The carriage stopped on the straight tree-lined road. The elf guards in silver armor raised their spears and stood still. They opened the carriage door with one hand and the owner jumped out of the carriage. It was Brianne.
The elf princess looked across the glittering Lele River at the towering palace on the other side. The outline of King Kaolin-Ithurion's city shone with a soft halo in the sun. In order to make it look magnificent, its designer deliberately flattened it. The surrounding buildings.
The silver maple trees decorate the building complex with flowers, and it will become the most beautiful landscape in the Grande between October and November. But now that midsummer is not over, this stern royal palace will only make people feel depressed.
Another person got out of the car.
His tall figure had to bend down as much as possible to prevent his long horns from touching the car door. Tenerik stooped and got out of the car, then straightened up and stood on the ground, even a head taller than the carriage. .
This made it feel like a giant in a cage when it was sitting on the carriage. That feeling made it not want to experience this human travel tool again, but this lizard prince was taciturn and was not always good at expressing his emotions. .
"Your Highness Teneric, I can only send you to this place," Brianne said. "If you want to return to the White Skull Clan, I can send you a ship, but now the empire has declared war on the Great Council. , that route is not safe.”
"No," Tenaric shook his head, "There are traitors in the Great Council. I want to go to Asuka. Now the sea of light is extinguished, and the prophecy has been fulfilled."
Brianne turned her gaze back, "That's the territory of the San Juan pirates, but I know someone who can tame them. You can ask the Fenrisians to send you a fleet of blood ships to take you to that place. I happen to have a ship going there. Cloudhaven, the Fenrisians should be happy to see their hero return, and you can bring them news about Ed."
Teneric nodded, "Thank you, Your Highness Princess."
"You're welcome, I'm just dropping by."
Tenerik's lizard-like vertical pupils stared at the golden fountain square outside the maple forest. The irises reflected the colorful sunlight, reflecting the scene there, the crowds gathered, the many carriages, and the people seemed to be welcoming some important person.
Brianne noticed its gaze and looked in that direction. "It's the coat of arms of the Mordekaiser family," she said, "Duke Phoenix is rumored to be going to the royal capital for an audience. His envoy should have arrived first. , his eldest son... The duke's heir had been missing for a long time and was found unexpectedly recently. However, the heir's recovery at least temporarily eased the situation in the southern border. After the turmoil in the southern border, that person was extremely suspicious of the duke. ."
The elf princess shook her head and was not very optimistic about this meeting. The Duke was extremely loyal to the royal family, but such loyalty was of no value in the face of a real power struggle. The royal party and the prime minister couldn't wait to control the southern territory. .
If it were just Phoenix City, it wouldn't be that the royal party couldn't tolerate a royal gatekeeper.
However, the Southern Council is unruly, and there are deeper undercurrents surging beneath it. Among the three families in the Southern Territory, only the Mordekaiser family has expressed its stance, which in turn puts it at the forefront of the storm.
Brianne knew that this was because the old Duke was upright and responded directly to the royal family's suspicions.
But it was this kind of uprightness that made her not optimistic. She knew very well what kind of person the royal party and the prime minister were.
The Prime Minister once proposed to marry the Duke's sister, but the latter did not look down upon the former's character and sternly refused. This old incident more than ten years ago left a grudge, and the former has always held a grudge in his heart.
On the contrary, the long-lost eldest son of the Duke was very enthusiastic about this and actively facilitated this interview. He was even willing to go to the royal court as a hostage on behalf of his younger brother, the Duke's second son Enan Mordekaiser.
This made the new king appreciate the future duke very much. The rewards had already been distributed to others before they arrived at Grande.
The princess shook her head and stopped thinking about this.
Teneric on the side was not interested in the politics of the Kaolin people. It only kept its eyes on a few people in the crowd. Those Chosen Ones with outstanding strength were very rare in the first world.
Several people even sensed Tenerik's gaze from a thousand meters away. Looking in this direction from a distance, they saw the carriage of Alvin Quinn's court parked on the other side of the river, and roughly guessed the princess.
His Royal Highness’s identity.
Only then did they look back one by one.
"There have been more and more Holy Chosen people active recently," Brianne also noticed that look. "Several elite teams have returned to Kaolin-Ithurian, but I heard that they left the first
The second world, only recently returned to Grande——"
After returning from Xinta'an, she felt the atmosphere in the kingdom was completely different.
It was completely different from before she led the team to participate in the Continental League. There were more senior Holy Chosen people on the market, and traces of elite team activities from major guilds that were rarely seen could be seen everywhere.
All major forces are taking action, and the royal city is shrouded in the strange tranquility before the arrival of Duke Mordekaiser.
Tenaric watched this scene without saying a word. The Imperials were in action, so he could naturally smell the stormy atmosphere in the air.
The tall lizard prince only nodded silently.
…
"Frost?"
Just as Shisha was looking away from that direction, there was an elf guard from Alvin Quinn standing next to the carriage in Maple Grove. 'She' obviously guessed the other party's identity, so she turned back.
The two chosen ones were not the only ones in the bustling crowd, but there were more envoys from the south. Archduke Mordekaiser and several knights around him, and guards wearing silver helmets guarded the group.
Princess Brianne's only guess was wrong, that is, it was not Duke Mordekaiser's envoy who arrived, but the Grand Duke himself.
The crowd is crossing the square.
The Duke's guards were shielded from the palace, and the royal guards ordered them to stop. Only the Duke himself walked into the royal court with several knights. The latter was looking up at the lintel of Silver Maple Palace, his temples and eyebrows were all gone.
Stained with gray frost.
It has been decades since he last came here. At that time, he was still a young man, and he was also with the previous generation of Grand Duke Mordekaiser. But now the like-minded former king is no longer there, and there are only some treacherous people under this palace.
Just a stingy person.
His expression did not change, he just walked through the palace door with an indifferent expression. The light changed, and only fell on the thin face of Duke Dulin Mordekaiser, like chopped shadows, interlaced with uncertain light and dark.
There seemed to be many murderous intentions lurking in the darkness. The royal guards held axes and stared coldly at everyone who entered the hall through the holes under their helmets. The knights beside the Duke stood on their heads with cold hair and subconsciously pressed their hands on the hilts of their swords.
Only Dulin Mordekaiser looked calm and calm, looking aside to his eldest son, whom he was most proud of.
The young man had a snow-white complexion and was wearing a gorgeous armor. Although he was a little nervous, he was still calm. He pursed his lips and stared at the surrounding environment without saying a word.
A group of Chosen Knights followed the Duke's heir, but recruiting Chosen Knights as knights was nothing new nowadays. It was an honor to be recognized by the Holy Chosen.
The Duke only glanced at the two girls with picturesque faces. Most of these candidates were of extraordinary strength. He then looked at his eldest son and nodded with satisfaction.
The group of people passed through the long corridor, passed through the side hall, and entered the main hall, where the black and white marble floor was covered with blood-red carpets, extending to the end of the main hall, with steps leading up.
The young king stood in front of his throne, watching them condescendingly.
The young man appeared to be a bit too drunk on wine and had a sallow skin. He wore a disproportionate golden crown and a blood-red cloak. He held a scepter in one hand and had heavy dark circles under his eyelids, as if the wind had blown him away.
fall.
But the young His Majesty the King was in high spirits at the moment, seeming to be staring at everyone in His Highness with an abnormal excitement.
When he saw the appearance of Durin Mordekaiser, he did not speak, but stared at the latter gloomily.
Du Lin's expression did not change, he half-knelt on the ground with his sword and saluted him, and all the knights behind him also half-knelt down.
The young king then grinned: "Here you are, my lord the Duke."
"When Your Majesty calls, I will naturally come," Dulin replied: "It's just that the southern territory was in turmoil before, and the late king ordered the Mordekaiser family to guard the southern territory, so I have no shirking responsibility."
"That's very good," the young king nodded. "I know that you are loyal to me and my father, so I hereby summon you. I summoned the three dukes in the south, but you are the only one who comes."
The other party's expression became gloomy again: "Du Lin, I want you to command the entire southern border and lead troops to bring the people of the Erwin family and the Ellingland family to me. I will personally execute these rebellious people who despise the Wang family.
Go against the party."
"You have to bring my uncle's remaining members here one by one, and bring Ma Wei's daughter to me. I want to see how many people in this kingdom dare to oppose us."
Dulin remained silent for a long time before he raised his head and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the Erwin family and the Ellinglen family are loyal to the royal family."
"Loyal?" the young king raised his voice, "Then where are they?"
"It is impossible for the three dukes of the South to come to the royal capital together," Dulin replied: "The Erwin family is responsible for monitoring the movements of the Eldron dwarves, and the Ellingren family is responsible for checking and balancing the Yithians."
"Excuse," the young king's face turned blood red. He turned around and with a strong wave, he knocked the utensils on the throne to the floor. A golden ball rolled down from the armrest and rolled down the stairs to the Duke.
What do the rebels say?”
The young man stared directly at the Duke, "You also admit that there is still unrest in the Southern Territory, then I want you to uproot the Southern Territory Parliament and return the Changhu region to the Kingdom."
"Your Majesty, the Changhu region has never been separated from the Kingdom's rule," Du Lin raised his head and said, "The history of autonomy in the Southern Territory can be traced back to before the establishment of Kaolin, but the people in the Southern Territory have always considered themselves to be members of the Kingdom of Kaolin. Please ask Your Majesty
Don’t listen to slander.”
"Oh?" A sinister voice came from the main hall, "Does the Duke think that I am deceiving the public with my lies?"
A man walked out from the side of the young king. He was forty or fifty years old, with high eyebrows and deep eyes, and a hooked nose. He looked at Du Lin with a sneer: "The facts of the rebellion in the southern border are all there. Du Lin, Ma Wei's daughter and the southern parliament colluded with all the world."
Everyone knows, you want to help them excuse themselves?"
Du Lin said nothing. The young man behind him, the duke's heir, seemed a little nervous. He pressed a pale hand on the hilt of his sword, with veins sprouting. The duke turned his head and glanced at him silently, looking at him with his eyes.
The opponent pressed down.
"What does your Majesty want?" Du Lin asked.
"I want you to go to war in the south," the young king said. "The war is imminent, and the northern states are still hesitant. I will not allow rebellion to continue in the south. I need you to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys, so that the Istanians, Ivan
The Quin elves and the dwarves are reconsidering their decision."
"Your Majesty," Du Lin looked to the king's side, "actually there is a simpler way."
"Dulin!"
The Prime Minister said gloomily, "Are you questioning His Majesty's decision?"
"I don't dare, my lord," Du Lin lowered his head, "but it is not the southern border that arouses suspicion among the states. Using weapons against the southern border will only aggravate the division of the kingdom."
"Dulin," the young king shook his head and looked down with gloomy eyes, "I am very disappointed in you. The Mordekaiser family has been loyal to the royal family for generations. That is why I am willing to give you a chance."
Du Lin was startled for a moment, then his complexion suddenly changed. He felt a sharp stabbing pain in his back, and then a blood-stained silver blade stabbed out of his chest.
The Duke turned around in disbelief and looked at the girl who made the move. The girl stood behind him with a cold face, holding a sharp knife, looking at him as if she were looking at a dead person.
"Miss Shuangtian?" The duke's heir was also shocked and exclaimed: "What did you do to my father!?"
He wanted to call out to the knights around him, but the selectors moved faster. Before the aboriginal knights had time to react, they held down the opponent and slit the opponent's throat with a knife, causing blood to gush out.
The hall was immediately filled with a thick smell of blood.
Shuang Tian coldly pulled out the sharp blade from behind the Duke. Although she was an elemental user, her skills were clean and neat. With a push, Dulin Mordekaiser's lifeless body fell to the ground.
The duke's heir was completely paralyzed with fear, but the man on the side walked over to pick him up from the ground, and then looked at the supreme one on the throne.
The young King nodded with satisfaction: "Son of Dulin, I know that your father has another chance to be resurrected. Go and surround the Temple of Life and bring your father and his knights here."
"From now on, you will be the next Duke. With my will, you will go to war against Erwin, the Ellingland family, and the Southern Parliament, and bring those rebels before me. After that, I will make you the
King of the South."
He looked down at the young man coldly: "Do you understand?"
The eldest son of the duke, who was paralyzed with fear, looked at the bloody sharp blade in front of him and only nodded numbly.
"very good."
"Shuangtian," the young king said, "take him away."
There was dead silence in the main hall.
Only the corpses of the knights scattered around were left, turning into a faint white light.
…
Fang Plover's eyes were looking through the shadows in the forest, watching the group of people walking out of the camp in that direction.
The afternoon sun is passing through the cold forest land, penetrating the pine needle leaves with mottled light, forming a few clusters falling on the thick layer of fallen leaves and humus, reflecting on the moss, a few silver-gray iron foot protectors.
Pass through these fallen leaves and shrubs.
It was a line of selectors wearing silver-gray cloaks. Among them were spellcasters and heavy-armored warriors. The heavy-armored professions all wore uniform silver-gray armor and carried a long sword hanging behind them. They occasionally lowered their heads.
Communicate loudly and scan the surroundings with vigilant eyes.
However, one of the battle craftsmen who commanded several clockwork goblins did not notice the eyes hidden in the forest. Those small things emitting yellow light whizzed past the forest canopy and returned to her hands. The craftsman wore a
Silver gray coat.
On the collar of the coat is a Hailin morning star.
"Such a high-level selector," Alyssa couldn't help but sigh in a low voice as she watched this scene from a distance, "We seem to have never seen an adventure group of this level in the past. What happened recently? The elite selectors have become
There are more.”
"People from the Falcon Group." Miya recognized the other person.
In fact, it's not completely absent. During the July War, Fang Plover had seen more elite brigades, including even the top 1,000 top brigades, such as the team led by the omniscient person in the Crown of the Silver Forest, Silver Shadow.
During the Battle of the North, they also fought alongside several elite brigades from large guilds, but those were the new generation.
The Falcon Group is one of the top 20% of the teams in North America, also known as the adventure group at the top of the rankings. Unlike the subordinate teams of most well-known guilds that Miss Nightingale can name at a glance, Fang Plover only
Recognize the top teams.
But the Falcons are one of them.
They belong to the CE Club, and the gray area where FOX is located is actually a guild under this club. However, most low-level clubs have more than one guild, and the Sea Eagle Feathers where the Falcon Group is located is one of them.
This guild ranks around thirty in the North American Division, but the elite brigade under the guild is top-notch. In other words, if it weren’t for this brigade, Sea Eagle Feathers might not be able to rank among the top fifty in the first division.
List.
The battle craftsman that Fang Piao saw was at least level 35, because there were other decorations on his collar under the sea forest morning star, and the battle craftsman was not the highest-level selector in this adventure group - this is also normal.
.
Because of the scarcity of combat craftsmen, it is quite rare for a combat craftsman like Fang Plover to serve as a team leader and have the highest level in the team.
However, the sea witch didn't have any expression on her face. In her opinion, a team of this level was just like a bunch of fish.
"This is already the second team we have seen in the top 20% these days," Tian Lan asked in a low voice, "Are they coming to see us?"
“The empire didn’t respond that quickly,” Fang Plione shook his head, “There is a camp with the Adventurer’s Guild, and no news has come from there yet. The empire is preparing for a war, and it’s unlikely that it will pay too much attention to us.
"
"Then who are these people?"
"They came for the obelisk," Miya said. "The major guilds returned from the second world precisely for this secret."
"But is there really an obelisk in this place?" Tianlan asked.
Miya shook her head.
She didn't know much about the obelisk, nor did she care much about it, but there were many rumors about the obelisk, most of which were false.
The Redcoat Team of Jeffrit and the Crown of the Silver Forest fought in the Dragon Roar Mountains. There were many rumors about the July War, but in the end, no obelisk was found there.
However, Sylvide knew this quite well. The ship officer glanced at her and said with a smile: "It is rumored that four of the seven obelisks are located in the first world. Empire, Giant Tree Hill and Corin-E
There is one for each of them in Xurion, and another under the sea of clouds."
She squinted her eyes and looked deep into the forest. "Although some news claims that the obelisk of the Empire and the Giant Tree Hill has been discovered, most of those news are half true and half false. Judging from the rumors here, the Empire's
The obelisk probably hasn’t appeared yet, otherwise we wouldn’t see so many elite teams here.”
"Do you know the obelisk very well?" Miya turned around and looked at her curiously with silver eyes.
The noble daughter nodded.
Fang Plover felt that the atmosphere was a little unusual, and quickly said: "The obelisk in Fenris has sunk into the abyss. How can these people still be so enthusiastic when they know that there is a lack of an obelisk?"
Miss Nightingale secretly laughed at the side, and then added: "People are always unwilling to see the Yellow River. Besides, it is not certain that these big guilds have other methods, but in fact, this has nothing to do with us. After all, we are not
Are you looking for an obelisk?"
Only then did Fang Yu realize that this was indeed the case. It took them a while to find Alisa and Tianlan who had come out to join them, but now that they had seen them, the Seven Seas Traveler should be nearby.
He watched the Falcon Group people go away through the Clockwork Fairy, then turned back and asked: "Tianlan, Miss Alyssa, are Miss Tata nearby?"
Alyssa nodded, glanced at the tit-for-tat aristocratic daughter and the wolf girl, and then said: "It crashed into a nearby canyon when it was teleporting. The place is a bit hidden. Miss Tata is worried that it will be difficult for you to find it.
That’s why I took Tian Lan out to look for you.”
She paused: "The damage to the Seven Seas Traveler is actually not bad, but the situation is a bit... weird..."