Chapter 273: The Aftermath of the Empire

"Is this the city of Trebizond?" Alyssa looked curiously at everything in front of her, her eyes were full of curiosity when she was in the city for the first time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This is a city with a strong ancient style. Since the advent of the New Era, industrialization has turned the world upside down, and wires have been pulled into the cities to keep the lights on. The constant flow of steamships in and out of the harbor and the railroad that connected the various places caused various cultures to collide with each other, gradually losing the great barrier.

But it seems that the city of Trabizon is not among them, and no matter how you look at it, the appearance of the city does not seem to be any different from that of a hundred years ago.

"Sir, it's like a miniature version of Constantinople!"

From beginning to end, Alyssa can feel this deliberate imitation, completely inheriting the style of Constantinople. Although it is also a very fortified city, it does not have the slightest beauty of a modern city. With its fortified forts and strong blockade chains on the water, it would be difficult to take a city to capture, but it didn't feel any life.

Priscas, however, was not surprised at all, but said with disdain: "For a thousand years, the Herod are still as self-righteous as they used to be." And they still dwell on the glory of the past, but they don't know how to fight against the future. If they are still as obsessed as before, the thousand years will always be a story of weakness and misery, and it will only bring about destruction. Although Priskas was a Herodian himself, he knew best about the corruption and depravity of the Empire.

The demise of that behemoth was not at all the struggle of the people at the bottom, nor was it the invasion of foreign races, but it was entirely because of the greed of the army and the desire to eat the country.

And those remnants of the poison have not been cleaned up until now, and to this day, Nicaea, Epirus and Trebizond are unable to escape the curse of fate and struggle in the quagmire. And its irony!

At this time, in the port of Trebizond, several lightly armed sailing ships also slowly approached, and those soldiers of Trebizond were very vigilant, and they slowly approached to watch the every move of the ship that suddenly came in front of them. Although they have been instructed from above, they will not relax their carelessness with outsiders.

"Is it here so soon?" Ekarina, who came out of the cabin, muttered that although she lived in the far north, Ekarena had the experience of going to sea with her father when she was very young, so she was not uncomfortable at sea. It's just that they should still be quite far from their destination, but now they have arrived in this city so quickly, she has to be surprised by the magic of the technology of the Southern Continent.

The eyes were full of novelties, especially the galleon he boarded, unlike the Far North, most of the ships in the West were assisted by steam engines, making it impossible to cross the vast oceans. Even the Aragonese of Iberia now wanted to go to the East to conquer in less than a month. New Time has changed the whole world, including everyone, of course.

"It's really a masterpiece of the classical period, and even the craftsmanship of the present day is probably difficult to do better!" Suddenly, beside Catherina, Dr. Fabre said to himself, it is true that the history of Trabizon is very old, although it looks like it is imitating Constantinople, but the original structure has been more than two hundred years old, at first, the Herod only used it as a stronghold to defend against the invasion of Anatolia by the eastern peoples, but with the development of later years, it became a hub of maritime trade. Still, anyone who knows even the slightest bit about it can't help but marvel at the grandeur of the city.

Suddenly, Dr. Fabre saw a faint sadness flash in Ekarina's eyes, and suddenly asked, "Why, hasn't Constance Dante forgiven you yet?" ”

"Who...... Who wants him to forgive......" Although Ekalina said this, she could see the frustration on her face at a glance. It is true that since yesterday she has not even seen Constance Dante, but what can she help Constance Dante with now?

As if to see the distress in the girl's heart, Dr. Fabre shrugged his shoulders, "Girl, I didn't promise to bring you here to make you sad. ”

"I know!" Ekarina looked at the man in front of her with dissatisfaction, Constance Dante had decided to keep her in Warsaw, but in the end it was he who extended a helping hand to her. In the past few years, it is this man who has been taking care of Constance Dante's health, and Ekarina was also hesitant to go to the mysterious and dangerous East, but in the end she made up her mind completely because of Fabre's words......

At this time, the ship of Trebizond slowly approached, and Preskas did not let his men act rashly, but greeted the arrival with a smile.

And it was General Simon and Vivien, who had come with him, who stepped onto the deck.

"It's been a long time since I've seen my good friend, Admiral Simon." Professor Preskars greeted him with a smile.

"Indeed, Lord Preskas." Simon didn't have the heart to care about the other party's greetings, he and the man in front of him were naked and caring, and once upon a time they were still opponents.

"Vivien!"

"Grandpa!" As soon as they got on the boat, the grandfather and grandson saw each other and couldn't help but exclaim, especially Vivien, she never imagined that she would see General Merrides here, Vivien had been worried about her grandfather in Nicaea.

"I didn't break my word, General Merrides." Preskars shrugged, convincing himself on his terms, all thanks to Simon's information.

"It's your ......" Although it is indeed a joy to be reunited, looking at this face of Preskas, Vivian can be said to have no good feelings at all.

"We'll meet again, Miss Vivien." In Constantinople, the two had a relationship, and Vivien remembered deeply that the other party used herself as a threat to make Consz Dante submit. But Preskas didn't mean anything embarrassed.

"Why are you here?" Vivien asked, her eyes full of hostility.

"Isn't that surprising? Our enemies are all the Holy See at the moment, so isn't it normal for fate to intersect us at this time? Priskas spread his hands, as if the unpleasantness of the past were completely non-existent.

"What are you kidding...... You're just a villain who sees the wind and steers. She saw with her own eyes that Preskars was working for the New Brad Kingdom, and Vivien was eager to get there. You know, with the help of Preskas, the power of the new Bullard kingdom has become stronger and stronger, and how easy is it to recover Constantinople?

Vivien could not forget that shame at all, but Priskas, who calmly faced her anger, suddenly said coldly: "I have been helping His Royal Highness the Knight King! At that time, your defeat had already made the situation irreversible. Aware of the existence of that Highness Ether, how could His Highness the Knight King escape unharmed? ”

This made it a little difficult for Vivien to answer, and it was true that the rebellion in Findel, although it attracted the attention of the Rastins, allowed General Merrides to transfer the classified documents to Constantinople, but it also caused great disaster. Constance Dante himself was dead, and Priskas's use was a form of protection at the time.

But that's not why she would trust the other person.

Vivien...... Now is not the time to discuss this, at least they rescued me. To Vivien's surprise, Merrides stopped her and said very calmly.

"Grandpa...... You ......" Vivien was slightly stunned, this was the first time General Merides had spoken to her like this, since the fall of Constantinople, Vivian had become his only relative, plus the guilt of the death of Vivian's parents, Merrides could be said to love his granddaughter very much. But today, Merrides' voice was obviously much heavier, obviously not wanting Vivien to continue, which made Vivien very puzzled.

"Miss Vivien sometimes it's better to let go of our prejudices, after all, we don't have to be enemies, do we? After all, we now have a common enemy. What's more, I saved not only General Merides, but also our Knight King! I guess you're here to wait for him! Professor Preskars speculated.

"What?!" Both Vivien and Simon expressed their shock in unison.

"Where is he?" Vivien snapped, she didn't trust this man at all after her previous unpleasant experience.

"Don't worry, we're fine!" At this time, a cold voice sounded, but there was a faint warmth in it.

Everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to the back of Preskas, and it was Belsch who was standing there.

"Berhis!" Vivien's mind was blank for a moment, she hadn't been able to contact them for a long time, and she had been worried about their safety. Before she could react, she was taken into her arms by Bercyth's powerful arms.

"Belhis......" Vivien, who was a little embarrassed by Berhis's movements, blushed and was a little speechless. Although she and Berthes are engaged, they haven't actually had time to have a wedding yet. Being watched by so many people, Vivian, an old girl, also has a cardamom girl's shyness floating on her face.

But Berschis didn't care about these at all, he had always been cold-faced, not that he did it on purpose, but only by nature. Even if someone tells a joke, he won't show any smile, but will look like he is going to kill you at any time.

"I have fulfilled my promise and brought Cons Dante back safely, and you must not forget your promise to me." Berchis whispered in Vivien's ear that this was his and Vivian's previous agreement, and that they would officially celebrate their wedding as soon as they could return safely.

"But......" Vivien was cramped by this scene, and she was completely devoid of her former appearance. Although she was very shy, Vivien didn't mean to hate it at all, on the contrary, she felt like her heart was smeared with a layer of honey, sweet. Although the two were politically married, their meeting was undoubtedly a happy one.

"Wait until you get rid of the Rastins, and you're not just an old girl!" Berthes looked at his fiancée angrily and said, although it was a joke, but after all, Vivian was not small, and everyone understood that driving away the Rastines and restoring the glory of the new Roman Empire was not an overnight thing at all. Vivien had said that she would not marry without expelling the Rastines from her country, but how easy was that?

"Ahem" Facing the affectionate appearance of the little couple, Admiral Simon coughed a few times a little unbearably, "That...... What about His Royal Highness the Knight King? ”

Although he didn't believe in the legend of the Knight King, of course he treated the things that His Majesty Anglos personally explained.

"By the way, what about Constance Dante?" Breaking free from the sweetness, Vivien realized that she had lost her temper and couldn't help but give Belchis a blank look.

"Don't worry, he's fine." Berthes had a rare smile on his face. Only then did they see a thin young man walking slowly towards them. He was dressed in a snow-white shirt and carried a clean black plain plaid tweed shirt under his arm.

The young man's face was so pale, but it was not like the pale of the upper nobles, but a real weakness. And his eyes are so gentle, at first glance it almost makes people think that they are the eyes of a girl who has not been deeply involved in the world. But General Simon quickly realized his negligence, how could the existence of the Knight King make people feel weak and deceitful, and he realized that the lake-blue eyes that seemed to be a clear spring seemed to be bottomless, like an abyss that devoured everything. And the more he looked at it, the more Simon felt like he was going to be sucked in. Those eyes were indeed beautiful, like sapphires, and as if they could speak on their own, but Simon saw in them the killing intent that only purgatory can have. Although it is hidden very deeply, it is by no means the possession of a person with the blood of one or two people on his hands, it is definitely a real butcher who can have this kind of killing intent that makes him tremble.

Subconsciously, Admiral Simon took two steps back.

He really believed in the existence of a knight king now, and there was no doubt that it must be the young man in front of him. Constance Dante didn't show anything too different, and in fact he really didn't have much to attract other than those eyes. It's just that even he didn't realize that the killing intent that was faintly rising in his heart had already sprouted in his heart. (To be continued.) )