After all, Jilang is Yavid's biological father. When he heard that the Eclipse Cult might be related to King Jilang's madness, Yavid immediately stood up from the golden throne.
"king."
Mallard turned his head and looked at the crowds of people waiting in line on the spiral staircase of the chamber, and motioned to Yavid with his eyes.
"Huh~"
After controlling his emotions, Yavid exhaled.
"Malard, let the ministers leave their memorials and leave first. I will return them one by one after correcting the documents."
"yes."
After Malad took the order and left, Yavid stepped down from the throne.
"Lu Xiao, it's not convenient to discuss the affairs of the late king here. Come with me and let's change places."
…
It has only been 500 years since the founding of Calgar. Thanks to the incomplete knowledge unearthed from ancient ruins, the civilization of the Kingdom of the Sun has developed very rapidly. It only took 500 years to have the prototype of the Earth Renaissance.
Compared with the Nora people who still live a primitive life, the two sides seem to live in different worlds. The civilization development process of the Kingdom of Calga is at least 10 centuries ahead of the Nora people.
The Sun Palace covers a very large area. Lu Xiao followed Yavid around the palace and finally came to an open garden.
The Ziwu City built on the platform of the top of the mountain has beautiful scenery. You can also see a waterfall flowing down in the lush forest opposite the palace.
Yavid noticed Lu Xiao watching the beautiful scenery along the way. After sitting down in the garden pavilion, he proudly asked: "How is it? How does the Kingdom of Calgar compare with the tribes you have traveled to before?"
Lu Xiao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Suddenly coming from a primitive society to a kingdom with advanced civilization, there is a strange sense of separation in time and space."
Yavid smiled and took the wine glass from the maid's hand: "Many people who come to Ziwu City for the first time say so, come and try the red wine brewed by the royal family. This is brewed according to ancient methods."
The wine vessel is very exquisite. The golden surface of the cup is inlaid with emerald green jade. It is gorgeous but not too luxurious.
After taking a sip of the red wine in the glass, Lu Xiao's tongue automatically analyzed the ingredients in the wine and determined that there were no "additives" in any form. Only then did she begin to truly appreciate the taste of the red wine.
"oh?"
Raising her eyebrows in surprise, Lu Xiao said with admiration: "It's a great red wine with a mellow aroma and soft taste."
This was not a compliment that Lu Xiao meant specifically. There was originally a lot of unsold red wine stored in the basement of the manor he bought in Italy. After long-term drinking, Lu Xiao's taste in red wine was gradually improving.
Even in modern times, this high-quality red wine can still be sought after by many enthusiasts.
"As long as it suits your taste."
Unlike some kings who like to make jokes, Yavid has a very calm attitude when facing outsiders like Lu Xiao who have no official or position.
So far, Lu Xiao has a very good impression of Yavid. He doesn't seem like the kind of conspirator who kills his father for ambition.
"Let's get down to business."
Putting down his wine glass, Yavid's expression became solemn: "Lu Xiao, you said before that the Eclipse Cult might be related to the madness of the late king. Is there any evidence to prove it?"
Lu Xiao nodded: "There is no direct evidence, but indirect proof can be obtained by piecing together clues."
"First of all, the time when King Jilong went crazy happened to be when the Red Bite occurred."
"Red Bite is the mechanical craze. The usually gentle mechanical beasts suddenly go crazy for no apparent reason and begin to actively attack villages and towns where humans live, right?"
"That's right."
Lu Xiao placed the overclocking components he had previously obtained from the Degenerate on the stone table of the pavilion, and took out the red and black energy he had collected from the Degenerate.
Lu Xiao held the seal of the rune in his hand and solemnly reminded: "King Yavid, please do not touch it directly with your hands. This corrupt energy can also cause harm to the human body."
Lu Xiao pointed at the overclocking components on the table with his free left hand: "These are the parts I removed from the Degenerate. The Eclipse Cult can use them to forcibly control the machinery."
"Then there's this weird energy."
Lu Xiao tilted his head and asked Yavid: "By the way, does the royal family tame mechanical beasts? I can demonstrate it for you."
"some."
Yavid clapped his hands, and a maid with a veil on her face and cool clothes walked out of the garden with small steps.
"Tell the palace guards to bring a watcher to the hunter's house."
"yes."
About ten minutes later, several heavily armed palace guards pushed a cart to the garden. The cage contained in the cart contained a small Watcher, which was the weakest mechanical beast in terms of combat effectiveness.
"Boom!"
The Watcher has not stopped hitting the cage. Its one eye is still emitting a very weak beam, which cannot break the special metal cage that restrains it.
In order to ensure safety, Yavid did not wave away the palace guards, but asked them to retreat to a corner of the garden so that they could be rescued at any time in case of unexpected situations.
"Crunch!"
In front of Yavid, Lu Xiao bent the thick metal railing with his bare hands, grabbed the watcher by the neck and dragged him out of the cage.
Yavid's brows twitched slightly. He did not expect that the "ordinary traveler" with whom he had a pleasant chat before could actually have such terrifying power.
Pushing the watcher to the ground, Lu Xiao motioned to Yavid, who was blocked behind by the palace guards.
"King Yavid, the current watcher is in a normal state and is not aggressive. Its resistance is only out of self-defense."
"Let's try the overclocking components first."
Lu Xiao pressed the parts seized from the Eclipse Cult onto the Watcher. After about five seconds, its original bright red indicator light turned into a harmless blue.
Release the restricted watcher, and it will stand beside Lu Xiao obediently. It will only act if it receives instructions from Lu Xiao using Focus.
"It's amazing."
Yavid said with some amazement: "If we can master this technology, the people of the Kingdom of Calja will not need to worry about the mechanical beasts when they go out in the future."
Lu Xiao shrugged: "It's not that simple. Overclocking components can only control small mechanical beasts."
"I've done special tests, and it's impossible to control a model the size of the Yaostomus."
"Next..."
Lu Xiao signaled Yavid to step back, and he injected the red and black energy in his hand into the body of the watcher, who was no longer threatening.
At the same time as the energy invaded, the Watcher's indicator light changed from blue to black and red, and its body began to tremble uncontrollably.
The strange energy spreading from the watcher is corroding the lawn in the garden, and the contaminated flowers and plants are all showing a decaying yellow color.
Yavid was horrified: "Red Bite!"
"call!"
After dodging the uncontrolled tail flick attack of the Watcher, Lu Xiao nodded in agreement: "Yes, the so-called Red Bite is a mechanical beast corrupted by this energy."
"Once it is stained by it, the core program of any machine will be distorted, and all surrounding moving objects will be attacked regardless of friend or foe."
"boom!"
At the end of the demonstration, Lu Xiao hit the watcher on the head with a simple punch, completely destroying its ability to move.
Extracting unknown energy from the broken Watcher's body, Lu Xiao sealed it again.
"This is the proof."
Lu Xiao turned around and looked at Yavid, who was frowning: "Although no human experiments have been conducted, I have tested it with civet cats in the wild. Creatures corroded by unknown energy will also be harmed."
"King Yavid, if you agree, you can bring a death row prisoner out of the prison, and we will conduct another experiment on the spot."