Chapter 154: The Meeting of the Heads of the Two Factions
Under Xue Hua's order, Lilia quickly came to the bookshelf, and saw it grab the edge of the bookshelf with both claws and push it to the side, with a crisp sound of "click" as if something was breaking, the huge red wooden bookshelf quietly slid open like a sliding door.
Behind the secret door of the bookshelf, a small but very dark space was revealed in front of everyone, and His Majesty King Wood VI of King's Harbor was standing behind the secret door with a stunned expression, holding the crystal bottle and crystal cup that had just been sent by the servant......
"Yo! His Majesty ...... "The corners of Xue Hua's mouth curled, and he was very amused to see the surprised look on Wood VI's face.
The king was not very old, he was only nearly forty this year, and he usually had a serious and indifferent demeanor, and it was very rare for such a stunned expression to appear on his face.
Seeing Xue Hua wearing the skin of a psionic exoskeleton, Wood VI shook his head at first, and after reacting, his face was full of frustration and despair.
"I see, even you were bought by those guys?" He said so, but soon there was a hint of hideousness in his eyes: "Say, how much good they have given you, I can give you ten times!" ”
“... Ten times ... What a ghost! The king's words made Xue Hua stunned for a moment, and then realized that this guy had obviously misunderstood something.
"Those nobles don't have the ability to instruct me to be a killer for them, I'm not here to find you for this sesame mung bean big!"
"You weren't sent by the nobles?"
The king was stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy quickly appeared on his face.
Since Xue Hua was not sent by the nobles to ask for his life, then he appeared here at this time, obviously to attend the Fertility Sacrifice luncheon he held!
With Xue Hua as a powerful ally to join, Wood VI simply didn't know how he could lose this political game......
However, just as he was about to entertain Xue Hua in person with a smile on his face, Xue Hua's next sentence shattered his dream at once.
"Don't be too happy." Xue Hua said expressionlessly: "I'm not here to support you, my only purpose here is to stop the True God Sect's plot to transform the entire King's Harbor into a demonic land. ”
"The Cult of the True God... Want to transform King's Harbor into demonic land? ”
Wood VI blinked, looking at Xue Hua with the eyes of a nervous disorder.
He had just heard Kane mention this argument yesterday, but because he felt that it was too absurd, and Kane had no tangible evidence, he couldn't believe it even if it came from the mouth of the world-famous "wise man" Dika Kane.
He knew that the Cult of God was making a lot of trouble in Kegistan, but it was Kegistan!
It's King's Harbour across the sea! It's 108,000 miles away from the cultists' lair!
Although the Frank family has been reminding him to be aware of the threat of the Cult of God, and Marcy has also investigated the clues of the collusion between the cultists and the aristocratic faction, he has always believed that the Cult of the True God is nothing more than a disease of ringworm, saying that they may be involved in the coup Thaksin Shinawatra, but that they have the power to overthrow the entire King's Harbor......
Wood VI still felt that this was too alarmist.
Seeing his eyes, Xue Hua knew that it was obviously impossible to convince this stubborn King His Majesty on his own.
But that's right, yesterday the old man Kane went to the palace and talked to him for most of the day but couldn't convince him, and now with just his words, how could he change Wood VI's mind before the plan of the True God Cult began?
So Xue Hua simply didn't try to convince him, but instead prepared to directly let Lilia faint him, thinking about moving this guy to a safe place first.
However, at this moment, the door of the king's study was once again kicked open very roughly!
"Your Majesty, it turns out that you are hiding here, I said that the guy on the altar outside doesn't have any royal dignity no matter how you look at it, it turns out that he is really a stand-in!"
Dressed in a wide red robe and a noble top hat on his head, Anthony Joshua slowly walked into the study with his fat body and a very friendly smile on his face.
"Ahh It turns out that Mr. Xue Hua is also here, and it seems that you have already made a decision between the two invitations! ”
"Anthony! How did you know I was here?! ”
Seeing the legendary ancestor of the Joshua family appear in front of him, Wood VI's face became gloomy again.
The secret room in this study was not specially built by him, but was left by the consuls of the old city of Dunclave.
After the Wood army's capture of Dunclair, the Archon's residence was expanded into what is now the Sea Cliff Palace.
The chamber was discovered during the expansion of the palace, when the king who discovered it did not say anything, but quietly kept it and passed it on to his successors as a royal secret.
Although this secret room is not large, it is very secretive, and it also contains a magical artifact passed down from ancient times, which can cover most of the detection methods, and can also help the people hiding in it to cast a "telekinesis" spell to obtain items in a small area near the secret room, which can be described as both hidden and safe.
Ever since Wood VI learned the location of the vault, he had told no one but two of his cronies.
One of these two cronies was Marcy Frank of the Frank family, the Minister of War of King's Port, who had only informed him of the location of the vault since the Franks had publicly expressed their support for the King's faction.
And the other one is the royal advisor who has always been by his side to protect his safety, the legendary mage "Ingres Star"!
However, now, this secret room, which should have been secret, was first easily found by Xue Hua, and then Anthony, who quietly arrived at the palace at some point, came directly to the study very easily, which made Wood VI begin to wonder if this secret, which was only passed down by word of mouth among generations of kings, was already known in secret?
And the most paradoxical thing is that Anthony actually saw through his stand-in at a glance, obviously in order to be more realistic, he also deliberately sent his legendary advisors out to stand for him!
Could it be that the aristocratic faction had already seen through his plan, just waiting for him to crash headlong into the net, and then easily hold him hostage?
Thinking of this, Wood VI only felt a chill in his heart, and even the expression on his face was a little faintly blue.
The smile on Antony's face when he heard the king's question suddenly became even brighter, he was like a knight who had just won a victory, showing off his victory skills to his defeated generals.
"Your Majesty, how can there be an impermeable wall in this world?
You are not the only one who knows how secret your secret room is! ”
Hearing Anthony's words, Wood VI was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly turned his face to Xue Hua, and his face slowly showed extreme horror!
"Angell... Stars?! ”