Northern Empire, Imperial Capital.
Just as the Diamond Royal Family said, there is only one empire in this world, so this country does not need a name. There is only one imperial capital in this world, but as long as someone mentions it, no one will think of other cities.
In the center of the Holy City, surrounded by three mountains, is a huge city within a city. It is surrounded by a solid city wall and separated from other areas of the city. Within the city wall, there are towering spiers and vaulted halls supported by stone beams. All over it.
Over there is the residence of the imperial family, the Palais Morlaix.
The Morlai Palace was built by the founding emperor of the empire. It originally had only a simple cylindrical hall as the residence of the royal family. However, subsequent emperors had different aesthetic styles and built the palace according to their own preferences. This resulted in thousands of years of Later, the entire Morlay Palace gradually turned into a complex palace complex composed of countless magnificent buildings of different shapes.
The Morlay Palace is not only home to the imperial royal family, but also the residence of the royal guard [Mars Guards], the parliament hall and the headquarters of many organizations directly under the royal family.
Sitting on the dark yellow carriage with the sun emblem, taking Ying and Rin, Joshua and Brandon headed towards the palace. It was late at night, but due to the appearance of the demon before, countless city guards were solemnly present. Patrolling the streets, they conducted strict inspections one by one, striving to prevent this from happening again.
"It's not just the Imperial City, this kind of thing is happening everywhere on the Mycroft continent."
With the Kaos family and the Royal Mage Association as sources of information, Brandon knew some things faster than Joshua. On the carriage, he flipped through the various information that had been urgently sent, and explained to the soldiers: "At present, What is certain is that the disaster in the Eastern Plains Kingdom is the most serious. There are the most spellcasters there and there are many people with magic blood, which are very suitable for sacrifices. The Far South is second, and the large number of refugees brought by the dragon disaster are the most evil rituals. Good materials, because a large number of monsters were attacking everywhere, the kingdom's army had no time to worry about anything else, and the losses suffered were even greater than in the eastern plains.
"Even almost reclusive guys like the Xishan dwarves and the Wind Whispering Elves have been harassed by cultists. From this point of view, the imperial capital has not suffered any serious losses because of its tight defense."
"Sure enough, cultists are everywhere." Joshua nodded slightly, he was not surprised by this.
As long as desires are not satisfied, chaos will spread, no matter what race you are, there are no exceptions.
Because of the previous battle with the devil, he had already changed his clothes at this time. It seemed that he was considering the reason for contacting the emperor next. This was a common aristocratic outfit, but even so, the complicated patterns and decorations were not there. Trying to cover up the conspicuous ferocious aura of the soldier: "But why does the emperor want to meet us?"
He felt a little strange. After all, he just killed a demon. This kind of thing was rare and common. Even in the imperial capital, a reward was enough. When he was in the abyss, he led a group to run around and killed a nest. Some time ago, I even used the Book of Ebon to summon demons to serve as food and drinks, and I was already a little numb.
Even if you want to know information about those demons, you don't need to call him over.
"It's not us, it's you, just you."
Pointing out Joshua's language problem, Brandon shook his head and said: "Although it is just a demon, its appearance in the imperial capital is its biggest difference. Not to mention other political or security and defense significance, this means the seal of the abyss. Already starting to loosen up, and you are the Chaos Watcher... I mean Joshua."
At this point, Brandon stopped explaining and frowned. Instead of looking at the information in his hand, he raised his head and said to the soldier angrily: "Can you restrain your pressure? The coachman and The horses are trembling and the carriage has started to go astray, don’t you feel it?”
"It has restrained itself a lot."
Looking to his side, Ying and Lin were secretly laughing. Joshua shrugged helplessly. He looked at the system characters at the edge of his retina and sighed: "This trouble is getting bigger and bigger."
In the list of system characters in the eyes of a warrior, one number is particularly eye-catching.
[Charm: -53]
Among the rows of attributes that are upwards of one hundred or more, this is the only one with a conspicuous negative number.
Under this attribute, there are many newly added descriptions and reports.
[Because your charm exceeds minus fifty, your fear aura is upgraded to the aura of despair.]
[Because you killed the clone of the great demon 'Heart-eating Demon Lardanas', its curse and resentment are wrapped around you. Your aura of despair is upgraded to a halo of despair, and you gain +1 on the judgment. Added value.]
[You tortured and killed a great demon, making it taste fear and despair.]
[You get the achievement: Devil’s Natural Enemy]
Joshua didn't bother to look at the detailed attributes of this achievement. Anyway, it was all about reducing charm, increasing intimidation, threats, and persuasion. In general, it made his personal image more negative. Just through , will cause the horses and coachmen to tremble with fear as Brandon said before.
What is the concept of charm minus fifty-three? The soldier estimated that if he did not reveal his identity and walked around the palace gate, he would probably be surrounded by an entire group of knights. No matter which city he went to, he would be blocked by the guards at the city gate and refused to enter. Any staff in public places would be blocked. They would all be ready after he entered. If the effect of the aura of despair, which is the enhanced version of the aura of fear, was added, Joshua felt that he could be called the source of riots. He would cause large-scale panic wherever he went, and he was more evil than the devil.
"You killed too many monsters..."
After closing the information in his hand, Brandon looked very helpless: "At this point, even an archbishop-level priest can't help you."
Of course he knew that the friend in front of him was not an evil person. In fact, in the eyes of the swordsman, Joshua was a competent, even perfect lord. He was even willing to slay dragons for his people, even if it was because of this. He has been assassinated many times without any regrets or complaints, but in this world of magic and souls, the curses left before death are also real. The resentment of the monsters killed by Joshua haunts the warriors. Although it can't cause any harm to him, it can affect other people's thoughts.
Generally speaking, soldiers who have experienced battles will have a similar situation. Compared with getting close to them, most people will respect them more, or fear them, but in Joshua's case, this situation has reached an extreme. - From respect, fear, fear, fear, until the last time I saw him I felt that this person was extremely dangerous, and even felt a sense of despair that my hands and feet were weak and I couldn't move.
Through divine magic, the priest can purify this special state, but as Brandon said, judging from the warrior's current situation, it is unlikely that only a Pope-level figure can help him solve this problem.
Because of Joshua, the carriage moved very slowly, and it took a long time to reach the gate of the Morlay Palace.
The guards wearing black armor came to the carriage. They saw the royal crest on it and knew that it must be a noble person personally invited by His Majesty the Emperor, so they were very polite. However, no matter how polite they were, the rules could not be changed. Several The guards were asked to open the car door to see who was on it. Weapons were not allowed inside and were temporarily handed over to them for safekeeping.
The guard who seemed to be the captain expressed his request to open the door for inspection, and Brandon naturally agreed.
After opening the car door, the captain looked up and recognized Brandon's identity. As the backbone of the royalists and the eldest son of the Kaos family, the swordsman was very famous among this group of guards. He was even given a A glorious swordsman who has the right to hold weapons in the palace.
After a respectful salute, the captain turned his head and looked to the other side.
Then he immediately put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
I feel dizzy today... I took some medicine and my stomach feels very uncomfortable... I will write more tomorrow, but I really can't stand it today...
(End of chapter)