After a heavy rain, the sun becomes bright and fills the streets of the city.

The sudden wave of corpses invaded the Northern Continent with unimaginable destructive power, although it did not cause comprehensive coverage, but after all, it made the nobles who were accustomed to high and high feel a chill, three cities, millions of residents of the Northern Continent died, turned into ghouls and wreaked havoc, in addition to the destroyed manors on the land, there were also many nobles' properties directly wiped out in this disaster.

Fortunately, the emperor's youngest son, Batuo Darkqi, led 100,000 imperial troops to stop the tide of corpses that rushed directly to the imperial capital, and it was even rumored that the prince and the black-scaled general with the highest martial arts skills in the mainland repelled the behind-the-scenes operators of this disaster.

Today, when the triumphant army returned to the city, almost all the nobles of the imperial capital, including the residents who came here to escape the disaster, came to the streets early, or stood on tiptoe on the tavern buildings and rooftops to watch.

The sky was bright and pleasant, and Ituni sat in a building near the city gate, his eyes closed, listening to the sound of a musician playing by a musician beside him, his brow slightly furrowed in the plucked strings, but his ears were constantly listening to the movement outside.

Then, I couldn't help but open my eyes and stand up, walked to the guardrail of the building, and swept my eyes over the crowd of people on the street below.

"...... didn't expect you to actually fight off the ghouls and think you would die there. ”

Ituni's plan in his heart was originally to use this ghoul to provoke Batuo to level the corpse tide, and it was better to die there, but he didn't expect that before he could speak, Batuo directly petitioned to participate in the war, which made Ituni even more distressed, and actually won like this, so that the other party came back with a full glory.

His eyes swept across the crowd below, and when he shifted away, in the gap between the crowds, a figure in a cloak attracted his attention, and there was a black bird on the other party's shoulder, turning his little head to look around, and even between the swinging cloaks, an extremely short figure also poked out a small green head from time to time, passed by people, reached out and took off some of the other people's ornaments, and put them into the pocket between the crotch.

At this time, I don't know who in the crowd in front shouted: "His Royal Highness Batuo and General Black Scale have entered the city!"

The crowd of people standing on the side of the street suddenly surged, and many people even stood on their tiptoes, stretched their necks and looked ahead, mixed with the cloaked figure, tall and tall, and did not need to make a move, just simply turned their heads, the face under the hood, and the one-eyed with a playful look, looked at the two-headed lion flag that entered the city gate first.

Ituni, who was on the upper floor, also looked away from the figure and looked at the city gate.

At this time, on the long street paved with delicate stones, the crowd was restless, and more than a dozen young and beautiful women who stood in the city tower early, wearing holy white robes, poured the petals in the flower basket with both hands and poured them on the outside of the wall battlements at the moment when the king flag entered the city.

The pink and white petals reflected the brilliant sunshine, and they fluttered one after another, accompanied by the royal flag falling into the city.

The sound of neat footsteps spread along with the royal banner, led by the third prince Ba Tuo, who was in smooth armor and wearing a white cloak, carrying a war knife at his waist and a long stick on the other side, and in the huge cheers, he raised his chin slightly, smiling and enjoying the warm welcome from his subjects.

When he saw the second brother in a certain building, his smile was even brighter, and there was a kind of "I won, the throne will be mine." The meaning is in it.

"Humph......"

Ituni slammed the delicate gold cup in his hand to the ground and turned away with his entourage.

In the crowd, the cloaked figure also watched the grand scene of the army entering the city for a while, and then walked through the crowd and left, after all, there was something else to do.

Soon after, the army that had entered the city was dismissed and returned to the camp after receiving the hot cheers of its subjects, and Batu stopped in front of the palace with a pale face of black scales, and walked into the palace together to receive the emperor's reward.

The fluctuations set off by the disaster of the ghouls can be described as the tension and fear that the upper country has not had for many years, although it has not completely calmed down, but the triumph of Ba Tuo has surprised many people at the same time, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the brightly lit palace, a celebratory banquet was set up, and bright and colorful magic lamps illuminated a high-ranking nobleman and official in the banquet, with a female companion dressed in sexy clothes, to converse pleasantly with people of equal status, or to maintain etiquette and accept slightly lower aristocratic friendships.

The door of the hall opened, and the protagonist of this banquet, Ba Tu, came in with several knights, and in the congratulatory voices of the surrounding noble officials, he went straight to the royal steps, pressed his fist on his chest with one hand, and bowed down to greet his father on the throne above.

"Father, your son has not disappointed you, and all the subjects of this country. ”

Under the slight bow, Yu Guang glanced at the second brother Ituni, who had returned, and then stood up in the emperor. In his voice, he straightened up and smiled at the second brother: "How is it?"

Ituni smiled: "Naturally, my brother did not disappoint everyone. ”

"However, there is one thing, about the ...... of the eldest brother" Ba Tuo did not entangle with him, but turned to look at the old man on the throne, asked people to bring a wooden box, and bowed down again: "Father, on the battlefield, Ba Tuo has received bad news, big brother, he has ......"

In the hands of the knights who came, the wooden box opened, revealing the shriveled head inside, but the outline of the whole face could still make familiar people see who it was.

Above the imperial steps, the emperor sitting on the throne, his cloudy eyes were a little dim, for the disappearance of his son, he somewhat expected death in his heart, at this moment, his mood fluctuated a little, and he quickly suppressed it.

The back of the old man's hand swelled for a moment, and then he raised it and waved it at the knight below: "Take it down, today he is not the protagonist, but my youngest son." ”

After a pause in his tone, Karutudas closed his eyes, his previous expression flashed, and a smile resurfaced on his face: "Although the ghoul invasion has dispersed, they are still in our homeland, and they need to be cleaned up, and the slave rebellion in the south also needs your brothers to work together, don't be arrogant." ”

The combination of praise and warning made Ba Tuo frown, but he still responded: "Don't worry, father, as your son, I will never disgrace you, I will remove the remaining ghouls from this land as soon as possible!"

"You're so filial. Ituni whispered from the side in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

Ba Tu also replied: "You can too, as long as you dare to pick up your sword and walk out of this city gate." ”

The two brothers did not look good, but they still continued the banquet, and after a while, Karutudas on the throne was a little tired, and left first, and went to the apse, and gradually trembled as he stepped forward.

Before, the suppressed emotions finally appeared on the old body after leaving the ministers, walked out of the warm palace room, the coolness of the night hit his body, and the servants who followed him and several henchmen persuaded him to go back to rest, but the old man waved his hand and refused.

The tall body was a little slumped at this time, sitting on a stone bench in the garden, listening to the sound of insects among the surrounding grass.

"They never cared about the death of their brother, they only stared at the throne under my ass, and the ministers never respected the deceased, they only cared about their own interests. ”

After a long time, the old man sitting in the dim slowly spoke, and the relatives around him didn't know how to deal with it, but some people couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, but the third prince still made meritorious contributions, and he repelled those terrifying ghouls." ”

The emperor looked at the man slightly, and the latter quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly.

Then, the emperor on the stool shook his head, the wrinkles on his face piled up, revealing a wry smile: "Even you have spoken for Batuo...... Have you ever thought about Ba Tuo's pride in martial arts, how can such a person be an emperor, and how can I put this country in his hands. ”

A little farther away on the garden path, a figure stood there, just in time to hear the old man say this, and then turned away sharply, and Carutidas, who heard the movement, looked back, and saw only the back of his son leaving, and the treetops that had been rubbed and were still shaking.

The back of the person who left was Ba Tuo, who had disappeared from his father at the banquet and came to look for him.

"Batuo ......"

The old man closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.