The Emperor's voice trembled, causing the few nobles around him who had just gathered to hold their breath in fear...... The three leading dukes, the two imperial electors are not in the city at all at the moment, and several officers in charge of the city defense have also rushed to their posts, these idlers who are not in charge of any major affairs are actually meaningless at all, a situation is not good, it is likely to become a tool for the supreme to vent his anger, but fortunately, although this young monarch can't be at peace, at least he can barely control his feelings. With a heavy cold snort, he suppressed the curses, his voice low as a torn cloth: "Those things, how much damage will they cause?"

"Please don't worry, these things ...... It's a bit difficult to deal with, but the destructive power is limited after all, as long as you gather enough mages......" A gorgeously dressed mage spoke, and he was the only one here who was qualified to respond, but the young emperor immediately interrupted him:

"Archmage Gaia, don't they have any news yet?"

"We've tried our best to contact the three masters, and we've also sent people to use the teleportation ......."

"There are more than 12,000 troops there, 15,000 orc slaves!2,300 Imperial Knights and Warlocks, and besides, the portal is not closed yet, how can you, how can you not even bring back any news!" The king's anger swelled again, but he did not speak: "Where is your magic, where are your instruments? Or more simply, can't you send some more people to ask?"

The mage's face was cold, the emperor could think of these methods, and of course he could- and the facts had already proved that they were completely ineffective:

"You know. Opening those portals has cost us all of our spell slots above the five rings, and the mages who still have spell slots are already heading towards Burgundy. Now we have to go through a full day of rest to be able to regain our strength, but ......"

"But. But, but!" the Emperor slapped the table hard, "That's enough! you gather all the mages in the city for me, and I'll kill those damn iron boxes for me no matter what method you use!"

"Well, it seems like it's a bit difficult. ”

Everyone's eyes were shocked, and they looked in the direction of the voice—what had been the empty corner of the small parlor, but at the moment, a man was sitting in the seat, picking up a glass of wine from the table and sipping it slowly.

"Those things. Although it doesn't look good, it's actually mostly pure gold, plus the internal magic circle, and steam power or something, I'm afraid you can't afford it. ”

He smiled at the emperor, showing a mouthful of white teeth: "But if you really need it, it's not impossible to think about it, you can parade through its cannon barrel in a while, of course......"

"It's a hanging ......"

"Sit down, sit down. Don't worry......"

The young man raised his glass, his tone gentle, but there was magic in his voice—the six samurai in the hall who had drawn their swords each retracted their swords, and then they really retreated. Three ran to the bench, three to the chair, on which there could indeed be three or four people. But it wasn't easy to do that in the courtesy bust, and there were only two chairs. There was only one person left.

Eventually, they each bent over. And the last man sat on the ground...... Between the actions, it is extremely funny.

However, the rest of the room couldn't smile at all...... Only a chill rose from his heart - even those who had no knowledge of magic could be sure that it was a spell similar to 'charm', but that person had done it in the middle of a joke.

There were no spells, no movements, and no magic items that seemed to shine on him.

Several of the nobles almost crawled backwards, and none of them dared to shout stupid questions like 'bold and rude' and 'who are you'...... As for the so-called loyal protector of the Lord, we also have to look at the situation, how can this guy who appeared in front of the king silently be able to stop them by putting their lives on the line?

As a result, a wide space appeared in the small room, allowing the two pairs of eyes to look at each other silently.

"Interesting, can I know your honorific name?" the Emperor's brow twitched, but soon it began, and he paced slowly, returning to his seat, and slowly settling down. The serene question made the other party also raise his eyebrows: "Oh, although I am usually very short-tempered, but when it is really critical, I can calm myself down?"

The man in black took another sip of wine: "I remember, there have been many emperors in history who have been like this, such as that one?"

"The great and peacemaker crowned by Tyre, the god of justice, the glorious victor and the ever-expanding empire, the defender of justice and law, the second greatest emperor of my ancestors. ”

The young emperor whispered the title of the emperor to whom the other was referring, followed by his famous words: "'You must set an example for others, so that the shaken empire may be healed by you.'" This is his ambition that cannot be understood by mortals, and the fool can only see the nobles, bandits, and mobs he kills, but the so-called terror is in fact only a means, and if he does not have true calmness and wisdom, how can he not provoke the nobles to revolt after abolishing a large number of nobles? or even make them work harder? At a time when he lived, the military strength of the capital region had been greatly reduced, and it was impossible to maintain forty years of rule by terror alone. ”

"Oh, that's amazing. The man in black laughed, raised his glass, and then drank it all: "Sure enough, people who can be emperors are very powerful." He sighed, not knowing whether he was referring to the Redbeard Emperor or the Emperor in front of him

So the young emperor smiled as well, and also picked up a wine glass: "That old tree wine is just new wine, it is used to decorate the table, and the taste has completely deteriorated by the direct sunlight, if you are really interested." Actually, you should try this, thirty years of aging. But. Let's go back to the original question, haven't we asked your first name yet?"

"I thought. Would you be more interested in my purpose?"

"Actually, no matter what your purpose is, it will not succeed...... As for your identity, I do have only a little interest, but it doesn't matter, I have more people under me than I am good at asking, and they will tell me what I want to know. ”

"Self-confidence is also an important trait of being an emperor, and even if you don't have it, you have to build it, right?"

The man in black suddenly sighed lightly: "Sure enough, a friend of mine once said that he said to be an emperor." Actually, it's nothing good, it's too tiring and it's not worth it. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I probably understand it, it's like some people always think that the city is too noisy, and they want to live in the countryside, but after they go, they find all kinds of inconveniences. ”

"Tired?" the emperor of the new empire was stunned, and then shook his head slightly: "In this world, there is no zài for nothing. ”

"Of course it's not tired. It's not worth it. ”

The man in black said, "Emperor...... It looks like there's everything, a lot of territory, a lot of people, and they're all listening to your orders. Actually, what you have is nothing more than a name. ”

"The women in your territory are all yours, but there are only a few you can meet. They want your children all their hearts. Then I will kill you even more wholeheartedly, and it is definitely better to be the queen mother than to be the queen mother...... All the money in your realm is yours. But you have to keep giving it to the people, the nobles. And the mage...... Otherwise, they will repay you with all kinds of troubles. Don't listen to your orders. In the end, your territory is all yours, but you may not even be able to get out of this castle, otherwise there will be countless people shouting around you, why are you in danger of the safety of all the people, you must not move lightly......"

He said to himself, as if he were communicating with an old friend:

"What is an emperor? Actually, it's just a name, my friend said, there was an emperor who ruled the whole continent during his lifetime, but when he died, their subordinates hid the news of his death, and replaced his appointed heir with a fool in his name, and his empire was gone, and there was an emperor who didn't run his empire for decades, but his empire still functioned as usual...... So the emperor, the king, the chief, the stuff like that, as long as you have that name, it doesn't matter if you die or not......"

This time, the emperor of the new empire was also silent.

In the small hall, you can hear the needle dropping.

But soon, the silence was broken by the rumbling sound coming in from the window, and the burst of fire reflected the crystal of the window, rendering the whole room orange-red in an instant.

"It's all nonsense. The emperor of the empire sneered: "How can someone who has not been an emperor know about the emperor?"

"That's what I refuted Edward. ”

The man in black sighed softly, but his gaze seemed to fall into the distance: "But when I became this king, another year passed, I knew that there were some things, in fact, I really didn't have to do it to know." It's a pity that smart people don't do it, and stupid people have to do it, just like you and me......"

"You ......"

The Emperor of the Empire was startled, and for the first time carefully looked at the seemingly ordinary face in front of him, and then finally gradually overlapped it with the shadow of the king that he had only seen in illusions in his memory!

"Your Imperial Elector Legion, the three archmages, tens of thousands of troops, and the more than 10,000 slaves are gone. ”

The king of Tumenis whispered, and then paused: "So, here it is, here it is." ”

He slowly stretched out his hand, and the wine glass in his hand seemed to salute the emperor, but the wine in the cup had been emptied, and only a little remnant slowly slid down from the mouth of the glass, red as blood.

Drops of blood poured out from the neck of the emperor of the new empire, from point to line, and finally into a ......

In the splatters of blood, the young emperor's head had already rolled to the ground.

After a long time, a few exclamations burst out of the mouths of the nobles, and several people widened their eyes, looking at the corpse that was spurting blood and lodging, and they couldn't accept the fact that the emperor was dead, and a few people who had a little control ability immediately fell silent, knowing that this kind of expression was easy to incur disgust, and it was likely to be the fate of following His Majesty. There were also two or three timid ones who had already rolled their eyes, but they had saved themselves the pain of thinking. Only a few guards remained seated on either side. His eyes stared blankly at this qiē, and he did not react.

So in the middle of a huge room. There was silence.

"It's a pity, I thought that the emperor's affairs, the emperor would definitely know. ”

The black-robed king stood up, stretched out his hand, and the head of the man who had tumbled to the ground flew in front of him, and stopped in front of him, staring at the widening eyes of self-sufficiency, and he sighed softly, and wiped them with his hand. Then his gaze moved slightly. Turning the strange faces of the nobles around him, he finally landed on the mage:

"Pretty smart. If you have a mere understanding of magical combat, you should be much better than those mages who are used to sitting in the real yàn room. ”

As he spoke, most of the spells that had been prepared in the mage's hand dispersed, and the burst of flames scorched his right hand to black!

Cold sweat trickled down the mage's face, and his face was as pale as death, but he actually gritted his teeth and didn't shout, just bent down and hung his head. He saluted the man in black slightly: "Master of the Five Rings, Torifedo, is willing to serve you, Your Majesty." ”

The young king of Tumenis smiled coldly. He looked at the mage up and down, but did not speak.

"Traitors are not to be trusted. But it was not the Empire that I swore allegiance to, but His Majesty Alexander. The mage's Adam's apple slid slightly. The difficulty continues: "He's dead, I'm still alive." A mage should not die because of the rise and fall of a kingdom. The only thing that could make him die willingly was the mystery of magic. ”

The king remained silent.

"I have condensed my real name, I can give it to you, my power is low, but I am the one who knows the territory best, and I am also Alevelde...... His Majesty's henchman, there is a lot I can do before the news of his death comes out. ”

The king looked at him and smiled:

"Well, what do you want to do?"

"The emperor is dead or alive, for you...... It doesn't matter to you, what matters is the territory of the province of Stellland, and the soldiers in this city, so the traces of the people of the Sanderland family are the most important. It's just that this duke has always been extremely cunning, he has been operating here for a long time, and with your attack, he is afraid that he and his family will hide in the shelter, which is a secret place that even the emperor does not know, and the forest is underground, there are several magic circles guarding it, and there are six or seven exits, if there are not enough troops to block these exits, it will be difficult to catch them. In addition, I do not think it is appropriate to spread the news of the fall of this place at once, but to send men to quickly control the territory of the three dukes, whose forces have been mobilized by this expedition, and whose defenses are extremely weak, and who can be ...... as long as they control their capital."

The mage's voice was calm, but the speed of his speech became faster and faster, and he pointed out the defensive weaknesses of several counties and provinces of the new empire one by one, and at the same time presented the method of capture that he had thought of, not caring at all about the contempt and anger in the eyes of a few remnants of nobles, and he obviously did not just think about these problems, the proposed method was not high, but it was more feasible, and the loss was minimal, and the young king listened quietly, nodding slightly from time to time. But just this slight gesture had already reassured the mage that he had gained the trust of the king, at least his life was safe.

However, as time gradually passed, this sense of stability in my heart began to be shaken, shattered, and finally dissipated!

He couldn't stop.

As a mage, he may not be wise enough, but at least he knows that these secrets are the only remaining means to protect his life, and once they are fully spoken, his role will end - as a mage, he has only just touched the edge of the door of truth, and he may be regarded as precious in the Empire, but he has no advantage at all when it comes to talents like Tuminis, who is known as the Little Magic Kingdom.

Therefore, he will at least wait until he is given his real name, and at that time, although his life and death are completely in the hands of the other party, at least in the hands of His Majesty the King, in other words, he will become a direct subordinate, or there is more than half a chance that he can live.

But now, he has said enough, but he is still talking about it, the new empire is still controlling the twelve counties and provinces, he has already said the eighth, and the two counties and provinces near the west are actually very tired under the attack of Tumenis, and there is no need for any means to pacify, and it is useless to say anything.

His face was already a dead ash, and sweat was running down his jaw, but no matter how much he tried to stop talking, his lips and even his limbs were not controlled at all...... Even the mind is constantly surging upward, spewing out all the secrets in the heart constantly!

After two hourglass scales, he finally stopped, gasping heavily, and fell headlong to the ground.

But the secrets he knew had been told without reservation.

The mage closed his eyes, and he had already thought of several possibilities in his heart, but the best outcome was only to be killed as an example, to buy people's hearts, and traitors were not valued by the ruler at any time, and if they could betray once, they could betray a second time......

However, I don't know if it was Lady Luck flying over his head at the moment, and the king didn't seem to care about his life or death at all.

Holding the head of the dead emperor in his hand, he raised his gaze thoughtfully, and although his vision was empty, he did not give up his attention...... Until a moment later, he held out his hand (to be continued......)