Chapter 16 Arrest and imprisonment
Today is the second day of December, and it's time for the monthly professional qualifications.
The sun was shining on this early winter morning, which was very suitable for Li Xiang's good mood. In the past half a month, the fourth-level enchanted items he and Vulcan made together have been selling well on the black market, making him a lot of money. In a good mood, he also bought a lot of jewelry and jade for Catherine's sisters and brothers, Catherine's personal treasures were destroyed along with the Black Dragon Valley, although she didn't say it, but Li Xiang could see Catherine's instinctive desire and greed for treasures in her heart. Usually when eating, Catherine has to look at the crystal cup at home a few more times......
After receiving the gift from Li Xiang, the black dragon princess happily offered a lot of fragrant kisses, which made Li Xiang secretly refreshed. Nothing made Li Xiang happier than seeing Catherine happy.
This time, the receptionist was the same as last time, when he had a bad attitude, ridiculed Li Xiang in various ways, and finally deliberately issued him a number 250 number plate.
Li Xiang put on an uncle's appearance, squinted at the receptionist, and spoke in a tone as if he was looking for trouble: "You give me another No. 250." ”
The receptionist looked flattering and said with a smiling face: "Don't dare, don't dare." Here's your number row, this time it's number 9. If someone hadn't come earlier than you, I'd have given you the number 1. That one...... Premium...... The fee is still 50 silver coins, and I have to do what I do. ”
Li Xiang's name as the "Dragon Slayer" has long been known to everyone in the mainland, and this receptionist doesn't want to offend him. A person who can solve even a dragon, cleaning him up is not as simple as drinking cold and white. Besides, Black Rose had already ordered that if Li Xiang came to participate in the test, they would all be in good spirits and waiting. The receptionist had been working in the Dragon Beauty Guild for many years, and had never heard of the Elder personally giving such an order to someone. Li Xiang is such a hot big person, and now it is not something that he, an unknown junior, can afford to provoke.
Li Xiang's current identity can't be compared with this kind of person, just see him soft and admit it. Li Xiang casually dropped a gold coin and said, "Don't look for it, the uncle has money." ”
The receptionist respectfully handed over Li Xiang's number plate and said, "Lord Li Xiang, I wish you success." ”
Li Xiang is the 9th, and it won't be his turn in a while. This time, the examiners are still the two last time, they also greeted Li Xiang very warmly after seeing them, firstly, last time they carried Gondolin on their backs to let Li Xiang go, and everyone had some friendship, and secondly, Li Xiang is now not only a dragon slayer, but also a character who has been personally cared for by President Black Rose, who doesn't want to climb this high branch?
Li Xiang said: "Thank you two last time. ”
One of the examiners said: "It's a shame that we didn't do our part, and what we did at that time was just a matter of duty, and it wasn't worth mentioning." "This person, Li Xiang, remembers, is a second-level enchanter, named Guzak, and he is the one who came to identify the Wind Slashing Sword on the black market.
"The two of you could have followed Gondolin's wishes at the time, but you didn't, I remember this affection. Without further ado, let's finish our business first, and then let's go to the Egret Hotel for a meal, and I'll do the east!" "The Egret Hotel is the most luxurious hotel in Huadu, and the cost of the simplest meal there is at least two months for an ordinary family of three.
The two examiners were happy in their hearts, you must know that those dignitaries and nobles can't invite Li Xiang on weekdays, and now the dragon slayer actually takes the initiative to invite them to dinner, what a big face!
Li Xiang pointed to the two operating tables used to test the first and second level enchanters and said, "I can skip these pediatric things, right?"
Guzak said: "With your strength, you can naturally skip it, but the test of this third-level enchanter must be done." ”
Even if it was a third-level enchantment, Li Xiang didn't need to use the silver enchantment wand provided in the examination room. With a casual move, the bottle of aether essence on the table obediently floated out and attached to the enchantment test board. The ether essence thing, Li Xiang can manipulate it as he wants like manipulating the element, which he has become accustomed to, but the two examiners are dumbfounded. Now, if Li Xiang wants to synthesize a stable third-level element, he still needs to use the ether essence. This is the result of his recent hard thinking, the previous failed enchantments, the reason why the items that were used as the base were shattered, on the one hand, was because the enchantment circuit was too powerful, and it was extremely unstable without the ether essence as a medium, and on the other hand, the third-level elements he synthesized at will were also unstable without the help of the ether essence. Together, these two aspects will shatter even with a Mithril weapon.
Li Xiang easily made the enchantment test board appear green, red, blue, and brown, which means that he successfully attached these four elements to the enchantment test board.
The two examiners were dumbfounded and said, "It is the honor of our lifetime to have the privilege of meeting a third-level enchanter who can manipulate the four elements. ”
"Really?" Li Xiang said with a smug smile. "Don't say it too soon. With that, he walked straight to the console where the fourth-level enchantment test was being conducted.
Qiyao Continent, no, it should be said that there is only one fourth-level enchanter in the entire world so far, and that person is Gondolin. Li Xiang is actually going to challenge the fourth-level enchantment test now, although these two examiners know that Li Xiang is very violent, but this is too sensational.
Gondolin is an elf, and with the advantage of elven lifespan, he has accumulated years of painstaking study to reach the realm of a fourth-level enchanter. Li Xiang, a young man in his twenties, can be compared to him?
The two examiners held their breath and waited quietly to witness the moment of the miracle.
Then I heard someone shouting, "You can't go in!
"Master Li Xiang! Oh no!" suddenly someone burst into the examination room and shouted in panic.
Li Xiang turned around and saw that the person who was panting was none other than Volcan's eldest disciple Heffe. Heffy was not only shy, but also very steady, and it was rare to see him like this. Li Xiang hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
"Teacher, teacher, he was arrested!"
It all started a few days ago, when Stephen, the youngest son of the Golden Palm, and Mares, the proud of the Blood Axe, engaged in a private duel, which resulted in a helpless Stephen defeating Mares, an officer of the Gothic Praetorian Guard, but there was no real winner in this duel, as both men died tragically in the end. What's worse is that these two people are the only sons of their respective families!
The Golden Palm family controls the political realm of the Roland Kingdom, and the Bloodaxe family is the pillar of the military, and the two families are already in constant conflict and friction. As soon as this incident came out, the entire Roland Kingdom was shaken.
After His Majesty returned from the Black Dragon Valley, he was ill and appointed the Prince of Orleans as regent and prime minister. The patriarchs of the two major families forcibly suppressed the demands of the family members for blood debts and blood repayment, and together they approached the regent to ask for an explanation.
If the two major families go to war, the Roland Kingdom will definitely be greatly damaged. Fortunately, the two patriarchs are still calm, the tragedy has happened, and it is irreparable. All they need now is a gap to vent their anger and grief, for themselves and for their people, which means that a scapegoat needs to come out and be punished for it.
The Prince of Orleans had a headache, and there were more death row prisoners in the prison, and if he could find a random death row prisoner to carry the bag, he would rather execute all the prisoners in the kingdom. But it's not that simple, and finding a scapegoat has to do with it.
The only clue to this is the gauntlets on the armor Stephen used, the pair of gauntlets engraved with the Gorgons are real Mithril hand armor, and they have a level 4 enchantment attached to the Gothic Praetorian Guard's standard equipment. At the same time, there is a difference between the two, the enchantment on the armor is more powerful than the enchantment on the equipment of the Gothic Praetorian Guard.
The Gothic Praetorian Guards are all warriors in a thousand, and their strength, even if they do not reach the rank of the fourth-level Bitao, is at least the top level of the third-level boxwood. Their strength and physical strength can barely withstand the backlash of the powerful force of the Gothic Praetorian Guard's equipment, Stephen himself is very weak, and the strength of the armor he wears is stronger than the equipment of the Praetorian Guard, he can barely keep a whole corpse, and he is lucky to die a decent death.
For such a big matter, the Prince of Orleans naturally mobilized all his forces to conduct a thorough investigation. Not only is it as simple as the death of two jealous noble young masters, but also because the equipment of the Gothic Praetorian Guard is top secret, which is something he handles single-handedly. The Gothic Praetorian Guard's entire outfit was crafted from Mithril by the dwarven blacksmith, and the enchantments on it were enchanted by Gondoline, the only high-ranking enchanter in the world. Now that such a pair of armor has appeared in the people, no matter who steals this pair of armor, they will face the accusation and punishment of treason.
The Prince of Orleans personally pressured the Dark Alley Gang to reveal who the seller of the gauntlets was. Although the Dark Alley Gang has always claimed to protect the privacy of their customers, they did not dare to make a mistake in the face of the regent's anger, so they simply sold Li Xiang. Fortunately, the Prince of Orleans had a good relationship with Li Xiang, so he suppressed the news and strictly ordered the Dark Alley Gang to keep silent.
The two major families directly found the easiest person to find-Gondolin, and he was the only person who could make this kind of item with a fourth-level enchantment, who would he look for if he didn't look for Gondolin? On weekdays, even His Majesty the King was very polite when he saw Gondolin, but the two families who were angry didn't care about this, so they almost demolished Gondolin's enchantment shop.
Gondolin was confused, completely unaware of where she had offended the two families. After several inquiries, he learned the ins and outs of the matter. Fortunately, the equipment of the Gothic Praetorian Guard is a military secret, and there is a strict management system, and the Blood Axe family is even more aware of this. As soon as he checked and found that there was nothing missing from Gondolin, his suspicion was ruled out.
The two families handed over the evidence to Gondolin, and as a high-ranking enchanter, his advice was invaluable. Seeing that someone had completed the fourth-level enchantment like him, Gondolin's heart ignited with jealousy, and the first thing he thought of was Li Xiang, no wonder Black Rose valued him so much. Because of the Black Rose, Gondolin didn't dare to reveal Li Xiang's name, but he could attack the people around Li Xiang. Apart from the dwarven blacksmith, Gondolin knew only one blacksmith who could craft Mithril equipment - Vulcan, a grandmaster-level blacksmith who was hidden in the market.
When the people of the two families came to the door with a private army, Vulcan was very indifferent and took everything over.
At the time of parting, Vulcan said to the eldest disciple: "I told you not to choose such a flamboyant personal mark, and now you have to have a master to wipe your ass for you." You know who to go to, if something happens to me, follow Li Xiang. ”
Two flowers bloom, let's talk about Li Xiang's side.
After learning that Vulcan was imprisoned, Li Xiang didn't say a word, pulled Heffey and was about to leave, and he didn't do the professional test.
"Where are we going?" asked Huffy.
Li Xiang said: "Go home and find someone to come up with ideas." "Vulcan's stall is a big deal, Li Xiang needs someone to advise him, and he happens to have a guy who eats idle food now, and that guy is called the most cunning mercenary by Lexa, and has a brain that even the gods would envy. That man was the Crow Odyssey.
The two examiners looked at Li Xiang and left, dumbfounded, glanced at each other, and said in unison: "It seems that the meal at the Egret Hotel has been ruined." ”