Chapter 24: The Imperial Capital
Three days later, on the top of a towering mountain more than twenty miles north of the imperial capital, Estes and White Maple Valley stood proudly on the back of a majestic fire dragon and fell down gently, accompanied by the three orcs of Liva, Niwu and Daedas.
The appearance of the fire dragon is like a strong lizard with wings, although it is not as majestic as the white maple valley and the incarnation of the harpy, or the magnificent and brilliant dragon body, but it has a reckless and irritable momentum.
The fire dragon has a red body, a body of more than 20 meters long, and two three-foot-long weapons on the top of its head, like a sharp weapon of the devil's horns, pointing straight to the sky, and a mouthful of miserable white and terrifying sharp teeth in its big mouth, which looks ferocious and violent, and cannot be beaten.
However, at this time, the beast was bound by a steel collar around its neck, the end of the chain was grasped in Estes's hands, and its legs were curled up, like a domestic dog, half-crouching on the ground, and there was no longer the arrogance of roaming the wilderness in the past.
This fire dragon, as a mount that Estes subdued when he suppressed the foreign races in the southwest, also has the strength comparable to that of a lieutenant-level reincarnation, but in the hands of Estes, the owner of Estes with a super S personality and a full queen style, it has been domesticated as a pet.
Three days ago, White Maple Valley and Estes said goodbye to Andronie, Huangfu Qingqing, Hua Jianfeng, Lei, Elena, and Su Liuzhen, and led the Imperial army back, while Medusa and Harpy did not accompany Anne because of her petty temper.
On the way, Estes received an urgent order from the Imperial Capital to hurry up. It implies the grim situation in the imperial capital, the recent activities of the assassination organization "night raid" have become more and more rampant, and a large number of civil servants have been assassinated, and even, just a few days ago, the captain of the imperial capital garrison, "Ghost Man Oka", was killed by them in the alley.
Speaking of which. It is necessary to mention the ruling body of the thousand-year-old empire. With the emperor as the supreme ruler, there are ministers and generals under him, who lead the civil and military forces respectively, with a clear division of labor and mutual checks and balances.
The current emperor of the empire is still young, because he was raised to the throne by the minister Ernest, although it cannot be said that he has been completely reduced to the puppet of the minister. But he has absolute trust in him, and it is precisely because of this that he was blinded by the ministers, completely unaware that the people were in dire straits, and the empire was in danger of losing the country.
The minister Ernest is a tyrant who coerces the Son of Heaven to command the world, he is brutal by nature, does not care about the people's livelihood, and has extremely strong political skills. Prisons and bloody suppression of subordinate civil officials, and tyrannical rule in the empire, so that the people of thousands of years ago were miserable, and revolutions broke out one after another.
Under the command of the minister Ernest, there was an assassination unit, which had been raised by orphans who had been adopted since childhood through cold and rigorous training, and most of them began their careers as assassins at the age of seventeen or eighteen. They were scattered all over the country and became ministers to sweep away dissent. A sharp knife inside the suppression.
Equivalent to the status of the minister, it is the Imperial General Bude, the supreme commander of the imperial army who is trusted by the emperor, another "strongest" person besides Estes, and the second major-level powerhouse on the surface.
General Bud commanded the palace guards and was an upright and old-fashioned man. Dedicated to serving the Empire, even if he was not polite to the minister, he was called "old stubborn" by the minister. Originally, he followed the ancestral precept that military generals could not interfere in politics, so although he was aware of the corrupt behavior of ministers and others, he did not interfere, and only used his authority to protect the officials of the conscience-intellectual faction.
Under the Great General Bude. It was the plural number of Imperial generals, that is, the status level of Estes, who mostly commanded armies, guarded the borders and fortresses of the Empire, suppressed rebellions, and intimidated the populace.
Therefore, when the great general Bud restrained his martial arts, led the Praetorian Guard to simply protect the palace, and the assassination troops of the minister Ernest were scattered all over the country and could not gather enough strength in a short period of time, the imperial side could not come up with any solution in the face of the blatant and wanton night raid organization.
Fortunately, Estes came back at this time, and it took only two months for the northern alien peoples to be suppressed, which had been expected to be suppressed for at least a year.
The Emperor and Minister Ernest were overjoyed and immediately sent an urgent order, telling Estes to leave his army behind, travel lightly, and rush back to the imperial capital as soon as possible.
Therefore, in just three days, White Maple Valley, Estes and the Three Beasts had arrived at the periphery of the imperial capital, and looked at the majestic city in the distance that was surrounded by mountains and on the vast and rich plains, especially the unusually tall and gorgeous imperial palace standing in the center, and the White Maple Valley that they saw for the first time couldn't help but show admiration.
"Imperial Capital, I'm back."
Estes muttered, then turned to look at the White Maple Valley standing side by side, and said softly, "Let's go home first, for the next period of time, we will live in the imperial capital." ”
"Home?"
Bai Fenggu smiled and nodded, but in his heart, he silently tasted Estes's words, I have to say that in the face of the enemy, Estes is cruel and ruthless, and decisive in killing, but he is extremely generous and approachable to the people around him.
And on Bai Fenggu, Estes, who has a love agreement with him, in addition to the cold and arrogant elegance of the peerless style, shows his gentle and graceful side.
So, just a few minutes later, the residents of the imperial capital saw a surprised scene, between the blue sky and white clouds, a behemoth, fierce and dangerous species shaped like a fire dragon flew into the sky above the imperial capital, spread its wings, and landed in a mansion near the imperial palace.
Of course, the appearance of the fire dragon did not cause panic and fear among the people of the imperial capital. Because, unexpectedly, Estes, who won a hundred battles and successively suppressed the foreign nations in the southwest and the foreign nations in the north for the empire, has a very high reputation among the people, and she is also well-known to everyone for subduing the fire dragon danger species as a mount in the battle of the southwest.
The ancients, their heroes, my enemies.
After a few days of spending time with Estes, White Maple Valley experienced it firsthand, and it was only after he realized that most of Estes's "murderous reputation" was fought in wars with foreign peoples, and in fact, she had many fanatical supporters among the people of the empire.
The empire has brought about its own demise and tyranny, and public opinion has been controlled by the revolutionary army and other rebel forces, and perhaps it is because of this that Estes, as the youngest and powerful in the empire, naturally became more infamous for cruelty and ruthlessness as their enemies.
Of course, the direction of public opinion is not at all important to White Maple Valley.
The heroic battlefield has always been to conquer and suppress the infinite plane as invaders, and they have always stood on the opposite side of most of the plane natives, but when the invincible and irresistible vast torrent surges, all the resistance forces will disappear, and the rest is naturally the friendly puppet force. (To be continued.) )