The black horse is only produced in the northern part of the empire, because this kind of horse is more useful in the defense of the north, and the practicality of this horse is not very great in other places due to the terrain physiognomy, so every time in the phantom beast selection, only one or two horses will be selected, if you look at it this way, it is easy to find out who attacked the envoy group.

"Don't think about finding among the existing Phantom Beast Knights, I have already arranged for someone to check, and the current 9 Ink-Black Pony Phantom Beast Knights in the Empire all have reliable evidence to prove that it will not be them at the time of the crime," the Duke frowned slightly, "Among the three major families of the Empire, each knows a secret passage to the Phantom Beast Holy Garden, and this attack must be related to the Phantom Beast, so I am worried that there are children in the three major families of the empire who are estimated to be unable to pass the selection of Phantom Beast Knights, so take precautions and make a deal first." At first, I thought that you were the first to attack for your own apprentices, but considering that this didn't seem to be your personality, and later after getting the news of Qin Lang's excellent performance, I was worried that it was the Marquis's family......"

Chi Hanfeng and Lei Ge both showed a slightly embarrassed expression on their faces, if it wasn't for some special things happening, the two of them would inevitably appear among the people who attacked the envoy group this time.

Thankfully, fortunately.

Lei Ge expressed his concurring opinion: "I'm afraid you're right, although I just returned to the imperial capital, but I know that the Marquis family now has many sons and many blessings, but there is a 23-year-old eldest son who is currently serving as the captain of the Imperial Squadron, and his strength is very average, if he can't become a Phantom Beast Knight this year, then the next time he will pass the 25-year-old selection time limit." ”

"The Marquis is still a very strong opponent, and I'm afraid he'll do something else. So I rushed back, hoping that he could sell me some face. The Duke looked in the direction of the Marquis's Palace.

In the Earl's Mansion of the Lin family, the earl, the countess, Lin Yusheng, and Sha Ruo were sitting together chatting, in early autumn, it was already cold, and a fire was lit in the fireplace.

When listening to Lin Yusheng chattering about the story along the way, the countess's face changed several times, and her mother was worried, even if she heard it afterwards, but she thought of the dangerous situation at that time. It's also quite scary. The palms of his hands were soon covered with sweat.

As an imperial general, the earl has long been down-looking about life and death, although it happened to his daughter, although he is quite worried, but now everyone is in front of him. It's definitely not going to happen.

The Count finished. said lightly: "It's going to be the Phantom Beast Knight selection soon." I don't want anything to happen, so don't run around except for the Duke's house for the past two days. ”

Thenceforth. In the separate communication between the husband and wife, the earl said worriedly: "Originally, I always did not want to get involved in the disputes of the three major families of the empire, but it seems that this time it is unavoidable. We have only one choice now, and that is to stand on the same front with the Duke. This choice should be the best choice for the public, private, country, and military. Since the duke has returned to the imperial capital today, let's visit early tomorrow morning, thank the children of their family for saving their lives to Yushang, and by the way, show our attitude. ”

Then, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the earl's face: "When you listened to the girl telling the story just now, you sensed whether she had something special to say about the little mercenary, it seems that there is too much praise." ”

The countess saw that the head of the house had set the direction, and a knowing smile appeared on her face: "My daughter knows best, hehe, tomorrow we will go to see what kind of excellent boy can surpass hundreds of boys in the imperial capital and gain the favor of our precious daughter." But it sounded like the boy was not bad, wise, and more importantly, money-light and compassionate. It's just that I don't seem to care much about our daughter, so let's take a good look at it. ”

A certain aristocratic mansion.

A knight in black armor knelt respectfully in front of a nobleman with a stern face.

"Mission failed?" asked the nobleman sternly.

"Yes, Your Excellency. The knight did not hesitate.

"Why? A Phantom Beast Knight, with a team of 120 Ink Black Horse Knights. Attacking an envoy corps of just over 20 people?Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"

"Your Excellency, after the envoy was attacked, two mercenaries were hired, and these two mercenaries were both of A-level level, and joined forces to kill the legendary evil dragon Yinfeng, one of them is the Holy Dragon Knight who only appears in legends, and the Holy Dragon Knight also defeated two dragon knights in one fell swoop in Snow City, and the other is the only disciple of the Imperial Magister Reg and is a magician, swordsman, and magic swordsman. The knight took out a thick piece of information from his bag and handed it to the nobleman.

"And, on the way back, we discovered their whereabouts, and judging by the speed of their travel, I estimate that they should arrive in the imperial capital this afternoon. The knight added.

The nobleman's face changed slightly: "Then you can't be blamed for this matter, I originally wanted to get it directly, but now it seems that I can only take another path." ”

"By the way, Your Excellency, there is also news, one of those two mercenaries is the nephew of the second son of the duke, Chi Hanfeng, and the other is the disciple of Chi Hanfeng. The knight hesitated, then spoke.

"What?" the nobleman's body shook: "Could it be that the strength of the duke's family will be improved again?"

"Hmph, there's always a way. A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of the nobleman's mouth: "Let the Duke taste the most painful thing." ”

In the trio of human dragon gods, there are three completely different styles.

The mercenary king is thoughtful and good at speaking, always with that trademark smile, and his words are extremely inflammatory, and he can keenly grasp any opportunity that is missed.

Daqingshan is sensitive to action, tolerant of words, simple and incomparable, and most convincing with strength. Even if you are a stranger, as long as you see his shallow smile, you will have great trust in him.

Chi Aotian is quick to think and poisonous in words, rarely speaks, and once he speaks, he is not very listening, some people say that his words are sharp, but more enemies think that he is synonymous with meanness.

Early the next morning, the Count and the Countess took the two girls to visit the Duke's mansion.

The Count also came from the army. Therefore, they had a good personal relationship with the duke's family, and when the doorman saw it, he let them into the castle directly.

Entering the castle's tall walls, directly opposite is a large open meadow - only the huge castle of the Duke's family would set aside such a large open area as a place for practice.

There were two people fighting on the grass, Lin Yusheng's eyes were very sharp, he exclaimed, took the countess's hand and said, "Mom, look, the boy in white is Qin Lang." ”

It was Chi Aotian who fought against Qin Lang, and on the side were Duke Chi, Lei Ge, Chi Hanfeng, Da Qingshan, Horns, and the retainers of the Chi family and some of the main cadres in the system.

Eat morning and evening. Chi Aotian pulled Qin Lang to compete. The Duke and the others also happened to want to see Qin Lang's current strength, so they also advocated Qin Lang's first battle, but in order to make the war exciting enough, Chi Hanfeng Jian still didn't want to make a war under the step. Chi Aotian is best at cavalry. And Qin Lang is a three-cultivator of magic and magic sword. Allowing Chi Aotian to ride a horse also did not restrict Qin Lang's use of magic and magic swordsmanship.

Reg agreed first, and he also wanted to see his apprentice's practice in magic.

Chi Aotian hastily ate two bites. I ran in and changed my equipment.

Chi Aotian is still a home-learned system in martial arts, and it is immediately a knight's war spear + knight shield, and after the impact, the knight's war spear is replaced by a knight's sword. He wears a black helmet and a black mask, and wears black knight's chain mail, with a black knight's cloak on his back, and mounts a blackcone horse.

It was at this time that the Earl's family and Saruo entered the castle.

In the face of the knight, Qin Lang first took a defensive position, and the Ice Blade protected his front. Before, most battles were life-and-death fights, in order to achieve the safest victory, Qin Lang often made full use of the terrain, terrain, magic, and all the skills of the magic sword, winning was the first place, and sometimes he was not very confident in his best swordsmanship, facing an opponent like Chi Aotian, of course, it was the most ideal test tool.

Chi Aotian's spear did not stab forward, but leaned upwards and hid the tip of the spear behind the shield, and kicked both sides of the horse with both feet, and the front hooves of the black cone horse slashed twice on the ground, and a long neighing rushed up, snorting, and white breath floated from the horse's mouth.

Although it was the charge of a horse, in the sun, the black helmet, black armor, black spear, and black vest were shining like Ugin, and the pressure brought by it was like a thousand horses and thousands of troops charging together.

Qin Lang's eyes narrowed slightly, staring closely at Chi Aotian's eyes, in the repeated battles with Chi Hanfeng, this kind of trick of hiding a gun behind the shield has been seen a lot, in a one-on-one knight decisive battle, use the shield to cover the attack point of the gun, and give the enemy an attack that the enemy does not expect from a position that the enemy does not intend, there is only one solution: keep an eye on the knight's eyes, and his eyes will expose his qiē.

The black cone horse swept through the dust, the black shield quickly grew larger, and the spear stabbed out of the shield like lightning from the inside of the shield, stabbing into Qin Lang's lower abdomen. Qin Lang took a slight step back to the left, and the ice blade suddenly appeared at the back of the tip of the spear as if it had broken the boundary of time and space, and slammed it hard, no, more accurately, the spear stabbed heavily into the ground as if it had been smashed by a giant hammer, making a deep mark on the ground, and both the horse and the knight on the horse were impacted.

Chi Hanfeng shook his head on the side and muttered, "It seems that the tragedy is about to repeat itself again." ”

Chi Aotian was not stunned, his body leaned back slightly, and the shield in his hand changed from defensive to attacking, and slapped directly at Qin Lang on the ground, and the four spikes protruding from the shield smashed the air and hissed.

After Qin Lang's long sword flicked up, the tip of the sword stabbed on the shield, and the black cone horse had already rushed past Qin Lang's side at this moment, Qin Lang helped slightly, and jumped high in the direction where the horse was rushing, and the long sword roared and slashed at Chi Aotian's back.

Except for a few battle-hardened officers, everyone closed their eyes, no one could have imagined that Qin Lang was in a charge, defending twice and attacking once, and generally an ordinary knight in a charge, it was already the limit to be able to attack twice, it seemed that Chi Aotian ...... It depends on how Qin Lang wants to attack.

Chi Aotian didn't seem to think about it, the tail of the war spear suddenly stood up, and directly poked Qin Lang in the air, and fought to the death, the moment the long sword hit, the tail of the war spear would also poke Qin Lang.

The Ice Blade intercepted the tail of the spear in the air, and Qin Lang took advantage of the momentum to land smoothly.

The two teenagers in the first round of the table xiàn, are very pleasantly surprised. Qin Lang was able to deliver a fatal blow after two defenses, while Chi Aotian was still able to defend a third time after two failed attacks.

Chi Aotian's black cone horse rushed out of dozens of steps and then spun around the horse's head rapidly, just now a charge, two almost failed and the last blow almost faced death, which Chi Aotian had not encountered in these years, under the black mask, sweat flowed down, and his right hand and right shoulder had just suffered a huge impact, and the muscles trembled suddenly.

Not seeing the expression of the handsome face beneath his face, he knocked the black cone horse again.

The Ebony Horse charged again. It's close. Approaching, suddenly, the black war spear in Chi Aotian's hand flew towards Qin Lang in an arc, behind the flying stabbing of the war spear. The light of the knight's sword immediately shot out from under the shield. Qin Lang was also extremely surprised. But in an instant, after guessing the purpose of Chi Aotian's double-point attack, the whole person rose into the air, wielding the ice blade with all his hands to draw a dazzling semicircle in the air and slash at the war spear that was about to pierce the ground. The war spear flew out like a thunderbolt, twisting and flying far away, Qin Lang landed on the other side with his strength in the air, and the huge inertial guide Chi Aotian could no longer turn the horse's head to attack again, so he let out a "hey" and rushed over angrily.

At this time, the spear also fell to the ground, and the tip of the spear pierced the ground diagonally.

Qin Lang suddenly showed a holy smile on his face, only familiar people would know what was hidden behind this smile, he stretched out his arms: "Ha, yes, yes, Brother Chi is really smart, now I will start a magic attack." ”

Golden lightning had shot out from the sword in an instant, and then the air quickly turned cold, and a large expanse of ice blades swept in, and without any spells, two quick magic attacks had been unleashed, which only a great mage could do with this speed and attack without spells. Could it be that Qin Lang has already reached the level of a great magician?

Only Lei Ge held the staff tightly, and said to Chi Hanfeng in a very low voice: "The speed of the magic sword attack is indeed incomparable. ”

Even on the mount, Chi Aotian couldn't dodge this sudden attack, although the human body was paralyzed by lightning and tried his best to dodge the horse, but the ice blade still stabbed through the chain mail and vest, the war horse was not 100% clothed in the vest, and blood quickly oozed out of the exposed place.

"Alright. Lei Ge's face was quite proud, and he looked like he would accept it when he saw it: "I think that after having the Phantom Beast, the battle situation will be greatly improved, so, Aotian, you must work hard." ”

The duke also nodded constantly: "Ordinary knights, it is indeed difficult to be Qin Lang's opponent, and I think that Daqingshan also has considerable skills." ”

After Qin Lang and Da Qingshan greeted the duke, they were very enthusiastic to see Chi Aotian's injury, of course, Da Qingshan must be in a concerned mood, and it is unknown whether Qin Lang wants to check the effect of the attack or slap a date to eat.

The counts and their wives in the distance were also quite satisfied with Qin Lang's performance in martial arts, and they were even more satisfied with Chi Aotian's appearance when they ran to see Chi Aotian's appearance, not to mention the satisfaction with Qin Lang's consistent smile of a true nobleman who could hide from the children of a family. Earl Lin greeted Duke Lin with a smile on his face, as well as Chi Hanfeng and Lei Ge, who were also earls.

The Duke and the others apparently discovered the Countess as well, and hurriedly let them into the hall. The two girls ran to the two sides of the trial just now.

For the level of the duke, the earl, and the only great magister of the empire, polite words such as thanking the children of the Chi family for assisting Lin Yushang in completing the mission this time are just shallow foam on the fragrant coffee, and everyone knows that the real essence is under the bubble. The communication between the two sides was very smooth, and before the coffee was finished, the Count had gained the full trust of the Duke's family, and agreed to assist the Duke in various ways in case of an accident.

Suddenly, there was another cheer from Qin Lang outside, followed by the cheers of Daqingshan and Horns, and the people in the house all walked out and saw two more people in the courtyard. One, dressed as white as snow and with a gentle complexion, looked from afar like a young scholar, with a silver sword on his back, and the other, apparently a dwarf, carried a great axe with a red blade on his back.

The duke pondered for a moment and said affirmatively: "These two people should be with Qin Lang and the others to complete the white-clothed Ah Feng and the dwarf Locke in the Evil Dragon Singing Wind mission. Several other people were shocked when they heard this, the white-clothed Ah Feng and the dwarf Locke are also well-known figures in the martial arts world, it is said that the white-clothed Ah Feng ranks 73 on the mercenary battle spirit list, and is only about 30 years old, and is the most optimistic person to challenge the top ten masters of the war spirit list in the future.

The scholar and dwarf immediately noticed that someone was watching them, and the scholar tilted his head slightly and nodded slightly at the duke's side. The people in the room could no longer sit still and walked out one after another.

Qin Lang hurriedly introduced it to everyone, and sure enough, it was Ah Feng and Locke. As a relative junior, Chi Hanfeng hurriedly went up to hold Ah Feng and said politely, such as the table on the list or something, Ah Feng smiled slightly and pointed at Old Locke: "Actually, Locke's predecessor has a higher ranking than me on the Battle Spirit List, but he has rarely come out in recent decades, so everyone has forgotten about him a little." My teacher and I mentioned his name over and over again. And tell me that 50 years ago, when you mention the blood axe, you will immediately think of ......" Ah Feng's words were not finished. The faces of everyone over the age of 30 changed. The Duke couldn't help but say, "Blood axe thunderbolt?"

So to speak. Even Qin Lang and the others had the impression that Blood Axe Thunderbolt was a legendary figure who ranked in the top 50 on the Battle Spirit List. His fame is said to have come from the incomparably fast lightning bolt of the tomahawk in his hand, which sealed a massive destructive power on the legendary tomahawk, ignoring a single magical defense. Daqingshan suddenly remembered that at the last moment in the battle of Yinfeng, the dwarf took a blood axe and flew freely in the cave like a psychic, directly breaking through Yinfeng's magical protection, leaving a deep and visible wound on Yinfeng.

"Brother Ah Feng, what are you doing here?" Qin Lang asked very strangely.

"Hehe, Senior Locke is not very relieved, so he went to the Ice and Snow Fortress to ask me to come and see you. Feng smiled.

"Ah Feng, thank you very much for your help to Qin Lang and Da Qingshan along the way, if it weren't for you in that double SS mission, it is estimated that they would have been killed long ago. "Chi Hanfeng is also close to Ah Fengtao.

"Everywhere, in fact, without them, we would be annihilated. Ah Feng said politely.

"Ah Feng," Chi Hanfeng's demon's black tail suddenly revealed: "I heard that you entered the sword path from magic and then created a demon sword, and finally completely gave up magic and became the originator of sword qi attacks, which is also very similar to the direction of Qin Lang, and his master Lei Ge and I have always been very worried about him going mad" Lei Ge rushed to Chi Hanfeng and thought to himself: "When did I say that?"

Chi Hanfeng continued to take it for granted: "So, can you give him a good talk, for example, is it possible to have a martial arts trial with him, we all want to enjoy your performance." Be sure to give us face. ”

Ah Feng smiled and nodded: "Brother Chi, don't be excited, this is also one of the purposes for me and Locke's predecessors to come, I feel that Zhongda Qingshan and Qin Lang are too smooth after their debut, and Horns has just debuted, and they have become an A-level mercenary group without a lot of accumulation, which is actually very detrimental to their development, so I came to let them know more about the scope of martial arts, and trials are also a good way." ”

After speaking, Ah Feng slowly pulled out from behind: "Da Qingshan's personality is relatively down-to-earth, and there will be no major problems, so, Qin Lang, come on." ”

"Alas-" Qin Lang let out a long sigh: "I said that several of my father's subordinates all showed such expressions after hearing that I entrusted him to Uncle Chi, and now I finally know why." Look, where can I find an uncle who is so good to me?"

Then he complained to Ah Feng: "The last time I went to Yinfeng, I was also knocked unconscious, and I also suffered a lot. ”

Ah Feng smiled and shook his head: "It's useless to talk more, you can use anything." After speaking, he held the long sword in one hand, and the long sword pointed diagonally at the ground. A master is a master, and after such a casual posture, the momentum immediately surges.

For a kendo master like Ah Feng, using a sword is tantamount to looking for death, or magic, Qin Lang's sword turned at will, and red lightning immediately shot out from the sword, Ah Feng still remained motionless with an idle smile, and the lightning split down in an instant. Seeing the lightning slash at the target, Qin Lang immediately swung his sword and slashed diagonally, wanting to use this paralyzing moment to attack Ah Feng.

Ah Feng, who was bathed in the lightning attack, suddenly showed a bright smile, and was not affected at all, and the long sword seemed to meet him diagonally as if it did not have any strength. Qin Lang was startled, he was not paralyzed by the lightning attack, which was contrary to the basic theory of magic, so the first thought: flash flash. The Ice Blade immediately changed from a downward slash to an oblique swing, Ah Feng's two-handed sword suddenly became faster, after the sound of the weapon rubbing, the two long swords had already been put together, Ah Feng's two-handed long sword was quickly stirred and rotated with the Ice Blade as the center of the circle, Qin Lang barely reacted, and the long sword had been stirred away.

Ah Feng took a step back and said with a smile: "There are some professional masters who are immune to magic, and after I gave up magic, I suddenly found that I had magic resistance. So don't be surprised. Come again!"

Qin Lang picked up the sword unwillingly, waved his hands quickly, after the long sword, four translucent sword marks stayed in the void, and then "Ice Blade", Qin Lang shouted, countless small ice blades formed, carrying the sword marks and swept towards Ah Feng, the magic blessed by the elves on the ice still has extraordinary attack power, even Ah Feng can't ignore it. His long sword swung slowly in front of him. An illusory sword shadow quickly formed, and then swung again, the illusory sword shadow grew bigger and bigger, and the ice blade and sword marks hit the sword shadow. It seems to hit a substantial object. Make a clattering sound. It landed quickly. Ah Feng's long sword suddenly changed from slow to fast again, and in a short moment, it suddenly appeared on Qin Lang's left side, and the sound of the wind slashed down.

Qin Lang's Ice Blade also reacted extremely quickly. Swinging his sword to intercept the attack, Ah Feng's two-handed sword did not cut at all, and immediately retreated and then cut down from the right side, after Qin Lang hit the air with one blow, it was difficult for Qin Lang to stop, but he still tried his best to intercept the blade of ice; It seems that every action is very large, but every time the range is very small, it changes quickly in a very small range, and it immediately changes direction without any borrowing force, which Qin Lang can't do anyway, in the fourth move, Qin Lang's long sword can no longer keep up, and in the face of the long sword that has been attached to his waist, Qin Lang has no choice but to admit defeat.

Ah Feng smiled and asked Qin Lang if he wanted to come again, Qin Lang shook his head in frustration: "It didn't work to start the magic attack, I haven't felt it yet, but I lost the lead in what I think is my biggest advantage, so don't compare." “

Chi Hanfeng walked over and patted Qin Lang on the shoulder: "Do you see the problem, don't you feel that there is any difference between him and you in the use of power?"

Ah Feng nodded: "Brother Chi is really a master, Qin Lang, I have long found that you are used to fast attacking, and strive for the limit, this is a big loophole, just now I only used 7 points of force in each move, what do you leave 3 points for? I can move faster than you and find better opportunities, so you only have to catch up." The way of martial arts is to win, not to fight. ”

On the field, all the boys took an advanced course in martial arts. It stands to reason that inviting an excellent person like Ah Feng as Xixi is something that most people can't achieve, of course, the actual combat experience gained is unimaginable, and several young people have benefited a lot in this regard.

In the afternoon, Count Lin took his beloved daughter to the palace on a business trip, and the palace archmage Norin carefully checked the 6 phantom beast enchantments he brought back, and only after confirming that the phantom beasts had no losses before he was relieved. According to the Great Magician, the 3 seasonal groups that greeted the Phantom Beast this time and the 5 teams that completed the task in the country have already returned, only the problem of going to the Frozen Continent has occurred, and the empire has already received a reply from the border guards, and has learned about the situation, and His Royal Highness the King is also very concerned about this matter. It's a pity that His Royal Highness the King has already gone to the ancestral temple to worship according to the usual practice today, otherwise he would definitely meet in person and ask about this matter.

Among the seven core characters of the Little Mercenary Group, the Raging Dwarf King is the most difficult person for historians to describe. Due to his natural bloodline, the Dwarf King could not enter the trio of human dragon gods, but among the remaining four, he would burst into dazzling brilliance like a superstar at any given time.

Some people think that if there were no trio of human dragons, there might not be such a legendary figure as the Raging Dwarf King;

However, more historians analyze from a fair point of view, if there is really no dragon god trio in front of them to snatch the eye, the legendary dwarf king may become the pinnacle of that generation;

After analyzing the previous battles commanded by the Mercenary King, many war scientists have come to a conclusion that the world cannot believe: the troops led by the Dwarf King are the strongest and heaviest notes under the baton of the Mercenary King's battles.

The third day of Qin Lang's arrival in Scambrai was the much-anticipated Phantom Beast Trial Ceremony. In fact, the number of people who are lucky enough to enter the trial site is strictly controlled, and except for the competitors who participate in the trial, only two kinds of people are eligible to enter the trial site, and if they are not nobles with the title of Count of Scambray or above, they must be active soldiers with the rank of general or higher in Scambrai. Of course, most of the time, the two coincide with each other.

This is a very rare opportunity for most of the participants in the ceremony, and any teenager who can make it this far may become the backbone of the next generation of power in the empire in the next 10 to 20 years. Therefore, it is so far that you can get to know them. It is the responsibility of every famous family head to have a wider network for himself, or if there are girls of the right age to marry or boys of the right age to marry, and to come here to make his family network more excellent.

Every Phantom Beast Knight candidate who came here was also very aware of this, of course, their mood was not only to be sold, but for them, it was also an extremely rare opportunity to use this opportunity to directly establish a close relationship with the superstructure of the Empire.

Historically, there has been no shortage of Phantom Beast Knights who were born poor but had the best reputation at the trial meeting to become the son-in-law of a certain earl or a marquis's family.

On the afternoon of the second day, Duke Chi, Chi Hanfeng, and Lei Ge were invited to participate in this phantom beast trial conference as visitors, and Chi Aotian also got a notice to participate in this trial conference.

During the day, the most active of the beasts is ten years in the morning. For better trial results. All attendees of this ceremony must enter the trial hall by 5:00 a.m.

When the sky was still dark, the duke and his entourage had already left the duke's palace and came to the trial hall-the Imperial Council Hall of the Qin Lang Empire. It has also been customary over the years to use the Imperial Chamber, the largest indoor space in the Empire, as a place for trials.

When the first rays of sunlight shone into the hall from the east wall, Emperor Redstone II, who was 35 years old and in the prime of life, accompanied by his attendants. Ascended to the throne, a symbol of imperial power. At this time. The guard slowly closed the door.

According to the rules of the past years, the Imperial Phantom Beast Knight candidates are from 5 different systems, and the largest one is a 100% Knight School that admits the children of the nobles of the Empire. Each session, they will produce 10~12 official candidates; the second major system is the army, all in the army with the rank of squadron leader or above the age of the soldier can be recommended, of course, hope to obtain the rank of squadron leader or above before the age of 25 is undoubtedly extremely difficult, perhaps only the nobles can have such good luck, each session from this system of candidates will reach 6~8; the third system is mainly composed of noble children and merchant children of the magic academy, this system recommends at least 4 candidates per session; the fourth system is the mercenary organization in the empire, they can give priority to recommending poor current or reserve excellent mercenaries, at least 4 people are recommended per session, and the fifth system is the Magic Guild in the Empire, which is responsible for recommending young magicians who are unable to enter the magic school for various reasons, and recommends 4 places per session.

In order to ensure that there are enough candidates left for the people, the latter two systems have been explicitly informed that the participating teenagers must not have any noble blood and must not be the children of courtiers of noble families.

In addition to these five systems, there is also a special system that will participate in the Phantom Beast Trial - the Envoy of the Holy Court, and the number of people in this system is fixed, 3 people per session. The participants this year have been confirmed, and among them is Saruo.

According to the rules of the past years, the number of phantom beasts that appear in each session is 31, but the number of people participating in the trial is 31+3~5, because not everyone is suitable for being a phantom beast knight, and the phantom beast's pickiness of knights even exceeds the selection of many noble earls and marquis present.

In the course of the Phantom Beast Trial, most people, including the king, were just spectators, except for the knights who participated and the magicians who presided.

However, this year, it seems that the situation is a little wrong, the Redstone Emperor has a very bad face, and after sitting on the throne, he did not signal the Imperial Archmage Norin to start the ceremony, but slapped the armrest of the throne heavily: "Principal of the Knight School Liufeng, General Ning Lun, Archmage Dada of the Magic Academy, I want to ask you a question." ”

Principal Liufeng himself is also a Phantom Beast Knight, and after serving in the army for many years, he has been transferred to the Knight School to steadily become the principal, and he is a middle-aged man in his 50s; General Ning Lun is a rare officer in the army who is not in the Duke Chi system, and this time he is responsible for the recommendation of personnel for the military system trial; Archmage Dada is a mage of the divine system, although he is from the Holy See, but he has been living in the imperial capital for many years.

The three of them immediately walked in front of the Redstone Emperor very respectfully.

"Before, there were illegal people who attacked the empire to go to the kingdom of the Hami people to welcome the Phantom Beast envoy group, and the head of the envoy group was in the realm of foreign affairs, and the matter has not yet been finally discussed; After hearing this, everyone on the scene understood where the Red Stone Emperor's anger was.

Of course, only the Phantom Beast Knight knew the real key to the Emperor's anger.

According to the process of the Phantom Beast Knight's preliminary trial, first of all, the magician put the Shenmu Sticks marked with 31 Phantom Beasts and several Divine Wood Sticks without Phantom Beast Marks into the magic box, and then each knight stepped forward to call the Phantom Beast Wood Sticks with their hearts, and the knights who got the Divine Wood Sticks found the corresponding Phantom Beasts outside the Phantom Beasts and communicated with the Phantom Beasts in the Phantom Territory with their hearts.

Each phantom beast has its own unique nature, "phantom beast psychic" refers to this meaning, when the human knights choose them, they are also silently choosing the human knights, only the knights that the real phantom beasts like, can get the trust of the phantom beasts 100%, so that they can pass the more difficult real sense of the holy snow mountain phantom beast trial in the later period.

According to past records, all the knights who could not complete the Holy Snow Mountain Phantom Beast Trial were all Phantom Beasts who rejected the knights in the Phantom Beast selection at the beginning.

According to the rules, if the knight succeeds in the first round of phantom beast communication, he can enter the holy snow mountain to participate in the later trial, and if he fails, he will put the phantom beast lottery he just got into the bag again to participate in a new round of selection. If a phantom beast fails to identify with its owner twice in a row, the third knight will forcibly become the new owner of the phantom beast, regardless of whether it can be recognized or not.

Therefore, in the early trial of the phantom beast knight every year, in addition to ensuring the quality of the phantom beast, the choice of the knight is particularly important, and it is often to prepare a few more knights, so as to ensure that each phantom beast can find a suitable owner.

Now, at the last moment, the Phantom Beast Knight candidate suddenly had an accident, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on this Phantom Beast Knight trial.

The three questioned officials looked at each other and explained to the Redstone Emperor in embarrassment: It was really impossible to control the course of the matter, and several knights either fell from their horses and broke their bones due to excessive drinking, or were injured in the hotel with others, or they were simply seriously ill.

The Redstone Emperor snorted heavily: "Since you can't even protect the knights who participated in this trial, it fully proves that your official positions are not very suitable, Minister of War, Minister of Officials." Duke Chi didn't expect that he would have his own affairs just after returning to the imperial capital, so he hurriedly stepped forward with the minister to see the Emperor Hongshi, "The three officials will each be demoted by two levels, and you will be appointed separately for the relevant positions." ”

The Redstone Emperor was furious, and no one dared to intercede for the three colleagues.

After a pause, the Redstone Emperor suddenly asked Count Lin: "Count Lin, your daughter sent an envoy to the Hami Kingdom, and even though the head of the envoy was injured, she was still able to complete the task and work hard, this time, is she in the imperial capital now?"

The Earl stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, the little girl is currently a candidate for the Phantom Beast Knight of the Academy of Magic, and she is already here. ”

"Oh," the Emperor seemed slightly surprised, "please come up." ”

Lin Yusheng hurriedly came to the emperor at the suggestion of his father, and the emperor simply asked two questions: "Miss Lin, I heard that there are two young mercenaries who helped you complete the task, is that the case? Where are they now?"

Lin Yushang was also taken aback, he didn't expect the emperor's news to be so sensitive: "Yes, Your Majesty, one of them is the righteous son of Count Chi Hanfeng, and the other is the apprentice of Count Chi Hanfeng." (To be continued......)