Chapter 1170 The Relics of Taixi's Secretariat (1)
"He's coming."
On the dim bridge, a lonely figure stood in front of the huge observation window. Only darkness remained around him. The faint starlight from the asteroid belt shone on him, illuminating the silver-gray power armor, and even the hair spread on the shoulder armor became a gray texture.
When the figure in front of the observation window opened his mouth and spoke, a faint white mist floated in front of his face, and it was obvious that the temperature here was very low.
"Can you talk about this last moment? Queen Elena."
He seemed to be just talking to the air, but a quiet and quiet voice in the dark responded to him.
"We have nothing to talk about, Eagle of Death, I believe the one who is hiding behind the scenes has already told you enough."
"Queen Elena, I have told you a lot, so it may not be too much to ask for some reward? Although I am in that organization, I believe me and I am completely consistent with your interests."
There was only silence in the darkness, and the man continued:
"I just want to know how Xerxes found those things in the first place."
The silence lasted for a long time.
Finally, the sound rang-
"It was not what he found, but..."
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It has been three years since she married the King of Kings, which everyone admires, but Elena still feels distorted, as if she has just married an illusory god.
Of course, it is not to say that Xerxes treats her badly. In fact, Xerxes treats her very well. Not only will he always take time to accompany her, but he will also teach her many things she did not know in the past, astronomy, geography, political philosophy, and even military and swordsmanship.
But the more she spends time with the other person, the more she knows the other person, the more she feels that she really seems to have married a god, an omniscient and omnipotent god.
He is so powerful, yet so far away.
And he is really busy.
The territory of the Achaemenid Empire was expanding rapidly, and he spent most of his time conquering and diplomacy. Although he could take some time to accompany her, it was also very short.
Until the three years after Elena got married, the territory of the empire had reached an unprecedented breadth, and when it conquered almost most of the land, Xerxes stopped his conquest.
It was during this period that Elena realized something was wrong with her husband.
He began to become a little anxious, rushed, and worked hard to build the empire into a large fortress and a large military camp, and everything began to serve the military.
This caused some people's dissatisfaction, but Xerxes seemed to be unable to listen to anyone's words.
Although Xerxes married several concubines for political marriage in three years, they received less than one-tenth of Elena's favor. Even a concubine wanted to poison her because she was too jealous. After being discovered, Xerxes directly ordered her to be executed.
Of course, some people felt that only this official palace could persuade the king of kings, so they found Elena.
She also asked her husband why he became so anxious.
Finally, Xerxes confessed his reasons to Elena, the only person he trusted wholeheartedly—
"The green skin is coming."
At that time, Elena didn't know what greenskin was, Xerxes just explained to her:
"This is an extremely evil and bloodthirsty creature that lives among the stars, born for war and destruction, and now they have established a powerful and terrifying empire under the leadership of a tyrant, and the planet we are in is just not far from this empire."
After saying that, Xerxes sighed lightly, his face full of worry.
"Now, a green-skinned expeditionary fleet is heading straight here."
Although this may be just a small fleet, it is by no means something that this backward planet can resist now.
"Mazda's mercy-"
Elena couldn't help but cover her lips and her face was pale - because of Xerxes' education, she could already understand nouns such as the universe and the planet.
"Don't worry, I'll protect everyone."
Xerxes gently hugged his queen in his arms, and Elena shrank in the other person's arms like a baby being hugged, petite and fragile.
Closely pressing against her chest and listening to the thunderous heartbeat, Elena's heart gradually calmed down.
Yes, her husband is a god, and he must have a way to defeat those evil creatures.
"Your Majesty, why do you know this?"
"Half a year ago, a spacecraft landed on the surface of the planet. They called themselves wanderers. Some people's original home planet was the capital of the Green Skin Empire. After losing their homes, they have been wandering in the void. This time, due to engine failure and insufficient fuel, they had to land on the surface of the planet - they didn't even dare to stay in orbit because they were afraid of being discovered by the Green Skin reconnaissance ship. Those people were scared by the Green Skin."
"Ah, the spaceship?"
"I blocked the news, so no one knows now."
Feeling the other person's fingers gently brushing through his hair, Elena murmured, and her body tightened to the other person.
The two of them said nothing in this warm silence.
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Although I knew the reason for Xerxes' anxiety, Elena found that she could not help her husband at all, and could only help her when the other party handled government affairs. Although some people complained about this, they believed that the harem should not interfere in politics, but the King of Kings never paid attention to it.
Therefore, the attackers changed their thinking and began to point out intentionally or unintentionally that the queen had not given birth to children for three years and did not seem to be favored by Mazda.
Xerxes' response was to castrate the person who said this, and since then there was no more noise.
Despite this, Elena's anxiety continued to grow, and some bad rumors began to spread in the palace—
Haunted!
Some people claim that ghosts were seen walking through the towers and high walls of the palace, walking through the shadows.
The rumors became more and more real as time went by. The ghost only appeared at night, causing footsteps to be heard from the unmoved corridors, and from time to time there were dull words coming from the walls or under the stairs. The rushing sound sometimes swept through the empty halls, and the most common one was a high melody containing metal texture, as if played in a cave full of eternal echoes.
Those who heard these phenomena were patrolling palace guards, chefs and servants.
Visions appeared everywhere, starting from the spire of the high tower and all the way to the southernmost gate of the palace.
As the lord of the palace, Elena tried to deal with this matter, but the servants became cautious and no one wanted to stand up and report to his superiors that he had heard anything in an empty room or abandoned area.
Finally, she had to issue strict orders, and any phenomenon must be reported as soon as possible, and the violators will be executed!
Until one night, she received the report, so she immediately led the most elite palace eunuch "Wuqi" to the scene, vowing to catch any guy who dared to pretend to be a ghost.
The report was sent by a gardener, who was caring for a kind of flower that only blooms at night.
As a result, when Elena arrived, she found that Xerxes had been waiting there for a long time. The King of Kings told her that it was just a misunderstanding and dismissed the guards.
But Elena already knew her husband very well. She realized something was wrong from the other party's subtle expressions and movements-
Her king is lying.
In the following nights, Elena deliberately kept her light sleep.
Finally, one night, she found that Xerxes had left the bedroom alone, so she quietly followed her after waiting for a while - she knew that her husband had a sharp sense of senses and would definitely be discovered if he was too close.
Fortunately, Elena also has her own skills. Her sense of smell is very keen and can follow the smell of powder on Xerxes's body.
Soon, she found her husband in a remote courtyard.