Take Taobao with you to another world

"Tivello."

The black-haired and black-eyed Far Eastern monarch's eyelashes drooped slightly, his eyes swept across the heads of various colors, and then he called a person's name lightly.

"My subject is here." A middle-aged alchemist with a beard bowed forward.

"Is the scenery of Hawada good?"

"The natural scenery of the land of abundance is beautiful." The leader of the team sent by the Alchemist Alliance said in a deep voice, "But I am ashamed, I am incompetent, and I have not been able to find out the cause of the abnormality so far, so that you drove away from the capital... ..."

The corners of Astaros' lips curled up slightly, "I'm just here to relax."

The alchemist bit off the rest of the words and swallowed them hard.

Astaros stepped forward, his velvet robes swaying with his steps, and the indifferent sword-wielding knights and warlocks followed behind him. They walked through the quiet square, and none of the nobles and officials on the ground dared to move forward. look up.When they were halfway there, Astaros turned his head slightly to the side, "Isn't there even a guide?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Holkin's consul jumped up almost immediately. He trotted over and said eagerly, "I will take you to my mansion right now!"

This rhetorical way of not knowing where to learn the basic upbringing of the nobility made a warlock behind Astaros slightly frowned, but Astaros didn't mind his etiquette, "Queen Batis Madd Lyle, before the last consul abdicated, you were appointed as a candidate, now, should you have been in power for seven years?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The nobles and officials in the square got up gradually and followed behind the team, while the tall and fat consul tried his best to get close to his monarch under the obstruction of the guards, "I am honored that you still remember I, I learned that you are coming to Bibang, we are really looking forward to it! I hope we have not made you feel slighted!"

The warlock behind the Far Eastern monarch frowned deeper, and Astaros chuckled, "Don't be so nervous, I'm not picky."

"We will try our best to give you the best!"

"I'm looking forward to it," Astaros said.

No matter how stupid the consul was, he could hear his carelessness. A nobleman secretly pulled his back, and Consul Quinn's eyes lit up, "Actually, that, Your Majesty, we recently captured a very rare The beast, it took 300 people to catch it, and now it is locked in my mansion with a pure gold cage, you will be satisfied when you see it!"

Astaros finally paused for a moment, "Oh?"

The mansion of the consul from the chamber of commerce is of course gorgeous, although many details are far inferior to the palace in Baidu, and there are very few people who can not be moved by the ubiquitous luxury of this castle when they first come here.Since the rulers of the federation are good at enjoying, in order to make this temporary palace more suitable for the living of the imperial monarch, its owner has worked hard.

The silky animal hair carpet covering the entire living room is enough to prove the other party's hard work. Not only is the handwork so meticulous that there are almost no seams, but the color difference between each piece of animal skin is also extremely small. Under the light of the bright lamp in the room, it reflected a soft luster, like a solid wave, and the milky white soft hair almost covered Astaros' feet. He leaned on the soft cushion of the golden couch in a lazy posture, although The weather outside was cold, but here it was as warm as spring without his strength. The expensive silk robes slid down the black-haired monarch's muscular body like water, and the loose neckline revealed some fine texture. Knowing that he is older than most of the people in this castle, but that has not changed in the slightest because of the years, and time has even deepened the mysterious and charming handsome appearance, making the noble girls standing beside him cherish each and every one of him. The movement made the heart throb, not only the girl, but even the noble boy who was acting as an attendant couldn't help but linger for him.

For such a powerful, noble and handsome king, it is almost the highest ideal for aristocratic women to conceive an heir for him, but why do these black eyes, which are as far-reaching as a night dream, hardly stay on human beings?The selected noble girl lowered her head slightly, looking at the huge beast half lying beside the bare feet of the monarch with jealous eyes.

The corners of Astaros' lips were smiling, and his long and powerful fingers slowly scratched under the jaws of the huge head of the beast resting on his lap. His movements were very skillful. It closed its eyes, and there was a gurgling sound in its throat. Although its steel tail was strong enough to break human bones, its sharp claws shone brightly, its colorful fur was full of scars, and a long sword mark ran across half of its cheek, taking away Half of its eyesight is lost, this appearance is not aesthetically pleasing, and even a gesture of surrender can hardly hide the bloody brutality.

In contrast to his leisurely attitude, the Kneeling Grand Consul of Hawa defended himself in fear: "...Your Majesty! I have been in the position of consul for seven years, and I dare not claim that my words and deeds are flawless. It is absolutely impossible to embezzle the grain and grass provided for the royal capital! It is true that the disaster in the neighboring country is serious this year, and the minister obeyed the king's order to allocate some grain to ease the situation. This is what the governor of Hawada can testify for me, but Holkin this year We also suffered from natural disasters, and the granary caught fire shortly afterwards. We were also in a difficult situation after giving support to Hawada... We had to add some stored grain to the tribute grain as a last resort. This was the result of the incompetence of the ministers. I have disagreements with you, Your Majesty! Please don't believe those rumors..."

A warlock was walking towards the door with a parchment scroll in his arms. Seeing the kneeling back of Consul Quinn, he stopped in his tracks. His brows furrowed again. He didn't go around this place until his sovereign raised his hand to signal The man walked in and knelt in front of Astaros.

The Storm Lord moved his fingers, and the bundle of sheepskin scrolls floated from the warlock's hand, unfolded as it moved, and displayed all the records in front of him.He laughed just after looking at the first one, and waved his hand to bring the scrolls down in front of the consul.

"Your Majesty," the warlock, whose facial features were so pale that they were blurred, said in a voice like a metal collision, "the sinner Adelman has admitted that, except for bribing officials and nobles through Quinn Madeleine In addition to supplying the first-class construction site in Baidu with low-quality old grain, it was also related to the discovery of a batch of low-level ore mixed with raw ore last month. In addition, a large-scale collapse occurred in a French stone mine in Ravina. The flood discharge in Shima County, Kebang caused disasters to 20 people in several downstream counties, and the plague spread in Urrond County caused drug monopoly and riots. In the past two years, there have been non-war incidents with more than [-] deaths, and the Star Map Chamber of Commerce participated in them , so it is very profitable.”

The consul glanced at the parchment, and this one glance was enough to chill him to the depths of his soul.Adelman Brodeau Karkalos, the president of the Star Map Chamber of Commerce, his power is no less powerful than that of any great nobleman, and he is always protected by various warlocks, even if the Storm Lord comes with bad intentions, He should also have enough time to leave...

His voice trembled, "This, Your Majesty, I have no idea that these, these vulgar and corrupt businessmen dare to offend you like this... They have committed a serious crime!"

Astaros smiled lightly.

"Won't your beautiful wife be sad that you insulted her family like this?"

"She, that woman is just my mistress! I have nothing to do with her actions! And, and... I am a nobleman, Your Majesty!"

The warlock bent down and took back his document from the consul with a blank expression. "At least she has more courage than you."

"Aristocrats are nothing, Madeleine." Astaros said in an almost gentle tone, "You guys are not very easy to use, but I am used to this kind of tool."

"...!!" Quinn was so shocked that he even raised his head. The arrogance of the king at the top of Baidu spread throughout Central Continent like his power, but he didn't know that he really dared to say it.

"The last consul, Claude, recommended me not you, but your vassal. And his reasons are very interesting." Astaros said lightly, "He said... merchants are a simpler group than nobles , Their life and death are all for the pursuit of profit, even if it is a piece of soil, they can extract the value of oil from it, and in order to maintain the order of transactions, they are not lacking in reason and morality, if you give them a piece of land And enough power, they can exert power that even surprises me, and most importantly, they have higher efficiency than nobles and bureaucrats, which is very beneficial to my plan."

"So I want to do an experiment." Astaros smiled, "I allowed them to become the Queen's Chamber of Commerce, and I also gave you the most fertile land in the Federation. Even you own more than the other 71 states. Freedom. It’s not because of the twelve boxes of gold you gave Claude, but—I want to herd wolves once.”

"I want to know how interests and morality coexist. You once made me look forward to it." He looked at the consul who was about to collapse, "but now, you have come back to bite the hand that feeds you."

He patted the big head of the giant beast under his hand, and Maohu stood up from the carpet. Once the beast with shoulder height almost equal to that of an adult warlock stood up, its figure became even more ferocious, "I don't mind what kind of methods you use It’s just that you seem to have forgotten one thing, this country exists for me. Not only land, mountains, rivers, but also everything under this sky, slaves, civilians, merchants and nobles.”

Maohu looked down at the fat nobleman with only one green eye. The consul looked at it in horror, and suddenly yelled and stood up and ran to the door. Maohu threw him down from behind with a light jump. The sharp claws dug into the gorgeous robe, pierced the flesh and pierced the spine. This time, the archon really collapsed, and he began to twitch due to great fear and pain.

"Also, you said it took three hundred people to trap it?" Astaros crossed his legs behind him, "Although I don't have a particular preference for them, I wouldn't want a puppy that already has an owner. cat."

The cat tiger had already picked up the foaming consul, and the door of the living room was open, and it looked back at Astaros.

"Tell your master that I want to see him." He laughed.

Maohu leaped out of the living room, causing screams. The young nobles in the hall had already woken up from their thoughts and dared not look directly at this cruel monarch.

"Evans," said Astaros, "Bristol has returned from the Lake District."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to meet you right now."

After the warlock left, Astaros recalled for a while the strong and deep anger on the cat-tiger that was about to transform into shape. Although the trauma made the deliciousness lacking, compared with it, the consul was just like a lump. Fat that is about to rot, if the animal trainer behind this kitten is not dead, it may become one of his gains from this trip like the Star Map Merchant Guild.

But he didn't think about it for long, and the familiar call sounded in his mind.

When he finished dressing and came to the top floor of the castle, Bristol, who was about to tear off a layer of bricks, seemed to want to hit him with that huge beak that was much harder than iron, Aristotle laughed Soothing the friend, he rolled over onto his large, sleek junior.

"I hope you have a pleasant trip, Your Majesty." Warlock Evans said, "I will not disappoint you with the handling of the Star Chart Merchant Guild."

As the strong wind blew across the top of the tower, Thunderbird spread his dark cloud-like wings, passed through the rain curtain, broke through the lingering clouds, and plunged into the sky beyond the reach of human eyes.

Nearly a hundred alchemists and warlocks have gathered beside a waterway in the main lake area of ​​the famous Hawada Lake in the Far Eastern Federation. Compared with the suffocating scene here, the gloomy sky where the castle is located is simply bright and brilliant , because they had to set up a protective cover, coupled with sound insulation and lighting techniques, to create a small space surrounded by endless water, so that they could continue to wait in this vast ocean of darkness.Outside this thin foam-like protective circle, I don't know whether it is rain or the water curtain of the waterfall, it seems that the sky and the earth are glued together. Human beings can only see the faint sky light when they look far away from the lake area. When facing this gigantic lake, which had nearly doubled in size in just one month, all he could see was an extremely heavy darkness, and no amount of clever probing techniques could penetrate this almost boundless water body.

The torrential rain and the turbulent water covered up most of the sounds, so that no one noticed when Astaros arrived. It was not until he walked into the protection of this group of strength talents that the cramped space was instantly expanded by his power. After recovering from the confusion and anxiety, the warlocks and knights who belonged to the monarch's valet rushed forward to greet him.

"It's really a spectacular spectacle that hasn't been seen for many years." Astaros raised his hand and asked his valet to take off the cloak without a drop of water for him. Looking in the direction that should be the center of the lake, the shrunken Thunderbird moved on his arm If he was in human form, his current expression would not be much easier than that of a human.

"You are finally here, Your Majesty!" A middle-aged female magician walked a few steps away from him and said hurriedly in a low voice, "This situation is really abnormal! It is absolutely impossible to form naturally , but we haven’t found any human-made traces yet!”

"Have you ever been to that mountain in the middle of the lake?" asked Astaros.

"No." Another warlock said shamelessly, "After the abnormality happened, we have never been able to get close."

"It's normal that you can't get close. Alright, Dolores," Astaros called his chief guard, "send them back."

"What...? Your Majesty? Why?" A group of power talents looked at their monarch in confusion.

Astaros smiled slightly, "Because it's meaningless. This is no longer the domain of humans."