194. The returning Xia Zuo
If memory serves, when Palmer rescued himself and the king from the coastal fortress, he said that Shazo had defeated Rodney and captured him. This is a prerequisite for the transaction between the two parties......
But now, Rodney is alive, no one in the castle can control him, and Xia Zuo has appeared in front of his bed in a grand manner, what does the current situation of these series mean?
"I'll explain to you what happened yesterday, eldest princess," Xia Zuo stopped in front of her, and said plainly and straightforwardly, gesturing to the round table and chairs in the garden, "Please take a seat." β
Felicia didn't hesitate much, and when she saw Rodney's attitude when she looked at Xia Zuo, she realized that things might not be as simple as she thought - Rodney was not the only one who was currently in control of the palace.
The eldest princess walked back to her seat, and the maid rearranged the chair that the eldest princess had knocked down when she stood up excitedly, and sat the eldest princess down.
Xia Zuo also went to sit down unhurriedly, accompanied by Long Ge and Rodney.
"Are there just two chairs here?" Xia Zuo looked around.
"There are only two chairs in my garden, for there is often only one guest, my brother," said the eldest princess, puffing up her chest, and then glancing at Rodney wistfully, "and he, he has sat too, and there are only two of them at the moment, but I am blind to the wrong man, and he should not be among them..."
Felicia's words pierced Rodney's heart like a sharp knife, causing him to clench his brow unbearably.
"Yes, that's really a reason," Xia Zuo winked at the skill bar, his palm pointed at the ground in front of him, "Then the number of guests today is beyond your expectations, so it needs to be corrected." β
A shrub in the garden suddenly grows and shapes into two chairs woven like vines, or a gardener's ingenious gardening work.
The eldest princess Felicia remembered that Greveld, who had come to the royal capital, had shown such a magic - to make plants grow, to form tables and chairs, and even to the walls of houses.
Only the change of skill icons in Xia Zuo's field of vision reflects a complex two-step action, "Plant Growth" and "Plant Shaping", the latter is the magic used by Xia Zuo to see the village chief when he went to Liv Village, using special vines to weave building furniture, as well as the outer defensive wall of the village.
But one thing is a pity that one of the magic that the village chief is best at, "birch manipulation", does not exist in the secret vault, but it is thought that it is the magic held by a legendary mage named Sangilf, and it was taught to the village chief, but it did not stay in the Ministry of Magic.
"Plant Shaping" has no offensive power, it can be used for defense - as long as the plant itself is strong, the operation method is the most complex one Xia Zuo has ever seen, and the checkbox will pop up after clicking on it, from which you can choose the preset standard shape - furniture or wall or even columns, and you can also create freely, including many squares, spheres and other geometry, on the basis of the plants that have grown, you can continue to shape and build.
"Rodney and Long Ge," Xia Zuo looked up at them, "sit down." β
It wasn't an order, only Long Ge did it, and Rodney chose to stand guard because it would get closer to Felicia.
"Why do you know Grevelde's magic...", the eldest princess asked with a puzzled expression, because in her life, except for Sangilf, who had some impressions when she was a child, and Greveld, the former court mage, there was no third person who knew this magic.
"You should ask Greveld why he knows magic," Xia Zuo spread his hands, "Of course, I also learned the same way. β
The eldest princess looked at Xia Zuo with a little nervousness, no wonder he would participate in this seizure of power in the palace, his magic strength should not be underestimated, "Say, what do you want to tell me, I just want to know where His Majesty is now?" β
"I killed him with my own hands." Xia Zuo responded decisively, almost before the eldest princess's voice fell, and was very caught off guard.
"Wh
All the unsuspecting servants took a breath and suppressed the panic... It was Long Ge who was ordered to kill the king, and as for Xia Zuo's monopoly, Rodney, who had discussed it in advance, acquiesced to Xia Zuo.
"I remember how he died, and I killed him as a "sacrifice." Xia Zuo repeated.
It's like a bolt from the blue for each other.
Long Ge didn't say anything about it, Xia Zuo could say whatever he wanted.
"Sacrifice", that was the name of a magic that the eldest princess would not dare to hear, and it was true to most of the people in the kingdom of Andu who had heard the stories of the older generation. After decades of good weather, "sacrifice" has not played its intended role for a long time, and has become synonymous with evil magic.
Although the eldest princess had never heard whether "sacrifice" could dissolve the protection, maybe it could, maybe not, but she still insisted on what she wanted to believe, "No! He has a "Guardian Necklace"! Heβ" Her voice stopped abruptly, her eyes widening in disbelief.
Because she saw something that could completely veto her claim, a silver dangling necklace hanging on Xia's left handβI don't know when it was displayed in front of her.
"The 'sacrifice' doesn't consume the metalwork, so the necklace remains." He said, "But it's a pity that it has a special technique, and it can't be taken off by others when it is on the original owner, and now that the original owner is gone, it has also lost its magic, and it is just a very ordinary silver necklace." β
Felicia stretched out her trembling fingers and linked the necklace, as the king's sister, she clearly knew what the necklace her brother was wearing, not to mention the arrow-shaped pendant in the center of the necklace, and the scratches on the surface that the king accidentally bumped two years ago... There is no doubt that this necklace is the king's.
Felicia's mouth was slightly open, and even her breathing began to be unsteady.
β... Enemies of the kingdom! She let out a roar, and before she could fully stand up from her seat, she grabbed the arrow of the necklace and attacked Xia Zuo's neck like a frenzy.
"Smack~" The wrist of that hand was grabbed by Rodney, and Rodney, who was much larger than Felicia, easily raised her, and the latter lost the strength of his feet and had to struggle half-hung in the air.
Because of the distance, Rodney's reaction was faster than Long Ge, who immediately walked over and glared at the eldest princess.
"Let go of me! I'm going to kill her! The eldest princess shouted, turning her eyes to Rodney, "Are you also an accomplice!" ... That's right, you're a spy for an enemy country, so naturally you'll be an accomplice, so he's also Standdy's man... You said at the beginning that you would let us go, but it was all a lie..."
Long Ge wanted to reprimand the eldest princess for her actions, but was stopped by Xia Zuo.
"The king was killed by me alone, and it has nothing to do with Rodney, or do you think that I need to rely on this person's strength to kill the king?" Xia Zuo deliberately said contemptuously, and then put his palm on Rodney's neck, "The reason why he killed the minister of the throne hall, claimed to be a Standy, pretended not to kill you, imprisoned you, released you, and finally cooperated with my deal with the king, etc., etc... It's just my intention. β
After saying that, Xia Zuo used magic to "break", the "camouflage of light" that can eliminate the lv1 state, and purple light waves surged through Rodney's body, and immediately, the original appearance of the slave curse mark appeared on his neck.
The highest and most binding red spell mark - the same as the one around Long Ge's neck.
It undoubtedly caught the eldest princess's attention, and Rodney remained silent, not by command.
"Actually, Rodney is not a spy of the Standy Kingdom at all, only I am." Xia Zuo stood up, as if introducing himself solemnly.
The eldest princess looked at him in amazement, "What are you talking about..."
"There is a giant dragon in the royal capital, but that was arranged by me, Rodney was captured by me, obeying my orders, he is indeed the dragon slayer hero of the Andu Kingdom, your dragon slayer hero, has never changed... I took great pains to seize the magic "sacrifice" in the vault and use it to kill my greatest enemy in life, King Charles, so it's a beautiful misunderstanding between the two of you. β