Chapter 4: The Cheers of the Mercensea Palace
Passing through the gate of the Forbidden Palace, stepping on the Avenue of Victory, and not long after walking, you came to the highest power center of the Kingdom of Rain, in front of the Mosenhai Palace. In front of the Mosenhai Palace is the famous Crown Square, where His Majesty personally greets the returning knights every time the Crown Knights return from a campaign.
The viewing platform that had already been set up on the crown square was full of rows of nobles watching the ceremony, but on such a grand occasion, only the big people above the earl were qualified to stand around His Majesty the King and sit together, and a large number of small and medium-sized nobles could only be arranged around the viewing platform according to their status rank.
Crowne Square is the largest square in the royal capital, with carpet-like public green spaces and exquisite reliefs left by the most prominent artists, and has always been a favorite place for laid-back aristocrats and scholars. Today, however, what should have been a noisy venue is incredibly silent.
And the reason for all this is precisely the formation of a tight phalanx, standing in the center of the square of the Knights of the Crown. Beneath them are fierce silver wolves, ancient silver armor covered with battlefield scars, an indestructible crown shield in their left hand, and an ice sword that slashes through everything in their right hand.
Their faces were carved with edges and corners polished by the wind and snow, their expressions were solemn and solemn, and they were silent in silence, like heroic sculptures on Crown Square, an invisible force was transmitting from them, and the whole square was silent. The majesty of silence, like an iceberg that exists forever, is quiet and heavy. In the face of them, even the most daring and out-of-the-box nobles could not help but be quiet.
"Rustling ......" Amid the imperceptible sound of wolves touching the ground, the Knights of the Crown escorted Alicia as she arrived.
The scene suddenly became solemn, and the nobles watching the ceremony couldn't help but hold their breath, and for a while, the silence on the crown square was incomparable, except for the slight footsteps of wolves like snowflakes falling to the ground.
Alicia and the knights walked to the middle of His Majesty and the Knights of the Crown, and turned to the viewing platform in unison to pay homage to His Majesty. After saluting, the Crown Knights, who had guarded Alicia, returned to the Order, while Alicia stood alone in the square, saluting His Majesty, and then turning to face the Crown Knights.
His Majesty King Gusta IV stood up from the viewing platform. His Majesty had blonde hair as bright as the sun, and although he was over fifty years old, he did not have the slightest sense of the twilight of old age. He wore a crown set with six-colored gemstones on his head, and his beard and hair were neatly trimmed with majesty and grace.
Gusta IV glanced around as if a lion were patrolling his territory, and said in a calm and majestic voice: "My subjects, my knights. ”
"Three thousand years ago, right here, our ancestors broke their shackles, took up arms, and gathered under the banner of the Ice Crown, and roared with vengeance against the evil mages who devoured our flesh and enslaved our souls. ”
"They challenged the cold metal golems with their bare hands, they met the baptism of evil with their flesh and blood, and countless northern warriors fell, but many more stood up. It was the courage and perseverance of our ancestors who were not afraid of sacrifice and dared to challenge all evil that finally defeated the evil sorcerer and won us a free and dignified life......"
In His Majesty's gloomy and vicissitudes of life, everyone recalls the difficult history of the establishment of the kingdom, as if they have seen countless warriors embark on the road of rebellion against evil wizards without hesitation, fighting evil wizards one by one with their fists and teeth, and winning the final victory.
His Majesty's voice gradually turned from low to high: "Three thousand years have passed, and the heroic deeds of our ancestors have become history, and time has worn away the glory and dim memory. I often ask myself, have we lost the bravery of our ancestors, and have the most precious things that our ancestors left to our descendants fade into time?"
"But, today, I can proudly declare. No, we have not lost the most precious treasure given to us by our ancestors, and we still have the will to climb higher. We have the most valiant knights, our crown knights are capable of tearing apart any enemy, we have defeated the most powerful enemies, and the westward advance of the Mosrofik Empire has been crushed again and again under the iron cavalry of the kingdom. ”
"And today, I am proud to announce that we have the most powerful knight again, my daughter, the pride of the Northlanders, and the brightest pearl of Ray Grace just yesterday, successfully promoted to the legend and became the third Destiny Knight of our Ray Grace Kingdom, which is the favor of our ancestors, but also the glory of our Northland people, and this is the proof that our Ray Grace Kingdom is more powerful. Now, let us rejoice to our heart's content! This is the glory given to us by our ancestors!"
"Salute to the ancestors!"
"Salute to Your Majesty!"
"Salute to the princess!"
The five hundred knights of the crown saluted in unison, and the five hundred shouts converged into one voice, filling every corner of the square like thunder. The warm atmosphere encouraged the nobles who watched the ceremony, and everyone couldn't help but cheer.
Gusta III accepted the salute from the nobles and knights with a smile on his face, and when the cheers passed, he announced in a loud voice: "I grant Princess Alicia the title of 'Zhenguo' in the name of King Ryandena, the common lord of the nine million Northlanders, and appoint Knight Alicia as the deputy head of the Crown Knights in my capacity as the head of the Ice Crown Knights." ”
Gusta III's reward was like a stone thrown into a pool, stirring up quite a wave in the hearts of all the nobles. It is very common to award Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia the title of "Zhenguo", after all, according to the custom, as long as every legendary powerhouse is willing to be loyal to a country, he will be awarded the title of "Zhenguo" by the king, which can be added before the title, not only has a fixed annuity every year, but also has the privilege of being above most nobles, and can even influence the political situation of the kingdom to some extent.
However, the implication of appointing Princess Alicia as the deputy head of the Crown Knights is too obvious. The Knights of the Crown, as one of the most powerful forces of the royal family, has always been under the control of His Majesty the King, and having a princess as the deputy head of the regiment means that His Majesty will deliberately choose Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia as the prince. This is a big event that can cause a political storm in Ray's grace. For a while, the nobles present turned their brains and analyzed the impact of this incident on their families.
"Hats off to Deputy Head Alicia!"
The five hundred Ice Crown Knights shouted loudly, raised their swords in unison and saluted, and their magnificent fighting spirit erupted.
Five hundred Crown Knights breathed in unison, and five hundred strong Ice Crown Fighting Qi resonated in the small space, and rose to the sky in an instant.
The Storm Pillar, which fused with the collective fighting spirit of the Five Hundred Ice Crown Knights, rushed into the sky thousands of meters in one fell swoop, stirring up a huge storm vortex in the calm sky, and the clouds that were originally floating in the sky were instantly blown apart and torn apart.
Emotions such as shock, envy, admiration, pride, etc., flashed in the eyes of the onlookers of the nobles. This is the power of the Knights, which gathers the fighting spirit of the legion that resonates with all the members, and can easily tear it apart and expel even in the face of the most powerful ninth-level spells. In this way, the knights came together in this way to destroy the wizards' spells and their creations with a powerful legionary fighting spirit.
At the same time that the Legion Fighting Qi of the Knights tore through the sky, Alicia's body was also filled with ice crystal-like fighting energy ripples, which diffused half of the square in the blink of an eye, and continued to rise into the sky.
In an instant, the wind stopped, and the clouds stopped.
As if condensed by an invisible force, the movement of the Legion's fighting spirit tearing through the clouds slowed down at a thousandfold speed, as if in slow motion the process of flying away was presented in front of everyone.
Everyone was shocked to find that the momentum that Alicia raised alone was even greater than the momentum of the legion's fighting qi emitted by the combined momentum of the five hundred ice crowns.
Suddenly, everyone rose to a kind of enlightenment, it turned out that this is the legendary powerhouse, this is the true power of the Destiny Knight, with the power of one person and overwhelming the combined force of the five hundred crown knights, it is indeed worthy of the legendary powerhouse who can slaughter the city and break the army, and influence the direction of the war with the power of one person, and the title of "Zhenguo" is indeed worthy of its name.
In fact, these truths may not have been understood by the nobles present before, but people often only believe what they have seen with their own eyes, and they are always suspicious of hearsay, and now they have seen the comparison between Alicia and the Ice Crown Knights, and this is the true awe of the legendary powerhouse of the level of the Heavenly Destiny Knight.
The parade ceremony was followed by a grand feast. Although not all nobles were eligible to sit at the same table with His Majesty, His Majesty the Generous Gusta still opened the palace gates and turned the entire Mosenhae Palace into a grand banquet venue. Many of the little nobles who had never had the opportunity to enter the Mosenhai Palace immediately let out heartfelt cheers and praises.