In the Purple Eagle Empire in the north, the climate in spring, autumn, and winter is always a little colder and drier than in the Iberian Kingdom in the south. In the summer, however, the heat is as hot as its southern neighbor.

It stands to reason that the end of summer is not a good season for hunting, because the weather is hot and the hunters suffer, the grass is lush and the prey is hard to find, and the season is not yet here, and it is a little fat, just like the king of the south, who has not long passed away, never goes out to hunt under the summer sun.

However, His Majesty Emperor Alfred of the Empire is a young man who likes to do things unexpectedly. Not only did he show up in the hunting ground with his party in the afternoon sun, but he also brought his Empress Catherine and Prince Bernhard, who had just turned three.

The king looked very young, and if he were placed on earth, he would have felt like he was no more than a college student, he had short dark green hair and a pair of deep, translucent eyes like emeralds, his complexion was white and pure, and his body was slender, but it was evident from the way he rode a horse that his seemingly slender body contained great strength.

His own cousin, Queen Catherine, has almost the same hair color and eye color as him, and is a very iconic beauty. And their son Bernhard inherited this and was a cute kid with bright green eyes.

This appearance comes from the current royal family's jade dragon bloodline, the jade dragon is the best in the green dragon line, not only has a strong physique, but also is proficient in wind magic, is a rare holy rank bloodline on the continent, and is also one of the four major holy rank bloodlines of the Purple Eagle Empire. The so-called Holy Rank bloodline is to awaken this bloodline to the extreme, and the inheritor of the bloodline can obtain the power of the Holy Rank. In addition to the Emerald Dragon bloodline, the other three Holy Rank bloodlines of the empire are the Hydra bloodline of the Duke of Maple Grove City, the Cyclops bloodline of the Duke of Falling Flag City, and the Purple Winged Condor bloodline of the former royal family, which has long disappeared for many years.

For many years, in order to maintain the stability and purity of the bloodline, the royal family of the Purple Eagle Empire has been intermarrying within the royal family. The Emerald Dragon is not an easy bloodline to maintain. The previous emperors had not performed well in terms of bloodline talents, but when they arrived at Alfred, they had rarely regained a very high level of bloodline purity, and according to the judgment of the Sage of Silent Praise Morales, he might someday touch the realm of the Holy Order.

Emperor Alfred touched Prince Bernhard's head and said, "Today is an important day for you. You will understand the power of two things, the first is power. That's what I have, and you, if you're smart enough and strong enough, maybe a little bit will get it too. ”

Young Bernhard obviously didn't know what his father was talking about, and he sat in the saddle in front of his mother and looked around curiously, and although his father's expression was serious, he couldn't help but smile at him.

The corners of the emperor's mouth couldn't help but tug upward.

"Your Majesty, is it really necessary for Bernhard to show this? I don't remember that we had such a 'lesson' when we were children!" the Queen's tone was a little disgruntled.

"Times are changing, aren't they? I said I was going to give him the best, and I think what I have to present to him today is the most valuable gift. ”

The Empress looked at the Imperial Prime Minister Bernard of Whitefish City, who accompanied them on the hunt, and the Duke said with a wry smile: "Your Highness Catherine, although Bernhard is young, he is a child with the blood of the Emerald Dragon after all, he is a natural warrior, you don't have to worry too much. ”

The Emperor pointed at the Duke with his horsewhip and said with a smile: "Bernard is always the best at talking, bring our prey up." ”

The so-called prey was four young men, two men and two women, who were dressed in tattered clothes, but if you looked closely, you would see that the material of the clothes was very good, and only the high nobles would have such a dress. They looked frightened and trembled, especially the two women, who were already in tears at this moment.

The Emperor looked at them, but there was no sympathy on his face, but said jokingly: "Davis, that greedy fool always thinks of himself as the shield of the empire, and has deceived us for many years. I didn't expect that, in the final analysis, he would be a man who fought with gold coins and cheated his life out of his life, and how could I forgive such a person? Did he think that he could escape my punishment by stabbing him in the neck? Now the punishment he deserves should be replaced by you. ”

"But Your Majesty, we really didn't get involved in those deals with the orcs! One of the sons of the Earl of Davis pleaded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, my father never told us these things, and we were innocent in this matter. One of his daughters said the same.

"Innocent?" His Majesty the Emperor sneered, his blue eyes staring at those people, making them sit on pins and needles.

"In my eyes, you have enjoyed your father's greed, and naturally you have to pay the price for his greed. Let's get started!"

Nearby, a knight unshackled the feet of the four young men, took a whip and struck them, shouting, "Run, run! In three minutes the hunters will begin to hunt you." They will kill you mercilessly, but if you escape from the woodland, you will be free. ”

When the four of them heard this, they didn't know whether they were whipped or moved by freedom, and they ran quickly one after another.

The emperor said to his son: "You see, this is power, as long as you have it, countless people will revolve around you, and you can easily decide even the life and death of a person. Now I'm giving you the power to choose which of the four of them will be killed first. ”

The little prince looked at his father with some puzzlement, but under his father's encouraging eyes, he stretched out his finger and tapped at a woman who was running away.

"Good choice. The Emperor took out a bow from the spatial ring, and when it was full, he enchanted the innate wind magic on the arrow.

Those few young people who were sealed with magic and vindictive spirit couldn't run far at all.

As soon as the emperor let go, the wind-wrapped arrow cut a gray line in the air and pierced the back of the woman's head.

The youngest daughter of Earl Davis let out a short scream, then a large hole exploded in the back of her head, and fell to the ground without a sound.

"That's the second point I'm going to tell you today: the power of force. With this power, the empire was able to occupy the largest territory on the continent. The Emperor then fired two more arrows, and the wind magic gave his arrows a long range. One of the two young men was shot through the chest, and the other had a large hole cut in the head.

As the emperor was about to kill the fourth woman, suddenly a knight rushed straight into the hunting ground and rushed to the king's side.

The knight whispered in the Prime Minister's ear for a while. The Prime Minister was pleasantly surprised, and he cast a silent enchantment. Said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's great news, the Thousand Thousand Sword Saints are really dead!"

The emperor seemed to have completely forgotten the last prey at this time, and he said to the people around him: "The god of nature is favoring the empire, isn't it? ”

The hunting party came and went as fast as they could, and they hurried out of the hunting grounds, leaving the last female prisoner in the moor. The woman covered her face and began to cry bitterly, but it was not long before a string of flames rose from her back, and the woman rolled and screamed, but was finally burned to ashes in the flames.