The weather outside the floor-to-ceiling windows on the left and right was gloomy, and the throne hall suddenly lost its usual beauty. Today is the time when there are the most people, but the atmosphere is not lively at all, and they are anxious and talking.

Felicia sat in a chair beside the throne and watched the king and his courtiers gather around the central long table, discussing matters that seemed to have nothing to do with the eldest princess.

But she couldn't leave here, and His Majesty wouldn't allow it, because he said that it wouldn't be safe to go anywhere away from the strongest guardians of the kingdom on the scene.

Felicia agrees with one of these points - it is absolutely safe to stay by the side of the dragon slayer Rodney, and the eldest princess has been convinced of it in the past when he was rescued from the threat of a flaming dragon.

She watched Rodney distribute intelligence documents to everyone, recounting his experiences and opinions, like a savior and a leader. Touching her heart, Felicia pursed her lips and smiled.

The dragon slayer knight Rodney, the Minister of Magic Palmer and the magicians under his management, the skilled swordsman Turner and 20 gifted guards guarded the hall.

Felicia heard that Turner lost to the outsider Xia Zuo in a swordsmanship competition a few days ago, and she knew this person through many ways before, it was a guest brought back by Rodney, who had killed the terrifying northern goblin, if he was also there, maybe it would be safer...

Turner seems to have a trip to the throne room right now.

At the long table, the king and his important ministers circulated stacks of manuscripts that Rodney had captured from the enemy camp, and which recorded the detailed plans for the subhuman operation, as well as the possible next steps.

Both the ministers and the king were sad, because according to the information revealed in the information, there were many tricky talents among the subhumans, and although the battle would definitely lead to victory, it would not be too easy.

It is very likely that the other party is in the king's capital, otherwise the sub-people who assassinated His Majesty the king today would not have been able to blend into the gladiatorial arena so easily.

So soon after leaving the Colosseum, the king ordered all the officers in charge of the Colosseum to be detained, interrogated, and left to their devices.

"I have a question," Qiu Yi suddenly said at this time, looking at Rodney with a suspicious expression, "Rodney Knight, you said that you received a secret report last night, and your men found traces of the rebels in the suburbs, and you ended the thieves' den overnight, and you were injured as a result... And got this information from the enemy camp, right? ”

Qiu Yi's speech made everyone suddenly quiet and collectively looked at Rodney.

"Yes." He replied calmly.

Qiu Yi spread his hands and shook his head, "We all know that Yaren live at the bottom of society, and they are basically not as good as untouchables, let alone can write and make any plans, but you have found a meticulous plan..."

"Lord Qiu." The eldest princess interrupted.

Everyone turned their heads to look at Felicia, who had not participated in the meeting, next to the throne in the distance.

"Your Royal Highness the Eldest Princess," Qiu Yi saluted, "may I ask what is the matter?" ”

"It's a long way off, but I've got a rough idea of what you're discussing, and you're trying to say that the subhumans can't read and write plans, so the Rodney Knight is fabricating the facts?"

Felicia said very directly, the ministers were terrified, and Qiu Yi also looked away nervously.

"Ahem... There's such a possibility, I just think. Qiu Yi covered his mouth and coughed.

"Don't forget that it was the subhumans who attacked us this time who were enslaved by magic" Felicia recalled the investigation of the corpses in the arena afterwards, and each sub-human had a slave curse mark on their neck, "If these sub-humans attacked with a curse mark of their own free will, then their leader was not necessarily a sub-human, but just forced them." ”

Her words were also what Rodney wanted to express, and he didn't expect Felicia to interrupt Qiu Yi's speech, so he was anxious to express it in advance.

"Yes, the one who can steal a large number of slave curse scrolls from the Ministry of Magic must not be a subhuman who can sneak in," the king said at this time, staring at Minister Palmer, "so what we need to do now is to investigate the vicinity of the suburbs that Rodney said and find clues to the culprit." ”

Palmer frowned for a moment, "Your Majesty, the people who can pass through the Ministry of Magic are all magicians who have been carefully screened, and it is unlikely that they will be internal or have something to do with the theft of the scroll. ”

"And how do you say you lost it?" The king asked.

This left Palmer speechless for a moment.

The sound of the door pushing in the hall attracted everyone's attention, it was Turner, who had just gone out, returning.

"Your Majesty!" He shouted excitedly, finger clutching a roll of letters, which he looked like he had just taken from Pais's feet.

"Why are you so flustered?" King Charles saw him running out of breath, as a powerful captain of the imperial guard, he had never seen such physical weakness, but he could continue to kill the enemy on the battlefield for a day and a night, "Could it be that something terrible happened?" ”

"Southwest suburbs!" Turner handed over the blood-stained letterhead, "More than a thousand sub-humans and beastmen have appeared!" A third of them are gifted! Destroy all the patrols you encountered! This should have been sent by the last soldier of the squad..."

Everyone present let out an exclamation, and King Charles took the letter with a slightly trembling hand, "One-third of the sub-people and beastmen are gifted!?" "It's hard for him to believe it, because even the geniuses of the human race in the city can't make up this number, could it be that the people are lying on their back? Hidden strength?

A quick suspension, over and over again, described the same as Turner's.

“... What should I do now? King Charles breathed a sigh of helplessness, and he sat down on the chair at the end of the long table, "You guys give me a proposal, how many troops should be sent to deal with them?" ”

When he looked around, Turner buried his head, he was only in charge of the defense of the palace, he did not hold the power of the army, and he did not think that he had the right to speak.

"There are more than 1,000 sub-people, and the current garrison of the royal capital is 20,000, how about we send 3,000 soldiers? Three times the enemy's strength. A minister replied.

"Three thousand is too little, the other party has a large number of talents, a talent can release magic in an instant, not comparable to a magician who needs to chant spells for a long time, let alone a group of ordinary soldiers who have no magical talent!" Palmer refuted.

"And how much do you want?"

"Seven thousand." Qiu Yi suddenly raised his hand to speak.

Everyone began to talk about it, and the sound of broken words continued, because it was almost half of the king's army.

"At least ten thousand." Rodney said.

"Ten thousand? ... Knights of Rodney, that's too much, a full half of the royal capital's troops..."

"Isn't there still 10,000?"

Rodney interrupted the minister.

"Why ten thousand? Rodney Knights. Qiu Yi asked in a flirtatious tone.

"I am a gifted, and I am not modest to say that I am a powerful category among the talented, and I naturally know that ordinary people need at least a lot of combat power and cooperation if they want to defeat the gifted together."

"Hmm... Rodney's opinion is worth considering. King Charles pinched his chin.

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