"Whose descendants are you?" Rick looked at Adam with a gaze that penetrated into his bones.
The atmosphere in the room was so dull that it froze. Adam didn't know when Emperor Rick woke up, how many of his "treasonous" remarks he had heard, or how much strength the other party had recovered. After weighing the pros and cons, he still answered Rick's questions.
"My grandfather's grandfather is Azul, and Ola is my sister." Adan said with his eyes lowered.
"Ah, little Azul, he was still a teenager when I left the Imperial City to fight the sea tribe and the rebels. I didn't expect him to escape the Imperial City alive, grow up, and have offspring." Rick sighed, "Then you are my direct descendants. As my descendants, do you really want to hold swords against your ancestors and a saint?"
Under pressure from his opponent, Adan finally gave up the fight. He put his sword on the ground, knelt on one knee, and performed the etiquette of a royal descendant to meet the emperor. Seeing his brother surrender, Ola also walked over tremblingly and did the same thing. Then he lowered his head and remained silent.
"Well, tell me, how did little Azul escape?" The emperor was still sitting on the bed, but everyone felt that the pressure around them began to ease.
"It is said that the guards paid a great price and escaped through the secret passage before the city was breached. Not long after they escaped from the city, the magicians of the Royal Mage Tower and the rebels besieging the city opened the city gates, and most of the people left in the palace were killed. The guards finally escorted Azul to the border of the empire and hid in the mountains near the southern city-state. The rebels never gave up chasing them. Later, my ancestors moved to many places in the mountains, but we have settled in that area, and the descendants of those loyal guards have been following us."
"The Royal Mage Tower actually betrayed? It seems that the rumor about the mysterious magician among the rebels coming from the Royal Mage Tower is true. These shameless people eat the tribute of the empire, but treat me and my descendants like this." Emperor Rick thought for a while with a gloomy face, and then asked, "Then how did you know I was here?"
"Your captain of the guard, Baron Avaroa, finally found Azul and told them the news. However, he was attacked on the way and was seriously injured. He died not long after."
"Alas, loyal Avaroa, he was the last person by my side. After he took the message out, I fell into a deep sleep."
"But we were being hunted at the time, and we didn't dare to lead the rebels to this direction, so this secret was only passed down among the clan leaders. By the time of my grandfather's generation, the situation outside began to improve. By my generation, we finally had the strength to explore this ruins and wake you up."
Adan then introduced some of the conditions in their camp.
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At this time, Ji Yijun opened his mouth to talk to Luo Ling, but saw Luo Ling glanced at Rick and then shook her head.
"He's bluffing." Ji Yijun suddenly said in English.
"What?" Luo Ling was stunned.
"Didn't you see? He is stalling for time. He can't even move a finger now. Look at him. What's the difference between him and a patient who just woke up from a hospital bed? I think all he can do is release his mental power to scare us." Ji Yijun continued in English.
"What do you want to do?" Luo Ling also asked in English.
"I think we have a chance to launch a surprise attack. I want to hit him with my pistol. If he moves, we will run away. If he doesn't move, we will kill him."
"Hold on. Didn't you hear that? What Adam said is not true."
"Ah, yes, their base is clearly in the north."
"Continue to listen to them, and remember, no matter what Adam says later, you must remain calm."
The conversation between the two of them attracted the attention of Emperor Rick. He asked Adam, "What is your relationship with these people? Why are you speaking in a language we can't understand?"
"These people are mercenaries and wizards who wandered here from the Western Continent. I can't trust the local wizards. They have betrayed us before, so I asked them to open the seal at the door." Adam said, "You see, some of them have completely different hair and eye colors from us. They are used to speaking the dialect of the Western Continent to each other."
Emperor Rick nodded slightly and said, "Western Continent, that distant continent has actually contacted us?"
"Just one hundred years ago, the people of the Sea Clan discovered a route that connected the East Continent, the Southern Islands, and the West Continent. Although these people of the Sea Clan are despicable and shameless, they are still good at sailing."
"Really? It seems that a lot of things happened while I was away." Emperor Krei smiled, his old face full of wrinkles. "It feels bad to miss these big events. But fortunately, I'm back and my injuries have recovered a lot."
"However, these are things far away. What happened to the rebels later in the empire's territory is more important." A Dan didn't dare to say more about the story of the Western Continent and quietly brought the topic back.
Emperor Rick really paid more attention to those who fought with him and made those lying here. He looked a little angry and asked, "What do you think happened to those shameless traitors?"
"You see, those rebels had three leaders."
"Of course I know. A knight named Allen Dias, a berserker named Melo Arias, and a mysterious wizard."
"The wizard is actually Matthew Doria."
"It was him! At that time, Matthew Doria of the Spirit Refining Tower and Sasso Llerena of the Sky-Splitting Tower were known as the two pillars of the Royal Magic Tower. They were the two young men with the greatest hope of entering the Holy Land. The Empire invested countless resources in these two people. Even I met him several times, gave him a lot of advice, and funded many of his experiments and training. This is how he repays me!"
"It is said that he met two other rebels in an ancient ruin when he was out for training. They seemed to have inherited something and became very powerful. In the end, they saw the opportunity for you to fight against the sea people for the continent and stabbed you in the back. And Sasso is not much better. You should know that he is a good friend of Matthew Doria, and he is the key figure who persuaded the entire Royal Magic Tower to rebel together! Later, these two people did become saints." Adam said, secretly observing Rick's reaction.
Rick's breathing became obviously heavier, and his lips were pursed, as if he was really angry. He sat there silently for a long time with a gloomy face, and then he said, "Tell me, what happened to the situation on the mainland later? What was the final outcome of these two treacherous guys?"