The first Oscars ceremony of the passionate Cold Stone Empire finally came to a successful end on this beautiful night, the audience enjoyed a wonderful awards party, the major film companies divided more than a dozen honorary awards, and the Demon Film Company became the biggest profiteer, snatching nearly half of the honor in one go, especially Count Dracula and Lilu, who undoubtedly ascended to the highest hall and became the actor and actress of the first Oscar of the Cold Stone Empire.

Well, in general, everyone is very satisfied, and even in the mood to have a celebration banquet after the awards ceremony, the only thing that is very dissatisfied is the blood sickle, this guy not only passed by the best supporting actor, but also was viciously beaten by Lin Taiping when the banquet was going on, the reason is ...... Uh, no reason!

Of course, although the Oscars have ended, the aftermath is still spreading, and in the next month or so, people in Emerald Province are still talking about the Oscars, such as Miss Lilu's beautiful evening dress that night, such as the affair between Count Dracula and several female stars, and the shady and unspoken rules that Bloodsickle keeps saying......

However, no one knew that while they were still talking about these things, a large convoy had quietly set off from the port of Nantes in the early hours of the morning of November, driving on the misty forest roads towards the imperial capital of Cold Stone, thousands of miles away.

There is no doubt that the owner of the convoy is Lin Taiping and the dark creatures who were invited by the Prime Minister of Hilton, considering that the Emerald Province is his rear base, in order to ensure that the film industry here will not be destroyed, Lin Taiping has to leave some dark creatures to guard here, including most of the demons and orcs.

Of course, he won't be stupid enough to just go on the road, and among the entourage who went to the imperial capital with him, there are naturally the mobile magic crystal cannon Christine who has just arrived, the mermaid royal sister Angelina who wants money to die, the head of the Minotaur clan Tulu, and the first beautiful girl Leah of the Minotaur. and the night song that has always wanted to push him down and have a child......

In fact, during the period of separation, Christine and the others have gone through arduous cultivation and several exploration adventures, and now they all have the strength close to the middle level of silver, which can basically ensure the safety of the journey, which is of course a good thing, in Lin Taiping's words-"What, I don't want to be killed inexplicably on the way!"

In fact, it was precisely because of the fear that this would happen that the Governor of Gray Mountain specially sent an elite army to accompany him. Not only that, Prime Minister Hilton also sent six envoys, all of whom had the strength of the Silver Intermediate Rank, and one of the Great Sword Master had been promoted to the Golden Rank, which also showed the real strength of the Prime Minister of Hilton.

In this case, the convoy's itinerary was naturally safeguarded, and Lin Taiping could finally sit leisurely in a luxurious carriage and drink tea during the long journey, and by the way, talk nonsense with Baron Michael who was traveling with him, and gain an in-depth understanding of the real situation of the Cold Stone Empire.

"Lin. You have to understand that compared to the Emerald Province, the Imperial Capital Cold Stone City is the most powerful core of the entire empire. When it comes to this destination, even Baron Michael can't help but yearn for it. Touching his chest, he sighed, "Do you know? There are the most prosperous businesses, the most beautiful beauties, the most wonderful entertainment, and the most abundant ......."

"Talking about the point!" Lin Taiping couldn't help but roll his eyes and interrupt him directly.

"Okay! The point is, the power of the imperial capital is very strong. Very strong, stronger than we thought. Baron Michael was interrupted, with a look of resentment, of course. But he sighed lightly and said, "What should I say, for example, in our Jade Province, guys like Hastings and Mandala can already be said to be super strong, but in the imperial capital, if you don't have the strength of the gold rank, you are embarrassed to say that you are a strong person." ”

"Is it? Just like the one outside our car?" Lin Taiping turned his head thoughtfully, looking at the Golden Junior Rank Great Swordsman who was accompanying him outside the carriage, Hilton first seemed to value himself very much, and even sent such a strong man to protect the convoy, but judging from the fact that he could easily send a Golden Junior Rank Great Swordsman, this Prime Minister obviously had a stronger hole card.

"That's right, Lin, don't underestimate the Prime Minister. Speaking of the Prime Minister of Hilton, Baron Michael was unexpectedly stern and serious, "In the past ten years, the Prime Minister has been replacing the decrepit Emperor Xià, conscientiously managing the entire empire, and countless nobles and powerful people have been conquered by his personality charm and willingly served him. ”

"Is it, if that's the case, why does he want to win me over?" Lin Taiping didn't bother to listen to this kind of flattery, in fact, if Prime Minister Hilton was really that strong, then he would have already killed the old emperor and seized the empire.

"That's because there are still some guys who don't know the times, and they still work hard for the old emperor. Baron Michael coughed a few times in embarrassment, "You have to understand that the power of the imperial capital is very complicated, in addition to the camp of the Prime Minister and the royalists, there are dozens of big nobles, they have a strong military force, but they have always maintained a neutral attitude, so ......"

"So, the choice of these big nobles will determine who the empire belongs to?" Lin Taiping touched his chin thoughtfully, and suddenly smiled and said, "Hmm, let me guess, has Prime Minister Hilton always wanted to win over these big nobles, but has not succeeded so far?"

Obviously, he guessed correctly, Baron Michael couldn't help but sigh, and said with a distressed face: "Who says it's not? The Prime Minister has been trying to win over these big nobles in the past few years, but those guys have always been neutral and indifferent, the only thing to be thankful for is that they don't seem to have much ambition and focus all their energy on developing their own family." ”

Understood, Lin Taiping drank the tea very happily, thought about it but put down the cup, and asked very seriously: "Then, Michael, I have another very important question for you-hmm, please tell me truthfully, do you know the origin of the mandala?"

"I don't really know about that. Baron Rice Cake shook his head in confusion, but after a little relief, he frowned slightly again, "However, I heard from my uncle that a mysterious and powerful guy like Mandala is likely to come from within the palace and belong to the old emperor's personal elite army. ”

"Is it? Is it really related to that emperor's majesty?" Lin Taiping nodded thoughtfully, but did not continue to ask, the situation is actually obvious, those blood-streaked priests are using the power of the old emperor to secretly operate and develop their own power, but what do those guys want to do, is it like the secret that Lilu heard from Mandala, they plan to make ......

Without warning, the carriage suddenly came to a sudden brake at this moment, Lin Taiping involuntarily rushed forward, and the whole cup of tea was splashed on Baron Michael's face, but the latter didn't care about accusations at this time, almost subconsciously poked his head out of the car window, and screamed loudly: "Master Kmond, what happened, what happened?"

"Don't worry, Lord Baron, it's just a little suspicious. The Golden Archswordsman, known as the Great Swordsman of Kmond, took it in stride, waved his hand to signal the convoy to stop, and stared blankly ahead.

Just on the forest road that the convoy must pass, a few century-old trees that broke off their waists blocked the way, considering that there was a storm last night, these trees were probably blown off by the strong wind, but if from the perspective of conspiracy theories, can there be such a coincidence in the world?

Lin Taiping and Baron Michael glanced at each other, and the dark creatures guarding the vicinity of the convoy immediately rushed forward, Tulu led the minotaurs to block the carriage with their bodies, Angelina and Christine were ready to attack at the same time, and Night Song directly took the dark elves into the shadows, scouting the surrounding anomalies.

However, it didn't seem that they needed to do it themselves, because the Kmund Great Swordsman had already sneered and motioned to the five hundred elite soldiers to be ready to be on guard, and then he drew the long sword at his waist and stepped forward steadily, slowly approaching the centuries-old trees that were blocking his way.

The great swordsman of Kmund with great strength, obviously with the calmness and confidence that a strong man should have, stepped on the fallen leaves in the forest, making a crisp rustling sound, he calmly walked towards the hundred-year-old tree, and at some point, the golden light like the scorching sun had appeared out of thin air, enveloping him in a radius of tens of meters.

At this moment, Lin Taiping and the dark creatures all held their breath, and the elite soldiers who accompanied them raised their shields, ready to meet the possible attack at any time, and in such a strange atmosphere, the Great Sword Master of Kmund still moved forward unhurriedly, until he calmly stretched out his hand and reached out to the hundred-year-old tree close at hand: "So...... Get out of here!"

Before the roar fell, the golden frenzy-like sword light suddenly erupted, slashing down like a thunderous roar, but unexpectedly, the sword light did not slash at the hundred-year-old tree that was blocking the way, but paused in the air, and suddenly turned without warning, hitting the shrub on the right that seemed to have no signs of danger.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and a gray-clothed assassin who was completely hidden in the shadows was suddenly stabbed in the heart by the blade, and then the terrifying sword light suddenly exploded, directly shattering his body into pieces, but the strange thing is that at the moment when death was imminent, there was no painful expression on his face, but a relieved smile appeared......

The Great Swordsman of Kmund was slightly stunned, and for a moment, the feeling of danger bit his heart like a poisonous snake, making him turn his head almost subconsciously, and shouted: "No ......" (to be continued......