Chapter 57 The Mutation of the Light Ball
Unlike the Moldavian leader who was delighted by greeting his master, there was an unsettling undercurrent in the center of the distant empire and the imperial capital Morley Palace.
The Hergamos Empire, ruled by the Delmond family, has experienced nearly 800 years of storms and is one of the oldest regimes in the continent of Mycrov. This huge country, which is simply called the Northern Empire by everyone, has not always been stable. In its long life, it has been shaking several times, approaching the moment of division or even destruction. The most recent time was more than 20 years ago, when the war between the empire and the orcs became fierce.
At that time, the late emperor passed away, and the current emperor had just ascended the throne. The orcs on the front line had won several victories. The shaman army burned the city and could even be seen in the holy city of Sanshan. Several princes and daughters peeped at this supreme throne with evil thoughts. More than ten powerful nobles from the eastern region sat indifferently and watched the northwest nobles and royal powers were weakened, looking forward to a day of replacement. For those at that time, the collapse of the northern empire was already a matter of time. The lower class people were complaining about the heavy taxes for years, and nearly half of the powerful nobles intended to rebel. Even in the royal family, there were many traitors. They planned to cede the land and negotiate with the orcs just to sit in that position.
As long as there is a failure, all this is no longer a guess, but a fact in history. However, Isrell did not give them a chance.
Behind the Palace of Morley, in the quiet royal garden, the sound of birds flapping their wings came. As dozens of white pigeons flew up and down, you could see that among the birds, a young young man who looked extremely young was carrying a bag of bird food in his hand and feeding the white pigeons with a smile.
The sixth prince Adrian stood in the center of the garden that belonged to the Delmond family. He carefully took out his own carefully prepared food from the bag in his hand, and fed the birds with corn kernels and wind feather grass as the main ingredients, and then distributed them to these gully birds. He had a pair of purple eyes that looked like gems, and his long dark golden hair was neatly fixed, hanging to his waist. Adrian's appearance was a bit feminine, a bit like his mother who was once the first beauty of the empire, but it did not make people feel feminine.
He undoubtedly inherited the best bloodline of his father Isrell and his mother. Whether it is personal strength or political sensitivity, the sixth prince has always performed well. If it weren't for his all-time assistance to his sister and never met with foreign ministers alone, many nobles might have planned to try to invest in this seemingly unfamous prince. In fact, Adrian's only disadvantage is probably because he is too young. Many people believe that if he exchanged age with his sister, the confusing situation of the royal family would be much clearer.
Of course Adrian knew about this, but he never cared about these rumors that were definitely spreading out deliberately. He just stood calmly in the center of the clearing ground in the garden and fed the pigeons, as if all the dark tides did not exist.
This kind of leisure time has not passed for a long time. While sprinkling a lot of bird food, the sixth prince recalled the past absent-mindedly, and those few stable times in the past ten years.
When Adrian was born, it happened to be the second large-scale battle between the Northern Empire and the Orcs in the Northwest Plain. At that time, the emperor's father was not there, and the grandfather, the most powerful noble in the west, was not there. There were even few men in the entire Morley Palace. All the guards and guard knights had followed their lords to the front line. It was his sister, the third princess, who helped the doctor, and the mother who was dyingly born, gave birth to him.
At that time, the royal family was in a difficult situation. He and his sister lived in poverty and depended on each other for their own lives. The orcs on the front line came in full force. Under the leadership of the new generation of Golden Khan, the royal orc army, which had achieved regularization of the army, swept through all the tribes on the Tataros Plateau. They took the power of the Bu clan to break through the fortress of the empire in the Thomas Grand Canyon in the northwest, and drove straight into the hinterland of the empire to establish a formal base for the orcs on the Mycrov continent. The ambitious nobles in the rear held heavy troops, and they were happy to see that they succeeded. They just waited for the royal family to defeat and immediately caused turmoil in the rear.
However, nothing was there. The Great Emperor Isrell was invincible. The legendary powerful Dragon Knight's name shocked the whole world. All conspiracies and tricks fell silent under absolute power, and peace came quickly.
Of course, reality is not a fairy tale. Everyone can live happily after the war is over. In fact, for some people, the war has just begun. The vast land left by the orcs, the twelve large mines, the grasslands that can cultivate hundreds of thousands of cattle, horses and monsters, and the Tataros Plateau with war beasts like stone rhinestones. Whoever can own these will have the advantage of their family in the next few hundred years. Now, the empire has slightly recovered its vitality in the years of peaceful development, and the liquidation and the reorganization of the empire's wealth are about to begin.
Filtering all irrelevant information is the truth behind all the dark tides. Adrian, who saw through all this, did not mean to get involved, it was his father's revenge and revolution.
The sound of gentle and regular footsteps came from the garden path, causing the doves that were originally leisurely pecking, to spread out vigilantly. The sixth prince looked up helplessly in the direction of the path. There, the blonde and blue-eyed boy was also raising his head in surprise and looking at his brother.
"Alva." Nodded, calling the name of the only person in the royal family who is smaller than himself. Adrian's tone did not change much, and he was calm as usual: "Are you here to exercise?"
"...Yes." Alva answered cautiously when he saw another emperor brother in the garden, which had always been his own. He did not intend to communicate more with this taciturn brother, but turned a fork and walked towards other directions of the garden.
Adrian watched the other person leave silently. He could smell the other person's body and see the lines of breath wrapped around Alva. He knew that it was the smell of the father, and the sixth prince could smell it. His younger brother had just come out of the royal study.
Everyone has their own advantages. If the eldest prince's advantage is because of a duke's grandfather, then the second prince and the fifth prince are because of their own strength. The fourth prince could not fail from the beginning, because his mother's family was almost completely destroyed in the orc war, he stood at the commanding heights of "no enemy" from the beginning. As long as he did not commit suicide, no one could touch him.
And the Seventh Prince, his younger brother, may be because of his young age.
With a slight sigh, Adrian waved his hand, and all the birds that had dispersed flew to him from the woods, and the noise before returning to him.
It’s not because of my father’s favor, but because of the room for choice.
The current Morley Palace is full of conspiracies and intrigues. There are countless factions in the army, nobles and mage associations, which are simply annoying. Although local aristocratic forces dare not disobey the imperial power because of the emperor's strength, it is common for them to be slandered. The large-scale water conservancy projects that were originally ordered to be built last year and the supporting magic water trucks have not been implemented until now. Although there are certain objective factors, the core reason for local aristocrats not to cooperate from the beginning. In order to maintain national stability, even legendary strong men could not give orders at will, because each little aristocrat has backed. After tracing them, who knows whether half of the empire will fall into turmoil.
But now it’s different. In the past, a legend could not flatten all objections, so what about the three now?
Thinking of the rumors in the palace about apprenticeship and disciples, even Adrian felt envious. Whether it was Master Nostradamus or the Count of the North, their existence was the greatest backer, no less than the emperor's backer. Building a good relationship with these strong men is more important than any family background. These three people join forces to transform an empire, not to mention transforming the entire world, it is only a matter of time.
Master Nostradamus was very good to meet. Adrian could just find an opportunity to visit the Royal Mage Association. However, the Count of the North needed to choose a special opportunity to visit him. However, it happened that the forces behind him had an industry that wanted to cooperate with the other party, and now he had a chance.
On the other side of the garden, the sound of flesh hitting the air came one after another. Adrian knew that it was Alva who was working hard to train himself. Since returning from traveling with his father and the second brother, he has been training even harder. Perhaps he really wanted to become a disciple of Count Radcliffe.
What a pity. If I hadn't had a mentor with a transcendent identity long ago, I would have had to give it a try.
Although he thought so, Adrian didn't care too much. These things that compete for each other for advantages and pave the way for future inheritance of the throne have never had anything to do with him. If he wanted to meet the Count of the North, he was just simply because of curiosity and an industry that could try to cooperate.
If the advantages of the princes and daughters are very obvious and righteous, then the advantages of him and his sister are very strange, because from the beginning, they participated in this competition that determines the future with the mentality of "it doesn't matter if you lose".
"Did you say so, 'Changfeng' teacher."
He whispered to himself to the slightly flowing air around his body. Adrian narrowed his deep purple eyes. At this moment, accompanied by a slight magic flash, a petite half-blue human figure with a light green color appeared on his shoulder. The wind element fairy "Changfeng" seemed to like this young man who seemed a little feminine but actually had his own ideas in his heart. She stood on the shoulder of the Sixth Prince, patted the other person's cheek with her little hand, and said confidently: "Of course! As long as we are here, no matter how bad you are, you can go to the Fairy Village to play with us!"
"By the way, right, do you want to see that young legendary warrior?" As he said, the fairy's thoughts turned around again. Changfeng lit his little head excitedly and said to himself: "It just so happens that there is a card about him that has not been designed yet... You must go!"
"Of course." Adrian knew that this was his confidence to be unafraid of all changes. With the help of this lively fairy mentor whom he accidentally met in his childhood, he and his sister would never lose everything no matter how much they failed.
It's better to say that losing is better.
A deep thought brewed in the deepest part of his heart. The Sixth Prince closed his eyes. The bird food bag in his hand was empty, but the flying white doves did not leave, but continued to fly beside him. Surrounded by many birds, Adrian clenched his fists and couldn't help but show a somewhat feminine smile.
Because only when you lose, your innocent and cheerful silly sister who is so stupid and cute sometimes will give up her dream of being a queen, lose all support and help, and have to rely on yourself for your own life, or even go far away.
Only in this way can she never escape from his palm.
On the other end of the empire, in the northern Moldavian lord's mansion, a small meeting had begun.
"You can't keep calling the light ball."
Sitting on the large comfortable chair in the hall, Joshua felt the softness of the velvet cushion behind him, and then set the tone of the discussion with a concise sentence: "I said it many times, 'it' is a smart life, and you can't always use it as a toy."
"Huh!" At this time, the silver-haired girl standing in the hall, holding a beige ball of light subconsciously exclaimed for life. Firefly lowered her head, looked at the warm sphere held by her chest, and blinked in shock: "You are actually wise?!"
"Ding ding ding ding ding!"
The light ball made a protest sound, but no matter how you heard it, it was just a wind chime, but Joshua seemed to be able to understand it. He nodded and agreed: "The light ball is right."
firefly:"?!"
"Will the master come and make a name?"
On the side, Rin, who was comforting the black who was being snatched from the light ball, made a constructive suggestion, and he whispered: "After all, it was brought back... By the way, what did the light ball just say?"
"I'll give a name?" Without answering Rin's question, Joshua's attitude was a little indifferent. He said to himself: "I personally think white is better - just like black..." But just halfway through this sentence, the light ball made a series of jingles, as if expressing strong opposition.
"If you call it Ling, you always feel a little repetitive with Rin." He didn't care about the opposition of the Light Ball, and the warrior continued to think: "What do you think of Dingdang? Although there are many names for the duplicate."
The light ball seemed to be completely angry - suddenly a translucent pure light column was shot out by it and shone on Joshua. However, although this light column was full of momentum, it actually had no lethality. The warrior who looked very comfortable without talking about a smile on his face, was affected by the aftermath, and the entire wooden chair seemed to be revitalized and tended to sprout and take root, and the young girls on the side couldn't help laughing.
But just after a while, Joshua shook his head, intending to let the light ball stop for a moment and not let the chair sprout, he suddenly frowned, and then slowly sat up from the chair with a serious expression.
Seeing this, Ying, Rin and Hei were shocked and looked up at their master. The light ball seemed a little shocked. The light column shot out began to be intermittent. In response, Joshua ordered seriously: "Don't stop, continue."
After receiving the command, the light ball continued to shoot out light. At the same time, Joshua raised his right hand and focused on his right hand. As if the carved palm lines were clear and there was no change. But after a moment, under the light ball, another silver dazzling light spread out, shining on the existence in the entire hall of the Lord's Mansion. He felt the violent energy fluctuation. The projection of No. 3 immediately appeared in the hall of the Lord's Mansion, and she was also shocked by the scene in front of her.
In the center of the hall, the warrior raised his right hand. In the palm of his hand, a small piece of tiny fragment that released pure silver radiance was spinning in the air. It looked like a fragment of steel, but the body was filled with shocking energy light, dust, long wind, light flames, frost and other elemental magic power gathered around it into various rainbow lights, making it look even more dazzling than the stars.
"Splitter of Steel--"
In an instant, Joshua immediately understood. Although Carlis' kindness was rejected by him, he still gave him a secret reward. A fragment of steel containing world authority had been attached to him at some point. If it weren't for the light of a ball of light that was similar to the person, he would have discovered that it might have taken several months.
At that time, maybe any accident happened!
But just as Joshua was frowning and thinking about how to deal with this piece of steel, an accident happened suddenly. For some reason, the light ball that had been lazy and was held in the arms of the firefly came to his mind for some reason. It jumped suddenly, drew an arc in the air, and then pounced on the piece of steel that was releasing silver light, completely putting it into its body.
Chapter completed!