It was not until the next day that Nuland discovered that the king had died in a lonely boat in the middle of the lake, but to their surprise, the thousand lotus flowers that had been scattered on the island in the middle of the lake for hundreds of years had disappeared overnight, as if they had never existed. This insoluble mystery seemed to foreshadow Nuland's bleak future, and for a while, the nobles fell into a panic.

With the death of the king, the battle for the throne between the two princes has officially surfaced. However, the Jingler family did not express their position, always stood by coldly, did not support any of them, but did not come forward to stop them, and let them continue to fight. In a short period of time, the seemingly complete Nuland regime has quietly split into three disintegrated forces. But since most of Nuland's power is still in the hands of the Kingele family, no matter how much the two princes toss, it will be difficult to shake their solid position. As long as the Jingler family did not intervene in the fight between them, the two princes would not dare to provoke the Jingele family easily.

However, in order to maintain the apparent peace, the three forces in Nuland Germany all coincidentally suppressed the news of the king's death and kept it secret. Fortunately, both princes understood that a large-scale civil war must not break out in such a sensitive period, otherwise the enemy would have an opportunity to take advantage of it, so the current struggle was still limited to the noble forces, and had not yet developed to the point of major conflict.

About 20 days later, a secret envoy from neighboring Dorodo suddenly came. However, the emissary did not reveal his identity, and he did not intend to enter the palace or meet the two Nuland princes, but quietly approached the Jingler family alone, hoping to meet the powerful family ruler, Noro Jingele.

The messenger arrived early in the morning, and Norro stood on the steps in front of the parlor door, looking condescendingly at the dusty messenger, and his heart was quite surprised, and he could not guess the other party's intention for a while.

The Dorodo messenger was wearing a hooded cloak, his shoulders were slightly wet, and the south was wet and rainy, and because he was riding a beast, his shoes and the hem of the cloak were splashed with muddy water, which showed that he came with the stars and the moon. Visually about thirty or forty years old, medium build, slightly light complexion, a few strands of golden brown hair against the side of the face, blue-gray eyes inadvertently revealed a little tiredness. It was late autumn now, and the weather was slightly cold, but there were a few drops of sweat on his forehead, and he must have been in a hurry on the road.

Noro Kingler looked at the envoy in silence for a long time, with obvious inquiry in his eyes, and asked with some surprise, "You are Rod Ackroy?"

Judging from his appearance alone, it is indeed difficult to associate the honest man in front of him with the Dorodo nobleman who is famous for his medical skills in the Eastern Continent. But what puzzled Noro even more was why this person, who couldn't fight him, would come all the way to see him at such a sensitive time?

Just as Noro looked at Rod, Rod couldn't help but observe the head of the Jingler family. Noro's image was not much different from what he imagined, completely in line with the appearance of a powerful ancient nobleman, and it could even be said that Noro was the most aristocratic person he had ever seen. The main body of the Jingler family was very slender, with long straight golden hair, and light blue eyes full of a haughty and cold look that could not be concealed. A person who has the ability to control a large family that has been undefeated for thousands of years can never be just an ordinary powerhouse, and Rod is convinced of this. The only thing that surprised him was that the famous head of the Jingler family was so stunningly beautiful. Most of the rumors about him are monstrous, cold and powerful, and almost no mention of his appearance is due to the fact that his great strength has long overshadowed his beautiful appearance.

Rhodes soon discovered that the powerful family ruler in front of him seemed to be suffering from some kind of illness. Because his face was too pale, he occasionally coughed heavily. But even so, it did not give the slightest impression of weakness, both in appearance and temperament, showing his strength inside and out. Rod couldn't help but be a little more respectful, and replied again: "Yes, Lord Kingler, I am Rod Ackroy. ”

Noro secretly wondered that it would not be a trivial matter for a nobleman from a neighboring country who had nothing to do with him suddenly and quietly came to the door, otherwise how could he pick such a sensitive period to visit?

Sure enough, I soon heard Rod say: "A few days ago, I suddenly learned that King Nuland had passed away...... But rest assured, Lord Kingler, I'm not revealing it to anyone who shouldn't know. ”

According to the day, I am afraid that as soon as the news was obtained, Rhodes immediately arrived. Noroma realized that the seemingly honest and honest Dorodo nobleman in front of him was by no means as simple as it seemed on the surface. But Noro remained silent, and did not inquire about how Rod learned about this secret, and still waited for him to continue to finish speaking.

While carefully observing Noro's expression, Rod continued: "It is precisely because of this news that I have temporarily decided to make a secret visit, otherwise I will never dare to risk crossing the border easily. ”

"I seem to ...... Smell an unexpected sense of rebellion?" Noro's eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze at Rhodes was intertwined with a slight surprise and deep inquiry.

Hearing this, Rod couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart, the intuition of the head of the Kingler family was terrifying. But at the same time, he couldn't help but feel glad that he really didn't find the wrong person, and his originally tense spirit finally relaxed, and he smiled a little embarrassedly: "I was thinking about how to explain it to make Lord Kingler believe me, but now it seems that I don't need to try around the bush at all." ”

"Indeed, since you have come in such a hurry, it must be a matter of great importance, so it is better to say it directly, so as not to waste time. Noro motioned for Rhodes to follow, then turned and walked up the steps to the eaves, and then dismissed all the nearby servants.

Rhodes followed, stopped three steps away from Noro, looked up and saw that Noro was looking at him, and continued: "Last year, the fifteen-nation allied forces of the Eastern Continent were defeated in the West Sea, and Nuland did not participate in it because of Lord Kingler's strong opposition. But I think adults already know about the situation at that time. ”

"That's right. Norro affirmed. In fact, as early as eleven years ago, Nuland had secretly coveted the vast land of the Western Continent, and if he hadn't made a few trips to the Western Continent and had done some in-depth understanding, I am afraid that he would not have opposed Nuland's participation in the war last year. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would probably have blindly regarded the Savoyards as an uncivilized barbarian, as most people do. But it was the strong, frank and wise King of Savoy who completely reversed his original prejudice against the Savoyard people. Thanks to this, Nuland was able to avoid a doomed war.

"In that war, Herilandi used Barro's poison openly for the first time, and it must have been one of his intentions to take the opportunity to deter all parties, but since then, people have been panicking, and all countries are secretly developing virus weapons, even Doro......do," Rhodes sighed, and continued, "King Dorodo has ordered me to be responsible for developing virus weapons to be officially used in the next war." Over the past few days, I've had some results, but I've never been able to reassure. Slaves used to test poison have died one after another, and I was a healer, but now I want to make poison and kill people......"

"Are you just here to lament the fate of the slaves?" Noro's question was sharp and direct, and he naturally did not think that Rhodes, who was a nobleman, felt so guilty for this reason alone.

"Admittedly, if it were only for poison testing, it would not have greatly reduced the number of slaves at present. Rod did not deny it, because he knew very well in his heart that from ancient times to the present, it is not so much the nobles who keep slaves in captivity, but the slaves who feed the nobles. Although the status of slaves is low, in the end, if there are no slaves, the nobility will no longer be nobles. Immediately, his tone unconsciously became stronger, "However, what I want to say is the future! The virus is far from being as simple as we think, because it is alive, maybe it has no less intelligence than us Lepeilian people, and it will continue to evolve and transform itself for the sake of profit, so as to adapt to the new environment, making it more and more difficult for the host to resist." In order to expand its own population, the virus will even spread directly or indirectly to other organisms, and continue to expand the infection, and what will become of it in the future is not something that we can predict or control now. Therefore, once the large-scale use of virus weapons in the war begins, the entire Eastern Continent may fall into annihilation!"

"According to you, the purpose of the virus was to spread to expand its own population, but it ended up killing Lepelian or other creatures...... If you have that kind of wisdom, why would you choose this way of spreading your own grave?" Noro's question is somewhat intriguing, and it seems that it does not stop at the literal meaning.

"Perhaps, the original intention of the virus is not to kill other organisms, but to obtain more effective survival benefits through transmission. It's like us Lepeilian people starting a virus war to gain profit, and in the end it's just digging our own grave. "Once a virus breaks out, it can completely destroy a densely populated country in a very short period of time." And the rest of the people around must continue to fight against the clever and cunning and changeable viruses that are difficult to observe with the naked eye. However, at the same time as our medical skills are developing, the virus is constantly evolving new survival capabilities, which is a very harsh survival competition. Sadly, the people of Lepelian have never really defeated the virus, so they have not been able to eradicate the disease. As a healer, from my point of view, there are not enemies between countries and nations, but only the virus is a powerful and terrible enemy shared by us Lepeilian people. ”

Noro nodded silently, frowned slightly, and couldn't help but cough heavily, before he said thoughtfully, "It's really not wise to try to take advantage of an enemy that we have never defeated. ”