Text Chapter 2450, Tradition
Under the leadership of Karina, Lin Zheng and the others finally came to the outside of the palace as the venue, and as soon as they looked up, Lin Zheng opened his mouth wide, what kind of trouble is this gilded gate that is more than twenty meters high!?
"See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" The two goblin mecha standing on both sides of the gate suddenly knelt down on one knee, and when they heard this voice, Lin Zheng suddenly came back to his senses, and only then did he notice the two golden mechas.
Standing in front of the tall goblin mecha, Karina nodded with satisfaction, "En! Get up! By the way, open the door for me! β
"Yes! Your Highness the Princess! β
With that, the two goblin mechs stood up, then turned and walked towards the gilded gate. Soon, the goblin mecha arrived in front of the gate, and with a push of both hands, the towering gilded gate immediately emitted a thunderous "boom"! Lin Zheng is sure that this is definitely not the craftsmanship of the Goblin Empire, but deliberately creates such an effect, this thunderous sound of opening the door is too shocking and too stylish!
In the shocking sound of the door opening, the two goblin mecha slowly pushed open the gate of the palace, and just as the gate was completely opened, the light behind the gate suddenly lit up, presenting an avenue paved by the red carpet in front of Lin Zheng and them! This grand posture is worthy of welcoming the future monarch! Even if there are bad intentions, at least the pomp and circumstance that people should have is still ready for Karina!
Shh However, Karina didn't seem to appreciate it very much, looking at the bright red carpet, Karina skimmed her face rather dissatisfied, "Those guys, why are you doing such superfluous things!" β
Lin Zheng smiled when he heard this, "No matter what, at least you are also the future emperor in name, people don't put the pomp and circumstance you deserve!" As he spoke, he slapped Karina on the back, "Okay! Don't be a little grumpy, let's go! β
"Got it! I'll go, I don't need you to push me! Karina muttered, then took a deep breath, and then strode towards the red carpet, but after taking two steps, she seemed to remember something, and after turning around and pulling Lin Zheng, she rushed over! Lin Zheng, who was slightly stunned, suddenly smiled, and the next moment, the dress on his body changed instantly, becoming his emperor's uniform, anyway, this time he came as Karina's supporter, and he couldn't lose face with this girl!
At the moment when Karina stepped on the red carpet, a solemn symphony suddenly sounded, and on the slightly dimly lit seat, all the princes and nobles, and the ministers of the empire, stood up one after another, and for a while, there were bursts of warm applause in the venue! At this moment, it seems that the entire hall is sincerely welcoming the future king and offering all their enthusiasm to the king!! Of course, it's hard to say how many are sincere!
After a while, the warm applause came to an abrupt end, and it was replaced by bursts of exclamations, because Lin Zheng, who was pulled by Karina, finally appeared! That white emperor uniform undoubtedly supported Lin Zheng's momentum to the extreme, His Majesty the Demon King put on this exclusive military uniform, and the imperial style that belongs to an emperor should be strongly displayed in front of all the audience! At such a glance, even the most dull person can clearly understand that the man who entered with Karina is a real emperor, and this emperor is not as simple as the ringing horse leader of the ravine village!
However, amazement to amazement, as one of the most powerful empires in the heavens and worlds, an emperor like Lin Zheng who has never heard of him is not among the guests of the empire, the key is that now, Karina actually pulled Lin Zheng to appear! Soon, after the exclamation, there was immediately a light focused on a middle-aged goblin, the goblin was luxuriously groomed, just looking at this outfit, you can guess that this eighty percent is the role of the prince of the goblin empire. As soon as he stood up, the goblin shouted, "Wait! β
As this shout fell, the entire venue suddenly fell silent, and after looking at the light, Lin Zheng asked in a low voice, "Who is that guy?" β
"Takla, my uncle, is titled Prince of Gold!" Karina replied in a low voice, "He has always been very unconvinced by my father, and if you want to say that there is no shadow of him in this incident, I won't believe it!" β
Just as the two were talking and whispering, Takla's sharp eyes fell on Lin Zheng, and he said with a calm face: "Karina, you should know what the occasion is today, right?!" β
Hearing this, Karina exclaimed unhappily, "Why didn't I know? β
"Then since you know, why did you bring an unrelated person with you?!" Takla shouted and asked, "No matter how informal, at least on this occasion, you must maintain the minimum etiquette as an emperor's heir!" β
As soon as these words fell, there was a small discussion in the venue, and if you listen carefully, you can find that there are indeed many people who are accusing Karina of ignoring the general situation, and Lin Zheng frowned when he heard it. But soon, Lin Zheng didn't have the time to pay attention to these voices, and his attention was attracted by the person sitting next to Takla, because that person was staring at him with a pair of eyes full of murderous intent!
Duke of Marimo! Thinking about Lin Zheng with his toes, he can know that that person can only be this guy, after all, Lin Zheng is his killer enemy! The Duke of Marimo is an old man with a beard, but the old man seems to be a bit overdone, at least except for the gray hair, his face still looks quite young! If you shave your beard, you're almost a full-fledged version of Bode.
The Duke of Marimo has killing intent towards himself, Lin Zheng is not surprised, what makes Lin Zheng feel surprised, why didn't that guy jump out and tell his identity, you must know that Lin Zheng is the main person who caused the defeat of the Goblin Empire, even the pit that the emperor fell was dug by Lin Zheng, if you want to drive him away, this is the most powerful reason!
Before Lin Zheng could figure out Duke Marimo's thoughts, the pillar of light that fell on Prince Takla shifted to a gorgeous and solemn high chair directly in front of him. Lin Zheng, who came back to his senses, subconsciously looked at it, and saw Karina's father, the emperor of the Goblin Empire! As soon as he saw his scholarly smiling face, Lin Zheng couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart, there was always a feeling that he had been calculated!
Soon, someone spoke, but it was not the emperor, but a square table under the emperor, behind which sat three old goblins, whose faces were wrinkled like sour plums, and it was difficult to guess how old they really were. One of the old men suddenly spoke, and the old voice said slowly, "Karina! Although this assessment allows you to choose other people to help, you must realize that you are the protagonist of this assessment, and it is a defilement of the noble royal dignity to bring outsiders into the arena with you on such a sacred occasion! β
I see, this is what these guys are protesting against! Wellββ! Although Lin Zheng is not incomprehensible, no matter where the royal family is, there are a bunch of stinky rules, and even Istria is difficult to avoid vulgarity! But sure enough, I still feel very disdainful of this kind of boring exquisiteness! At that moment, Lin Zheng pursed his lips and turned to Karina: "Okay! If you don't give it away, you won't let it go, just go over alone, so that these guys don't have to talk non-stop! β
"What nonsense?!" Karina glanced at Lin Zheng angrily, "If you really follow the rules of those guys, you will be killed!" β
Just when Lin Zheng was glaring when he heard this, Karina suddenly raised her head and looked at the old men and ladies of the Senate, and said loudly: "He is not an irrelevant person, according to the ancient tradition of goblin aristocracy, he is already my Karina's husband!" β
As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar! And everyone in front of the Destiny of Heaven also exclaimed "Wow-" with a sigh of surprise!
Lin Zheng stumbled after hearing this, and almost fell headlong, but when he came back to his senses, he stared at Karina with wide eyes, and said angrily: "When will I become your husband?!" β
Without waiting for Karina to answer, the old lady of the Senate asked in amazement, "Karina! You may well be the future emperor of the empire, and your husband is not something you can decide casually, so you have to give an explanation to everyone present about your husband! β
After Karina's cheeks flushed and hit Lin Zheng's stomach, she looked at the people in the Senate and said, "According to the tradition of the goblin aristocracy, if a man and woman who are engaged are killed before they are married, then they need to choose a new betrothed partner within 20 days and get married within a month!" And if the object of the second engagement is killed by the same person again, then the unmarried person is considered to be the partner of the murderer, and it does not change due to any conditions, and this guy, he has already killed my two fiancΓ©s! β
"What are you talking about?!" Lin Zheng lowered his head and put his face in front of Karina, his round eyes were full of a look of neurosis, isn't it a neurosis! Killing her two fiancΓ©s and turning them over to her husband is what kind of neurotic tradition it is?!
Just as Lin Zheng was staring at Karina like a neuropath, the old lady of the Senate said with a surprised expression: "Is there still this tradition?" Oops, I'm too old to have a good memory, wait, I'll check! As she spoke, the old lady slammed a large book on the table with a bang, and after turning two pages, she said again in surprise: "Ah, there really is!" β
The old man next to him stretched his neck to look at it, and then nodded slowly: "I really remember!" It's still handed down from the era of the god of heavenly work, and it seems to be quite important! β
Lin Zheng was almost overwhelmed when he heard it, this neurotic tradition is still called "very important"?!
"In that case, that's fine!" The other old man nodded, and then looked at Lin Zheng and Karina, "According to tradition, the two of you are indeed already husband and wife, since you are Karina's husband, you naturally have to accompany Karina to enter the venue, which is in line with etiquette!" β
"If it's in accordance with the rules, let's continue!" The old lady closed the large book and said, "Come forward and accept your test, Karina!" β
As the old lady's voice fell, the solemn and majestic symphony sounded again! Under the accompaniment of the symphony, Karina held Lin Zheng's hand and walked to the center of the venue, although Lin Zheng had thousands of alpacas smirking in his heart, he could only follow Karina together, at this time, if he took the burden, Karina would not be alive?! But having said that, Lin Zheng was still inexplicable by this neurotic tradition, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "This god ...... How did the inexplicable tradition come about?! β
Hearing this, Karina replied in a low voice: "The old ancestor liked a person when he was young, and then the two quarreled, and that person was angry and engaged to someone else, and then the old ancestor was angry, so he killed the person!" As a result, this made the man even more angry, and he made up his mind to break with his ancestor, and then he was engaged to someone else! β
Lin Zheng bared his teeth when he heard it, "And then the object of the engagement was killed by his old man again?!" β
"Yes!" Karina nodded lightly, "The old ancestor also knew that person was fighting with him, so after killing the second person, he honestly apologized, and then, that person, that is, the old grandmother, forgave the old ancestor, and the two of them got married!" β
"That's it?"
"That's it!"
Day! Karina's explanation immediately made Lin Zheng feel a pain in his eyes, and the alpaca in his heart also ran wildly, sure enough, there is no reason to talk about idolatry! If it weren't for the fact that the old man was the god of heavenly work, could there still be such a strange tradition?! Yes, "What if the murderer is the same gender as the unmarried?" Lin Zheng couldn't help but ask.
"Then we have to get married!" Karina replied very affirmatively, hearing that Lin Zheng was speechless, sure enough, the whole tradition, that's what, neuropathy, this is!
Just when Lin Zheng was speechless, Karina had already pulled him to the center of the venue, as soon as the music stopped, Karina bowed gracefully around the venue, and saw that Lin Zheng was still standing up straight like a goose, and slammed his elbow into his stomach.
After a round of salutes, Karina faced the direction of the Emperor and said in a loud voice, "Meet my great father, the Emperor of the Holy Goblin Empire!" Karina Madolia Kalindor, as the thirteenth empress of the Divine Goblin Empire, is qualified as the heir of the Empire, which is a great honor for the son! However, the glory of the sons and daughters is also a great responsibility, the sons are still young and shallow, lest they be unable to shoulder the great responsibility of the empire and live up to the common people in the world! Now I am here to accept the assessment of the veterans of the empire, in order to prove the ability of the sons and daughters to govern the country, if they fail to pass, the position of the heir of the empire, the sons and daughters dare not bear it! β
After Karina's words, Lin Zheng sobered up with a thrill, and then looked at Karina in horror, this girl can say such a serious thing, this is incredible! Tell me who you faked!
When Karina stepped on Lin Zheng fiercely, the emperor stood up, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the emperor raised his scepter, and the majestic voice echoed: "My daughter Karina! You have such a serious sense of responsibility, and my father is deeply grateful! Here, in the name of the Holy Goblin Emperor, I agree to conduct the qualification examination for the heir of the Empire! β
"Thank you to my father!" As Karina bent down, a hypocritical response suddenly sounded in the venue, "Your Majesty Shengming!" β
After the emperor nodded around, he sat down slowly, and then the lights of the venue were fully lit, and suddenly, the whole venue showed a resplendent brilliance. Under this brilliant light, Prince Takla stood up again, looked at Karina with a blank face, and said for a moment: "Since you are here now, Karina, can we assume that you are ready to be assessed!?" β
"Yes!" Karina nodded confidently, "I'm ready for the test!" β
"In that case, now, the qualification assessment for the heir to the empire has officially begun! First of all, the first project ......"
As soon as Takla's words fell, the ground under Lin Zheng and Karina's feet began to move, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, the stage in the center of the venue slowly began to split from the middle, presenting a huge sand table to everyone's field of vision. There are mountains, rivers, forests, rivers, lakes and seas, highlands, plains and high cities in the sand table, which are everything, and everything looks so real, as if the real world of a party is condensed in this sand table!
Just as Lin Zheng admired the real texture of the sand table, he heard Prince Takla shout loudly: "The first project assesses the ability to lead the army in battle!" Although you have already carved out a large territory for the Empire, it is also related to the invincible and powerful forces of our Empire! And this time, you need to rely on a limited number of troops to win the war on the premise that the battle loss of your troops is less than 50%! β
After hearing this, Karina's face immediately changed, and she suddenly looked at the sand table, and a military camp with a red flag suddenly appeared in a corner of the sand table, this is the troops that Karina can command! As soon as she saw the composition of the troops, Karina immediately laughed! A total of 10,000 troops, of which 4,000 are logistics troops, and of the remaining 6,000 troops, 1,000 are musketeers, 3,000 are infantry, and the remaining 2,000 are all boar knights!
After seeing the composition of the troops, Karina glared at Prince Takla suddenly, "Uncle Huang is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield, so my niece has some questions to ask here, when did the troops of my empire have to rely on wild boars as mounts?!" Moreover, when the army travels, forty percent of the personnel are logistics, and this niece doesn't care about it first, why does the logistics force composed of forty percent of the troops only have ten days of supplies? ! β
Lin Zheng's face turned black when he looked at the composition of the troops, although he knew that the other party would definitely not let Karina pass the assessment so easily, but he didn't expect that the other party's tricks would be so shameless! Letting Karina, a general who leads high-tech troops, lead the boar knights and infantry is already very bullying, and with the strength of the Goblin Empire, can it be reduced to the point where it needs to rely on the boar knights to fight?!
Good! This Karina doesn't plan to care, but with 10,000 troops, she only gives ten days of supplies, and she has to win on the premise that the battle damage does not exceed 50%, if the enemy is a group of monkeys who can only throw stones, then such rations are understandable, but is this possible?!