Time travel starts from Doupa

Chapter 1221 Imperial Capital, Conspiracy, Thorn Flower Knights
Dawn Empire, Nidavi City.

Nidawi is a city located at the junction of plains and mountains, with a population of more than 20.

The city is built on a mountain, and the moat at the foot of the mountain and the city wall over 20 meters high protect the residents in the city. On the vast plain outside the city, there are fertile soil everywhere, and several artificial rivers built by dwarves Interspersed in the meantime, it provides an inexhaustible source of water for countless fertile fields.

Most of the buildings in the city are built on the mountainside, and the world-famous Nidavi Forge Castle is built on the top of the mountain.

This ancient castle was built by the gray iron dwarves thousands of years ago. Later, the Dawn Empire conquered the gray iron dwarves, and it became the city lord's mansion of Nidavi.

The Furnace Castle is a majestic and huge building complex, which can easily accommodate tens of thousands of troops and servants. The structure of the castle is complex, and there are various facilities built for military defense purposes everywhere. There are also many arrow towers, among which are placed A three-bow bed crossbow capable of shooting through the skin of a giant dragon, and a permanent large trebuchet and more than ten magic cannons are placed on the wall of the ancient castle!
With these sharp weapons, the Forge Castle has never been breached by outside enemies in its thousands of years of history. Even the Dawn Empire back then relied on lures and tricks to make the Gray Iron Dwarf King voluntarily abandon the city and surrender.

Since the Dawn Empire ruled Nidawi, although some enemies have attacked the city of Nidawi, at most their footsteps have touched the city wall at the foot of the mountain. It was defeated by the combination of the machine and the magic gun.

Many spies have been to this city with various identities. When they witnessed this monster occupying the commanding heights of the city, they had to admit that even if they used 20 elite troops, they might not be able to capture this city with a population of [-]. City.

"This is Nidawi?"

On the small road in front of Nidawei City, Zhou Chen, who got off the carriage, looked at the magnificent scene in front of him, and asked Helen who was beside him.

"Yeah, Lord Saint, this is Nidavi built on top of the gray iron mine, an important city of the empire, let's stay here for a few days." Helen nodded, and finally a relaxed smile appeared on her beautiful face. meaning.

"It's time to rest for a few days."

Alice, a beautiful woman in a black dress, nodded. She hadn't taken a shower during the long journey these days, and she was so sticky that she couldn't bear it.

After all, she is not as extravagant as Helen, who has an ocean crystal pendant that automatically purifies her body.

And her daughter, Arya, who had been taciturn all the way, became lively at last, jumping up and down with joy.

Riding a fighting spirit horse and carrying three women and one man, the carriage slowly approached the gate of Nidawi City.Whether it was the transparent fighting spirit horse or the silver thorn flower mark on the carriage, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone at the city gate.

"Is that...the royal carriage?"

At the gate of the city, a soldier in black iron armor but without a helmet and holding a spear said in surprise.

He is a small captain of the city guard army, a third-tier knight who has cultivated fighting spirit, and has 50 people under his command. He is responsible for collecting the city fee at the gate of the city. In Nidawei City, he is also a small figure.

The reason why he can take on this lucrative position is not only because of his excellent strength, but also because of his tact and kindness.

Therefore, after seeing the carriage with the royal seal, he immediately asked his men to go down to inform the Lord of the City, while he himself ran forward, knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute to the carriage. , respectfully said: "Imperial Nidavi City Guards Davos, please see my lord. Is there anything I can do for you?"

As soon as this remark came out, Davos stared at the carriage full of expectations, hoping that the nobles in the carriage would take care of him.

Davos was not kept waiting, and sure enough, in the next second, a pleasant female voice came from inside the carriage: "I am Alice, the court lady, Captain Davos is sorry. Please tell the lord of the city, Earl Custer, immediately. , just say that His Royal Highness the eldest princess is coming, please see him."

"Princess... Her Royal Highness Princess Helen?" Hearing this, Davos couldn't help but lose his voice in shock.

As a well-informed person, Davos naturally knows who the eldest princess of the royal family is now, and also knows what the arrival of Princess Helen, known as the pearl of the empire, in Nidawi means to him.

This represents a chance to rise to the top!

Davos tried his best to suppress his excitement, and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Alice, Her Royal Highness Princess Helen, my subordinates have already sent someone to notify the Earl. You must be exhausted, why not let your subordinates lead the way and stay in the city first. A manor specially prepared for imperial envoys and members of the royal family."

"Then there is Captain Laudavos." In the carriage, the voice of Alice, a beautiful woman in a black dress, came out again.

"It is the honor of our soldiers to serve the imperial family!" Davos said excitedly.

After finishing speaking, he led the fighting spirit horse that was helping the rein on one side, and walked towards the city.Behind him, a small group of city guards quickly followed.

Entering the city, Zhou Chen in the car lifted the curtain covering the window, looked at the scene on both sides of the street, but frowned involuntarily:

Along the way, you can see yellow-skinned, emaciated civilians or slaves everywhere. The streets are filthy, with black water running across them, surrounded by low and dilapidated wooden or thatched huts, which are far from the majestic appearance of Nidawi City.

"Lord Saint, those are serfs, and exiled criminals digging gray iron mines. There are very few free people."

Helen leaned her small head and glanced outside, then looked at Zhou Chen's frowning brows, and immediately felt a little blushing, fearing that Zhou Chen might misunderstand the Chenxi Empire because of the harsh environment outside, she couldn't help but argue.

"Oh……"

Regarding Helen's answer, Zhou Chen was noncommittal.The feudal system or the semi-slave-slave-semi-feudal empire was at such a level. He was not surprised at all, and it was impossible for him to infinitely sympathize with those poor slaves and free people.

After all, it is much more difficult to change the situation of slaves than to kill a god!

The thoughts in his mind paused, Zhou Chen looked at Helen and Alice, and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Hearing this, Helen obviously had a plan. She immediately said: "Let's first contact the lord of the city, Earl Custer. He is a royalist and a relatively easy to talk to. Contact my father through him and ask him to send troops to pick us up. .”

Hearing this, Zhou Chen nodded and felt that there was no problem.Although he could protect Helen's safety by himself, how could it be better to have a large group of subordinates serving by his side.

"Then let's do it." Zhou Chen said calmly.

Soon, under the leadership of Davos, the carriage came to a wealthy area that looked clean and tidy.A series of walls separated this place from the slums outside, and most of the dignitaries and dignitaries lived here.

In the center of this wealthy area, there is a manor with a huge area. The manor is green, full of gardeners and servants pruning flowers and trees. Deep in the manor is a townhouse.

After showing the royal token and Davos's guarantee, the manor's butler respectfully took Helen and the others in...

At the same time, the imperial capital.

As two cities far apart, when it was almost dusk in Nidawi, it was still morning in the imperial capital. The two suns, one large and one small, one white and one red, hung in the sky, emitting blazing light and endless energy. magic.

The area of ​​the imperial capital is larger than the ten Nidawi cities combined, with a population of more than 200 million, making the entire city extremely popular and putting great logistical pressure on the entire Dawn Empire.

Every day, just cleaning up the excrement requires thousands of slaves to work for most of the day.And through the Shenen Grand Canal, ships transporting food, cloth, and various living materials to the city flowed in an endless stream from daytime to dusk.

The city wall of the imperial capital is as high as [-] meters. Legend has it that it was not built by humans, but it was a gift from the gods just like the Grand Canal.

The majestic city wall made of cyan boulders weighing hundreds of thousands of kilograms is far more exaggerated than the Great Wall of China on Earth. The city wall is tens of meters wide and can accommodate twenty cavalry in parallel. It is covered with bed crossbows, Trebuchets and even hundreds of magic cannons armed the imperial capital to the teeth.

Not only that, but every hundred meters, there is a tall silver tower. These towers are called magic towers. In each magic tower, there is a magician with a strength of level [-] or higher. With the help of the magic tower, they It can increase the power of your magic skills dozens of times.

Not only that, but the magic towers that circle the city wall every [-] meters can also form a huge defensive magic circle once the magic power is connected.

This kind of magic circle, known as absolute defense, can form a bowl-shaped magic shield, completely covering the entire imperial capital.And once this absolute defense magic circle is activated, no holy rank powerhouse, or legendary creatures like adult dragons and great demons can break through it!

This imperial capital is the greatest foundation of the Dawn Empire, and it is also the fundamental reason why the empire can last for tens of thousands of years!

And in the center of the imperial capital is the Asheterine Palace where the royal family of the Dawn Empire lived.

The name of this palace is said to be named after the first monarch of the Dawn Empire thousands of years ago, the favorite concubine of Emperor Odysseus.The palace consists of numerous promenades and courtyards.In front of every palace, there is a garden or independent courtyard, just like an ancient Chinese courtyard.

These courtyard-like palaces are linked together by marble colonnades and walkways.Guests who come to the palace for the first time will be dazzled by the corridors extending in all directions and the fountain reliefs that can be seen everywhere.

To ensure order in the court, knights in silver and gold armor stood every few meters.They are palace guard knights who specialize in guarding the safety of the palace, and each of them is at least a third-level intermediate knight who has cultivated fighting spirit.

But at this time, in the center of the Esheterin Palace, in the glorious hall guarded by hundreds of fourth-tier senior guard knights, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

At the end of the wide hall, stands a throne made of gold.There was a man sitting on the throne, a man in gorgeous armor.

This armor is extremely gorgeous, and the material is extremely special. When the candlelight in the hall is illuminated, pieces of silvery white light will shine, looking sacred and inviolable.

On the breastplate and armguards of the armor, there are carefully carved hollow patterns of thorn flowers, which look like works of art. Although they are exquisite, they have no defensive effect.

However, if you are a magician who is familiar with the book of magic and fetishes, you will definitely recognize that this armor is an artifact that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, the Holy Armor of Thorns.

It is said that this artifact can reflect all attacks of any enemy, even the attacks of the holy rank powerhouses.

And this majestic man wearing the divine armor and sitting on the golden throne is naturally the current emperor of the Dawn Empire, Odysseus VII.

The emperor looks very handsome, looks very feminine, straight nose bridge, slender eyebrows, fair complexion, if you change into a woman's clothes, you will be a beauty.If it weren't for her age in her 40s, she could be a pair of sisters with Princess Helen.

If Zhou Chen sees this emperor, he must think that he can be a woman pretending to be a boss.

"Helen has been missing for nineteen days. Why haven't you heard anything from the hidden guards? Did you not find out, or are you unwilling to tell?"

The emperor stared sharply at an elderly man who was kneeling in the hall and said coldly.

"Your Majesty, we can't find any trace of the princess. We can only confirm that she is still alive and in good health. Because her soul fire stored in the Cathedral of the Dawn is still burning normally."

The white-haired old man lowered his head and said in a low voice with a hoarse throat: "And the second fact we can confirm is that the assassins who ambushed Her Royal Highness belonged to the Crimson Legion, and the leader of the assassination was a member of the Crimson Legion. Lieutenant General, Crimson Blade, the great knight Reinhardt who claims to have the most hope of breaking through to the holy rank."

……

"That is to say, this assassination plot came from within the Central Army, which is absolutely loyal to the royal family?" After a long silence, the emperor finally spoke.

"At present, yes." The old man sighed, raised his head and said seriously.

"Then...send the Thorn Flower Knights to search for the princess along the Thorn Forest. I don't believe that my Imperial Guard will betray me!"

"As you order, my lord."

……

Just when the Thorn Flower Knights set off from the imperial capital, they were at Mount Hailar, which was nearly ten thousand miles away from the imperial capital.

Mount Hailar is located at the junction of the Dawn Empire, the Teutonic Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Hailar. It is not so majestic, nor does it stretch for thousands of miles, nor does it have any secrets left behind by the fall of the gods, but this mountain is still a big. Lu first mountain.

Because this is the main hub of the Temple of Dawn in this world.

In the Dawn Temple at the top of the mountain, His Majesty, the Son of God, is leaning on his magnificent scepter and reciting the scriptures in the dark confession room.

His voice is old and gentle, and has a strange penetrating power, making people involuntarily convincing:

"The Lord said that for the sake of the lost lamb, the angels will draw their swords, and for the justice in their hearts, they will not hesitate to use dark means!"

(A super chapter of [-] words, [-] words are given for free to express my apology for the inconvenience caused to book friends by my frequent theft prevention)
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