Whether you have been to Redkar or heard of Redkar, most of them know the name of the first emperor of the Frey Empire, Emperor Frey, who single-handedly ruled the free world.
The legendary figure who created half of the Free Continent and established the Fleur Empire that flourished hundreds of years ago. He is the object of admiration in the hearts of many aborigines who have lived here for several generations, and is also respected by many people in the world.
Source. Even today, hundreds of years later, at least half of the people on the continent are unwilling to recognize the rule of the empire, but this influence and image are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even every player in the free world has a crush on her.
There are countless treasures of great deeds in the past, but if someone asks for more details about the empress herself, not everyone may be able to answer them.
For example... what this woman once looked like.
"According to the legend that the players have inquired about, this statue was erected for her by the residents of the city at that time."
Noticing Duan Qing's looking back to observe, Huan Meng introduced him with a smile: "The record is the scene she left here when she led the army into the city."
"At that time? Here?" Duan Qing asked with a puzzled face: "Is the posture also like this?"
"should be."
Looking back at the image of a woman kneeling on one knee, holding a sword and lowering her head, Huan Meng shook her head: "It has been hundreds of years, and no one can confirm these things. In the history written by the empire, there are no
They are some words of praise, and there are very few historical facts recorded..."
"……Hey."
Inexplicably recalling the sentence he saw in Falling Star Mountain, Duan Qing smiled and continued to ask: "Then what was this action, or what she... wanted to express at that time?"
"Pray? Or celebrate? Who knows." Huan Meng waved his hand somewhat meaninglessly: "I'm not the type who likes to delve into the history of games, and it's not like you don't know..."
"It's really useless." So Duan Qing raised his contemptuous eyes again: "I am a local snake, but I don't know why. Just now I couldn't even guess the venue of the competition..."
"Who, whose! Aren't I going to take you there, although I'm not sure if that place is right now..."
"Do you dare to make sure before leaving? For example, confirm with your members..."
"Yeah, I forgot about it."
After patting his forehead, Huanmeng waved his fingers and started to operate: "I have been in the game for too long, and these functions have become unsuitable..."
"You can forget this. How long have you been immersed in it?"
"The word immersion is an exaggeration, but it is true after playing for a long time." Lowering his head to connect with something, Huanmeng answered unconsciously: "You will know when you get to the empire. This is a place that has been enveloped by a generation of heroes.
There are so many stories, the missions are so long, and there are so many ruins that I want to explore, how can I have so much time to take care of them. If there weren’t always people in the guild asking for this and that, I wouldn’t want to worry about their affairs..."
"It's unlucky for them to meet a president like you." Duan Qing sneered, "It's a miracle that none of you have overthrown your rule now."
"Nonsense, don't look at how many things I have done for them." The man in the trench coat shook his head with dignity: "When it comes to relationships in the empire, no one can be more knowledgeable than me! Like the last time I went to request
Regarding the Roland family's recruitment of disciples, who can directly enter their door like me?"
"...Then you finally begged?"
"Uh, well...how on earth do you know?"
"Just ask around and find out, okay?" Duan Qing shook off the image of a man named Qingtian in his mind and pointed at the people behind him: "A guy like you still wants to brag in front of us.
Not afraid of throwing the cow to death..."
"Uh...ah hahaha, it's been a long time since we last met. I want to re-establish my glorious image as a brother...ah! Yes, yes, I thought no one would go to the game today..."
"How disorganized you will be... We can't imitate them."
As the girl murmured in a low voice, her dream that was streaking through the air finally stopped, and then she sighed and raised her head: "Sure enough...it's right there."
"Where is it?"
"You just follow me."
After closing the screen in front of him, the man in the trench coat looked up at the high wall above the street, briefly identified the direction, and then began to lead the way: "Have you... heard a word?"
"What?"
"A warrior is the noblest profession and the most ordinary profession."
"...From the perspective of a professional player, there seems to be nothing wrong with this sentence."
Amid the sounds of crowds and footsteps, the gentle voice of a whisper rang out at the right time: "Which professional player left this behind?"
"It's not the player's." Huanmeng walking in front shook his head: "It's Tolia Fleur."
"...Is that Fleur?"
"It's that Fleur."
After turning a corner, everyone followed Huanmeng's footsteps and came to the bottom of a high wall: "The empire's martial arts style is very strong. You should all know this, but Redkar a few hundred years ago was just a man.
The residents in ordinary towns, and even the residents of the entire empire, are just simple ordinary people."
"Everything started to change with Emperor Frey."
He pointed to the other side of the high wall and said in a low voice.
"There is……"
"Imperial Palace." Huan Meng explained: "But... judging from the appearance of this server, we probably can't get in now, although we usually have no way to get in..."
"So high..." Qianzhihe raised his head: "Is it built on a mountain?"
"There seemed to be a mountain there, but it was later leveled by the empire." Huanmeng explained: "Then this palace was built...at the highest place in the city."
"Get up... the parliament hall of your principality is at the lowest place in Tania City, right?" The man in the trench coat who arrived here smiled inexplicably: "It's really ironic."
"... When I was in the fortress before, I remembered that you were coming to Tania." Duan Qing asked: "Have you come yet?"
"...Let's continue the previous topic."
After being silent for a while with her eyes closed, Huan Meng did not give any explanation, but picked up the previous topic: "Fule is a warrior, and whether it is her own strength or her understanding of warriors, at that time, it was probably
No one can match them. But for some reason, she didn't have half any respect for her own use of force to become king. Instead, after becoming emperor, she was more willing to continue her life in an ordinary way. After ascending the throne,
, she still participated in many domestic competitions as a warrior, and even some public activities on the continent. Many records at the time also recorded her traveling alone and anonymously on the continent. Although she was a woman,
But she opposes peaceful solutions, preferring straightforwardness and straightforwardness, and is more willing to solve problems in a warrior way. She has also implemented a lot of measures in the country, the purpose of which... is to make everyone who wants to become a warrior,
Being able to stand on an equal footing with countless powerful warriors in the empire.”
"To use the words of some current NPCs, she is promoting a theory similar to the Magic Empire's grading." Huan Meng finally said: "It's just that this time, the evaluation criterion she uses is not the power of magic, but the power of warriors."
"Is this okay?" Duan Qing asked, "Won't anyone rebel?"
"Of course...no." Huanmeng sighed: "Based on my experience as the third generation president, she is just playing around. If someone really wants to cause trouble, maybe..."
"It's more to her liking."
"..."
The feeling of wanting to laugh but not being able to laugh filled the middle of the team. It was as if everyone felt the aura of king that the legendary woman was born with in the few words spoken before the dream. However, this feeling did not last long.
, quietly dissipated in a suddenly opened field of vision - as the number of people passing by increased, several people passed through the shadows enclosed by high walls and streets, and came to a spacious square.
Messy stone roads and irregular flowers are scattered around the square in twos and threes. Except for some large statues and magic lamps, there is not much worth noting here. But everyone who comes here
, most likely they would not notice these trivial details, because on the opposite side of the square, at the farthest end of the field of vision, a building surrounded by tall oval stone walls suddenly appeared in front of them, standing in front of the city.
On the corner.
"Is that there?" Duan Qing asked this obvious question in a low voice, looking at the obvious lines divided by huge stones like a city wall.
"That's right there." Huan Meng replied: "The Empire's fighting arena is also... the Empire's execution ground."
"execution ground?"
"Unlike the Tal Balance in your principality, all death row prisoners in the empire will eventually be brought to this place for the final trial." The man in the trench coat held his hat in a posture, as if he was telling a painful story: "
They will be thrown into the arena for ten life-and-death battles. If they survive, they will be exiled to Brünnhilde in the far north. If they fail to survive..."
Huan Meng clasped his hands together: "That's just right."
"Such a barbaric execution method..." Mengzhu curled her lips and said, "Only the people of the empire can think of it."
"No, this is not an execution method, but a rule." Huanmeng looked at the girl, then shook his head and said: "Compared to being killed directly, they have at least one chance to survive, whether they are war criminals or tax collectors.
, generals, blacksmiths, farmers, thieves... As long as it is the death penalty, they all have such an opportunity, or right."
"Use your own strength to exchange for your own future rights."
"Let me guess... Is this also the rule set by Emperor Frei?" He raised his hand to block Mengzhu who jumped up and wanted to refute. Duan Qing shook his head and said: "It's been so long..."
"Even this building was built by Fleur herself." Huanmeng touched her nose and said, "So...this rule was regarded as a creed and continues to this day."
"'Dying as a warrior is the fate that everyone deserves.' When you get to that place, you will see this sentence." He pointed in the direction of the building, and the crowd gradually gathered.
Place: "It's carved on that stone. It's said that Fleur wrote it herself."
"As a warrior...?" Duan Qing sighed: "It's a beautiful wish, but... I'm afraid not many people can realize it."
"That's why I don't want to come to this place." Huanmeng shook his head: "It's not that easy to gamble on life. If my investigation is correct... tens of thousands of bones have been buried in this place.
, and the older they are...the more they are."
"...Why is this?"
"Because the times go forward, the people on the Free Continent become stronger." Huanmeng explained: "There are naturally more people killed and killed here. The piles of people are simply too horrible to look at.
Let alone NPCs, even the players saw it... Sigh, believe me, you definitely don’t want to witness that scene."
"So it finally came to light, this is still an execution." Sensing the heaviness of the atmosphere, Duan Qing shook his head and looked at the dark stone wall in front of him, summarizing the previous theme in one sentence: "And according to what you mean,
Their efficiency and success rate are quite high...hasn't anyone escaped using this rule over the years?"
"No, not one."
Huan Meng chuckled: "Because...since Emperor Frey, the one who supervises the final execution of this rule is the emperor himself in each generation."
"Go to the palace and look at the row of portraits of previous emperors. From left to right there are more than twenty, which are the collection of the last gatekeepers of each generation of the arena." He laughed and said: "Just take Fu
Lei Lai, she has cut off countless heads in her life, and the lives she has destroyed here with her own hands...are enough to line up from here to the city gate of Redcar."
"This is her fighting arena and her execution platform." He stopped laughing and pointed at the seemingly invisible stone wall: "And everything here... is the most powerful family in the Fleur Empire.
The proof is also a monument to them.”
"Of course...it's also a nightmare for all their enemies."
"Then...did that empress also kill many innocent people?" The originally majestic image was covered with a halo of blood. The girl grabbed her pigtails and asked, "Such a powerful person..."
"Those people are all death row prisoners in name only. Let's not..." Duan Qing pressed her head and whispered: "Those who can survive the first nine levels are not ordinary people, right?"
"There is no merciful law in the heart of the superior." The whisperer on the side stroked his head and laughed: "It is somewhat similar to my philosophy, oh hehe..."
"What a liar." Duan Qing curled his lips mercilessly, and then took the lead to walk under the oval building: "It's just a stadium, what's there to be afraid of... let's go!"
"You go first, I won't follow you in."
The wind-like man suddenly shook his head: "I have other agreements with... the people in our guild, just wait for them here. After you go in, go up the stairs, it's easy to
If you can find a way into the infield, there will probably be no guards..."
"Well, in that case..."
One of the six people separated in an instant, and then stood at the door for a while under the eyes of Huanmeng who came out. Then he gradually merged into the flow of people entering the arena and disappeared into the darkness of the entrance. He shook his head
He shook his head, then returned to the corner of the square he had just passed, and then waited quietly with his hands in his pockets amidst the sound of his windbreaker. At a certain moment, a player wearing a gray robe broke away from the crowd, and then at the same time
Amid the wind, he walked up to Huanmeng and said, "President."
"Coming? Where are the others?"
"They are all monitoring each other."
"……The results of it?"
"Except for the people on the list who didn't participate in the game from the beginning, basically everyone else came."
"...They are here too?"
"Yes, as long as they are participants in the competition."
"strangeness……"
The man in the trench coat pinched his chin: "Are they that confident...or have they been prepared for a long time?"
"President, should we..."
"...No need, let's continue watching."
Lifting up his coat, a strange smile appeared on Huanmeng's face.
"The glory I have now cannot afford to be everyone's nanny."
This chapter has been completed!