After questioning everyone, Ren finally figured out what happened before and why they were so excited after hearing that he was the paladin of Kalsham, so much so that some of them even burst into tears.
The Holy Gem Kingdom is a very small country. Although the residents here look the same as humans, they actually have some thin elemental blood. This blood not only allows the people in this country to live twice as long as ordinary people
As mentioned above, occasionally some babies will be born with a quartz-like gemstone, which they call the holy gemstone.
This is also the origin of the name of this country.
The number of this kind of accompanying holy gem is extremely rare. According to these people, hundreds of children may not necessarily have one.
But it has been passed down for so many generations that it is normal for some families to have one or two sacred gems.
Normally, everyone treasures gemstones as a family inheritance and does not easily show them to others.
Moreover, this gemstone also has a very magical property. As a companion, it connects with the owner's mind.
When the owner passes away, the gemstone will gradually lose its brilliance and become like an ordinary piece of quartz, with a great loss of value and only a little commemorative significance.
If a gem is forcibly taken away from its owner, it will become turbid.
Because of this characteristic, the holy gem is regarded as a very valuable gift by the people here, and will only be given to the people they love and respect the most.
In history, some people occasionally gave their gems to the king. In the Holy Gem Kingdom, this was equivalent to the greatest praise and recognition of the person in power.
Then we have to talk about the current king Finn III. He himself owns a sacred gem, and it is a very large one with a very dazzling light.
This made Finn very proud, thinking that he was a person favored by God.
In a sense, this statement is correct. Finn III showed extremely strong training talent and strength since he was a child, which allowed him to live a full five hundred years and sit on the throne for hundreds of years.
Unlike other people in the kingdom, what Finn III likes to do most is to show his sacred gems to others and listen to their praises.
The current prime minister of the kingdom is the one who knows how to flatter.
But recently, Finn III has a new favorite, his name is Mendoza, and the herald Mulla he saw before is his subordinate.
Mendoza, who used to be an astrologer, is also a good braggart, and is much better than the prime minister who can only repeatedly say, "Your Majesty, your sacred gems are as bright as the stars in the sky." At least he can tell what is happening in the sky.
the names of those stars, and knowing which gods these stars are associated with.
"Even the Chang'ao star, which represents the goddess of mist, is not as bright as your majesty's holy gem."
This one sounds more high-end than Mendoza, and I can talk about it for a long time even if I change my name every day.
In addition to flattery, Mendoza also tried his best to give Finn III bad ideas to enhance his status.
At his suggestion, Finn III decided to hold an appreciation conference every half month. In a specially built hall, Finn III would display his sacred gems for civilians to visit, and then he would
He would disguise himself and blend in with the crowd to enjoy other people's compliments on the gems.
This is a fixed task. People who choose a street each time take turns to visit.
Mendoza will specially arrange some "actors" to play the lines he has prepared near the booth.
Of course, these compliments will be relatively ordinary and not up to his own level.
If this is the case, Finn III is at best a little narcissistic and listens to slander. For ordinary people, it is just a little more boring trouble, which is not too bad.
But recently, as the 500th birthday of Finn III approached, Mendoza came up with another idea to please the king, which many people couldn't accept.
Mendoza said to Finn III: "Your Majesty, your holy gemstone is indeed unmatched by any jewelry in the world, but no matter how beautiful the gemstone is, it needs to be set off. Look at the stars in the sky, why do people pay attention to the brightest ones?
Star? That’s because there are other stars in the background.”
"It will be your 500th birthday in a while. We can collect sacred gems from all over the country and put them together with yours to make a unique gem dress. At that time, we will invite guests from all over the world and ask them to admire your dress.
I believe that they will definitely notice the most beautiful one above, which is your Majesty’s. By then, people all over the world will realize the beauty of your holy gem.”
Finn III was very moved after hearing this, but there was a big problem with this proposal.
If the Holy Gem is not given willingly, it will become turbid after a while.
However, Mendoza told Finn III that it would take at least a month for the sacred gem to become completely cloudy, and it would take 7-10 days for more obvious cloudy stains to appear, which gave them time to operate.
"Your Majesty, you just want the world to see how beautiful your gems are. A few days are enough. Once your birthday celebration is over and the guests leave, you can put away your dress.
Take off your own sacred gem, and it will be none of your business what the others will become."
Finn III was very satisfied with Mendoza's proposal. Two days ago, they ordered the collection of 499 holy gems, plus his own, a total of 500 pieces, and put them together to put together a dress.
In the past two days, the entire Holy Gem Kingdom was in a state of chaos. What Finn III did was equivalent to sacrificing a total of 499 Holy Gemstones, just to make him feel vain in front of outsiders.
As a result, before I could recover from the grief of losing the treasure, a new trick appeared.
After Finn III got the finished dress, he was very happy, so he had the idea of showing off.
He wanted everyone to praise his new dress, including the commoners of the Holy Gem Kingdom even though the gems used to make the dress were stolen from them.
So the scene that Ren saw earlier appeared. Mendoza sent his men to each block to read out new orders, asking everyone to go to the streets to greet the king tomorrow. The main reason was to let Finn III see everyone praising him.
dress.
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After saying this to Renn, the people around him couldn't stop crying again. They cried to Renn: "Your Majesty Paladin, you must help us!"
Ren touched it and felt the surging power in his body. He felt that this matter was not stressful, so he puffed up his chest and nodded: "No problem, tell me, who do you want me to kill?"
Isn't this just like those RPG games? What's the use of having so many pre-plots? All you need to do is tell me "Where to go? Who to kill? How many?"
"Ah?" The people around were startled by Ren's sudden hardness, and then quickly shook their heads and said: "No, we just hope that you can make His Majesty wake up a little bit..."