Condensing Qi into form! !
The entire audience was in awe. Crown Prince Yawen was looking at Roddy with an almost adoring gaze. The diplomatic envoys from the surrounding kingdoms also looked at him in awe. Only the old right prime minister had his eyes narrowed, making it hard to tell what he was planning.
"Condensing Qi into shape!" The Crown Prince was the first to shout loudly: "I didn't expect that Your Excellency, Count Rody, has already reached the level of a Paladin! Uh..." He then remembered and changed his words: "Or according to your country's saying, It should be called Sword Saint Warrior!”
This guy even forgot that it was his side that lost, and strode up to Roddy. Looking at Roddy, his eyes were full of reverence, and he almost couldn't help but reach out to hold Roddy's hand.
Rody put away his scimitar, frowned and looked at the broken sword on the ground, and said with a wry smile: "I broke His Highness's sword, I offended you!"
Yawen waved his hands repeatedly and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! It's just a sword. I didn't expect that the Earl is so powerful! If you don't mind, please give me some pointers!"
He was indeed a young man who was fond of martial arts, and he showed no trace of the frustration or resentment he felt after losing. You must know that in the Roland continent, the strongest masters are in the temple. Although the Kingdom of Sauron is powerful, there is no knight who can reach the level of the Holy Knight. The Leihou who fought against Rody was already a rare master. Seeing a sword saint warrior standing in front of him, the crown prince immediately wanted to ask for advice.
While Rody was in embarrassment, the right minister finally came over. He and Seth came one after another, and first reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, you'd better go in first, they are all watching."
Yawen sent someone to send Leihou down to rest. Leihou was convinced, especially the last blow from Roddy, which left him completely unable to resist. He knew in his heart that there was a huge gap between him and the opponent, and bowed deeply to Roddy. He bowed and was helped down.
Yawen had no intention of continuing the dinner, and the diplomatic envoys with various thoughts also left one after another.
The dinner ended in a hurry. Ironically, not even the main dishes were served, and everyone left one after another. Only Rody and the Crown Prince were left in the palace. The old right minister seemed to also intend to leave. Before leaving, he Deliberately whispered in Rody's ear: "The Earl is really good at it!"
Before Rody could appreciate the meaning of this sentence, the old right minister had already said goodbye with a smile.
Crown Prince Yawen was really struggling in his heart. As a young militant, he was naturally opposed to the peace talks. Although he was reprimanded by the king today, he still felt deeply ashamed of the peace talks in his heart. But as a warrior, there is no doubt that he has a kind of awe for a strong man like Roddy - Yawen has never had the opportunity to ask for advice from a paladin-level master in his life. Now with such a great master in front of him, if he doesn't ask for advice, If the other party asks for advice, he may not be able to feel at ease for the rest of his life.
Yawen's hobby of martial arts even made him temporarily forget about pestering Seth. It was completely different from the cold attitude when he came. The crown prince sent Roddy off with an extremely enthusiastic attitude, and asked Roddy for a small request: to transfer the two Cut off the sword and take it away. The crown prince agreed without hesitation. In exchange, Rody agreed that while he was staying in the capital, he would be willing to teach the crown prince swordsmanship at the appropriate time.
"What did you mean just now?" After closing the carriage window, Rody immediately turned around and looked at Seth with a frown.
Seth sighed leisurely, and did not directly answer Rody's words. He sighed softly: "Don't you see it?"
"What?"
Seth said seriously: "That right prime minister! He has been observing you tonight."
Rody nodded: "Of course I can see this, but let me ask you just now why did you propose that I compete with the Crown Prince's men?"
Seth smiled softly, seeming to be a little disdainful: "What's the matter with the martial arts competition? I know you are afraid of exposing your strength, but do you think that if there is no martial arts competition, the right minister will not doubt you at all? After all, the three Dragon Paladins are all I can’t kill you, even though you have that woman Miaosi and the Augustinian Paladin as your cover, do you think that old guy, the right minister, has no curiosity about you at all?”
Roddy was silent.
Seth continued: "No matter what, we at least gained something tonight."
Rody thought for a while and whispered: "Yes, first of all, the Crown Prince is not with the Right Prime Minister. I guess he is just being used by the Right Prime Minister. Tonight you proposed a contest, but the Right Prime Minister did not object. In any case, If the right minister is with the crown prince, he should be wary of my strength and will not easily agree to the competition. Since he does not object, it means that he does not care at all whether the crown prince will be embarrassed. What he cares about is testing my strength. "
"You can see quite clearly, but it's just not deep enough!" Seth smiled slightly, and his eyes became very strange: "When you were competing with that guy, everyone was observing you, but I was observing the guy on the right. Look...he's a little strange."
"Oh?" Rody's eyes lit up. He knew very well that Seth was definitely much stronger than him in terms of mind. Since Seth could see some difference, it must be a very important discovery.
Seth lowered his voice and said slowly: "Let me ask you, how strong is that Thunder Roar?"
Rody thought for a moment: "Not bad!" He paused and added: "According to ordinary standards, it should be very good! He has reached the level of a great knight. Such strength is unmatched in a kingdom. He is considered to be the best in the army, and he can definitely become a senior commander even in the Holy Knights!"
Seth smiled, looked into Rody's eyes, and said slowly: "I found that when you fought back, the old right prime minister's eyes seemed to light up, and he was slightly proud. But when you just repel your opponent, He cut off the opponent's sword with one strike without giving the opponent a heavy blow. The old right prime minister's eyes seemed a little disappointed! "
"Disappointed?" Rody sat up straight, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and frowned: "What is he disappointed about?"
Seth gently stretched out two fingers, and then twirled them one by one: "There are two possibilities! First, he may be disappointed that Lei Roar failed to force you to fully demonstrate your strength and lost to you so easily. As a result, he was unable to see through your depth!"
Rody nodded: "According to the usual thinking, it should be explained this way... So what's the second thing you said?"
Seth sighed and smiled bitterly: "The second possibility is that I am disappointed that you were not able to severely damage that thunder roar!!"
"Why?" Rody frowned.
Seth shook his head and said: "You are always thinking about whether the right prime minister and the crown prince are accomplices, but haven't you ever thought that not only are they not accomplices, but they may also be enemies!" He sneered: "If you see Wouldn't you be happy to see that your opponent lost a capable general?"
Before Rody could speak, Seth's eyes flashed and he continued: "I think this right minister must be from the temple!"
Rody thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I have also thought about this possibility, but I always think it doesn't make sense! Think about it, he was involved in this peace negotiation, and he also contributed a lot to promoting the peace negotiation... I originally thought he was Loyal to the king! And there is another thing that should prove it - when I met Miaosi in the northwest, the king's side and the temple were already fighting openly and secretly! At that time, Miaosi was betrayed by his subordinates, and the person who plotted against her Royal Knights , at that time he kept saying that he had received secret orders from the king and the right minister!”
Seth sighed and said with a smile: "What doesn't make sense? After all, the right prime minister is the right prime minister, not the king! The king wants to deal with the temple and Miaosi, how can the right prime minister object? Even if he is from the temple, We can only help the king in name, otherwise we will expose ourselves?"
Seth seemed to be sneering: "Rody, you are still thinking too simplistic about politics! What do you think the Kingdom of Sauron is in Roland Continent? The most powerful country in Roland Continent! Its land area covers nearly half of Roland Continent. ! The army is strong and the country is powerful! If the temple wants to maintain its prestige in the Roland continent, it must find a way to firmly control the Sauron Kingdom and penetrate into the core of Sauron's power!"
He closed his eyes and said calmly: "I know that in order to control the kingdoms below, the temple's usual method is to station some holy knights in various places and then send a saint from the temple. But this method may not be suitable for some small kingdoms. It's enough! But for a powerful country like the Kingdom of Sauron, can those methods guarantee the temple's control over the kingdom?"
Rody was speechless and lost in thought.
Seth smiled, but his tone was full of admiration: "This Right Chancellor is very old, and he must have been at the core of power in the Kingdom of Sauron for many years - the position of Right Chancellor is already considered a very high status. , it can even be said that he is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people! He is involved in all matters and decisions of the kingdom! If such a position is controlled by the temple, it can be said that it will further control the entire kingdom. It couldn’t be better!”
Rody sighed: "If your guess is correct, then this right prime minister may not be easy to deal with. It is not certain that this peace negotiation will succeed in the end."
Seth smiled slightly and leaned lazily on the seat cushion: "That's good. The more powerful the opponent is, the happier I will be."
Rody glanced at Seth and suddenly said: "We punish you like this and make you like this. Aren't you angry?"
Unexpectedly, Seth did not show anger on his face. Instead, he remained silent for a while. He glanced at Roddy with a somewhat strange look: "Rody, let me tell you a secret."
"What?"
Seth smiled slightly and whispered: "I have no human emotions!"
Seeing the blank expression on Roddy's face, Seth continued: "Whether it's anger, joy, fear, or admiration. Laughing and cursing... all kinds of human feelings, all kinds of emotions that people should have, I don’t have any!”
"I do not understand."
Seth shook his head: "Of course you won't understand... If you haven't experienced it, others can't understand this feeling."
He seemed to smile very calmly: "Since I was sensible, I have never had any feelings in my heart, whether it is for my father, sister, family, lover, or friends. I have never had any feelings in my heart! I am a born Just a cold-blooded person!”
"I have been causing trouble since I was a child. My father scolded me, my sister was angry with me, and the guards at home hated me. That was because I wanted to try to see how I would react when others treated me like this... In the end, there was still nothing. Regardless. Even in the face of my father’s scolding, my sister’s anger, and the contempt of my family’s guards, I remained calm in my heart, and nothing from the outside world could affect my mood.”
Having said this, Seth held the back of his head with both hands, moved himself into a comfortable position and leaned on the back of the seat cushion. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then I started to try the so-called love. You know, I have many lovers in the empire, many, many lovers! I tried to find out whether I would have feelings of love for others... But after I tried many times, I still couldn't find it, no matter what kind of woman I faced! Unable to produce love!”
"Yes, I may smile at others. I usually have different expressions on my face. I will show the emotions and reactions on my face according to the situation at that time. I laugh, I cry, I am angry, I am sad, I express my emotions to my lover. Even if you dress me up as a woman in the past two days, I will react helplessly or angrily - haha... "
Seth laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes: "But do you know? My place..." He pointed to his heart and said lightly: "My place is empty!"
"Then you..." Rody was a little surprised.
Seth shook his head: "I just don't want to be seen as a monster by others! I am always calculating in my mind, calculating what kind of reaction I should show every time I encounter something, and then I will respond according to the actual situation. I put on my expression or emotion, but in my heart I just calculated it and didn’t really feel it!”
"I don't even have the so-called self-esteem! I made these reactions just because I didn't want to be seen as a monster by others, but it wasn't because being seen as a monster by others would make me unhappy - I didn't even know that anger was a kind of What a feeling. It’s just that my reason tells me that if I am regarded as a monster by others, it will cause me a lot of trouble and inconvenience.”
Rody looked at Seth in surprise. Hearing what Seth said in one breath, Rody was filled with shock.
No human emotions? Rody could vaguely feel how sad it was...
Seth smiled softly: "Look, I can see from your eyes that you have pity for me... People like me should feel sad, right?"
His voice gradually became lower and he said calmly: "It's a pity that I don't even know what sadness feels like."