Chapter 8: The Rose and the Battle (I)
The capital of the Desert Empire, the Great Oasis of Praco Grog, inside the main hall of the Imperial Palace.
"Seeing that the Emperor of Heaven actually didn't perform the worship ceremony, you were too presumptuous!" The guard officer was dissatisfied with the rudeness of the man in front of the king, and shouted loudly.
But the man who was angrily scolded didn't care at all, and sneered at the official who was talking nonsense as if it were air, and still looked directly at the desert emperor on the throne, Arshus, who called himself the Emperor of Heaven, Indra, and secretly praised the lord of a country who was known as a tyrant, and was as handsome as the rumors said.
However, who is also an impeccable beautiful man, Alcius's beauty is very different from the previous boy named Nagisa. The latter is heroic, with the unique noble temperament of the aristocracy, and his gestures reveal elegance and grace. And the man in front of him has a bit of feminine softness, fair skin, slender and well-proportioned knuckles, and even makes people have an illusion of "cuteness", but this beauty seems to be just right on him, and it will not give people a sense of pretentiousness at all.
"It doesn't matter." Alcius lazily made a downward gesture, signaling the guard officer not to care, "Feng Yeming, the most wanted criminal in the Middle Kingdom, the president of the private armed organization Dark Golden Rose, is known as the most dangerous man. I've guessed the purpose of your coming to me, so tell me about your conditions."
"Hmph, sure enough, talking to someone who understands is easy to do." Feng Yeming sneered and said, "It's very simple, I only need two people - Gilfias von Hildrich, and Siglind von Pendragon. β
"I said who is worthy of your trouble, it turns out to be the Pupil of the Nine Spirits and Saber - the Star Cup Knight and the Knight King, your appetite is really not small." The tyrant raised his chin slightly, his eyes wide.
"Then what do you mean......" Feng Yeming looked eagerly at Alcius.
"It doesn't matter if it's called Nine Spirits or something, but Saber can't." Altheus simply and straightforwardly refused.
"If it's because Saber is KingArthur, then at least she's going to ...... me when the time comes," Feng Yeming was about to continue to say something, but was interrupted by Alcius.
"Execution? What is the punishment? Arseus stood up from his throne, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and slowly walked a few steps in the direction of Feng Yeming, "Why do you think I'm attacking the Middle Kingdom?" For my dear saber, of course! She's the best trophy! β
"What......" Feng Yeming looked at Alcius on the steps and was stunned for a few seconds, and after understanding what he meant, he laughed out loud, "I see, I didn't expect the legendary tyrant Emperor Heavenly Emperor to be such a temperamental!" It's so much fun, hahaha! β
"Watch your words, rude mercenary!" When the guard officer heard Feng Yeming call Alcius a tyrant, he scolded again, "His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor's heavenly power is not something you can offend!" β
"Forget itβ" The tyrant raised his hand again to signal that the guard officer didn't have to care, and instead stared at the laughing mercenary captain with a serious face, "But before you ask me for a reward, should you make a corresponding meritorious service?" β
"It's nature." Feng Yeming did not shirk, changed his previous lazy and uninhibited attitude, leaned over slightly, and put his right hand on the position of the heart, "I solemnly promise that the Dark Golden Rose will turn into the sharpest blade and help Your Majesty pierce the heart of the Middle Kingdom." β
After repeatedly confirming that there was no danger around, Catherine, Shirley, and Xingchen each emerged from the cockpit and walked towards Pheron and the group.
"Oops, isn't this the S-level assignment that took the first place in the entrance test? How? It seems that I almost let the family beat up the group just now? Tsubasaki's tone was full of sarcasm. Although he had just experienced a major crisis, Tsubasa who consciously pulled back a city couldn't help but tease the boy in front of him.
"Who used you to meddle? It's just a dozen mechs, I just don't want to use my cards so early, and I'm keeping the standoff to stall for time and wait for reinforcements - but I didn't expect you to come and help. Faeron, who had survived the catastrophe, was not a little frightened, and raised his head and retorted unconvinced.
"You guy!" What kind of person is this, he still refuses to give in at this time! Catherine gritted her teeth in anger.
"Sister Yi, don't do this. Everyone is a classmate of the college, and it is also appropriate to help each other. Don't worry too much......" Seeing that the wings were showing signs of blackening, Shirley whispered beside her.
"Shirley, what did you say?" Tsubasa immediately took aim at his roommate.
"Uh...... I didn't say anything, I didn't see anything, hehe. Shirley hurriedly waved her hand.
"Alright, that's it." Nagisa walked over and stopped the argument in time, "Shirley, Xingchen, you pilot the airframe over the canyon to reconnoiter the situation and liaise with the academy. Faeron, tell the rest of your group to come out. If there are wounded, take care of them urgently, and you will be responsible for carrying them, and then withdraw to the academy with us like the rest of the team, make a full report on the mission, and the others will start to prepare. β
"Yes! Got it! β
Nagisa turned his head to greet Catherine: "Tsubasa, I have something to tell you." β
"What's the matter?" Tsubasa reluctantly rubbed into Nagisa's side.
"......," Nagisa whispered into Catherine's ear.
"Hey, don't bring that...... Okay, I got it - let's go, they should be pretty much ready. After saying that, the two walked back and followed the large army.
"Are the preparations done? Okay, everyone, get on the machine and get ready to go back to the academy! β
The Dark Sanctuary Academy has a tradition of providing single dormitories for elite-level graduates. At this time, Nagisa was lying on his dorm room bed alone, reading, and it was not until the virtual clock on the wall pointed to a certain moment that he sat up and moved his muscles.
"Well, it's almost time, and I'm going to take a few of them to the task report and evaluation tomorrow morning. Now let's get in touch with them, and there are some things to explain. β
In the Middle Kingdom, in the office of king Arthur, saber is carefully reviewing the documents.
"Drip, drip!" A quick prompt sounded, and Saber looked up at the instant messenger request that flashed red on the virtual screen of her desk, and she frowned slightly and connected to the communication.
"Oh? Nagisa. Saber's handsome face popped up on the screen, "What?" Is there something going on over there? β
"Ah, I won't rush to contact you if there is no emergency." Nagisa chuckled lightly, "Speaking of which, Catherine has been okay lately, but in terms of personality, why do I think she has started to change from being attacked?" I was eaten to death by you when I was a child. β
"......" Saber didn't speak, but his face turned a little cold.
"Hey, just kidding, don't blacken! Okay, let's get down to business - the Dark Golden Rose has appeared. β
"What?" Saber was visibly taken aback, "What's going on?" β
"That's ......," Nagisa explained the ins and outs of the matter to Saber in detail.
"I always felt that there was a shadow of the tyrant Alcius behind this." Saber thought for a moment and continued, "It seems that reinforcements are really going to be sent to the western border - since this matter involves the Dark Golden Rose, then I'll let Jiu Ling lead the reinforcements over." β
"Is that good? Oh, I see, it's our saber. Nagisa smiled, "But try to keep the confrontation first, I have a plan, but it's not perfect yet, so you try to delay the all-out war as long as possible." β
"But that puts a lot of pressure on the Western Border Guards, what if it collapses?" Saber was worried.
"Rest assured. Before you send reinforcements from Jiuling, tell him four words: the last to come, the first to come. It would be best if I could delay the war until I graduated, and if I couldn't put it off, I would try my best to do so, so that the effect would be better. "Nagisa is confident.
"Well, I think about it, I have a rough idea of what you want to do. It's a risky move, but if it succeeds, it will really help the battle. Also, Feng Yeming, what are you going to do? β
"I still know him very well, just leave it to me when the time comes." Nagisa confidently assured, "That's basically the case on my side, do you need help with anything?" β
"Ah, by the way, I received a text message some time ago, right after the last one you sent me. I've been sending people to investigate, but with little success. I'll forward this text message to you, and you'll see what's going on. β
A few seconds later, a line of red letters came into Nagisa's eyes: "Please investigate the recent personnel flow of the Desert Empire to see if there is any information about this girl, which may be related to the recent actions of the Desert Empire." β
Underneath the red letter, Shirley's avatar appears prominently on the electronic screen.