Imperial City.

Ulla Bianca.

The imperial city of Emperor Moult Saul Augstairs.

As a powerful empire on the continent of Farmatt, hundreds of princes and nobles make pilgrimages every day.

During the reign of Emperor Moorto, who was known for his strength and prosperity, the prestige of the empire was supported by great military power and great wealth.

Even children know that these two things are the capital of the empire to dominate the continent, and now, the empire has lost its arm.

The reason for this is precisely because of the appearance of the "door".

With the goal of conquering the other world, the military attaches and nobles of the empire and the dependent kingdoms were sent on the expedition, but when the army that was enough to dominate the continent encountered the other world, thousands of soldiers died in large numbers before they could see the shadow of the enemy, and the successive defeats made the princes and nobles of the empire distressed and depressed.

Shame, great shame!

"Your Majesty, the losses of the United Kingdoms Army are very huge, the losses are 100,000 people, and after this battle, the remaining United Kingdoms Army has collapsed and returned to their hometowns."

In the palace, the voice of Count Marcus of the Interior echoed through the empty halls, and Emperor Moult shook tiredly.

"Well, I know, presumably after this time, the thoughts that those vassal states shouldn't have will also disappear invisibly."

The Emperor sneered, the defeat of the empire made those vassal kingdoms uneasy, he just pushed the boat down the river to let those people experience the power of people from another world.

"Your Majesty is very thoughtful, but what should we do now about the enemies that appear in the 'Gate'?" Count Marcus respectfully continued.

"Don't worry, it's just a small setback for the Empire."

"The Hill of Arnus is a long way from the center of the Empire, and with the vast territory of the Empire, it is enough to make it difficult for the invading enemy to move an inch."

"If the enemy behind the gate is attacked, we will burn all the cities and villages from Arnous to the middle of the imperial capital, drop poison in the water sources, and carry away everything that can be eaten.

Long distances, marching in scorched earth, the army could not be supplied, they had to deliver food from their own land over long distances. At that time, our country only needs to establish strongholds in various places in advance, let the enemy drive deep into the depths, and when they are tired, launch an attack, and believe that victory will be achieved. The Emperor's voice was ruthless and cold.

"Humble duty understood."

Count Marcus nodded, ignoring the potentially catastrophic damage that this policy could bring to the people at the bottom.

Suddenly, the door of the palace was pushed open, and a loud bell echoed through the hall like a loud bell that pierced the quiet air.

"Father!"

It was one of the emperor's daughters who did not appear politely before the emperor and knelt down on one knee to show the standard of utmost etiquette.

She was dressed in a white silk garment, which set off her flaming red hair and white porcelain-like skin, but her expression was slightly angry.

"Your Highness, what is there that is urgent and needs to disturb the Holy Hearing?"

"It's okay, is it the princess, what are you doing here?"

The Emperor waved his hand, interrupting Count Marcus' rebuke.

"Father, I heard that the Empire's holy land, the Hill of Arnus, has fallen into the hands of thieves of unknown origin, and even the kingdom's coalition forces have suffered heavy losses, is this true?"

"Your Highness, the report has been submitted to Your Majesty. Although the losses of the United Kingdoms Army were somewhat large, they also managed to stop the enemy's invasion of the continent of Farmatt. Moreover, Your Majesty now has a strategy to retreat from the enemy, and I believe that in the near future, we will not only achieve victory, but also expand the territory of the empire in another world. ”

After listening to Count Marcus's explanation, the princess snorted.

"Princess Ben is not a child, you are lying."

"Your Highness, what you say is true, and there is not a single lie."

The Count had a smile on his face all the time, and he couldn't see any other emotion.

"Minister, are you lying about the military situation, are you trying to deceive Your Majesty? The returning knights clearly said that Arnous was still in the hands of the enemy, and the corpses that had died in order to loot the Holy Land were piled up on the battlefield! ”

If the three princesses of the empire keep smiling, they can be said to be elegant and beautiful princesses worthy of the name of the empire. However, when she is dissatisfied with someone, her blunt and spicy words will make her enemies sweat coldly.

"I don't dare to be humble, the princess doesn't know, it is precisely because the enemy army has also suffered heavy losses in this battle, so she will retreat to build a fortress in Arnous."

"Is that so, and when will we be able to form an army and retake our holy land?"

"Your Highness, I also know that this matter is imminent, but I have lost a lot of troops in successive battles, and the soldiers are also exhausted, so I am afraid it will take about a year to reassemble the army."

"It's so long, the enemy army has entered the imperial city!"

"Don't say any more!"

With a sigh, the emperor helplessly stopped the two from arguing.

His daughter, he understood, like all aristocrats, could only criticize and not give unconstructive opinions.

With more than half of the Imperial army killed or wounded, and the United King's army retreated under his misdirection, it was only possible to reorganize the army honestly, as Count Marcus said, and to buy some time to face the enemy on the border in a defensive and conservative manner.

Facing the imperial daughter who was not easy to deal with, the somewhat helpless emperor said.

"Since the princess is so enthusiastic about state affairs, then I just have something to give you."

"What's the matter?"

"Regarding the enemy in the hill of Arnus, our intelligence is not comprehensive enough, and we need a team of elites to scout the intelligence, think about it, the Knights of the Rose of the Empress seem to meet the requirements, if you train seriously."

"This..."Facing the teasing gaze of her father sitting on the throne, the princess subconsciously shook her lips.

The journey to the Hill of Arnus takes ten days on horseback each way.

Tens of thousands of people had just been killed in battle not long ago, and if he and the Knights rushed there alone and faced an unknown enemy, would they be able to complete a seemingly simple reconnaissance mission?

"How, don't you want to go, then go back to your manor and play knight games!"

"I'll go!"

The third princess of the Empire, the fifth child of Emperor Molt, Pinna Golanda, was in the tavern, reminiscing sadly about what had happened in the Imperial Palace.

She sat in a corner of the tavern with a bustle of many guests, and on the four sides of the table, two men and two women, were occupied by her and the members of her Knights of the Rose.

The shop is dirty and the tables and rooms are cramped. If you don't shout loudly, you won't even be able to hear the people sitting next to you. But now they turned their heads to the side, trying to pinch their ears and listen carefully.

Looking over, a waiter with a wine tray was walking around in the middle of the hotel.

She was told that she was a survivor of the rampant dragon in Koda Village, and she collected tips by telling her "secret information" to travelers at the table where the food was served after ordering.

"It's really Yanlong, what I saw with these eyes is as long as a dozen people combined, uh, who are you, they are sitting in steel carriages that don't need to be pulled by horses, wearing tall steel armor, I think it should be the messenger of the Iron God....."

Unlike bards, villagers who don't know a single big character have few words and stiff descriptions, but because they are what they have seen with their own eyes, it is more important to tell the truth.

When the storyteller depicts the moment when the giant flame dragon falls from the sky with its wings pierced by the light of divine punishment, the listener swallows saliva and whispers.

"Dragon Slayer, it's really good, it's amazing."

As if they had heard a great epic legend since childhood, a real dragon slayer appeared before them.

Among the villages where they took refuge, there were many villagers who survived the hunt by the dragons. More than half of them are going to return to their villages to continue farming, while the other half are going to try their luck in towns and cities when their families are ruined after the big changes.

For the evacuees, the second time they stepped into the fantasy world, the scientific research team was a mysterious existence like a god.

Driving the steel artifact, he defeated the Yan Dragon who surrounded and intercepted them, but he didn't ask for any reward from them, he was simply a first-class god apostle in the world.

When the refugees scattered all over the country took to the liquor halls and streets of various towns, they also inadvertently took on the work of reciters and bards.

"Knight Norma, what do you think?"

Hamilton, a female would-be knight with short maroon hair and a classical headband, who had the status of a valet military attache in the court, asked about the rumors in the streets and alleys, and asked his seniors and colleagues.

Knight Norma, who had a neatly cut beard, had a dull expression of uneasiness.

He used to be in the clean court at the moment, eating haute cuisine made by noble ladies or ladies, but now he came to such a shabby tavern for a messy order.

Although the Knights of the Rose are the knights of Her Royal Highness, everyone knows that it is only an ornament of the court and the most ineffective army in actual combat.

Why is this happening?

Knight Norma even wanted to curse her lord.

Not long ago, His Majesty the Emperor Morto directly ordered the Knights of the Rose to carry out a reconnaissance mission on the side of Arnus, and they could not refuse the order from the Supreme Monarch.

But Knight Norma thought that Her Royal Highness would lead the whole army of the Knights to enjoy this wonderful journey under the care of the squires. However, the final decision of the wayward lady was to put the main force in the far rear, and only a few people set off for reconnaissance operations.

For this reason, the four attendant military attachés, including themselves, and several retinues must serve as the guards of this imperial daughter. And they had to hide their identities, smear their clothes, and eat coarse black bread and cloudy wine.

Norma waved to the waitress, and after adding more drinks, she looked at the junior who was blindly optimistic about the current situation, and sighed slightly.

The chestnut-haired girl Hamilton waited innocently for Norma's answer, and finally the knight said helplessly.

"Since so many evacuees have said that they have seen dragons, it must be true. It's impossible for everyone to lie together. But I think it's still a little hard to believe about Yanlong. ”

"Ahh

The waitress put the bottle full of wine on the table and said seriously, "Really, it's really Yanlong~~"

"Unbelievable things!" Knight Norma's tone was visibly suspicious.

Ancient dragons or newborn dragons, limbless dragons, pterosaurs, etc., are all called dragons, and the uninformed villagers are probably mistaken.

"Aren't you here to see the Flame Dragon, it's now being tethered by the Iron God in front of Count Volma's mansion, and you can see if it's true or not!"

God of Steel......

The dragon was chained to the door of the palace of the Count of Itarica....

Both the exaggerated name and the deeds shocked the members of the Knights, who had only come to scout Arnous's enemies.

After a short silence, the knights began to exchange thoughts with each other, and the tavern returned to its original hustle and bustle.

"All in all, those people are very powerful, but they should not be enemies behind the "door", but more like some mercenary group that has just emerged, and now it seems that they may have taken refuge in the Earl of Formar in this town, which is a bit of a pity. What do you think, Your Highness the Princess? ”

The Imperial Princess, with her bright red hair, was suddenly asked and placed the Manuja meat she was trying to eat on a plate.

Manuja meat is made from the thigh bones of domestic animals as the axis and is ground and smoked around the perimeter. In our opinion, it is a kind of sausage or ham, which is grilled directly over the fire without slicing, and the taste can only be said to be natural and original.

"The Sword Comes"

The princess, Pinna Golanda, had bright eyes as she reached for the bottle.

"I'm interested in the weapons used to repel the limbless dragons."

"Councilor Gothasien said that the green-clad men in the Hill of Arnus also use black iron rods. Judging from this sentence, it is a bit similar to what the evacuees in Kodak Village said, and it should be some kind of magic weapon. ”

The princess beckoned to the maid: "Woman, what kind of weapons are those guys you have seen?" ”

The waitress tilted her head sideways, although she was a little unhappy to be called "woman", but for the sake of tipping herself, she still said it honestly.

"The giant warrior clad in steel was armed with silver-gray iron weapons, and the huge silver-gray steel carriage without horses shot out a red pillar of light, which in my opinion was the weapon of the gods."

"Well, can you be clearer?" The princess asked.

"Woman, I'm just a peasant woman who doesn't have much guts, Yanlong is so terrifying, I don't dare to get too close."

The waitress patted her chest in fear and smiled maliciously, then she glanced around at the men.

"Madam, of course, the fetish is a powerful and good thing, and it is no wonder that you, the eldest lady of a good family, can't imagine it. But ask the women who have men, and they must know that they have men too, although the steel fetish is big, thick and hard. ”

The waitress smiled rudely and went to the other table with the food.

The princess, who didn't understand much, looked at the male knight for explanation.

The men all looked away, and the princess finally stared at the female knight, Hamilton.

"Hamilton, I remember you had a fiancé......."

Probably didn't expect to ask himself, the soup in the mouth of the would-be knight Hamilton spurted out at once, and he hurriedly shook his head with short hair.

"I, though I have ...... But I'm just a girl! How could it be possible to say such a thing! …… Yes. ”

The men's eyes were focused on her, and the princess's suspicious gaze penetrated her, and Hamilton's face turned red and shrunk into a ball.

"Forget it, let's hurry up and eat, anyway, when we come here, we have to visit the lord of Itarica's town, and we should be able to meet those people then, maybe there is Yanlong." The third princess of the empire showed a gaze of firm expectation.