"Stop, don't move!"
This cordon had just been established and the soldiers on it were still nervous, so when they saw a flash of lightning flashing across the plain in the dark and finally stopping not far from the cordon, they were all startled. Not daring to be careless, they shone the searchlight in that direction, and suddenly a figure appeared in the bright light.
Tian Yang had no intention of making things difficult for these soldiers, and said calmly: "Please inform General Olgali that our friends from Lieyang Castle are back."
Several soldiers immediately thought of the orders they had received before and tried to ask, "Are you the Lord of Tianyang City?"
Hearing the soldier's question, Tian Yang knew that Olga must have given some instructions, so he nodded slightly: "That's right."
A moment later, a military magnetic vehicle drove out and took Tianyang to Silver Dragon Castle.
Sitting in the car, Tianyang looked out of the window. The soldiers of Silver Dragon Fort were dismantling the camp left behind by the Iron Blood Fort coalition forces. When passing the defense line, he saw the bumpy ground, countless damaged fortifications, chariots that were still burning, and medical soldiers busy moving around on the battlefield.
It was a brutal battle.
Tianyang sighed silently.
After going through a series of formalities, he finally entered the Silver Dragon Castle and was sent to the courtyard for receiving distinguished guests.
As Tianyang got out of the car, another magnetic car arrived at the gate of the courtyard. The door opened and Olgali, who had already put on armor, jumped out of the car. She walked forward quickly, held Tianyang's hand and said, "I'm so glad that you're okay, Lord Tianyang."
Tianyang smiled faintly and said, "Is Guibao okay?"
Olgali shook her head. "When I came back, I encountered Thor Valedin's strong resistance, but they retreated before we could decide the winner. I thought that it must be the Lord of Tianyang City who succeeded."
"Oh my god, this is simply a miracle. I really don't know how you, Lord Tianyang, did it."
Olgari is well aware of the strength of Iron Blood Castle. This fortress has a strong military force. Even if the main force is fighting in the Dragon Ridge Plain, Iron Blood Castle has enough troops to protect it. In addition, the city lord Belia Carter himself is also a heavenly-level strongman.
Whether it was the siege that Tianyang had envisioned before, or kidnapping his family, it would not be an easy task.
But the sudden retreat of Ironblood Castle must have been due to a threat, which made Olgari sigh at the young city lord's methods.
Without waiting for Tianyang's response, Olgali said, "I'm sorry, I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I can't accompany you. Besides, it's getting late now. Please go to bed first, Lord Tianyang. I'll contact you tomorrow. What do you think?"
"Can."
So Olga came and left in a hurry.
Tianyang entered the courtyard and met Chiying and his church warriors. It was getting late, so he went back to his room to rest.
the next day.
Tian Yang had just finished his breakfast when he heard the sound of cars outside the courtyard, followed by footsteps. Looking towards the courtyard gate, he saw a group of Silver Dragon Fort soldiers running in, divided into two rows to guard it.
Then, figures came in one after another. The one walking in front was a teenager of about fifteen or sixteen. This big boy had soft golden hair fluttering gently in the morning breeze. His rare gray-green eyes were full of curiosity about the surroundings. He seemed particularly quiet, even
A little shy.
However, Tianyang noticed that the boy was walking in the front and in the middle. His clothes were exquisitely made, tailored and ironed to fit him, and there were two dark golden patterns on the cuffs, which turned out to be an abstract giant dragon.
Behind the boy were Olga and a strange man. The man was tall and majestic, with broad shoulders, which made him look as solid as a sand wall and full of strength. He looked to be in his early forties, with a sharp nose and sharp eyes, but he seemed to have not rested well recently, with dark circles around his eyes and bloodshot eyes.
Behind them were some fortress officials, including elegant men, intellectual and beautiful women, elderly people over fifty years old, and energetic young people.
Tianyang didn't wait for them to enter the house, and took Chiying out to greet them. With Olgali and a group of officials accompanying them, Tianyang had already vaguely guessed the identity of the big boy.
Suddenly seeing Tianyang appear, the big boy approached the middle-aged man behind him with some fear. A trace of helplessness flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes. He put his hand on his shoulder and whispered a few words. The big boy nodded, looked at Tianyang with gray-green eyes, and said with a pretentious dry cough: "You, you are Mr. Tianyang, the lord of Lieyang Castle?"
Tianyang smiled and said, "I am."
Olgali then stepped forward and introduced: "Lord Tianyang, this is Lord Andre, the Lord of our Silver Dragon Castle."
Although he had already guessed that the big boy should be the city lord, Tianyang was sure of it only after hearing Olgali admit it. At the same time, he was puzzled. Why would Silver Dragon Castle let a half-grown child sit on the throne of city lord? Is he capable of managing this fortress
Faintly, Tianyang had already smelled the scent of factional strife.
"This is General Fernando." Olgali looked at the tall middle-aged man again.
Tianyang nodded slightly to the general as a greeting.
"Lord Andre heard that the Lord of Tianyang City arrived last night, so he insisted on coming to meet the Lord of Tianyang City early this morning." Olgari said with a smile.
Tianyang looked at the boy and saw his lips opening and closing, muttering softly. From his mouth shape, Tianyang read out the sentence "It was my mother who forced me to come".
Tian Yang smiled and said, "City Lord Andre is too polite. I should be the one to visit."
After a few pleasantries, Tianyang invited them into the house. After they sat down, the overly young city lord looked around curiously, especially Chiying. He was fascinated until Fernando next to him coughed dryly. The young man said in a panic: "Um... I heard from General Olgali that Tianyang City Lord went to Tiexue Castle alone last night. Tianyang City Lord was not injured, right?"
Tian Yang found it funny. The boy's words should have been compiled by others, and he was only responsible for reading them out. However, Tian Yang still had to respond on the surface: "City Lord Andre is thoughtful. I am not injured."
Andre's gray-green eyes drifted upwards slightly, as if he was recalling something, and then he said as if reciting a text: "That's good. If the Lord of Tianyang City gets hurt because of this, I will be too sorry."
"I originally wanted to invite Lord Tianyang to explore the lost city of Yarati with me this time, but our war has just ended, so I'm afraid I have to ask Lord Tianyang to stay in the city for a few days. Once we have finished the negotiations, I will invite Lord Tianyang to go out to sea with us. I wonder if Lord Tianyang can stay for a few days?"
Tianyang nodded slightly: "Of course,
I have long admired your castle, and I would like to take advantage of these few days to look around. I hope Lord Andre will not mind."
"No, no." Andre waved his hand quickly, "Just wander around and treat it as your own home."
This sentence was obviously not in the plan. Olgali smiled when she heard it, but Fernando's face looked a little unhappy. Andre also knew that he had said something wrong, and he quickly coughed and said, "I, I have other things to deal with. General Olgali, please receive the Lord of Tianyang City."
Olgali stood up and said, "As you command."
Only then did Andre lead the officials to leave.
After the young city lord left, Tian Yang said, "This is a little different from what I imagined. Isn't your city lord a little too young?"
Olgali sighed and said, "Lord Andre's father, our former city lord Lord Fares, devoted his entire life to this fortress and personally went on expeditions to the Rebel Realm many times."
"Just three years ago, Lord Fares met with an accident in the Reverse Realm and died young. Out of our support for him and gratitude for his contributions to the fortress, we finally elected Lord Andre to succeed him as the city lord."
"We swear to assist Lord Andre. We will definitely train him to become a city lord as good as his father."
Tianyang nodded. He admired the loyalty of Silver Dragon Castle, but felt that they were a little irrational. Letting such a young boy be the city lord would not only be difficult to convince the people, but also easily lead to his power being hollowed out.
But this was Silver Dragon Castle's family affair, so naturally as a guest he couldn't say much.
"Didn't Lord Tianyang say he wanted to visit our fortress? Let's go. I grew up in Silver Dragon Castle. I won't get lost in the city even with my eyes closed. How about I be your tour guide?" Olgari volunteered.
"Then I'll trouble you."
On this day, Tianyang visited the entire fortress. As one of the oldest cities in the Western Continent, many buildings in Silver Dragon Fortress were very old, especially the inner city, which was full of pointed-roof buildings or towers, all built with huge stones.
Moreover, dragon-related elements can be seen everywhere in the city, including flying dragon sculptures, giant dragon patterns, dragon-shaped flags, and even in their museum, there is a complete giant dragon skeleton that was transported back from the opposite world!
Walking in the streets and alleys of this fortress, Tianyang clearly felt that this city had almost engraved the culture of the dragon into its bones, and time seemed to be frozen here, forgetting to move forward.
At the end of the day, Tianyang was greatly enlightened, and because he would stay for several days, he decided to go to the library of the fortress tomorrow to read the history of this city.
The next morning, before Tianyang had time to put his idea of yesterday into action, he received the invitation.
It turned out that Silver Dragon Castle wanted to negotiate with Iron Blood Castle and Redwood Castle to determine a compensation agreement. Because in this war, Tianyang's two moves almost determined the development of the war, so Silver Dragon Castle invited him to attend the negotiations as a sign of respect.
Tianyang was just looking for an opportunity to make himself appear in the sight of Tiexue Castle, to pave the way for accepting Tiexue Castle as its vassal in the future, so he did not refuse.
At 10 a.m., the negotiation convoy from Ironblood Castle entered Silverdragon Castle. Derek, the lord of Redwood Castle, was "visiting" Silverdragon Castle, so they did not need to send another negotiation team; Derek could attend in person.