Chapter 1: Premonitions

The royal city of Ekhtadon in the middle of the lake, the royal palace hunting ground.

In the early morning, the weather is clear, and the warm purple-red morning glow is mixed with a few hints of rose. Beautiful white birds fly close to the ground, casting a flying shade of blue on the lawn. The windows of the lounge shimmer in the sun with a dazzling golden glow, the air is fresh, and the trees on the green belt are as light as ethereal clouds.

Near the lake, in a small square overgrown with golden thorn grass, is a steel-framed glass pavilion, with a green dome, a green roof, and the shade of evergreen broad-leaved trees growing on the other side of the lake. From a distance, you can see the dome and staircase of the pavilion, all of which are washed by rainwater, and under the decoration of the scattered vertical columns and several large trees with wide crowns, it is really like in a painting.

Reflecting the rising sun, the sound of sword blades clashing as usual came from the lakeside, the sound was rapid and piercing, and at the same time very dense, like dozens of swords constantly colliding and clashing. Bursts of silver-scaled ripples rippled on the surface of the lake, as if the surface of the lake had become a delicate silk strip, constantly shaking.

It was actually the wind that was turbulent, and on the lawn by the lake, two sturdy figures were intertwined, and the swords in their hands were constantly striking in the air with a different color of cold light. Every time the blades intersect, a string of dazzling sparks will bloom, and the exploding wind pressure will spread, and it will quickly sweep across the surface of the lake, forming a strange scene of water tremors.

“......”

Eru Lomei stood on her side with her sword, and the silver sword in her hand swung rapidly, reflecting a splash of silver light. She pursed her lips, her eyes moving slightly, staring at Rennie in front of her, who was gathering her breath and constantly waving her blade to parry.

A blade of grass rose in the breeze and fluttered across Renee's eyes. Rennie's fiery eyes shrank, and her spring-like tense body suddenly leaped forward, and the whole person slammed into it. The bayonet sword in his hand pierced through the air and forward, stretching into a straight and shining silver line in the sunlight.

Eru Lome's silver-gray eyes calmly entered the water, reflecting the approaching silver line, and the raised steel sword slammed upward, stepped out with her right foot, and then turned sharply to the left with the right foot in front of her as the axis. The long sword he held drew a beautiful circle and set aside the blade of the adjutant's stab.

With a bang, a cloud of sparks burst into the air.

“......”

She spotted her opponent's gap and slashed away.

The blade of the sword shuttled like lightning, elongating in the air to form white lines, and a ripple-like fan rippled with it.

This sword was very fast, and it was simply slashed downward, but it made the entire long sword disappear in an instant, and only the light was gone. By the time the sword was collected in an instant, a deep sword mark had already cracked on the ground, and the golden thorn grass more than a dozen steps away was also a head shorter.

The sword was fast, but it didn't work.

The "Renee" in the sword slash blurred, shattered and disappeared - an afterimage caused by rapid movement.

Bell ——!

Eru Lomei raised her head slightly, two bundles of silver two long temples swung to the right, and the sword was blocked from the thin sword stabbed from the right side, and the movement was as fast as if two blurred figures overlapped on her body at the same time.

Renee sighed softly, and after failing to strike a blow, he did not give up and continued to attack, stepping on strange steps. Like a poisonous snake swimming beside her, from time to time it stabbed at her gaps and dead corners.

“......”

Elu Lome's pupils reflected the silver light that streaked through the air, and she slid closer, leaning on a sideways spin to deliver a bottom-up slash.

Whoosh——!

The blade of the sword reflected the bright sunlight and slashed dangerously in front of Rennie, the sword just stuck in the path of the female lieutenant, causing her movement to freeze.

“......”

A few strands of fiery red hair fluttering in the air made Renny purse her lips. Her figure picked up speed, her wrist violently shook, the speed of the stab doubled, and the thin sword stabbed out like a raging storm.

Eru Lomei stood straight in place, her eyes reflecting the posture of the female adjutant, stepping on a straight line, her body rising and falling lightly with the cold light of the blade.

锵锵锵锵锵——!

The clashing of two different swords suddenly became dense and wild, like an ebullient piano piece that tested the nerves of the human ear.

Bang——!

After the last ball of sparks escaped from the space, Eru Romei spun slightly, her skirt flew, and a sword loop was like a silver lightning bolt turning and stabbing straight away, instantly shaking open the opposite one, and placing the sword blade on the white and slender neck of the female adjutant.

"Rennie, you seem to be slacking off. ”

Elu Lomei's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly withdrew her long sword, the blade of which swirled downward to create an arc, and it was put into the sheath with a 'bang'.

"I've been following you closely, but you're improving much faster than I am. Renee put her sword back into her sheath with a helpless expression.

“......”

Eru Lomme was silent, her head bowed slightly, her eyes staring at the blades of grass on the ground, and she stood there for a long time.

In the past two years, under the pressure of invaders and demons, the former princess has long faded from the youthfulness of a girl, and has more authority and aura belonging to the superiors. She stood there, like an ice rose, her slightly raised pointed chin symbolizing the pride of the thousand-year-old empire, and her slender eyes were covered with a layer of mist at this time, obviously thinking about something intently.

Under the slender bridge of the nose, the ruby-like angular lips are pursed into thin lines, as if they are carrying a thousand pounds of burden. The long hair that fell down to her calves was held in place by a black hoop, and the two long sideburns hung down from her ears to her chest, still clinging to her beloved silver dress.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!?" Reennie reminded of the trivial things when she saw that she was starting to lose her mind again.

"Hmm...... I almost forgot that there was another small-scale demonic plague in the south. Eru Lomei raised her face as if she had just woken up from a dream, looked at the space battleship in the sky, and said lightly.

"You've been in a state of flux for the past few days, do you have a premonition of something?" asked Rennie bluntly.

"I have a hunch of this kind of thing...... Who can say for sure? ”

Elulomee shook her head lightly and turned to leave the hunting grounds, but as she and her lieutenant passed, a swift gust of wind blew violently.

The princess's beautiful silver-white hair flew up, scraping the badge on Rennie's chest, and the black hair ring suddenly fell off. Thousands of magnificent strands of hair suddenly spread out with the wind, drowning the female adjutant's field of vision, and through the slight gap in the hair, Renee saw that the lord's pupils dilated and shrank for a while.

One by one, one by one

In the middle of the night, the moonlight shone on the quiet corridor of the dormitory, and there were no people near or far, only the neat footsteps of the guards echoed in the road, and occasionally a few barking dogs could be heard.

The cold air arrived at Ekhtatun at dusk, and the temperature of the night plummeted, and the cold wind blew through the quiet court, giving it a taste of forest. A few patches of dead leaves brushed the ground, scraped against the glass window in front of the dormitory, and disappeared into the darkness in the distance.

On the periphery of the dormitory is a nearly thirty-foot-high lobby with columns half-embedded in the walls, connected with reliefs, and elegant decorations of porticos and arches. The staggered foyer forms a polygonal space, with the ceiling and walls connected by curved faces, and the frescoes at the corners, with an industrial style that does not belong to this era – all the details that make it a temple of classical and modern art.

The monarch of the Menes Empire did not rest at this time, but instead changed into her favorite set of silver-white slim armor and sat on the throne with a solemn expression. She folded her hands on her knees, and even at this moment - the maiden sat more upright than the most meticulous young lady.

The ruler of Menes, the slightest detail of royal etiquette, reveals the elegance and majesty of the thousand-year-old dynasty and the eternal lineage. Even in the eyes of the harshest priests, she is the embodiment of the most verve of the sun god Atum.

“......”

Elu Lome reclined on the throne, pursed her lips, and her pale silver eyes looked out the window, as if observing the night view of the royal court.

As she watched, the rain poured down. The light sources representing the lights near and far were blurred, and the sky and the earth were plunged into darkness, and only the occasional purple lightning could tear through the darkness, and the dazzling electric light reflected the rain in a silvery color.

Whoa——!

Blazing white electricity illuminated the vast court, and the edges of light shifted across the surface of the building, outlining the night's fortified perimeter.

“......”

Rainey, who was heavily armed, stood outside the dormitory, his eyes vigilantly patrolling left and right, so engrossed that even the sparse changes in the rain could not hide her perception.

From day to night, the female adjutant kept replaying in her mind the heavy and confused expression after the lord's hair was scattered. She was sure that the other party must have sensed something extremely dangerous to show such a cautious expression.

And outside the palace wall directly in front of Rennie, the indifferent face and stiff lines of the Grand Master of the Corona Knights, Delru, were constantly changing under the outline of electric light.

The tall knight stood motionless on the watchtower with his hands staggered on the hilt of a sword carved with a sun-wheel motif, staring straight ahead—the houses at the end of the horizon seemed to form a faint ink line in the darkness, and the rain curtain formed a thin layer of night mist.

Phew——!

Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew, bringing with it the sound of leaves rattling, and the stagnant water and shadows on the ground shook. On the other side of the darkness came a clear sound of footsteps, heavy and powerful, far and near—like footsteps from hell.

"What man!?"

Delru's roar pierced the silent night.

Click——!

With a series of sounds of electric switches, a row of searchlights blinded the entire palace, and illuminated the approaching dormitory in the darkness

figure.

In the light of the searchlight, six figures dressed in dark blue coats stood in the square leading to the outside side of the Sun King, and the rain that connected the heavens and the earth seemed to hit an invisible wall a foot away from their bodies, splashing outward and turning into a layer of mist.

To the eyes of others, this invisible wall almost formed a perfect spherical shape around these people's bodies, and the sphere-shaped enveloping area was not even wet on the ground, and the surrounding water could not penetrate and could only be circumvented by converging into a stream from both sides.

"It must be a dreadbeast! Archers prepare!" Delru immediately gave the order to attack.

"Guarding the royal court...... Knights of the Corona who serve the God-King, do you really want to oppose me?" a man in the center of the six suddenly stepped forward and asked without warning through the hazy curtain of water.

"Who are you?"

Delru narrowed his eyes and looked at the other man cautiously, not knowing if it was an illusion. He felt a faint aura similar to that of a queen in this man's body, and his own blood was faintly congealing.

"You're not qualified to speak to me like that, kneel!"

Majestic and sonorous syllables burst out as the young man's lips opened, a way of pronunciation that only the royal family could understand, and in his clear and indifferent voice, the quaint and incomprehensible sentences were filled with inviolable majesty, like the Hongzhong Dalu from a distant time and space.

Whoosh——!

A faint light that was clearly visible to the naked eye flashed at the center of his eyebrows, forming a flame pattern like a dot, and instantly bloomed thousands of times the strong light that enveloped the entire royal court.

Squeak——!

Under the shroud of light, all the warriors within the range of the bathed light fell to their knees at this moment.

"That's right. ”

The mysterious man shook his head slightly, glanced at Delru nonchalantly, and the corners of his mouth were raised like a crescent moon.

"You ......"

Rennie was suppressed by the light and couldn't look up, recalling the familiar voice in her ears, countless fragments floated up in her mind, pieced together a young man's face, and suddenly blurted out:

"Evan ...... Your Majesty Evan!"

"It's hard for you to recognize me in this situation. ”

Ivan smiled, and at the same time radiated a strong mental pressure, and the air resonated under the effect of the powerful telekinetic force, and the door that was blocking the door suddenly fell apart.

"No matter who he is, I won't let him hurt the Queen!"

Derru took a deep breath and stood up against the pressure, the sound of a hurricane roaring came from his chest, the green tendons on his arms were exposed, twisted like a snake, and the unparalleled strength had been condensed.

"Hehe......"

Evan who saw this scene from a distance smiled lowly, and his eyes revealed a cold cold light:

"Don't ask for it, you can't punch me!"

"Nonsense!"

Delru condensed his strength to the extreme, and his clenched fists suddenly flashed with lightning, and they continued to stir as his arms were opened. But at the moment when he swung his fist, an incomparably powerful resistance suddenly erupted between his limbs and hundreds of remains, like an overwhelming avalanche, freezing the power that had accumulated him to the limit.

"Ahem......"

The man's eyes widened, revealing an expression of disbelief, blood oozed from his seven orifices, and his burly body collapsed in an instant. The power that had been brewing to the limit suddenly stopped, leaving the raging fire of life with nowhere to vent, and the chaos impacted his viscera, causing great trauma to the inside of his body.

"Captain Delru!"

When Renee saw this scene, her face suddenly changed, and she knew that what the other party said was not a lie.