Chapter Forty-Eight: On the Occasion of the Defeat

The Royal Palace, the heart of the Empire. After the First Emperor established a powerful empire to rule the land, the region has been inhabited by the most powerful people on the continent. Orders that decided the life and death of countless people were signed here, and rare treasures from all over the world were paid tribute to the palace for the emperor to see. To put it bluntly, every word spoken by the person sitting on the dragon chair in the main hall can affect the world

The green vaults were polished to a sleek finish and glittered in the sun, the minaret at the highest point proclaimed royal authority, the walls of pure white marble were spotless, and servants cleaned the palace every day to keep the emperor's residence free of filth

After discovering that there was a problem in the imperial city, Qiu Chen had thought many times about how he would enter the palace. Whether to sneak into the palace like an assassin under the cover of night, or to take advantage of the chaos and carry a weapon like a white-robed berserker to kill head-on

Although there seems to be no difference between the two ways

It's just that when this side has not yet been decided, Qiu Chen found that he had walked into the imperial city

"I say, Will, how long are you going to stay here" Qiuchen leaned against the pilasters of the corridor, his eyes swept over the garden outside the corridor from time to time, and his impatience overflowed. It was dusk, and the setting sun sprinkled a dark golden light on the ground, and the dim light made the huge palace seem a little oppressive. Ever since entering the palace with the hunters in the morning, Autumn Dust had been in this corridor for nearly a day. You are not allowed to walk around, you can only stay in one place, and you don't know when you will have to wait, and no one will be happy

"I don't know," Will sighed, and pointed to the corridor behind Qiu Chen. The palace is like a castle, this corridor is located on the outside, and the corridor leads directly to the inside of the palace, "I guess I have to wait for the people inside to discuss the end, alas~ I thought it was to deal with the assassin, but I didn't expect it to be a sentry"

"It's okay for you to stand guard, why do I have to wait here as an unidentified suspicious person......" Qiuchen originally wanted to find a chance to slip away, go to Nero round, and see if he could find a chance to make Minister Earnest evaporate from the world. As a result, when the hunters were assigning work at noon, Estes came directly to say that when she came back, if anyone dared to let Qiuchen slip away, she would personally let that person feel her methods of punishing her subordinates

So this is where it is. After drawing lots, the hunters decided to take turns to stand guard with Qiuchen, and if they want to die, everyone will die together, and no one will want to run. Although they couldn't look at Qiu Chen at all, Qiu Chen was a little embarrassed to run away when facing the hunters. Needless to say, Lan and Porus are gentle and Erya can be called conscience, and because of their acquaintance, Seleuc chats with Qiuchen non-stop whenever she is with Qiuchen, so that Qiuchen is neither embarrassed nor has time to slip away. As for the black pupil, this problem girl who has been sticking a knife to him, as long as Qiu Chen has any abnormal movement, it is like seeing a father killer and an enemy, Qiu Chen was made speechless by her before she thought about slipping away

Finally came to Will

"How long do you think they'll have to discuss," Qiuchen asked casually, spreading his hands

"I just hope for a result," Will pinched his waist with one hand, and lowered his head with a tight mouth. The form of the outside world is very critical, and Qiu Chen doesn't feel anything, but for an imperial soldier, he has nothing to do here when the country is at stake, and he doesn't feel good at all "You have also seen Qiu Chen, what kind of situation has the situation outside, if you don't discuss a countermeasure, the rebels will be able to hit the imperial capital in a few days"

This corridor was the gateway to the court, where messengers from the front would bring news to the Emperor, and from the outbreak of the uprising last night to this afternoon, there were three urgent messages

In other words, in one day, three border passes fell. But it's not so much a fall as a defection. The Empire's defense line in the south did not play any role. The revolutionary army and the southwestern alien alliance army drove straight in, and with the support of the emperor's envoys on both sides, a small number of emperors who resisted could not stop them at all

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a time of life and death, but it is a pity that no one surnamed Zhuge in the imperial capital came out to be ordered by the defeated army and was ordered to be in danger, and the most intense discussion in the palace seems to be whether to send General Estes or General Bude to intercept the rebels halfway and defeat them individually, or wait for all the rebels to gather in the imperial capital and then annihilate them in one fell swoop

This optimism is worth emulating

"Maybe when the revolutionary army arrives under the imperial capital, the empire will have to face more than just rebels and foreign peoples in the southwest" Qiuchen snapped his fingers, he lived in Xiacheng for a long time, if the revolutionary army attacked the imperial capital in the name of overthrowing the empire, it was difficult to say which side the residents of Xiacheng District, who occupied more than half of the population of the imperial capital, would support.

But at this time, Qiu Chen noticed that Will's gaze was not on him, but behind him

Turning her head suspiciously, Qiu Chen saw that at the end of the corridor, a crimson figure leaned out, Nero walked over with one hand holding the primordial fire on her waist, her dark green pupils were slightly locked, she looked around vigilantly, and the primordial fire that she would not usually take out was also in a state of unsheathing, as if she was surrounded by enemies

"Nero......" Qiu Chen frowned, the murderous aura on Nero's body was too obvious, not only Qiu Chen, who was a heroic spirit, could feel it, but Will beside Qiu Chen also noticed that something was wrong, and let him grasp the short sword of the noble chariot with one hand

Seeing this, Qiu Chen greeted him. Will just wanted to keep up, but he stretched out his hand to stop him, "Hey, Will, I said a few words to someone I know, do you want to come over and listen, please, I'll come back after I say two words, I won't run"

"Uh...... Okay" Will tangled up, nodded, and stepped back into place. Come to think of it, if a friend you know says a few words and still listens, he is really similar to a secret police in a sense

"Nero, what's going on" Qiuchen pressed Nero's shoulder, looked back at Will, and after making sure he couldn't hear it, asked in a low voice, "Is there something wrong with Jolly?"

During this time, Nero has been in the imperial city, and when Qiu Chen is acting outside, he doesn't have to worry about the main god space arranging reincarnations in the palace without him noticing. If Qiuchen started to act only to find that there were already a bunch of reincarnators waiting for the rabbit in the palace, he would be confused

Card vision plays hidden tactics, and I can't stand it

"Minister Earnest's subordinates, they call themselves reincarnators" Nero was as excited as a cheetah that had found its prey, stretched out his little tongue and licked the corners of his mouth, "They should be the enemy troops you often deal with, shouldn't we be ready to do it?"

Qiu Chen froze for a moment, and it took a few seconds before he reacted. Nero had never left Valhalla to deal with the reincarnation because of her headaches before, and this time she was able to come out because Qiuchen had invited this trip as a trip before, which meant that Nero was fighting the reincarnation for the first time this time

A person who especially likes to be lively, and once made a person who personally entered the Colosseum to fight with lions, was suddenly told to stay in one place and was not allowed to go out, and when others hurriedly went to perform various tasks, they could only stay where they were and wait for them to come back, watching other heroic spirits boast of their achievements in fighting with the reincarnation, and he couldn't interject when he was very happy to chat. Qiuchen suddenly understood the reason why Nero was excited when he saw the reincarnation appear in front of her

The girl, who likes to gain glory in battle and receives the cheers of the crowd, finally sees the appearance of a new enemy after a long silence

"Calm down Nero, don't be impulsive"

"I can't wait" Nero took a deep breath and patted his chest, "Yu will let Qing imprint the heroic posture of my battle in his mind, this will be the glory that belongs to me"

"I'm looking forward to it," Qiuchen said lightly, "but you must tell me in advance before you are ready to do it."

"There will be no disapproval of the king's life outside"

"We're only separated by a few walls"

"......" Nero was silent for a moment, and then turned his head arrogantly, "Hmph~ Got it"

(Thanks to Mu Yishikou, the reward of 52 classmates in the dark night)

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