Chapter 37: Ciro and the Four Heavenly Kings

The Siro Empire, composed of the Siro Swamp and the Katia Desert, and the Baikal Plateau, has complex terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack....... in fact, it is more accurate and straightforward to say, they are all ghost places where living people can't live.

The Great Swamp of Death, the Great Desert of 10,000 People, and the Great Plateau of Polar Low Temperature, the three great forbidden areas of life, constitute the hell of the four living and the paradise of the dead.

However, not many people know that in this magical world, the harsh natural environment is not invincible, and in the depths of the swamp, there is a region that is like spring all year round, lush vegetation, and picturesque scenery, that is, the capital of the Siro Empire - Siro, and the surrounding administrative district of Gra.

Even though this miraculous territory requires a lot of cost and time, the psychic towers in the border areas will always shine with the brilliance of souls and arcane arts, and the bone flood that used to represent death is now the countless undead laborers who work in the reclamation.

As long as it is an intelligent creature, even if it is a high-level undead who hates the living, it still retains the aesthetic of living truth, and no one likes their home to be a ruin and a filthy quagmire.

The immortal spirits of the undead are never short of time and labor, and when the world thought that this was a hell, in fact, quietly, this place has been gradually changed.

Ciro, the capital of the Ciro Empire, has nearly one million wise undead above the silver rank, and 20 million living as slaves, and the low-level and low-wisdom undead cannot be counted at all, the scenery in the city is beautiful, the infrastructure is complete, and the transportation network composed of underground pipe networks and floating boats is extremely developed.

One of the works of art and sculpture on the main road is a family heirloom that has been passed down for thousands of years in a certain kingdom, which is the essence of the undead empire that has destroyed countless kingdoms.

In a mansion in Ciro City, the seventh consul of the empire, Marquis Reinhardt of Spider, is handling government affairs, as one of the strongest death knights in the empire, he is the nominal president and instructor of the Death Knights, however, in the eyes of the Empire, he always wears the loose clothes of a scholar and appears as a gentle and elegant Confucian general.

But those who really know him will know that as long as this guy goes to the battlefield, he is an uncontrollable beast, and there has been an inhuman record of disobeying the orders of his superiors and fighting for 17 days and nights to destroy a kingdom in one fell swoop.

But now, this "eternal captain of the guard of the Emperor of the Eternal Night", "as soon as he gets on the chariot, he goes crazy, and the chariot of death has no reason", but in his mansion, he is in deep thought about the two pieces of information, and his handsome face is iron-blue, as if he has encountered some big problem.

"Reinhardt, how bitter is the face. Those long ears in the west are starting to make trouble again? Or did the barbarians from the north go down the mountain? If it's these interesting things, let my sister and I share your worries. ”

A cold and lazy female voice sounded outside the door, obviously asking, but there was a strange provocation in the language. The sense of amusement and pleasure is as if excited about the rise of war.

"Grey. Si-sama, there is no war, and don't try to provoke a war, I have said many times that the vigilance of the living against us has reached a critical point, and a meaningless war is not a good thing for the current empire. ”

"Cut, then what did you call me to do today, you know I'm only interested in war. Could it be that the council's lichs are idle and looking for something to do? It's still the diplomatic issue of the last time, let's find other consuls, my fourth consul, the Duke of the Empire, Queen Grey of the Bone Dragon. Silk has no interest in those things. ”

Just look at the appearance, it is a cold tall female elf, long silver hair to the waist, pale to bloodless skin with a strange beauty, the hem of the red, black and gray long skirt has been dragging on the ground, the most impressive thing about her appearance is her eyes, the black and white twisted pupils are like a black hole that is attracting light, there seems to be something, it seems that there is nothing.

The system of the Ciro Empire is probably the weirdest in the whole world, it is an empire, but he has no emperor, the real power is all over the twelve consuls, it has a dark council composed of lichs to oversee the affairs of the empire, but for the twelve consuls, it only has the right to build yì...

To put it simply, it is a group of undead lords (consuls) who hold military power, so that the Night Council can't manage it at all, but the administrators can't deal with the power of the lichs united.

Of course, there are also pro-parliamentary administrators, and even the speaker of parliament, Fetrán, is the second consul, and even, there are several consuls who are very close to the parliament, and the resolution to abolish the executive is mentioned in the parliament every year, but unfortunately, as long as they don't want to fight a civil war, this mention is doomed to fail.

And Grey. Silk and Reinhardt are both consuls who are not very close to the council, and in the very small minority of the consuls, most of the consuls are eyeing the supreme kingship, and they are the kingship faction who believe that the Emperor of the Eternal Night will return one day This obviously idealistic proposition is deeply supported by the veterans of the Great Era, but due to excessive unreality, it is difficult to grow in the increasingly realistic undead race, and as time passes, more and more companions switch to other camps.

Not long ago, the royal faction that once had four consuls split again, and the ghoul king Dicas, who was the emperor's four heavenly kings, switched to the parliamentary faction, which dealt a heavy blow to this minority faction.

Being the boss faction (most of the consuls), the parliamentary dominant faction (headed by the second consul), the ideal kingship faction, and the casual and confused living faction are probably the largest factions of the Ciro Empire.

It sounds very complicated, but compared to the hundreds of factions in the human empire, in this country with tens of millions of intelligent people, the undead are simple enough, not to mention that the vast majority of the undead directly say their goals "I want to wait for the return of the emperor", "The council is in power, I will be the boss", "Adam has no opinion on who is the boss, Adam just eats", "I am the boss and I will launch a new round of undead natural disasters", which is unbelievable among the human nobles who have become accustomed to talking around the bend.

Right now, the two bigwigs of the royal power faction meet directly in broad daylight, and I'm afraid that all kinds of rumors and intelligence will fly all over the sky.

But at this moment, facing Grey. Reinhardt didn't raise his head, but just threw out a sentence.

"News of the Scepter of the Night."

Grey. Silk was stunned for a moment, and then her face was full of shock.

"Didn't you say that you didn't use the scepter of eternal night to save zài? Aren't your writings designed to bluff people? ”

"Yes, according to my judgment in the past, His Majesty most likely just took it as a joke, and moreover, it was a joke full of malice. I'm writing these things just to get the careerists to fight for the crown and put their energy into finding that wooden scepter, which is likely to never be found. ”

Reinhardt raised his head, his sword eyebrows twisted together, and his expression was even more varied, including joy, anger, memory, and uneasiness

"The day before yesterday, I received two pieces of information about the underworld, one of which is about the Scepter of Eternal Night, but I'd better take a look at the other one first."

Grey. Silk snatched it up, but

"I thought it was some important information, isn't this a tourist brochure? Reinhardt, are you planning a vacation? Are you going to invite me along? I'm sorry, you're a good man, but I have no interest in other dead people except the Emperor. ”

I am used to the unreliability of my colleagues, compared to the other two heavenly kings, this is always too much The bone dragon queen is easy to deal with, and silently accepted this good person card, Reinhardt just said in a deep voice.

"Please take a closer look."

"Death Crown Undead Theme Park & Halloween Travel Week, enjoy a thrilling journey full of darkness and death, free admission for the first 30 days of opening? What is this!! Is it another boring plan from some idiot? I'm a little interested in the war theme park, and the land of the dead and Halloween, aren't we every day. ”

"Please take a closer look."

"Brimstone Mountain City? Oh, Adam. Is Han finally crazy? Congratulations!! ”

"Please take a closer look" Even Reinhardt, who was patient, couldn't stand the strange divergent thinking of the Bone Dragon Queen, and there was helplessness and begging for mercy in his tone.

Seeing the little brother's blue face, Grey. Silk finally got a little serious, and when she just turned the second page, she was stunned.

It was a vivid propaganda poster, on which many undead were paraded through the streets in strange clothes, some beating gongs and drums, some singing and dancing, but if it was all about, Grey. How could Silk be frightened.

At this time, she only knew that she opened her mouth wide and pointed to a corner of the picture, and the image of the undead lord was all in vain.

The skeletal dog dressed up in colorful peacock feathers is trying to do a handstand with his lower limbs, and underneath it is a green colored ball, which is a cute pet pauching game.

However, it seems that his balance skills are not very good, and he will slip off if he is not careful, and the artist just makes up for the moment when he falls.

"Ahh Best, the head of the fiercest and strongest Four Heavenly Kings, the Void Demon Dog Best!! ”

Reinhardt had already covered his ears in advance, but he was still dizzy from the screams of the Bone Dragon Queen's banshee, the ancient Bone Dragon Queen's singing voice had already been known as the Throat of Death, "It's so fucking ugly, I authorize you, as long as she dares to sing with her throat open, she will be beaten to death-by, by a certain emperor"

And at this moment, even Reinhardt could understand the other party's death scream, and when he saw this painting at that time, he was not necessarily much better than him.

Void Demon Dog Best, the leader of the Crimson Hound Legion of the Praetorian Guard of the Eternal Night, the deputy commander-in-chief of the entire Eternal Night Legion, and the head of the Four Heavenly Kings, this kind of title can pull out a long list, but overtly, he is the most powerful and fierce undead monarch, he has destroyed countless legions and kingdoms alone, and all he passes through is the ruins, and he is the most trusted and relied on general of the Eternal Night Emperor.

He and the rest of his legions should have been wiped out in that battle, and now they suddenly appeared, still appearing in such a cute appearance, which naturally frightened Gray. The silk is enough to choke.

"It can't be wrong, the strange twist of the tail, the scratches on the head, and most importantly, the strange shape of the two left legs of the upper limbs and the two right legs of the lower limbs, there can't be any other skeleton dog like this."

"Yes, I can't think of anyone other than Lord Best who would take off all their limbs before going to bed, and then wake up and pick them up randomly, combining the front legs, hind legs, left legs, and right legs at will, and then walking and moving freely on all fours, spinning directly"

The sudden appearance of the head of the Four Heavenly Kings, who should have been dead, meant something to make Grey. Silk was shocked that happiness came too easily, but she was a little weak-hearted.

"Could it be a casual painting by an artist?"

"No, look at the back."

Turning over the back business, it was a skeleton general with eighteen arms, and at this moment, he had not a sword with blood in his hand, but a wooden pole with a spinning plate hanging from it.

Followed by the annotation "Miscellaneous Master Diffie will perform extreme tricks for you while spinning eighteen plates!" ”

Squinting, Grey. Silk looked at it for a long time, but she didn't see anything.

"Doesn't seem like much. It's just a spinning tablet. ”

"Skeleton General can indeed choose to have an extra pair of arms holding weapons when he buys the price, but the soul also has its own limits, and too many weapon distractions will only hurt you. Ordinary skeleton generals can operate four weapons, top weapon masters can operate eight, twelve of the undead lord level, and one of sixteen, Lord Best's subordinates, the chief instructor of the Crimson Hound, and the great sword saint Ferdy. It seems that he has made progress again. ”

"Ferdy? Dife? This fake name is so insincere! ”

"And this one."

This is a headless horseman playing polo with his own head, narrating: "A wonderful game you've never seen before. ”

"Camicias that idiot!! Dead skinheads! I know you dead cross-eyed, even if you turn to ashes. ”

"Yes, the Titan Wrestler, the most fearsome of the fearless stormtroopers, the vice-captain of the Crimson Hound, Lord Carmisias. And this."

It was a lich rubbing his hands, and at this moment, with a smile on his face, carrying a pack of miserable green potions, narrator, "A delicious drink that you have never drunk before, tailor-made for you by the alchemist Fei Fei, a favorite for fitness and strengthening." ”

"That alchemy symbol, and that weird hat plague tyrant Kaka, the medicine she dispenses the undead dare not drink, those who are alive., poof, drinking it will definitely be strengthened, but I hope he can remember what he looks like, and he can try to spell himself back to the way he was in the future."

"And this, this, this."

"I almost understand the legendary bone dragon who is the mount and narrator, the king of the pit viper banshees who belly dances, and the great witch who sets up the divination stall."

"yes, my intelligence officer has already disguised himself as a tourist and got a medal for the ninth visitor to the park, and it seems that business is very bad. Well, he has also determined that the characters in the album are real, that is, "

Grey. Silk stood up suddenly, her strange eyes full of surprise.

"In other words, the Emperor is still there! Yes, only the Emperor can make these ace warriors dress up like this, and only the Emperor can let the Boss play pétanque obediently!! ”

"Well, that's just preliminary speculation. There were too many doubts about the events back then, why did the red hounds of the Praetorian Guard suddenly leave His Majesty and go thousands of miles away, why were the legions of the other three Heavenly Kings suddenly transferred to the edge away from the core war zone, and thus escaped the catastrophe of the civil war Perhaps, the underground world will give us the answer. ”

Next, the news about the Scepter of the Eternal Night, which should have been shocking information, became less important in the eyes of these two because of that little tourist brochure.

"I'm going to the underworld, right now. Hmph, damn Dicas, or the Emperor was promoted step by step from a weak ghoul, back then you shouted for revenge and jade shattering so much, and thought you were the most loyal, as a result, after persisting for a hundred years, the knot still betrayed, wait for the emperor and the boss to come back, see how they clean you up. ”

After a moment's hesitation, Reinhardt whispered.

"Actually, Master Dicas's betrayal is also a little suspicious. Ten years ago, when Adam. When Han's news came, when the proposal for revenge was blocked in the council, and we didn't support him, didn't he seek revenge on Adam alone in Brimstone Hill? We thought he would never come back."

"Yes, no one expected that not only did he come back, but after he came back, he happily held several gladiatorial tournaments, and we were all happy that he figured it out, and"

In the blink of an eye, he defected to the parliamentary faction, and this is the biggest suspicion, and His Majesty has praised DiCas as his most loyal dog many times. It sounds insulting, but as you know, the Emperor had a special love for dogs, and Decass always regarded it as the highest honor and the exclusive title of his majesty. ”

"Yes, when he planned to use the strange name 'Night Dogs' to replace the legion number 'Night Winter Wolves', you also stopped him, but unfortunately, the Praetorian Guards still used the Crimson Hound in the end, and the Pink Queen Team is also very good."

"Ahem." coughed lightly, and finally turned into a slander in my heart. "Your naming taste is as weird as your Majesty's, and that terrible Throat of Death is the reason why Your Majesty finally chose Lord Best instead of you as the leader of the Praetorian Guard."

Of course, he wouldn't say those words.

"I believe in His Majesty's vision, since he trusts Dicas so much, then, Dicas should be trustworthy, perhaps, what did Lord Dicas encounter in the underworld, or who gave him instructions"

As he said this, the two of them turned their eyes to the tourist brochure on the table.

"I'll go now."

"I can't leave Ciro, it's up to you, the underworld won't be quiet now, we're 'unheard of warlord leaders' (the council's scornful name)' can receive news of the Scepter of Eternal Night, and those who have been looking for it for a century will definitely fall out. Grey. Si-sama, please find that person is important, if my estimate is correct, this scepter is likely to be a trap laid by that person! ”

Grey. Si is not a person who does not listen to persuasion, this little brother is obviously not the Four Heavenly King, but with his loyalty and wisdom to the Emperor, he has walked step by step to the core of the royal power faction, and his construction is very useful to an old guy like himself, so he naturally wants to be respected.

"By the way, please bring Lord Adam. If my guess is correct, since that man is going to start making waves, he should be looking forward to meeting Master Adam again. ”

"Are you sure? Well, I see, I'll take it with me. ”

Meat Eater Adam, the last boss of the royal faction, the twelfth consul, is actually an abomination giant, and his IQ is not high, but if you talk about personal combat strength, no undead in the entire Ciro dares to challenge this "mentally handicapped person who is not worthy of being an undead lord and consul"

It is true that Adam's intelligence is not high, but after the Emperor left, he always listened to his brothers and sisters. He even tore apart the parliament building and violently assaulted the Lich Councillor who slandered the Emperor.

Looking at Grey leaving. Silk, Reinhardt stood up, looked out the window at the prosperous scene, and fell into memory and contemplation.

That was the Emperor's teachings

"Little Reinhardt, it's not cute to just be able to fight and kill, and if you can't do it for a long time, you will be treated as a fool if you only go on a rampage, so you still have to read more books and become a legitimate professional. By the way, do you like history? I've always believed that reading history makes people wiser, so read more history books when you have time. ”

Thinking of the warm hands (memories have been beautified), the gentle, intellectual and caring voice (also beautified), the Emperor's former attendant Reinhardt, and now Reinhardt, an observer of history, are also trying to read history and know the present, using their eyes to overcome the shackles of time.

"You always look at the history books and worry all night, as if those catastrophes and disasters that destroyed the miè era in the past may come again at any time, and I can't understand those weird deduction notes now? Goddess of Order? Death Iyer? Chain reaction? Butterfly effect? 陛xià, what exactly do you see, what kind of despair will make you choose to leave a qiē behind, who to start over!! Come out! ”

After a roar, a familiar smiling face suddenly appeared outside the door. Silk.

"Brother Reinhardt, talk to yourself quietly, otherwise if it gets out, outsiders will treat you as a psychopath."

"You hear"

"No, no, I'll just come back and inform you of one thing, and I haven't heard anything."

Looking at this bone dragon queen who tried to pretend to be stupid, Reinhardt smiled angrily, she and Adam were the people he trusted the most in this dangerous country.

"Notify what?"

"I won't be called Grey from now on. Silk, I've changed my name to Golia, don't make a mistake. ”

Hearing this, Reinhardt was strange.

"Why, it's been called Grey for thousands of years. Silk, why did you suddenly change your name? You won't listen to the fortune tellers in the alleys, they are all uneducated liars. ”

"No, no, it's just a little trouble and you have to change your name?"

"Incredible! Who can change your name as Duke and Consul of the Empire? ”

"Before, didn't the Senate sort out the aristocratic system and inheritance of the whole country. They suddenly found that my name could not be displayed by the magic network, nor could it be printed, so they changed my name. ”

"Can't show it? Why? ”

"It's not Grey yet. The bud in the silk. Silk went wrong, and it is said that in some remote mountainous area, Lei. Silk is another name for some women with special sexual orientations. Didn't the system upgrade before.,The agency in charge of the magic network blocked the forbidden words for the sake of the score created by civilization.,Now,The magic network automatically marked all the forbidden words with XX.。 ”

"So, if I insist on calling Grey. Silk, the name list in the future will show the first duke of the empire, the fourth consul Ge XX, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing. No way, I can only change my name to Golia, don't be mistaken in the future. ”

"Can you be more out of the spectrum? You, an imperial consul, changed your name for such a strange reason? Are you crying for your dignity and pride? ”

"Well, it is said that the root cause is that some big universe will is too lazy to put a dot in the middle of my name, so I was renamed"

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