Once again, Odin made his way through vast expanses of dense forest, over the Grand Canyon, into the edge of the Iron Mountains, and into Deep Vale. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Hidden in the jungles of the western edge of the Empire, the deep valley should be closed off the road and inaccessible. But generations of the people of the deep valley have a great passion for wealth, and they have traditionally done business, and under the leadership of the lords of the deep valley city, they have opened up wide roads, from the foothills to the plains, from the empire to the barbarians, and even as far as Nanfeng and Beicong.

The city of the deep valley is very different from the city of Paliva, and it is not too luxurious to say that it can be reached by a road of two horses, and each building is made of alabaster, rosestone, goldenstone, and green stone, which is bright and dignified and luxurious.

In the center of the city was not a sanctuary, but a huge lord's mansion - the entire mansion was made of gold thread stones, and the curved dome was covered with gilded frescoes, depicting the people of the deep valley crossing the Were River and reaching the alien race.

It takes an hour to walk around the exterior wall of the building from beginning to end, and there is also the Lord's Garden behind the mansion, which is planted with exotic plants and fills with the fragrance of flowers in all seasons, and there are golden statues of the lords of the deep valley in the past.

The "wild horses" of the Lord of the Deep Valley frolic among the trees and fountains (see Chapter 17, "The Golden Corridor"), dressed in tulle, the mountain peaks on their upper bodies and the dense forest between their lower bodies, the light veil of water and sweat sticking to their skin. They have a healthier complexion than imperial women, can make people's hearts flutter, and their natural wildness can easily provoke a sense of conquest.

Odin still didn't say hello and entered the Golden Corridor. Under the great gilded painting, the women leaned on the golden thread stone in twos and threes, and when they saw the young and handsome white-robed sorcerer, they winked at him and stroked their peaks with their hands. The sun sprinkled a layer of honey on their pink circles and gilded the woods between their legs.

The white-robed warlock did not respond to the teasing, but came to the end of the corridor with the secret letter in hand.

Also by the pool, he saw Ted Hall, the Duke of Deep Valley City, and a tall, deep middle-aged man, with a tall hooked nose, blue eyes, and thick blond hair, who looked as if he had come out of an ice cellar, and was cold.

The blonde man's upper body was naked, apparently just washed away from the cold spring water, and one of his hands remained at his side - it was a broad, black and shiny weapon, which seemed to be forged out of the cold ice like its master.

The two men were talking and laughing loudly, and they didn't pay attention to Odin's coming.

Hall Jr. is now the new King's Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Hall family has quickly gained a foothold under the new powers. The blonde man smiled, and although he tried to show a relaxed expression, it was equally oppressive.

"Where do you speak...... Evan didn't know too much, at least he didn't know how to send a bunch of women to the king's courtiers and make a bastard. On the contrary, it was you, Lord Black Sword, who guarded the cold territory for our little monarch - so that the iron hooves of the northern congregation did not dare to set foot in the land. The Lord of Deep Valley smiled meaningfully.

The man known as the "Black Sword" looked at Odin and sneered, "Where did the imp come from?"

Old Hall didn't look up: "This little guy who claims to be a servant of the Larson family has made a lot of noise in the south. ”

"Haha, I heard that the Holy Priest John Fisher was driven out of the city of Paliwa. Black Sword laughed dryly, but the atmosphere grew colder.

At this time, Old Hall reluctantly introduced Odin: "This is the Venerable Duke Kay East, the lord of Ice Soul City, with the most powerful army in the empire, guarding the northern regions. ”

The white-robed warlock saluted Duke Easter.

Immediately, the two ignored Odin and continued to talk, but the words were intentional or unintentional, as if they were speaking to the young visitor.

"Poor Queen Anna Stanley has no more children, and now the women of Silver Eagle City are in charge. Her son, who was not yet seven years old, was a mad and brainless monarch, and heard that the day before yesterday he had his courtiers thrown into boiling water, and listened to his screams, saying that it was the most beautiful song in the world. Fifteen days ago he had sent to skin Todd Ral, the knight of the silver spear. ”

The Grand Duke of Fukaya Castle talked about the rumors of the current court as if it were idle talk.

"Today's Queen Mother, Lelia Stanley of Silver Eagle City is bent on establishing an iron-fisted regime, allowing her son to stick the heads of his enemies in the tip of his spear and lift them up the walls. ”

At this point, Black Sword didn't mean to answer, his cold eyes looked at the young man who had been smiling and standing next to him.

Suddenly, he raised his long sword, and the black cold light whistled like a flying arrow and aimed it at Odin's throat.

"We're discussing—how do you have a good idea of how to kill the King?" the Lord of Ice Soul City said in a deep tone, as if questioning an inanimate thing.

The white-robed warlock remained silent, as if he could not see the long sword pointed at him, and did not even tremble his eyelashes.

"Ah, if I don't tell me why, I'm afraid I'll die on the spot - no wonder the black sword of the ice soul will form an iron triangle with the jungle wolves of the deep valley and the poisonous scorpions of the former empire. Odin said slowly, without respect in his words.

"Don't be foolish, say!" The black blade moved forward half a point, cutting through the collar of the white robe and sticking to Odin's skin.

"Every time I visit, Lord Hall surprises me in the same way—last time it was a woman, this time it was a man, but these threats didn't work for me. Let's put it this way - I don't feel fear and I don't feel tempted by anything. Odin said with a smile.

However, these words made the blade move forward a little more, and the blood crawled down the white-robed warlock's neck, dripping onto his collar, dissolving into a faint stain of blood between the golden threads.

"Actually, we all know that the problem is not in the imperial capital, but in the holy realm. Odin's every word was slow and clear: "The four families who murdered the first king together have never been monolithic. ”

"The Sanctuary is happy to see us fighting each other, forever hiding behind our backs, entrenched at the top of the power - I am afraid that the former king Turing Stanley had the power to unite the empire and make the Sanctuary fearful. The white-robed warlock spoke fearlessly with his sword pointed at him.

All this is also known to the two city lords, but they do not say it.

"Tell your plan. "The Ice Soul City Lord didn't say half a word of nonsense.

"Your strategy is uncreative and timid, and you want to unite and use the king's power as a weight to wrestle with other city-states and negotiate terms with the Sanctuary in order to get the most out of Paliva's corpse and not be eaten up by the four cities of Bailin, Silver Eagle, Chenxing, and Cisse, who won the previous king. ”

Odin smiled: "It's no wonder, the greater the benefits, the greater the risks, you each have your own plans, and you don't want to be each other's pawns." Well, then, Paliva will be the sacrificial pawn that will allow you to realize your ambition to overthrow the current king, Repon Stanley. ”

When Kai East heard this, he lowered his sword and sat down again by the pool.

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Hey, that guy named Black Sword, if you see it, give you a face?