According to the elven scout, not long after he left the Silver City, the man revealed his true face of Lushan, took over control of the city, and also took out the emperor's order——— everyone was naturally confused, it is known that the previous emperor died violently on the way, where did this new emperor come from?

Unfortunately, the skills are not as good as people, and after the attack of the rat people, the silver city is already short of troops, plus the lord is dead, and the rest are orphans and widows, although the captain of the knights of Caddo is unwilling to comply, but the situation is stronger than people, and in the end they were all imprisoned.

"I was going to find a way to notify you and then make a plan, but I didn't expect you to move faster than I expected."

The elven scout looked at the corpse at Duanmu Huai's feet, speechless.

"Any chaos lackey has only one dead end."

Duanmu Huai gave an answer without healing, while the elven scout shook his head.

"Forget it, this is not the place to talk, let's find another place to talk."

Soon, the group left the hall and found a hidden place, and then Duanmu Huai also learned about the latest situation from the elf scout.

To put it simply, the current empire is a mess.

First of all, the emperor died violently during the expedition, and his body had not yet been transported back to the royal city, and the eldest prince couldn't wait to jump out to say that he was the new emperor of the empire, and demanded that his other brothers and sisters obey him. Although the empire was primogeniture, it was ......... Everyone understands, how can this kind of thing be taken seriously?

Of course, it is not so simple for the eldest prince to become the emperor, because according to the imperial tradition, only the royal heir who collects the four holy relics will become the new emperor of the empire.

The four relics are the hammer of the god of fire, the gift of the god of water, the scepter of the god of wind, and the wrath of the god of the earth.

The water god's gift function is to purify and obtain water, the fire god's hammer can be used to create indestructible weapons and armor, the wind god's scepter can manipulate the weather changes in a region, and the earth god's wrath can be used to change the terrain.

According to royal tradition, only those who receive four holy relics at the same time will become the next emperor. And after that, when he gives birth to another heir, he will give these holy relics to his own heirs and start the next round of competition.

And now, the eldest prince wants his brothers and sisters to hand over the other three holy relics.

The eldest prince himself possessed the hammer of the god of fire, the second prince held the scepter of the god of wind, and the third prince held the wrath of the god of the earth. Only the gift of the water god has no holder, and it was secretly arranged in the Silver City——— well, in fact, Duanmu Huai has almost guessed who the holder is.

For the request of the eldest prince, the remaining two naturally refused, and then needless to say, the civil war in the empire began. The Great Prince's possession of Vulcan's hammer brought him great benefit, and his soldiers, dressed in sturdy armor and armed with powerful weapons, defeated the armies of the other two.

But that's not the case.

The expeditionary force, which had been defeated because of the death of the emperor, also received the news that the eldest prince had established himself as king, and immediately became angry, and a group of people said that they would rush into the royal city and hang this rebel son who wanted to seek power and usurp the throne before his father's bones were cold. But there is also a group of people who say that the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the eldest prince inherits the righteousness as the eldest son, not to mention that now the expedition has failed, and the empire is being eyed by foreign people, at this time, everyone should work together to help the eldest prince ascend to the throne! It's all for the Empire!

However, the other side obviously does not agree with this argument, for them, their allegiance is to the emperor and not to the empire, and the emperor is still being usurped after death, this matter cannot be left as it is!

Thereupon......... As a result, the expeditionary force split into two factions, and then fought.

But that's not all.

With the melee of the three emperors (the three princes all claimed to be the emperor), the originally unstable environment within the empire became more and more stormy, and the alien races who were on the expedition were not saints, and they did not know how to fight back after being beaten. Now that I heard that the empire was in turmoil and split, I naturally rushed over directly to take advantage of your illness and ask for your life.

In addition, there are other powerful lords within the empire who have not given up at this time, and they don't know where they came from, openly claiming that the territory of the empire is his kingdom and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the empire...............

All in all, the empire is now also a group of demons dancing wildly, and the wind and rain are shaking. The throne of the Great Prince was also unstable, so he had to send his loyal men to lead his army to other territories to "recover" these territories as much as possible.

Silver City was also unlucky to be targeted because of this, not to mention that it was also attacked by the cultists of the evil gods, and the lord died——— for the great prince, this is simply the most perfect borderless land.

As a result, he didn't expect that the subordinates he sent to take over were killed by Duanmu Huai with a hammer.

"If you want me to say, you can clean up now, and then hide in some deep mountain and old forest where no one is around, and it will not be too late to come out after their pig brains have beaten out dog brains."

After listening to the elven scout's analysis of the current situation, Duanmu Huai decisively gave his own suggestions. In his opinion, the Silver City is basically finished, the lords are almost gone, and the defenders have suffered heavy casualties under the combined attack of the corrupt believers and nezumi before, and although it is very likely and very likely that Elisa will be the fourth son of the emperor, but that is it.

With her character, she is not expected to be an empress.

So......... The most important thing is to run away and save your life.

The world is so big, where can I go? Even if the empire is in chaos, there is not only one country on this planet, the empire is not the only country, first remove the elves, dwarves and other places, and some other countries are not?

Everyone is helpless about Duanmu Huai's suggestion, but they have to admit that this is the only way at present. The Silver City itself is desolate, barren and remote. To be honest, it's not a good choice to stay here and continue to die.

If it is changed to an online novel, at this time, Duanmuhuai should stay and occupy the city, establish himself as the king, and then use his own power to absorb refugees from all sides, and then sweep the Eight Desolations and Six Empires............... In this regard, Duanmu Huai said that it is better to forget it, he is a judge, eliminating chaos and finding holy relics is the first place, and what kind of farming game to play here is to put the cart before the horse.

Besides, even if you play, you have to find a place with a higher level of civilization, which is better than the Middle Ages.

Although the decision was made, on another matter, Duanmu Huai had a disagreement with the elven scouts.

That is about whether or not to take away the "gift of the god of water".

Duanmu Huai thinks that it is useless to hold this thing, and it will bring death to other people, so it is better to stay here and let the other princes fight for it. However, the elven scout said that this was a royal relic and could not be taken away by those who were hungry for profit, so she felt that she should leave the empire with the gift of the god of water, and then find a secret corner to seal it completely...............

Of course, Duanmu Huai doesn't think it's a good idea, you don't see many Western fantasy RPGs The plot at the beginning is that the protagonist lives in a peaceful village, but one day the army overwhelmed the territory and destroyed the village, and then the protagonist found out that there was still a big secret hidden in his village......... Isn't that?

It follows that there is no such thing as a secret that can be preserved forever.

Especially this kind of royal symbol, which basically belongs to everyone, and it is too difficult to expect them not to track it.

The two argued for a long time, and finally both sides took a step back——— Alyssa could leave with this holy relic, but before leaving the country, she had to hand over this hot potato so as not to cause death.

After all, the main function of the gift of the god of water is to purify the water source, purifying any liquid into pure water......... This thing really doesn't mean much to ordinary people.

In the end, the escape plan was completed, and the only thing to do next was to break the seal and take the gift of the water god.

So, in the evening of the same day, Duanmu Huai and the others came to the temple again.

There was still a disgusting stench in the temple, and although the corpses of the rat people and corrupt believers had been burned, the dark red blood splattered on the walls was mixed with some yellow, green, and some unknown colors, and it still made people want to vomit.

The elven scout came to the idol, recited the incantation, opened the seal, and the huge pearl reappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Looking at the pearl in front of her, Alyssa hesitated, but still stepped forward and slowly stretched out her hand. Not surprisingly, when she touched the holy artifact, she was not bounced away like the elven scout, on the contrary, the moment Alyssa grabbed the pearl, she saw a flash of light from the huge pearl, and then the originally dull surface began to emit a faint fluorescence.

And at the same time.........

【Didu—————! 】

[The relict signal has been detected, and the coordinates of the relict have been locked]

“……………… Huh? ”

Looking at the system prompt that popped up in front of him, Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment, he looked at the system information, and then looked at the pearl in Alyssa's hand...............

This can also be done?

For Duanmu Huai, this is indeed an accident, you must know that he has scanned this pearl before, and the system did not react at that time. But now as soon as Alyssa gets it, her own system reacts? Could it be that it was because of that seal that the entire fluctuation of the holy object was blocked, so I couldn't feel it before, and Alyssa lifted the seal, so I could feel it?

And this kind of thing?

“…………… Knight-sama? What's wrong? ”

Seeing Duanmu Huai staring at him without saying a word, Alyssa was a little surprised, while Duanmu Huai was silent for a moment, and then looked at Elisa.

"Alyssa, why don't we make a deal? You give me this, and I will protect you from the Empire. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Alyssa and her mother were stunned, while the elven scout frowned.

"What do you mean by that?!"

"That's what I mean."

Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the elven scout.

"I'm here to find something, and this one is one of them."

"But you didn't say it before."

The elven scout remembered that Duanmu Huai and himself checked the water god's gift, but he didn't say anything at that time.

"I didn't know this was what I was looking for at the time, and I didn't feel its breath until Alyssa took it and lifted the seal...............

While speaking, Duanmu Huai looked at Alisa again, however, to his surprise, this time Alisa didn't wait for him to say anything more, so she took the initiative to reach out and hand the pearl to Duanmu Huai.

"Please take it, knight."

"Oh? Is that really okay? ”

"Of course."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's inquiry, Alyssa smiled embarrassedly.

"The knight has saved me so many times, and ......... This stuff doesn't work for me either. If the knight is here for it, please accept it. ”

"Thank you."

Looking at Alyssa, Duanmu Huai also nodded, and then stretched out his hand to take the "Gift of the Water God".

"I promise, I'll get you out safely."