In the quiet and empty hall of the temple, there was a small and slight sound of footsteps, followed by the crisp sound of a string of silver bells colliding with each other, and ...... A cold and pure aroma, like a precious snow lotus unique to the top of a snow-capped mountain that will never melt.

In the faint light, the graceful figure of a young woman gradually emerged, and a delicate silver device glittered on her neck.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Enid, are you here?"

Iroh spoke softly, her indifferent gaze sweeping over the woman who was able to maintain her composure even in the midst of the crisis, and the legendary powerhouse Stowe who followed behind her.

"Yes, I'm here. Enid looked at the three people in front of her, or rather, two people and one dragon, with a mocking look on her face.

"But whether I have come to save you is another matter. ”

She can't be blamed for speaking with such a condescending attitude, because the three people opposite her at the moment are not in a very good situation.

"Oh?"

As if he understood, Iroh looked at the blue barrier that trapped him and Vess, and then turned his gaze to Noele, who was not far from him.

If he and Weiss were only restricted from moving, then Noele definitely meant that his life was at risk at the moment.

A sword entwined with thunder and lightning pierced his abdomen, nailing him to the wall. At the same time, there were six thigh-thick iron chains on the palace pillars on the side to bind his body.

If you look closely, you can also see that these chains are engraved with magic runes - obviously extremely rare forbidden demon chains!

As a result of the blockade, almost every breath Noeli took was now torture, and the Forbidden Chains not only prevented him from using magic, but also absorbed the magical energy in his body at every moment.

This is undoubtedly a very extreme torture for the silver dragon, who almost treats magic as a second life.

Then, Iroh asked in a slightly confused tone, "Isn't Her Royal Highness the Princess planning to let us meet with Grand Duke Jon?"

"So I hate the way you seem to have everything in your hands," Enid shrugged and waved his hand for Stowe to step forward and untie him, "In my heart, Iroh you're the second most annoying guy." ”

"Then let me guess, the first should be your sister Bella, right?"

Seeing Stowe smash the blue barrier with a wave of his hand, Iroh patted Vess's shoulder without a trace, and then calmly replied to Enid.

"That's why I hate you. ”

Enid didn't look at him again, instead trying to turn her attention to Stowe, who was beginning to untie Noele's chains.

"I don't care what your calculations are, remember for me, now that Grand Duke Jon is my fiancé, you'd better not offend me. ”

"No problem. ”

Iroh simply agreed, anyway, things have come to this point, it can be said that all his goals have basically been achieved, and there is no need to continue to cause trouble.

"Your Highness, lifting this chain is not something that can be done immediately. Although Iroh didn't say anything more, Stowe spoke, "Please give me some more time." ”

"Whatever you want. ”

Enid casually found a place to sit down, although she was nominally more noble than Stowe, but at the moment Stowe also represented the Grand Duke Jon, and she didn't want to mess with the other party's loyal subordinates before the wedding.

Moreover, the series of experiences just now was a little too intense for this princess who had always been pampered, and she really needed to calm down.

"Iroh," after waiting for a while, seeing that there was still no obvious progress on Stowe's side, Enid finally couldn't help it, ignoring the usual aristocratic etiquette, and shouted directly at Iro, "Are you really so sure?"

The latter was silent for a moment, and then replied briefly: "I'm not completely sure, but I've done the best I can." Do your best and leave the rest to fate – that's my credo. ”

As he said this, he could feel that the way Vis looked at him was visibly changing.

Come to think of it, this little black dragon who has witnessed so many things is really not in a calm mood at the moment, right?

I have to say that this time I came to the royal capital, Iro's plan was too big, and now that I have confirmed that my goal has basically been completed, even if I am as strong as Iro, there is a faint feeling of unreality.

First of all, Ello's main goal is naturally to plot the throne of Falkenridge.

The special security forces he formed, as well as his early alliance with Princess Bella and Marquis Alec, were largely efforts to achieve this goal.

In fact, at the beginning, Iroh really planned to support Bella to the throne, after all, Bella is the only qualified heir in the current Falkenridge royal family, and she has great potential, it can be imagined that after she ascends the throne, she will definitely bring some vitality to this somewhat decadent country.

However, Iroh eventually chose Vess, and even spent millions of faith points for it.

The reason is very simple: first, no matter how much Bella has potential, she is also an outsider, a human being. Vess, on the other hand, is a member of the Tokamaks, a dragon - and just like most people prefer to approach humans to dragons, Iroh prefers to choose his own kind.

Second, it is because of Bella's rationality. The woman's coldness and decisiveness were evident to Aelo when he first met her. You know, if you can betray your friends without hesitation for profit, and lead the dragons to slaughter the women of an innocent town, you can also turn your face against your tokamak faction for the sake of profit in the future.

The third lies in Bella's forbearance. Maybe for ordinary people, Bella's acting skills are really good, but Iro's eyes also surpass ordinary dragons. On the night they first met, Iroh began to suspect her. And in the next few years, Iroh also met with Bella many times, so naturally he would not let go of the opportunity to test her.

As the number of meetings increased, Iroh gradually confirmed...... The hatred and murderous intent hidden in Bella's heart.

Moreover, strictly speaking, even if Bella has no killing intent, Iroh will still consider eradicating her, and Iroh still knows the truth of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. In fact, if Bella hadn't really come up with enough conditions to make his heart move, Bella's life would have stopped that night!

What's more, this woman is really too smart, and a smart person is never as easy to control as a mediocre person. Although Iroh was arrogant, he didn't get to the point of being blinded by this, he at least knew what kind of people he could control.

Like Weiss.

Of course, Vis is not mediocre, and it can even be said that Vess's intelligence is relatively good among dragons of the same age, but he is not beyond Iroh's ability to control. And the last nuclear radiation incident did leave a huge psychological shadow on Weiss, making him have an instinctive fear of Ailo all the time.

This fear undoubtedly reduces the difficulty of control.

That's why Iroh killed Bella, and instead helped Vis deceive the magic test and make him the king of Falkenridge.

Ello's second goal is to keep a life in Alfred's plan.

There is no exaggeration to say this, because Alfred, as an ancient black dragon, is far from being able to compare with Ello, who has just entered his teenage years. The power of the ancient dragon Iroh has long known in the inheritance memory: even the weakest ancient white dragon has the strength to easily defeat a legendary powerhouse of the level of Kairol!

This is the power of the dragon family, the highest intensity condensed by a long time!

When a dragon has lived for 800 years and completed its last awakening, it is the time to enter the ancient dragon period. Eight hundred years of time have brought dragons not only great strength, but also extraordinary wisdom, and it can be said that each ancient dragon is a formidable opponent that should not be underestimated.

And Alfred is the best of them - the black dragon's fierce reputation is quite well-known even among the dragon clan, after all, not every colored dragon can escape after confronting the metal dragon venerable.

What's more, Alfred is already over nine hundred years old and will soon enter the next physiological stage, the so-called "Elder Dragon".

In the face of an opponent of this level, it was certainly impossible for Iroh to think that he could gain anything in his scheme, or that surviving was the greatest benefit.

However, it is much more difficult to do this than usurping the throne, and Iroh has long been mentally prepared to sacrifice all unnecessary help - such as the full force of the special security forces.

It may sound cruel, but there's no way around it. On the one hand, most of the members of the special security forces have actually reached the limit of their strength, and these years of training have made their strength fully formed, and except for Will, there is basically no room for further improvement.

On the other hand, even if Iroh doesn't sacrifice them, in the layout of Alfred in the future, these lowly guys are bound to be difficult to survive!

Therefore, they must be given a way to die that can squeeze the last use value.

Thinking like this, Iroh noticed Kairol and the others who had entered the royal capital on the eve of the decisive battle.

Although Carol and the others did a good job of concealing their faces and tried to avoid talking about the mission to capture Noele, Iroh saw through their disguise immediately.

Of course, even Iroh couldn't recognize them as emissaries sent by the Ironstone tribe to capture Noele, but only as aid from the Duke - in fact, there was nothing wrong with that.

Therefore, Iroh did not provide enough equipment support to Carlyle and the others—part of which was naturally due to his lack of faith points—and in this case, Iroh had already expected that they would be difficult to defeat the powerhouses who came to attack the Inheritance Temple.

Anyway, his goal is not to completely destroy the attackers, but to delay time.

As for why?

When Iroh first saw Marquis Alec, he noticed the dragon aura hidden in him. That's the concealment technique of Alfred, who has deceived many people, and even deceived Alfred, who was tracked down by the metal dragon.

Then think about it, how could Iroh not notice the stone wall related to the gods under the Marquis's Mansion?

In the past five years, it is not once that Airo has not been to the royal capital, and every time he has secretly paid attention to the situation in the Marquis's Palace, it is not difficult to predict that Alfred chose to attack on this day.

What Iroh did was to let Carlyle and the others stall until Alfred officially made a move!

By that time...... These attackers will have to think carefully about how things should be prioritized.