Chapter 81: The Royal Court
Domesticated Hippogriffs can clearly remember their routes to and from the city. Generally speaking, flying mounts are only used when going to the royal court from the border city, after all, this thing is expensive to sit on once, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford.
Krolta looked at Ron and said, "After the war ended, the elven royal court had no elven king, and the princes of the three regions wanted to divide the royal power. Since the Elven King had no heirs under his knees, Lord Philos single-handedly supported the Elven Queen to become the acting king and lead the Elven court. But these three princes are not without any requirements, they demand that all the generals involved in the Demon Realm War must be knighted and lead a border city alone. It seems to be a reward, but in fact, it is to set up the elf queen, so that there is no one available around her. ”
Krollta's eyes couldn't help but be a little lonely, the elves themselves are a race blessed by nature, the younger generation has countless young talents, but there are always internal fights, and countless geniuses have died in the infighting, which makes the elves today become green and yellow, and gradually weaken, and even the Naga tribe began to move.
"Lord Philos left after taking care of the affairs of the elves, and if the lord is still here, he may not be able to assist Her Majesty and make the elves flourish again. It's a pity that someone seemed to have devised it back then, saying that there was a way to bring the dead back to life, luring the adults to leave the royal court and go to the Great Thorn Rift, and the adults never returned. ”
Only then did Ron understand why Philos went to the Great Rift of Thorns in order to find a way to be reborn for himself. It's just that Philos has always been smart, the smartest of his three disciples, and he generally doesn't easily believe in other people's schemes, that is to say, the person who designed it should be a person who knows Philos's character very well, and it is even very likely that Philos believes in it very much, so that Filos is convinced, so that he goes to the Great Rift of Thorns, one of the four fierce places in the world.
The Great Rift Valley of Thorns, with the Norman Forest, the Far North Ice Sheet, the Endless Sea, and has become one of the world's four most murderous places. Norman Forest is where the Red Dragon Philip lives, and Ron was lucky enough to visit the Arctic Ice Field, where the Red Dragon took him to find the Bronze Box. The Endless Sea is in the middle of the Endless Sea, and it is also the dividing line that divides the Terence Continent and the St. Gal Continent.
Each of these four places has its own dangers, and although many adventurers are eager to explore them, it is also from which the reputation of these places comes from, and it is unknown how many people die in these places every year.
"Master Klopp, ...... you are now" Krollta frowned when he saw Ron, which made him also feel a little unsure of what to say, and tried to divert the topic.
Ron then came to his senses and said, "Don't call me Klopp, Klopp is dead, and now I'm Ron." ”
"By the way, tell me about what has happened over the years, and about the princess. Ron asked, as if something had suddenly occurred to him.
Krollta's brows frowned slightly, and said: "My lord, you are talking about Princess Angela, it is a little strange to talk about this matter, no one knows why there is such an extra princess of the elf clan for some reason." But Her Majesty is convinced of this. Say whatever you want, make her a princess. However, strangely, even the three princes recognized the identity of the princess. At first, it was okay, but in the past six months, the persecution of the Naga tribe has become more and more tight, and Her Majesty has no choice but to think of finding allies through marriage to fight against the powerful Naga together. ”
Ron's eyes narrowed, in his opinion, Angela became the princess of the elf clan There are two possibilities, one is that the bronze dragon Kalim used the rules of time to let the three princes and the elven queen see the past, thus confirming Angela's identity as the heir of the elf king and the princess of the elven royal family. Second, Angela's appearance did not attract anyone's attention at first, but the current situation really needs the existence of such a princess, who is just a tool born for marriage, which is the default of the three princes and the queen.
If it's the former, it's okay to say, maybe the bronze dragon Karim just wants Angela to live a better life, and at the same time needs to bear the fate of the elves. But if it was the second possibility, then Ron was a little angry inside, although he didn't know what Angela thought, he had long regarded Angela as a friend. For Ron, friends are more precious than life. If someone wants to do something to his friends, he doesn't mind letting them weigh themselves.
After galloping all the way, day and night, the group finally arrived at Lionheart City, which was not far from the Elven Court, three days later.
The royal court is extremely heavily guarded, not to mention that flying mounts cannot enter it, even ordinary mounts need to go through the process of notification and approval if they want to enter the royal court.
Fortunately, Lionheart City is only a hundred and ten miles away from the royal court, and even if there is no mount, it can be reached in half a day with all his strength.
After the group gathered in Lionheart, they rented a carriage with approval. Ron was very silent all the way, and such a solemn expression was the first time everyone here had seen it.
Lea held Ron's hand, a hint of distress in her eyes.
The carriage galloped along the official road, and it was not long before Wang Ting could be seen on the horizon.
It is not so much that the royal court is built on the mountain, but that the whole mountain is the royal court. At the end of the official road is the city gate at the foot of Wangting Mountain.
Along the way, everyone could see a lot of luxurious cars heading in the direction of the royal court, and from time to time in the sky overhead, they could see horned eagle beasts speeding past and falling in the direction of Lionheart City. I love to read
Ron only had five tickets to the ceremony, and now there were seven people in the carriage, which gave him a slight headache, what the hell should he do with the extra two.
Who knew that as soon as the carriage arrived at the door, as soon as the soldiers who checked lifted the curtain, they saw Krollta showing a general's token, which immediately frightened the soldiers who were guarding the city to hurry away, and they didn't check Ron's admission ticket at all, which made Ron feel that he was at a loss. If he could, he might be able to sell the five tickets for a good price in Lionheart.
The Elven Court is not just a palace, but an entire royal city, and at the foot of the mountain is a free trade zone with many vendors setting up stalls.
Most of the people who live in the Elven Court do not have the concept of money, and they usually use barter. Therefore, sometimes you can exchange very good items at a very low price, which is also the unique feature of the free trade zone of the Elven Court.
Ron used to love hanging out here, he would always make some interesting gadgets to exchange with those simple elves, always exchange some strange but worthless things for a lot of rune materials, and so on.
Suddenly stunned as he passed in front of a small vendor, he waved his hand and motioned for the carriage to stop first.
He jumped out of the car and looked at the things on the vendor's floor, and the once familiar scene slowly came back to his mind.
He picked up a bird made of bamboo leaves from the stall, and it looked extremely delicate and cute.
Seeing that Ron valued it, the stall owner hurriedly got up to greet him, and said in a somewhat lame lingua franca: "This distinguished guest, this gadget is a characteristic of the royal court, and according to legend, it was handed down by a big man in the past, called rune magic. Just inject the core into the bird's hollow core. It moves on its own, making it an extremely rare collector's item. ”
The stall owner was a young man who didn't look very old, and his curly blond hair reflected a charming sheen in the sunlight.
Ron smiled and replied in Elven language, "I like this thing very much, did you make this thing?"
The elf was obviously stunned for a moment, and then laughed, he naturally felt cordial if he could communicate in elven language, but the characters in this royal court were complicated, and the lingua franca became the mainstream.
"Yes, yes, this is my family craft, my father used to be the guard of the royal court, but then he was old and couldn't hold a sword before he retired, I didn't have any skills, I didn't learn his powerful combat skills, so I could only make some small things to eat. Guest, your elven language is so good, even the accent is the accent of the royal court, but how come I have never seen you before?"
"Well, maybe your father knows me. Ron had a wry smile on his face, "Tell me, how do you change this thing?"
As soon as the elf heard that it might be his father's old acquaintance, he immediately became excited, "Since it is a friend of my father, then I will give this thing to you, my father often said that the adult who taught him to make this thing in the past is very kind and likes to make friends, and I have always wanted to meet that big man." It's a pity that my father said that the big man had sacrificed for the stability of this world. He exchanged his life for the peace and ease of the world. ”
Krollta, who was standing on the side, was slightly stunned, and just wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ron, and said: "I can't take things for nothing, you can take this thing away, just exchange it with you, you can show this thing to your father, maybe he will know who I am." ”
Ron took out a crystal of excellent texture from his black-level token, and then took out a carving knife that specially carved runes and carved it in the air on the crystal, and then saw that the crystal emitted a hazy luster, and countless tiny runes flew up and down into the crystal.
The gorgeous movement made the elf's eyes straight, and he could see at once that the technique used by Ron was the technique of rune magic, and it was extremely profound, as long as the crystal nested with this rune magic was placed at the core of those gadgets, even if there was no drive from the magic core, it could be those gadgets moving on their own, and this crystal could independently absorb the energy between heaven and earth as a supply.
Ron handed the crystal to the elf, then offered him some food, "The crystal is for your father, count...... I used to owe him something, this food is for you little bird, I hope it's not too little. ”
The young elf looked at the bulging things in his hand, and was stunned for a long time without speaking, until Ron and the others walked away, and then came back to his senses. He didn't care about setting up a stall anymore, so he packed up all the things on the ground, packed them and ran to his house. Although he didn't know who the person in front of him was who he was exchanging things with, he knew very well that this person must have a lot to do with his father.