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In the year 7135 of the Guangming calendar, the southernmost kingdom of the nine kingdoms of the Qinglan Continent, the Baldan Kingdom, the royal capital of the city of Galiah, a grand dinner was being held in the royal palace, and this dinner was to celebrate a war that the Baldan Kingdom had just won. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Three months ago, King Fredet Vader of Bardan led an army of 300,000 to attack the kingdom of Armas in the north of the kingdom, taking two cities and hundreds of miles of land from the kingdom of Armas.

In the inner courtyard of the palace, a bonfire was burning, and the royal ministers, nobles, and generals of the Kingdom of Bardan sat on either side of the campfire, and King Fredet Vader, the ruler of the Kingdom of Bardan, sat cross-legged behind a low table.

Philip had brown and yellow curly hair and a burly body. The king wore a black blindfold over his left eye, which Philet had been blinded by the enemy's wounds in battle as a young man.

As a royal descendant of the Kingdom of Baldan, Philip was once only a prince showed extraordinary talent for martial arts, Philip often fought bravely on the battlefield with his soldiers, Philip's bravery and excellent military talent won the appreciation of his father, and the old king passed the throne to Philed, the third of the princes, before his death.

It has been 10 years since he inherited the throne, and Fredet has lived up to the expectations of the old king, leading his army north to conquer the kingdom of Armas, and has captured a total of 17 cities and thousands of miles of land in six large and small wars, expanding the territory of the kingdom of Bardan by nearly a quarter.

In the south, Philip took the initiative to attack the orcs on the magnolia grassland, and severely damaged the orcs, and the chiefs of the major tribes of the orcs had to move farther south with their tribal people.

In the banquet hall of the inner courtyard of the palace, several dancers in palm skirts dance around the burning bonfire, and the court musicians use cowhide drums and horns to play the heroic but complex music unique to the Kingdom of Bardan.

The royal ministers sitting on both sides of the bonfire, the nobles drank and talked while watching the performances of the dancing girls, the Baldan Kingdom is the southernmost country among the nine human kingdoms in the Qinglan Continent, and the people here are fierce, lacking the rigorous and complicated etiquette concepts of other kingdoms.

In the Kingdom of Baldan, from the king to the common people, the habits of life are uninhibited, and the Kingdom of Baldan is ridiculed by several other kingdoms as a barbarian who has just evolved into a human being.

The dinner in the palace had been going on for more than an hour, and the ministers and nobles had come forward to toast one by one to express their congratulations on the victory of the war and their reverence for His Majesty.

The ministers toasted Phileid to him, and Philed, who was passionate about the war, was also full of love for fine wine, and after a few glasses of strong wine, Philed's interest became more and more high.

Standing up, Philip picked up a hot dancer from the campfire, and Philip laughed and danced around the bonfire, and the ministers sitting around him shouted and applauded.

After a short dance by the campfire, Philip carried the dancer back to his seat, and Philip let the dancer in the palm skirt sit on his lap and feed himself the wine.

At the climax of the dinner, a woman in a purple dress led two maids into the inner courtyard where the banquet was held, and a maid followed by the woman in the purple dress held a plate with a pot of wine and two wine glasses in her hand.

The woman in the purple dress soon walked up to the king, and Philei, who was kissing and touching the dancing girl in her arms, saw the woman who came to her. "Omelia, why are you here?" Philip let go of the dancer in his arms and looked at the woman in the purple dress in front of him.

Omelia was the wife and queen of King Fredet Vader of Baldan. "Your Majesty is holding a celebration banquet in the inner garden, and I have come to toast Your Majesty with a glass of wine to congratulate Your Majesty on his recent victory on the battlefield..." Omelia bowed to Philip and knelt down before her husband.

Philip stared at the woman in front of him for a moment with his only right eye, "Okay, Omelia, let's have a drink." Frered smiled and sat down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Queen Omelia motioned for the maid with the plate behind her to come forward, and Omelia herself took the jug and poured wine into both glasses.

"Your Majesty. Omelia took a glass of wine in both hands and handed it to Philip, who then took another glass of wine from the plate, and the two of them gently clinked glasses, and Philip tilted his head and drank the wine.

Gently wiping the corners of her mouth with her sleeve, Queen Omelia stood up, "Your Majesty, please continue to enjoy the dinner, I will retire first." Omelia bowed to the seated king and left the banquet hall.

After coming out of the inner courtyard of the palace, Omelia quickly walked towards the main entrance of the palace, "Omelia. "It is strange that a man about 50 years old in a black robe was waiting outside the main entrance of the palace, and at this moment the guards who were in charge of guarding the main gate were gone, and it was a strange thing that the guards who were in charge of guarding the palace should not leave their posts at any time.

"Your Excellency. Queen Omelia came to the black-robed man, who looked a little similar in appearance to King Philed, and his brown hair was a little pale because of his age.

"Did Philip drink it?" asked the black-robed man in front of Omelia, eagerly, "Drink it." Omelia nodded slightly.

"Great, then our plans can go smoothly. The black-robed man opened his arms and gently hugged the woman in front of him, and kissed Omelia affectionately.

"Master Capeo..." As their lips parted, Omelia whispered the man's name, Capeo Vader, the name of the man holding Omelia.

The royal family of the Kingdom of Bardan is composed of members of the Vader family, the previous king of Bardan passed the throne to his third son Fredet Vader, Philip had a total of 5 brothers, and the duke Capeo was the second son of the old king and the elder brother of the current king Frede.

"Oh, Omelia, eat this. Capeo took out a black pill from his bosom and handed it to the woman in front of him, and after taking the pill and swallowing it, Omelia looked at the brown-robed man in front of her. "Master Capeo, Elena's side..."

"Lay it down, Omelia, I've made a plan, Elena and that child, like Philei, won't survive tonight. Capeo looked up at the main entrance of the palace and said in a deep voice.

"In the ten years since His Majesty Philedan ascended the throne, he has seized thousands of miles of land from the Kingdom of Armas, and expanded the territory of my Kingdom of Bardan by nearly a quarter, such great achievements are unique among the kings of the Kingdom of Bardan, and it is the greatest honor of my subjects to serve under Your Majesty Phildany..."

"Haha, Dallas, let's drink. After listening to the words of the royal general, Frered happily took up his glass, tilted his head and poured the liquor into his mouth.

Just as Philae was drinking with his head up, Dallas suddenly pulled a sharp dagger from his sleeve and lunged forward, Dallas stabbed the dagger into King Philet's chest.

Sensing the attack of killing intent, Philip decisively threw down the wine bowl in his hand and turned over to avoid Dallas's sneak attack. He stood up and glanced down at his dagger-torn robe.

"Dallas, are you tired of being alive?" Philip glared angrily at the assassin in front of him with his only right eye. The sudden scene in the banquet hall made all the royal ministers and nobles present chaotic.

"Janissaries, call the Praetorian Guards over, someone will assassinate Your Majesty..." "Boom, Boom, Boom..." A rain of arrows shot from the stone wall of the inner garden, many ministers and nobles were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, dozens of black-robed people fell from the stone wall at this moment, chasing the scattered and fleeing ministers, nobles and slashing and slashing.

The riot in the banquet hall should have attracted the attention of the Praetorian Guards a long time ago, but except for a few soldiers in the banquet hall, no other Praetorian Guards were seen rushing to the rescue.

In the face of the sudden assassination, King Philip did not show a panicked look on his face, "Rugia, take down the traitor Dallas." Philip spoke to Rugia, the captain of the guard, standing behind him.

As the captain of the King's Guard, Rugia's most important task was to protect His Majesty, so Rugia always followed Philei's side.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Pulling out the long sword in his waist, he saw a cyan fighting aura floating on Rugia's body, and "Huh" Rugia swung his sword and slashed over, but the target of Rugia was not the assassin Dallas, but the king Philip in front of him.

With a hard kick of his legs, Philip dodged Ruguia's slash, "Ruguia, are you with them?" Philip untied his torn robe and threw it on the ground.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, we must send you to the Holy Land of Light today..." Dallas, holding the dagger, stood with the captain of the guard, Rugia.