"No? There really is... What are they transporting? It looks so heavy..."
Could it be that the iron and steel transported was used to forge armor and swords? Before Yang Hao could express his confusion, Nia said strangely that the transported food might be exquisite food or ingredients - because she seemed to smell the scent of fresh sea fish.
"No, how did you smell those smells? We are about three or four kilometers away from there."
"Sharks can smell blood from dozens of kilometers away in the sea. It's normal for us black dragons to be able to smell food from several kilometers away on land, right?!
All in all, I smell the scent of fresh sea fish and some high-end ingredients... No? Is there really a famine in the Roman Empire?"
Yang Hao recalled strangely the cannibalism in the parish, and the rebellions caused by peasants who could not afford to eat that were reported everywhere in Roman, and then he nodded:
“They are starving.”
"Then why were they able to use horse-drawn carriages loaded with ice to transport fresh sea fish across several war-torn areas? If they had this transportation capacity and used it to alleviate the drought, they would have survived this famine long ago, right?"
"Honestly, I don't understand it either."
"Didn't you serve as the regent of the Roman Empire?" Nia was shocked: "You have served as the regent, so you should understand the Romans, right?"
As a result, Yang Hao could only smile bitterly: If he understood the Romans, would he be the regent of the elves and Bayerjans now
"When I was in the Roman Empire, I also felt that my brother's family and I were out of place in this strange country..."
In response to Yang Hao's reply, Nia just showed an extremely weird and disgusted expression.
She really couldn't understand this kind of "tight at the front and tight at the back" governance attitude. Perhaps Ishugard was too civilized compared to Roman. As a result, Nia now had a physical aversion to Roman. She even doubted whether it was right to use the Roman Empire as a colony...
Is it really necessary for them to support a group of Romans to mine? Can't they just feed them to the sea and then immigrate here
Nia grinned, and finally decided to give the Romans a chance. But even though she thought so in her heart, she still had to mock how corrupt the Roman nobles were now.
"Okay then. It seems that the people in the capital have a pretty comfortable life. They can have fresh sea fish and high-end ingredients - this is simply unimaginable in our Isgard."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because the president lady has sworn. If there is a famine in Isgard someday, she, as the president, will set an example by not only eating salted fish, but will also personally supervise all bureaucratic systems to do the same, and strive to make the country survive the famine."
She shrugged her shoulders, feeling extremely proud of her own presidential daughter, and suddenly realized that such a good presidential daughter was not young anymore.
It's already over 100 years old, and it's time to talk about marriage. Although everyone is confident that the vampires have a long lifespan, if there is no stable marriage relationship and a hungry heir, Ishgard will still fall into unrest and unable to extricate herself.
After all, no one can guarantee that the next elected president will be an open-minded vampire like Margarita.
But if Margarita, who worked hard for the country, could give birth to children and educate them, they would at least have a more enlightened heir.
Um…
Why can't we go one step further and have this heir also have the genes of His Majesty the Regent
Thinking of this, there was something wrong with the way Niya looked at Yang Hao.
If you think about it carefully, a lot of the knowledge in the Regent's head is acquired through learning...
But his flexible thinking, his passion for work, and his love for his country are enough to prove that he has the ability to educate his children better...
The President's daughter taught enlightenment and national supremacy, and the Regent taught the way of thinking and work enthusiasm... Finally, let Nia personally teach the child the common sense of the importance of industrial development...
Perfect. Is there anything more perfect than this lineup? There is nothing left, right
But the problem is how to solve the prerequisites for this perfect lineup. This is another good question... Um... What? His Majesty the Regent
You said, can the "teleportation" be carried out across continents? If we successfully experiment with the technology you gave us in Ishgard and can actually teleport something to Elucia, doesn't that mean that the President lady can come to you in person to discuss some diplomatic matters
By then, the objective factors of geographical location will be resolved... You said, can you also be the regent of our Isgard, and then go back and forth between the two continents several times a day for work? If you feel tired, it's no problem for you to live in Isgard...
We promise to send the Siren to treat you completely... But how can we make you willing to do so
Nia thought that although His Majesty the Regent was cruel and ruthless, he was still a gentleman who would repay his enemies and his kindness.
Revenge must be taken, favor must be repaid...
A favor must be repaid… A favor must be repaid…
Miss Black Dragon looked at the ballistae on the Roman capital in the distance. From a distance, they should also be ballistae that fire javelins, but their size is much smaller than that on the Alesse warship, and their power must be much smaller...
By then, I will fly high in the sky, get hit by a bullet on purpose, and then go back and appeal to his emotions. Wouldn't that mean I can obtain the coveted favor of His Majesty the Regent, and then keep this favor for use at the right time
Nia thought it was feasible.
Yang Hao shuddered for some reason.
I just feel like someone is trying to harm me.
Chapter 10: The Witch's Betrayal 8K - 2
On the night of the 13th, when Yang Hao and the elves sneaked up to the prismatic wall on the east side of the Roman capital, Black Dragon Nia calculated the time while preparing all the steps to transform into a dragon.
The magic power of the Elucia continent is stronger than that of the Orros continent - although the magic here always gives her a strange feeling. But in the end, it is better to release magic in Elucia than in her hometown.
Although the dragon clan's transformation into humans and dragons is not considered a form of magic, the whole process would be much easier with the assistance of magic.
The only problem was that even Nia herself didn’t know what would happen if she turned into a dragon so smoothly. It was like someone who had eaten Wallace was wondering if he would have diarrhea if he wanted to fart. Nia was a little worried that she might go too far and drive the guards of the capital to the palace, and then the gain would outweigh the loss…
I still have to limit my efforts, not to mention that I have to pretend to be "injured" so that His Majesty the Regent will owe me a favor...
Thinking of this, Nia sighed heavily: "Although I have thought that Japaria and Bayerjans are not monogamous countries, but as expected, this man is quite troublesome...
It's not that I'm slow, but it's precisely because I'm not slow that I'm hard to deal with - I can only force it through some conspiracy and trickery."
Nia used the dragon race's excellent vision to observe the elves' progress. After confirming that they had lurked under the city wall and were waiting for a signal from her side, she sighed again.
"Okay, I'm destined to be a hard worker, so I should go back to work. If the heavens give me a chance, I will definitely rape the regent to vent my dissatisfaction... Let's get to work."
The black dragon sighed.
After taking a deep breath.
Countless magic circles emitting red flashes appeared around her body. With the help of magic, Nia's dragon transformation speed was much faster than when she was at sea.
Not only that…
(It seems to have become a little bigger...)
She looked at her body after transforming into a dragon and pondered for a long time.
Finally, with the flapping of her wings, she soared into the sky, accumulating a mouthful of dragon fire in the darkness.
She breathed out a breath of dragon fire at the top of a still functioning mage tower between the city walls and towers of the royal capital.
…
“Ahhhhh—”
When a black dragon suddenly appeared in the sky and spewed dragon fire at the tower of the Roman capital's city wall, Yang Hao knew that Nia had begun to act according to her plan.
He could clearly feel the entire process of the garrison troops on the city wall hurriedly turning around.
When there were only a few defenders left on the east wall, the elf masters nodded and then whistled with all their might like nightingales.
The clear chirping formed a sharp contrast with the black dragon's roar. Now that a dragon was openly attacking the mage tower on the wall of the royal capital, no soldier cared about the birds' chirping.
Everyone was panicking to support the western city wall. Even if some people realized that something was wrong, they had already been dealt with by the elven rangers who had infiltrated the royal capital.
Looking at the bodies of the defenders on the city wall falling beside him, Yang Hao's mouth twitched, and he climbed up the city wall with the help of the elf masters.
There was one more elf in the original team of 21. This was a ranger who had been lurking in the capital beforehand, and she would be brought back with her when they left later.
"Your Majesty the Regent, masters, please follow me now." The ranger stated calmly, and did not forget to look back at the black dragon in the sky that ignored the spell attack released by the mage tower.
"Now the imperial knights in the palace have also been mobilized, and everyone is trying to find a way to deal with the black dragon in the sky - this is the best opportunity."
"Lead the way..."
"yes… "
After running down the city wall, the Elf Ranger led them through the alleys in the city. In this alley that seemed to go directly through the back door of the noble district in the city, Yang Hao saw many traces of smuggling.
The ranger said that this morning, a caravan loaded with heavy food entered the nobles' residential area through the back door. And if nothing unexpected happened, the nobles probably didn't care much about what was happening outside.
"After all, the Roman nobles feel that they will never be killed. They can pay a large ransom if they are alive, and they will be well taken care of even if they are captured. They will not sacrifice everything for this city. So... they are probably still staying in the mansion to enjoy themselves. This will also make it easier for us to approach the damaged inner wall on the east side of the palace."
"That inner wall hasn't been repaired yet?"
"The prince didn't seem to care much about the weakness of the palace. Rather, he knew that if the outer wall was breached, no matter how strong the interior was, it would be useless. We climbed up the palace's upper wall through the inner wall, and then came to the top of the courtyard through a path on the upper wall."
"Can the little queen and the president of the court come out?"
"No. They are under surveillance, and are not allowed outside the palace at night - and most importantly, the little queen's and the court president's chambers are separate. They are not too far apart, but not too close either."
"I see... continue to lead the way."
They continued to move forward in the hidden passage behind the noble mansion. As the roar of the black dragon intensified and the screams of the citizens in excitement or fear were heard on the main road of the royal capital, Yang Hao saw the extravagant life of the royal nobles through a window.
They seemed to be nobles living in the area. The window of his bedroom on the second floor was wide open, and through the shadow of the candlelight, Yang Hao could clearly see two people stacked on top of each other.
They seemed to be playing with something inside. Soon, a plate of food that was extremely precious to the poor was thrown out, and a woman's curse was heard from inside:
"I told you these coastal fish aren't tasty at all - dear, please don't buy any more fish from the sea, okay? Throw away all the fish in the cellar right away, we don't like eating fish from the sea!"
"Oh, do you hate eating fish as much as your daughter? Fine, I'll have them disposed of tomorrow... But if they appear in the market, we still have to pay a tax... So let's dig a piece of land and bury them. I can't leave evidence that I didn't pay taxes... Come on, let's continue..."
The ranger explained in a low voice that now that the capital was the safest, many nobles who had been cooped up in the capital for too long had developed unique and peculiar hobbies.
They seemed no longer satisfied with just... ordinary play between men and women.
Under closed conditions, some nobles have already started doing things that go beyond family ethics.
Of course, if it was just this kind of thing, the elves could still say it was a private family matter. After all, it was not uncommon for some young elves in the elven society to worship their fathers...
But the problem is that the nobles of the royal capital have gone too far, to the point where the ranger even suspected that there were demons lurking in the city, corrupting it at will.
"Although we have no direct evidence... it is surmised that it is only a matter of time before this city falls into its final corruption: they are too corrupt. Your Majesty. Not just ordinary corruption."
"I know."
In the distance, the black dragon was still roaring, teasing the garrison on the city wall, and sprayed its second breath of dragon fire on another mage tower.
Up close, Yang Hao witnessed with his own eyes the extravagant and decadent lifestyle of the royal capital's nobles, and even saw with his own eyes how the guards of those large mansions secretly lured the hungry poor with food that the owners didn't want, and then took advantage of them when they were least prepared.
Although Yang Hao already knew that Roman was hopeless, seeing him in person still brought him countless surprises...
He now very much hoped that the black dragon would come over and just spit fire on the gathering place of the nobles - but he also knew that the goal of this trip was not to eliminate these nobles.
Finally, they arrived at the base of the damaged wall on the east side of the Roman Palace.
This damaged wall eroded by vines has footholds for the elves to climb up, but for Yang Hao, he can only stay below and wait for the elves to climb up and then secretly send himself up.
Fortunately, this would not consume magic power, nor would it attract the attention of those inside. In this way, he and the elves climbed up the upper wall of the palace. Between the choice of invading from the courtyard and entering the palace, Yang Hao chose the latter.
He was very familiar with the Roman Palace and knew that the courtyard was the farthest from Anna's bedroom. He also knew that under curfew, it was impossible for Anna and Natalia to wait for them in the courtyard.
"Go in from here." He pointed to the door leading to the interior and said, "Cast the invisibility spell, and then we will try not to be discovered by the imperial knights guarding the interior - at least, we cannot be discovered before we rescue the people."
"yes… "
The masters cast invisibility magic for the team, and under the protection of the invisibility magic, they carefully entered the Roman Palace.
There was no change inside the palace. Yang Hao was familiar with the sentry posts, the rooms, and the passages—he was familiar with everything here, and he knew exactly where the queen's bedroom was.
But it is not known whether it was Prince Gasson's intentional act or because of the black dragon's trouble, but at this time a large number of imperial knights were guarding the Queen's bedroom.
The order they received was to protect their queen, but in fact they didn't even know how the queen was treated.
A group of useless knights - Yang Hao led the elves around the passage ahead. When A Zi passed the maid's dormitory area, he signaled the ranger to knock on the bedroom door where the chief judge was.
The ranger nodded, then walked up and knocked on one of the doors.
Boom boom boom…
There was silence after the knock on the door. The Ranger counted to three, then made another move.
Dongdong…
Then the former court president's alert voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"Guest of the forest."
"I don't know what kind of forest guest."
"That's the guest at the beach."
The two exchanged secret signals, and when the haggard judge in a maid's uniform opened the door, the only person she saw was the Ranger—
Yang Hao and his team did not cancel the invisibility magic, so they were completely invisible to the presiding judge at this moment!
She looked around blankly at the empty space, and then subconsciously said to the shadow in front of her: