragon. The little emperor sighed.

"Long, who is Ye Mingyuan?"

"It's not Ye Mingyuan, he's just a dragon boy who was hurt by his own memory, he doesn't know so much. It's the dragon in the Imperial Dragon Realm who has traded with me many times. What I want to ask you this time is about Long Qing and Dark. ”

"What is Long Qing and Dark?" Karl asked.

"How to stop the appearance of darkness in the time of Longqing, and whether darkness has been quietly growing in the empire? You have been wandering around the empire since a month ago, and you can't give me any information. ”

"Then may I ask Your Majesty a question first?"

"You say. The little emperor agreed.

"Is it true that Your Majesty will not delay or cancel Longqing?" said Karl, looking up at the dim surroundings and the skylight that let in a little light.

His worries at this time, like the surrounding environment, could only see a faint light that was not obviously accessible, and the darkness that existed in reality.

"You can't comprehend the true meaning of the Dragon Clan, and you don't have the blood of the Dragon Clan, so you just need to remember one thing, my determination about the Dragon Clan, even if the empire is destroyed, will not waver in the slightest. The little emperor replied in a very resolute tone.

"In that case, my answer is as clear as your majesty's. Karl said.

"How clear?"

"The appearance of darkness cannot be stopped, for the light is strong, and the Creator must balance it. If you want to reduce the damage of Dark, you can only slow down the reappearance of the dragon's light as much as possible. One more point, I can clearly tell Your Majesty that darkness has spread deep into the imperial capital. ”

"How did it spread?" the little emperor said curiously.

"The battle between Lingu and Yansheng in Gubin City triggered a strong dark aura. When I went to Tanari Town after leaving Tanihama City, I felt a strong feeling. What may be certain now is that it was not the rebellion forged by the Lin family that caused Ye Mingyuan to turn into a dragon, but the real power induced by the darkness. And the feeling of this dark atmosphere, from Dagu Province, to Nam Giang Province, and back to Tegyo Province, has become more and more intense with time. ”