Unlike the Moldavia Territory, which was overjoyed to welcome back its master, in the distant center of the empire, in the Imperial Capital of Morlai Palace, there was an unsettling undercurrent.
The Helgamos Empire, ruled by the Diamond family, has gone through nearly eight hundred years of ups and downs and is one of the oldest regimes in the Mycroft continent. This huge country, which everyone simply calls the Northern Empire, has not always been stable. In his long life, there have been several times when the country was on the verge of collapse and on the verge of division or even annihilation. The most recent time was when the war between the empire and the orcs was intensifying more than 20 years ago.
At that time, the late emperor passed away and the current emperor had just succeeded to the throne. The orcs on the front line had won several victories. The black smoke from the shaman army burning the city could even be seen in the Three Mountains Holy City. Several princes and princesses peeked at the supreme throne with evil thoughts. , more than ten powerful nobles in the east sat indifferently and watched the power of the northwest nobles and royal family being weakened, looking forward to the day when they would be replaced. For people at that time, the collapse of the Northern Empire was already a matter of time - the people at the bottom were complaining about heavy taxes for years, and nearly half of the powerful nobles intended to rebel. Even the royal family had many traitors. They planned to cede land and negotiate with the orcs, just for the sake of peace. Sit in that position yourself.
As long as there is one failure, all this is no longer speculation, but a historical fact. But Israel gave them no chance.
Behind the Palace of Morlay, in the quiet royal garden, there was the sound of fluttering wings of birds. As dozens of white doves flew up and down, one could see that among these birds there was an unusually young-looking person. A young man is holding a bag of bird food and feeding these white pigeons with a smile.
The sixth prince Adrian stood in the center of the garden that belonged exclusively to the Diamond family. He carefully took out the bird food that he carefully mixed from the bag in his hand, using corn kernels and wind feather grass as the main ingredients, and then distributed it to these Gugu Birds are constantly flying. He has a pair of purple eyes that are like gems. His long dark golden hair is neatly arranged and hangs down to his waist. Adrian's appearance is somewhat feminine, somewhat like the man he once was. The most beautiful mother-in-law in the empire, but she doesn't make her look feminine.
There is no doubt that he inherited the best bloodline from his father, Israel, and his mother. Whether it is personal strength or political sensitivity, the performance of this sixth prince has always been excellent. If it were not for the fact that he has always assisted his sister, If he never meets with foreign ministers alone, many nobles may want to try to invest in this seemingly unknown prince. In fact, Adrian's only shortcoming is probably that he is too young. Many people believe that if his and his sister's ages were swapped, the confusing situation in the royal family would be much clearer.
Of course Adrian knew about this, but he never cared about these rumors, which were definitely deliberately spread. He just stood calmly in the center of the garden and fed the pigeons, as if all the undercurrents did not exist.
This kind of leisurely time has not happened for a long time. While scattering a lot of bird food, the sixth prince absentmindedly recalled the past, those few stable times in the past ten years.
When Adrian was born, it happened to be the second large-scale battle between the Northern Empire and the Orcs in the northwest plains. At that time, his father, who was the emperor, was not there, and his grandfather, who was the most powerful nobleman in the west, was not there, and even the entire Morlai was not there. There were not many men in the palace, and all the guards and knights had followed their master to the front line. It was his sister, the third princess, who helped the doctor and made his mother who was having difficulty in labor give birth to him.
It was a difficult time for the royal family at that time. After losing his mother, he and his sister lived in poverty and depended on each other. If his sister had not been standing in the front to protect him and used her own supplies to buy medicine for him, the young and frail Adrian would have died long ago. Not to mention his current distinguished status.
The orcs on the front line are coming fiercely. Under the leadership of the new generation of Golden Horde Khans, the orc army of the Royal Court, which has formalized its army, has swept through all the discordant tribes on the Tartarus Plateau. With the power of their clan, they intend to break through the empire in the northwest of Thomasland. The garrison fortress in the canyon drove straight into the hinterland of the empire, establishing a formal base for the orcs in the Mycroft continent. The ambitious nobles in the rear held heavy troops, and they were happy to see this happen. They would immediately cause turmoil in the rear as soon as the royal family was defeated.
But all was not well. The great Emperor Yisrael was invincible, and the name of the legendary powerful Sky Dragon Rider shocked the whole world. All conspiracies and tricks were silenced by the absolute power, and peace came quickly.
Of course, reality is not a fairy tale. After the war, everyone can live happily. In fact, for some people, the war has just begun. The vast land left by the orcs, twelve large mining sites, grasslands that can cultivate hundreds of thousands of cattle, horses and magical beasts, and a country with war beasts like the Stone Rhinoceros On the Tartarus Plateau, whoever can own these will have an advantage in the next few hundred years. Now, the empire has recovered a little bit of its vitality in several years of peaceful development, and the liquidation and reorganization of the empire's wealth have also begun. About to start.
Filter out all irrelevant information, and this is the truth behind all undercurrents. Adrian, who saw through all this, had no intention of getting involved. It was his father's revenge and revolution.
Ta, tap, tap. The sound of gentle and regular footsteps came from the garden path, causing the pigeons that were pecking leisurely to scatter in all directions. The sixth prince looked up helplessly in the direction of the path, where the blond and blue-eyed boy was also looking at the path. He raised his head in surprise and looked at his brother.
"Alva." He nodded and called the only person in the royal family who was younger than himself by name. Adrian's tone did not change much and was as calm as ever: "Are you here for exercise?"
"...Yes." Alva was somewhat surprised to see another royal brother in the garden where only he came. Alva answered cautiously. He did not intend to communicate more with this brother who had always been taciturn. Instead, he turned around and walked in another direction of the garden.
Adrian watched the other party leave in silence. He could smell the other person's scent and see the lines of breath wrapped around Alva's body. He knew that it was the smell of his father. The sixth prince could smell it. His younger brother had just come out of the royal study.
Everyone has their own strengths. If the eldest prince's advantage is due to having a duke grandfather, then the second prince and the fifth prince's daughter are due to their own strength. It was impossible for the fourth prince to fail from the beginning, because his mother clan was almost completely wiped out in the orc war. He stood on the commanding heights of "no enemies" from the beginning. As long as he did not seek death, no one could touch him.
As for the Seventh Prince, his younger brother, perhaps it is because of his young age.
With a slight sigh, Adrian waved his hand, and all the birds that had dispersed suddenly flew in front of him from the woods, returning to the previous noise.
Not because of his father's favor, but because of the choice.
The current Morlai Palace is full of intrigues and intrigues. There are countless factions in the army, nobles and mages' associations, which is simply annoying. Although the local noble forces do not dare to disobey the imperial power because of the emperor's strength, they do so in a positive way. It is also common. Policies such as the large-scale water conservancy projects and supporting magic waterwheels that were originally ordered last year have not been implemented until now. Although there are certain objective factors, it is because the local nobles have not cooperated from the beginning. core reasons. In order to maintain the stability of the country, even the legendary strong men were unable to issue orders at will, because every small noble had a backer. If the investigation is carried out to the end, who knows whether half of the empire will be in turmoil.
But now it's different. One legend couldn't squash all opposition before, so what about three now
Thinking of the news about apprentices and disciples rumored in the palace, even Adrian felt envious. Whether it was Master Nostradamus or the Earl of Northland, their existence itself was the biggest backer, and they were not at all Being the emperor's backer and having a good relationship with these powerful people is more important than any family background. It is only a matter of time before these three people join forces to transform not only an empire, but also the entire world.
Master Nostradamus is easy to meet, and Adrian can visit the Royal Mage Association whenever he finds an opportunity. However, the Earl of Northland needs to specially choose the opportunity to visit, but it just so happens that the forces behind him have an industry. If you want to cooperate with the other party, now is the opportunity.
On the side, at the other end of the garden, the sound of flesh hitting the air came one after another, and Adrian knew that it was Alva who was working hard to hone himself. Ever since he returned from traveling with his father and his second brother, he had trained even harder. Perhaps he sincerely wanted to become Count Radcliffe's disciple.
It's a pity. If I hadn't already had a transcendent mentor, I would have given it a try.
Although he thought so, Adrian didn't pay too much attention. These competing for advantages and paving the way for future inheritance have never had anything to do with him. He wanted to meet the Earl of Northland just out of curiosity and there was an industry to try to cooperate with.
If the advantages of all the princes and princesses are very obvious and upright, then the advantages of him and his sister are very strange, because from the beginning, they participated in this decision with the mentality of 'it doesn't matter if they lose' future competition.
"Do you think so, Teacher Changfeng?"
muttering softly to himself to the slightly flowing air around him, Adrian narrowed his dark purple eyes, and at this moment, with a slight flash of magic power, a petite and semi-cyan humanoid with a light blue body appeared. Then appeared on his shoulder. The wind element fairy 'Changfeng' seemed to like this young man who seemed a bit feminine but actually had his own thoughts in his heart. She stood on the shoulder of the sixth prince and patted him with her little hand. Patting the other person's cheek, he said confidently: "Of course! As long as we are here, no matter how miserable you are, you can still go to Fairy Country to play with us!"
"That's right, you said you want to meet that young legendary warrior?" As he said that, the goblin's thoughts turned around again. Changfeng nodded his little head excitedly and muttered to himself. Said: "It just so happens that the cards about him haven't been designed yet... You must go!"
"Of course." Wei smiled. Adrian knew that this was what gave him the confidence to not be afraid of any changes. With the help of this lively elf mentor whom he accidentally met in childhood, he and his sister would never lose everything no matter how they failed.
Rather, it would be better to lose.
Deep thoughts are brewing in the deepest part of my heart. The sixth prince closed his eyes. The bird food bag in his hand was empty, but the flying white pigeons did not leave. Instead, they continued to fly beside him. Surrounded by many birds, Adrian held his hand. He clenched his fists and couldn't help but reveal a somewhat feminine smile.
Because only if he loses, will his innocent and cheerful sister, who is so cute at times, give up her dream of becoming the queen, lose all support and help, and have to depend on her, or even run away. End of the world.
Only in this way will she never be able to escape from his grasp.
At the other end of the empire, in the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia in the North, a small meeting had begun.
"You can't keep calling it Ball of Light."
Sitting on the comfortable big chair in the hall, Joshua felt the softness of the velvet cushion behind him, and then set the tone of this discussion with a concise sentence: "I have said many times that 'it' is intelligent life. You cannot grow old." Use it as a toy.”
"Hey!" The silver-haired girl who was standing in the hall at this time, holding a beige ball of light, subconsciously exclaimed. Yingying lowered her head, looked at the warm ball held in her chest, and blinked in shock: " Are you actually smart?!"
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
The ball of light made a sound like a protest, but no matter how you heard it, it was just wind chimes, but Joshua seemed to understand it. He nodded in agreement: "The ball of light is right."
firefly:"?!"
"It would be great if the master decided on a name."
On the side, Rin, who was comforting Hei who was unhappy because the light ball was taken away, made a constructive suggestion. He whispered: "After all, you brought it back... By the way, what did the light ball say just now?"
"Shall I choose the name?" Without answering Rin's question, Joshua's attitude was a little indifferent. He said to himself: "I personally think white is better - just as good as black..." But he just said this Halfway through, the ball of light emitted a series of jingling sounds, seeming to express strong opposition.
"Then if it is called Ling, it feels a bit repetitive with Rin." Not paying attention to the objections of the light ball, the warrior continued to think: "What do you think of Ding Dong? Although there are more names with the same name."
The ball of light seemed to be completely angry - suddenly a translucent pillar of pure light was shot out from it, shining on Joshua. However, although this beam of light is full of momentum, it actually has no lethality at all. Not to mention the soldier who looks very comfortable with a smile on his face. Affected by the aftermath, the entire wooden chair seems to be rejuvenated and has a tendency to sprout and take root. , and the boys and girls on the side couldn't help but laugh.
But just after a while, Joshua shook his head, intending to let the light ball stop for a while to prevent the chair from actually sprouting. He suddenly frowned, and then slowly sat up from the chair, with a serious look on his face.
Upon seeing this, Hotaru, Rin, and Heidu were all shocked. They all looked up at their master. The light ball seemed a little shocked, and the beams of light it shot began to be intermittent. In this regard, Joshua gave the serious order: : "Don't stop, keep going."
After receiving the instruction, the light ball continued to emit light. At the same time, Joshua raised his right hand. He stared at the palm of his right hand. It seemed that the carved palm prints were clear and there were no changes. But a moment later, under the light of the light ball, another bright silver light spread out, illuminating the entire hall of the Lord's Mansion. Violent energy fluctuations were felt, and the projection of No. 3 immediately appeared in the Lord's Mansion. In the hall, she was also shocked by the scene before her.
In the center of the hall, the warrior raised his right hand. In the palm of his hand, there was a small fragment releasing pure silver light that was spinning in mid-air. It looked like a fragment of steel, but there was a frightening flow of energy flowing through it. Energy light, dust, wind, flames, frost and dew and other elemental magic powers gathered around it to form a variety of rainbow lights, making it even more dazzling than the stars.
"Fragments of Steel—"
In an instant, Joshua immediately understood that although Kallis's kindness was rejected by him, he still secretly paid him a reward. A steel fragment containing the power of the world was attached to his body at some point. , if it weren't for the light of the light ball with similar personality, it might take him several months to discover it.
At that time, any accident might happen!
But just when Joshua was frowning and thinking about what to do with this fragment of steel, suddenly, an accident happened. For some reason, the ball of light, which had been lazily and was held in Yingying's arms, became energetic for some reason. , it jumped suddenly, drew an arc in mid-air, and then pounced on the fragment of steel that was releasing silver brilliance, completely incorporating it into its body.
Suddenly, silver light shot out from every window of the Lord's Mansion, making all Moldavians marvel and pay attention.
In the lord's mansion, after a moment of astonishment, Joshua's first reaction was like that of an owner who saw his dog swallowing the jewelry that fell on the floor.
"Spit it out!"
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