During the journey to Ziwu City, Lu Xiao asked for a lot of information from passing business travelers.
This includes the distribution of forces within Oselan and the political opinions of each force.
The name Delva attracted Lu Xiao's attention.
He is the most well-known radical in Oselan, and has taken the initiative to provoke friction with the Kingdom of Calgar on the border many times.
It is said that Delva and Elsa were once comrades-in-arms, and together they led the soldiers of Oselan to resist the invasion of Mad King Geelong.
During the war against Geelong, Elsa unexpectedly met Yavid, and the two of them hit it off with similar stances.
Elsa decided to help Yavid and launch a military coup from within the Kingdom of Calgar, knocking off the mad king Jiran from his throne at the minimum cost.
She succeeded, but Elsa's cooperation with the Calgar people angered her former comrade Delva.
Delva's wife and son were captured by the mad king Giron. In order to punish those who dared to resist him, Giron threw Delva's wife and son into the arena of Sundown Castle, allowing the captured mechanical beasts to tear them into pieces.
Delva, who fell into madness in grief, swore to completely destroy the entire Kingdom of Calgar. Elsa's betrayal made him furious, and he was determined to get rid of the traitor.
The news Lu Xiao told Allender was half true and half false. He did hear rumors on the road that Delva was ready to make another move, but the rest was the conclusion Lu Xiao came to through analysis and speculation.
Although I am not 100% sure, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Thinking about it from another perspective, it is indeed possible for Delva to cooperate with Shadow Calgar, and the probability is not low.
Allende's anxious and panicked expression made Lu Xiao realize something was wrong: "Ellender, where is Elsa now?"
Elend was pacing in confusion: "Yesterday, she suddenly received a contact from Delva. The guy said that he planned to surrender to Calga, on the condition that Elsa would go to the designated place to negotiate in person."
'oh?'
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Ellend, you'd better apply to the Sun King immediately and lead the reinforcements to support Elsa. If it takes too long..."
"I'll go right away!"
The young Allend has a somewhat impatient personality and will do whatever comes to his mind.
"etc!"
Lu Xiao grabbed Allender who was about to turn around and leave: "First tell me where Olin's mansion is."
"I'm not free!"
Allende turned to look at the soldier who had delivered the message to Lu Xiaotong before: "You! Take this...I'm sorry, what's your name?"
"Lu Xiao."
"That's right, take Lu Xiao to Ou Lin's house. I have something urgent to do and I have to rush back to the palace!"
The guard put his spear on the ground and saluted: "As ordered."
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Olin's residence in Ziwu City is an exquisite two-story villa. From this property, you can see the financial resources he has.
Saying goodbye to the guard leading the way, Lu Xiao pretended to put his hand on the door lock and pretended to open the door with a key, but in fact he secretly broke the door lock with all his strength.
"Crunch~"
Pushing open the door of the villa, Lu Xiao calmly entered the house, closed the door again with his backhand, and temporarily sealed the door with runes to prevent anyone from intruding.
According to the information provided by Allende, Orin left in a hurry a few days ago, planning to go to a ruins in the west to excavate ancient artifacts.
After his wife and children were kidnapped, and Ou Lin himself left the city, Lu Xiao simply used this beautifully decorated small villa as his temporary residence in Ziwu City.
Lu Xiao speculated that Allend would come to see him again after meeting Sun King Yavid.
During this period of time, Lu Xiao, at the request of Consus, looked through Olin's collection of books as a way to pass the time.
Olin's work is similar to that of an archaeologist. Most of his books are historical books, and the recorded texts are all in English.
Through these collections of books, Lu Xiao had a certain understanding of the establishment and development history of the Kingdom of Karga.
The Kingdom of Karga was established more than 500 years ago, and its first king was named Arammen.
It is said that the Arammen obtained a large amount of knowledge from the old era from an ancient ruin, including the long-lost writing - English.
Gaia's subroutine Apollo went offline, leaving new humanity to develop from ignorance. Aramen, who regained writing, can be said to be the inspirer of a new era.
By studying the human writings of the old era, excavating a large number of ancient ruins, and acquiring a large amount of incomplete and incomplete knowledge, the Kingdom of Karga has entered a period of rapid development.
Yamavid, the second generation Sun King, discovered corn as a crop, thus laying the foundation for the farming civilization of the Sun Kingdom.
When the fourth generation King Jourdain came to power, he ordered that some of the knowledge that had always been controlled by the royal family be opened to the people for learning.
At the same time, Jourdan put forward trade requirements to other ethnic groups and spread writing and other knowledge to the entire world through business transactions, which opened the prelude to the Renaissance in the new era.
The subsequent generations of Sun Kings were not content to maintain their status quo, and continued to expand the territory of the Kingdom of Calgar based on the pioneering and enterprising spirit inherited from their ancestors.
After expanding its territory to the borders of the Nora and Banuk tribes, the Kingdom of Karga built Sunrise Tower and Sunrise Tower respectively as border outposts, and the areas along these two towers later became the official territorial dividing line.
Jilang, the 13th Sun King, was relatively wise in the early days of his reign. However, with the sudden outbreak of mechanical craze, the aggressiveness of mechanical beasts around the world increased significantly. Jilang also fell into madness due to unknown reasons during this period.
"Dong dong dong!"
Lu Xiao was so focused that he didn't pay attention to the time. A heavy knock from outside the door woke him up from his state of concentration.
"Lu Xiao! It's me, Elend!"
‘Heh~’
The unexpected development made Lu Xiao shake his head and laugh.
Leaving Consus to continue writing history on the second floor, Lu Xiao unlocked the seal of the door and let Elend in from the outside.
Allende, who had been wearing civilian clothes before, was now fully armed and was obviously ready for battle.
"Lu Xiao, the Sun King wants to summon you."
Elend pointed to the royal guards behind him: "Follow them to the palace, I want to set off immediately to rescue Elsa!"
Lu Xiao nodded calmly: "I understand, Elend, be careful all the way. With Oseland's technical strength... you shouldn't need me, an outsider, to remind you, right?"
The comprehensive strength of Oseland in various aspects such as culture, economy and military is not as good as that of the Kingdom of Calgar, but they also have their own advantages.
Oselan's craftsmanship is world-famous. Since many years ago, they have been actively researching weapons dismantled from mechanical beasts and replicating mass-produced firearms with similar effects.
The repeating firebolts used by the Eclipse Cult were made by the Oselan people. Lu Xiao suspected that Shadow Calgar and Delva had secretly colluded for a long time.
Farewell to Allende who left in a hurry, Lu Xiao followed several royal guards, queuing through the lively crowd, and arrived in front of an open-air hall.
A well-dressed, gentle and elegant old gentleman stood in front of the gate. When he saw Lu Xiao being escorted over, he waved for the guards to disperse.
"Mr. Lu Xiao, I am Mallard, the chief assistant officer of the Sun King."
'The chief assistant officer...should be equivalent to the prime minister, right?'
When Lu Xiao returned the gift to Mallard in the same manner, some speculations flashed through his mind.
"plz follow me."
Mallard smiled and reached out to Lu Xiao: "The 14th generation Sun King Yavid is waiting for your arrival."