"Tucker and Blanche are dead?!"

On the fourth day after the battle, Charles II, who was in the palace, received this astonishing news, he stood up from his chair on the spot, his eyes glared at the letter in front of him, as if he was about to breathe fire: "How dare Roddy?!" Is he blatantly trying to start a war? ”

There are six Magisters on the surface of the royal family, and there are only four Royal Guards who are as loyal as Tucker and Blanche secretly, so it can be said that the fall of any Magus is a huge loss for the royal family.

Dying two at a time is equivalent to directly cutting off half of the magical power in the secret of the royal family, and the most important thing is that the task of these two people has obviously failed!

Charles II was not afraid of failure, and this loss made his heart ache, but it did not mean collapse. He only wanted to understand one thing now: how did Roddy kill two mages who were good at fighting?

However, the letter did not give an answer, because Roddy blocked the news in a timely manner, and the letter could only find the claim that the "accidental attack on Elson City" caused casualties.

"Your Majesty, the time has come."

The waiter came to remind him, and Charles II put down the letter with a gloomy face, and with the help of the maid, straightened his clothes, and then walked to the council chamber, and for the monarch, the last two days have been one bad news after another. And as soon as he sat down on his throne, he heard an irritating news:

"Due to special reasons, the Elson Magic Exchange will extend the exchange period until May next year."

"Next May? In a few days, I will directly say that this exchange will be held for two years! ”

Charles II frowned and waved his hand: "Tell Krohn directly that they will come back when they want, and it is really Elson City who has the final say?" ”

Charles II, who was not in a good mood before entering the house, is clearly showing signs of an outbreak today, because the situation of refugees has not been good lately, and the number of people freezing and starving to death is increasing every day, which looks alarming. He rubbed his eyebrows and continued to ask, "By the way, this exchange will say a special reason, not what the reason is?" ”

"Your Majesty, the source of this news is "The Age of Karen", and they said that the news will be announced in the near future." The Earl of Duveden, who spoke, hesitated a little and added, "But listen to some gossip, this is because there are dragons involved in the exchange meeting..."

"Dragons?"

Charles II didn't react, and asked casually: "What's wrong with the dragons?" Can the Dragons participate in the exchange to prolong the exchange? ”

But as soon as he spoke, he realized that he had exposed the shortcomings of his ignorance of the common sense of the wizarding world. If you think about it carefully, the dragon race, as a powerful race outside the world, has always been separated from the human world since the existence of human civilization. I have never heard of any human head of state and the dragon race on the surface, and what everyone hears most is basically some "dragon slaying myth" that is overly obscene.

But just because they don't participate in human activities doesn't mean that these guys are just a piece of ornament to ignore. Before the founding of the kingdom of Karen, rumors about dragons were not all fiction, and dragons often came forward when it came to battles with a higher level of strength: Charles II struggled to recall, and immediately remembered that the magisters in the early days of the kingdom seemed to have been in contact with dragons, and their conversations were full of awe.

The magisters who were able to come into contact with the dragons at the beginning were all top talents, which led to the later people who regarded the "dragons coming forward to communicate" as a symbol of strength, but in the last thirty years, there has been no similar thing in the kingdom of Karen, so that Charles II, after becoming the king, almost forgot the importance of this.

"You said that the dragons participated in the exchange meeting, this should be just a gimmick."

Charles II pondered for a moment, and when he spoke, he had already thought of how to respond to this wording: "Such diplomatic rhetoric is sometimes alarmist. Just like those folk dragon slaying stories, no matter how much you brag about the heroism of the protagonist, the actual situation is often just to happen to pass by the dragon's corpse and take the credit. ”

He paused, and a sound of approval suddenly sounded in the council room, and many people breathed a sigh of relief, obviously agreeing with Charles II's thoughts.

That's when someone came out to add:

"Your Majesty, this guy Roddy is the best at making a big fuss, and now that he has The Age of Cullen in his hand, we have to admit that ordinary people tend to be blinded. This means... If a Dragonborn just passed by Elson City and borrowed a drink of water, they would brazenly call it 'Dragons Participate in the Exchange' and justifiably spread it. ”

Charles II nodded, apparently agreeing with this point of view, and then worried: "Our newspaper cannot give up this position, it is already a step too late, and now the consequences are already visible... If you hesitate any longer, you will be very passive in the future. ”

The Count of Mirno had previously made several issues of the newspaper in order to compete with Roddy, but it ended in failure due to poor content and his own downfall. Charles II later realized the importance of the public opinion position, so he reassigned Viscount Dells to make the Royal Weekly, and now the situation is a little better.

"Your Majesty, Luo Di's means of taking advantage of the situation are quite high, but this kind of lie is untenable after all! A little investigation will be all it takes to identify the flaws. ”

The viscount listened to the emperor's words at this time and hurriedly made a list of loyalty. Charles II nodded with satisfaction: "The content of the past few days must be criticized around this matter, I don't want the people in the kingdom to be fascinated by that guy." ”

He didn't understand what "public opinion building" was, but he gradually realized the terrible thing about controlling the direction of public opinion: it was just a bunch of words and information that were updated regularly, and it easily controlled the brains of ordinary people. This is much more powerful than those psychic spells.

With this setting the tone, the ministers began to follow the direction of Charles II. After the meeting, the follow-up response measures were basically confirmed, which made his originally bad mood much better.

Charles II, who was a little tired, returned to his study after the meeting, and he closed his eyes for a long time, but found that his heart was not completely settled, because what Roddy had done over the years, whether true or not, exuded an unpredictable meaning. When I first heard this guy's name, he killed a staggering number of orcs as scouts.

So will there be a 1 in 10,000 chance that the dragons will participate in the exchange meeting... It's true?

He thought about it for a moment and got up and asked the royal scholar to go through all the files in the kingdom's annals involving dragons, which took a whole day. It was not until the next day that Charles II read the limited dozen pages of the transcript in the early morning sun.

From this, he finally had a comprehensive and clear understanding of the dragon clan. Now looking at the seemingly inconspicuous event of "Dragon Clan Participation Exchange Meeting", he suddenly realized that this not only shows the friendly attitude of the Dragon Clan towards humans, but also represents a kind of identity.

If everything is true, it will no longer bring about a "political wind", but a complete "political storm"!

Because the dragon clan has always only dealt with the most powerful countries or forces on the mainland, and now they go to Elson instead of their own palace, the meaning of this is self-evident...

"He doesn't have the skills."

Charles II's hand holding the dossier trembled a little, but no matter how he thought about it, Roddy had nothing to do with the dragons. He comforted himself in this way, put down the scroll, got up and walked to the fireplace to prepare for the fire to keep warm, just as the waiter brought today's newspaper, he stared at it, reached out and took out "The Age of Cullen", only to find that the printing of the newspaper today was completely different: the only handwriting that came to mind was "Cullen Age", and the cover that was always covered with text underneath was replaced by a whole picture.

The whole cover shows a circular conference hall in a magic tower, the picture is exquisite, by no means the painter can achieve the hand-painted, whether it is the texture of the clothing or the expression and even the demeanor of the characters, it is definitely called "delicate" Charles II, who has good artistic talent, is very good at appreciating oil paintings, but any excellent work will not be judged by "painting like not" as the only criterion.

But the painting in front of me makes people feel like they are at the meeting.

Charles II recognized at a glance the Magisters such as Krohn sitting in the front row, and the well-known mages in the back were all seated in the back, like magic apprentices listening to their mentors... In the center of the picture stands a mild-mannered middle-aged man, smiling and outstretching his arms, apparently telling the mages around him.

The newspaper was black and white, but the mage's different style of robe still made Charles II frown, and when he looked closely, he was shocked to find that there were two horns on the top of the other man's head!

He felt that he had some difficulty breathing all of a sudden, and his trembling fingertips lifted the cover, and the text title finally appeared on the second page:

"Elson City warmly welcomes Victor, Lord of the Frost Dragons, to the Magic Exchange and to give a speech!"

Charles II almost didn't catch his breath, staring at what was below, and spent ten minutes reading it three times, trying to find the slightest trace of forgery or ambiguity...

It turned out that this was a complete "dry goods" report: the Frost Dragons made a high-profile announcement of their visit to Elson City, and gave a brief speech at the exchange meeting, while also stating that "the next step will be to negotiate the friendly cooperation between the Dragons and Ivta"!

The article specifically states that the cover screen is not hand-painted, but "shot" from the scene of another frost dragon, Kardashian's "Ice Mirror" spell.

A great sense of powerlessness enveloped Charles II, and he felt as if the voices in his ears were gradually moving away from him, and when he did not understand, he would develop a ridiculous self-confidence. However, when deeply understood, the kind of cold that penetrates the bone marrow is also difficult for others to experience.

"Why... It's him? ”

Charles II flipped back to the cover, stared at the "live photo", staggered back into his armchair, and then threw the newspaper into a ball and into the fireplace...