Chapter 386: The Mystery of History and the Right Thing to Do
The overlord Galserik Pirlath Empire has been destroyed for more than 2,000 years, this huge empire that has occupied the entire continent and ruled for more than 700 years has left countless mysteries to be solved in the world, many documents and materials about the Perras Empire have disappeared in the war, but some of the remaining documents also record many unknown secrets, such as Gallodio, the last emperor at the end of the Perras Empire, it is said that he was extremely fond of a mysterious concubine, for this concubine even the queen was ordered to be executed, and even in the end even the imperial treasury was handed over to his own concubine to manageγ
After the rebels captured the royal capital of the Perras Empire, Emperor Gallodio committed suicide, but the whereabouts of his beloved concubine are unknown, and until now, people only know the name of the last imperial concubine - Yunogia from very few records!
"Ha~ Are you saying that the woman in the Free City is a living fossil that has lived for more than 2,000 years?" Gus chuckled.
Buyani took the soup spoon and stirred the water cup and expressed a different opinion: "If it is a dragon, it is not strange to live for two thousand years, and if the elf clan lives a little longer, it should be able to live to this age, but it should be impossible for a half-elf, at most six or seven hundred years should be dead, and this is a case of special luck." β
In fact, Alyssa also thinks that Yunogia in the Free City should just have the same name as the last princess of the Perras Empire by accident, otherwise it would be scary to think about it, she once lived for such a long time in a monster who had lived for more than 2,000 years, and was almost brainwashed into falling in love with someone else without hesitation.
"Is there any way to prolong life in this world?" LeBlanc asked.
"There is a rare elixir called a life-prolonging potion, but the effect of this elixir is also limited, it is impossible to make people immortal, usually it can only extend a person's entire life span by about 30% at most. Buyani has lived longer as a dragon than anyone else, and knows more about all kinds of knowledge than everyone else: "If you want to be truly immortal, you have to transform yourself into an undead creature." You must also become a high-level lich to be completely immortal, of course, no lich will live forever, in fact, many lichs have no attachment to the world because of the passage of feelings, and finally choose to dissipate themselves. β
Lelouch said noncommittally: "Time is always the worst enemy of life. β
"Not at all! Buyani smiled mischievously.
Kenjiro, who had been listening all the time, finally couldn't help but ask, "If Yunokia did such an evil act, wouldn't there be anyone to punish her?"
Alyssa shook her head helplessly and said, "Mr. Kenjiro, what you think is too simple, not to mention that there is no direct evidence to prove what Yunokia did, and even if there is an estimate, it will not be able to help her at all." The Free City is a completely autonomous and neutral city, and the laws here are also made by the three business giants. β
For Lelouch, no matter what the origin of the woman named Yunogia was, she was at most just an object to be guarded against. The task now is not to explore the identity of this woman, how to take root in the free city and quickly raise funds to establish the corresponding power, after these things are completed, the most important thing is to find the soul stone left in the free city.
Because she had to arrange tomorrow's affairs, Elisa, who had already been busy all day, went back to her room to rest first. Leluxiu's sleep time as a black dragon has been greatly reduced, theoretically one or two days a week of sleep is enough, and the sufficient body lì gives Lelouch more time to gather information about the city, and there are two people in the team who are night owls who can't stay idle. One was the Lord of Shadows, who had quietly left the room after dinner, as unnoticed as he had appeared. LeBlanc was very interested in inviting Buyani to accompany him to go shopping.
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At noon on the second day, Alisa directly handed over a plan to Lelouch, as the daughter of a merchant family and formed her own caravan since childhood, Alisa's talent is indeed undoubted. Lelouch carefully skimmed through the plan, and it was generally a few decent trading partners, and the only chamber of commerce that was more famous in the Free City was Elisa's own family. It seems that Alisa is also ready to rely on her own advantages to make a name for Lelouch.
"Very good!" Lelouch nodded, very satisfied: "Then let's deal with this important matter first." β
"Yes, Lord Lelouch. β
Elisa finally smiled lightly, and added her family's Westphalian family to the trade in order to carry out Lelousio's plan to quickly establish power in Free City. The second is that the goods brought out of the mysterious city in the Arnold Mountains this time are indeed unexpected good things, although Alisa signed a contract to assist Yalin, but under the influence of selfishness, Alisa still wants to fight for some benefits for multiple families without violating the contract.
LeBlanc walked in like a lazy cat with Hatcher at this time: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Lelouch, I'm afraid I'll need to make up for my drowsiness later, so I can't accompany you today." β
"I see, how did you feel shopping last night?"
When asked this question, LeBlanc looked almost excited: "I really love this city. β
For the leaders of the Black Roses, LeBlanc really loves the city. The whole city is a huge hotbed, full of money and lust, and with a huge gap between rich and poor, it can be said that the city is full of corrupt soil that can make the 'black rose' bloom to the fullest!
"I got some interesting news last night, and maybe I can tell you while I still have some energy. Sitting next to Lelouch, LeBlanc said in an almost charming tone in Lelouch's ear.
"But it doesn't hurt to say that. β
"There was a riot in Liberty City recently. It is said that an orc led a group of slaves out of the arena and tried to storm Philips Cantel's mansion with the intention of kidnapping him. β
This exciting news made Elisa startled: "Really? How did those slaves break through the blockade circle, and didn't the armed guards in the city stop them?"
"There was a stop, but at that time, some witnesses said that one of the orcs who took the lead fought unusually bravely, and it was because of him that he defeated the armed guards, and even the supporting knight commander was killed by him. β
"As a result, it was suppressed. Lelouch asked, still holding the plan book without raising his head.
"Of course. It seems that the slaves were quite unlucky, and on the night of their riot, the famous arena champion of the Free City, happened to be a guest at Philips's mansion, and the result can be imaginedββ" LeBlanc talked eloquently as if he had nothing to do with himself, and there was some joy in his words that the slave rebellion had been suppressed.
Lelouch didn't say anything, this world was originally a backward and barbaric world, and it seemed natural for the strong to dominate the weak as the dominant power. Even if I had the heart to change the world, it would take a long way, and now is not the time to be sad about the loss of one or two innocent lives.
"Is that all?"
"An interesting incident happened in the midst of the riots, when a soldier witnessed an orc fighting the arena champion, and the orc suddenly turned into a ferocious monster, only to be defeated by the champion. LeBlanc stretched lazily: "And there was a slave who escaped in that riot, and I heard that the champion of the arena even offered a large reward to capture him." β
"The news is really interesting ββ"
Lelouch finally put down the plan in his hand, and gently dragged his chin in thought.
"That arena champion is called Gelkate, right?"
"Yes, Lord Lelouch, he has always been the most famous hero of the Free City, and he is said to be even more powerful. Alyssa hurriedly added.
"It seems that heroes sometimes have to do things that don't deserve to be called heroes. β
Lelouch shook his head helplessly. Before leaving, Lelouch had already learned from the information given by Yalin that this was the strongest mercenary in the Free City, and that the other party had the strength to kill dragon lizards, and even saved the life of the Cancer Gold Saint Seiya Manigot when he was in the Golden Spike territory. Judging by these deeds, the arena champion should be a fairly neutral person, whether it is good or evil, he does it according to his preference.
Alyssa was a little dazed, the girl didn't seem to know that she was able to escape from the demon's hands while she was still in a soul state thanks to the assistance of this mercenary in the Golden Spike Territory.
At the same time, Gelkate, the object of everyone's discussion, swaggered into the hall of the Blackstone Ring Chamber of Commerce. Seeing the arrival of the strongest mercenary king in the free city, the guards in the Chamber of Commerce Hall did not dare to stop him. Not to mention the terrifying strength of this mercenary king, besides, it is said that the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, Klossard, has a very good personal relationship with Gelkate, presumably Gelkite also came here for something, so why should he do something stupid.
"I'm sorry Mr. Gelket, but the vice president is out for a while today, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back until around the afternoon. The maid who received her did not dare to slack off and explained the situation to Gerket.
Gelkite scratched his head and looked very troubled: "This guy hasn't seen him okay that time." Forget it, I'll wait here for him to come back, oh~ I don't need you to lead the way, I know where the lounge is. β
Anyway, Gerkite casually left the overwhelmed maid, and walked to the VIP lounge as easily as in his own home, and found the arrival of the mercenary king along the way, many staff and businessmen in the chamber of commerce looked sideways. Someone even hurriedly seized the opportunity to come forward to greet Gelket, and this situation was not until the other person walked out.
"Yo~ Mr. Gelkett, what kind of wind brought you here!"
Lakshmi Mittal, president of the Circle of Black Stone, greeted with a smile like a spring breeze, and there was a person standing beside the president, Mrs. Keyman Susanna, the right-hand man of Lawrence, the president of the Free City Chamber of Commerce. (To be continued......)