There was a roar of surprise in the ring-shaped seat of the elders.
"He is our peer, Captain Kalki of the White Tiger Knights, who was also the former 'first general'." Privy Councilor Xuanyuan Zeng said.
After speaking, he turned his head unconsciously and looked at the seats of the White Tiger Grand Commander on the right. The high-backed seats of the four military "Seven Governments" were all empty, indicating that all the Grand Commanders had led their troops to fight, from
Almost all the seats of elders in the fleet system have disappeared. This time the Gaians launched a full-scale war, Plato has actually entered an extraordinary period of violent warfare.
"Since the war with the Gaians began, although the front line has been stabilized, we have lost troops and generals. The heavy losses have reached a historical peak. Losing a laurel general will be an unbearable loss."
Faced with the whispers and even gentle jeers of the elders, the internal affairs envoy Uza tried his best to say some comforting words that were not painful.
"This is really big news!" Commander Ravana, who was wearing a crisp black uniform of the Fourteenth Fleet and a crimson shawl, laughed almost uncontrollably, "I thought he was because the entire army was wiped out.
You will commit suicide when you are too embarrassed to see others. Now, the magnificent crematorium of the White Tiger Knights has also burned the lover who died in love."
At the critical moment when other fleets were already on expedition, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Fleets quickly returned after repelling the Gaia Expeditionary Force within Somo's defense circle. They were almost no longer under the command of the Military Privy Council.
, and only obeyed the orders of the emperor in the "Holy of Holies".
"We did not receive clear news of Captain Kalki's death." Uza explained immediately.
"Even if Captain Chalki dies, we should consider awarding him a crown of rice seedlings posthumously. After all, this is such a crisis. Without him to turn the tide, we Plato will encounter the biggest crisis since the founding of civilization." Nahuatl made a decision
Come as a deputy of justice.
Ravana could only sneer a few times, "Some people are really hypocritical..." He muttered and stopped talking.
"The head of the regiment left a letter as a suicide note to the Senate. It is already in our hands. Now I will read it to everyone." Xuanyuan Zeng took out the letter sealed with fire paint and opened it in public.
, the moment the fire seal was turned away, it disappeared into nothing.
"My last wish is as follows..."
While the Privy Councilor was reading, all the elites present from all walks of life fell silent, because everyone knew this commander, and Chalky was so outstanding among the Platos.
"First, please keep the honor of my wife and children. My wife knows nothing about me. Second, protect Xuanji's safety and right to choose. She is free. Third, don't transport my body.
I will return to Plato and be cremated, hoping to be scattered in the outer space of the Messier planet in the ancient way. I will turn into dust and be with my subordinates who died in the two Messier battles until the end."
"Absurd! You would do such a stupid thing!"
A deep, elderly male voice echoed in the empty column space. The dazzling afternoon sunlight in the "Holy of Sanctuary" filtered through the columns, casting shadows in the spacious space of the pure white palace.
"Disloyalty and apostasy are written down in black and white, and submitted to the Senate for reading in court. How stupid it is! Incredible..."
The suicide note with the Platonic words written like dragons and phoenixes dancing like a charm was thrown out, instantly burned into ashes in the air, and was blown away by a strong wind.
Outside the huge light curtain, Sadhguru, the steward of the inner court, is still wearing a brown-red cloak, like a huge bat, lying face down on the cold marble floor of the Holy of Holies, listening to the oracle as if
Just listen quietly.
"I just didn't expect that Logos would be willing to accept Shukla's daughter." The tall man wearing a shiny and gorgeous robe sat back on the high throne, "I still regard her as the core bloodline of the Blue Dragon. Trisilas
I was derelict in my duty, I had no knowledge at all.”
"I shall die." Sadhguru said in an unusually low voice, "Logos is the Platonic system itself, and for the time being, we are also subject to it."
"Ahir is a good dog. It will be difficult to find a loyal dog as capable as him. In the previous dynasty, an agent was indispensable."
"Your Majesty means..."
"Kalki is still worth living. He can't replace Ahir, but he can always help me kill people."
Everything had a lifeless atmosphere. When the deep voices of two elderly men echoed in the empty and huge palace, the atmosphere of conspiracy was creepy.
"Taming a suitable falcon is a long process. It is a painful process for both the falcon and the falconer. They will experience endless torture and humiliation, long periods of hunger, and every time the meat reaches their mouths,
The side events will also be taken away in order to train unparalleled concentration and bloodthirsty and cruel instincts."
Emperor Plato elegantly raised his left hand, displaying a dozen falcons of various types standing on a long scaffolding under one of the pillars. Humanity's interstellar expansion capabilities have also expanded the falcon's gene pool, and there have been falcons older than the Earth's history.
The more ferocious and weird raptors of the era, these weird golden eagles, yellow and white eagles, rainy night goshawks, red-spotted falcons, white-tailed harriers, sparrow hawks, peregrine falcons, gyrfalcons... all of them stand on a row of strangely shaped shelves.
The shadows cast by the huge pillars just cover them, making this corner like a dark eagle room.
The eagle hats worn by these falcons were made by the skillful palace maids. They were surrounded by gold wire and the anklets sparkled with gems. Everything was in the most gorgeous and elegant palace style.
"I am Emperor Plato, the Pope of Yuanjiao, above everything else in the world."
A eunuch wrapped in black robes almost knelt on the side of the seat in a prostrate posture and put on a long-tasseled falconry glove on his right hand. The tall man stood up and cast a long shadow on the marble floor of the palace.
shadow.
He stretched out his right hand, and a peregrine falcon rushed straight in from the blue sky outside like lightning, stopped steadily on the raised wrist, and folded its wings gracefully.
"Kalki has to live. He can go to 'Uruswati' for temporary refuge. Give him some meat to eat, and he will crave more blood and meat. Sadhguru, I leave this matter to you.
"
"Yes." The chamberlain nodded slightly, and he would still maintain this posture until there was no order from Emperor Plato to retreat.
"Ah, Flying General, you are in a good mood today." He spoke softly to his peregrine falcon, which was very different from the conversation with his servants. He also gently stroked the black-spotted hair of the peregrine falcon with his left index finger.
The smooth feathers where the head, neck and chest meet.
"Flying General" moves its head flexibly. It has a pair of cute and sharp black eyes that flash mischievously.
When the owner placed it on the scaffolding, without warning, it suddenly became too excited and began to attack a huge white jade long-tailed gyrfalcon standing nearby.