In the early morning of the first day of the new year, when the hazy light of the dawn first stained the sky, there were already officials of the City Health Department who had set up a blockade on the Heroic Square, making various preparations on the square.

Many people in the imperial capital got up early in the morning, and some people even celebrated all night without sleeping, and now they came directly to the outside of the Heroic Square, waiting for the start of the last military parade in the 14th era of the imperial calendar.

Although the morning breeze is cold, but everyone is in high spirits, more and more people gather on the Heroic Square, the military parade only needs to use half of the venue of the square, and the other half is reserved for the people who come to watch the ceremony, the heroic square has already erected huge plane crystals, when the military parade is carried out, there will be illusion magicians will be projected live on each plane crystal for the people to watch, and in the main city of the thirty-two provinces, there are the same facilities, at that time, the Tongguò spatial information transmission array will transmit the image of the grand ceremony, and carry out live broadcast throughout the entire empire。

Therefore, at this time today, not only the Eternal City, but also the main city of the thirty-two major provinces of the empire where the military parade was live-streamed, also began to gather crowds early.

The sun's brilliance gradually dispelled some of the winter cold, the tall and majestic giant statue of the Howling Emperor stood majestically in the sun, when it was eight o'clock in the morning, the square of Valorant's Hero was already full of people, the temperature in the winter morning of the Eternal City was still very low, but at this time, if you were in the lively and noisy crowd, you would definitely not feel a little cold.

When two rows of royal guards in gold armor and red robes walked out of the Tower of Eternity neatly at nine o'clock, the crowd in the square erupted into cheers that resounded in the sky.

Amid the sound of trumpets and the sound of trembling drums, two rows of royal guards walked in front of the Tower of Eternity to the east and west, and one of every ten people held the imperial rose flag, and a golden rose bloomed brilliantly on the dark red flag, and the flags fluttered in the wind with the red robes of the royal guards, and the roses embroidered with gold thread bloomed with golden brilliance in the sun.

After the 2,000 royal guards, there is a royal ceremonial band with various musical instruments, and then there are six civil and military officials with three divisions, all the ministers and generals are holding their heads high, wearing neat official uniforms or bright armor, and those who can attend the military parade are all big figures in the imperial government and the opposition.

After the Royal Guard, the Royal Rite Band, and the Civil and Military Officials stood still in front of the Eternal Tower, there was a moment of silence in front of the Eternal Tower.

Then, a ray of light shot out from the gate of the Tower of Eternity.

With this ray of light, a low voice from nowhere resounded throughout the Heroic Square, overpowering all the noise: "His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Empress, His Royal Highness Prince Snow, and His Royal Highness Princess Lan have arrived-"

The cheers of the people in Heroic Square were a little quieter, and turned into bursts of soft discussion and exclamation.

The nine dragons are holding huge crystal beads on their heads, and the golden scales are as smooth as mirrors, and the nine dragons have different postures, or look up to the sky and roar, or look down at them, and the dragon scales like a mirror will glow on their own. The nine dragons are connected and encircled into a circle, the clouds and mist under the dragon's body are ethereal, completely suspended in mid-air, and the dragon's body is holding a huge gold and jade disc, which is the emperor's special Nine Dragons to control the emperor's chariot.

The Nine Dragons Riding Emperor Chariot slowly floated out of the Eternal Tower with a vast momentum, the entire Imperial Chariot was nearly 100 meters in diameter, in the center of the golden jade plate held by nine dragons, His Majesty Xià and Empress Xiaowei sat on the throne of the emperor and the queen on the left and right, on the left side of the column stood Di Xue, on the left side of Di Xue stood Master Tina, and on the right side of Empress Xiaowei stood Princess Dilan.

Dressed in white and gold imperial robes, his majesty wears a crown of roses, the crown is entwined by pure gold vines, and in front of his forehead is a rose flower, he holds a sword in one hand and a book in the other, the same as the giant stone statue of the Emperor Xiaotian, which symbolizes the coexistence of courage and wisdom.

Empress Xiaowei was dressed in a flame-like rose red dress, with a phoenix hairpin back bun and a ruby hanging from her forehead, showing the style of the emperor and queen of a country.

Because it is a big ceremony broadcast live across the country, Di Xue did not wear the black she usually wears, the black will look a little too dull, he and Princess Dilan are both pure white gold pro-dynasty clothes and princess palace clothes, the two stand next to Her Majesty and Empress Xiaowei, white clothes are fluttering, black hair is blowing, and the temperament is luxurious and chic.

Master Tina is still wearing the gray and black mage robe, which is the traditional attire of the chief archmage of the Divine Law Academy, and it must be worn on important occasions.

The little prince Emperor Huanxiao and the little princess Emperor Mengwei were not allowed to participate in this kind of heavy ceremony because they were not yet ten years old, so they were not on the emperor's chariot.

When the Nine Dragons Emperor Commander stopped at the Heroic Square, the civil and military officials standing on the east and west sides knelt down and shouted loudly: "Long live the Emperor - Long live the Empress - Her Royal Highness Prince Xue Wan An - Her Royal Highness Princess Lan Wan An - "

The ordinary people of the empire do not need to salute when they see the royal family, only the officials of the court and the army need to salute, which is a traditional rule left since the time of the Emperor Xiaotian, but at this time, after kneeling down after the civil and military officials, all the people who came to visit the military parade in the huge heroic square also spontaneously knelt on one knee and shouted: "Long live the emperor - Long live the queen - His Royal Highness Prince Snow Wan An - Her Royal Highness Princess Lan Wan An - "

The shouts of the people were not as neat as those of the civil and military officials, but because of this, they were also continuous, like the echoes of the hollow valley, which had a special momentum.

Leaning on the railing, His Majesty raised the Imperial Sword in his hand and said calmly: "Wait for you." The amplified magic array on the Nine Dragons Emperor's chariot spread his voice throughout the entire Heroic Square.

After the civil and military officials and many people got up, they leaned on the fence and raised the sword in their hands again: "The soldiers of the three armies, I am equal to showing the appearance of the army here, thinking that it will be reviewed!"

This is the official start of the military parade, after the words of His Majesty on the railing, immediately resounded in the Heroic Square with a continuous salute, and the first phalanx of the army that had been waiting for a long time began to march from the Heroic Square from east to west.

The iron armor is solemn, the battle is unfurled, the cold soldiers are shining and cold, the trumpet is long, the war drums are playing the vicissitudes of life, all the soldiers in the army phalanx are acting in unison, the slogans are shouting the sky, the military appearance and discipline are impeccable, showing the strength of the imperial army.

The crowd in the square also saw that the cheers and applause were higher and higher.

After the army's spear and shield soldiers, halberd soldiers, archers, light cavalry, heavy cavalry and other army phalanxes of various arms were reviewed, even the magic crystal artillery unit phalanx was on the field, this is the first time that the newly developed light magic crystal cannon appeared in front of the world.

After the army, it is the phalanx of the naval forces, and in the past, the naval forces could only be regarded as a small episode in the military parade, because there were only three phalanxes of the naval coastal defense troops, the naval sailors' phalanx, and the naval air force phalanx......

But this military parade made the Imperial Navy also show the limelight.

After the naval units wearing white and navy blue sailor uniforms walked into the Heroic Square, the air distorted after the three naval phalanxes, and then a blue wave appeared out of thin air on the Heroic Square, the waves of the Hanhai Sea were rolling, in the translucent illusion image, the ten most advanced magic power warships of the naval fleet were lined up in a line to follow the naval phalanx and slowly sailed through the Heroic Square, on the battleships, the naval soldiers saluted the Nine Dragons Emperor in unison, which attracted the amazement and admiration of the people in the square.

When the naval forces walked out of the Heroic Square, the illusionary images that occupied half of the Heroic Square disappeared after a blur, and the princess Dilan on the Imperial Throne finally breathed a sigh of relief...... Fortunately, the illusion image recorded in advance was not revealed......

Finally, there is the most anticipated air force.

The first to play was still the army phalanx on land, and the air force soldier phalanx such as airship control troops, air force airborne troops, ground logistics support troops, etc., marched to the heroic square, and while the land soldier phalanx was reviewing, a row of black spots also appeared in the far sky.

The first to arrive over Valorian Square was a formation of air force airships.

The four main types of airships of the Air Force, namely, the rapid maneuvering airship formation, the heavy bombing airship formation, the reconnaissance airship formation, and the transport airship formation, are divided into four formations, and each team of ten airships slowly sails over the Heroic Square with the phalanx of marching land soldiers, and the large or small hulls cast shadows of different sizes on the ground.

The atmosphere of the crowd reached its highest moment, and people jumped for joy and waved their arms and threw flowers at the airships that flew high in the sky.

After the airship is lined up, it can be called the finale of the military parade - the magic UFO troops.

In the far sky, you can already see the slender and magnificent clouds with the naked eye, and the clouds are from far and near, quickly extending from the sky to the heroic square.

It's closer...... It's closer...... The unique sound of the staggered magic array of magic flying saucers could already be heard, and the ten magic flying saucers with patterns all over the magic formation finally appeared in people's field of vision.

Ten magic flying saucers with the model "War Sword", which are the main equipment of the Imperial Air Force, are constantly changing the way of formation in the air to perform flight performances, or in circles or horizontal rows, constantly approaching the Heroic Square.

Di Xue also looked up at the flying saucer line that was approaching, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

In the south of Heroic Square, in the attic of a high-rise building on the edge of the square, Mingjing was holding a glass of wine, lazily sinking into the soft sofa, hearing the noise of exclamation and admiration from the window, and turned his head to look out the window at the ten "battleship" flying saucers approaching Heroic Square in the distant sky, and the corners of his lips were slightly curled.

She looked up and drank the wine from the glass, threw it away in a dashing manner, and reached out to move it on the chessboard in her hand.

The first son, she moved as a pawn, a fearless pawn

(It should be noted that although the book incorporates some other elements, the foundation is still Western fantasy, so for the sake of context, the pieces referenced in this chapter and later chapters will be pawns, knights, castles, bishops, queens, and kings in chess, not rooks and horses in Chinese chess......

Let's make a good start today, and I'll have two more tomorrow!)