Realizing this, Rose Marquis opened his mouth wide, and a huge wave was instantly created in his heart.
Before that, when he saw with his own eyes that there was indeed a fifth-level powerhouse named Huzhang beside Lei Xiao, although Marquis Rose seemed calm on the surface, he was already touched in his heart.
You know, even among the three princes who are fighting openly and secretly inside and outside the royal capital, only the eldest prince has the support of the White Knight!
This undoubtedly means that, at least in terms of top combat power, Her Royal Highness is indeed qualified to compete with the three princes!
"It is worth mentioning that, as the name suggests, the White Knight is a fifth-level strong man who strictly abides by the spirit of chivalry. Although he is powerful, he rarely participates in the intrigues between the three princes."
While feeling shocked in his heart, Rose Marquis lightly licked his orchid fingers and fell into deep thought again.
"It is said that even the ruthless eldest prince refused to carry out some of the shady assassination orders personally issued by him, and only loyally guarded the eldest prince's safety."
"Therefore, the eldest prince, who has the support of most of the traditional nobles, has not achieved an absolutely overwhelming advantage even though he has the allegiance of the White Knight, a fifth-level powerhouse."
"After all, in the past two to three hundred years, due to complex reasons such as conflicts of interest and ideological contradictions, Leng Yan's new nobles, who have always been at odds with Leng Yan's traditional nobles, have gradually formed an extremely terrifying scale, and they have spent all their money.
The strong man and family wealth fully support the second prince."
"As for the fourth prince who claims to be supported only by wealthy businessmen, he is still very strong. This undoubtedly means that there is obviously a powerful mysterious force behind him."
Thinking of this, Marquis Rose brought his thoughts back to reality and looked at Lei Xiao with reverence.
And now, right in front of him, Her Royal Highness, the weakest princess, has received the full support of Your Excellency Ke Qing, and now has two powerful fifth-level warriors at the national level by her side!
While his mind was agitated, the Rose Marquis, whose rugged face turned red, continued to think.
"However, although I don't know the terrifying origin of this young and mysterious guest minister, if there are only two fifth-level powerhouses, it is naturally far from enough. After all, a large-scale battlefield and a small-scale fierce battle
Fighting is completely different."
"You must know that the forces of the other three princes have already spread throughout Lengyan, covertly and covertly. Each prince has at least hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of heavy troops in his hands."
"Once the war begins, no matter how powerful the two fifth-level warriors are, one of them can contain or even destroy an army of ten thousand people, but the other armies can still easily completely destroy Kongqing Town by taking advantage of this moment.
Razed to the ground.”
"All in all, although the strength of the fifth-level strongman can be regarded as the ceiling of the human race's combat power and can almost instantly kill any strong person below the fourth level, it does not mean that he is invincible. Once the energy in the body is exhausted, it will naturally be the end of the hero.
It’s time.”
"Thus, wars in the past have shown that in most cases, the powerful fifth-level warriors are not directly used as combat power on the battlefield, but are used as an excellent tactical trump card. At critical positions and moments, give your opponent a thunderous fatal blow."
Thinking of this, Marquis Rose's eyes lit up, and he obviously realized something.
"No wonder, on the border battlefield, Your Excellency Keqing defeated the Holy Night Army's three main legions and five miscellaneous legions with only one main legion and two miscellaneous legions with low morale..."
"It can be imagined that Your Excellency Keqing obviously used these two fifth-level powerhouses as trump cards to the extreme, and adopted some other unexpected and powerful methods, and finally achieved such a great victory!"
Looking at Lei Xiao excitedly, Marquis Rose sighed in his heart: "I remember a general who had experienced hundreds of battles once said that the most difficult thing in the world is to guess the opponent's true intention on the battlefield. "
"But Your Excellency Ke Qing was still able to strategize and achieve such a great victory when facing the famous Red Devil of the Holy Night Moon Palace on a rapidly changing battlefield. This shows that Your Excellency Ke Qing does not seem to be just relying on his strength. You are extremely low-key and keep your secrets secret."
Just as Marquis Rose was filled with emotions.
On the other side, looking at Rose Marquis, who sometimes looked at him with inexplicable excitement, holding an orchid in his hand, Lei Xiao shivered involuntarily, and instantly felt goosebumps all over his body.
"I think I finally realized clearly why Ariel has no way to deal with her."
Thinking of this in a dumbfounded way, Lei Xiao regained his composure, and then said to the person waiting in front of him: "Okay, Hongye, I'll leave the rest to you."
"Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will definitely clean this place."
I saw Hongye bowing slightly, smiling at Lei Xiao, and the flame in his hand rose a little more violently.
"Your Excellency, this powerful woman, while you are destroying that abominable slime, please pay a little attention to the other wine barrels that are still intact..."
Immediately afterwards, Marquis Rose, who regained his composure, followed cautiously.
On the other side, after hearing the instructions of Marquis Rose, for the sake of the lord, Hongye could only frown and nodded, and then said: "Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion."
"Then let's get out of here first."
Nodding with satisfaction, Lei Xiao immediately took his own steps and walked towards the entrance of the passage where he came from just now.
That's it, except for the red night that is getting ready to go.
Under the guidance of Marquis Rose, Lei Xiao and his party returned to the vast wine cellar hall just now.
"Speaking of which, according to Hong Ye, this kind of devouring slime was extinct in the blank era, and it was a certain princely force who put this terrible monster here... How did they find it? , this kind of extinct monster that has disappeared in the long river of history?”
Thinking of this with confusion, Lei Xiao stared at the neat rows of oak barrels in front of him, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
No matter what, it can be seen from this incident.
The power of the three princes was obviously much more unpredictable than he had previously expected.
"Well, now is not the time to think about this. Let's find a way to recruit the Rose Marquis as soon as possible. Being able to get this knowledgeable Lord of Blue Cold Castle will have a great impact on me in every aspect.
help.”
"By the way, I don't have any idle fourth-level recruitment orders on my body at the moment. I only have ten second-level recruitment orders that I have accumulated in the past two days and have not yet been upgraded. Let's upgrade them first and then talk about it."
Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao immediately began to upgrade.
Immediately afterwards, a series of familiar prompts sounded in Lei Xiao's ears.
[Congratulations, your "Second Level Recruitment Order" has been upgraded to "Third Level Recruitment Order"! 】
[Congratulations, your "Second Level Recruitment Order" has been upgraded to 105 "Second Level Recruitment Orders"! 】
…
[Congratulations, your "Second Level Recruitment Order" has been upgraded to "Fourth Level Recruitment Order"! 】
…
"Sure enough, I got another fourth-level recruitment order!"
After hearing the prompt, Lei Xiao couldn't help but feel a hint of joy on his face, and he immediately began to take inventory secretly.
After some inspection, Lei Xiao discovered.
I have obtained a total of 1 level 4 recruitment order, 4 level 3 recruitment orders, and 530 level 2 recruitment orders.
"At present, including the newly acquired ones, I have more than 2,800 first-level recruitment orders, 570 second-level recruitment orders, 6 third-level recruitment orders, plus 1 fourth-level recruitment order? Yes, yes, conquer the Rose Marquis.
The preparations are complete.”
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao's eyes fell on Marquis Rose, who still looked like he was suffering from pain, and asked: "Your Excellency, City Lord, which prince's envoy do you think is the one who released this slime?
"
"Your Excellency, guest, according to my analysis, the initial size of this Devouring Slime should be smaller than ordinary slimes. According to my memory, these three waves of envoys did not bring any suspicious items.
This underground wine cellar is most likely hidden directly in the clothes."
Nodding to Lei Xiao, Marquis Rose mused: "From a time perspective, the envoys from the First Prince's faction came the earliest, a month ago, and the last wave of envoys came a week ago.
From this, the suspicion of the First Prince's faction can almost be ruled out, because when I led the last wave of envoys in, I didn't find any clues."
"That's right. Although I don't know how long it took for the Devouring Slime to grow to the size it is today, but it couldn't have been a month ago. Otherwise, when Shuanghua Qing went in for the last time, he would have been
You will be aware of it.”
Ariel nodded slightly and said thoughtfully.
"What Her Royal Highness the Princess said is absolutely true, and the second and fourth prince's envoys were only three days apart. Moreover, when the last wave of the fourth prince's envoys arrived, they only stayed in the second wine area for a short time.
I did not visit carefully, so I did not pay attention to the situation deep in the wine cellar."
Then he nodded, and the Marquis of Rose seemed to think of the missing rose again. While scanning the ground, he added: "As for the second prince's envoy, he was walking around in the second wine area.
Circle, the most suspicious.
However, even though the fourth prince’s envoys only stayed for a short while, one of them has been chatting with me. Now that I think about it, it is possible that he did it deliberately to distract me.”
"So that's it. It seems that the suspicion of the second prince and the fourth prince's envoy cannot be ruled out. However, I think there is a third possibility."
Gently rubbing his chin, Lei Xiao muttered: "That is, among the envoys of the second and fourth princes, there is actually a team sent by the eldest prince to pretend to be, and of course they want to get rid of you.
Moreover, the cleverness of this move is that if it fails, it can transfer your hatred to the other two princes."
"this……"
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, the Rose Marquis was stunned for a moment, then suddenly enlightened, he nodded and said: "Your Excellency, Keqing, is right. Judging from the eldest prince's seemingly upright, but in fact sinister and cunning character, this possibility is
It’s really not small!”
After speaking, the Marquis of Rose swallowed involuntarily, and then murmured to himself: "I thought that without the participation of the eldest prince, the pressure on me would be less, but with that said, I have indeed been taken over by all three princes.
Are you following?"
"If that's the case, what are you going to do next, Your Excellency the City Lord?"
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao continued: "It is conceivable that if the other party fails this time, they will not give up. I am afraid that what will happen next time will be an even more violent storm."
"Your Excellency, Ke Qing, is right."
Involuntarily sighing, the Rose Marquis frowned and said: "Originally, I planned to bite the bullet and not get involved in this power dispute. But judging from the current situation, it is precisely because of this stupid decision that let
My life, and even the entire family’s foundation, were almost destroyed.”
After finishing speaking, Marquis Rose looked at Lei Xiao's indifferent face and couldn't help but have a myriad of thoughts.
Just as I had thought before, compared with the other three waves of princes' envoys from the royal capital not long ago.
Although the guest minister and the princess in front of them also have the purpose of winning over themselves, their sincerity and attitude are completely different from the previous arrogant and unreasonable envoys.
He even helped himself solve this fatal crisis at his own risk.
Thinking of this, Rose Marquis felt grateful, first biting his big lip, pondering for a moment, and then finally made up his mind, and tentatively said to Lei Xiao: "Your Excellency, your Excellency, the first time you and Your Highness Princess
Does the purpose of coming here still count?"
"Of course, it would be great if someone like the City Lord joins us."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao smiled lightly.
"Very good!"
Hearing the sound, Marquis Rose first nodded to Lei Xiao, and then came to Ariel and wanted to salute.
However, before he could make any move, Ariel quickly waved her hand and said: "Shuanghua Qing, the person you want to truly be loyal to is not me, but my master."
After saying that, Ariel bowed to Lei Xiao and then stood aside obediently.
"Her Royal Highness the princess's master?! Your Excellency, guest, who are you?!"
Seeing this scene, Rose Marquis couldn't believe his eyes and froze on the spot, looking dumbfounded.
"Ariel, tell this surprised city lord everything about me."
Nodding to Princess Leng Yan beside him, Lei Xiao still maintained a faint smile.
Immediately afterwards, Ariel briefly described to Rose Marquis Lei Xiao's identity as an alien lord, his preparations to support her in becoming the Queen of Cold Flames, and the terrifying catastrophe that might come at any time.
"It turns out that what we see is just a trivial power dispute in front of us, while what the lord is looking at is what is about to happen in the distance and is a terrible catastrophe that will sweep the entire continent. The gap is simply
It’s hard to describe in words…”
"But such a big shot, who can conquer even Her Royal Highness the Princess, is willing to risk encountering an unknown monster for me, an insignificant little city lord, to come to this underground wine cellar..."
Thinking of this, Marquis Rose did not hesitate, and immediately knelt down in front of Lei Xiao, saying sincerely: "My subordinate Shuanghua Oak, I am willing to swear allegiance to the lord!"
