Emperor Alfred stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and when he looked out of the window, he could see soldiers and coolies carrying supplies. Watching this kind of scene was his favorite pastime since coming to Kuroki Pass, and when he wanted to rest his tired mind, he would watch the crowd come and go like ants.

Ants work hard to build their nests, and these busy people build their empire. One by one, his ancestors commanded the "ants", expanding the empire to its present location. Now it was his turn to do so. But when he actually started doing it, he found that the conquest was a little more difficult than he had imagined. Although they took Kuroki Pass, this time they relied on trickery rather than a dignified victory. In the ensuing face-to-face battle, although he had a great advantage in strength, he did not achieve many victories in head-on battles with the Chinese. This made the young emperor somewhat frustrated.

For the Chinese, he made many surprising discoveries, their tactics, their tools, their organizations, all of which made him feel very strange and incomprehensible. These guns and cannons that shoot metal particles, loaded with many hedrons-powered vehicles, and a dozen or so mages cast spells together. None of this has anything like it anywhere on the continent, nor has it ever appeared in any records or history books.

He felt that he had repeatedly failed in the face of these forces, but this made him believe that he could gain these powerful powers if he could defeat the Chinese and occupy their new city of Hewan at great cost. At that time, I am afraid that there will be no forces on the mainland that can compete with him.

At this time, his guards brought in a group of people, and Alfred looked back to see that it was his Chancellor, Duke Hanix, Duke of Redwater, the Minister of War, Duke Weber, Duke of Brownstone Bay, Master Eder, Master Gandath, and Morlett, the Commander of the Black Guard.

"Your Majesty. We have come at your call. Duke Hanix asked, after saluting.

"Has Master Eder finally finished his practice, and has he felt any better?" asked Alfred.

"Your Majesty, I feel much better. The damage caused by the clone since the last self-explosion is basically recovered. Eder replied.

Emperor Alfred patted Edel on the shoulder and said kindly, "Great. These days I have always remembered the injury of the master, the Chinese won several victories with us when the master was not there, and you are an indispensable help for us to defeat the Chinese. ”

"Willing to serve Your Majesty. Master Eder saluted.

"To have a loyal courtier like you is the favor of the God of Nature. Alfred beckoned, and an attendant came over with a tray with a storage ring inside, "Here are some loot collected from the Chinese who died in battle, with all kinds of magic crystals, scrolls, and some magic items." There is nothing special about it, but the quality is very good. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Edel respectfully took it.

"Very good!" Alfred nodded with satisfaction, "According to the preparations made these days, the situation around Kuroki Pass has been consolidated, and our reserve corps has arrived at Kuroki Pass and taken over the defense. I'm going to set a date for the day after tomorrow, do you think there's a problem?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Duke Harix, said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that we have not stopped preparing supplies in all aspects. Personnel, food, weapons are already in place, and you can call on them at any time. ”

Duke Webb, the Minister of War, said: "The reorganization of the Black Guard, the Beast Legion and the Ordinary Legion has been completed, and according to the previous plan, we can put in an army of about 40,000 people and go straight to Hewan New City. Thanks to the redeployment of the Blackguard and the beast species, this army is even stronger than when we attacked Blackwood Pass. ”

Alfred glanced at Morlett, the leader of the Black Guard, who patted his chest and promised, "Your Majesty, our Black Guard has become a sharp knife for you to break into Riverbend New Town......!"

Morlett's voice slowly lowered in the middle of his speech, for he was horrified to see Emperor Alfred's turquoise eyes staring at his neck, his brows furrowed together, as if he had seen something very strange.

"Your Majesty?" asked Morrett softly.

"Morlett, your neck...... How can there be little black spots on it?" Alfred asked.

"Spotted?" Morette hurriedly touched his neck with his hand, but did not feel any protrusions or abnormalities, and he looked at Master Eder pleadingly. The latter's hand swiped in the air, and a smooth mirror appeared in the air.

Mollett leaned over and looked left and right, and found that there were really small black dots on his throat and cheeks, "What's going on? I, why didn't I know I had this thing?"

"Do any of you know what this is?" Alfred asked the others.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Does it look like a disease?" said Master Gandath, who was not sure.

"Morlett, do you feel any discomfort?" asked Emperor Alfred.

Mollett just wanted to pat his chest to ensure that he was as strong as an ox, when he suddenly felt a little dizzy, and he said: "Your Majesty, I seem to be a little weak in energy, and I feel a little tired. This is the feeling I only have when I woke up today, and I didn't feel this way even though I was busy preparing for the past few days. ”

"Ask a healing mage to check it out. We're going to start the day after tomorrow, so don't go wrong at this time. Emperor Alfred said.

"Yes! Your Majesty. Morlett replied.

At this moment, the sound of metal falling to the ground was heard outside the window, followed by several exclamations, and Alfred looked outside, and it seemed that on the main road, two soldiers who were carrying supplies fell to the ground, and the weapons and armor they were carrying were scattered on the ground.

The emerald dragon's bloodline gave the royals extraordinary vision, and Alfred narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced over there, his expression more serious than before.

"Black spots? These two soldiers also seem to have dark spots on their bodies, a little more severe than Morlet. "It doesn't look like it's a separate event, we have to go over and take a look." ”

The emperor jumped directly from the second floor through the window, and then jumped in the direction where the soldier had fallen to the ground. The ministers around him did not dare to slack off, including Morlet, who was still "looking in the mirror", jumped out of the window and chased in the direction of the emperor.