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Duolun Palace sits on the heights of Silver Bow City, and the Silver Tower sits on Duolun Palace.At this time, the most powerful person in Silver Bow City, the king, was sitting on the gorgeous high platform erected in front of the Silver Pagoda. This high platform was made of the hardest stone in Shikoku. At that time, more than 100 masons carved and hammered it day and night. .A dragon is carved on the base, highlighting the dragon's wings, which is intended to refer to the geographical location of Silver Bow City.A crossbow and tens of thousands of birds were carved on the back of the throne, all of which were plated with sterling silver, which was not enough, and tens of thousands of precious shell fragments were also glued on, which glowed dreamy in the sunlight.

There is no queen by the king's side, only his only son - Sean Margeri.Sean was wearing a special white dress at this time, with a straight waist and a small and delicate silver crown inlaid with sapphires on his head.

The gate of Duolun Palace is open, and there is a huge square between the gate and the silver tower, which can accommodate an army.The nobles were arranged on both sides of the square. The nobles of Silver Bow City had arrived first. They all wore white dresses with the badge of Silver Bow City on their chests. This was the traditional dress of Silver Bow City - "Silver Gift".Abner, Johnny and Rhea followed Mr. Wang Fu and stood at the nearest position to the high platform.

Abner looked at the gate of Duolun Palace. At this time, three gorgeous double-decker carriages entered the gate, each pulled by fifty horses. After entering the gate, the carriages rushed to different positions. As the horses approached, Abner Buner could feel the ground trembling slightly.

This is the king's carriage.

There is no music and cheers, which makes people feel solemn for no reason. This is a tradition left over from the era of the "Four Kings".

After the carriage arrived, the king came out first, followed by his queen and children.As they walked up the dais, the king would support the queen, and the queen would hold their children by the arm.

The king of Blue Springs—Antoine Sirieux—wears a blue gown, and his eldest son Hall Sirieux is an adult, with black hair, freckles on his face, and a big gap between his teeth, laughing The hostility is very heavy.Standing beside his mother, he was already taller than her. The second son was as old as Jonny, and there was a younger daughter who was only seven years old. Her face was full of arrogance, and her two chubby legs strode forward. It's like being ignored.

The king of Red Dragon City—Arman Sterling—wears a red dress. Because he has many sons and daughters, he and the queen walk in front, followed by a group of little carrot heads. Wait for us!" to keep up.

The king of Black Rock City—Melvey Kasdey—wears a black dress, which looks the most solemn among the four kingdoms, but King Black Rock has a kind face, and his smile is even less intimidating. His son It was Denis Casdeil who made Abner gnash his teeth.In fact, Dennis had just turned 15 years old, but he was nearly half a head taller than Abner. He had silver hair, a thin chin, a straight nose, and a pair of purple eyes on his pale face. He looked meanly handsome.On the left hand of Dennis stood a tall princess, so beautiful that people couldn't open their eyes, with a swollen belly, Abner remembered that this princess was originally married to Chilong City, but her husband died shortly after the marriage, and the two families were in trouble. Extremely unhappy, she returned to Black Rock City and was pregnant.On Dennis's right hand stands a slightly childish princess, with a petite figure and sad eyes, making her very cute.

After the royal families of the three countries were seated, music began to be played in the center of the square, and nobles from various countries began to enter.There are many nobles, and Abner didn't identify them one by one, but when he got to the Roleke family, they looked extremely withered.

Earl Rolek did not come for some reason, and only his wife and his eldest daughter, Tanis, got out of the carriage. Little girl Rhea.Abner glanced at this Tanise, and found that she was looking at him with arrogance on her face.

Abner took a breath, it seemed that no matter who married, there would be trouble.

Someone respectfully asked the count's wife why the count didn't come and only brought the eldest daughter. She just snorted coldly: "The kings know which woman's nest that old pervert is staying in again."

That man had no choice but to leave in despair. Although the count had many children under his name, the count did not come. How could he expect his wife to bring his other species to such an important occasion?

At this time, Jonny also noticed, and he asked Rhea in a low voice: "Mother, why didn't my grandfather come?"

Rhea glared at him, "How do I know, shut your mouth and don't talk."

After everyone took their seats, an hour had passed, and after listening to the scene of the king talking for a long time, Abner felt that he could not hold on any longer.But this is just the beginning, and then they go to the minaret to pray.

The red walls of the minaret have been repainted, and the gilded drakes have been regilded.Standing on both sides of the gate of the minaret are holy dragon messengers, all wearing red dresses, bowing to those who come.

Abner followed the large team into the minaret. There were countless niches on the four walls of the tower, and in each niche was a young dragon carved, and a candlestick was placed in front of the dragon.At this time, all the candles were lit up, and the inside of the minaret was full of light.The Holy Dragon Envoy in the tower held candles and sang carols. After the nobles in the tower finished singing along, the chief priest of the Fire Spirit stood on the stage trembling slightly and greeted for a long time.

Abner couldn't help but quietly yawned, suddenly he caught a glimpse of a very familiar priest, it was Mephis, Mephis was also yawning, and it was even more exaggerated than himself, the two looked at each other awkwardly, Mephis Si made a small gesture to signal Abner not to speak out, Abner raised his eyebrows and nodded.

Finally, there is only the last link left: lighting the spirit fire.

I saw several holy dragon envoys each holding a small basket in their hands, walking to an ancient stone pot on the stage, pouring the colorful flowers and plants in the basket into the stone pot, and retreating.Then another wave of dragon angels came forward, each holding a small red bottle in their hands, pouring water into it.

In the end, several priests stepped forward, among them was Mephis. They stretched out their dragon-headed canes and sent them to the stone pot, which instantly burst into flames.At this moment the chief priest stepped forward with his staff in hand, raised his hands, and shouted, "Serve my lord!"

"Serve my lord!" said the nobleman below.

"Serve my lord!" continued the chief priest.

"Serve my lord!"

Suddenly, a phantom of a dragon was born in the flames. The red dragon twisted its body, broke free from the stone pot, slowly grew bigger, and flew over the spire.

People watched this miracle so intently that they even forgot to breathe, and couldn't help shouting loudly: "Serve my lord! Serve my lord! Serve my lord!"

The sound was deafening, and Abner got goose bumps all over his body.He glanced at the stone pot, and Memphis yawned again while no one was paying attention.

Abner: "..."

The first day of the Holy Dragon Festival ended with these tedious ceremonies and lengthy courtesies. Later, the nobles arrived near the hunting ground in Silverbow City.Tents have been set up there, and square wooden tables are set up in the open space. The nobles sit down one by one, and the servants put out plates of delicacies, such as rabbit meat, venison, duck meat, beef... Abner can’t help but want to Vomiting, but out of courtesy, he took some beets and strawberries and ate them as he pleased.

Fresh meat was still being roasted on the fire grill in the distance, sizzling with oil and water, for those lords with big appetites to enjoy.

"Ai Wen, why don't you eat?" Wang Fu asked with concern.

Abner smiled, "I'm thirsty, I want to drink something first."

As soon as the words were finished, a glass of fine Cargallos wine was poured into his glass, and the corner of his mouth was twitching.

At the beginning, the banquet in the wild was orderly, but as the aroma of the wine became stronger and stronger, people all had confused smiles on their faces, tables and chairs were pushed around, their clothes were messy, and they staggered away with a glass of wine. Find someone to clink a glass with.

Lord Wang Fu was overwhelmed by the crowd at this moment. Abner saw dozens of lords surrounding his father, some of them were sober, and some were already pulling their father's sleeves and talking nonsense. Father supported these lords, Call the manservant over.

"I, my little girl... is really beautiful... no, if you don't dislike it... let's get engaged." A nobleman put his arm around Wang Fu and danced his wine glass with the other. He emptied the glass .

Abner was startled when he heard this, he picked up his clothes and slipped away, fearing that the lord would catch him and talk nonsense again.

In the early morning, there was a layer of dew on the grass, and the carpenters had already been busy for a long time. They fixed the fence of the stadium before the lords woke up.Prepare for today's game - riding and archery.

There are two side-by-side fences on the huge arena, which are deliberately made into a curved shape. There are targets on both sides of the fence, and the targets are evenly distributed to allow two contestants to compete fairly.The two lords will be fully armed, mount their horses, and enter through the same entrance.The passage of the horse racing is not wide enough, so the horse speed is too fast and it is difficult to control the curve, but if the horse is too slow, it is easy to be robbed by the opponent.The one with the best target at the end wins.

Although this is not a one-on-one fight with a spear, it is inevitable that you will be injured by arrow feathers, so the young masters are all fully armed.

At this time Abner opened his arms and asked the servant to put on the scale armor for himself. The silver scale armor was covered with enamel. Looking carefully in the dark, there were faint birds shining in the sun. The birds fly together.

After putting on the white cloak, Wang Fu picked up the sheep's head badge of the Apocassery family and fastened it for Abner.

Wang Fu patted Abner on the shoulder and said, "My son looks so brave!"

Abner smiled.

The servants standing by were silent, as long as they were not the last one, they would thank the kings!In the last Holy Dragon Festival, Abner didn’t even get on the horse, let alone the arena. The entire arena echoed with the shout of the trumpeter: “Abner? ? Apocalypse-" "Abner? Apocalypse--".

Just no one.

Abner hung up his quiver and strode towards the arena.Wang Fu also put on his coat and walked towards the tall stands, followed by Alvin.

Alvin looked at Abner's figure from time to time, and whispered: "My lord...is it really okay for the young master to get on the horse?"

Wang Fu waved his Wang Fu badge, and said seemingly indifferently: "He is almost an adult, and he should honor what he asked for."

"Yes, my lord." Alvin replied, he sweated silently, not because he was afraid that the young master would come back from the bottom, but whether the game could go to the end.It would be fine to say hello in advance like Master Jonny did, but Abner registered for the Dragon Festival last time, and finally trembled and even vomited as soon as he approached the horse before entering the field, so he had to give up.

But when Alvin glanced at the arena, he found that there were Wang Fu's personal guards outside the arena for a week.

Alvin: "..."

He glanced at Wang Fu, it seemed that Wang Fu was more worried than himself.