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The interior of the fortress is completely constructed of cement and then repainted with white paint from the inside to the outside. The roof was originally designed to use a tool such as a long ladder to allow workers to paint slowly. Its wide and large space can accommodate dozens or hundreds of people. The space is completely white , there is no window, but the concave-convex designed pothole is used as an "alternative window" to peep outside, and the ground is covered with bright red and bright soft carpets.

It is very similar to the fortress of the Magic Kingdom, but the Kingdom of Swords, where it often rains throughout the year, is not suitable for a pure white design, especially for buildings without windows to withstand the rain. On average, the entire building needs to be painted in almost three months once.

Even though it has obvious shortcomings, the Kingdom of Sword still adopts a design similar to the Kingdom of Magic. The first point is naturally purely for aesthetics, and the second point is spiritual will, requiring every swordsman to pass by here at all times. Think of the existence of the Magic Kingdom, which is far away at the other end.

After deducting similar parts, the fortresses in Kingdom of Swords still have uniqueness. For example, on the way from the entrance to the meeting room, there are "excalibur models that have been discovered by everyone so far", and each has its own exclusive wooden frame. There are also many portraits of monarchs from different territories hanging on the walls.

On the way closer to the meeting room, the portrait on the wall gradually became clearer, and the background behind him gradually changed from chaotic crimson to light green representing peace.

The painting closest to the meeting room is the portrait of the most powerful and powerful monarch at present. In the kingdom of swords, there is another good name, the "leader" of the kingdom of swords.

Among the twenty or so nobles who are currently the most powerful, just one person's speech is enough to influence all the rest of the nobles.

The portrait next door to the leader is the aristocratic monarch who is the second largest territory and army-Dun's father.

Regardless of the strength or reputation he has, he has unshakable strength in the kingdom of swords, and even has the capital to fight against the leader.

A few years ago, some people thought that the Ouza Sakoro family would secretly rebel in order to gain real power, but after a long time, the Ouza Sakoro family has not acted strangely at all, as if they are the most loyal retainers who serve the leader wholeheartedly, even A loyal dog that was once dubbed the leader by some families.

Because of this, the leader's position has become more stable as time progresses. Up to now, almost no noble has dared to defy and start a war.

"Then you go in by yourself."

Leading Jie Shi and Dun to move to the entrance of the conference room inside the fortress, two bodyguards stood on both sides of the wooden gate, standing still like a standard stone statue, and the breeze blowing from time to time did not change at all. If it is not confirmed that it is a normal person with breathing, it is likely to be regarded as a well-designed high-end wax figure.

"Dun, open the door."

"Yes."

Together with Dun, he reached out and pushed the heavy wooden door that was nearly three stories tall.

thump.

There was a sound from the inside that sounded like a gear mechanism starting to roll, and the gap in the middle was slowly opened, and the originally tight door gradually formed a passage, and the pictures inside gradually appeared under the eyes of Jie Shi and Dun.

The huge white space, which can accommodate about 100 people, has the same design as the corridor outside whether it is the wall or the floor. The only difference is that there is a fixed stone seat in the deepest part of the space. A huge portrait that can cover the entire surface.

In the center of the space, which is the most abrupt center of the entire carpet, a huge wooden round table is placed, the size of which can accommodate nearly 50 people when adults sit side by side.

The appearance is simple without any patterns, some of which are only dark brown accompanied by tree patterns. Under the round table is a giant wooden flat cylinder as a pillar, so that the table will not be easily tilted. There is also a "soft cushion" on the back of the chair, where the beast's feathers have been re-dried with white dye.

As a meeting room, this is a basic design, but the huge round table is still very eye-catching, as long as the monarchs in the nobles have the opportunity to enter this place to experience or observe.

Jieshi and Dun, who had visited here as a hostage team, were not in the mood to appreciate it again.

The reason is that there are owners on several wooden chairs, and the number is as high as 24.

The 24 nobles and monarchs of the Kingdom of Swords all sat on the wooden chairs, and 48 gazes with different meanings were all crowded on Jie Shihe Dun.

"The two finally returned to the capital. I believe they are quite tired, but please report what you know first."

As the leader with the greatest authority in this meeting room, and also the most powerful person among the 24 monarchs, the "chief" put his old and wrinkled hands flat on the round table, and said softly with a subtle but hard-to-relax coercion.

The faint sound, like ear to ear, became the only sound present under the aura of a dead place, even if it was difficult to pretend not to hear it.

Moving his eyes following the sound, sitting in the farthest position between the two is a man who is about sixty years old, with short hair that is thin and silver-white, and his eyelids that are drooping to the point of narrowing appear to be in a state of depression, but leaked out from the gap. His dark green eyes exuded an irresistible sense of restraint.

The skin that is no longer of a normal color not only looks dry and hardened, showing a faint gray color, but besides the white battle robe worn by the swordsman, there are countless scars on the skin.

Knife marks, piercing marks, partial festering, and incomplete marks of charring, the old man in front of him is a powerful swordsman who has experienced death several times but still survived.

On the back of the old man's chair is placed a dark green light that faintly emits a color similar to the pupil. Its length is much longer than that of ordinary long swords, and its width is made according to the proportion of "ordinary long swords". The length of the hilt held is also longer than that of ordinary long swords.

It is obviously different from Dun's giant sword. Although the length is similar, the width and the design of the hilt are completely different. More importantly, the blade of the abnormal long sword faintly has lines similar to the inner hub of a tree trunk.

gun.

It is one of the familiar and favorite weapons in the kingdom of swords. It often uses a longer distance than ordinary weapons for quick attacks. In addition, the skill and grip of the gun can be derived from different methods even under the "same swordsmanship". methods and modes of attack.

Like the swords in Jieshi and Dun's hands, it is a divine sword, but it is not a pure sword in appearance, but a rare divine sword, called a "gun"-shaped divine sword.

Excalibur is a rare weapon, and it is even rarer to have a gun in appearance. To control it properly requires not only the perseverance of self-cultivation, but also the talent beyond ordinary people.

The leader in front of him is the representative of the "King of Guns" in the Kingdom of Swords - Qi Lisuoya Bubai.

Just like the name, he has never been defeated in the battles from before to now. Even if he almost jumped into the abyss of death, he can still use the gun in his hand to forcibly turn the situation around. It is a true legend.

"Yes, the current situation is urgent. I cannot describe the situation in detail every day. Please allow me to explain the main points."

Dun, who was usually conducting conference reports like this, jumped out very naturally and began to report to all the monarchs present.

In the face of these extremely high-ranking monarchs, Dun's face still did not show timidity, and the report was smooth and complete, just like Dun's usual tone.

As for Jieshi, he can only stay by the side and concentrate on listening to Dun's report. Although there are a few words that are obviously biased towards Jieshi, he really can't interrupt casually at this time. Jieshi can only wait quietly for the report to end. .

Then wait to be confronted with the questions the princes may ask.

In fact, the wait was very torturous, and Jie Shi felt a headache when he didn't know whether this group of monarchs who were "intentionally framed or helped" mentality.

Just because this country is a system that can stand up as long as it seizes the opportunity, every monarch will be more persistent in fighting against every guy who may be promoted to be a monarch. The reason is very simple, the distribution of resources and power will be greatly affected.

For example, who is willing to share their power or resources with a lucky brat who has won a war medal?

There are a total of 24 monarchs under Jieshi’s eyes, which can also be said to be the number of nobles. On the night before the hostage team left, Jieshi remembered that there were a total of [-] nobles. This means an increase of four monarchs, but this does not represent the number is straight up.

Since commoners have the opportunity to gain power and resources, there is naturally a possibility that nobles will degenerate into commoners. The number of nobles at present is likely to be eliminated from the original two nobles, and then six new monarchs will be added.

Some of them were glorified in the past wars, and then analyzed and rewarded by all the nobles to transform them from commoners to nobles.

There has not been much war in recent years, and it is believed that there will be no increase in the number. Of course, this is just a momentary optimism of Jieshi.

The so-called war is rapid and destructive, and often a person who does not pay attention to himself is in the center of the vortex of the war.

"The report is complete."

After saying what he was supposed to know, Dun, who stood on the spot, immediately shut his mouth tightly, and stood firm like a standard swordsman by the name.

Regardless of the aura and posture, they all have a beautiful score of [-] points, but the mud on the right foot and the dripping sewage water droplets seem to be deducted a lot of impression points.

Strictly speaking, however, this will not have any impact. Dun himself is a representative of the younger generation and the eldest son of the second monarch. What kind of dogleg method should be used to make Dun happy.

"It's almost the same as the information we have so far, so it's easy to discuss, captain of the hostage team, how do you think you were regarded as a criminal from the beginning?"

Sitting in the farthest position, his voice was softer and weaker than that of Dun, but whenever the leader spoke, the monarchs who had been whispering to each other would immediately shut their mouths tacitly, fearing that they would interfere with the leader's speech.

The problem finally came.

On the way back to the Kingdom of Swords after fleeing from the Magic Kingdom, as well as being specially brought by the personal guards to this conference room full of monarchs, all these connotations constantly interfered with the perfunctory thoughts that Jieshi originally wanted to narrate. It should be said that these actions In addition to the king's own questioning, the pretense between the words has all collapsed before it can be used.

"The hostage team is my honor as a swordsman. In order to win the final, I just tried my best to do what I should do."

The glory of the swordsman, the highest standard of spiritual awareness in the kingdom of swords, is the glory of the kingdom of swords. A swordsman is the spirit of a swordsman that everyone in the kingdom of swords, whether noble or commoner, possesses.

No matter how dangerous or in a highly praised situation, you only need to use a sentence of "Swordsman Glory" to easily increase everyone's favor or reduce the disgust given to you by the enemy——I was born in this country since I was a child It took several years for Jieshi to come to this conclusion, and because of this, when he was pretending that his heart was about to collapse, it made Jieshi understand that this was a word that had to be said.

In order to reduce the disgust of all the monarchs present towards him, swordsman glory is the best word.

"Great, as the captain of the hostage team, these words are enough for you to be rewarded. The next question, our relationship with the Magic Kingdom must be tense. What should you do as the source?"

Rather than a criminal interrogation, it was more like a confrontation as the "captain of the hostage team".

Of course, no matter which one it is, Jieshi will feel a lot of pressure to seriously think and rethink.

After all, these 24 pairs of eyes are not ornaments. If you say a wrong word, you may be thrown a lot of questions and then thrown into the prison of criminals again.

It's just that even the right words may not end well.

How could Jieshi not be aware of Magic Kingdom's targeting?

"I am willing to use my best efforts to make up for it, including my spirit and body."

"Hehe, I really appreciate this sentence. Your soul is willing to sacrifice for our country. Can I understand it this way?"

"Yes."

"This answer is enough to prove your qualifications, so how about the use of the Excalibur?"

Hearing the leader's question, one of the 24 monarchs visibly trembled in the shoulders, and the face with scars piercing through half of his face showed the same tightness and fortitude, as if the shaking just now was just an illusion.

"Thank you for the blessing of the leader. It is indeed a divine product in use. I am really grateful that I have the honor to use it."

"According to the information, you "escaped" from the pursuit of the magic troop, but the question is how to escape. Regarding this, can I assume that you used the power of the divine sword? "

"Yes."

This answer made the leader nod his head in satisfaction, and the trembling monarch just now trembled even more, and if he looked carefully, he could find that there were blue veins on his forehead.

And the monarch sitting at the very back end is a new monarch who has not been in office for a long time. Jie Shi has a strange impression of this person. It should be said that this monarch is very famous.

The former captain of the hostage team couldn't awaken the power of the Excalibur, and if it wasn't for his excellent organization and combat, he might not be able to become a nobleman smoothly.

There are almost several versions of the story about this person, but most of them are rumors that are mostly ridiculed.

Jie Shi didn't mean to ridicule this person too much, it should be said that he was in admiration. Just because he was able to succeed despite his shortcomings, it meant that his strengths must be much stronger than normal people.

It's just that now it seems that the monarch probably doesn't like Jieshi very much. After all, his pain has been brought up by the leader all the time. The source of this blame cannot be blamed on the leader, but Jieshi, who is now a criminal, will naturally be blamed.

"According to the magic troop, no, two large troop plus one leader, this is the basic formation and quantity for hunting down important criminals. If it is the king who is currently in power, the wind magic troop will indeed be dispatched, and they can escape from such a predicament. It must have a certain degree of understanding of the divine sword."

"Thank you, Chief, for such a compliment."

Jieshi's eyes no longer focused on the monarch, one was to avoid the stinging gaze, and the other was to think about the reason why the leader keeps praising himself now.

"Everyone here, are you still not planning to change your original mind?"

The old face that seemed to fall asleep at any time slowly lifted up, and the dark green eyes slowly scanned the crowd.

"It is indeed an important seedling. The captain of the hostage team and the awakened sword are enough to be promoted to the position of a nobleman, but the leader, the problem has not been resolved."

One of the monarchs jumped out to offer an opinion.

"The fifth heir, I remember correctly, right?"

"Yes, sir, I am indeed the fifth monarch in my family."

"Your family's friendship skills are very good. I admire this very much. Even if I say these good things, our most basic problems are still not solved, but I don't say these good things to flatter you!"

"I will never deny this, even if the status of nobleman is given immediately—"

"Son, you are in a hurry."

"Woo!"

Immediately, it was impossible to refute what was being said, and the immature face who looked only a few years older than Jieshi immediately closed his mouth.

"I will say this at this meeting, which means that I am eager to keep him, and not give him away as a criminal for nothing! Do the monarchs present understand!"

The volume of the voice is obviously increased at the end of the sentence. It should be just a sentence that can be said softly, but the volume is deliberately raised, as if to create a coercion for all the monarchs present, so that they understand the meaning of "here I am the boss" .

The same difference from the Magic Kingdom is also here. The distribution in the system does not come from the law or the result of discussions among the people, but can be determined by just a word of one person.

At least according to Jieshi's understanding, this meeting room was never a place for 24 monarchs to discuss, but a place where one leader spoke and the remaining 23 monarchs listened to orders and discussed.

It's quite normal. 24 nobles discuss a topic together. I'm afraid they will talk too much and spend too much time, but they won't even come to a conclusion.

The Kingdom of Swords is a country that can rise and crawl through hard work, but does not really listen to everyone's opinions.

"Everyone here, Jieshi is our important combat force, and its potential is limitless. I even believe that it can be compared with Oza Sacrodon next to me, so I understand better. I will not agree to hand over Jieshi to magic. country is on trial."

Keep calm and express your opinion. No one dared to say a word this time, and the monarch who would refute a little at first also bowed his head quietly.

"Next, Jie Shi, Dun, you don't know that the magic country's falcon delivered the information of our country in the morning, right? Hand over the hostage team leader Jie Shi, and deliver it immediately, within five days, or we will start a full-scale war."

All-out war.

Not territorial protests or small regional wars, but "all-out war".

When the words that were so heavy that it was hard to breathe came out from the leader's mouth easily, the originally quiet atmosphere turned into dead silence in an instant, and the breeze in the air didn't blow at all.

"Jieshi, handing you over is equivalent to showing goodwill to the Magic Kingdom and willing to live in peace. If we don't hand you over, we will choose war. Will you choose to stay here?"

The one who broke the silence was naturally the leader who created this dead silence, but the first sentence he uttered pierced Jieshi's heart.

War will inevitably lead to a lot of death, grief, and bloodshed, and these tragic situations will erupt in an instant, and these things that Jie Shi doesn't want to face at all, still surround him in the end.

Just one sentence will cause a lot of casualties and grief.

"I."

Unable to speak out, it should be said that he didn’t know how to answer, Jiexi had racked his brains hard, his whole body trembled because of overthinking, he was afraid that his thoughts were like demons constantly eroding his thinking brain, his chaotic and fuzzy head didn’t know how to think next step.

"Can't you answer?"

Seeing this "cowardly" posture, the leader calmly closed his eyes, leaned his back against the back of the chair, and raised his head to stare at the white ceiling.

"Let's continue to discuss related matters. Jieshi and Dun, please return to your respective homes and wait for orders. I will ask this question again in the near future. Your answer will determine the future. In addition, keep the Excalibur. Since the hostage team has been disbanded , Excalibur must stay here.”

As if deliberately putting the pressure on Jieshi, he reiterated again, the second half of the words made Jieshi unable to restrain his face from turning pale, and his moving body still seemed unstable and fragile.

The spiritual support was taken away, and he was forced to choose without reason and thinking.

Jieshi only felt a burst of darkness and pain. He couldn't imagine the future and how he should choose. He just felt very inexplicable and didn't understand why all these things surrounded him.

I don't understand what is the reason why such a major event as the country has happened to me.

Going back to a place I was familiar with should have been the happiest thing, but in fact it was the complete opposite. The reality was so tight that it was hard to breathe, and the leisurely and relaxing stay in the Magic Kingdom a few days ago was shattered like an illusion.