Silver threads emerge from the air, entwined with each other, forming an unforgettable scene, ripples on the smooth silver plate. Eventually, a human figure passed through the space, and the intense darkness condensed on the silver, so that the silver light seemed to be a large piece that was gradually thrown away, and finally in the countless silver rays, the human shadow stepped out of the disintegrating silver mirror.

Reaching out to pull down the often hood that covered his forehead, Edward slowly lifted his gaze.

At the edge of the almost shattered rock beneath his feet was the road paved with blue-striped stones, which cost him more than ten gold coins, and gathered the young men of the whole village and town, and hundreds of men, men and women, brought back the boulders from the distant river beach with rolling logs, and then burned them and drove them into wooden wedges, and finally broke them open, and paved the road with fragments, and the intact bluestones were used to make and repair the castle lord's mansion.

Now, the pavement, which would have been smooth and dry during the rainy season, has been potholed, with gravel, dry weeds and black charcoal mixed together in a mottled color, covering the road section by piece.

Edward stepped forward, and all the mess was rolled up behind his back, tossed at the ruins on either side of the road.

At the end of the road, there was a blue-black wreckage, and the Psychic Warlock looked up blankly and looked at it, but soon he remembered what it was.

In my memory, it was the windmill mill of Old Ceylon-Laurgon, the tallest building in the whole town, and counting the oak oars, it was a few feet higher than the lord's castle, and now. Only the pedestal showed a trace of a windmill, but apart from a few half-man-high stakes, it had almost completely reduced to shards of charred wood on the ground—only a few feet long

Someone once wanted to add four hanging baskets to it as an attractive ride. But the old guy didn't agree with anything, he said that the windmill can be used by the people, and the wind element tool is a gods-given, so there is absolutely no room for the slightest contempt. What's more, this windmill has been a creation that has been inherited for four generations and has a history of nearly 100 years. It is not possible to use it as a toy.

Now, it's gone.

Silver eyes slowly swept over the once wooden tower, as if to be seen. A strong flame spread over it, igniting every bit of dry wood on the paddles, and then the overwhelmed tall collapsed. After the last smoke. Only the ruins of a broken wall remained.

Turning around the tall wreckage, there were rows of black wooden bars and pillars. There, there was a bakery in the town, and the bread was not very tasty, and after the Hilton Express opened, it was almost cut off, and then at the request of someone and others, he learned to make a strange flatbread, and finally came back to life.

But now. The only thing that can confirm its identity is that it was still in use a few years ago. A wooden cage drawer used to dry dough. But it had become a half-cut residue shrouded in black ash.

"It's miserable, isn't it? Our former homeland, our former starting point, our former blood ......!"

The human voice made him speak, but he didn't look back, only when Edward approached, he spoke.

"Won't you be suspicious when you come here?" Edward's brow moved.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I can't be removed now, otherwise, they won't have anywhere to find someone close to my blood. What's more, when I came out this time, I had the consciousness to replace me.

"Where's Benjamin?"

"Don't worry, I do have royal blood, as proven by both magic and magic. ”

The young king laughed and reached out to pat his best friend on the shoulder: "Probably there is some complicated reason. Like you said, it must be something that spills dog blood, but anyway, Master Benjamin agrees, and he seems to like to help me. You see, I said I'd stay by myself for a while, and he left, and I guess it will be a while before I come back. ”

Edward Silent.

Although the other party said it very easily, it seems to be just a natural little thing, but the things that are born here are not just a sentence of 'dog blood' that can be described, ** from the current his impersonation, to accept him as the king, how much danger is there in this process? I'm afraid only the parties involved in this matter know.

So after a moment's hesitation, he spoke:

"I'm sorry. ”

"Oh, Edward would apologize, it's a big deal, is there a god who is about to fall?"

The king put on a face full of exaggerated surprise, and then laughed, and threw away that proud indifference, as if he had returned to the time of the year, when he was still the little nobleman here: "I have my affairs, and you have yours, and besides, this is my problem, and if I can't solve it myself, my life will be meaningless." What others give me is not mine, only what I earn is mine, and if I am a king just by someone else telling me that I am a king, then I may run away. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and took out a small leather bag in his arms and spread it out: "Come and taste, vanilla cake?"

This is a very simple snack, but the method is Edward's 'improved', using eggs to mix flour, cream sandwiched with vanilla flavor, is James's favorite snack, but it is very troublesome to make zuò, so later Edward sold the secret recipe to the bakery in front of him, so that they also became the second black-hearted shop in Poplar Town, and every cave bear would buy some of this cake to celebrate after his successful return, and over time, it has become a ritual.

"I have the cooks in the court make it, but for some reason, it's always far worse than yours, and even less delicious than the Massa in the bakery, you idiots. Hey......" The king shook his head, "How is it, when will I see something new?"

"Actually, it's better than what Massa and I made. If you don't think so, that's because you stole everything you used to eat from us. Edward tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Robbing other people's things has another taste, it tastes much better than taking money in exchange for it, or making it yourself." And, if you know you're going to get beaten up if you catch it, you still manage to steal it. It feels even better, very, very good. ”

"Really?" the king's eyes widened, "Well, it seems to be true when you think about it...... Why didn't you sue me before? By the way, you're afraid I'll steal you from time to time, right?"

"If you steal it, I'll just deduct the money from your vault, what are you afraid of. ”

Edward shook his head slightly: "The main thing is that you used to be a lord. Integrity is important. You shouldn't do such a boring thing, but for now, it's good for you to have this kind of ambition......"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think the king is?"

Edward stuffed half a piece of cake into his mouth, but the words of his heart did not stop: "The king is a big robber, and if he doesn't have the mentality of robbing things, he will be miserable...... You have to steal from your own people, from other countries, from the world. And then use a part of these looted things to return to civilians. The other part is given to his subordinates, but the largest part is kept in his own hands. ”

"Don't make a fuss. If the king robs something...... "The young king muttered, but suddenly something seemed to come to mind. His friend, on the other hand, went on.

"What is given back to the commoners is the stability they should have, to their subordinates is the taxes they take from the commoners, and the greatest part is the power of the king, just as you are but a rich man in the country, but when you become king, you can command your nobles to obey you, and then let the soldiers rush to the battlefield to die. This is the authority of the king, but in fact, it is just a change of name for the threat of robbers, all emperors are like this, and you see that the heroic kings who founded the country in history actually started from the mob and the robbers. ”

"To hear you say that, the king is really nothing remarkable. ”

"The great thing is, of course, not the king, but the order. The thief is punished, the thief is the marquis, this is the power of order, that is, the rules brought about by the operation of this multiverse. ”

"I don't understand. You're making weird words again. ”

"To put it simply, if you step on a wheel and the wheel goes forward, you have to step on it, and if you don't obey, you will not be able to stand on your feet, you will fall to the ground and be run over by the wheel, and this is the order. ”

"Oh, you said this, what is that wheel called...... The wheels of history, huh?"

James laughed, and the dregs of the pastry sprayed a mess on the gorgeous placket, and he just wiped it indifferently: "At that time, you said that everyone was running on this wheel, but none of them could stand on it forever, and after a while, they would definitely fall." ”

"Yes, they will fall, but the king is still holding the shaft of the wheel. You can decide who stays and who you run over from. The orthodox king will run over the bad guys. And the hegemon will run over it regardless of whether he is obedient or not. ”

Edward took the bag of treats and spread it flat on the floor in front of him, stacking the pastries on top of it. Then he took out a stack of paper from the space bag and slowly folded it into a string of ingots. Light it with a little spark. Then he closed his eyes, folded his hands, and listened to the beep flame slowly rise.

"Is this a ritual that only a mage can have?"

"It's just a prayer for their souls to be at peace and prosperity in the future. Nothing special. ”

"What a waste, do you know how much this thing called paper is produced in Romanty, Burgundy?" the king looked curiously as the paper turned to ashes, and could not help shaking his head: "This whitest and toughest, it costs a platinum coin to buy a hundred, which is more expensive than real parchment!

"If it's really useless, then naturally it won't be popular. ”

He took out another bottle of wine and poured some on the ground, and Edward handed him the rest, so the king took a few gulps: "Ha, it's still the new wine that is the most enjoyable, those things that have been stored for decades are sour and astringent, and the most hateful thing is that you have to pretend to appreciate it, phew!"

He took a sip. He hiccuped comfortably: "Seriously, you guy already knew, right...... Alas, several guys told me the day before yesterday. Asked for a thorough investigation of the source of this thing, turned it into a gold mine, which could only be produced by the royal family, and told me a whole bunch of questions, ha, these idiots, don't they know about technology. Is it impossible to prohibit it?"

"Actually, I think it's not bad if you want to collect it. ”

Edward took the bottle he handed over, "Let this thing circulate." The commoners will gradually become wiser, because they will write down what they know and spread it, if they add the schools of the commoners. In the end, the aristocracy will turn against you sooner or later. ”

"I didn't expect that. But great, I'm trying to kill all these moths!" the king shook his fist excitedly.

"I said, Edward, I always thought you were the right person to come up with ideas. The person who assists the king is like the prime minister in those stories, or the minister, or the duke, or whatever. There was a pause. He sat down on a large patch of dead grass behind him, plucked a long blade of grass and put it in his mouth: "But." Now it seems that I was mistaken, you are more like a king than a king, or more like an emperor...... Fortunately, Master Benjamin is not here, otherwise he might have chosen you to be king.

"I don't have that ability. ”

"You have, you're just too lazy to do it. The young king shook his head:

"But in reality, you can do things very well even if you are too lazy to do it, and a country is nothing to you. After I gradually mastered this country, I began to recall the things you said before, and then I now, they have all been fulfilled one by one, for people, for things, for those nobles and commoners, how to buy them, how to make them fearful, surrender, if you use your method, it will be very easy, sometimes I can't believe it, although I have only been in contact with these for a month now, but the original ten great lords, four have already decided to be loyal to me, and the other three are hesitating, and the whole country is so light and almost surrendered to me。 ”

"It's always easier said than done, it's not surprising, especially if you have an innate advantage. ”

"Yes, find a big tree, and then make full use of its veins, sometimes, as long as it is a little cooperation, as long as other people believe that you are protected, you can fully use their strength, and once the connection between each other is formed, it will gradually become tighter and indestructible, which is also what you said. The king said, "As a result, I only borrowed a little, and the whole country became mine, but if you were to do it, I think it would be ten times easier than me, no, a hundred times, right?"

"Then I won't do it, it doesn't mean much to me to be king. Edward said, "And, even if you do, what can you do?"

"Do whatever you want, take me for example, I'll turn this Big 6 into my kingdom. ”

"It's very difficult, even according to the current situation, it is very difficult to unify such a large place, it is already out of the category that a person can calculate, not to mention that if you just use your current means, I am afraid that time will be wasted for a long time. Especially the Central Mountains. ”

"I can use the mages to make a way out of the Central Mountains, so it won't matter. ”

"One road isn't enough. ”

"With a large teleportation circle, it's very convenient to connect all places, as long as there is a passage and can be reached, it is enough, yes, the process will be very long, but it doesn't matter, I can find a way to live. ”

"Turning into a monster?"

"I didn't want to die forever, that's too greedy, but mages also have a lot of ways to increase a person's lifespan, I don't intend to live forever, as long as this big 6 is enough, you may call me stupid, I also know, it's useless for this thing to come, but the goal, always bigger the better, and what's the point of a kingdom that only has humans? elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs, and those I haven't heard of, I'm going to make them part of my kingdom." ”

"This is a little domineering. Edward looked at the young man's glittering eyes and smiled.

The man still seemed to be the one he remembered, and it made him feel much better, and the troubles were still piling up in his heart, but he no longer felt as heavy as he had been a moment ago. Friendship was something he used to think wasn't that important, but no matter what, it's always better than nothing.

"What's the matter! I'm obviously very domineering, right?"

"No, no, no, it's really domineering to turn them all into your harem. Oh, that's not all, there's the Minotaur and the Ogre ......"

"you, the elves are okay, the dwarf dwarfs and orcs are okay......" The young king punched him on the shoulder, but it seemed to hit an iron plate, grinning in pain, laughing for a while, he raised his head, looked at the damaged ruins in front of him, and sighed a lot in his voice: "It's only been a few months, and everything has changed in one qiē...... Because we are in the most ups and downs of life, as long as we grasp the right rope, we can soar all at once. ”

"You're so optimistic. ”

"Do you want to cry in the corner? The wheels of history are rolling forward, but no one can stop them. ”

"Oh, I've heard that there are, Psionic Monsters can manipulate time, so they can jump from the future to the past......"

"What's that, can you give me some?" (to be continued......)

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