Prince Kaos followed his mother as if he were going to a battlefield where death would be assured.

But as soon as Empress Ekanna turned around, General Fred's tall figure appeared in the embassy of the Iron Nation.

"My servant told me that you had come to the embassy in person." General Fred hurried to Empress Ekanna and saluted.

"Magic web?"

Empress Ekanna didn't think that the letter was so efficient, and the attendants in the embassy could inform General Fred of this information so quickly, it must have been through a text message in the magic net.

"General Fred, please sit inside and talk about it, I have a lot to ask you." Empress Ekanna showed due courtesy to the old general, and invited General Fred to the embassy's reception room as if she were the master of the embassy.

Prince Kaos followed behind the two of them with mixed feelings, not having to go to the Hearthstone Tavern was not good news for Prince Kaos, and General Fred's return only brought forward his execution.

"Your Highness Yekana, is there anything wrong with you looking for me in such a hurry?"

General Fred sat down in his chair and looked at the queen sitting opposite, and Prince Kaos, whose face was a little pale.

"I heard from the attendants at the embassy... You're out to sign up for a contest at a tavern? I'm a little curious about what kind of contest would attract you to it. Empress Ekanna asked.

"Your Majesty has given me the task of obtaining as many leaves as possible from the World Tree." General Fred replied to the queen with a straight face, "The owner of the leaf happens to be the owner of the Hearthstone Tavern, and he has held a contest to get a World Tree Crystal if he wins. ”

"Bet on the crystallization of the World Tree? The scale of this game must be not small. ”

Empress Ekanna is a powerful spellcaster, who has no absolute power in the Iron Country, and cannot climb to this position by her appearance and luck alone.

Proficient in magic and alchemy, she certainly understands that the crystallization of the World Tree is... What a precious alchemical material.

Except for the effect of the crystallization link to the magic net, just using it alone to refine medicine can cure any disease and terminal illness.

This contest that will crystallize as a reward... It is estimated that it will attract spellcasters from all of Nolan to participate.

"Your Highness Ekana, you are thinking too much, the scale of this competition is very small, and the participants are only more than forty people at most, representing six countries respectively." General Fred said.

"Six countries? Will the Frost Congress participate? Empress Ekanna asked suddenly.

"The representatives of the Land of Frost are none other than those old foxes of the Karshilov family."

General Fred instantly understood what Empress Yekana was referring to, and when he said this, he also had Ling Ran's killing intent in his voice.

"Very well, the game starts tomorrow, right?" Empress Ekana's question was affirmed by General Fred: "That one is here for one more day, and General Fred, my servant revealed to me... Kaos was a little lazy during his time in Nolan? ”

Here comes the final execution.

Prince Kaos sat up straight, ready to choose death.

"Indeed, but that was six months ago, and Kaos often traveled back and forth between the Lursk Academy of Magic, but recently he stretched himself like a sword in anticipation of the Trials of the Sages."

General Fred's words made Prince Kaos's eyes widen in disbelief, and the expression on the general's face remained unchanged.

Empress Ekanna glanced back and forth at them, and then suddenly stood up from her seat.

"But that's not a reason for his defeat, and I'll consider getting a new mentor to push you forward."

After Empress Ekanna left this sentence, she said goodbye to General Fred and left the reception room.

Prince Kaos let out a long sigh of relief as he watched his mother's back leave, this feeling of escaping death was really too exciting.

"Do you know where the reason for your defeat is?" General Fred asked.

"The biggest reason is that I don't have as much mana reserves as Sofina... Her affinity for the thundering element was far beyond my expectations. Prince Kaos said.

"All that's left is to think about winning next time." General Fred also stood up and prepared to leave the reception room.

"Wait a minute, General... Have you already chosen your candidates? Prince Kaos said.

"You want to fight?" General Fred saw through Prince Kaos's thoughts.

"I don't know...... But please also give me a place to be a substitute. "Prince Kaos still doesn't have the courage to play a game of magic nets in front of his mother.

But he wants to beat the Karshilov family, no matter what the field, as long as he wins a game.

"That little girl from Karshilov is said to be going to play as well, and I will give you a place on the bench, and it's up to you whether you want to go to war or not." General Fred also left as soon as he finished speaking.

………………

Nolan, Black Dove Press Guild.

Qiao Xiu came here directly after returning from the Sage's Tower, and the reason for this was that the Dark Elves wanted to give their organization a 'big clean'.

The building on Squirrel Street has been transformed from a mess to a busy 'executive hall'.

In addition to humans, there are also a group of goblins and orcs sitting at the desk, and occasionally you can see some rarer races, such as ...... Lizardmen.

"I said don't submit the manuscript of the brawl incident anymore! Nolan, those spellcasters, are not interested in orc fights! ”

"There was another fire in the alchemy workshop of the red-clothed man yesterday, can you write!"

"Yes! Why can't you ...... Did you take a picture? Take a look. ”

"Boss, this is the third time that the incident in the alchemy workshop of the red-clothed man has been reported."

"The caster, if you like to watch it, you can't help it! Let's just turn the fire into an explosion. ”

Qiao Xiu stood in the center of the hall and watched the goblins and orcs running around the hall with a pile of blank paper, and there was a busy scene everywhere.

Most of the orcs and goblins here have already put on their glasses, and they look polite.

Although Qiao Xiu is the boss behind the scenes, this setting makes Qiao Xiu feel very disobedient.

"Your sweep is over?" Qiao Xiu glanced at the dark elves who came out of the 'president's office, and left with a group of 'unemployed' people holding their belongings.

There were five of them, two orcs and three humans, and judging by their clothing, they should belong to the upper echelons of the area.

"Desire will always make some guys want something they shouldn't have."

The dark elves glared at the group, their indignant expressions instantly replaced by horror, and then ran away.

"Aren't you afraid of their revenge?"

Qiao Xiu looked at the five, just from the fact that an orc with a scar on his face didn't look like a good class.

"Have you forgotten what I did before?" The dark elf made a neck wiping motion at Qiao Xiu, hinting at what the consequences would be if Qiao Xiu's group of guys were restless.

"My boss is a cold-blooded killer, and this premise can be completely written......"

Because of Ciri's rest in the Hearthstone Tavern, only Qiao Xiu can resist the banner of complaining.

"Let's stop here for the chat, Qiao Xiu, I am very interested in the idea of the newspaper you mentioned earlier." The Dark Elves get straight to the point.

"Once you've tasted the thrill of writing magazines, do you want to try newspapers? That thing is more troublesome than you think. ”

Qiao Xiu always felt that after the daytime news of Nolan TV, the newspaper seemed a bit chicken, but in the eyes of the dark elves, it was not like this.

"The Klya Chamber of Commerce can sell us all the printing workshops on the other side of the River of Gears, and those workshops should be able to support the production of newspapers." The dark elf said this, and glanced at Qiao Xiu cautiously, "The premise is that you are willing to spend money to buy them." ”

It was the first time that the dark elves had a nervous mood in front of Qiao Xiu, she had asked Qiao Xiu in the past with the idea of 'forget it if it didn't work', but this time she really wanted to buy those printing workshops.

But the price of a workshop is no joke, and if it is replaced by the old black pigeon, even if the dark elves are sold, they can't afford it.

"Do you think money is going to be something I care about?"

Qiao Xiu, as Nolan's No. 1 dog, is worthy of the name, which proves the sentence 'Problems that can be solved with money are not problems.' ’

The dark elf was obviously slightly stunned by Qiao Xiu's answer, and soon she laughed a little self-deprecatingly.

"I'm still underestimating you, Your Highness."

"But the problem is that just because I invest in you doesn't mean you can squander it." Qiao Xiu said to the dark elf in a serious tone, "Newspapers and magazines, once you start to do them, I will never allow you to stop, and the interval between newspapers is much shorter than magazines, I don't require you to make a daily newspaper, but it will be published at least every three days, which is a huge workload." ”

"Looks like you're underestimating me, Your Highness." The dark elf ruffled the hair around his ear with his hand, and showed Qiao Xiu the pointed ears unique to the elf clan, and the long ears trembled slightly.

"As long as I exist in this world for one day, the Black Dove Press Guild will continue."

"Immortals? A little envious. ”

Qiao Xiu then remembered that the lifespan of the elves was terrifyingly long.

"I'll solve it at the printing house, do I need to specify the layout and specific aspects of the newspaper?" Qiao Xiu said.

"Of course, Gagamo! Hurry up with that pen and canvas! The Dark Elves immediately sent a goblin to fetch tools for Joshua.

When Qiao Xiu proposed the concept of the magazine before, he also gave the layout of the original magazine prototype to the Dark Elves.

Qiao Xiu wrote down the general layout of a part of the newspaper on a blank piece of paper, as well as the choice of layout.

"Anyway, this thing is a consumable, the kind that you throw away when you run out, although the magic printing press in the country of steel has not been invented for a long time, but there are similar newspapers in that country, you can ask what material they use."

After giving some of his own advice, Qiao Xiu asked the dark elves again.

"So when will the first issue of the Black Pigeon News be on sale?"

"Tomorrow." The dark elf gave Qiao Xiu a very positive answer.

………………

Embassy of the Iron Nation.

Today, Prince Kaos wakes up from sweet dreams and nightmares.

The dream is that he defeated Sofina, the apprentice of the Yellow Man, and the nightmare is that he found out that he had defeated the other party with the Holy Spirit, and was dragged directly to the guillotine by the enraged queen after being known by Empress Yekana.

It was a weird dream!

"Mother's ......"

Prince Kaos dressed himself and stood at the door of the embassy with General Fred, and Empress Ekanna walked out of the embassy with her attendants.

Today, Empress Ekanna is going to the Hearthstone Tavern to watch that game in person.

Prince Kaos followed Empress Ekanna to the car, and just as Prince Kaos opened the door of the car, a shout suddenly came from across the street.

"Big news! The Strongest Spellcaster in the Trials of the Sage is born! Kaos, the chief apprentice of the Scorching Mage Tower, defeated Sofina of the Thundering Mage Tower three times! ”

At this moment, Prince Kaos's hand was stiff when he touched the car door, and the expression on the face of Empress Yekana beside him was as usual.

Prince Kaos immediately looked across the road and saw that it was a young man of young age, and his clothes did not match the clothes of the people in the downtown area of Nolan.

Empress Ekana's attendant came straight to the other side of the road, stopping the young man who was walking towards the end of the street and bringing her to the queen.

"What's in your hand?" Empress Ekanna looked at the young man with a frightened expression on her face with a smile on her face.

"It's... It is a newspaper adult. He plucked up the courage to say, "Black Pigeon News Agency's new publication, use this to learn about the big events that have happened in Nolan in the last few days!" Only three copper coins are needed! ”

Empress Ekanna glanced at the attendant beside her, and he took out a silver coin and handed it to the young man.

"Give me a copy, you don't have to look for any extra money."

"Thank you, you're sure to have the best of luck." After thanking the queen, he handed over a newspaper to Fu Fu and ran away.

Empress Ekanna also sat directly in the magic car, and Prince Kaos naturally sat in the back seat.

The queen unfolded the newspaper directly on the magic car, and at this moment, Prince Kaos could clearly see a line of black typing on the cover of the newspaper, which probably stated that he had been defeated by Sofina of the Thundering Tower.

Not to mention his own mother, Prince Kaos himself was so angry that he was a little short of breath, and now maybe the whole of Nolan knew what happened at the Sage Trial yesterday!

But his good cultivation allowed him to control his emotions.

The atmosphere inside the magic car was very terrifying, and the air around him was so thick that it was unbearable for Prince Kaos, although Empress Yekana's expression was as usual, but this atmosphere was enough to show that she was not in a happy mood.