138. Partners of justice
After Count Lionheart came to Black Sword City, he entered a state of some paranoid suspicion, no matter who he looked at, he looked like a betrayer, the lord of Black Sword City was his best friend, but Count Lionheart also felt that this thing was a betrayal of his own Erwuzai.
Ironically, the only thing Count Lionheart can believe now is Zhou Hua, who escorted him all the way here, and Lu Cheng, who had just been recruited on the way.
He wasn't quite convinced, but at least he could be sure that Lucheng wasn't an assassin who wanted his life.
In this kind of suspiciousness, the Lionheart Earl, who was in a state comparable to Cao Cao, directly took Zhou Hua all the way to the Mage Tower in Black Sword City.
The Mage Tower is a building that every country in the Far South will equip with, and the Far South Empire's magic skills and forging skills are all ahead of other countries on the Far South Continent, and the Mage Tower is the core product of the combination of the Far South Empire's magic skills and construction technology.
Its function is simply to enable the leaders of various cities to communicate, which is a well-known thing in the Far South Empire, so every time the Far South conquers a city, it will 'pierce' this black sword-like mage tower into the city's land.
In the eyes of Lu Cheng... The crystallization of the highest magical technology in this Far Southern Empire is actually a big brother, or the kind of big brother that only the local lords can use.
Count Lionheart broke into the Mage Tower without making an appointment, and he only identified himself after entering the depths of the Mage Tower, and the guards did not dare to stop him when they recognized the Lionheart Earl, and hurriedly gave way to the old Earl.
There must have been assassination forces among these guards, but it was too late for them to inform their masters, and Count Lionheart answered the 'consultation hotline' of the Emperor of the Far South.
Lu Cheng couldn't follow Count Lionheart to the Mage Tower, but Zhou Hua, who was regarded as a close confidant of Count Lionheart, followed in, and the pinhole camera that Zhou Hua carried with him gave Lu Cheng and all the members of the investigation team a time... Live.
In the center of the tower is a circular hall, in the center of which is engraved a turntable that emits light, and around the turntable there is a faint inscription, and above the turntable is a huge white crystal that spills out of the crystal and falls on the turntable.
With some difficulty, Count Lionheart dragged the steel turntable and printed the inscriptions on the turntable one by one.
Lu Cheng guessed that he was dialing the phone number, and the pointer finally pointed to thirty-seven inscriptions one after another, and the white crystal that fell from it was activated.
The white pillar of light shot directly into the turntable below, and the next moment Lu Cheng and the members of the investigation team behind him were so surprised that they wanted to stand up...
The figure of a man appeared in the white pillar of light, the man was translucent, but judging from the crown and clothes he wore on his head, this man with half of his eyebrows broken and a powerful face was the emperor of the Far Southern Empire.
"Holographic projection?"
One of the inspectors uttered the word with some amazement.
"It's magic, but it can still be explained scientifically."
Since Lu Cheng came to this world, he has encountered too many incredible things that magic does, but when he saw the holographic projection-like magic in front of him, Lu Cheng was still a little surprised.
After being taken aback, the unanimous reaction of all the inspectors present was 'to find a way to get the principle of this thing'.
Soon after Count Lionheart dialed the consultation hotline of the Emperor of the Far Southern Empire, he began to make a small report to the Emperor, and the general content of the small report was related to the cultivation of Blood Crystal Beasts in the Gray Feather Kingdom.
The more the emperor of the Far Southern Empire listened, the more angry the expression on his face became.
"Failed? Those daring guys are trying to hide this from me? The emperor was so angry that he threw the cup he was holding on the ground.
The Blood Crystal Beasts cultivated by the Gray Feather Kingdom were all blown up by the cloud burst bombs thrown down by the Shangcheng ship, and Lu Cheng thought that the emperor of the Far Southern Empire had already known about this matter, so the top leaders of the Far Southern Empire should be in a panic.
But someone concealed this matter, not only to hide it, but also to kill Count Lionheart, who wanted to tell the emperor the truth.
Lu Cheng guessed that the purpose of these people should be... In order for the Emperor to continue to invest in the Blood Crystal Beast cultivation program.
The Empire's strongest weapon had been blown to ashes by an explosion from nowhere, and the Emperor's idea of cultivating Blood Crystal Beasts should be shaken when he heard this kind of news.
But the answer was no, and the emperor of the Far Southern Empire quickly controlled his anger and returned to the throne.
"Count Lionheart, I will find out as soon as possible the traitor who dares to do something to you! I will change a group of people to continue the cultivation plan of the Blood Crystal Beast. β
"Your Majesty, you have already sacrificed the leyline core of the Gray Feather Kingdom, and then you will sacrifice the leyline core of the Leslota Principality?"
Count Lionheart still knew some inside information, the energy contained in the core of the leylines of the Gray Feather Kingdom had allowed them to cultivate hundreds of thousands of Blood Crystal Beasts in a short period of time, but they all disappeared in that explosion of unknown origin.
Even if the Grey Feather Kingdom's leyline core itself escaped the fate of being destroyed, and wanted to breed such a huge number of Blood Crystal Beasts again... Where does the energy come from?
"Sacrificing another country's leyline core will send other states into a state of panic." The Emperor still understood the negative impact of the Grey Feather Kingdom, not only the disgust of the nobles of this country, but also the panic from other vassal states of the Far Southern Empire.
"Then Your Majesty, ......"
"We still have millions of slaves to feed the Blood Crystal Beasts." There was not a trace of emotional fluctuation in the emperor's voice: "It's a pity that all those who rebel and betrayed are sent to the guillotine, their existence will become the nourishment for the glory of the Far South Empire." β
Earl Lionheart felt a chill in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't dare to show it on the surface, he pondered for a while and chose to change the topic.
"Your Majesty, General Hlauren and your daughter are innocent, and I think the biggest suspect is the Dragonscale Chamber of Commerce and the administrator of the Eye of Conquest, Canas." Earl Lionheart said.
"I'll investigate, and I'll send my cronies to keep you safe, and finally, the Earlβ" the Emperor said, looking at Count Lionheart, who was always in a half-kneeling position, "I know you think my methods are cruel, but if you sacrifice 10,000 slaves who can only be used as coolies, and you can save the lives of a hundred scribes, spellcasters, and knights, what is your choice?" β
Keep... Life? Isn't it conquest?
Count Lionheart had wanted to say that it was possible for a slave to become a good scribe or spellcaster, which was allowed in the Far Southern Empire, but the chances were slim to none.
"I... Those who can fight for the Far South will be chosen. Said Count Lionheart.
"Looks like you understand, Count hold on, and I'll quickly find out who those traitors are!"
The Emperor seemed to have misunderstood Count Lionheart's words, and his next sentence was that even slaves could fight for the Far South, but unfortunately he couldn't say it, and the Emperor's figure disappeared in front of Count Lionheart.
This conversation was recorded live in Lucheng.
There are no magic props in this world to record images, and in the minds of people in this world, no matter what is in the past, it is passing, and time cannot be frozen or reversed.
So it's impossible for them to guard against 'video recorders that can store time'.
"Got something interesting." Lu Cheng played this video upside down, probably thinking about how to use these things.