Green is still alive, which is undoubtedly one of the best consolations for Ian. He didn't ask what had happened before, what had brought him to his senses, and not everyone was willing to share the darkness in their hearts with others. He's still alive, and that's enough, at least to make Ian a lot easier, because he doesn't have to be on the lookout for someone to get a knife in the back.

"If it's really done by the Peony royal family, then they hide it deep enough. "At the end of the day, all of us are about to forget about the titular supreme ruler. ”

"You Terrans even have a royal family. Manhe smiled maliciously, "I thought you hunters would be able to get the Terrans." ”

"After all, the purpose of the hall is only to slay dragons, and it is only hunters who receive it, not the entire human race, but the prestige in the hearts of the people is much higher than that of the royal family. Bowen pondered for a moment and said, "But I'm afraid this is also something that the royal family doesn't want to see." ”

"What kind of labor and management thing is the royal family?" asked Green, with dry food stuffed in his mouth, "When I was in Sophia Harbor, I knew who the lord of the city was, and I also knew what the hall was for. I just didn't know that there was a royal family, and I didn't know until I arrived in the imperial capital. ”

"The origins of the royal family go back a long way, when Perseus led the family. The Lord of Thorns, Perseus, is outside, and the Queen of Peony, Samis, is inside. Oh, and Sames is the wife of Perseus, who led the women and children to make a living while Perseus led the hunters against the dragons. ”

"And this kind of thing?" Ian frowned, "why haven't I heard anyone talk about it." ”

"Look, this is the sorrow of the royal family. Bowen smiled, "Even the new Lord of Thorns doesn't know the former Peony Queen." ”

"I really don't know, no one has ever talked to me. ”

"Because the hall is full of hunters' epics, in their opinion, only hunters who are indomitable with hunting knives in their hands are eligible to be recorded in the parchment. "But in fact, when the hunters go out on the expedition, it is the women and girls who can stabilize the rear, that is, the Queen of Peony." Not everyone could become hunters, and the vast majority lived in the shade of Sames, at least at the time. ”

"Are you trying to say that in those days, Perseus was less influential in the Terrans than his wife?"

"It sounds incredible, but it's true. Bowen nodded, "Perseus is only huge in the influence of the hunters, and the influence of the foreign races. In the human race, he is not as good as his wife, but Perseus doesn't care about this, after all, it is his wife, and if a race wants to continue, it does need a clear division of labor, so he chooses to be outside the main and let his wife Sames be in the main house. ”

Ian thought of something: "So the hall and the royal family—"

"You guessed it right, Perseus and Sames are the prototypes of the Hall and the royal family. "The hunters of the hall are against the foreigners, and the rulers of the royal family are in the rear. At that time, the role of the royal family was very large, expanding the territory and establishing cities in a wasteland, while the role of the hunters gradually decreased, because the offensive of the dragons had slowly declined, and the elves and dwarves had also declined early, so the threat of foreign races was almost minimized. ”

"That's when the power of the royal family was at its peak, and they ruled over everything but the halls. However, the prosperity must decline, and the territory of the Terrans is already large enough to continue to expand. On the contrary, the dragon clan, which had declined before, has made a comeback, which is most obvious in the past hundred years. The royal guards were powerless against the dragons, so the hunters were active again, and the hall began to flourish again. A few decades ago, the Four Kings were the symbol of the hall's prosperity. ”

Bowen paused, and then said, "The territory of the Terrans is too large, and the problem has become apparent. First of all, the royal whip is beyond the reach of the royal whip, can the king who lives in the imperial capital help the town on the border that has been attacked by the dragons? Obviously not, but the hall can, and the hunters scattered in all corners of the continent can complete the rescue in the fastest time. In this way, the influence of the hall unconsciously surpassed that of the royal family, until now. ”

"So they can't stand it anymore?" Green pouted, "what a group of narrow-minded people." ”

"No one wants to see themselves dispensable, especially the royal family, which was once at the top of the power. Bowen said, "The royal family once approached the hall and wanted to share the hunter with the hall, but was first rejected by the previous Lord of Thorns, Lord Greg. After Master Greg left the hall, they approached the Rose Lord again, but they were also denied. ”

"Why didn't they look for me?" asked Ian.

"Actually, there is. Bowen smiled, "On the night of Lord Rose's death, the high-ranking hunter who stopped you was from the royal family. But you gave the answer. ”

"Really?" Ian scratched his head, "I can't remember." ”

"You don't remember exactly, but everyone in the room heard it. Bowen said calmly, "You just said one word, get out." ”

Ian's expression stiffened.

"You let the people of the royal family get out, this is the first time since Sames established the Peony royal family that someone has been so disrespectful to the royal family. Even Lord Greg, or Lord Karan, gave the royal family enough face when they refused the royal family, but you didn't, you let the royal family get out of the way in front of the four major families. Bowen smiled slightly, "I'm afraid that's why they hate you." ”

Ian scratched his head in annoyance: "How did I know that they are from the royal family, and I don't make it clear." ”

"They were meant to say something, but you interrupted them. And your prestige has long been passed to the royal family, surpassing the hunters of Perseus, this is the evaluation given to you by the hall, and the royal family knows about it. You're too powerful, so powerful that the royal family thinks that the end is not a threat to you. Bowen said softly, "Although this is my guess, I think you are the person the royal family wants to get rid of the most." ”

"You guessed it a long time ago?" Ian remembered what Bowen had said earlier. He had reminded himself that the enemy did not come from the four great families.

"Yes, I guessed it early in the morning. But I didn't expect them to do it. "Because no matter what I think, the royal family has no chance of winning against you." No one can defeat you, and the Terrans do need you to fight the apocalypse. I guessed their motives, but not their determination and energy, and that alone was not in the halls' records. ”

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