The real Yakov looks more like a warrior. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info His appearance is similar to that of his previous stand-ins. It's just that the temperaments of the two are very different. The stand-in is like a pampered nobleman, and the new emperor is more like a battle-hardened veteran.

Yakov has an ordinary appearance, his hair and pupils are basically brown, with a hint of light purple. His hair is relatively vigorous, and his skin is rough and dark.

If it weren't for the two old men who led the way. Du Shen was afraid to believe that Yakov standing in front of him was the stand-in.

Du Shen performed wizarding etiquette to Yakov, half-jokingly: "Your Excellency, is it possible, you are actually still a stand-in, right?

As he spoke, Du Shen pretended to look around, as if he wanted to find out the true emperor hiding in the corner.

"Hahaha......" Yakov laughed heroically. He quickly suppressed his smile and said apologetically, "Please forgive me for being sloppy before." My courtiers are too worried for my safety. Though I do not approve of their prudence, I cannot bear to disobey their loyalty. ”

Du Shen praised: "You are really a benevolent monarch who is sympathetic to your subordinates. ”

Yakov's smile deepened, and he stretched out his hand to the sofa opposite: "Please sit down, Your Excellency Du Shen." I've been wondering what kind of person can make the Flame Sanctuary disgraced. I can't believe that you are so young. ”

Yakov stepped back and sat down on the couch behind him.

The two old men who led Du Shen into the door turned around and walked to the door of the living room. They scattered and stood on both sides of the gate.

Du Shen sat down and swept his gaze. In the living room, which is not very spacious, and in the cloister on the second floor, there are no other figures. In the entire small building, there seemed to be only four people including Du Shen.

Yakov didn't seem to be offering any drinks or meals. He said straightforwardly: "Your Excellency, since we have already met in person, don't waste time tempting each other. Let's get straight to the point. Your Excellency, please explain your intentions directly. ”

Du Shen nodded: "On behalf of the Shadow Castle, I seek a coalition with Your Majesty." The Flame Sanctuary colluded with Prince Derick for fear of interfering in the internal affairs of the Empire. ”

"Wait," Yakov interrupted, raising his hand, "Your Excellency, you seem to have forgotten where we both stand. Although our Thunder Temple has been established, it is still in the same breath as other temples. The Empire has always adhered to the concept of the Templar and has always severely cracked down on the wizarding forces in its territory. ”

Du Shen shook his head and chuckled, as if mocking: "Your Majesty, we all know the predecessor of the temple. Eight hundred years ago, everyone was a wizard. Since you all developed from the wizarding forces. Why, we can't allow for an additional Shadow Temple in the world. Anyway, the world is so big, everyone can only occupy a certain corner. ”

Yakov's eyes lit up, and he was slightly surprised: "I didn't expect that you guys were fighting this idea!" he thought for a moment.

Du Shen waited quietly for a while. Seeing that Yakov never came back to his senses, he spoke: "We don't need either, the Thunder Empire is the first to come forward to recognize our existence." Nor will we be as greedy as the Temple of Flames. We will abide by the division of borders. For now, we just want to be private, mutually beneficial, with the Empire. ”

Yakov rubbed his chin lightly, absent-mindedly: "How to be mutually beneficial?"

"We also want to build a country," Du Shen said, "and we don't mention the trade of daily necessities." We also want to trade some sorcery resources with the Empire. And at present, we hope to use the Thunder Spear to exchange a sum of supplies with Your Majesty. ”

"What?" Yakov snapped and sat up straight. He pressed his hands on the armrests of the couch and leaned forward. Yakov's body tensed, as if he would pounce on Du Shen at any moment: "You said the Thunder Spear, the Thunder Spear, is actually in your hands?" Yakov grabbed the handrail hard, as if he was angry and regretful.

"Your Majesty, don't misunderstand," Du Shen waved his hand one after another, "The holy relic, it's not in our hands." We just know its whereabouts. ”

"Where is the relic," Yakov made no secret of his urgency, "tell me the whereabouts of the relic." I will meet your requests. If not too much!"

The so-called holy relics are only for the Thunder Sanctuary family. The Thunder Spear is indeed a strange thing, and it can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the Thunder Elemental Envoy. However, this improvement is by no means irreplaceable.

Yakov's gaffe lies primarily in the political significance of the Thunder Spear. The founding emperor of the Holy Thunder Empire, named Redding. The Thunder Spear is the weapon that Reading has used all his life.

Reading can transform the Thunder Sanctuary into an empire inherited by blood. It shows how high his prestige was. Reading went to war with the Spear of Thunder and founded the empire. Later generations inevitably regarded this spear as a token of orthodox inheritance.

Derrick has bad intentions. It was an open secret at the top of the Empire. Yakov thought to himself: if he could recover the long-lost Thunder Spear, he would be able to subdue a large number of duplicitous and neutral people. Conversely, if it is Derrick who finds the relic. Yakov feared that he would not be able to clean up the mess he had created.

"Where the hell is the Thunder Spear?" Yakov asked again.

"It's in the imperial mausoleum north of the royal capital," Du Shen pressed his hands lightly to show reassurance, "Your Majesty, don't worry." Even if you know the location and the way to find it, I'm afraid that no matter how many people you send, you won't be able to find it. Because the place where the Thunder Spear is located is very special. In this world, I'm afraid only I can easily find it. ”

"Then your Excellency," Yakov gradually calmed down, "give me the holy relics." What do you want in exchange?"

Du Shen smiled and stated slowly.

After that, Du Shen negotiated with Yakov for a long time. It wasn't until the middle of the moon that he left alone.

In the next few days, Du Shen used the Tide Gate to travel back and forth between the new territory and Ziyan City several times. He led Meghan to meet with the head of the Royal Chamber of Commerce. Meghan was in charge of the ordinary trade between Shadow Castle and the Thunder Empire.

Du Shen asked Yakov for a large amount of supplies according to the list listed by Mario. The total value of this batch of materials is not too large, but it is more troublesome to collect. Because they are almost all resources that wizards use.

Yakov may have been bold by nature, or perhaps he attached too much importance to the Spear of Thunder. He didn't let Du Shen pay any price at all, so he handed over all the materials to Du Shen. Among them, there is a perfect quality Thunder Core.

A few days later, at night, Du Shen stood in front of the Tide Gate and confirmed to Teresa again: "Have you really thought about it? The experience in the secret realm of time is likely to cause a lot of psychological trauma to you. One year ......"

"No more questions," Teresa said impatiently, "you've asked several times." We are developing so fast, and my strength is improving very slowly. Advance a year to strengthen your strength, this is not whether I personally want to do it. Rather, it is forced by the situation to do so. ”

"Well," Du Shen stared, Teressa, who had no idea of danger, "that place is not as simple as I say. Hopefully, you won't regret it in the future. ”

"Alright!" Terissa pulled Du Shen up and walked into the glowing Tidegate Gate.

Crossing the Tide Gate, Du Shen turned around and glanced at his companions: Teressa, Mario, Shirley, the leader of Asora, Pola the middle-aged witch, and Moore, the middle-aged male wizard.

At this time, everyone was in a remote courtyard on the outskirts of Ziyan City. There are several wizards around to guard the security. Du Shen and the others walked into the house to rest. When the teleportation reaction of the Tide Gate disappeared, Du Shen walked to the courtyard and put the portal into the pendant.

After that, Du Shen led five companions and walked to the royal mausoleum in the north.

Wizards mostly use potions or sorcery to bring their bodies up to the rank of beginner knights. Even such an improvement would deplete the body's potential, making it impossible for the wizard to develop in forging the body.

The people led by Du Shen are almost all like this. Therefore, although the people did not ride in the chariots, their speed was not slow.

Not long after, Du Shen and the others arrived at the gate of the cemetery and saw Yakov and the others who had been waiting for a long time. Yakov mobilized a lot of manpower. Many knights can be seen stationed or patrolling around the cemetery.

Everyone briefly introduced each other and walked to the depths of the cemetery together. The crowd stopped, in front of a stone wall.

The stone walls look very old, with obvious signs of weathering. On both sides of the stone wall, there are shoddy street scenes carved into them. A large number of figures are active in the city. Although the figures are slightly distorted and exaggerated, they also present a lively and crowded atmosphere. Similar to the figures, the various things in the reliefs are clearly out of proportion in size and proportion.

Yakov looked at the wall in front of him, still unable to believe it: "You say, the Thunder Spear is in the stone wall?" Yakov looked at the huge mausoleum less than ten meters away from the stone wall. The mausoleum is the tomb of Redding, the first ancestor of the empire.

Yakov reached out and touched the stone wall: "We heard that the ancestors of Reading liked this stone wall very much. That's why it was never bulldozed. To be honest, the scene carved on it is too exaggerated and feels a little despicable. ”

Du Shen took out the incense burner from the pendant. One after another, Du Shen clinged to the root of the wall and placed the incense burner closely. Every time he put down an incense burner, Du Shen used an elemental flame to ignite the powder in the incense burner.

Du Shen walked around the walls several meters long, filling each wall with incense burners. Smoke curled and filled.

Du Shen retreated into the crowd and waited silently. Because Du Shen had already explained, everyone remained silent, watching the changes in the wall with their eyes wide open.

Light smoke fills, rises, and disperses. The stone walls became blurred. It's not because of the smoke, it's because the stone wall itself becomes transparent. It didn't take long for the gray-white stone wall to disappear, leaving only a sparkling surface of water.

Du Shen looked at Yakov: "You really don't send more people in to have a look?"

Yakov shook his head: "Listening to your description of the situation inside, no matter how many people are sent, it seems that there is no point. It was enough for someone to go in and check what was inside. Anyway, you're going to come out of here eventually, right?"

Du Shen nodded, turned around and glanced at Teresa and the others: "Everyone is ready." The channel will not last long. Follow me into the water curtain. After speaking, Du Shen was the first to take a step, stepping over the incense burner and burrowing into the thin water curtain.

One by one, Teresa and the others followed. The last figure was an observer sent by Yakov.