"His Majesty the Great Emperor Abel has arrived!" Steward Burbage's voice was high and clear. All the guests in the huge palace hall stopped talking. This was a sign of respect for the host of the reception and awe of the power.
Abel smiled and nodded to the guests, and walked to the center of the hall. He reached out from the tray in the hands of the servants on the side, took out a cup of fruit juice specially prepared for him, and raised the juice in his hand.
No guest would say anything because what he held up was not wine. Since Abel's status continued to improve, he no longer drank alcohol and regarded himself as a real wizard. At the same time, he also There is no need to deliberately please anyone, so wine is just a trading item for him.
"Welcome all distinguished guests, and welcome the great Emperor Aldous who has come from afar. You are still so handsome. Every time I see you, I hope that I can still have your demeanor when I reach your age. !" Abel's words made the guests present laugh in good faith.
His Majesty Emperor Aldous also smiled and nodded. Although he is already an old man, his good cultivation and natural bearing can still be seen in his youthful heroic appearance, which he has always been proud of. .
He had a smile on his face and was very happy in his heart, because such compliments came from the mouth of an equally or more powerful emperor, which made him feel particularly comfortable.
Of course, he would not really take this as a simple compliment, because the details of his life are known to Abel. This matter can reflect that the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Alice has penetrated into the Kingdom of St. Alva. middle.
However, the goodwill shown by Abel was full, which gave His Majesty Emperor Aldous more confidence in the subsequent peace contract negotiations.
"And the distinguished Prime Minister, His Royal Highness the Duke of Chesterton. I deeply regret that His Majesty Emperor Manfred could not come. Please bring me my most sincere greetings!" Abel smiled slightly at the Duke of Chesterton. bowed and said.
"Your Majesty, the great Emperor Abel, I will definitely bring you your greetings!" Duke Chesterton bowed in response.
He also understood that Abel was a gesture, a signal to show the human world and the entire Holy Continent that the three empires were living in peace.
The crisis of reduced food production has made it more difficult for races with larger populations, the most obvious of which are the human and orc empires. The human world has fallen into chaos, but as long as the three empires can be stable, then no matter how big the chaos is, it will be nothing more than a trivial matter. It has limited impact on the strength of the entire human world.
It was for this reason that the Duke of Chesterton and His Majesty Emperor Aldous were confident that they could let Abel sit down and discuss the peace contract together. Now it seems that Abel should have the same intention.
"And my brother Bernie, don't stand so far away!" Abel looked at Bernie standing far away, smiled and said as a hand gesture.
Although Bernie can be considered to have a noble status, in this situation, who are the people standing closest to Abel? Those are the most noble people in the entire Holy Continent.
However, Abel's invitation also made it easier for him to become one of them. Even if he didn't speak, just standing among these distinguished people would be of great help to him. You must know that Bernie has no talent for cultivation, so His status in the world also represents his status among the dwarves.
"Honorable Elf Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert, may you be accustomed to human delicacies!" Abel bowed to Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert.
Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert also smiled and bowed in return.
"Thank you to all the distinguished guests. Your arrival has added more glory to the Kingdom of St. Alice!" Abel said loudly at the end, then raised the crystal glass and continued: "The reception has begun, please have fun!"
All the guests raised their glasses, and after taking the first sip of wine, the atmosphere at the reception suddenly became lively.
The three seventeenth-level senior wizards under Abel's control, headed by the senior wizard Dana, had lost the indifference in their eyes at this time. In the past, they just accepted orders and had to complete Abel's instructions involuntarily.
But just this month, after they received the first month's offerings, they were already full of hope for a bright future in the future.
Take Dana, a senior wizard, for example. The gift he received this month was the right to redeem 5,000 points from the Wizards Guild of Liante City. The value of this point is very considerable.
It is not impossible for the senior wizard Dana to get five thousand points, but he will need to work at full capacity for several months, or participate in extremely dangerous tasks.
But now, just by becoming the guardian wizard of the Kingdom of St. Alice, he can get the right to redeem five thousand points every month, which makes him very excited.
What surprised Dana's senior wizard was that in addition to these, the Kingdom of St. Ellis also built a seventeen-story magic tower for him in the imperial city. This magic tower was the top-level magic tower in exchange for the Wizards Guild of Leante City. configuration.
This magic tower is already several times more valuable than his old magic tower that was upgraded layer by layer, and practicing in that kind of environment, its effect will also be much improved. This is his most powerful magic tower. Fancy.
The energy consumed by the magic tower will be provided by the Imperial Palace. An energy transmission array allows powerful energy to be continuously transmitted from the large defensive array of the Imperial Palace to the magic tower of him and two other senior wizards.
This allows their three magic towers to activate all the magic circles almost all day long, without having to worry about energy.
In fact, Abel has no choice. As long as the magic stone in his hand has been synthesized by the Horadric Cube, its purity is unparalleled. Anyone who holds it in his hand can see the difference, so he can only use this method. provide energy.
Fortunately, he now has enough income from Liante City wizard points, so that he can distribute points to the wizards for their offerings, allowing the wizards to redeem the resources they need independently.
Because of these, senior wizard Dana and three other seventeenth-level senior wizards took the initiative to participate in this cocktail party. This also shows that the three senior wizards are working hard to integrate into the empire.
"Your Majesty Abel, for the sake of peace and stability in the human world, our three empires should join forces to suppress those bandits who dare to plunder during the food production crisis!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said to Abel with a smile.
At this time, Abel had a small circle around him, and everyone in the circle was the real ruler of the Holy Continent, including the two major empires, the dwarves and elves, the Wizards Guild, and the black-robed senior priest of the Orc Empire.
The words of His Majesty Emperor Aldous aroused the interest of everyone in the circle, because when the three empires join forces, it will involve the relationship between the three empires, and corresponding contracts will be signed.
"Your Majesty Aldous, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has been working hard to maintain stability around the empire. For this reason, the empire has sent a large number of knights to the weak vassal countries to deal with this bandit invasion. I would like to ask for your advice. Agree!" Abel said with a smile and nodded.
Abel has no greater ambitions. The current St. Ellis Kingdom is already difficult for him to manage, and he really has no intention of thinking about more territories.
If it weren't for the active provocation of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, then he would not have taken this empire into his own hands. It was all because of the idea of self-preservation.
"Your Majesty Abel, our Orc Empire hopes to maintain peace with you forever. On behalf of His Majesty the Lion King of the Orc Empire, I come to discuss signing a peace treaty with you!" The voice of the black-robed senior priest of the Orc Empire was as unpleasant as gravel, but the tone was clear. But it is very sincere.
"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, if the Orc Empire wants peace, it is not enough to sign a peace treaty with the Kingdom of St. Ellis alone, right?" Abel asked, looking at the black-robed senior priest.
"Your Majesty Abel, the Orc Empire had a peace treaty with the three major human empires a long time ago. The only difference is that you have now become the emperor of the Kingdom of Saint Ellis and need to sign a new peace treaty with you!" Black-robed senior priest He bowed and explained.
Abel was surprised. He had doubts about the black-robed high priest coming to attend his celebration from the beginning. Now he knew for the first time that the three major human empires had always had a peace treaty with the Orc Empire.
He looked at the people around him, and from the faces of His Majesty Emperor Aldous and Duke of Chesterton, he saw a definite answer.
He saw the unsurprised looks on the faces of the other guests, and then he realized that the Orc Empire did not seem to have a real feud with the human world.
Thinking about history, at most, small groups of orcs with low combat power would appear in various principalities in the orc empire, mostly to train new people, but this kind of thing has never happened in any empire.
Of course, except for the incident that caused the Kingdom of St. Ellis to lose a griffin knight, there was also no large-scale army there, but just a quick action.
This kind of incident is more of a friction at the imperial level, and this kind of friction also occurs from time to time between the three empires.
Think about it, after mankind won the war with the Orc Empire, it did not continue to expand the results. Instead, it still used the Miracle Wall as a boundary and still left the Orc battlefield empty.
"Your Majesty Abel, it is too sudden for you to become the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. There are many situations that no one has explained to you. The orc battlefield is a battlefield specially used by humans and the orc empire to train human wizards and orc sacrifices. If there is no On that battlefield, it is impossible for the Holy Continent to cultivate a large number of wizards and priests with combat experience!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said softly to Abel from the side.
"In other words, whether the Miracle Wall exists or not, it will not pose any danger to the human world?" Abel asked with a dry mouth.
"No, Your Majesty Abel, once the Miracle Wall is lost, we will lose the initiative in the battle with the Orc Empire. With the help of Miracle Spirit, the Orc Empire will gain an advantage in fighting human wizards. At that time, countless Human wizards will die in front of the Miracle Wall, and the Orc Empire will gain more resources," His Majesty Emperor Aldous continued.
"Peace requires strength!" Abel sighed softly.
"Yes, Your Majesty Abel, peace requires strength!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said to Abel with a smile.
The guests in the small circle did not deliberately listen to the conversation between the two. It was not until Abel turned to speak to the black-robed senior priest that they focused again.
"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, the Kingdom of St. Ellis will coexist peacefully with the Orc Empire, and there will be a dedicated person to discuss specific matters with you!" Abel nodded lightly, and then said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty Abel, may the light of peace always shine on the earth!" The expression of the black-robed senior priest suddenly became relaxed, and he bowed and said.
Abel always felt extremely weird when he heard a senior orc priest say such words.
The black-robed senior priest was of course very happy, because the Kingdom of Saint Ellis was more powerful than the previous empire, and its military strength had already posed a huge threat to the Orc Empire.
The most important thing is that the Orc Empire is very weak now. This is the time when this powerful Orc Empire, which can compete with the three major human empires for thousands of years, was at its weakest. The Orc War cost them too many powerful warriors, and Abel... Reducing their high priesthood to an extremely dangerous level.
The Orc Empire needs to sign a peace treaty with the Kingdom of St. Ellis. This is the most important task for the black-robed high priest to come this time. If he can obtain Abel's approval, this task will be more than half completed.
For most of the guests present, the reception was an opportunity to communicate with each other, but for Abel, it was a chance to re-understand the Holy Continent where he was.
During the conversation with His Majesty Emperor Aldous and Duke Chesterton, he learned that the Holy Continent was just a place of training, a place to provide combatants for this world.
There is a strict dividing line between humans and orcs, which is the Budapest Mountains, which is divided between the strong humans and the strong orcs. The Miracle Wall and the orc battlefield outside the Miracle Wall are the trial grounds, where wizards and priests fight. , growing up in it.
Of course, this kind of growth comes at a price, and death is one of the prices.
Being in Abel's position at this time, he can understand the benefits of this rule to human wizards, because if like the wizards in the principalities, they only know how to practice all day long, and most of the training resources are provided by the principalities. The combat effectiveness of such a wizard can be imagined.
It's just that he doesn't understand what's going on in this world and why it needs so many wizards with powerful combat capabilities. From what they said, even the orc priests are like this. These battle-hardened wizards and priests will meet the requirements when they become advanced. Will leave the Holy Continent, but who is the enemy
His Majesty the Emperor Aldous and the Duke of Chesterton were not able to answer Abel, and no one among the senior leaders of the tribes at the entire reception could answer him. He knew that Senior Wizard Dunn must know, but Senior Wizard Dunn He promised that he would only tell him after he became a senior wizard.
Perhaps the most correct choice is to speed up the handling of the empire's political affairs, devote oneself to cultivation, and become a high-level wizard as early as possible.
After the reception, many changes occurred in the Kingdom of St. Ellis. The most obvious one was that the parliamentary system was proposed by Earl Bennett. Due to Abel's strong support, the major nobles in the empire seemed to have increased their rights. This made this parliamentary system easily adopted in the empire.
No one thought that there was a process in the parliamentary system that was the way Abel really controlled the empire.
Members of the Parliament are elected by major nobles and important cities, and the Speaker of the Parliament is elected by all members of the Parliament.
The whole process is similar to the elven parliamentary system, but after the members are elected, they will sign a contract of loyalty to the empire. This contract looks very ordinary, but it is a magical contract made by Bartoli.
After signing the contract, each councilor may still serve the interests of the nobles on the surface, but in fact they are completely loyal to the royal family and to Abel.
Of course, the rights of the emperor have not been weakened. The emperor has all rights, and the parliament only assists the emperor in handling government affairs.
The first Speaker was appointed by Abel, and no nobleman objected to this, because he appointed Earl Bennett. Of course, after being appointed as Speaker, Earl Bennett's title was also elevated to Duke. .
Since then, the Bennett family has truly become one of the great nobles of the Holy Continent, and Earl Brooke has also become one of the three deputy speakers, with equally astonishing power in his hands.
On June 1st, after the Parliament of the Kingdom of St. Ellis was established, the first thing it did was to sign a peace contract with the two major human empires, the Orc Empire, the Dwarves and the Elves. This was also eagerly needed by the major forces.
Since the establishment of the Parliament, Abel seemed to have disappeared. He only appeared when the peace contract was signed. After the peace contract was signed, he was never seen again in the affairs of the Kingdom of St. Ellis.
On June 1st, after participating in the signing ceremony of the peace contract, Abel did not return to the Magic Tower because he received an unexpected invitation, so he reached the dwarves directly through the teleportation circle.
"His Majesty the Great Dwarf King Dunbar, Emperor Abel of the Kingdom of St. Ellis greets you!" Abel bowed to a dwarf wearing golden armor and a crown on his head and said.
This is Helm City, the royal city of the dwarves. This is not an official visit, but a private visit. The person he is visiting is the dwarf king Dunbar opposite.
Abel has never met the Dwarf King Dunbar, because the Dwarf King Dunbar was in retreat some time ago. The Dwarf King Dunbar is a powerful eighteenth-level wizard, and his strength is ranked among the top three in the entire Holy Continent.
"Your Majesty, the great Emperor Abel, my brother of the dwarves, I have been waiting to meet you!" Dwarf King Dunbar said with a sincere smile on his face and a hug.
Since Abel was visiting privately, the dwarf king Dunbar was also alone and did not follow him.
Abel stooped down and hugged the dwarf king Dunbar. This behavior was very rare among wizards, because it was a very dangerous behavior to let go of defense and let people get so close.
Especially given that Abel is also a dual-line Grand Knight Commander, while Dwarf King Dunbar is just a simple wizard, this shows that Dwarf King Dunbar trusts him and treats him as a true brother.
"Your Majesty Dunbar, I have been looking forward to meeting you!" Abel said with a smile after the hug.
"Let's go in and talk!" Dwarf King Dunbar said with a hand gesture.
Abel and Dwarf King Dunbar walked side by side into the tall building. This building was very old, with an internal height of almost twenty meters. This was a typical dwarf style.
However, the dwarf king Dunbar did not stop at this building. Instead, he led Abel directly down a staircase in the building.
"This is all a lie. Dwarves will not receive their brothers up there!" Dwarf King Dunbar said with a laugh.
On both sides of the stairs, countless lighting arrays illuminate the entire staircase. The style here is different from the one above. It is made of stones everywhere, with a very rough style.
Not long after walking up the stairs, Abel saw a huge underground city filled with dwarves, completely different from the empty buildings above.
"This is Helm City, the royal city of the dwarves!" Dwarf King Dunbar proudly introduced.
The underground city is wrapped by a huge magic circle. Outside the transparent shield, you can still see the traces of carved mountains around it. There is no lighting magic circle here, because regardless of the light emitted by the huge magic circle above the city, Or the underground fires emitting fiery red light throughout the city are enough to make this underground city bright.
"Your Majesty Dunbar, Grandmaster Abel!" Walking on the street, Abel's height was particularly conspicuous, and the dwarves passing by all bowed down to salute the two majesties.
There is a strange phenomenon, that is, in the human world, more and more people in the human world are calling Abel Emperor Abel instead of Grand Master Abel.
Among the dwarves, the dwarves still call Abel Grandmaster Abel, which reflects that the dwarves worship the blacksmith master much more than the emperor of the empire.
Abel looked at everything around him curiously. There were shops found in all cities, and countless blacksmith shops that were not found in any city. The sound of hammers hitting anvils could be heard everywhere.
Dwarf King Dunbar introduced this city to Abel as he walked, this holy city in the hearts of the dwarves located inside Mount Helm.
The blacksmiths here are at least senior blacksmiths, and there is the most comprehensive blacksmith training process. Every blacksmith who can own an independent blacksmith shop in this city is a master blacksmith, or a future master blacksmith.
It was through the introduction of Dwarf King Dunbar that Abel learned about the terrifying strength of the dwarves for the first time. There are so many master blacksmiths. Most of them will live here all their lives and never leave. They have been contributing to the dwarves all their lives. with everything.
Abel had been in contact with the Gough family before, and he also saw dwarf blacksmiths there, but until now he didn't know why the Gough family was said to be a dwarf business family.
Because this is the real dwarf blacksmith city in front of us. Compared with the business atmosphere of the Gough family, this place can produce the world's best dwarf weapons and equipment, and this place has the forging technology that has always been ahead of the entire Holy Continent.
This is the city of blacksmiths, the city of forging, and everything here serves forging.
Along the way, Abel and the dwarf king Dunbar came to a stone castle. It was not very tall, and even slightly small for Abel's two-meter height, but this was a building that was truly suitable for dwarves.
In front of the gate of the castle, two full version war puppets with a height of nearly ten meters stood on both sides of the gate. If it were not for the strong energy fluctuations on the war puppets, people would really think that they were two statues.
"These are war puppets. Unfortunately, although the dwarves can produce them, they cannot support their huge consumption, so they only keep these two war puppets!" Dwarf King Dunbar explained helplessly when he saw Abel stop.
Abel's batch of small war puppets are a reduced version of this war puppet. If you think about the horror of the small war puppets, you can know how powerful this full version of the war puppet is.
But now he just looked at it a few more times, and now he has enough strength in his hands. Although this kind of energy-consuming war puppet is good, there are not many places where it can really be used. It is too big.
Entering the castle, the dwarf king Dunbar took Abel to a reception room. A glass of fruit juice was delivered to Abel by a dwarf servant. It seemed that he liked the fruit juice. This Holy Continent has probably already Everyone knows it.
Dwarf King Dunbar had a glass of Grandmaster Wine in front of him. He picked up the cup and took a deep breath of the Grandmaster Wine, then tasted it, and then poured half of the cup into his mouth.
"Huh!" He breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Abel: "Your Majesty Abel, after I drank this master wine of yours after I came out of seclusion this time, I can no longer drink other wines. Other wines are different from your master wine. Compared with wine, it’s like chewing wax!”
"Thank you for your boast!" Abel replied with a smile as he took a sip of the water spirit juice.
"I just heard that little guy Bernie said that you are now going to reduce the supply of Grandmaster Wine and Master Wine by more than half. Is it because our dwarves have given you less in exchange?" Dwarf King Dunbar looked at Abel and said, He put down the wine glass and said in a firm tone: "Don't reduce the supply of this wine. If you need anything, just ask. As long as the dwarves can take it out, I will give it to you!"
Only then did Abel understand the meaning of Dwarf King Dunbar's invitation to him. The trading volume of Master Liquor and Master Liquor had decreased, and he had no choice. Now that there was a huge food-consuming empire like the Kingdom of St. Ellis, he originally The grain production that can still be supported is now somewhat stretched.
There is too much grain used in wine making, and there is no way to buy raw material wine in the entire Holy Continent. The value of grain is so high that wine making has basically stopped in the Holy Continent.
Abel provided a large amount of Master Wine and Grandmaster Wine to the dwarves. You must know that Master Wine alone is synthesized from ordinary wine. Three times the ratio can be synthesized to double the amount, which requires more food.
Grandmaster wine requires more common raw material wine. The brewing of these two wines seriously affects the empire's food supply. And Abel thought that the dwarves could not live without wine, so he explained the situation to Bernie. .
Unexpectedly, the dwarves really couldn't live without wine, so they decided to reduce the supply. But now even the dwarf king Dunbar has come forward directly. This means that he will directly join his army and make him unable to refuse. .
"Your Majesty Dunbar, the food production of the Kingdom of St. Ellis has dropped sharply. The production is no longer enough for the empire's survival. We have no choice but to reduce the production of Master Wine and Grand Master Wine!" Abel spread his hands and said helplessly.
The dwarf king Dunbar actually knew about this. At this time, the dwarves were asked to use grain to make wine. They also couldn't bear this supply.
"Your Majesty Abel, isn't there any solution?" Dwarf King Dunbar finally asked.
Abel was a little hesitant. The dwarf king Dunbar came forward. If he really refused, it would definitely affect the friendship between him and the dwarves. But if he didn't refuse, how would he solve the huge food price gap
Suddenly he thought of the island in the ocean and the almost unlimited fish resources around it, maybe...
"Your Majesty Dunbar, if you can send people to fish at the Titan Temple, I can exchange the master wine and grandmaster wine for sea fish!" Abel said with a smile.
"There is no problem with fishing, but can the sea fish be eaten?" Dwarf King Dunbar asked hesitantly.
There has never been a precedent for eating marine fish in the Holy Continent. Abel's idea made the dwarf king Dunbar a little puzzled.
"Of course it's edible. You can test the fish you catch first and trade those that are edible!" Abel, of course, knew that sea fish were edible, he assured.
"Okay, Your Majesty Abel, if it is really possible, then not only will the wine problem be solved, but the food of the dwarves will also be more abundant!" Dwarf King Dunbar said with a laugh.
Sometimes food is right in front of you, but no one notices it first. The dwarves who can go to the Titan Temple are all elites. No one would have thought that the fish there can be eaten, because no matter how food is lacking, it will not be lacking for these dwarf elites. And the dwarf elites don't think about food.
Marine fish that had never appeared before appeared in the food supply of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, and the numbers were so large that many people thought that the empire had sent ships into the ocean.
These sea fish were all traded between Abel and the dwarves. Since the dwarves had an ocean enclave, they themselves began to develop marine resources. The minerals and spiritual beast resources in the ocean were the key development projects of the dwarves.
But the fish come by the way. The dwarves use a large number of ocean fish in exchange for Master Wine and Grandmaster Wine. With the technical capabilities of the dwarves, fishing tools are only an extremely simple tool.
Based on the exchange ratio required by Abel, the amount of ocean fish provided by the dwarves is an astonishing number.
Because in the entire ocean, there is only one base for catching ocean fish, the dwarves, which is just a drop in the ocean for the almost endless fish resources in the ocean.
Therefore, the fish exchanged in the end were enough to make up for part of the empire's food shortage problem, which also surprised Abel. He did not expect that a mission to help the dwarves would eventually become the key to solving the food problem of the Kingdom of St. Ellis.
Perhaps the people of the empire were not used to eating marine fish, but with the palace and the nobles taking the lead, and due to hunger, the taste of marine fish itself was very good, and soon marine fish began to appear normally among the people of the empire. on the dining table.