Hearthstone, the fourth-level main city.

This is the most prosperous city except for the fifth-level royal city where the prince is stationed.

Hearthstone has been more lively than usual in recent days, due to the fact that the five-year Physician Ranking Ceremony of the Kingdom of Hikari will be held here.

The Empire of Darkness is not as good as the Empire of Light, because the monks of the Empire of Darkness all practice the power of darkness, and although the power of this darkness exceeds the power of light, it has no effect of healing diseases at all. Therefore, in this dark empire, medicine has become an extremely rare profession.

The thousand-year-old battle of dark light has made the cultivators of the Dark Empire understand a truth in their blood, that is, if they want to survive on the battlefield, doctors are absolutely important existences.

Since the Demon Emperor unified the Dark Empire, this physician ranking ceremony has gradually taken shape. Not only the four principalities under the Hikari Kingdom, but the other three kingdoms have also formed their own system of cultivating physicians within their own territory.

But then again, when it comes to the scale and the system is sound, it is the Hikari Kingdom that does the best.

In this five-year physician exchange meeting, the four principalities will nominate some third-order physicians as judges to inspect the doctors who come to determine and promote the ranks, and those first-order and second-order doctors are also promoted to the next level at this time, and then enjoy some superior policies within the rank.

In the Dark Empire, the treatment of healers is very high. Like Abel the healer who was barely designated as a first-order healer, Nabrand had a higher prestige in the town than the mayor, and was highly respected by the townspeople.

Healers of this level can go to first-level cities every month to receive a certain amount of silver coins, and each city has a very sound protection mechanism for these first-level healers.

Second-order healers had a higher status, and they were generally invited to the palace by the viscount or even the marquis. The silver coins he received every month were even higher than those of ordinary fifth-order cultivators, and they were highly respected by these big people.

Not to mention the third-order great doctors, such as Gauss and Mousse, they all held important positions in the principality, and their status was comparable to that of an earl.

Every five years, the Physician Exchange is held in the capitals of the four principalities, and this year it is Hearthstone's turn, so the number of people coming and going in Hearthstone these days is several times as many as usual.

The liveliest place in Hearthstone is in the heart of the marketplace. The bazaar was no bigger than Brand, and there were tens of thousands of shops in it.

In the most prosperous part of the shop, there is an empty platform. The platform was not allowed to set up stalls to buy and sell in normal times, and it was originally set up with the intention of executing prisoners.

Above the platform, there is a marble guillotine. And at the top of the guillotine, the bright guillotine decapitation reflected back to a dazzling light. This seems to have become a flagpole in Hearthstone, and the severed beheading is the flag.

The choice to build the guillotine on this most prosperous street is mainly to serve as a warning. After all, the truth of killing chickens to monkeys is well understood by the monarchs and ministers of all dynasties.

Today's execution table is not idle, and there are many people watching the excitement. But no one threw some rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves upwards or anything, because it was a beautiful girl who was tied to it for public display today.

Beautiful girls are pitiful and loved, so everyone changed their anger and laughter in the past, and they were all talking in whispers.

"Alas, I say, what crime did this girl commit, how did she be sent to the guillotine at such a young age?"

"Cut, you can't read, so you won't read the notice posted over there. ”

"Rub, if I know the words, I still need to say it, since you know, don't sell it. ”

Most of the onlookers are civilians, and only a few can open shops, so there are also a few people who have studied from a wealthy family, and it is normal to be illiterate.

"Fiona, the former Blood-Cloaked Guard, was beheaded for stealing a holy relic and was beheaded as an example. ”

"Damn, this young and beautiful chick is actually a bloody guard, I really can't see it. ”

"You're surprised, you didn't see that she actually damaged the holy relics of our principality, which is a heinous crime. ”

"With such a face, how can you look like a heinous person, how can you do such a thing?"

The crowd of onlookers was talking, but Fiona, who was tied up with a rope on the stage, was still as calm as water.

She didn't seem to care about the discussion in the crowd, just quietly waiting for her death.

The figure on the stage is quite large, and he is the executive officer of the prison beheading.

And one of the old men standing in the center of the crowd had a faint gloomy face.

"It's disgusting!"

Looking at Fiona in disgust, the old man gritted his teeth fiercely.

"I lost all my face, and I almost implicated the family!"

"Father, please don't be angry anymore. ”

A young man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks next to him stepped forward, and then lowered his eyebrows and said,

"It's not worth it for the sake of this broom star. ”

The old man's name is Murray, and he is the patriarch of Fiona's family, and he is also the uncle who raised her. And the man next to the old man, Scott, is Fiona's cousin and the son of the patriarch.

Fiona's family's banking firm is well-known in Hearthstone, which also stems from Fiona's position as a Bloodguard. And her family is a relatively famous bloodline in the blood clan, and it is also quite historical.

It's a pity that since the decisive battle in the Dark Light Continent a hundred years ago, the masters of the Fiona family have been killed and injured, so the family has gradually declined. It wasn't until Fiona entered the Bloodcoat Guard that the family slowly began to flourish again.

However, because Fiona's mother died in childbirth when she was born, and her father was killed by a bandit group for going out on a mission, people thought she was ominous, which led to the death of both parents, so although she was outstanding in appearance and talented, she was very ostracized in the family, and was also named the broom star.

"Humph!"

Patriarch Murray snorted coldly.

"Thanks to the kindness of the Great Elder, who tried his best to persuade the elders, this has allowed our family to not be implicated, if it is really according to the original decision of the Elders' House, I am afraid that our whole family will be buried for this broom star!"

Hearing this, Scott nodded repeatedly.

"It's scary to think about it now, who knew that this broom star could do such a thing. ”

In fact, the Great Elder Raul did not say half a good word for Fiona's family, but at the beginning he wanted to slaughter the entire family, but under the strong opposition of the Grand Duke, the sentence was finally changed to kill Fiona alone.

"Damn it!"

Mousse glared at Fiona viciously, eager to go up and kill her right now.

"It's as useless as her wasted father, and it only causes trouble for the family. ”

The unabashed conversation between the two reached Fiona's ears, making her heart sting fiercely.

In fact, she already knew that the family was just using her, and no one cared about her life or death at all. If she could exchange benefits for the family if she died, maybe the family would have let her die a long time ago.

To put it bluntly, in the family, she is equivalent to goods that can be sold casually at the right price.

Maybe in this world, the only person who cares about her life and death is the waste viscount who has lived with him in Brand for more than a year.

Thinking of this, the picture of Li Yanbei standing up and facing the thunder seemed to float in front of him.

She looked up at the void, her eyes full of the warmth of memories.

"It's a shame. ”

Not far from the crowd, several figures stood up.

The white-faced man led by one of them raised his eyebrows slightly, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It's so beautiful, it's still the sixth order of the dark power, it's really a pity. ”

Looking at the faint light in the eyes of the white-faced man, a man dressed as a guard beside him spoke,

"Your Royal Highness Grant, do you want to save her? With your face, it is estimated that Vlad Kimir will not dare to disagree. ”

Hearing his subordinates' words, the white-faced man named Grant slowly shook his head.

"It's as simple as you say, don't you see, she's damaging the holy relics. Although Vlad Kimir will definitely give me face, if we want to save her, at least we have to exchange a low-level holy relic for it. ”

Pouting, Grant said slowly,

"Although the face and talent are of the highest grade, they are definitely not worth a low-level holy relic. And you don't know my standards, if you want to be my woman, she must be a wonderful person like Her Royal Highness Alice, so that the sixth-order is just a matter of playing. If you really go and get the holy relics in exchange, it will be a bit of a big fun. ”

The man dressed as a guard nodded.

"What Your Highness said is very true, Your Majesty the Prince arranged for you to come to the Supervising Physician Exchange Meeting, to put it bluntly, it is to take the place of Your Excellency. In their eyes, you are the prince himself, and if you really can't tell the story for a girl, it's really a bit inappropriate. ”

"That's right. ”

Grant scoffed.

"Let's go, it's nothing to see if you cut off your head. ”

The group bowed, then followed Grant out of the place.

It was early autumn and the sun was still poisonous. Murray, who was on stage, looked at the sky, and the approaching midday sun made him a little irritable.

"Damn fellow!"

Murray muttered two words.

"Before you die, you let so many people suffer with you!"

Scott heard his father's chatter and said with a smile,

"Father, I don't think I have to wait any longer. She is a mortal person, and it will not be in the way if the time difference is ten minutes. Anyway, the House of Elders is still waiting for our reply, and it's not good to keep the elders waiting for a long time. ”

"Good!"

Murray pouted.

"Then do as you say, finish the matter early, and hand it over early. ”

Hearing that her life was in the hearts of her uncle and cousin, and that it was not even worth waiting for such a moment, Fiona's eyes darkened slightly.

She didn't know what she had lived for all these years, and she didn't know what the point of doing her best to support her family was.

In the hearts of others, she is a person who makes others can't wait even a few minutes.

The mood is getting heavier and heavier, and the face is getting paler and paler.

It wasn't until the moment of death that she figured out that her life was just a superfluous thing.

"The time has come. ”

Murray cleared his throat before striding to the center of the platform.

"Fiona has committed a heinous crime by destroying the relics. I am grateful for the mistaken love of the elders and carry out the post of supervisor......"

Syllable... Syllable... Syllable......

Before Murray could finish speaking, there were a few high-fives from the audience. And this applause is lonely, and it seems to be slightly mocking.

"Uncle beheaded niece, good-looking, good-looking. ”

The crowd parted from the middle, and the four figures slowly walked towards the guillotine.

I saw that the person at the head had an ordinary face and ordinary clothes, and his hands were slowly clapping his hands.

"I didn't expect such an interesting thing in my Vlad Kimir principality. ”

Fiona looked up at the man who spoke.

But when her gaze fixed on this person, her eyes were suddenly full of surprise.

"Oops......"

The man led the three of them slowly to the guillotine, the smile on his face full of mockery.

"It's a nice scene, but I don't like it. ”

Raising an eyebrow, the man smiled and said,

"The man who wanted to kill me without my consent......"

The pupils shrank suddenly, and the slightly raised arc of the corners of the mouth seemed to be full of killing intent!

"Isn't it a little too rude!"

Looking at the man who appeared inexplicably, Murray was a little stunned for a while.

But looking at the pressure faintly emanating from the three people behind the man, he knew that the person in front of him was something he would never be able to provoke.

"You... You are ......"

"It doesn't matter who I am. ”

The man's smile grew colder and colder, and the killing intent in his eyes grew stronger.

"Just I want to know ......"

"You're going to kill her......"

"Have you asked me?"