Chapter 22: Inside the Palace
Let's zoom in on the other side of the continent first. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIn the palace of the Knight Empire, the current Emperor is discussing with his court mages about the reappearance of elemental creatures.
"Master, is this news reliable?" Emperor Emelo III is now very big, and the dangers of elemental creatures are well known, if it is really elemental creatures who plan to invade on a large scale, then his idle days will be gone forever, which is a big blow to him. "Is it possible, just an accident? Master, you see that the seals of the gods are all fine, and it is impossible for elemental creatures to come to the main plane. ”
"Your Majesty, we can't hope that elemental creatures won't attack." The Knight Empire, as the name suggests, was founded by knights, and the treatment of mages in this country can only be said to be good, and it is impossible to be as high as in the northern countries. But in any case, the mage's methods are indeed more powerful and more sophisticated than most physics professionals, so as the chief court mage, he still has a considerable status. "Whether or not the elemental creatures are really about to attack the continent immediately, we must be prepared for the best."
"Alas, you're right, I'll order the Empire to be put on maximum alert." Emelo III had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky, who told the elemental creatures to take advantage of his reign to make trouble?
"Father!" While Emelo III was debating the details of dealing with elemental creatures with his court mages, his daughter, Princess Margot of the Empire, burst into the side hall and came before him.
"I heard that the heroic adventure team that eliminated the evil dragons for the empire was retaliated by another dragon clan and brutally killed?" Margetri had a bad tone, but she had always been Emelo III's favorite child, and no one would care about her tone in front of His Majesty the Emperor.
"Yes, my child, I heard about it." After all, it is the Dragon Slayer Adventure Squad, and their fame has indeed begun, and their disappearance has touched the heartstrings of many people, you must know that they are carrying all the treasures of a giant dragon! "There are a lot of traces of dragon breath at the place of the incident, they should have been killed by other dragons in revenge, after all, the dragon in the dust algae has not been expelled from the list by the dragon army, it is not incomprehensible." On weekdays, Emelo III might still investigate, but now the invasion of elemental creatures is a big deal, and everything else has to be sidelined, so this matter is over.
"Are we just going to let the dragons kill our people?" The princess said indignantly that she didn't know anything about elemental creatures, and that such things would not be made public until they were fully confirmed, and that would only cause unnecessary panic.
"Your Royal Highness, our knowledge of dragons is limited, and I am afraid that we will not be able to find the dragon in this matter." The chief mage finally spoke up, in fact, he still wanted to watch the show, but Emelo III's eyes were indeed too dangerous, in order not to be targeted in the future, the chief mage euphemistically expressed the status quo that we can't do anything about it. "And that team doesn't have any titles, so we don't need to bother with that." After all, the empire still cares more about the interests of the nobility, and adventurers or something are still not so popular after all.
"Master Faller, I don't think 'difficult' is an excuse!" Princess Margot Tri has aspired to be a knight since she was a child, so she doesn't have a good sense of mages, and now she sees that the chief mage has the intention of persuading her to make big things into small things, she is immediately unhappy, and she frowned and said: "Although the dragon is strong, we are not unable to defeat the dragon!" As far as I know, Master Faller, many of your magic scrolls are drawn in dragon blood ink! ”
"This ......" Chief Mage was also a little embarrassed at this time, could it be said that he was a dignified legend who only dared to bully a minor young dragon? After all, the existence of the Dragon Legion is the last thing that all the big forces want to mention, an army of legends with all its members! What a powerful deterrent this is, if it weren't for the dragon legion cherishing its wings and expelling those evil dragons from the list, it would really evolve into a situation where dragons fought against the whole world with the dragons' protection. "Your Royal Highness, this can't be solved, we can't find this problem with this dragon." Mijas and Miffel's dragon's breath ruined all clues, and no one could find any useful information other than knowing that the dragon had done it.
"It's just an excuse for you, you haven't looked after it at all! Whether it was the people that the adventure team had been in contact with or the people who had entered and left Bea City that day, no one had investigated at all! "Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't give the chief mage any face, they really didn't think about continuing the investigation at the beginning, so no one cares about these things at all.
"Alright, my Marie." Emelo III threw Faller out and attracted a wave of artillery fire, and now he also wants to appease his court mage, no matter how good he is, Faller is also a legend, and he wants to give Faller the necessary respect. "We've been busy lately, and we don't have the time and energy to take care of these things." He probably had to hold a secret meeting with the leaders of the other four races and the king of the Tang Kingdom, and the elites of the whole country must always be vigilant against the invasion of elemental creatures, and there is really no energy to deal with another dragon at this time.
It's a pity that our princess doesn't understand her father's difficulties, in her opinion, the empire is in good shape, even the small friction with the dwarves decades ago has stopped (because they have to deal with elemental creatures together), and now she has no energy to find that the "evil dragon" is purely her father's excuse, but as a child, she is not qualified to blame Emelo III, so Princess Margot can only "Huh!" With a sigh, he turned and left the side hall.
"Faller, do you think I should let Marie go to you for some time? Reading knight novels all the time is not a good thing for someone her age. "Emelo III is well aware of her daughter's stinky temper, and the superficial and formalized "chivalry" is the thing she respects the most, but unfortunately, that idealized moral code requires a strong strength to ensure it, which ordinary human beings cannot achieve.
"Your Majesty, stop thinking about harming my book collection." Faller smiled bitterly and refused, the former little princess had made a big fuss about some of his "forbidden books", and if he hadn't reacted in time, maybe his library would have burned down.
"I don't know how this kid came to be like this, alas......" Emelo III sighed in disappointment, but Faller on the side didn't really believe His Majesty's words, "It's not because of you?" Faller thought disdainfully, "That said, isn't it that you, the father, have always controlled the growth environment of Her Royal Highness?" Want to be a perfect 'female knight'? But he wouldn't really say it, and besides, "Your Highness the Princess is quite cute like this." The old virgin Faller Legendary Archmage thought so.
"Damn, I'm!" Her Royal Highness the Princess still couldn't calm her anger after returning to her dormitory, she really thought that the dragons were all evil dragons, and this kind of creature who had nothing to contribute to the continent and only knew how to steal wealth was the enemy of the whole continent in her eyes. Princess Margot thought that if it weren't for the dragons' great strength, they would have been wiped out by the combined forces of the major races.
Margot Tri has been practicing knighthood for more than ten years, although she is not a super genius, but the resources of the royal family, the best knight cultivation tutorials, and several legendary knight teachers, all of which ensure the growth of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness the Princess, who is still a minor this year, also has the strength of a high-level professional.
Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was not in a calm mood, put on her knight's armor and wielded a wide knight's sword in the training ground, this kind of military swordsmanship is not necessarily very skillful, but it is solid, and it is the best to exercise your control.
"Hmm, is Her Royal Highness still practicing?" The bright moon had already hung on the branches, and Emelo III had received a report from the guards, and after groaning, he decided to go and see his unconscious daughter.
"Marie, stop." The emperor's words had a kind of majesty, and even Her Royal Highness the princess unconsciously stopped swinging her sword.
Magotri was drenched in sweat after several hours of swinging her sword, and the knight's armor made of Mithril was much lighter than normal armor, but not as light as leather armor. "Father." Margot knew that her actions were more akin to persecuting Emelo III, so she didn't know what to say now, but it was all at this point, so she wouldn't give up easily.
"Alas...... "The current Emelo III is really a little headache, looking at his stubborn daughter, now for the first time, he regrets raising Margot Tri to be such an overly just character." You should know that with your strength, you can't fight the dragon, and there are three quasi-legends in that adventure team, but they still haven't even been able to leave the corpses! "He knew Margetley's intentions, but he wouldn't allow it.
"Our knight empire, it's not for nothing, legendary ......" the girl said one by one, her physical strength was still slightly overdrawn.
"It's the same with dragons! And their legends are even more! "Emelo III has revealed a bit of information about the Dragons, hoping that Margot will be able to get out of the way.
"As long as we insist on justice, whether it is elves, dwarves, gnomes or even minotaurs, will be our friends, can't we deal with just a few dragons?" The girl said excitedly.
"Yes, we can't deal with it." Emelo III almost said so, but he still found another excuse, "A full-scale crusade against the dragons?" Such a big war is a disaster for the people! Isn't the only major war on the continent eight hundred years ago a lesson enough? ”
"If we don't do anything, the dragon is persecuting our people! The sacrifice now is only for a better future, they will surely understand! The maiden had her own ideas, but this time, she angered Emelo III.
"You're so arrogant! Margot Tril! Who do you think you are? Can you represent the people of the entire empire and decide their life and death for them? "For the first time, Emelo III was disappointed in his precious daughter." Your justice is too narrow-minded! ”
But how could a princess who was losing her temper listen to her father? So in the end, Emelo III could only make a decision in annoyance: "Send Princess Margot to investigate the dragon's attack on the adventurer, but the princess only has the right to investigate, and is not allowed to fight the dragon." ”