The city of Ekhtadon, the royal court.

Since the season has entered the cold winter season, the clock hand is just pointing to five o'clock, and the whole city is already twilight. The sky is filled with deep black cumulonimbus clouds, and a large number of waterfowl are flying low, and torrential rain can pour down at any moment.

Evan stood by the window of his study, his eyes looking through the immaculate glass window at the heavily guarded mooring in the distance. In the thick twilight, a dark gray aircraft with cabinet markings slowly landed, and then landed on the edge of the field on a well-established mooring.

“......”

He turned around and walked to the desk, sprinkled the fragrant tea leaves from the Land of Light into the porcelain cup, then sealed the lid, held the cup in the palm of his hand, and wrapped his fingers around the wall of the cup, and the light energy released by his fingertips directly passed through the cup and acted on the tea leaves and spring water - using light energy to warm the tea can retain the aroma of the tea to the greatest extent.

After a while, the tea in the cup was bubbling and bubbling.

Just as the tea was thoroughly cooked, Ptolemy's figure appeared just outside the study door, reaching out and gently tapping the door twice.

"Come in. ”

Evan walked over to the couch, placed the porcelain cup on the coffee table, and sat down.

"Thank you and admire the glory. ”

Ptolemy stood by the door and respectfully stroked his chest, then took off his fur hat to protect him from the cold, and walked to the coffee table next to the sofa:

"The first batch of trainees, who have arrived on the primordial planet, are getting to work. ”

"Sit down. ”

Evan glanced at him, patted the couch cushion with his hand, and motioned for the other party to sit down.

"This ...... How dare you!?"

Ptolemy was stunned at first, and then refused: "Please forgive the minister's refusal, how can I sit with His Majesty, this is not in accordance with the law of etiquette!"

"Let you sit down. ”

Seeing his sincere and frightened look, Evan sighed, and then said in an accentuated tone: "After a while, there will be no etiquette, let's get used to it in advance." ”

"Your Majesty......"

Ptolemy lowered his head, silently took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, walked past the coffee table, and sat down in the 'seat' that Ivan had assigned to him. But even if he sat down reluctantly, he had an indescribable twist, feeling uncomfortable everywhere on his body, and the whole person kept adjusting his posture as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

"Let's try. Evan gestured to the coffee table and motioned for him to taste the steaming tea.

“...... Yes, sir. ”

Resisting the feeling of discomfort in his body, Ptolemy carefully picked up the porcelain cup, and then lifted the lid of the slightly hot cup. The moment he opened the lid of the cup, a rich fragrance came to his face through the steam, which made his eyes suddenly light up:

"It smells so good, Your Majesty...... What kind of fruit is this? I haven't drunk it before. ”

"It's called tea, and it's a drink that I've ordered to be cultivated in the Land of Light for many years, and it's only recently cultivated. Because of its elegant taste, this drink has become popular in the local area, and the finished product will soon be sold on the Empire's side. ”

"It's a good thing. ”

Ptolemy took a deep breath of the aroma, then took a sip, his expression slowly stretched, and his eyes narrowed, revealing a pleasant expression: "The aroma is rich, and the taste is mellow...... Compared to the fruits we usually drink, it has a different flavor. ”

"If you like it, if you like. ”

Evan closed his head slightly, then cast his eyes out of the window, and said lightly: "I have a tea garden in the country of light, covering an area of about 2,000 acres, and when you retire, stay there to retire." ”

"Your Majesty?" Ptolemy was stunned, holding the porcelain cup, as if petrified.

"Ever since you came to power, you've been by your side, conscientious, and loyal to the Empire. It has always been my right-hand man, and I have not amassed any property, this tea garden is my ancestral property for you and your children and grandchildren to enjoy. ”

While speaking, Evan turned his head, looked at Ptolemy's gray sideburns when he was just middle-aged, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you to leave office early, but I want to leave you something." When the reform is complete, you can go wherever you want, and the Machine Empire will always have a place for you. ”

"The minister can do what he is doing now, all thanks to His Majesty's trust, and every time he thinks of it, he will be grateful from the bottom of his heart, so he doesn't dare to be lazy. I have always done my best to carry out all your orders, but this time, I would like to ask you to reconsider. ”

In the middle of his words, Ptolemy's eyes were already red, and his voice gradually choked:

"Your Majesty...... The minister is not greedy for power, the minister is just ...... I can't bear you! The empire can do without a cabinet, but it can't do without the Sun King!"

"Don't talk about it anymore, I have my considerations. ”

Ivan shook his head, indicating that he had made up his mind, and then patiently explained:

"After the reform is over, I will hand everything over to the new generation, but I will not completely hide it, because I have long been inseparable from the Menes civilization. In the future, I will still exert influence on this country, and I will also be the spiritual leader of this country, but I will no longer be a king of God in the traditional sense. ”

"Actually, if you think about it, it's no different from now...... After all, now that all government affairs are handled by the cabinet, I haven't used the royal power for a long, long time, haven't I?

“......”

Ptolemy lowered his head and took a sip of tea, gently put down the cup, and looked up at the air in front of him:

"I respect your will and am willing to carry out your orders, but to those young men...... I have reservations. ”

"It's just getting started...... Without the help of a virtuous minister like you, they would have hit their heads and bled out. ”

Ivan nodded, and was about to say something, when he suddenly noticed that the light in the room was a little dim, so he lit the chandelier with telekinesis, and waited for the silvery soft light to envelop the room, and then said: "Ptolemy, promise me that you will train those young people well." ”

"Minister, take the order. ”

Ptolemy took a deep breath and said with great solemnity.

In fact, he supported much of the reform, believing it to be good governance that had never been seen in antiquity, but was extremely resistant to the dissolution of royal power.

In Ptolemy's mind, the nobility could be finished, the sacrifice could be finished, even the royal family could be finished, but the royal power could not be finished!

The order of the whole world should be governed in an orderly manner under the control of the royal power, and the country can develop in an orderly manner if the king is lenient and benevolent, and the courtiers are virtuous, and the hearts of the people are their own hearts and the wishes of the people. There is no need for democracy, and there is no need for the people to elect a leader to govern the country, so what is it!?

He really couldn't imagine what the world would be like without a king and a father.

But this is the king's will, and even if he is not convinced in his heart, he can only follow the decree.

Thankfully, the king's authority has become a kind of law, and no matter what form of government it becomes, as long as it is civilized or Menes, the glory of the Sun King will never fade. In case that group of young people makes a mess one day in the future, Wang can come forward at any time and take charge of the overall situation again.

At that time, as a loyal courtier of the Sun King, he will be able to make a comeback as his right and left hand.

"By the way, you're not too young, why aren't you married yet?" asked Ivan suddenly.

"Uh. Hearing this question, the Imperial Virtuous Minister showed a hint of embarrassment, and scratched his head crampedly: "This...... It's hard to chase her. And that Oz, too, was very hateful, pestering Yamanra all day long, so that she couldn't make up her mind. ”

"You three can't do this all the time. ”

As for the matter of the three of them, Evan had heard about it for a long time, but he didn't expect them to delay until now and there was no result.

"Yamanra doesn't agree, what can I do. Ptolemy sighed, and suddenly removed his strong mask, revealing an extremely haggard expression.

"So what does she mean? Which one does she love?"

When Ivan said this, he realized that he had lost his words - the other party could wait for Yamanra until now, and naturally thought that she loved him the most.

As he expected, Ptolemy immediately became angry at hearing this question, and showed an indignant expression: "Of course it's me! If it weren't for the fact that Oz always speaks ill of me, she would have been my wife a long time ago!"

“......”

Evan was silent and decided not to get involved in their love triangle, and the three of them could toss as much as they liked.

One-one-one-one-one-one

Late that night, in the Far Eastern Star Field, interstellar space west of the energy center.

In the faint blue universe, a photoelectric belt of tens of thousands of kilometers suddenly appeared, causing the void to fluctuate and vibrate everywhere it passed, expanding like turbulent flowing water.

From a distance, it looks like a giant mouth of the abyss sealed by countless sutures, and the current in the photoelectric band is the suture.

Boom – Boom——!

With the increasingly large and coarse photoelectric belt, a dimensional crack tens of thousands of kilometers long slowly opened, and the dark and deep space inside flowed like water, and the stars in the sky quickly rotated and disappeared, freezing to another starry sky hundreds of light-years away. The next moment the dimensional rift was formed, the two planets, one blue and one black, quickly passed through the crack and were spit out by this narrow and hideous abyssal giant mouth.

The location of the two planets, just east of the Three Dogs of the Federation, is in a confrontation with the Apostle Antun of the Energy Center.

Immediately after, Evan who was far away in the royal court, the Dragon Blaster who was studying socialist ideas hard, Shylock who used the invisible world to train magic spearmen, and Mattga, who was spiritually integrated with the apostle Antun, felt two huge breaths suddenly descend at the same time!

A kind of spiritual radiation with unprecedented power, the breath is as calm and tranquil as the ocean, showing the indifference of a wise man.

Although its aura is indifferent and non-aggressive, its psychic power is strong enough to affect matter within its range, causing them to produce terrifying and distorted changes. Even among the apostles, this level of spiritual power belongs to the top ranks.

A monarch who is dark and gloomy, with a lonely and melancholy aura, as if he is in the abyss of nightmares, able to capture the breath of all life. The energy force field it releases is a pathogenic bacterium that is deadly to all races, capable of eroding and polluting all living things, dissolving all flesh and blood to reshape a part of the pathogenic bacteria.

Not long after these two auras appeared, the figures of Evan, Bakar, and Shylock tore through the space almost simultaneously and appeared beside Antun.

"Herder really has a hand. ”

Bakar looked at the starry sky in the distance, looked at the two stars that had just appeared, and a sarcastic smile rose on the corner of his mouth: "I actually persuaded Rost and Diregi, who have no quarrel with the world, to transfer them here...... In this way, it will be difficult for our forces to continue to expand westward and absorb the Commonwealth's servant stars. ”

"And rightfully so, after all, the two of them are not under Herder's control. Shylock's expression was calm, and he said disapprovingly: "It is difficult to play a role in staying in the Federation, so it is better to transfer to the Far East Star Domain to balance our forces." ”

The power of these two apostles should not be underestimated...... Dirij, in particular, has the power to permanently alter the environment, infecting people into pus-like monsters. Matega shook her head, her blazing pupils filled with vigilance:

"Luckily, though, its virus doesn't work for us Taltans, and Lord Antoun's fire magic can restrain Rost again...... I can barely keep it balanced. ”

"Rost...... Dirigi......"

Looking at the blue and black stars in the starry sky, Evan frowned.

Apostle Rost, the king of the planets of Solaris, claims to be able to wield thousands of weapons at once, has the ability to control people's hearts and change the environment, and if it were not for the obvious weakness that weakens as soon as it leaves the sea, it will be an extremely terrifying opponent.

The Apostle Diregi, the planetary king of Boronx, the root of all diseases, possesses the terrifying power to turn every cell of living beings into dust. He had brought a large number of deadly diseases to the Federation, spread countless mutated viruses, and was known as the "Black Plague", so he was strongly rejected by the other apostles.

Far from the other apostles, Dirigi resides in the desolate planet of Bolonx, and will not leave the planet of Broncus half a step unless it encounters an inevitable event.

In Evan's impression, these two apostles were pacifists, and they didn't interfere in the affairs of the Federation at all, but he didn't expect that this time they were willing to help Herder deal with the Far Eastern Alliance - expected, but reasonable.

"As far as I know, Diriji's virus can't even be controlled by itself......"

As if to raise morale, Bakar exclaimed:

"The Eaton, Norousea, and El stars that should be more worried about than we are, they are too close to Diregi's location...... What if a meteorite brushes shoulders with Bolonx and brings the virus to their planet...... They're finished. ”

"It's always the dog that's unlucky. Shylock said coldly.

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