In the autumn of the first year of the imperial calendar, the city of Lisbon, the capital of the Oslan Empire, the overlord of the mainland, was now in chaos. www.biquge.info The meeting had to be interrupted when the dragon knights, who were attending the council, suddenly left the meeting. Immediately after that, a fast horse canceled the meeting completely.

The head of one of the contestants in the magic contest was bitten off alive by an unknown creature, and the fate of the other two contestants was uncertain! Several military bigwigs immediately decided to send two squadrons of light infantry from the city to the competition venue to ensure the safety of the other contestants.

However, the troops have not yet begun to mobilize, and there is chaos in the city. The ambassador of the Satya Empire blamed Oslan's death on Oslan, believing that it was a conspiracy to kill Satya's high-ranking magician. There was already a conflict between the two countries, and King Frederick III, in a fit of rage, beat the diplomatic ambassador out of the palace. The ministers didn't dare to stop it. After a long time, the calm king regretted it and hurriedly sent someone to look for it, but it was too late, and Satya's diplomatic ambassador and all his entourage had already left the imperial capital.

"Your Majesty! The courtiers were also shocked, although the Blue Dragon Knight was the youngest among the Dragon Knights, the Dragon Knight who had already passed the age of confusion seemed so panicked. If it weren't for something earth-shattering, it would be difficult to shake the nerves of their dragon knights. It seems that today is really bad luck.

The king looked very tired and waved at him, "Cosimo, tell me something directly." As soon as the Blue Dragon Knight Cosimo stepped into the palace, he also noticed a strange phenomenon, and almost all of them had worried expressions on their faces, let alone His Majesty the King.

"Your Majesty, just now the minister received a call from the green dragon, saying that there are demons in the forest of the sun. The minister then went to check it out, and happened to encounter a Janissary squad engaged with it. In an instant, the entire squad was killed and wounded. "There was another sensation in the main hall, and the entire squad of the supposedly invincible Praetorian Guard could not defeat a monster of unknown origin, and there were heavy casualties.

"Have you investigated? What kind of monster is it, and how is the situation now?" He took the teacup handed over by the attendant and blew the tea leaves gently.

"It's one of the four fierce beasts of antiquity. There was a crisp sound of the teacup falling to the ground, and the attendant quickly ran up and picked it up. The king, smiling awkwardly, motioned for Cosimo to continue.

"When the minister and Qinglong arrived, Qi Qi was wounded, and he ran away before the battle. But there is one thing that the minister didn't understand, Qinglong said that Qi Qi was summoned to the world, and the minister felt that this matter was very strange. But then we went around the forest many times and didn't find anything wrong. ”

After listening to Cosimo's words, the king decided to go to the royal study to discuss the matter in detail: "Bashir, Goodrich, Cosimo, you three come with me. Then he got up and left.

The three named are the Prime Minister of the Imperial Minister, the Marshal of the Imperial Army, and the Imperial Dragon Knight. They represent the pinnacles of the three powers of the empire. All the big and small decisions of the empire are enough for these three people. The rest of the officials exited the court in order, each waiting for the task assigned by his superiors.

The four of them discussed what had happened today in the imperial study, "Cosimo, what is the matter with the poor qi you just said was summoned by someone?" the king was the first to ask.

This is what Qinglong told the minister, and he said that it is very difficult for Qiqi to reach the world. But if someone summons it in the human realm, it makes sense. ”

"Who could summon such a ferocious beast, and it's still within the imperial capital?" If anyone can summon monsters near the imperial capital at will, shouldn't they summon them in the palace next time? The old marshal's face was very unsightly, although the king did not blame him, but the matter under his nose was quite unsightly.

"However, no clues were found in the forest, so the possibility of running to the vicinity of the imperial capital after being summoned elsewhere cannot be ruled out. ”

"Minister, what do you think?" This matter involves many aspects, and some things may be seen from more angles by civil officials.

Bashir was playing with the furnishings on the king's desk when he heard the king call him, and quickly put down the things in his hand. "Aiqing likes it, if Aiqing is right, I will reward you with this thing. "Bashir has a good eye, and what he likes at a glance is the Hetian jade inkstone enshrined by the Holy Bishoprical for the Mid-Autumn Festival just yesterday.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Bashir immediately bowed down. "Thank you, you haven't said that yet, how can you be sure that Your Majesty will approve of you?" Cosimo was puzzled.

Bashir picked up the inkstone and touched it, and from time to time put it in the light of the fire. "I don't know how to summon Poor Qi, I'll have to ask Miguel about it. But as for who did it, I have a suspicion here. "Bashir deliberately sold a pass.

"No matter who summoned it, it shouldn't be easy. I'm afraid there are only a few people who have this ability, and as far as the eye can see, several magisters in the magic academy have this ability. But there seems to be no motive and no time to commit the crime. According to the eyeliner report, several mages in the Academy of Magic have not been out of the academy in the past few months because they are busy preparing for the competition. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Who could do that? Could it be the new one with outstanding ability?" Everyone knows that as the prime minister of the Imperial Ministry, Bashir has a lot of eyeliner under him, and he has almost all the movements of powerful people in the empire. Although he was dissatisfied with being watched, this method has played a very important role now.

"You may not have noticed something, but I had contact with Miguel during the competition and learned that this year's magic tournament was due to Songhai's sudden refusal, so the rules of the competition were changed at the last minute. "Yes, Miguel reported this matter to me before, do you mean that this time it was Songhai who deliberately did not participate in the competition, in fact, in order to summon ancient beasts to weaken our magical strength? But isn't their business empire always neutral?" King Frederick is also a nimble man, and he understands the biggest beneficiary of this matter with just a little broadcast.

"It's just a suspicion, they have a very clear motive and when they committed the crime. After all, although it is a neutral country, it does not want us to be too strong. However, if the battle with Satya suddenly breaks out, their merchants will be greatly affected, after all, they are not mainly selling military equipment. And they didn't know about the rules we had redesigned. In this way, Songhai's suspicion was weakened again, and it still had no practical effect, and the king was inevitably a little unhappy.

Bashir is also one of the best people in the empire, otherwise it would be difficult for him to occupy the same position as the marshal of the empire as a civilian. Seeing that the king was dissatisfied, Bashir threw out another target of suspicion: "Miguel also told me that when the rules of the game were specified this year, the person sent by the Satya Empire was a branch of the Wind System to summon a Magister. "Summoning Magister?" Everyone was shocked, the number of branch magicians was very small, and in the past few years, due to the weakening of the wind magic elves, few people practiced wind magic. The number of summoners who belong to the same branch is even smaller, and many people have even forgotten the existence of this magic.

"Yes, the most suspicious thing is that Miguel said that the level of contestants in Satya this year is lower than in previous years, and it can even be said that they are nominally high-level magicians. "You mean that they deliberately created their own country's magicians to be killed in order to justify war against us?" all of this makes sense, which explains why Ambassador Satya indiscriminately scolded the court, and then led people out of the city without waiting for anyone to explain.

"Bang!" the king slapped the things on the desk and flew high. "Despicable villain!

"Your Majesty has put aside his anger for the time being, and his ministers are willing to lead a thousand elite soldiers to capture the ambassador of Nasatya. Goodrich immediately asked.

"Forget it, if they had the heart, they would have escaped hundreds of miles long ago. They are all cavalry, and the old marshal should not waste his strength. The king sighed helplessly.

"The minister is willing to ride the green dragon forward. "The dragon knight travels thousands of miles a day, and only the dragon can catch up with the cavalry.

However, the king did not agree, "What if you catch up? Do you want to catch it or ask it to come back?" If they deliberately set up this game, you will not come back, if you want to use force. Hehe, then they will have even more reason to send troops. ”

At this time, Bashir interjected again: "The minister thinks that the top priority now is to send an urgent document of eight hundred miles to guard the border with the Earl of Hebrew. "Hebrew Capet is the son of Goodrich, and the middle-aged Earl of Hebrew is now leading the "Red Panther Knights" among the five elites of the empire to guard Tallinn Fort. If Tallinnburg were lost, the Imperial army would be forced to retreat hundreds of kilometers.

"Cosimo, take my edict with you, and go to Tallinn Fort to obey the Hebrew message. Be sure to hold Tallinn Fort, and if anything goes wrong, let the Hebrews come and see you. By the way, inform the towns along the road that in case of the Satya ambassador's team, they will be directly and forcibly detained, waiting to be released. ”

"Yes. When al-Bashir exited the imperial study, he took the inkstone from the king's desk.

In the evening of the same day, Bert and his party, who had bandaged their wounds in the Praetorian Guard camp, were slowly walking towards Lisbon with their Janissary teammates.

"Remember when we first came to Lisbon?" asked Bert suddenly.

"Well, remember, it's been a year in the blink of an eye, and I don't know if those two wandering poets still remember us now. Erin recalls the scene as if it were yesterday.

"I don't know if Uncle Chang made any money, alas, I knew how good it was to do business with them at that time, and I didn't have so much distress. ”

"Then you won't see me. Fario on the side said something, which made everyone laugh. "And me!" the crow on his shoulder roared suddenly, causing a wave of onlookers from the Praetorian Guards who accompanied him, but also making the boring trip interesting.

However, a dark river is slowly flowing under the comfortable life, and one day the undercurrent will cause a large-scale earthquake and destroy the entire peaceful life.