Volume IV, Chapter 30

Cohen stood up nonchalantly, shook his head, grabbed the saber from the stone, and followed in the footsteps of the eldest princess. Of course, it is to walk side by side with the eldest princess, and if it is exceeded, although it will not be caught and beheaded, small troubles are inevitable.

"By the way, doesn't the eldest princess like to wear a laurel wreath on her head, why did she come out with her hair scattered today?" Stepping on the soft grass under his feet, Cohen had nothing to say, "Although it has a different flavor, I always feel that I am not used to it." ”

"You are also the emperor, why don't you wear the crown every day? Princess Lirita glanced at Cohen, "It's been a while since you ascended the throne, how do you feel about being the emperor?"

"It's not an easy job. Hearing the eldest princess ask this, Cohen vaguely pondered something, so he replied lightly, "Sometimes it's a trivial matter, but it's really annoying to be endlessly entangled by the ministers." ”

"If the minister is incompetent, change it! But pay attention to the scale, and don't let people get a sore foot. Previously, the temple was still discussing the matter of sending officials, and I don't think you would accept it, so they postponed the construction of yì. Princess Lirita's eyes looked at Cohen again, "Why, I made this decision, don't you have to thank me as the emperor?"

"Ah~~ You're a god, don't worry about it, right?" Cohen laughed, "Isn't it possible for this emperor to be grateful?"

"How can you have such a self-claim, I really should let you go back to the academy to study. Princess Lirita shook her head a little helplessly, "But it's good to see that you're okay." I heard that a killer assassinated you before you ascended the throne?"

"Oh~~! You said that killer! What a very dangerous scene! The sword came fiercely and urgently. The body is fast. Hundreds of people can't stop it, and one photo is a rain of blood!" Cohen said with his hands dancing, and kept adding oil and vinegar, "Thanks to Young Master Ben's martial arts, in the end, he not only succeeded in thwarting the assassin's plot, but also trampled the assassin himself like a baked cake......"

"Stepping on like a baked cake?" Hearing this, Princess Lirita, who had been staring at Cohen with wide eyes, couldn't help but smile, "Speaking of which." Are you the one who is the last to be majestic? You're not hurt, are you?"

"No, nothing. Cohen patted his chest, full of heroism, "Don't you think I'm good now? A little assassin, no problem......"

"And what did you do with this Assassin? If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time you've encountered such a thing as an Emperor. Princess Lirita looked at Cohen with interest, "According to your character, you should publicize your exploits, and maybe even hold a ball to commemorate them." ”

"I don't have money, I don't have money to hold a ball, the treasury is empty enough to open a hotel. Cohen bowed his head. The face that was originally dancing with eyebrows changed to a shy expression in an instant, and he whispered, "So I only ordered the assassin to be chopped into meat sauce." The bones were broken. I didn't expect that! As an emperor, Kaida would have such a poor time. ”

"Chopped into meat sauce, broken bones and ashes?" Princess Lirita's eyes were more angry than surprised, and she called the name of the man next to her, "Cohen, why are you lying to me?"

"How did I lie to you?" Cohen didn't care, anyway, he let it go, his eyes widened at the moment, and he retorted very imposingly, "I don't seem to have a reason to do this for the sake of a little killer to deceive the Patriarch Princess!"

"That's right!" Princess Lirita blinked, her eyes brighter under her thick and beautiful eyelashes, and one hand slowly raised, "Bad boy who lies and quibbles, why don't I let you disappear directly!"

He ran away, like a meteor disappearing in the sky, and no one could stop him. Cohen is not a fool, of course he will not stalemate with the eldest princess, and replied with a smile: "This is something that has been promulgated, please don't leak it out of the eldest princess, otherwise my face will fall to the ground." ”

Listening to Cohen's words, the eldest princess's hand raised in front of her slowly lowered, a layer of mist appeared in her eyes, she turned around, didn't say a word, just looked at the flowing water in the valley.

The eldest princess's strange behavior made Cohen confused, and he was even more suspicious of the identity of the crow, and even the eldest princess of the god clan came forward to inquire about him, it seems that the relationship is serious, what is the true identity of the crow?

"Hey, eldest princess. "Even though I'm walking with you, you can't just think about things and leave me alone! I'll be embarrassed if someone sees it." ”

"You know, Cohen, you speak and act like someone I once knew. Princess Lirita whispered, "That pride hidden deep in the blood of the bone marrow is so natural. At some point, the shadows of both of you will overlap in my impression, and I can't tell the difference. ”

"I originally thought that the members of the Light God Clan only needed to keep the light, justice, and holiness enough, and they didn't seem to have much emotion, but I didn't expect the eldest princess to have such warm memories in her heart!, but ......" Cohen smiled heartily, "The eldest princess suddenly said such things to me, should I feel sincere joy as the emperor, or should I worry a little?"

"Joy is enough, what are you worried about?"

"Whether I want to or not, but having the favor of the Divine Patriarch Princess is a good thing for the Empire. Cohen's first half of the sentence was the first to explain, but the second half of the sentence changed according to the usual convention, "But on the other hand, I have to worry that I will one day become the eldest princess, your forbidden ...... What's that forbidden?"

"Forbidden belly, you...... You are looking for a fight!" Before the words came out, the eldest princess understood, turned around and raised her hand, "It's too presumptuous." ”

"Think about it! You beat it down this time, but there is no one who dares to be presumptuous with you. Cohen's face was serious, "A dignified man, it will be very shameless to be beaten by a woman, and it is very likely that I will start to be autistic and not see you from now on." ”

"Even if you beg me to beat you, you may not be able to do it. The eldest princess smiled slightly and withdrew her hand, "Is this how you chase ladies on weekdays? There are four beautiful and considerate wives." You should be happy, right? If the Sbia Empire had a little prince and a little princess. You'll have to bring it to me. ”

"My wives are very protective of me, and we have a good relationship, but it is unlikely that a prince or princess will be born in the near future. Cohen casually said, "It's going to be a busy time lately. ”

"Where is the Sibia Empire worth your busyness?" the eldest princess asked lightly, "You guy who likes to toss, you can't take advantage of anyone, right?

"My eldest princess, the life of the Great Protoss will never disappear, and you can slowly experience many interesting things. But I'm a human being. Only in a few decades, I have to live with passion, and only in this way can I live my life. Cohen laughed, "Tell me the truth, Princess Lirita, do you want my life to be spent in peace?

"Why do you bother? You're already the emperor. Princess Lirita replied softly, "What about success, what about failure?

"If you don't succeed and don't fail, won't you turn into loess?" Cohen replied confidently with a smile on the corner of his mouth. "Or one day, I don't end up looking good. But I used to live to the fullest, to live happily, and to do what I wanted, and that was enough...... The path I chose, I will never regret it!"

"All the same, you're all the same. Princess Lirita's face changed suddenly, "Stubborn! stupid!"

"This ......" Cohen was stunned at first, and then smiled happily, "I'm a little moved, the eldest princess will care about me......"

"I won't have the time and spirit to care about you. The eldest princess really didn't have a smile on her face this time, "It's really a disappointment, you can go back." ”

"Look! To tell the truth is to offend people. Cohen shrugged his shoulders indifferently and turned to leave, "Take care." ”

"Wait. As Cohen took a dozen or so steps, Princess Lirita stopped him, "You take this." ”

Cohen turned around, and a letter was flying over, and he reached out to take it, and it turned out to be the appropriation document of the Cardinal Court of the Temple of Light, followed by a string of numbers that made Cohen happy.

"This is ......," Cohen said, on the letterhead in his hand.

"Since you've already decided, and you're ignoring my advice, do as you wish, and do it well!" the eldest princess's voice was so small that Cohen could barely hear it, "I can only help you so much that I can do it myself." ”

After speaking, the figure of the eldest princess flashed away, but that meaningful look remained in Cohen's heart.

Thinking of the first meeting with the eldest princess of the Divine Clan on Paradise Island, and remembering the cautious way he and Fichette looked at the beginning, Cohen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the eldest princess was still the eldest princess, but he was not Cohen at that time.

Protoss, Temple, fuck off. After returning to the palace, His Majesty Cohen locked himself in his room for the whole night, and the white shadows, who had never left or right, could only stand outside the door and wait, and the imperial concubines could not enter.

A certain little princess went to peep and came back to tell everyone that Cohen's majesty was sitting alone in it, but occasionally she would grit her teeth and write and draw on the paper with a pen, not knowing what she was doing.

As soon as the relatives of the emperor heard the information of the little princess, they were relieved, and what they were most afraid of was that the emperor would not do anything, and it was very normal to grit his teeth, because it meant that the emperor was doing business, and as soon as he opened the door after he was done with the tricks, a plan was made - usually a plan that doomed some people to bad luck.

So, no matter how late the night was, all the heavyweight ministers of the empire gathered in Prince Weisu's room with all their hearts, waiting for the moment when His Majesty the Emperor opened the door. They leisurely drink, play chess, and deal with government affairs, and the bored ones will even find a secluded corner to fight and raise the bar. If someone happens to attack Prince Visu's residence at this time, if the attacker's ability happens to be enough, half of the team of the Sibian Empire will be subverted.

The expressions of the four imperial concubines were very relaxed, because they had just finished counting the money on the temple papers.

Princess Feline is a calm woman whose face cannot be changed by any amount of money, Princess Dill is a big boss who is used to seeing money, and she is bored with strings of numbers, and Princess Winsley is an elf who is blind to money...... Only the younger Princess Kelly, when she saw the final total. He stuck out his tongue in surprise.

"How. Have you counted it all?" Her action was seen by Prince Wei Su on the side. The prince put down the wine glass in his hand, turned to Princess Felin, and said, "Show me the result." ”

"Yes, Father. Princess Felin handed over the results, "This is quite a generous donation to the temple. ”

"Is it all going to the interior? After receiving an affirmative reply, Prince Visu nodded, "In that case, we can come up with a small amount of money." Use the convoy of convoys contributed by the Gallo Empire to conduct a procurement operation along the continent's major ports. ”

"Gallo's fleet is fine, because of the assassination, Gallo has doubled the number of ships in order to apologize, and it is almost there, and when these ships arrive in port, the waiting sailors can be replaced. But what are you going to buy and come back?"

"The country is agriculture-oriented, and we will buy agricultural livestock at a high price, until other countries are willing to sell us agricultural animals that are in use. Prince Wei Su smiled slightly. "Charging more than one end is another, and we can't afford to delay even one day. Nor can we wait for the fleet to arrive before starting the acquisition. Dill, be prepared on your side, and it's best to use the idle merchant to act first. ”

"Understood, father, I'll let you know right away. ”

"Your Royal Highness, Imperial Princesses, Your Excellencyβ€”" While everyone was discussing the details, the clerk who had been running all the way saluted at the door, "His Majesty the Emperor has invited you to the conference room, and His Majesty has already gone first." ”

"Got it. The prince nodded, "Everyone, busy days are coming again, let's go!"

The meeting lasted until dawn, and at the end of the meeting, several generals who participated in the meeting almost ran to the military headquarters, and Prince Weisu and the imperial concubines, who also stayed up all night, were slightly better and could go back to their rooms to rest.

Of all the attendees, the only one who was in good spirits was the Emperor, who was clamoring early in the morning to go to the martial arts hall.

Walking to the martial arts hall, the clerk who hadn't closed his eyes all night found that it was not like that, because His Majesty the Emperor took out one official document after another from his coat pocket like a trick, and the matters assigned to him were also one after another, and it was definitely not a means of dealing with affairs on a daily basis.

Before the clerk could completely digest these things, His Majesty the Emperor had already changed his clothes in the dressing room and walked out.

"ι™›xiΓ . Seeing Cohen dressed in black, the clerk opened his mouth in surprise, "You want to ...... this dress"

"You've been busy for a night, so take a break here, and do the things you have been told to do carefully. Cohen took the long knife handed by the White Shadow, left the secretary in a daze, and led the White Shadow to the martial arts arena next door.

"Okay, do it again, hard. ”

In the martial arts arena, the crow is playing with all his energy to "fight" with the cute little princess Qin Lun, who is wearing a well-fitting white samurai suit, wielding the wooden sword in her hand with full attention, and launching round after round of "fierce" attacks against the crow, although it is only a chaotic stabbing up and down split, but the crow that cooperates with her is in a hurry.

"Okay, Princess Qinlun is very skilled. Cohen clapped his hands and approached the two.

When the little princess saw Cohen, her eyes lit up first, and Cohen bent down to kiss Qin Lun's face, and then half-squatted to help her correct the posture of holding the sword, "Let's continue." ”

"Look at your outfit. The crow fended off Princess Chinlen's attack and glanced at Cohen, "Going out?"

"Yes, I'll leave today, this time it's relatively simple, and I won't delay too long. Cohen carefully held Princess Cinn's hand and slashed at the crow, "Before leaving, I want to say a word to you and Baby Cinn." ”

"Should I feel honored?" replied the crow lightly, "just say something." ”

"Actually...... Nothing special either. Cohen smiled, "I just wanted to ask you to pay more attention to the safety of the palace during this time." If you nod your head, I don't have anything to worry about when I'm out. ”

"Nonsense. The crow took the wooden sword, squatted down and touched Princess Qinlun's head, and said softly, "Qinlun, let's rest for a while." ”

Princess Qinlun nodded obediently, picked up the two wooden swords, trotted to the seat on the sideline and sat down obediently, looking at this side with a pair of big eyes.

"Since you're here, follow the old rules. The crow stood up and reached out to grab it, and once again performed the good act of having the saber bounce off the weapon rack in his hand, "I will not spare my hand today, if I still want to go out." You'd better brace yourself and deal with it. ”

"Violence doesn't solve the problem!" Cohen took a half-step back. The hand is placed on the hilt of the knife though. But he still smiled and said, "Everyone can sit down and drink some water and eat a ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Cohen's knife had turned into a flash of lightning and slashed horizontally towards the crow. The onlookers on the sidelines only felt a flower in front of them, and when they looked at it again, the crow's body had already flown out and stood firmly in the center of the field. Several Guards officers who were qualified to stand on the sidelines knew in their hearts that the flash of the crow just now was the speed of the assassination that day. Or rather, a little slower.

Cohen chuckled and unsheathed his cloak with one hand, while Raven only took off his helmet, his sword still unsheathed.

"It's the first time you've taken off your helmet while you're practicing. Cohen stepped forward, the narrow long knife gradually raised, and the tip of the knife finally pointed at the crow, "Is there anything special about this action?"

"It's not very important. As always, there was no expression on the crow's face. "It just occurred to me that most demon nobles won't fight you with a helmet on. ”

"Is that so? Then I don't mean to say thank youβ€”" Cohen took another step. Following the body, the blade that flashed cold light came to the crow's chest in an instant.

In the face of Cohen's sudden and fierce attack, the crow did not retreat even a step, the long sword in his hand was unsheathed, and the weapons of both sides were really hard in the air.

There was a loud sound of "dang", and the sparks splashed out of the sword collision had not yet dissipated, and the two had already staggered by.

"Do this a few more times, and you'll be done with your sword. Cohen turned around, flipped the knife in his hand, pulled out one knife flower after another, and quipped: "Will you cry when you are holding a half-truncated sword?"

"The opportunity is right now, you can try it. With his back to Cohen, the crow's body flipped backwards quickly, and the long sword stretched out in a blurred white shadow without warning, pulling out a silver fan in the air, and the most dazzling tip of the sword was pointing at Cohen's throat with lightning speed.

If it had been Cohen before he ascended the throne, he might have been in a hurry under the attack of the crow, but after this period of practice, coupled with the fact that Cohen is now more and more aware of the power he has at his disposal, and his use of techniques is becoming more and more proficient, it is no longer a problem to take such an attack.

Cohen not only followed without any tricks, but also took advantage of the crow's body in the air to counterattack!

The body floated out to give way to Cohen's attack, and on tiptoe to the ground, the crow turned back to attack, the way of the long sword in his hand had changed, and he no longer wanted to fight with Cohen, the sword light changed uncertainly, and the tip of the sword flickered and contracted, like a poisonous snake spitting letters.

Cohen laughed, and his sword skills became lighter, and with the constantly changing pace and shape, he actually fought with the crows.

"It's a weird knife technique. Raven looked at Cohen's advance and retreat, "I haven't seen you use it before." ”

"It's not bad to come up with it in the past few days, right?" The smile on Cohen's lips became interesting, "What, do you want to learn? ”

"No, you don't. The long sword in the crow's hand shook, and the sword light burst out in front of him a brilliant silver ball of light, facing Cohen's cover, "There are too many feints. ”

Cohen was calm, and a top-down knife accurately slashed at the crow's sword, and the brilliant silver brilliance created by the sword light suddenly dissipated, and the crow's long sword lagged slightly and swirled slightly, stabbing Cohen's throat. Cohen pressed the long knife to defuse the crow's attack, and the tip of the knife slashed towards his right hand. The quick transition between offense and defense dazzled onlookers.

As if a tacit understanding had been reached, the two of them did not move at all, flying up and down in a small space with a sword and a sword, sometimes slow and elegant, defending and attacking, sometimes fierce and fierce, attacking and defending.

This section of the attack is so exciting, not only can there be officers like Rock can't help but compare the paintings, even the white shadow can't take his eyes off it.

Without warning, the crow's left hand, which had been idle, lifted and punched Cohen, tearing through the air with a dozen wind blades of different sizes, causing a sharp thud and flying towards Cohen in different trajectories.

Cohen laughed, the speed of the knife remained the same, and at the same time, the palm was across his chest, and a faint blue light curtain was forced out in his palm, enveloping all the crow's wind blades, and then the five fingers tightened, and the rapidly rotating wind blades were all crushed by the blue light curtain that was closed, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Cohen's sudden appearance of this hand surprised the onlookers, even the most well-informed white shadow among them, and he couldn't tell whether Cohen's move to defeat the enemy was martial arts or magic.

As Cohen's opponent, the crow, he only vaguely knew that Cohen was using a special magic technique, especially the small action of five fingers and one tightening, which was a very significant feature of the dark demon protection magic, but the crow knew very little about this blue light curtain.

Cohen was not without pride in his heart, this blue light curtain was the energy he asked for from the marshmallow, that is, the last life-saving capital on the day of the assassination...... As for this technique, of course, it was stolen from the Demon General.

"Okay!" the crow jumped back and praised it for the first time, and his eyes that had been unchanged before became fierce, "This kind of martial art is the opponent I want to fight against." ”

"And so it was. Cohen's smile didn't change much, and his mouth still quipped, "A person who has not made progress cannot be praised by others." ”

With the sword in front of him, the crow exhaled slowly, and the two fingers of his left hand put on the blade of the sword, and slowly slid along the spine of the sword. As soon as the fingers slid over, the originally smooth and clean sword body changed, and the surface became as crystal as a mirror, clearly reflecting the surrounding scenery.

"Grinding guns in battle, not bright, but also light. Cohen commented, "It's a fitting phrase to describe the present. ”

"I don't mind. Before the words fell, the crow's body rushed forward, leaving only an afterimage in place, and the space between the afterimage and Cohen was filled with sword light, and silently surrounded Cohen. The crow's form had vanished, but everyone knew that he was hiding in the sky of sword lightβ€”this was his speed and level on the day of the assassination!

Before he could say a word of objection, Cohen was wrapped in the sword light, and the figures of the two people completely disappeared into the sword light. For a time, sometimes big and sometimes small, the sound of swords colliding with each other was endless, and the sparks that flew out were dense and sparse.

The sword light formed a large round ball, rolling around in the field, and gradually, a faint blue band of light overflowed beyond the sword light...... With a roar, the black-clothed Cohen flew out of the ball of light diagonally, and flew back with the help of a carved column on the sidelines, and the long knife with a blue body made a strange sound, and rushed into the sword light again.

This time, Cohen seemed to gradually adapt and keep up with the speed of the crow, and the crow's sword light was suppressed by the blue light, gradually narrowing the range.

Finally, in a dense sound of metal collision, the sword light in the sky disappeared. But the onlookers were surprised to find that the bodies of the two men were parallel to each other in mid-air, flipped rapidly in the same direction, and the swords were also striking again and againβ€”when they were about to land, they would use their blades to hit the ground and take off again.

They fought happily, but the onlookers were worried, for fear that the two would make a mistake, but no one dared to stop it at this time.

Thankfully, as in the case of the attack, the two men stopped at the same time without warning. The white-clad crow looked as if nothing had happened, while Cohen, who had a fierce face, had a chest that was constantly rising and falling, and there were a few cracks in the fabric of the cuffs and shoulders...... From this point alone, Cohen will not be able to reach the level of a crow for a while.

"Hey, it's not bad!" After his breathing was not so rapid, Cohen spoke, "I said it a long time ago, you don't want to beat me." (To be continued......)