Lord of terror

"In Sky City, low-level fire-type transcendents are very popular with the poor, because the poor can't afford a cemetery, nor can they afford the wood to burn themselves. But there are laws and regulations there, if you 'accidentally' die , If the corpse is buried at home for more than three days, the whole family will be reduced to slaves, and the corpse will be taken away and thrown into a meat grinding mill to be ground and fed to dragon beasts.

But that's it, the punishment they fear most is not becoming slaves, nor feeding them alive to dragon beasts, but being exiled to the earth.They firmly believe that the earth is full of plagues, wars, famines and other sufferings.Although this is true, of course we all know that life on the earth is much better than in the sky.

People at the bottom are fooled, but the upper layers of Sky City are not stupid.They have been secretly dealing with countries in order to obtain resources.But because of the great seal, the nobles of Sky City were crucified on it.Now, your appearance is definitely the best news for them. "

Originally, the city in the sky in Kunz's mind was still very tall, but with the description of the paladin, the place instantly became short and poor.

"Isn't there only one person who inherits the title? Isn't it good to let others out to communicate with the outside world?"

"I heard that there are, but everything on the earth is too beautiful. And no one is willing to give everything they have worked so hard on the earth to the blood-sucking insects above their heads for free. Are you right?"

"...Yes." It is the relationship between the colony and the suzerain. When the colony develops, it will inevitably be dissatisfied with the exploitation of the suzerain.What's more, the aristocrats who "go down to earth" to set up colonies, when they find that the land is not a place of disaster and poverty in the legend, but their island is a rural place in comparison, the rebellious psychology they have is terrible, right?

When Kunz was about to leave, Paladin enthusiastically wrote him a list of the eight major families of Sky City.

Sky City is a system of monarchy and elders, and the royal family and the eight elder families jointly govern the city.As far as the Paladin knows, the eight elder families are divided into three very bloody parties, the Royalist Party, the Neutral Party, and the Self-Governing Party. Currently, the Royalist Party is dominant.

As for the surnames of the royal family in Sky City?Their royal family has no surname. After the death of the old king, the new king will abandon the original name and become the new Fatilulun-this is a dragon word, which means soaring in the sky.

[Butler J~ Do you have any information about Sky City~]

[It's useless to be cute, it's your pleasure. 】

【...Didn't you say that you have awakened? QAQ]

【It's awakened, but this matter is not very urgent at present... Well, let me tell you a few things.But after going through so much, I think you should also know that even the information I collected is a mechanical summary of the knowledge of Tuoxing, and what I say may not be true. 】

【Um!I just draw on it. 】

[Let me tell you about the role of Sky City in the Great Seal.Sky City is a key node of the Great Seal, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the center.But after the establishment of the great seal, during the 6000 years of the Era of Law, some people made changes to the seal of Sky City, and part of the power absorbed by the seal from various places was used by Sky City for private use, which is why , now this city that lacks everything can still fly in the air.

Therefore, the ruling class in the city of the sky wants to obtain resources from the earth, but those who know about this may not be happy to see the complete collapse of the Great Seal-the paladin definitely did not deliberately deceive you, the city of the sky Few people in the upper echelons of the city knew about it. If the gods knew that they were tampering with the Great Seal, the war between the gods and the dragon would have broken out long ago. 】

"Ah..." This is true, the situation is more complicated.

"It's broken! I haven't worked today!" Kunz rushed to the town hall. Fortunately, he didn't make an appointment with anyone today—if he had, he wouldn't have met Uriel today.There is no urgent work, and Kunz can finish the work that should be done today in the remaining time.

When the night's work was done, it was time for him to "ascend to heaven" during the day.

It just so happened that he could tell the captain this while he was alone.

The captain had been waiting for a long time, and he pulled the captain's chariot into the air, but Kunz was unable to speak again.

Although Steward J and Paladin both said that there should be no problem, but what if?He experienced the captain's death once, and he never wanted to experience it again in his life.

"What did Uriel tell you?"

"Uh……"

"Is it so difficult? He didn't mean to say that you told me something that would hurt me?"

"This one……"

"I don't think there is any need to be afraid, no matter what the injury is, given the current situation of Meng Luofei." The captain flew up from the chariot, flew to Kunz, and poked him with his finger, "Come on, tell me .”

His face is pure curiosity, not the kind of urgency to know the secret of his life experience.

"Let's talk. Don't worry, after yesterday, it's hard to shake me about Uriel."

"it is good……"

Just in case, Kunz pushed the captain back onto the chariot, and opened the golden-red elemental barrier, separating the two of them.

He narrated what happened yesterday, from meeting Uriel to saying goodbye to the Paladin, except for the conversation with Butler J.

During the process, he was always very worried, not only worried that the contract would affect the captain's health, but also worried that the truth would cause the heartache that the captain had just hidden to bleed again.

But the captain is very calm, at most occasionally showing a thoughtful expression.

When Kunz finished everything, he exhaled, and the captain also breathed out: "This makes sense."

"???"

"Yatsina is not a fool, otherwise he would not get this title. He treats me like that, and the best ending is only me. He won't get the Manton family, on the contrary, he will be with Manto The benefactor's family is feuding, and even many nobles will respect him. As for being a scapegoat after the war with the Knight Duchy? Compared with the price he paid, it is still too little.

It turns out that their purpose is this... But what is my younger brother going to do?Let me go back and compete with him for the throne? "

"Probably not competing for the throne, maybe...maybe you are the leader of the invasion of the ground?" Kunz was stunned after he said it. He just wanted to talk to the captain. I don't even know what is possible. This is a conclusion he made up after countless information collided in his brain yesterday.

but!Kunz and the captain looked at each other, this is really very possible!

If there is no Kunz, when the captain is stepping towards despair and madness, Sky City and the scepter appear to untie him from the shackles of the Sleepless, then the captain can only offer his loyalty to Sky City.

Sky City got a strong man with rich combat experience, who knew everything about the land, especially the Sherfer Empire, like the back of his hand.Based on the current situation of the Sherfer Empire, it would not be difficult to defeat the Sherfer Empire under Sky City's all-out attack.

"The great seal..."

"It's enough to find a woman with blood to give birth to a child to inherit the title. The royal family of the Sherfer Empire is now the Mordfell Dynasty. How did the previous dynasties change their surnames? Is it really because the royal family is thin?" The captain is still bad Smiling, he gave Kunz an example, "There is still a Grand Duke of Mordfield in the Sherfer Empire."

After a long time, Kunz almost forgot about this method.Kill the entire family of a certain lord, leaving only a few girls of the right age. When the child is born, the daughter will also be killed, and the child will be promoted as the heir.Of course there are people who do this, and there are many of them either explicitly or implicitly.

"Sky City declares war on the Sherfer Empire... What can the scepter get? Didn't he want the world to be in turmoil? Sky City is an outsider, isn't this a way to draw everyone's hatred?"

"That depends on the timing of Sky City's joining the battle. If the earth was already in chaos at that time, and Sky City had contacted its allies early, saying that it was just revenge for me, the son of Sky City's lord, then There really won't be too many 'messy' people. After all, the Sherfer Empire has offended almost all other countries except for the Menac Federation."

Kunz touched his heart: "It's terrible."

"Yes, it's really scary." The captain flew over and kissed his forehead, "Little Sun, thank you for saving me, in every way."

Kunz looked at the captain, who didn't show any interest in Uriel, neither excited nor sad.Kunz smiled and kissed the captain back: "Captain, thank you for saving me, in every way."

No matter whether Uriel has difficulties or not, everything is for the captain.The captain has been suffering from his father's injury all his life, and there is no reason to forgive everything easily, because the father is kind and the son is filial.

That's good.

Today, when their daytime work was over, the chariot landed, and the captain came down from the top, he said in a low voice: "I can't tell whether he is real or not."

The voice was so soft that Kunz thought he had heard it wrong, until the captain leaned over, went around his back, and pressed his forehead on his shoulder blade.

Then, the captain never mentioned Ulier again, and of course he never went to Ulier, or even the Grand Duchy of Manton—they directly submitted their credentials under this independent name—when they applied for the establishment of diplomatic relations, he avoided suspicion up.It's not that he was angry with his father, or he was too weak to see each other (Captain: →_→Me? Weak? Hehe.), he just avoided suspicion according to the formal process.

Two days after the Grand Duchy of Manton submitted its credentials, Kunz got the news.

Prince Yatesina finally led the Knights of the Sherfer Empire and left Fanvatina.

"Ah, I'm finally leaving." Kunz, who got the news, was expressionless, and he didn't want to laugh, only a sense of boredom.

Just in case sigh [Yeah, it’s finally here. ]

No matter what kind of war it is, it should be taken seriously, after all, war is about killing people.Although no one can die on Tuo Xing's side, no matter how prosperous Meng Luofei is now, he is still a new force, and any carelessness will deal a heavy blow to them.The consistent attitude of flower growers towards the enemy is to despise them strategically and attach importance to them tactically.

But... _(:з」∠)_I really don’t pay much attention to this imperial army.

Nima declared war at the end of last year, but how many months has it been now?More than half a year has passed!Their irresponsible behavior will cause misunderstandings between official intelligence agencies and military staff. If they think that all countries fight with people in this way, what should they do if there are major deviations in tactical plans in the future? ?

The captain shrugged, he was a sensible person: "The imperial capital that Xia Tian left? Then, I hope we can see this army next summer."

Kunz; && Pandas (⊙口⊙)

"Don't look at me with that expression, the Imperial Knights are fine, but they only have 300 people. Yatesina and his people are a group of lords, and the mercenaries he recruited are happy to eat and drink for nothing. You expect They galloped all the way, went straight to Monroe Fei, and then started to fight? Of course, they wanted to march with aristocratic elegance, meet towns, go in and rest, and look for beautiful men and women, writing for themselves the indispensable chapter of the heroic epic. If Winter is coming, let alone fighting, it will frostbite their sword-holding hands."

Kunz; && Pandas (.—.)

"Don't be so surprised. Most of the royal families and royal families in human countries are raised like this. But don't apply their situation to the lords and nobles. You must be vigilant against the lords and nobles."

Kunz; && the pandas nodded obediently.

What the captain said was right. After Prince Yatesina and his army left Fanvatina, they only stayed in the first marquis' territory for more than 20 days.

Players who also received the news of Prince Yatesina’s dispatch of troops, but did not know the captain’s explanation, had been a little happy for two days, thinking that Meng Luofei was finally going to enter the stage of a large-scale war. But fighting monsters is the passion of the game.

As a result... reality poured cold water on them.Bluestar's major forums are also discussing this matter.

[I'm so stupid, really stupid, I knew that Prince Dasha had left the capital, but never thought he would have to walk. ]

[Has the royal family sent troops?Out, →_→ but they are still on the way. ]

[Ah... bored, destroy it! ] Just this post about Destroy Bar, at the end of July, people dug it up and worshiped it.

[Fuck!This is the Emperor of Prophecy, everyone, come and worship! ][Worship the gods! ]

At this time, an accident that some captains did not expect happened. Prince Yatesina and his army entered the Duke of Hicks. After a period of time, Duke Hicks suddenly changed their flags and sent to all The church and major forces in the mainland issued a declaration of independence.

Meng Luofei also received a copy.

But this was just the beginning. The Duke of Manton, the Duke of Bardek, and even the Duke of Morphine, who had produced two queens, and more than [-] dukes successively announced their separation from the Sherfer Empire and the independent establishment of the Grand Duchy.

The territories of the former dukes were not adjacent to each other, and they would be separated by the territories of the nobles of other territories.So after the announcement of the establishment of these grand duchies, countless nobles below the duke announced their positions.Basically, they all belong to the newly established Grand Duchy. After all... when there was no Grand Duchy, their ancestors lived like this for generations.Now they are just the marginal nobles of the empire, and they have become the powerful nobles of the Grand Duchy.

In other words, their status has also improved.

Most of these dukes had greeted Monrofei in advance, but there were also some who were clearly the emperor’s hard-core allies in the past, such as the Duke of Morphin and the Duke of Bardek, especially the latter had personally visited Monrofei (that is, Peacock Duke), but although they had a good talk at that time, he saw with his own eyes Monroe’s restrictions on slave trading—only for official slaves, but not for buying, and prohibited all private slave trading, and prohibited prostitution. Of course, a big slave trader like the Duke of Peacock clearly felt the "hostility" of Monroe Fei.

At the beginning of September, Meng Luofei received information that Prince Yatesina and all the people who went with him returned to Fanvatina safe and sound.

The process of their being wiped out is also very comedic.After entering Popo City in the Duchy of Hicks, he was treated graciously. A beautiful woman danced with him at the dinner and followed him back to the guest room.And then...then there is no more.

The heir of the Sherfer Empire, Joon Moorfin Yatesina Kevin Wright, was quietly captured by this beautiful woman, facing the knife on his neck, he ordered all the Imperial Knights Put down your weapon and get caught.The people he brought had long been overwhelmed by the drugged wine. Only the Imperial Knights remained calm and camped outside the city, eating and drinking all the supplies he brought.

Everyone, including Kunz, was watching Fan Vatina's reaction.He felt that the emperor would definitely send troops to suppress it, and the pandas also agreed on this point. No matter how stupid the king is, when the country is in turmoil, he also knows to send troops, right?

But this time the captain still looked at them with "you are too young" caring eyes: "You think too much, Tang De IV is not stupid at all, he is much smarter than his son."

"Smart...Captain, do you mean that you are smart but won't send troops?" Kunz felt that he must have understood correctly.

"Yes, that's what I mean. Just watch, there will be news in a month at most."

The captain was right, and it didn't take a month. Five days later, more information came.Tang De IV delivered a speech on Scherfer Square in Van Vatina.Before the speech, the people in the capital were excited. They all thought that what the emperor was going to issue must be a letter of war, and the war was about to start, so they... all began to pack their bags and prepare to move.

However, in Tang De IV's speech, he directly referred to Edmund Bardek and Valier Morphein as Grand Dukes of Bardeck and Morphein, calling them "close brothers" and expressing that they would Forever a country of brothers with these two countries.Also calling Uriel Manton and Eddie Hicks traitors, raiders, robbers, thieves and scoundrels, saying their rule is illegal and anyone else going to rob and kill in their lands is a heroic act.

As for the other independent Grand Dukes, Tang De IV didn't mention it as if he didn't know they were independent.When his speech ended, the entire square was full of cheers of "Long live the emperor!" and "Long live peace!"

Tang De IV carried out an unplanned parade in Fanvatina with a smile, and returned to the palace when it was close to midnight to continue his extravagant enjoyment.

"This..." Kunz had nothing to say. This behavior was undoubtedly shameless, but it had to be admired.

Before the speech, both the enemy and the enemy understood that the emperor - the independent grand dukes.

After the speech... the Emperor actually picked himself out like that, and the alliance of the Grand Dukes became less stable.

He didn't use a single soldier, but could trigger a battle among the princes at any time.

[The country is not governed like this. ] In case he shakes his head a little bit [He is using political tactics, which looks brilliant, but it is a completely stinky move, which is equivalent to giving those nobles who are still loyal to the empire a blow to the head, and the Sherfer Empire will be completely split . ]

Just in case, look at Kunz [As a monarch, it’s okay to use political tricks occasionally, but you must not indulge. ]

Kunz immediately felt like being caught by the dean, and nodded immediately: "I know, definitely not!"

"Not only that." The captain smiled and drank fruit and honey tea, "Tang De IV not only gave wrong signals to the nobles of the Sherfer Empire, but he also set a wrong example for other countries. The world is going to be chaotic. ..."

The captain had already guessed that Tang De IV would react like this, that old guy who always sat on the throne with a dignified face, he didn't care what the empire or the whole world became.All he needs is Fan Vatina's stability, as long as he can continue to enjoy food and beauties in his palace, that's enough.

"Ah!" Kunz exclaimed a little, but he was the only one who exclaimed, the pandas still had the same sad look just now.

[War is a good opportunity for Meng Luofei to develop, but...]

"Wait, wait a minute." Kunz suddenly changed his expression and stood up, "Sky City has entered the territory of Meng Luofei... They have withdrawn again. There are guests coming, we have to leave for a while."

He had just received an urgent notice from Steward J. He thought that if someone came from Sky City, he would just send an envoy in private. Who knew that he didn't even say a word, intending to drive that city to Monroe Fei directly. ? !

Is this any different from driving an aircraft carrier into other people's territorial waters without even saying a word?By the way, it goes from the sky, not the sea.

"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the conference room door, and it was the voice of the Herrscher, "I'm sorry to bother you, Kunz, some uninvited guests have come to Mengluofei."

"Thank you for the reminder. We are also preparing to meet those 'guests'." Kunz opened the door and came out, and several favored people were already here.

Kunz is not a big talker. He said he was ready, and he was ready.This kind of Kunz's control over the territory made them feel a little surprised in their hearts.

"My friends, I don't know much about Sky City. His arrival this time is really rude." Kunz asked when he walked outside.It's like he really doesn't know anything about Laputa in the Sky.