The golden sun slowly rises from below the sea level. The bright sunshine drives away the early morning salt spray in the port area, bringing warmth and light to this city that is immersed in joyful songs and laughter.
This is Port King, and the annual Harvest Festival celebration will begin today.
On the First Avenue in the port area, long wooden tables were placed one after another from the gate of the noble district to the pier of the harbor.
All the taverns and shops on the street and the vendors who had reserved their seats early began to get busy.
One freight caravan after another slowly drove out from the side entrance of the noble area. The caravans were filled with a large amount of food and barrels of fine wine that had been moved from the royal treasury.
Although the food and wine supplied to the people in the port area are only low-grade products stored in the royal treasury, and some are even a little old, but even so, these things are not enough for most of the residents in the port area who are still struggling to survive.
It is still a rare delicacy.
If it hadn't been for the beginning of the festival banquet, the Black Harbor Society and the Shining Aegis Legion stationed in the port area would have sent teams to patrol the festival to maintain law and order. I'm afraid that as soon as the grand ceremony banquet started, the food, wine and meat on the banquet would have been destroyed.
Sold out immediately.
All the residents in the port area have dressed up carefully when they go out today. Even the poorest people with the least conditions will try their best to tidy up today.
The flow of people on First Avenue gradually became denser, and many open taverns sent out their staff to help unload the food vans and put their own tavern's signature dishes and wines on the long tables.
Today, all the food on the long table is free, but the tavern owner can take this opportunity to advertise the characteristics of his tavern with extraordinary effect.
They will hire people to constantly shout and promote their own food at the long table, and distribute these delicious food and home-brewed wines and drinks of different flavors to passers-by for free.
Generally speaking, in the days after the Harvest Festival, the number of guests in the pubs that advertised will experience a surge...
At the same time, long tables were also set up on the commercial streets in the aristocratic district, but the food on the long tables here seemed more exquisite and had more varieties.
Various colorful ribbons and flowers are carefully decorated on both sides of the street, and the street is also covered with a layer of fragrant pink petals.
Fashionably dressed ladies appeared on the street in groups arm in arm, strolling leisurely among the coquettish voices and strolling around the shops on both sides of the commercial street with various promotion notices.
Today, men from aristocratic families are busy participating in various banquets and drinking parties, and through these social activities they expand their connections and family relationships.
The ladies from each family traveled together, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to relax and have fun.
The entire King's Port is completely immersed in the joyous songs and laughter of a prosperous and peaceful time, but only a few people know that today's grand harvest festival celebration will become a huge turning point in the fate of the entire King's Port.
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Xue Hua, Kane, and the members of the parliamentary delegation left the station very early and entered the large square in front of the palace that was strictly controlled by the Shining Aegis Legion.
This will be the place where King Wood VI delivers a ceremonial speech and holds a luncheon reception.
Kane has the status of a special envoy of the Parliament, and Xue Hua also has an invitation letter signed by His Majesty the King. Naturally, there is no problem for them to enter the square. But the problem is that when they entered the square, they found that Wood VI was already standing there.
Go up to the altar podium in the center of the square.
And beside him, the legendary mage who gained the king's trust under the guise of "Angel Stars" followed closely behind him...
Seeing this scene, Xue Hua frowned slightly and whispered to Kane beside him.
"Damn it! That guy is too close to Wood VI. If he suddenly attacks at such a distance, we may not have time to rescue him!"
"Follow me, I will find an opportunity for you to meet the king in the name of introduction, so that we can get closer." Kane nodded, responded softly, and walked quickly towards the altar.
The two of them walked through the crowd that was slowly gathering in the square, holding wine glasses and leaning towards the altar seemingly unconsciously.
However, just as they were about to approach the altar, a familiar figure suddenly stood in front of them.
"Ah! Isn't this Mr. Kane and Mr. Xue Hua? King's Harbor suffered a disaster last time. I would like to thank Mr. Xue for his help!"
The person standing in front of the two of them was none other than the legendary paladin "Golden Lion" Jero Frank, the ancestor of the Frank family.
"Ah, Mr. Jero, I have heard about your name for a long time but have never seen it. When I see you today, you really have the grace of your ancestors!"
Kane was furious in his heart, but he had to greet Roger calmly.
Xue Hua, who was standing next to him, also had a smile on his face, thinking to himself, could this guy be a spy from the noble faction?
Doesn't he know that their King has an unsheathed sword leaning against his back?
"You two gentlemen are walking in such a hurry because they want to see His Majesty the King, but His Majesty is currently preparing a speech for the Harvest Festival, so I'm afraid he doesn't have time to meet you two."
Roger said with an easy-going smile and a glass of wine in his hand.
"this......"
Being blocked by this sudden level, Kane could only hold it in his heart even if he had all his abilities.
At the same time, he, who had always been in a peaceful mood, couldn't help but start to curse in his heart. Could it be that since the ancestor of the Frank family was so stupid, he still hadn't noticed that there was something wrong with the legendary mage next to the king?
You know, he quietly passed this news to the Frank family yesterday before entering the palace to interview the king. After receiving this kind of news, no matter how hard Jero didn't believe it, he still had to do at least the necessary investigation.
However, just when Xue Hua and Kane were both puzzled, in the main nest mind, Isa sent him an unexpected message.
The biological signal monitoring of the monitoring king insect showed that the biological signal of the king on the altar did not match the biological signal of the real king of Port King, Wood VI.
In other words, that guy is just a fake who looks like a king!
Xue Hua was shocked when he received the news, and then combined with Jero's abnormal behavior in front of him, he immediately realized that this should be a trap sent by the king to the nobles.
The guy on the altar was probably just a stand-in for the king, and they just wanted to use this stand-in to lure out possible assassination attempts by the noble faction.
Then, on the pretext of assassination, he would wipe out all the forces of the noble faction!
What a sinister strategy, what a sophisticated plan, what a profound forbearance!
Sure enough, he is worthy of being the king of a country. In terms of playing politics, Wood VI's skill level has at least reached an advanced level!
From this point of view, what Jero Frank just did was obviously because he was afraid that the two of them would accidentally reveal the false king's true identity when they came on stage, and their plan would be ruined.
It's a pity that Wood VI's plan was a good one, but he never expected that he had trusted the wrong person from the beginning!
With the legendary mage who transformed into "Angel's Stars" around, the king's plan is almost destined to fail!