Dozens of soldiers held up large umbrellas to block out the sun, creating dozens of meters of shade under the midday sun.
The eldest prince was also bitten by a snake once, and has been afraid of ropes for ten years. Despite his calm face when facing the shadow assassins, he actually knows how panicked he is. Even now, all the shadow assassins in the city have been eliminated.
, the eldest prince still took adequate precautions. When traveling, there must be dozens of elite Iron Guards holding umbrellas to ensure that there is no one within tens of meters of him. The lights are never turned on in the house at night to avoid being attacked by shadow assassins in his sleep.
take.
Richard and the eldest prince sat in the shade and talked.
"Brother-in-law, are you really not going to stay for a few more days? I feel a little more at ease now that you are here in Clays City."
The eldest prince's words definitely came from the bottom of his heart. After experiencing the attack by the shadow assassin, the eldest prince always felt a little less secure. If Richard left, no one could guarantee his safety.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the Shadow God Envoy is already dead. No one in Clay City should be able to threaten your safety anymore. After all, the Holy Order is not something that can appear casually."
Having said that, the eldest prince glanced at Richard and Keshid beside him unnaturally.
as if to say
Look, aren’t these just two?
Richard ignored the hint in the eldest prince's eyes. After all, he could not explain to the other party that he was a cheater, so he turned the topic back to the other party.
"If it is an ordinary shadow assassin, I think His Highness's subordinates should be able to easily deal with it. The general beside you can resist one or two as long as he is prepared."
"Hahaha, nothing can be hidden from my brother-in-law's eyes!"
"Let me introduce you. This is General Irwin. He came from the royal capital a few days ago and is currently serving as the commander of the personal guard battalion by my side."
"Meet Sir Richard!"
The general in his thirties behind the eldest prince stepped forward and saluted Richard.
This general appeared next to the eldest prince shortly after the eldest prince was assassinated. According to Richard's observation, his strength should be at the level of the earth level. A few years ago, this level of strength was the strength of the entire Hunter family.
He wanted to look up to an existence, but now in Richard's eyes it was just like that.
"General Irwin is indeed a rare young talent."
"Ashamed!"
Irwin had a poker face. Judging from his appearance, he should have a serious character on weekdays, but at this time, Richard made his words a little embarrassing.
The people around him also had strange expressions. After the scene froze for a few seconds, the eldest prince pointed at Richard and said:
"Brother-in-law, this is not a compliment. You are making fun of General Irwin. With a saint like you who is twenty years old, who in the kingdom is worthy of you praising a young talent."
Although everyone thought it was strange, Richard actually said this naturally. Although he had a young face, he couldn't help but feel old at heart. The combined age of his two lifetimes was almost that of a middle-aged man.
In addition, since he is in a high position, the people who deal with Richard are all the top people in the kingdom. The princes and princes are just taking it easy. Richard has begun to compete with the gods and challenge the masterminds behind the scenes. Naturally, he is somewhat used to it.
To speak in this manner.
"General Irwin, don't compare yourself to Lord Richard. There is only one Richard in the kingdom, and there is only one Richard in mankind. Over the past few hundred years, the only one who can compare with Lord Richard is my ancestor, Richard.
Your Excellency praises you for your young talent, and that is truly a compliment."
"It will be saved in the end."
Although he experienced a small embarrassment, Irwin still bowed to Richard very respectfully and retreated behind the eldest prince.
"His Royal Highness is protected by General Irwin and so many loyal subordinates, so there should be no problem with his safety. I have been away from the Northland for too long, and I must go back and take a look as soon as possible."
"Okay, when will the brother-in-law leave?"
"We are leaving soon, and I came here just to say goodbye to His Highness."
"Are you so anxious?"
"Since my brother-in-law is in a hurry to leave, I can't stay too long."
"Someone is coming!"
Two guards came over holding things. The eldest prince first took a pile of bills from one of the guards and handed them to Richard and said:
"This is part of the money I got from confiscating the Ankola family's property. In order for my brother-in-law to carry it easily, I exchanged it all into gold tickets. The total amount is 200,000 gold. It can be exchanged at the trading house in Piaoxue City. Recently
The price of jewelry and antiques has fallen a bit, otherwise it would have been much higher."
To say that the nobles in the Central Plains are rich, a viscount in the Northland might not be able to collect 10,000 gold naars even if they emptied all their belongings. However, a viscount in the city of Clais could just plunder the money.
Two hundred thousand gold nuggets were copied. These were all frivolous wealth. For example, the Ankola family's large fields and manor must have been directly taken over by the eldest prince.
Richard did not refuse and accepted the golden ticket handed over by the eldest prince.
Then the eldest prince took a knight's sword from another guard. The knight's sword was overall blue-gray, basically the color of metal. The hilt was wrapped in exquisite cowhide. The overall look was relatively simple, but the blade was dull.
With a hint of cold light, a knowledgeable person can tell at a glance that this sword is extremely practical and is a real battlefield killing sword.
The only problem is that the size of this sword is one size smaller than a normal knight's sword.
"Brother-in-law, isn't Blair quite obedient in the Northland?"
Blair is the son of Ward. As early as when Richard entered Golden Dragon City for the second time, Blair made an offer that Richard could not refuse and asked Richard to accept him as his disciple.
But now when the eldest prince mentioned Blair, Richard felt a little ashamed. The reason was simple. As a nominal teacher, he only taught Blair for a few days on his way back to the North.
Richard, who later returned to the Northland, would never have time to take care of a disciple, and it would be even less possible for him to shoulder the responsibility of a teacher when he went to support Long Xiguan later.
After Blair arrived in the Northland, he was left by Richard in the Miracle City's mansion. On weekdays, he took classes with the students in the college. At most, he would get private guidance from some masters when he returned to the Hunter family's mansion.
Although the quality of education at Miracle City Academy is not low, and the new castle of the Hunter family is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, it is definitely more than enough to teach Blair, but it is also a real thing that Richard has been working as a hands-off shopkeeper. He has received heavy gifts from the eldest prince.
, accepted a disciple, and now when the eldest prince mentioned it, he was indeed a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, the main purpose of the eldest prince handing over his son to Richard was not to let Richard truly take on the responsibility of a teacher. At first, he had some intention of winning over Richard, but now under the crisis,
Treating the Northland as a haven of refuge, at least Blair would be safer with Richard than with him.
Although the eldest prince was in a prosperous situation in Clay City at this time, in his position, he actually knew very well how critical the situation was.
"This sword was made by me at the hands of a dwarf master from Clay City. It is also the gift I promised to Blair. Please help me, brother-in-law, to pass it on to you."
The eldest prince stroked the blade of the sword with his fingers again, and then handed the slightly shorter knight's sword to Richard.
"Um!"
Richard put away his sword and didn't say much. Although Richard's loyalty to the kingdom was as solid as plastic, he had to admit that none of the people in the Charman family made him hate them.
Not to mention the previous generation, the heroic and courageous Thor and the calculating Ren were both considered heroes of the moment.
In this generation, he had more contact with the eldest prince Ward and the fourth prince Parley, who were also outstanding figures with goals, perseverance and perseverance. No matter who of these two ascended to the throne in the end, they would normally be able to continue to stabilize the rule of the kingdom.
It's a pity that the situation is irreversible. If it hadn't been for such special reasons, it would have been possible for the Golden Dragon Kingdom to continue for hundreds of years, and how could such a dangerous situation have arisen.
Richard did not delay at the eldest prince's manor, and left with the gold ticket and dagger given by the eldest prince.
When I just left the manor, the autumn wind suddenly picked up and the sky became a little darker.
"boom!"
In the clear autumn sky, there was a rare thunder.
Thinking of Irwin who was next to the eldest prince just now, several words came to Richard's mind. "Times have changed" and "A storm is coming."
The energy of the entire world is recovering, and Richard and the Lanster family in the North are actually the first ones to come into contact with this change.
The emergence of the two-headed ogre priest was not an atavism, but a precursor to the recovery of the world's energy. However, this change was too weak at the time, and other than causing a few ripples in the Northland, it did not attract more attention.
Originally, the process of energy recovery may have lasted for more than ten to twenty years before it would gradually have a universal impact on the world.
But Richard established a water statue and a magic tower in Snowfield City. Under the influence of the system, some operations greatly accelerated the process.
And the changes brought about by the acceleration of this process were unexpected even by Richard. The gods that originally survived Ragnarok basically fell into a deep sleep due to the exhaustion of magic power. Now the Lord of the Rising Sun and the Lord of Shadows are all
They began to wake up, and these guys were extremely unfriendly to humans. As soon as they started, they united with the orcs to attack humans, and the Golden Dragon Kingdom was overwhelmed.
In addition to the gods being affected and gradually awakening, humans actually benefited from it. Although the cultivation of magic and fighting spirit are two different paths, they are essentially connected.
When the world's energy gradually recovers, the practice of fighting spirit becomes simpler. If someone does statistics, they will find that the number of human knights has increased a lot in the past six months. Many of them were originally stuck at the peak of quasi-knights and it was difficult to feel
Those whose energy cannot break through the knight level up successfully.
The eldest prince, who was still at the knight level, has also successfully advanced to the rank of knight. Earth knights like Irwin, if placed before, would have been the top masters of mankind. The eldest prince is not qualified to recruit them. Since the eldest prince
Able to recruit others.
This shows that the knights of the earth are not as rare as before. There should be many masters who have been stuck at the peak of the great knights and have broken through this threshold.
It’s just that the recovery of this magic power is fair. Except for the Snowfield City and Miracle City, which are a little bit open, the other places are the same. There are more human knights, and the orc warriors may increase even more, plus the hostility of the gods.
, with the recovery of magic power, the situation becomes increasingly unfavorable to mankind.
"Sir, it seems like it's going to rain today."
Although the rain can't have any impact on Richard, he still doesn't like the rain. Maybe it's because he has practiced the Fierce Sun Qi-Entraining Technique, and he is not able to deal with the rain naturally. When Keshid saw that it was going to rain, he reminded him a little bit.
A word from Richard.
Richard glanced at the dark clouds in the sky and cursed:
"This day is also in the year of the Dog, so it will change if I say so."
"However, only with great changes can there come great conflicts!"