At the end of the sentence, Oscar lowered his voice, waved his hand, looked at Richard, and said seriously: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about business. You come to me so urgently because you want to confirm how to fulfill the promise you made back then. ?”
"Yes." Richard did not deny it. "I agreed at the beginning that I would help you win the war and give me what you want. Now that the war is won..."
"Then you will get what you want soon." Oscar took over and said seriously.
"Soon?" Richard raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do you mean specifically?"
"Of course it's the celebration ceremony." Oscar glanced at Richard and said angrily, "Don't tell me that you don't even want to participate in the celebration ceremony. It's okay if you don't participate in the city entrance ceremony, but the celebration ceremony is for His Majesty to reward meritorious service in the war. Special rituals for people.
General Sauron, being wary of the Sika Kingdom, stayed in the Reef Castle just in case, which was understandable. Besides him, you, the command advisor, have the highest status in the army. If you don't participate, what kind of celebration is it
So you must participate, and the remaining things promised to you will be given to you openly and openly in the name of rewarding merit at the ceremony. In addition, you may have heard that, as expected, you will get a special garrison area as a fiefdom in Sika. This is a reward for your extra contribution in the war - the alliance has always rewarded meritorious deeds and punished guilty. "
After hearing this, Richard raised his eyebrows. His first thought was to refuse. After all, he was too lazy to manage any fiefdom - politics, personnel, communication, etc. were the most troublesome. It would waste too much time and affect the research progress. If he really If you want to manage, you will not leave the Blue Lion Kingdom when you are there.
But suddenly he remembered what Blood Princess Jasmine had discussed with him before - if he was too lazy to manage it, he might as well transfer it to the other party under his name.
In addition, he also thought that many of his current studies have reached a bottleneck period and require a lot of time to break through. I didn't think it was necessary before, and with the threat of the Truth Society, it would be more flexible to do my own research, so I didn't form any team.
Now that the Truth Society has been destroyed, it may be better to form a large top-down research team to assist.
A relatively independent territory is easier to form such a team.
So…
After thinking for a long time, Richard nodded, agreed, and said to Oscar, "Okay, I will attend the celebration ceremony when the time comes."
"That's good." Oscar said, breathing a sigh of relief.
After that, he took a sip of tea and stood up, rubbed his eyebrows, and walked out. As he walked, he said: "Now that your matter has been settled, I will not delay and continue to be busy with the city entrance ceremony and the celebration ceremony." .”
"Okay, I'll see you off." Richard said, getting up and walking out the door with Oscar.
When he reached the entrance of the courtyard, Oscar suddenly stopped, frowned slightly, and turned his head to look in one direction.
Richard also frowned and followed Oscar, looking in the same direction.
"Dong-"
From that direction, a long copper bell sounded.
"Dong-"
Then another bell sounded.
"Dong-"
Again.
"Dong-"
The fourth time, the fifth time...
Time after time, the sound of the copper bell became shorter and shorter, and became more and more urgent.
The sound was like solid wood pulp, thrust into the night, stirring vigorously, causing the air to suddenly become restless.
This is? !
It stands to reason that in Char City, the sound on the bell tower is used to tell the time - but the time is always told during the day and will stop at night. After all, no one wants to be suddenly woken up by the sound of the bell while sleeping soundly. If that's the case, no one who rings the bell will survive the night.
Therefore, it is abnormal for bells to ring at night.
Extremely abnormal!
Every time it rang, it meant something big had happened, something big enough to wake up the entire city to announce it.
As for the specific matter, it must be determined based on the number of times the bell rings, for example:
Six times, it means that spies have invaded, causing uncontrollable bloodshed, and the whole city needs to be sealed off and under martial law. After the founding of Xiaya, such bells only rang twice, and that was when the country was just founded.
Nine times, it means that a large number of enemy troops suddenly appeared nearby, and the whole city needs to be alert and ready to fight. Such bells only rang once after the founding of Xiaya, also when the country was just founded. And that time it was a false alarm, and the person who ordered the bell to ring was severely punished.
Twelve times, it means that an irresistible disaster has occurred and the whole city needs to be evacuated—such bells, let alone Char, have never sounded in the entire Soma Alliance city...
So what exactly is this bell
When he heard the bell ringing, Oscar was a little stunned and surprised at first, but he reacted after three times and calmly started counting to make sure what happened.
Then after six strokes, the bell didn’t stop ringing…
After nine strokes, the bell did not stop ringing...
After twelve strokes, the bell still did not stop ringing...
Finally, the bell rang for the thirteenth time, followed by a long period of silence, letting the lingering sound of the bell linger in Char's night for a long time.
Thirteen times
Richard, who was also paying attention to the number of bells, moved his eyebrows after hearing the last bell, and couldn't help but recall a previous experience.
I remember that when he was still on the east coast, he once returned to the White Stone Tower, and suddenly the bronze bell of the White Stone Tower rang, the same thirteen times. Later, he followed the crowd to the open space outside, and found out that thirteen bronze bells were rung, representing the funeral ceremony—these were rung for the burial of all the wizards who sacrificed their lives under the attack of the Order of Gods (Truth Society) on the White Stone Tower.
The most profound thing is that at the funeral, he saw with his own eyes Macbeth, who liked to wear white, was buried. As a result, it was later learned from the princess of the Kingdom of Montenegro that Macbeth faked his death and was actually still alive - the funeral was just a cover-up.
So what happened when Char's bell rang thirteen times this time? Is it also a funeral
If it was really a funeral, who died
Turning his head, Richard noticed that the black-faced old man Oscar's eyes widened. His dark face turned pale as never before. His body was trembling, and his lips opened and closed several times without making a sound. He seemed to have been greatly shocked and could hardly stand.
This is
He was puzzled. In the night, the bell towers throughout Xiaya City rang, as if responding to the sound of the first copper bell, they rang thirteen times in sequence.
It was already a cold month in November, and the cold wind howled at night. Together with the crisp and cold sound of the copper bells, the atmosphere suddenly became extremely solemn and depressing.
Richard looked at Oscar and was about to ask a question. Before he could say anything, Oscar had suppressed the shock and turned his head to look. He opened his mouth and replied: "Your Majesty... passed away!"
What!
The Emperor of the Alliance and the Bear Monarch, Pyotr Romanov, passed away? !