What an epic mission.
In the Moonlight Tavern, Shuke sat across from Roland, feeling emotional as he looked at the mission he had just shared.
"Both you and Beta are extremely lucky. Wherever you go, you will get epic missions to play back."
Roland: Huh? ? ?
As we all know, when I type a question mark, it’s not that I have a problem, but that I think you have a problem.
As the only paladin among all the players in the server, you, Shuke, have a magical costume given by the goddess, and you have a beautiful girl dragon as your mount. The paladin is so powerful that even the Pope can look down on you.
This kind of achievement is obtained by lying on a handsome face, and without moving, you can get something that other players dare not even think about. You actually said that the two of us are either working hard outside, or we are constantly doing magic experiments without stopping. Two people who have worked hard... are they lucky
Do you still want to show off your face
Shuke looked at Roland's weird, even slightly mocking eyes, and knew that he had gone too far. He coughed lightly and said, "Since this task can be shared, should we go and take over Li Lin and the others?" Come here, a rare epic mission."
"I already talked with them in the guild system last night, and the result..." Roland stroked his forehead helplessly: "They said that they were of a low level. They had just recovered some time ago, and they went to talk to the female believers of the God of Love. He fooled around and has become a soft-footed shrimp now. He is recuperating in Hollevin. It is the kind of state where he can barely protect himself, but if he wants to do something big, it is not very good."
Shuke clicked his tongue: "These guys are completely addicted."
"There is no other way. For them, this method is not slow to upgrade, and it is happy. They are relatively relaxed people, and you don't know this."
Another scantily clad female bartender came to serve the food, and she even touched Shu Ke's shoulder intentionally or unintentionally.
But Shuke was completely unmoved. After a while, the female bartender left disappointed again.
Roland was already used to this.
After all, he had seen similar situations countless times since he was a child.
Shuke took a sip of fruit wine: "Let's get back to the mission. I told you yesterday that I felt that the atmosphere here in the royal city was not right. I didn't expect that the vice president of the Magic Association would be assassinated so soon. I paid special attention to it. After hearing this news, I obtained second-hand information from acquaintances in the Heretic Inquisition Bureau."
'Heresy Inquisition Bureau', the name of this organization is full of arrogance and murderous intent.
It is indeed a religious organization.
"So you know what's going on?"
Shuke shook his head: "I know some information, but I still look at the flowers in the mist and the moon in the water. The vice president of the Magic Association is a woman with a very strong style. It is said that her personal position is more inclined to the side of the eldest princess Stephanie. , so I guess it is political struggle that caused this result."
"What about the others?" Roland asked.
Shuke thought for a while and continued: "She is very talented in magic. Although she is only about sixty-seven years old, she has already touched the threshold of legend, so the Magic Association is also very optimistic about her. Now that she has been assassinated, Magic It is also common sense for associations to jump on the bandwagon.”
"To touch the threshold of legend, to assassinate such a person, you must have about the same strength." Roland thought for a while and said: "Have any powerful assassins come to the royal city recently?"
Shuke spread his hands and said with a smile: "What do you think? The Royal City of France is not a place where just any organization can come in. Other warrior associations, such as the Assassin's Association, the Thieves Association and other shady organizations, As long as you dare to put your hand in, we, the Light Cult, will dare to pick up a stick and knock off his hand. This is the Royal City of France, and it is also the Holy Land of Light."
No wonder Shuke said that.
The Light Cult has always been at odds with organizations such as the Thieves Guild and the Assassin Guild.
They pride themselves on being bright and look down on those villains hiding in the shadows, even with extreme disgust.
Most people's aversion to thieves and assassins comes from fear and alertness to the dangers lurking in the dark. But the priests of the Illuminati Cult are different. They despise these people who dare not stand in the sun from the bottom of their hearts, and think that they are maggots in the darkness, and they are things that exude a foul smell.
In other cities, the Light Cult is too lazy to pay attention to these dung maggots in their eyes, but in the Holy Land of Light, the place closest to the Goddess of Light, they will never allow any disgusting dung maggots to appear.
This would undermine the glory of the goddess.
However, the power is mutual, and these hunters who walk in the shadows are extremely unhappy to be discriminated against like this.
So they will retaliate too.
I don't have time to harass the temples of the Guangming Cult in other cities. I have nothing to do but hinder some of the operations of the Guangming Temple.
Both parties have 'dealings' with each other.
To outsiders, it looks like a happy enemy.
Because the Temple of Light hates thieves and assassins, there are almost no people from these two organizations in the royal city. Even if they appear occasionally, they are just those little thieves who cannot be called upon. Legendary assassins and assassins would not just come to the King of France to seek abuse.
Not to mention that there are at least three kinds of light magic that can break invisibility. The Holy Land of Light has been stationed here for many years with the Pope of Light, the Saint, thirteen paladins, and more than ten legendary archbishops.
Combat power is off the charts.
Only assassins with seaweed in their heads would think of coming to the Holy Land of Light to step on landmines.
Roland often reads books about this world, so he has a certain understanding of this matter. After hearing what Shuke said, he thought about it and said, "In other words, your Light Cult excludes powerful assassins or assassins. What’s the possibility of something happening here?”
"I dare not say that it is completely ruled out, but it is ruled out with a high probability." Shuke thought for a while and said: "The information obtained by our Heretic Inquisition Bureau said that the vice president of the Magic Association died from a stab in the back, stabbed directly in the heart from behind. One blow was fatal. The weapon should have been a dagger. But now the murder weapon cannot be found, nor are there any objects or clues left behind by the suspected murderer."
"Just this little information?" Roland scratched his head.
Shuke also sighed helplessly: "That's it. We, the Light Cult, are not very involved in secular political struggles. We are just trying to maintain the balance of power."
"Tsk, it's just smoke and mirrors." Roland sighed: "It's a bit difficult to complete this epic mission with this little information."
Shuke thought for a while and said: "It's okay, don't worry. I am also a paladin and have some power. Next, I will apply to organize the establishment of an investigation team to investigate this matter."
"Hiss, you have a lot of power." Roland said in admiration, then paused for a while, and then said: "But using public weapons for private use will lower the evaluation of you by the higher-ups of the Temple of Light."
Shuke laughed for a while, and then said: "Roland, you still made a mistake based on experience and common sense, and applied the normal organizational structure to the sect. In all the major religions, the core is the god you believe in. , the essence of all the actions of the God’s Religion is to spread its ideas and expand its faith for its own gods. To this end, it can even use many means that you can’t even think of. It’s just that the sect of the Good God has a bottom line in doing things and is not so aggressive. So anything related to faith is no small matter.”
"Is this related to faith?" Roland was curious.
"Not yet, but I won't know if it is after checking." Shuke drank half of the fruit wine in the cup and continued: "I now understand the nature of the paladin. You can regard me as a relative of the goddess. , let alone pulling together a small team and using public weapons for private use. As long as I have the right reasons, I can even cross the Pope and launch a crusade now."
Roland looked around and found that no one was paying attention to the conversation between the two of them.
He breathed a sigh of relief: "I know you are in a high position now, but don't be too arrogant. After all, the Pope is the nominal second-in-command of your divine religion. If your words were spread, it might make him feel uncomfortable. Some grudges."
Roland's words were very direct and had a strong flavor of admonishment. Under normal circumstances, these words can only come from brothers and sisters, or people with a very good relationship.
Shuke was stunned for a moment. He touched his eyebrows, looking a little dazed.
Then his expression became very strange, as if he had thought of something terrible, and his face looked a little ugly.
Roland couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
"No, my mental state is a little wrong." Shuke frowned and said, "I shouldn't be such an inflated person. You also know that I have always been very stubborn."
Roland nodded.
That's why he was surprised, that's why he warned him just now.
"I'll go back first and ask the Saint to help me find out if there's anything wrong with my soul." Shuke stood up and said, "I'll pull up the investigation team. It's not difficult. I think you can use it. Let’s investigate your identity as a magician in the Magic Association first, and if anything happens, we’ll talk about it in the guild chat system.”
"Okay." Roland nodded.
Shuke paid for the meal and then left in a hurry.
Roland stayed and drank the fruit wine slowly.
It stands to reason that the Golden Son and the players will not be affected mentally.
Unless... someone has the ability to break through the system's protection.
is it possible
From a gaming perspective, this is impossible. After all, the rules of the game system are greater than the sky.
But the thing is, if you think of this game world as real, anything is possible.
All spells and feats have strengths.
If it is the real world, the protection of the system should also have a strength statement.
So in order to break through the strong mental influence of the system level, what level must it be
At least at the legal level.
Because the bikini underwear officially prepared by the game for girls is legal-level protective equipment.
If you want to understand and use law-level abilities, you must be at the demigod level, or above.
Shuke spends most of his time in the Sanctuary of Light, which is where the goddess of light watches.
Who can influence the spirit of a paladin under the gaze of a goddess
Roland subconsciously looked at the sky, where there was a golden sun hanging in the silence of white clouds.
Ah!
Roland finished the glass of fruit wine and felt that he seemed to be worrying too much.
After leaving the Moonstone Tavern, Roland returned to the Magic Association. Compared with yesterday, the atmosphere here was much more serious. From time to time, he could see groups of black-robed soldiers patrolling the building.
When I returned to my room, I opened the door and saw three women drinking afternoon tea in the room.
Andonara, the eldest princess Stephanie, and Sharon.
The three women are all quite beautiful, even Sharon, the worst of the three, gives people a plump and mature beauty. When they saw Roland, they all stood up.
Roland felt that the eldest princess was quite leisurely and had afternoon tea for two days in a row.
Andonara came up to Roland and patted the non-existent dust on his body. She looked gentle and looked very virtuous.
Roland nodded to the eldest princess and said, "I'm sorry for disturbing your chat. I will go into the bedroom later. You three continue, don't pay attention to me."
Stephanie smiled and said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Roland, we are here this time mainly because we want to talk to you about something."
Roland was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to ask Stephanie to sit down, and he also sat down.
Andonara immediately brought a glass of fruit wine to him.
Taking a sip of the fruit wine, Roland asked, "I wonder if the eldest princess is here. Is there anything I can help with?"
Although the other party is the princess of France, Roland feels that he does not need to take the initiative to lower his status. At worst, he will leave the country of France.
Anyway, since he was discriminated against in France last time, he has no good impression of this country.
Stephanie looked at Roland's indifferent attitude and twitched her eyebrows slightly. There was no one among her peers who could face her with such neither humility nor arrogance.
Either he was forced by her status and power, or he was fascinated by her pomegranate skirt.
Only those big bosses who are old and have almost lost their humanity can face her calmly.
Is he worthy of being the man Andonara chose again? Stephanie sighed in her heart, a little disappointed, and then she said: "I guess you already know about the assassination of the vice president of the Magic Association."
Roland nodded, isn't this nonsense
The two of them were almost regarded as murderers last night. If it weren't for the support of the mentors of the Red Magic Tower, he might have broken out of the King of France by now.
"Let me tell the truth. The vice-president of the Magic Association is mine. Her death is most likely aimed at me." Stephanie whispered: "The vice-president's She was very strong and protected by special magic equipment, but even so, she was still killed. I feel very insecure now, so I want to ask someone I trust to protect me for a while."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Andonara.
Roland understood what the eldest princess meant.
Now he was worried that he couldn't find a way to complete the epic mission, and he couldn't even figure out how to start. The conditions proposed by Stephanie were exactly what he wanted.
At least it's related to the epic mission, which may be a breakthrough.
It's just... Roland looked at Andonara.
Then he smiled and said: "This matter is decided by Andonara. If she wants to protect you, she can go. If she doesn't want to, forget it."
After hearing this, Stephanie immediately turned her gaze to Andonara, her eyes shining brightly.
Andonara hesitated for a while, then said to Roland in a negotiating tone: "Then... protect her for more than ten days, okay?"
After two days of getting along, especially when Stephanie took the initiative to show her kindness, Andonara felt that she was a good friend.
Since a friend is in trouble, of course he has to find a way to help.
It's just... From Andonara's point of view, this matter still requires Roland's consent.
"I said it's up to you." Roland walked over and hugged Andonara gently: "Don't worry, have fun, I will learn magic here, and come back to me when you settle things."
Andonara smiled and nodded repeatedly.
Ever since he met Andonara, Roland found that she had never left her 'comfort zone' or left her home.
This is a sign of a serious lack of security.
In Andonara's world, Roland is the most important and the only important one.
But now she is willing to try to come out and make new friends. Why doesn't Roland support her
Stephanie breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Roland agreed.
She was afraid that Roland would not agree. After all, when Andonara had afternoon tea with her in the past two days, Roland was almost never mentioned.
From Andonara's gentle eyes and happy expression, Stephanie could tell that the woman in front of her was doing well.
In comparison, she was... a widow, and she even beat her husband to death with her own hands.
At Andonara's wedding that year, he made a lot of nonsense, but within a few years, reality hit him hard in the face.
Andonara held the long sword, reluctant to part with it. She wanted to protect her new friend, but also wanted to stay by Roland's side.
Still so confused.
At this time, Stephanie felt something in her heart and said, "How about Sir Roland also come and stay in my manor?"
"No need, I want to learn magic here." Roland waved his hand.
"But there is a big library in my manor. It's very big and has a lot of books." Stephanie smiled and said: "My ex-husband is also a magician. After he got married, he spent almost all his money on buying books and books. On top of the spell model, the library in the manor has been sealed since his death, but I think there are so many books in it that you have not read."
Um
If you say that, then I won't be sleepy at all.
Roland's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay, then I'll tell the instructor and you guys wait here."
Andonara was extremely happy when she heard that Roland was willing to go to the princess's manor with her.
Hug Roland first, then hug Stephanie.
The Magic Association was so big that Roland asked someone for directions. He still walked for a long time before finding the high-level area of the Magic Association. He accidentally bumped into a mentor from the Red Magic Tower and asked him to send a message to Elford, saying that he would go first. Stay in Stephanie's manor for a while.
The mentor was an insider, and he knew exactly what Elford's purpose was in bringing Roland to this morning.
Upon hearing this, he immediately agreed for Elford.
After Roland turned and walked away, the mentor said with admiration: "We haven't even tried our best yet, and you have already formed a relationship with Stephanie. Do you really like wives and mature women so much?"
Roland didn't know that his Feng Ping was still being killed. After he returned to his room, he left the association with three women and took a carriage to a manor about three hundred meters next to the palace.
There is a square grove outside the manor, which wraps the entire manor.
Inside the manor, the layout is very grand.
A large green lawn with a pavilion on the left and an orchard on the right.
There is a small pale golden building in the middle, and behind it, there is a field being cultivated, and I don’t know what to plant.
It sounds like everything in the manor is simple.
But if I tell you that the grass planted on the lawn is starlight flower, the building materials of the light blue pavilion are moss stone from the elves, and the wood of the light golden building is all yellow eucalyptus from the elves, as long as you know the truth, People will give a shocking price.
There are more than a dozen wooden houses hidden in the small square forest surrounding the manor, housing at least a hundred elite soldiers.
After entering the manor, Stephanie personally took Roland and Andonara up to the second floor and gave them the best and largest guest room.
Then he took Roland to the basement.
The basement of the small building is already half empty. There are not only secret passages here, but also a huge library.
Stephanie put the slightly rusty bronze key into Roland's hand, pointed to the cyan iron door in front of her and said, "This is the library. I have never gone in since my ex-husband died. Listen to the maid It is said that the cry of my ex-husband can be faintly heard inside, and there may be ghosts. However, my ex-husband is far behind compared to you. He died not long after he became an official mage. Compared to you, I believe that there is a far cry inside. Even if it has a soul, you shouldn’t be afraid.”
Roland shrugged.
He has seen a lot about souls.
I killed one when I came out of Red Earth Town, and then went to the Kingdom of Life... and saw an awful lot of chosen people of the Kingdom of God. In essence, those chosen people were all souls.
Smiling slightly, Stephanie pulled Andonara away and said as she walked: "Let's go have afternoon tea. I got a very precious thing, elf honey. I don't know if you have heard of it." . There are gold coins worth the same weight."
After the two women left, Roland opened the iron door of the library with a bronze key.
The crunching sound that made people's teeth hurt echoed in the secret passage. After the iron door was pushed open, everything was pitch black.
Roland flicked his fingers and threw a small light ball in.
After the scene in front of him came into view, Roland couldn't help but wowed.
Rows of bookshelves appeared in front of him, and each row of bookshelves was filled with books.
The rich smell of books hit his face, Roland walked in and gently touched the bookshelf.
All the bookshelves are beautifully made, and although the size of each bookshelf is the same, the carvings on the bookshelves are completely different.
All beautifully presented.
Each bookshelf has the type of books written on it in special ink.
'Biographies', 'Customs and Customs', and 'Magic Catalog' include almost all book categories in the world.
When Roland came to the magic catalog, he first found a large number of books on spellcasting experience, written by different magicians.
There were at least more than four hundred books. Roland randomly picked out a few books, flipped through them, and found that the previous owner had also made detailed notes and notes in these books.
I also wrote down some of my own experiences.
Then Roland found the bookshelf of spell models.
There are a lot of first- and second-level magics, a lot of third-level magics, and only a few fourth-level magics. Roland even found a spell model for a fifth-level magic.
'Bolide Fall'.
Earned, earned.
Roland was so excited that he quickly pulled out the system camera and scanned all the spell models he had never seen before.
This level five 'Bolide Falling' is not particularly strong among magic of the same level, but in any case, it is also a level five magic.
Any spell model diagram of level five magic must be purchased for at least fifty gold coins.
In fact, money is just a trivial matter. Even in the Red Magic Tower, if you want to learn magic, in addition to paying money, you must also make enough 'contributions'. There are no specific quantitative rules for contribution. The top management of the Red Magic Tower thinks you can If you learn, you have contributed enough.
After all the spell models were scanned, Roland went to other bookshelves to see if there were any other books worthy of note.
Then Roland discovered that Stephanie's ex-husband had very wide and varied hobbies.
In addition to the several major categories of books mentioned before, he also collected many life-related books.
For example, books that teach people how to fish and how to cook.
Of course, the paper quality of these books is so poor that they feel like papyrus in your hands.
It is estimated that if it cannot be stored for too long, it will weather and break by itself.
In addition to life books, this person also collected a lot of color novels.
Roland even found several princess books such as "The Argonian's Moxibustion Hot Spear and Toast Bread", "The Fall of an Innocent Girl", "My Ordinary Life with My Sister-in-law".
What about "The Princess Cries at Night", "The Princess and the Slave" and so on.
Um? Wait, isn't your wife a princess? You actually like to read this kind of book.
Could it be the arch dam brother from another world
Roland took a deep breath. The consort's hobbies were really interesting.
After flipping through a few color novels, Roland shook his head boredly.
The world is, after all, a cultural desert.
Overall, there wasn’t much written communication.
The plots of these novels are very cliched, and the writing and plot rendering are even worse.
If you search for any color novels on the Internet in modern society, you will find most of them.
After all, most of the people who write erotic novels on the Internet have received at least twelve years of systematic education. The number of essays they write every year is enough to produce several books.
What's more, everyone learns from each other, supports each other, and absorbs each other's writing and essence.
What he wrote is really much better than the color novelists of this era.
Putting these boring color novels back on the bookshelf, Roland couldn't help but have a question.
The eldest princess killed the prince-in-law, could it be because Stephanie also saw these princess erotic novels
After all, in these novels, the fate of the princesses is so pitiful.
Roland returned to the bookshelves of the 'magic catalogs', randomly picked out a book about other magicians' experiences, and started reading.
Paper is very expensive in this world, and those who dare to record their thoughts in books have two brushes.
Roland watched it for less than three minutes and became obsessed with it.
He read it very carefully and was unwilling to let go of every word. Sometimes, he would read a sentence of the author several times and then compare it with his own experience.
The pages passed by, and time passed by little by little.
When the light ball dims, Roland will subconsciously release another one.
When he is hungry, Andonara will appear by his side at the right time and bring delicious food.
As long as he opens his mouth, Andonara will gently feed the food into his mouth.
Roland's entire mind was focused on the experiences written by these magicians.
The experiences of the first few days will still have the annotations and notes of the Prince Consort, but the subsequent experiences are becoming more and more difficult and unimaginable. The Prince Consort can no longer understand them, so he just flips through them briefly.
But Roland could understand.
The experiences of these magicians are as wild as they come. Some are based on solid personal experience, while others are just speculation.
Just new ideas.
Modern society is talking about innovation and innovation, as if just by thinking wildly, you can get new technologies and technologies.
But they ignore that a solid foundation of knowledge is the foundation of all innovation.
Unbridled and unconstrained ideas without a foundation are just nonsense if they cannot be grounded.
Those wild ideas are indeed very interesting, but these magicians have no way to realize them. They can only use books to keep their ideas.
And these have become Roland's knowledge points and experience points.
This is the importance of laying a good foundation, otherwise your ideas will only become fertilizer for the growth of others.
The golden child does not need to sleep. As long as he does not exercise excessively, he will not feel tired.
So Roland has no idea how much time has passed, but he has only finished reading half of the bookshelf, and there are still three bookshelves with such books on magician's experience.
It won't be boring for a long time.
Roland sat on the stone chair made by turning mud into stone, his expression becoming more and more comfortable.
On the ground, in the pavilion of the manor, Andonara, Stephanie, and several other ladies were drinking fruit wine, eating pastries, and gossiping.
Stephanie took a break and asked Andonara in a low voice: "Lord Roland has been in the basement for four days, won't he be sleepy?"
"That's how he behaved once he started studying magic. It was common for him to stay away for a few days. The longest time, he didn't leave the magic laboratory for two months." Andonara smiled.
Stephanie looked quite surprised: "So diligent?"
"Then isn't he very boring?" A lady next to him interjected: "Andonara, you are so beautiful, it would be a pity to follow such a boring gourd. With your appearance, you can become a princess without any problem. .”
Stephanie chuckled, she felt the same way.
Andonara said: "This is what you don't understand. Even if a man can't say sweet words, as long as you know where he is and that he is not looking for women, you will feel at ease. As long as I can feel him , even if he doesn't talk to me and just does his own thing, I will be happy, but if a man is running around, you don't know which woman he is in when you miss him. No matter how sweet his mouth is, he can talk What’s the use of more sweet words!”
As soon as these words came out, the ladies around them all looked embarrassed.
Their men are like this, they often don't know which woman's body they are staying in.
Stephanie was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly: "So you like a peaceful life, it's a pity that you are so powerful."
Andonara smiled and said, "Only when you have the strength can you protect him."
Seeing Andonara's happy expression, a lady was extremely unhappy and said, "That's because he hasn't been raped. How about we send a beautiful one down to try? Maybe he has tasted the sex of other women." The smell will wander around..."
The air suddenly solidified.
At some point, Andonara left her seat with a dagger in her hand, which was placed on the neck of the noble lady who was speaking: "Bitch, do you dare to try this?"
The gentle and kind-hearted Andonara looked indifferent at this moment, even with a hint of murderous intent.
Although the Phoenix bloodline is the bloodline of heroes, according to Demon King Diavolo, Phoenix is one of the demon gods in the demon world.
He just betrayed the demon world.
So from the source, there is nothing wrong with Andonara being a descendant of the Demon King.
"I... I was just... casually... talking."
This lady had never seen such a battle before. She felt the cold iron on her neck was extremely sharp, as if she would open a big hole in her delicate neck if she moved even once.
Suddenly, his face turned pale with fright, and there was even a faint odor in the air.
Stephanie didn't stop her. She was treated like this by Andonara back then, but at that time Andonara used a long sword, and her momentum was far less powerful than it is now.
"Don't talk nonsense, remember." Andona shook her hand, and the dagger disappeared. She glanced around at the other ladies: "Who else has similar ideas?"
Several ladies shook their heads vigorously.
"That's good."
Andonara sat back on the chair and drank the fruit wine slowly.
But the atmosphere at this time was completely ruined.
After calming down a little, the threatened lady felt something cold under her body. How could she not understand what was going on? She covered her face and ran away from the manor whimpering.
Several other ladies also stood up, bowed slightly to the eldest princess Stephanie, and then left the manor.
After sighing, Andonara said, "Sorry, I was too excited and disturbed your afternoon tea."
"It's okay." Stephanie refilled herself with fruit wine and said: "I was only familiar with them, and the relationship was not very good. Afternoon tea, there are many ways to drink it. Two people have the beauty of two people. , isn’t it?”
Andonara nodded in agreement, then she looked around to see if there were any enemies around, and then she said: "You said you wanted me to protect you, but in the past few days, I haven't found any Suspicious person, are you lying to me?"
"I don't know if someone will come to kill me." Stephanie's eyes were a little confused: "But the vice president is mine, and there is nothing wrong with that. Maybe I have been staying in the manor, and the enemy has no chance. It’s about getting started.”
At this moment, Stephanie's old butler rushed in hurriedly. He held his knees with both hands, half-bent, and gasped: "Princess, it's bad, something happened. General Lewis is dead." He was hanged from a crooked tree behind his manor."
"What!" Stephanie stood up suddenly, with an angry look on her face.
General Lewis is her subordinate and the talent she relies on most.
Stephanie even planned to hand over the Guards Knights to General Lewis to lead after she became queen.
This shows her trust in General Lewis.
But now... the man she valued and trusted so much was hanging behind her home.
If you say that no one is targeting her, no one will believe it.
"Take the guards and come with me to take a look." The eldest princess slapped the table hard, and the pots and cups on it jumped up suddenly, and then fell down again, bouncing everywhere.
"I'll go with you." Andonara approached the eldest princess Stephanie.
Stephanie forced a smile and nodded.
Then Andonara suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Why don't you take Roland with you? He is very smart. Maybe he can see something."
"Okay?" Stephanie was a little doubtful. Because Roland had been reading books in recent days, she already regarded him as a nerd.
Such people will be very knowledgeable, but generally speaking, their ability to perform and apply on the spot is not very good.
"Besides, I also hope he can come out for a walk." Andonara smiled.
"Okay, it's up to you." Stephanie smiled. In her heart, Andonara was her only friend and had a special status.
Andonara happily ran down the secret passage, and after a while she pulled the somewhat confused Roland out.
At this time, Roland was still immersed in the magic experience and the ocean of magic knowledge, and his head had not completely turned around.
It wasn't until Andona pulled her into the carriage and arrived at the scene with more than a hundred soldiers, and saw a naked man hanging on a tree, floating in the wind, that he finally came to his senses.
The atmosphere in this world is relatively open. Neither Andonara nor Stephanie would feel any embarrassment when seeing a man's naked body.
Their expressions were even serious.
Mainly because the deceased looked so miserable.
There were at least a dozen long scratches with sharp weapons on his body, and bone was visible in each scratch.
In addition, the naked man's abdomen was cut open, and the pink intestines and other colored organs were exposed, and the intestines were even dragged to the ground.
The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and there was a pool of black blood that had not completely solidified on the ground below the dead body.
The surrounding area has been cleared, and now there are only Roland and others and Stephanie's more than a hundred private soldiers.
But the surrounding air was very dull, and there was a strange dark wind blowing under the scorching sun.
The deceased's eyes were open and unfocused, and his tongue was pushed out of his mouth. It was very long and looked disgusting.
"Put the person down." Stephanie waved her hand with a cold face.
Immediately, several soldiers came forward, untied the rope from the deceased's neck, and then laid the person flat on the ground.
He even kindly stuffed the deceased's intestines back into his abdominal cavity.
Roland walked around the deceased, then looked around, and said strangely: "Princess, you told me before you came here that this is the rear of the deceased's house, right? Judging from the color of the blood, although the deceased The time of death was not too long, but it was more than an hour anyway. My home is right in front, but no family members came to take a look? "
"I find it strange too." Stephanie nodded: "I've already sent people to the manor in front to see what's going on."
It seems that this eldest princess is not an idiot. At least she responds normally and calmly.
Rolando finally glanced at the princess, then he squatted in front of the deceased, looked at the face of the deceased, and then stood up, thoughtfully.
"Did you find anything?" Andonara walked up to Roland and asked.
She already had a long sword in her hand.
Roland raised his eyes and asked: "Princess, this general, does he know magic?"
"No." Stephanie shook her head: "General Lewis is a pure warrior. Look at how powerful his muscles are, how could he be a mage!"
"I feel the same way, but I'm afraid that he is a magician and a martial artist." Roland stood up and said, "There is a very obscure magic element in his body, which is slowly dissipating. Most people can't feel it. They have to have a certain amount of mental strength." It’s only to a certain extent, that’s why I ask.”
Stephanie frowned: "How is this possible? General Lewis has never learned magic. What's going on with the magic element in his body."
"If it wasn't his own magic element, it was someone who punched it in." Roland stood up and walked around the deceased's body again: "I think these sharp wounds on the outside may be to cover up the real cause of his death. "
Stephanie was very smart. She immediately understood what Roland meant: "You mean, he died under magic? Can you tell what kind of magic it was?"
Roland shook his head: "It's too late. Magic has been restored to the most basic magic elements. However, judging from the fact that his whole body is injured by sharp blades, but there are no scars from plastic damage, if he did not die from the curse, he died from it. Spiritual magic. Is there anyone in the Magic Association who is more proficient in these two kinds of magic?"
Stephanie sneered: "That's a lot. But when you put it like that, I do have a few goals."
Then she waved her hand and shouted: "Give General Lewis a good burial first and give him some good clothes."
Several soldiers came up immediately and began to wrap the body of the deceased with straw mats, preparing to take it to the manor ahead.
At this time, several soldiers followed, and the team leader rushed over, knelt down on one knee in front of Stephanie, and said in a panic: "Her Royal Highness, it's not good, everyone in General Lewis's family is dead. , not a single person left alive.”
Stephanie's face darkened, and then she became angry. She gritted her teeth and said, "Everyone, first surround General Lewis's home. Not even a fly can be let go."
Then more than a hundred people hurried to the manor in front and rushed in.
The garden was very clean and quiet. The team leader who was responsible for guiding the way walked quickly at the front. While leading the way, he said: "Everyone in General Lewis's family was dumped into the storage room on the third floor. The state of death was the same as that of General Lewis." Exactly the same.”
Half of the soldiers stayed downstairs to guard the rotation in case the enemy came in.
The other half rushed into the house, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to make sure no one was hiding in the house, and then took Stephanie upstairs.
Stephanie, Roland and Andonara had just reached the third floor when they smelled the strong smell of blood.
Because this is indoors and there is no ventilation, the smell is many times heavier than outside.
When we got to the storage room, the smell suddenly became stronger again.
Looking in from the doorway, one could see at least thirty corpses, piled naked in a small storage room.
There was black blood on the ground.
The deceased were men, women, and children. All of them had heavy sharp wounds all over their bodies, and their abdomens were cut open.
Stephanie's face became extremely pale. She could bear one corpse. So many corpses piled together were too testing for one's character.
She covered her mouth and stepped aside, almost vomiting.
Roland stood in front of the door for a while, then walked back and said, "It's the same situation as General Lewis. There is a weak magic element emanating from the body."
"I see."
Stephanie didn't want to stay any longer, so she quickly went downstairs, took a deep breath on the lawn for a while, and then said to the people around her: "Burn this building down. I remember that Lewis has a biological brother who is not there." The nobleman is an honorary knight in his name, and told him that General Lewis died for his country, and now his younger brother will inherit the title of Marquis. If he is willing, I can conduct an investiture ceremony for him."
The squad leader next to him nodded repeatedly.
Then Stephanie returned to her carriage, and Roland and Andonara also entered the carriage.
The carriage was moving unsteadily.
Stephanie looked at Roland: "You really can't figure out the original appearance of those magic elements?"
"No." Roland shook his head: "This may also be due to my poor academic skills. You can ask the masters of the Magic Association to identify it."
"No."
Stephanie turned around, lifted the curtains, and looked out the window. Even though they were far away, the three major buildings of the Royal City of France: the Temple of Light, the Square Corridor of the Magic Association, and the Royal Palace were clearly visible.
These three buildings form a wonderful equilateral triangle, which also indicates the balance of the three parties.
But now, Stephanie suddenly felt that although the palace was big, it was actually a little short.
She lowered the curtains again, looked at Roland and said, "Since he died by magic, the Magic Association will be very suspicious. If I go over and let them debate, don't I want to tell them that I know something? Am I that stupid? ?Are you testing me?"
"No." Roland shook his head.
"Hmph." Stephanie snorted: "You magicians all have your own ideas. Who knows what you think."
Andonara took Stephanie's hand and explained: "I know Roland is not this kind of person. He simply thinks that you don't trust him. He has no intention of testing you."
Stephanie looked at Andonara and then at Roland, who looked indifferent. She suddenly smiled and said, "Sorry, I was not in a good mood just now and I spoke in a rush. Please forgive me."
"It's okay." Roland waved his hand.
After the carriage returned to the manor, Stephanie said: "Sir Roland, when I go in to see my father, I have to take Andonara with me to protect me, so I'll trouble you to stay in the manor. The Golden Son can't die anyway. I think you don’t need an escort.”
Roland was just about to continue reading the books on his experiences. After hearing this, he immediately went to the secret passage and reopened the library.
Then he sat down and continued reading the previous content.
After reading this one, he picked up the next one. The cover of the book read "Ace's Insights on Magic". He thought it was a light or spiritual magic book, but when he opened it, he saw that I found out that this thing was selling itself off like a sheep. The cover on the outside was just for rejection, but the real content was actually a diary entry.
August 14, XX
'I finally got Mrs. Ivanka. It seems that the slight human charm spell can indeed gradually take effect... '
September 22, XX
'Stephanie is really beautiful, and her body feels good, but she is too cold, has no initiative at all during the marriage, and is very strong. I don't know whether it is good or bad to be her husband... '
Seeing this, Roland knew that this diary belonged to the Prince Consort.
An ordinary person would definitely take this opportunity to read the diary, but Roland is not the kind of person who likes to peek into privacy. He closed the diary, put it back on the bookshelf, and then picked up a new magic experience book.
After Roland finished reading another magic book, Andona came back. She shook Roland's arm, awakened him from the sea of books, and then said: "Roland, the eldest princess needs you to help her with some matters." Variety."
Hmm...that's really troublesome.
Roland was a little reluctant, but thinking that he had read so many books for free, he should repay the favor, so he followed Andona out of the library secret room.
Arriving at the pavilion, Stephanie saw Luo Si and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt your pursuit of knowledge again. Sir Roland, I have a question, what is your man's favorite thing?"
"Everyone definitely likes different things, but if there is one thing that men like in common, it is probably the process of making children."
Andonara covered her mouth and chuckled, her cheeks slightly red.
Stephanie smiled and said: "You are too honest. I couldn't find a chance to ridicule you. I just went to see my father and wanted to ask him to lend me one or two royal guardians for a period of time." , but he refused."
"Well, why?"
Stephanie sneered: "He said that although he didn't know who the person who assassinated the vice president and killed Lewis's family was, he felt that this was a test for me. If I pass, I will I may continue to be eligible to compete for the throne, but if I fail, I will marry outside in three months, becoming the third princess of France to marry outside in the past two hundred years."
Roland shook his eyebrows and said nothing.
This matter was someone else's family matter and he didn't want to get involved.
Stephanie saw Roland's unmoved look. She should have been angry, but for some reason, she smiled and said, "I know, I became a joke this time. Obviously my strength is In the royal family, except for my father, I am the strongest, but now I am being targeted by others, but I can’t even find the shadow of my enemy. It’s so ridiculous, even I think so.”
After finishing speaking, Stephanie lowered her eyelids, looking shocked.
Roland still didn't want to talk to her.
At this time, Andonara walked over, took Stephanie's hand, and said: "I will help you. If your father wants to marry you out, I will ask Roland to take you to Delbon City to hide. stand up."
After Roland heard this, he immediately laughed.
He thought Andonara would say, 'You are my friend, no matter what, I will help you and protect you. '
The result is that he doesn't think highly of Stephanie, and maybe he doesn't want to leave him, and he doesn't want to be separated from his friends, so he hopes that Stephanie will fail and follow him, and then the two of them will be friends for life.
All I can say is... Andonara is a bit sinister.
Stephanie is a little smarter than Andonara. After hearing this, how could she not know Andonara's plan.
Suddenly I felt so angry that my stomach hurt, and I wanted to laugh again.
The sweet and sour taste made her uterus twitch.
She had to cover her abdomen and said tangledly: "Do you want to help me, or do you want me to be unlucky?"
Andonara smiled and didn't answer.
well! Stephanie let out a long sigh.
At this time, Roland interjected: "Don't be discouraged. In fact, not only do you not understand the situation, but your father and the Temple of Light also don't understand the situation. The Magic Association may know something, but you don't ask. .”
"How do you know about the Temple of Light and you don't understand the situation? Do you know the senior officials of the Holy Land of Light?"
"Meet a paladin."
"Just brag." Stephanie naturally didn't believe it: "You have only been in the royal city for a short time, and you already know the paladin."
"Isn't there a golden son among the paladin..."
Stephanie waved her hand: "I have already investigated. In fact, you Golden Sons don't know each other very well, and there seems to be some conflicts of interest. That Golden Son Shuke is the most valued person of the Light God Religion in recent years. Newcomer, how can you get to know someone?"
"We really know each other. We were friends from the beginning." Roland said lightly.
Stephanie asked suspiciously: "Do we really know each other?"
"Forget it if you don't believe it." Roland didn't force it. Whether others believed it or not was none of his business.
"No, I believe it." Stephanie suddenly jumped up from the chair, and then jumped in front of Roland: "Since you are good friends, then do me a favor!"
"Help you ask him out?" Seeing the way her eyes were shining, Roland thought that Stephanie was also a little woman who fell in love with Shuke's handsome appearance.
But Stephanie said: "It doesn't matter whether he sees me or not. Can you ask him for five red dragon scales for me?"
Um
Roland was a little surprised: "What do you want that thing for?"
"Boil the alchemy potion." Stephanie said with bright eyes: "Although I am also a warrior, my talent is limited. But if I have the blood of the red dragon, it will be different. In that case, my upper limit can be raised. Even if I can’t become a demigod, but I still have some hope of becoming a legend in my lifetime.”
"It's very precious."
Stephanie nodded repeatedly.
"No help."
Roland shook his head. Since they are very precious, it means that if these dragon scales are removed, they may have an impact on the little dragon girl.
Roland is not familiar with Xiao Longnu personally, but no matter what, she is also his brother's woman... mount
For the sake of Stephanie, a princess whom he had not met for ten days, he begged his brother to hurt his... mount. He couldn't do such a terrible thing.
"It seems you are bragging." Stephanie sighed in frustration.
Roland knew that she was provoking the general and remained unmoved.
Seeing that Roland was not fooled, Stephanie felt a little depressed, but she soon cheered up and said: "Roland, I can see that you are very smart. I want to hire you to help me find the murderer behind the scenes, okay? ? I will pay enough."