Soul of Burning Steel

Star pendant 835, March 17th, Sanshan holy city of the imperial capital, in the evening, light snow.

The new year came, and passed in the flying white snow. The streets of the Imperial Capital were quiet, except for a few people who cleaned the snow in front of the door, and there was only the clinking of the armors of the guards on patrol.

But unlike this quiet environment, in the first year after the dragon disaster ended and the star falling omen first appeared, the whole world was caught in a wave of ‘exploration’.

Although ordinary civilians may not know it, all high-ranking executives or powerful professionals can learn from the ruins located around the world and the classics hidden in the deepest part of the library that the entire Mycroft world is actually After a doomsday, a new civilization from the wreckage. After the end of the era called Guangyao, countless survivors walked out of the refuge, staring blankly at this long-changing world, and then fighting an endless tide of monsters and monsters.

After 835 years, the ancestors who used to fight for a piece of land for the tribe in the wilderness can see with satisfaction that now humans once again occupy most of the world, except for the central black forest, which is so vast that no one has ever explored the center. Most of the world's land is owned by mankind, and other races are either merged into mankind, or migrated to distant overseas, struggling in isolated islands or deep mountains.

When the technology of the Transworld Portal was developed in the Guantian White Pagoda, a mage proudly declared that they already knew everything about the Mycroft Continent. What humanity needs now is to explore new things beyond the void. In the world, this arrogant but passionate declaration was indeed approved by many people at the time, but now, the situation is very different from then.

The underground world discovered by the Principality of Romance, the hiding place of the five-color dragons overseas, and the large-scale ancient city relics found around the eastern plains. These novel discoveries all prove that the world is still shrouded in a lot of fog, not to mention other things, fish The deep ocean where people live, even the underground cavity that the dwarves haven't explored is a vast unknown area.

In fact, there are still many shortcomings in the cross-world teleportation circle. Being hit by reality, the lofty wizards finally bowed their heads and have to admit this. Under this craze, many small countries have begun to move towards themselves. The surrounding Black Forest and mountains are carrying out a large-scale expansion campaign, and they have obtained a lot of resources because of the discovery of the underground world. The Roman Principality, which is now rapidly expanding and developing, is an example they are trying to imitate, while other major forces are currently watching calmly and can be private However, many teams were also sent to conduct tentative explorations. The Radcliffe family was allowed to expand their territory toward the Great Aas Mountains is part of this temptation.

In the imperial capital, on the central commercial avenue leading to the Palace of Morlaix, a group of soldiers in black and cyan light armor walked quickly through the downtown. The well-made armor did not make any noise except for the clanging sound of foot armor hitting the ground. Many The citizens and vendors focused their attention on these soldiers, then shrugged, bowed their heads, and paid no attention.

That is the queen's personal soldier.

In recent days, not only the queen, but many nobles living in the imperial capital often send their cronies in and out of the city, seeming to be inquiring about some news. It stands to reason that this behavior is fine if it is in their own territory, but It's too much in the imperial capital. This is the city where the emperor lives. Even the queen must not let his guards come and go.

I don't know why, but the majesty the emperor who has always been majestic did not say anything. No, not so much that he said nothing, but rather there was no reaction at all. This is especially confusing to the people. However, the above will cover up the news, and naturally there are ways to inquire below. People who have relatives and friends working in the Morlai Palace have received some obscure news intermittently. Whether the news is true or false, there is one thing that can be confirmed— -Since His Majesty the Emperor presided over the celebration in the New Year, no one has seen him in Morlai Palace.

——This is really incredible!

Everyone who heard the news uttered an exclamation. They all understood the seriousness of this kind of thing and did not doubt the authenticity of the news.

You know, the royal family of the Northern Empire is different from the kings of the traditional kingdoms of Xishan. Morlai Palace is not the private residence of the royal family. There are also the royal court, the imperial library and various public facilities, as long as permission is obtained. Even ordinary citizens can enter, just like the Imperial Library, which is open to the outside world for one or two days every year, and you can go in and read freely as long as you pay.

In addition, His Majesty the Emperor never lived in the deep palace. He often went to the streets to inspect by himself, and occasionally tasted folk snacks-this is almost the practice of the northern emperors, and most of the emperors All well-known restaurants have slogans that a certain generation of emperors have eaten here. They never deliberately avoid the crowds, but walk around according to their own preferences.

If it is said that ordinary people can’t see the emperor for a few months, it’s normal, but the attendants in the palace haven’t seen the emperor in Morlai’s Palace for a few months. It only means that if your majesty is not seriously injured, you can only Lying ill in the deep palace, or your majesty has not returned for a long time in the imperial capital.

Everyone tends to the latter.

Probably because the emperor has not returned for a few months, the queen and the nobles are a little uncontrollable and start to look around for news, right? The lord of a country has mysteriously disappeared, and it is really thanks to the fact that it can be hidden for three months that there is no major event in winter, but now, it is indeed impossible to suppress the fire.

In Morlai Palace, in the Delphi Palace where the Queen lives, guards wearing black and blue light armor and covering their faces walked into it quickly along the avenue. Most of them stayed in the palace. Before the door, only the leader of the team passed the guard's inspection and entered the palace.

The palace is quiet and deserted, only a few scattered maids are cleaning the dust. This is because this generation of Diamond Royal family, whether the emperor or the queen, does not like the feeling of being served by many servants. The guards seem to come here often. See you at Chuqin, so a maid temporarily put down her work and silently led him to an open-air garden inside the palace, and in the garden, a slender woman was enjoying the flowers accompanied by several ladies.

Although it is winter now, the inside of the palace is as warm as spring because of the magic circle. The open-air garden is surrounded by an array to adjust humidity and light, allowing any flowers to bloom at any time.

The magic circle consumes a lot of money, because it involves the natural skills of the elves to promote the growth of plants, so tens of magic crystals are consumed every day, and each magic crystal can make the civilians of the imperial capital live a stable and stable life for several months. It sounds very extravagant, but for the queen who has no other hobbies other than viewing flowers, the most noble woman in the empire, it is nothing, even the word simple.

The maid asked the guards to stay at the entrance of the garden, and she cautiously stepped forward to pay a visit. The slender woman in the garden center also spotted the guards at Yuankou, so she dismissed the ladies around her and asked the maid to return to inform.

This tall leader is different from his own men. The armor on his body is not blue and black, but pure black. After being notified by the maid, the black armored warrior walked quickly to the woman's body under the guidance of the other party. He respectfully On one knee, he bowed his head and said, "Queen Edna..."

"Stop talking nonsense, Guness, tell me what you found."

The beautiful woman named Edna lowered her head slightly, sighed a little tiredly, and asked the maid to tidy up her silver hair that had been loosened. Her eyes were rare light gold, and her pupils were slightly tiny compared to ordinary humans. It is different, but it is very similar to the golden dragon in the metal dragon, which means that the queen's ancestors may have dragon blood or simply a golden dragon.

Hearing the urgency in his Lord’s words, the black-armored warrior named Guness immediately replied: "His Majesty the Emperor and Master Nostradamus secretly inspected the southern fortress group before March. He and Governor Serres, who was guarding the southern provinces, met, and then he went to the three "starfall places" in the south. The next time he appeared, it has been a month. On the east side of the Silent Sands, a group of merchants once I saw him from afar."

Speaking of this, the samurai's tone has a slight disdain: "I think this should be specially made by His Majesty the Emperor. Otherwise, it is possible to detect His Majesty's whereabouts with the help of ordinary traders."

"Southern Fortress, Silent Sands... What are you going to do there..."

After hearing these news, the queen in a light-colored dress frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, she continued to order: "Go on."

Gennes continued: "Then your Majesty’s whereabouts are very strange. He is still on the western border, and the next day he has reached the depths of the Black Forest in the Eastern Wilderness. We have integrated a lot of information, and we can only say that it should be. Master Nostradamus's time and space spells have improved again, allowing them to be teleported at the continental level for a short time. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the position of your majesty can change so quickly... But in the past month, your majesty and the master have completely disappeared. , No one has seen them again."

"Transporting around the entire empire, they must be looking for something... In the land of the starfall, is Israel interested in the things that descended from the boundless heaven?"

Edna turned her head and looked at the flowers beside her, she muttered to herself softly with a puzzled expression: "Obviously, things from the last era are already legendary, and things from the last era can't be his help at all-no, I can't say that, if the reason for his sudden recovery is that!" The words stopped suddenly, and the queen turned to look at the black armored warrior who was still kneeling on the ground respectfully: "Gunis, you guessed it, Your Majesty and Nostradam Where should Master Masi be now so that we can search the entire empire and find it?"

The queen’s tone was soft, as if she was just asking, but Guness knew that if he couldn’t answer, he would definitely be punished, but the black armored warrior had already made his mind about it. He immediately reported: "Subordinates guess , Your Majesty and Master should now be in the Void Stargazing Center! So the Queen, you and the nobles in the three months after he left, should be in your Majesty’s eyes!"

"Really, it really is."

This answer did not surprise Edna. She raised her head slightly and looked up to the sky. The queen curled her lips and made a helpless expression: "When will he come to do this... it's obviously just a A samurai who knows nothing but fights, and is not romantic at all.

And while the lady was complaining, the maid and the black armored warrior did not move as if they were deaf, and then Edna said in annoyance, "Forget it, anyway, I haven't had time to do anything. Nice, cancel the operation. His Majesty the Emperor doesn't mind that we women engage in court struggles, but it doesn't mean that we really did.

"Yes!" The black armored warrior immediately replied. After that, he was led out of the garden by the maid, while Queen Edna stood quietly in the garden, not knowing what was thinking.

"The situation has changed, dear, although I don’t know when you healed your dark wounds and when you took a step forward, but I know that your mind has not changed, and you still don’t want to be tied to this throne. Go higher and farther."

I picked a flower at random, it seemed slender and weak, but a bright golden light suddenly ignited in the hand of an ordinary queen. Under the shining of this golden light, the originally delicate violet flowers suddenly began to wriggle violently. After a short while, this flower became a little tree man~www.novelmtl.com~ Empress Edna bent down, put the tree man with a small flower on her head on the ground, and then patted it "But before you leave, you still support the second prince Di Moore who is most like you... This is not the age of war. The empire doesn’t need someone like you and so cool. Such a person who grows up can continue to suppress all nobles for a hundred years to become the emperor."

I also don't need someone who is not my son to be the emperor.

The queen's face didn't have the slightest worry. She was the wife she took when she fought in Israel to fight against the orcs. This seemingly weak woman was calmer and calmer than most men, and she was also better than most women. .

But at this time, facing the general trend of being a legendary powerhouse, even if she has all kinds of plans, it is meaningless. If Israel has only a few years of life as before, then Edna can naturally wait until she is here. A dear Majesty has passed away, but now it is no longer possible.

Thinking of this, she remained silent for a long time. In the past two years, the situation in the empire has changed far beyond her imagination. Unlike Israel, who can travel at will, Edna, as a queen, can only stay in the palace, at most. It is walking around the imperial capital, so there is a lot of information that can only be waited for others to report. When it is known, it is too late to respond. For example, the northern earl made a legend. She hadn't heard any news before that. After I announced the news, it was too late to build a good relationship.

However, I heard that he is preparing to accept an apprentice recently?

Suddenly thinking of this, the queen suddenly smiled. She seemed to have thought of a good idea, so she whispered to her tree-man, "Where to go to the Seventh Prince."

"Tell him there is an unprecedented opportunity."

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